A Little Gesture May Be a Great Help.

The nonprofit
organization Conrazones will be at IES A Sangriña next Friday morning with their Christmas Food Drive. They will welcome your donations of healthy non-perishable food for local families in need.


..............Remember: a little gesture may be a great help

............Thank you in advance, everyone!

A Little Gesture May Be a Great Help.

The nonprofit
organization
Conrazones will be at IES A Sangriña next Friday morning with their Christmas Food Collection. They will welcome your donations of healthy non-perishable food for local families in need.

..............Remember: a little gesture may be a great help




............Thank you in advance, everyone!

B&B PARROTS CLUB has arrived in A Guarda.

Welcome to B&B (Bobby&Bachillerato) Parrots Club. 

If you are studying Bachillerato at IES A Sangriña, you can practise your spoken English every Friday or Saturday night and help Bobby practise his Spanish in return. We wish to thank the owners of As de Copas for their kind contribution to this project.

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25s in Madrid

Madrid, Spain (CNN) -- Thousands of protesters fed up with the country's austerity measures demonstrated here Tuesday outside the congressional building.

Clashes between police and demonstrators in central Madrid's Neptuno Square resulted in 28 people being hurt, two of them police officers, a police spokesman said.

The spokesman said 22 people among the estimated crowd of 6,000 had been arrested.

Demonstrators said police were shooting into the crowd with rubber bullets; the police would not comment.

"We have you surrounded," some demonstrators sang. "We have no fear."

At one point, Spanish police charged demonstrators with batons to prevent them from approaching the parliament, which was in session (...)

FED UP = HARTO

AUSTERITY MEASURES = MEDIDAS DE AUSTERIDAD

DEMOSTRATE =  MANIFESTARSE

CONGRESSIONAL BUILDING = EDIFICIO DEL CONGRESO

CLASH = ENFRENTAMIENTO

SPOKESMAN = PORTAVOZ

CROWD = MULTITUD

RUBBER BULLETS = BALAS DE GOMA

WE HAVE YOU SURROUNDED = OS TENEMOS RODEADOS

BATON = PORRA

PREVENT FROM = IMPEDIR

APPROACH = ACERCARSE

A city that cannot be conquered

Introducing Vigo in London

........................................................Campaña de presentación de Vigo en Londres

They are the champions!

The female rowers of Promesas Femeninas de Robaleira won the Spain Championship in  Meira last weekend.


CONGRATULATIONS CHAMPIONS!

              
   ................................................................................................infominho. com

They are the best!

Agrupación Musical do Rosal, winner of V Certame Galego de Bandas.
CONGRATULATIONS!

Spain battles youth unemployment

LISTENING EXERCISE about the problem of youth unemployment in Spain.

If you cannot  work with this activity properly, change your browser or click on this link: http://www.edu.xunta.es/centros/iesasangrina/aulavirtual/mod/hotpot/view.php?id=12760
LEARN and ENJOY!

Don't put up with Bullying!

What is school bullying?
Psychological, emotional, cyber, social or physical harassment of one student by another at school or within the school community


PUT UP WITH = AGUANTAR, SOPORTAR
HARRASSMENT = ACOSO
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2º Bach Trip to London - June 2011

ENJOY!

Spanish prime minister announces dissolution of parliament

Madrid, Spain (CNN) -- Spain's Socialist Prime Minister announced Monday the dissolution of parliament in order to hold early elections on November 20, which polls indicate the opposition conservatives will win handily during Spain's deep economic crisis.Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said last April he would not seek a third term. He has been squeezed by the nation's prolonged economic downturn. The unemployment rate is almost 21%, and almost 5 million are jobless.


POLLS = ENCUESTAS...................SQUEEZED = PRESIONADO..................................JOBLESS = SIN TRABAJO
HANDILY = HOLGADAMENTE........DOWNTURN = DESCENSO
SEEK = PERSEGUIR.....................UNEMPLOYEMENT RATE= TASA DE DESEMPLEO

...  Popular Party leader Mariano Rajoy, 56, said over the weekend that if elected, he would install a 100-day shock plan of "austerity and efficiency"...

The Socialist candidate is Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, 60, who served under Socialist Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez and most recently under Zapatero, rising to the positions of deputy prime minister and interior minister.

... 

Winners of the Richmond Trip-to-London Grant!

We are happy to announce the winners of the Richmond Trip to London Grant:

Paula González Ozores                                
Pablo Pou Álvarez
Ainhoa Dorna González
César Cortiñas Pérez


.......Congratulations to the winners. Your reward has come!
  
.............................  Enjoy the trip!
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Spain wants change

The protests against Spain's political and financial establishment started on May 15.To sustain them, the protesters have erected a sprawling tent city in the plaza, with a kitchen, a painting workshop to churn out protest placards, a communications office to answer media... inquiries and even a day care nursery.Young people dominated the protests on Saturday but there were also families with young children strolling through the encampment, senior.......... citizens and many people who have jobs but say they're concerned about the nation's.......... future, which has a 42% jobless rate for people ages 15 to 24...........................................

ESTABLISHMENT= SISTEMA........................................................................................................................

SPRAWLING TENT= TOLDO A MODO DE TIENDA DE CAMPAÑA...........................................................

CHURN OUT= PRODUCIR COMO CHURROS.................................................................................................

PLACARDS= PANCARTAS...............................................................................................................................

MEDIA INQUIRY = PREGUNTAS DE LOS MEDIOS DE COMUNICACIÓN......................................................

NURSERY= GUARDERÍA..................................................................................................................................

STROLL = PASEAR...........................................................................................................................................

JOBLESS RATE = TASA DE DESEMPLEO........................................................................................................

Madrid (CNN) -- Thousands of Spaniards protested on Saturday in defiance of a court-approved ban on demonstrations the day before Sunday's local and municipal elections. The largest crowds, for a seventh straight day, were in Madrid and Barcelona, but there were also protests in Valencia and smaller cities..........

DEFIANCE= DESAFÍO.......................................................................................................................................

BAN= PROHIBICIÓN.......................................................................................................................................

DEMONSTRATION= MANIFESTACIÓN......................................................................................................

CROWDS=MULTITUDES...................................................................................I.............................

Spain wants change

Thousands of people have taken part in protests across Spain's main cities, defying a government ban on political protest ahead of local elections.

In Madrid, some 25,000 protesters occupied a main square. Others gathered in Barcelona, Valencia and Seville.

The protesters are angry with the government's economic policies and the country's high youth unemployment rate.

Spain's electoral commission had ordered those camped out in Madrid to leave ahead of Sunday's elections.

But, as the ban came into effect at midnight, the crowds started cheering and police did not move in.

The protest began six days ago in Madrid's Puerta del Sol as a spontaneous sit-in by young Spaniards frustrated at 45% youth unemployment.

The crowd camping out in the square overnight grew and the protest has spread to other cities across the country.

According to Spanish news agency, Efe, a total of some 60,000 protesters has gathered across Spain, in Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Bilbao as well as the capital.

BAN = PROHIBICIÓN...........................YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE = TASA DE PARO JUVENIL

AHEAD = DELANTE DE........................MIDNIGHT = MEDIA NOCHE......................CROWD = MULTITUD

ELECTIONS = ELECCIONES...............CHEER = VITOREAR, ACLAMAR.................SQUARE = PLAZA

GATHER = REUNIRSE.........................SIT-IN = SENTADA....................................OVERNIGHT = DURANTE LA NOCHE

ECONOMIC POLICY = POLÍTICA ECONÓMICA........................ ............................SPREAD =  EXTENDER

In pictures: Spanish protests

Rowing Club ROBALEIRA, successful in the Spanish Championship.

CONGRATULATIONS Cris, Laura, Carla, Angela,  both Silvias, and Iván. 

                       They achieved their first victory in the Spanish Rowing Championship
                                            They are the champions!

 

images from: infomiño.com

BECAS INMERSIÓN LINGÜÍSTICA.

AXUDAS PARA A REALIZACIÓN DE ACTIVIDADES DE FORMACIÓN EN LINGUAS ESTRANXEIRAS NO ANO 2011
NOTA INFORMATIVA DO 11 DE MARZO

A Consellería de Educación e Ordenación Universitaria convoca 3.730 prazas para realizar actividades de formación en linguas estranxeiras no ano 2011.

                                   www.edu.xunta.es/axudasle

 OMIX A Guarda
Axudas para realización dun curso de idioma no verán de 2011

5th HALLOWEEN – SAMAÍN CONTEST

We thank both Editorial Macmillan and Departamento de Actividades for their support .

And the Oscar goes toooo...

5th HALLOWEEN – SAMAÍN CONTEST RESULTS:

And the winners are…

Best Pumpkin 1er CICLO:

1st PRIZE : “Ship”. Aloia Fernández, Lucía González, Sabela González

CONSOLATION PRIZE : “Spider”. Pablo Martínez, Alejandro Rivas, Alejandro Lomba, Angela Vicente, Alba Román

Best Pumpkin 2º CICLO:

CONSOLATION PRIZE:"Witch Castle". Patricia Álvarez, Lara Pereira, Raquel Rodríguez, Alba Vicente, Irene Rodriguez

The report was not written in galego so it doesn’t deserve a 1st prize

Best Project 1er CICLO: “Spooky Halloween”. Iria Cadilla, Paula Carballo, Sabela Mouriño

Best Project 2º CICLO: “A Day in the Past” Sergio Lomba, Ale Pena, Lara Castro, María González, Walter González

Best Dessert 1er CICLO:: “Spiderweb Cake” Paula Vicente, Estefanía Fernández, Sofía Rodriguez

Best Dessert 2º CICLO:: “Stuffed Pumpkins” Noelia Pacheco, Cristina Barbosa, Sara Otero, Saúl Álvarez, Aldara Otero

Os profes que organizamos este concurso dámosvos a big thank you! pola vosa colaboración e entusiasmo, o éxito foi voso.

YOU ARE GREAT !!!

Os premios serán entregados nas clases polos profes de inglés.

LETTER from OTTAWA

Hi guys!

I am writing to you from Ottawa (Canada) to greet you and tell you briefly my experience as a teacher abroad. I am working in a high school that is located in the Beacon Hill neighbourhood of Gloucester, in the city of Ottawa. It is called Colonel By Secondary School…

During these weeks, I have been attending classes of different subjects (especially Music classes) to observe how the educational system in general and how one high school in particular works. Things I have observed include many details related to the relationship between the teachers and the students, the many different and effective teaching styles,...I see many things that I like and a few that I do not but in general, my experience in a Canadian high school is being really wonderful.

I speak English all the time so I´m learning a lot! I encourage you to learn languages and if you can, to take a course abroad. You know that learning a language helps you to communicate with people from other countries and it can help you in your future career. You will be the more skilled candidate when employers are interviewing and hiring.

Well, I will tell you in more detail when I return to Galicia in a few days. I hope you are studying hard!

Regards from Ottawa.

Nuria.

.................................................................Nuria Vázquez is the teacher of music in our bilingual sections