NEWSLETTERLa Barca de la Florida / December 2012Year I / Nº 2

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Merry Christmas!

Hi there!

School is almost done for the first term!

This means a two week vacation is on its

way, are you excited about it?

We just wanted to wish you a very nice

Christmas season with your family and

friends. We hope you get to have a good

rest and lots of fun.

Take care and we will be back together

in 2013. See you then!

Love,

Gema and Rocío

Curiosity killed the cat...

Did you know……

……..In Italy a witch give presents to children on

6th January ? Her name is Befana.

……..¨Papa Noel¨ (Père Noel) is the name of San-

ta Claus in French?

……..Santa Claus lives in Finland?

……..in Spain people eat 12 grapes on 31st De-

cember to welcome the New Year?

……..In China and other places from Asia people

eat lentils on 31st December?

……..in Australia people welcome the New Year

on the beach because it’s summer?

…….In Belguium San Nicolas visits the children

on 4th December to verify that they have

been good and two days later he returns to

leave gifts and candies for good children and

a twig for bad children?

By Fátima Granados 4ºESO-A

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Photo: Author

Special cinema section: Christmas films

Since Christmas is coming soon I have

included the most interesting movies on

this festivity in my cinema section.

If you like animated movies you will

love:

a. Polar Express

b. A Christmas Carol

c. The Grinch

d. The Nightmare before Christmas

e. Gremlins

If you are more into comedies, don’t

worry! I’ll show you some funny films

too:

a.Home Alone

b.Christmas with the Kranks

c. The Santa Clause (Disney)

d.Jingle All the Way

e. Bad Santa

f.Scrooged

There are also some drama and romantic

films set during Christmas time:

a.Family Man

b.The Holidays

c.It’s a Wonderful Life

d. About a boy

e. Love Actually

PERSONAL MESSAGE:

Life is full of wonderful and unforgetta-

ble moments, and Christmas is a time to

enjoy the company of relatives and friends

at those moments of celebration.

It is also time to enjoy with the youngest

of the house, something which has a lot

to do with the films of this section. Christ-

mas films gives us wonderful stories of

entertainment.

I hope you have a wonderful vacation

and happy New Year.

By Mª Victoria Jiménez, 1ºBach-C

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TEN REASONS

TO STUDY!!

1.To be friendlier and meet new people.

2.To acquire more skills to manage in life.

3.To imrpove your life as a person.

4.To promote and get a better job in the

future.

5.To get grants.

6.To make your parents feel proud of you.

7.To take responsibilities.

8.To become an educated person.

9.To feel less fear when dealing with new

situations.

10. To be more able to choose and make

decisions.

READING AND LEARNING

CAN SERIOUSLY DAMAGE

YOUR IGNORANCE

By Alicia Cortijo 1º Bach-A

TRAVEL: THE UK AT

CHRISTMAS

If you want to spend a funny Christmas,

you can go to UK. In England less empha-

sis is placedon Christmas Eve than in other

countries, much more is made of Christmas

Day and Boxing Day. Carol singing, mid-

night church services and going out to the

pubs are some of the activities that many

families enjoy.

But, if you haven’t got any money to tra-

vel,you can stay at home with your friends

singing carols.

JINGLE BELLS

Jingle bells, jingle bells

Jingle all the way....

By Marisa Pineda and Mª José Jiménez, 4º-A

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By Álvaro Fernández 3ºESO-A

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A trip to Gibraltar

On Thursday 22nd, the students of the 3º ESO went to Gibraltar. Among other activties, they answered a

quiz to know Gibraltar better, they had lunch at a McDonald's restaurant and they went shopping.

The trip was from 8:30h to 17:30h. It was great fun!

After the trip, we interviewed two of our students:

Student a) is a boy and student b) is a girl

1) What did you think of the tour? 6) Did you practice English?

a)- It was fun and entertaining. a)- No.

b)- It was OK. b)- Just some.

2) What part was the one you liked the most? 7) How much money did you have for the trip?

a)- When we saw the changing of the guard. a)- 10�

b)- When we got lost. b)- 25�

3) Did you like Gibraltar? 8) Did you have time to look around the shops

a)-Yes before lunch?

b)-Yes a)- Yes.

b)- No.

4) Did you found it easy to answer the quiz 9)What did you buy?

about Gibraltar? a)-Nothing

a)- Yes. b) Chocolate and parfume

b)- Yes.

5) Was it difficult for you to walk around 10)What would you change of the tour?

the city center? a)-I would like to have seen the monkeys

a)- No. b)-I would like to have spent more time.

b)- No.

By Álvaro Fernández, Nazaret Nieto and Inmaculada Portillo 3ºESO-A/C

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*Liam Payne:

He was born three weeks before expected and had

problems with his kidneys during his childhood.

In August 2012 he announced in Twitter that his

kidney has started working properly.

*Louis Tomblison:

He is originally from England. His parentes sepa-

rated and he has five younger sisters. He partici-

pated on a Tv show when he was a child.

*Zayn Malik:

Because of having a Pakistani father he had pro-

blems at school. During his participation on the

TV show The X Factor his grandfather died and

he had a tattoo with his name.

*Niall Horan

His parents divorced when he was a child and he

lived between two homes for a long time. He

attended a Christian school and was part of the

school choir.

Biographical details:

By Rocío Román and Claudia Márquez 3ºESO

One Direction