Bicultural Project Nova Hispalis

  Today our students of  1st  of ESO have improved their vocabulary playing different online games.  It seems that they had a lot of fun!!  Nuestros estudiantes de 1º E.S.O. han puesto en práctica y mejorado su vocabulario gracias a varios juegos online. Parece que no lo han pasado nada mal. 

For our Bilingual Bicultural Project the 2nd Grade students created a foldable drawing of 3 pet dogs to practice listening and english comprehension. Through the YouTube channel "Art for Kids" they had to follow the necessary steps to create an amazing drawing. At first, they all thought they wouldn't be able to do it but in the end the result was fantasic! En esta ocasión en nuestro Proyecto Bicultural con los alumnos de 2º de Primaria, han elaborado un dibujo desplegable de tres mascotas (perros) para practicar la escucha y compresión del inglés.  A través del canal de Youtube Art for Kids Hub  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oufXsVM1oIQ  , han ido siguiendo los pasos necesarios para crear un fantástico dibujo, que un principio todos pensaban que eran incapaces de hacer pero que al final el resultado ha sido fantástico.

  We are continuing with animals in our Bilingual Bicultural project! The 1st grade students have created a beautiful farm with various farm animals. Through this activity we have learned the names of farm animals, their sounds and the different parts of each animal, all accompanied with songs related to this topic! They had a great time!  En nuestro Proyecto Bicultural seguimos trabajando los animales, en esta ocasión con los alumnos de 1º de Primaria que han realizado una bonita granja con sus animales. A través de esta actividad hemos conocido los nombres de los animales que viven en la granja, su sonidos, las diferentes partes de cada animal y todo ello acompañado de divertidas canciones relacionadas con esta temática. ¡Lo han pasado genial!

In our Bilingual Bicultural project the 2nd grade students are continuing with animal related activities. Taking advantage of Women's day they also learned about Jane Goodall and her research about chimps.  Los alumnos de 2º de Primaria en nuestro Proyecto Bicultural, siguiendo con las actividades relacionadas con los animales y aprovechando el Día Internacional de la Mujer, han conocido a Jane Goodall y su investigación sobre los chimpancés.  What an interesting science class! ¡Una clase sobre científicas muy interesante!

In  the US, Canada and UK February is Black History Month. This is a month where students learn about Black History and the accomplishments of Black people. Black History is an important part of US, Canadian, and British history. This project was about a month and a half long and done in 2ESOA, 2ESOB as well as 3ESOA. The students were given a topic to research about regarding Black History as well as Racism in the US and in Spain. In order for the students, to understand and empathize with the history and circumstances African Americans. It was important for them to see the effects of racism and systemic oppression are not just found “across the pond”. The topics ranged from the slave trade, Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, Redlining, George Flyod and BLM to Lucrecia Perez, Mmame Mbaye, the Spanish Caste system, Plantations (in the US and in Spanish colonies ie. Cuba), racism in Spanish football and about 50 more topics. Each student was required to research about their topic, crea...

        At Nova Hispalis the Bilingual and Bicultural program is implemented not only in Primary and Secondary but also with kindergarten!!     Although we had to simplify the topic about animals around the world we were still able to take advantage of this topic and what the kids are learning in their regular curricular classes. The 5 year old students in kindergarten spent a month learning different animals, yoga poses inspired by animals and the origins of yoga! Their morning routine always starts with yoga, followed by animal games. At the end of the animals topic they did a colour by numbers photo combining their knowledge of colours and numbers. El proyecto Bicultural Bilingüe poco a poco está empezando a funcionar en Infantil. Los chicos de esta etapa aprendieron vocabulario relacionado con los animales. En la clase de 5 años, nuestros alumnos han pasado un mes aprendiendo vocabulario relacionado con animales, posturas de yoga inspiradas en...

This week our students did one project related to sea  animals.With this activity, they learnt the essential characteristics of the marine animals and also they had the opportunity of searching information on internet as they made use of the tablets the school has .  Esta semana en la dinámica correspondiente al Proyecto Bicultural Bilingüe los alumnos de tercero han realizado un proyecto relacionado con los animales marinos. Con esta actividad a la par que aprendían las diferentes características de los principales animales marinos se familiarizaron con la búsqueda de información en internet y el manejo de las nuevas tecnologías.