TRIP TO ALQUEZAR On the 13th of March, 2008, 94 students from 1st ESO participated in a trip to Alquézar with their teachers Pilar, Juan Ramón, Reyes, Miriam and Bea. Alquezar is a small village 50km away from Huesca, with about 300 inhabitants on the right bank of river Vero at Sierra de Guara, whose main sight is the Colegiata. So, we left Utebo at 8.30am and then, in Alquézar, students were divided in two groups. Some of them went hiking along the river Vero till the waterfall, while the rest stayed in the village doing some activities like archery or path finding. Then they met at the main square to have lunch all together. Later on, in the afternoon, they did the same but the opposite way round until 5.30 when we came back to Utebo. Students enjoyed a lot and we, the teachers think it is a well-organised activity that could be repeated next year with other students. ( by Juan Ramón – English teacher) ** El día 13 de Marzo de 2008, 94 estudiantes de 1º de ESO participaron el el viaje a Alquezar con sus profesores Pilar, Juan Ramón, Reyes, Miriam y Bea. Salimos de Utebo a las 8.30 de la mañana y luego, en Alquezar fueron divididos en dos grupos. Algunos se fueron a recorrer el río Vero hasta la cascada mientras que el resto se quedaron en el pueblo haciendo actividades como tiro de arco u orientación. Luego, volvieron a la plaza para comer todos juntos. Después, lo mismo pero al contrario, cada grupo hizo lo que no había hecho por la mañana, hasta las 5.30 que regresaron a Utebo. Los alumnos lo pasaron muy bien y nosotros, los profesores, pensamos que estuvo muy bien organizado y que se podría repetir con otros alumnos al año que viene.
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TEACHERS IN LONDON LAST WEEKEND (9-11/ FEBRUARY/08) 10 teachers from ‘Pedro Cerrada’ school (Pablo, Luisa, Beatriz, Pilar, Fernando, Jose Miguel, Juan, Asun, Inés and Marga) went to London on a trip organised by Marga, the English teacher in order to improve their English and to get some motivation, as part of the ‘English speaking’ seminar that it is taking place every Wednesday afternoon. Chinese people were celebrating the New Year in London and the atmosphere was very lively, day and night. Some of the teachers arrived the day before and were sightseeing down town and visiting some of the interesting museums. Then we went to Baker Street, where Shaerlock Holmes was supposed to be living, we visited the St Paul’s cathedral and we took the boat along River Thames to visit the ‘Tutankhamun exhibition’, specially lent from Cairo, till August, 08. It is being shown in the 02, the new entertainment area in the previously called Millennium Dome. And then, we went to Covent Garden to have dinner at an English restaurant. It was a flash trip but we all enjoyed a lot and we are ready for another ‘teachers’ trip next year. ( Marga Herrero, the English teacher)
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TRIP TO BARCELONA
We will never forget the trip we did to Barcelona on the 13th of March, 2008 with our classmates and other students from 1st Bachillerato. As, one day, our teachers decided to organize a trip for all of us to spent some time together and it is always good to travel and learn about culture in different ways. We were supposed to set off at 7.00am but due to an accident on the motorway, the bus didn’t turn up till 8.00 so after a long journey of 4 hours, we arrived at the Aquarium a bit late. If we had not been delayed we would have had more time to enjoy all the different fish in the aquarium. Anyway, the sharks were amazing and we enjoyed a lot. We had time to do thousands of photos. Then, we were divided into 3 groups. The Arts students went with Inés, Albert and Mª José to visit the Sagrada Familia and ‘La Catedral del mar’, the basilic which inspired the author to write the novel with the same name. There, some students explained the details as if it was an Art lesson. The Social Science students had some time to have lunch at the beach and then, accompanied by Juan, Asún and Marga went to visit the Olympic City which was built for the Olympic Games in 1992. Whereas, we, the Technological students went to the Science Museum after having lunch, with Lina, Guillermo and Manolo. There were a lot of experiments which we could try and we liked the ‘sound’ one. It seemed that we were not the only school on a trip as there were buses and students everywhere just before Easter holidays. After the different activities, we all met again at plaza de Colón and went back to Zaragoza. We only stayed in Barcelona for a few hours so when we arrived at Utebo, it seemed as though we had never been away. To sum up, we enjoyed the trip and would repeat it again in spite of the tiredness and the long journey. It was worth to learn new things and have the opportunity to socialize with our own mates although we would have liked to stay for the night. (by Jesús Martín, Hector Díaz & Ruben Rodríguez from 2nd Tech. Bachillerato ) *** Nunca olvidaremos el viaje que hicimos a Barcelona el día 13 de marzo de 2008, con nuestros compañeros de clase y otros estudiantes de primero de Bachillerato. Ya que, un día, nuestros profesores decidieron organizar un viaje para todos pasar un día agradable juntos. Siempre es bueno viajar y aprender acerca de la cultura de formas diferentes. Se supone que teníamos que salir a las 7.00 de la mañana, pero debido a un accidente en la autopista, el bus apareció a las 8.00, así que después de un largo viaje de cuatro horas sin parar, llegamos al Acuario de Barcelona aunque un poco tarde. Si no nos hubiéramos retrasado habríamos tenido más tiempo para disfrutar de todos los diferentes peces que allí habitan. De todas formas, los tiburones eran impresionantes y lo pasamos genial. Tuvimos tiempo de hacer miles de fotos. Luego, nos dividimos en tres grupos. Los de Arte fueron con Inés, Alberto y Mª José, a visitar la Sagrada Familia y la ‘Catedral del mar’, la basílica en la que está inspirada la novela que lleva su mismo nombre. Allí, tres estudiantes explicaron todos los detalles como si fuera una clase de arte. Los de Socialestuvieron tiempo libre para comer en la playa y luego, acompañados de Juan, Asún y Marga fueron a visitar la villa olímpica que fue construida para los juegos Olímpicos del 92. Mientras que nosotros, los del Tecnológico fuimos al Museo de la Ciencia con Lina, Guillermo y Manolo después de comer. Había muchos experimentos que podíamos probar y nos gustó el del sonido. Parece que no éramos la única escuela que iba de viaje, puesto que vimos autobuses y alumnos por todas partes justo antes de las vacaciones de Semana Santa. Después de las diferentes actividades, nos encontramos todos, otra vez en la plaza de Colón y regresamos a Zaragoza. Sólo estuvimos en Barcelona durante unas pocas horas así que cuando llegamos a Utebo, parecía que no habíamos estado de viaje. Resumiendo, disfrutamos del viaje y lo repetiríamos otra vez a pesar del cansancio y del largo viaje. Valió la pena aprender cosas nuevas y tener la oportunidad de socializar con nuestros compañeros aunque, nos hubiera gustado pasar la noche allí
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RECYCLING: ‘RUBBISH DUMP’
While the students were on the school trip, some of us went with Silvia Escuer to visit a rubbish dump called ‘clean spot’ in Utebo, as you can see in the photo. There, all the rubbish is thrown to keep our town clean. But you must distinguish what type of rubbish it is in order to classify them: organic rubbish, glass, paper, oils, clothes, electrical devices. It is an interesting place to see and I think everybody should recycle to protect the Earth. (by Verónica from 4th A)
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Mientras los alumnos estaban en el viaje de estudios, algunos fuimos con Silvia a visitar el ‘punto limpio’ de Utebo, como se ve en la foto. Allí, se tiran todas las basuras para mantener toda la ciudad limpia. Pero hay que clasificar las basuras antes de tirarlas según sean orgánicas, papel, cristal, aceites, ropas, electrodomésticos… Es un lugar interesante de ver y creo que todos deberíamos reciclar para proteger el planeta.
ROWING IN THE RIVER EBRO - EBRONAUTAS A group of 37 students from 3rd Eso went rowing to the river Ebro last Monday 14th of April as part of a program called ‘Ebronautas’ accompanied by the physical education teachers. **Un grupo de alumnos de 3º de ESO fueron a remar al río Ebro el pasado lunes 14 de abril, como parte del programa ‘Ebronautas’, acompañados por sus profesores de Educación Física.
Amparo,Luisa &Juan
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VISIT TO A LOCAL NEWSPAPER
We went to visit our local newspaper ‘HERALDO DE ARAGÓN’ on Friday the 11th of April, 2008, organised by the Language Department. The new headquarters are in Villanueva now since their opening in 2003, where they make the newspapers everyday with new technological machines. At the entrance, we met the guide who explained us very interesting things. She showed us a big mural which measures more than 10m long and was made with 5000 different letters from the old times, as they are not used anymore. It is like a big puzzle where we played to find names. Thanks to Gutenberg and his machine the newspapers were born. The Heraldo was founded in 1895 and the name comes from ‘herald’ who used to be a sort of reporter and it was called ‘the broad sheet’ because it was very big. The Director was Antonio Mompeón. There is a museum with old machines and also there is a video show where we learnt some details and how important publicity is for the information business. The reporters though don’t work here but at Independence Street, they send the news before 10pm and here they print 65.000 units every day for which they need about 24 rolls of paper (23.000m. each), that is to say, a lot of paper which hopefully will be recycled. The rotative is very modern and can throw about 70.000 units per hour. It is as big as a 4 store building. How does it work? Firstly, metal pieces are carved with the information and then, those metal pieces are set into a rolling machine which is covered with ink which prints the papers. Four pages go in every metal piece. Anyway, it was interesting to learn about the whole process and finally, we were taken a photo which was published on the 12th,. You can see it down under. (Carol Fron &Daniel Gil- 3rd C)
** Fuimos a visitar el ‘HERALDO DE ARAGÓN’ el viernes, 11 de abril, organizado por el Dep. de Lengua. La nueva planta está en Villanueva desde que se abrió en 2003. Aquí hacen los periódicos cada día con unas máquinas muy modernas. A la entrada, nos recibió una guía que nos explicó cosas muy interesantes como un mural que hay de unos 10m de largo con 5000 letras de las que ya no se usan ahora. Es como un gran puzzle donde jugamos a encontrar nombres. Gracias a Gutenberg y su máquina nacieron los periódicos. El Heraldo se fundó en 1895 y su nombre proviene de la palabra ‘heraldo’, mensajero o reportero. Y se le llamaba al periódico ‘la sábana’ por lo enorme que era entonces. El Director era A. Mompeón. Hay un museo con viejas máquinas y también hay un audiovisual donde aprendimos algunos datos y cuan importante es la publicidad en este negocio. Aunque los reporteros no trabajan aquí, sino en Independencia .Mandan las noticias antes de las 10pm y aquí se imprimen 65.000 ejemplares cada día, par los cuales se necesitan unos 24 rollos de 23.000m cada uno, es decir, un montón de papel que esperemos que vaya al reciclaje y no a la basura. La rotativa es una máquina muy moderna que puede tirar unas 60.000 unidades por hora y es tan grande como un edificio de 4 plantas. ¿Como funciona? Primero se graban unas planchas de metal en relieve, que luego son puestas en los rotativos; estos se impregnan de tinta y se va imprimiendo la información en el papel. 4 páginas caben en cada plancha. En fin, fue muy interesante ver todo el proceso, y al final nos hicieron una foto que fue publicada al día siguiente en el diario y que os mostramos aquí
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VISIT TO A LOCAL NEWSPAPER- quiz COMPREHENSION: 1. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE NEWSPAPER THAT WE VISITED? 2.
WHEN WAS IT FOUNDED?
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WHERE DOES THE NAME COME FROM?
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WHICH NAME WAS GIVEN TO THE NEWSPAPER AT THAT TIME?
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WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE DIRECTOR AT THAT TIME?
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WHAT CLASSES WENT TO VISIT IT?
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WHAT DID WE SEE AT THE ENTRANCE ?
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WHICH NAMES DID WE FIND IN THE MURAL’?
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HOW MANY LETTERS FORMED THE PUZZLE?
10. HOW LONG WAS IT? 11. CAN YOU REMEMBER ANY PICTURE FROM THE MUSEUM? 12. HOW MUCH DID THE METAL WEIGH? 13. WHO INVENTED THE PRINTING MACHINE? 14. WHEN WE WERE WATCHING THE VIDEO, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? 15. WHO ANSWERED THE QUESTION? WHAT WAS THE ANSWER? 16. HOW MUCH DOES A PAGE COST FOR PUBLICITY? 17. HOW MANY UNITS ARE MADE EVERY DAY? 18. THE ROTATITE WAS COMPARED TO A ……..
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19. IS IT GOING TO BE CHANGED? 20. WHERE DOES IT COME FROM, THE NEW ONE? 21. HOW MANY ROLLS OF PAPER ARE USED EVERY NIGHT? 22. HOW MANY METRES ARE IN A ROLL? 23. THE PAPER STORE HOUSE IS AS BIG AS A…………….. 24. WHERE ARE THE REPORTERS WORKING? 25. WHAT IS THE EDITORIAL? 26. HOW DO THE REPORTERS SEND THE INFORMATION? LAST MINUTE NEWS? 27. THE OLD CAMERA AT THE END WAS FROM 19….. 28. WHAT WAS INSIDE THE GIFT BAG?
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