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     CHRISTOPHER    COLUMBUS DAY Christopher Columbus  was an Italian-born explorer who set sail in August 1492, bound for Asia with backing from the Spanish monarchs  King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella . Columbus intended to chart a western sea route to China, India and the fabled gold and spice islands of Asia. Instead, he landed in the Bahamas, becoming the first European to explore the Americas since the  Vikings  established  colonies in Greenland and Newfoundland  during the 10th century. Did You Know? Contrary to popular belief, most educated Europeans in Columbus' day understood that the world was round, but they did not yet know that the Pacific Ocean existed. As a result, Columbus and his contemporaries assumed that only the Atlantic lay between Europe and the riches of the East Indies. Later that October, Columbus sighted Cuba and believed it was mainland China; in December the expedition found Hispanio...

WELCOME TO THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR 2017-18 Your journey begins here for an incredible year. Don´t give up your dreams. You will work hard to learn, you will make friends; this year you will...respect, believe yourself, be positive, stop wishing and start doing. Believing in yourself is the best secret to success. Be ambitious in your objectives. The best dreams happen when you´re awake. Rememeber to have fun, be charming, be kind, be fabulous... LOVE AND LOVE  WILL COME TO YOU.   Always move forward.  Come on, the adventure awaits! Have a great school year!!!

Today, 23rd, April we celebrate the passing of two great literary giants. Both contributed to elevate the level of the language and culture to which they belonged in a similar way. April 23, 1616, is given as the death date for both Shakespeare and Cervantes, but neither man died on that day. Spanish records from that time write down the date of death as the date of burial. So we know Cervantes was buried on April 23, which means he probably died on April 22. Shakespeare actually died 11 days after Cervantes. Don Quixote by Cervantes and the  Shakespeare works have been translated into more than 140 languages. Shakespeare plays have formed the basis of more than 1,000 film scripts. About 50 feature-film versions of Don Quixote have been made in various languages. It is reported but not confirmed that Cervantes’ remains were located just last year in Madrid, under the Convent of the Barefoot Trinitarians. Spain hopes the church will draw tourists like those w...

LANGUAGES DAY,       16TH MARCH 2017 Last Thursday, 16th March we celebrated our particular Languages Day. It was great to finish the Second Term, after exams period,  with such a special event. Thanks to The Improving.Co, an excelent group of actors and actresses,  we enjoyed different spectacles in every stage. We were with the Pirates in Preschool, we travelled to the Wild West with the Primary children and we discovered great horror and mystery stories from the British and American Literature with Secondary Students. THE BLACK CAT (Edgar Allan Poe) THE SPEAKER CHAIR

How To Start A Conversation In English   Do you have difficulty speaking English? Sometimes the hardest part is simply starting a conversation. Learn these  expressions for starting a conversation in English  in any situation – formal or informal, at work, school, or other contexts! STARTING A CONVERSATION WITH A FRIEND: With friends, you can use informal English expressions like these: What’s up? How’s it going? The correct answer to “What’s up?” is “Not much.” You can then add a detail about what’s happening in your life at the moment. If someone says “How’s it going?” you can answer “Good” or “Not so good” and then say why . STARTING A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE YOU HAVE JUST BEEN INTRODUCED TO: Nice to meet you! How do you two know each other? So, what do you do for a living?  (= what is your job?) What are you studying? How long have you been (a journalist / doing yoga / interested in music)? How did you get into it? STARTIN...

Donald Trump Becomes 45th President of the United States   Americans have elected Donald J. Trump as the 45th President of the United States. The Republican Party candidate defeated the Democratic Party nominee, Hillary Clinton. Trump called for the nation to unite. "Now it's time for America to bind the wounds of division. We have to get together. To all Republicans and Democrats and Independents across this nation, I say it is time for us to come together as one united people." The billionaire businessman has never held public office. He is only the sixth candidate to win the presidency without ever having held elective office. Trump is also the oldest American elected president for a first term.