Weekly summary, 6th grade - "The Jurassic Age", "The European Union" 6, "Objects and Machines" 2

Good afternoon!

Although last week we completed the last tests of the year, these days we have continued seeing some interesting aspects in the different subjects.

English

In English we have focused on the second conditional and we have listen to and read the last story of the book in which our three friends: Phoebe, Alex and Patrick return to their class, only a few seconds after the moment they had dissapeared.

Natural Science

In Natural Science, we have only worked in group A, talking about some inventions that we use in our daily lives, and some other revolutionary inventions that have changed art and music.

Social Science

Finally, in Social Science, after finishing the unit, we have only worked with some of the worksheets of the unit.

Apart from that, and related to this subject, last Wednesday we had a good time in the road education park of Usera. We went walking from the school and, in general, it was a positive experience. However, if you do not want to have problems next year, when you do this type of excursions in the High School, you have to behave much better along the way, respecting the ranks and not being very noisy. You know it.

Art & Crafts

As I promised, you can see here some of your versions of Van Gogh’s Chair. Only a few of you finished the picture and I have made this selection with the best Works:

Victor

Camila

Ariadna S.

Lydia

Have a good weekend!

Weekly summary, 6th grade - "The European Union" 5, "The effects of electricity" and "Objects and Machines"

Good afternoon!

After the two previous weeks in which we have done the external exams, we have completed a little calmer week. This is the summary:

English

In English, we started the week talking about the Artic and the Antartic, with a listening exercise and this interesting video explaining why polar bears don't eat penguins :-)

The same day, we did a reading exercise about Scott of the Antartic. As well as we did when we talked about the dog Laika in the unit "This is Houston", in this case, we have listened to a wonderful song by Mecano: "Héroes de la Antártida" (obviously in Spanish). Curiously, the two songs appeared in the same LP, "Descanso dominical" (one of my most precious treasures :-) You have here the video:

The next day, we talked about glaciers, and I reminded you when, in Social Science,  we had talked about the Sanabria lake, in Zamora, as the biggest glacier lake in the Iberian Peninsula. You can see again this video:

Finally, after working with reviews of TV shows and films, and doing one practise exercise, we have done the test of this unit.

Natural Science

In Natural Science, in group B, we have completed unit five ("Electricity and magnetism") and, before doing the test of tthe unit, we have watched these videos about maglevs (we weren't been able to see the first one):

MAGNETIC ACCELERATOR - SMOT experiment for kids

Physics of Maglev Trains (EMS & EDS)

World's Simplest Electric Train - 1

World's Simplest Electric Train - 2

On the other hand, in group A, we have continued with the introduction of unit six ("Objects and machines") and we have seen how a 3D printer works in this short video:

Social Science

In Social Science, we have completed unit six, seeing what the EU's future goals are and working with some activities of the revision lesson. Next week, we will work with some worksheets about this unit.

Art & Crafts

This week, we have finished the work with Van Gogh's chair and, as always, there is a great difference between your final pictures, not because the more or less precision of your works, but because the effort that you have put or not in this activity. In the next days, I'll put here some of your "masterpieces", but by the moment, you can see the original again:

To conclude, today, I want to share with you the last audition of the subject "supplementary piano" by my daughter, Carmen, in her third singing course. As I have already told you, she graduated in Piano last year. I hope you enjoy:

Have a good weekend!

Weekly summary, 6th grade - "CDI exams", "The European Union" 4, "The effects of electricity" and "Objects and Machines"

Hello everybody!

Well, last Wednesday and Thursday we have just finished all the external exams, and I hope all of you have done a wonderful job. 

Again, I am going to write a short post summarizing the week:

English

We have started unit 8, entitled: "A cold place". Apart from the vocabulary related to the topic, we have mainly focused on the use of "questión tags", at the end of positive or negative sentences, and the use of "may" or "might" to talk about possibilities. Next week we will complete the most important facts of the unit and we will do an easy test. Students from group B, next Thursday 8th, and students from group A, next Friday 9th.

Natural Science

With regard to this matter, in group A, we have started the last unit about "Objects and Machines". On the other hand, in group B, we have seen the lesson about the effects of electricity, from unit 5. Moreover, in this group, we will complete the unit next week and we will do the test on Wednesday 7th. We have watched these two videos:

Water Electrolysis

Electroplating: Copper-Plate a Key

Social Science

Finally, in Social Science, we have studied the main EU institutions, talking about the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union. We will continue with this important unit until the end of the year. And this is all. 

Enjoy your weekend!