lunes, 20 de junio de 2022

TALKS, GIG AND SCAVENGER HUNT

 Thomas, our dear language assistant, paid a visit to CRA La Abadía on 23rd May and gave a talk to the students of Year 5 and 6 of Primary Education. 

An ordinary Monday became an exceptional one as the students learned about Australia, that faraway country which is almost antipodal to Spain. Those 18,000 kms make a difference. People speak a different language, which sometimes is not so easy to understand, because they have their own expressions and terms, which are neither British nor American.  Everyday life is also different because it is such a huge country that you might have to travel for two hours to get to the nearest supermarket. School life looks so appealing when we see the Australian students take part in so many sports events and get involved in such a wide range of practical subjects. Who wouldn’t love to hear the sounds of wildlife which we have only seen in documentaries? The laughing Kookaburra, cassowary, Koala, platypus… even though some of them might frighten us terribly like the Tasmanian devil. The students listened enthralled as Thomas told them stories about his life in those mysterious and exotic lands.

And jumping from one Monday to the other, on the 6th June, Thomas made his way to CEIP Virgen de la V Angustia, where he also kept the students of Year 6 mesmerized throughout the two talks. They felt transported to the land of Kangaroos and wallabies and kept asking questions wondering if they could ever follow those nature trails through the bushes in Australia.

The day came when Thomas had to say goodbye and he did it in a fashionable way. He played the traditional bagpipes, which he had learned to play in Scotland. 

As the song says, Thomas left with the melody blowing in the wind. But you don’t have to worry, Thomas has not left Spain, so you may come across him any day.

Last but not least, on Tuesday 14th June, under the supervision of Arantxa, Nacho and Élida, the students of Virgen de la V Angustia teamed up to find the most items in the Scavenger Hunt. They raced against time to find leaves, seeds, sticks, weeds, feathers, bugs, spider webs or butterflies. They competed but without spoiling the fun. The jury consisted of the unshakeable fun-loving students of 3º ESO in the bilingual programme, who demanded a picture as proof of each and every item they found. All the students had a great time in the park and we are looking forward to the next school year when they will be the youngest members of our  secondary school.

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