Moragete English Camp!

The sixth graders had an amazing time attending Moragete English Camp in Requena two weeks ago! They had been looking forward to their special end of course field trip all semester, and Moragete did not dissapoint! 

 

Moragete is an all-english camp where teachers are all native English speakers, from countries such as Canada, United States, England, Cameroon, and the Phillipines! The students spoke English in all of their classes, like biology laboratory pictured here:

 

While the students of course learned a lot, they also had a blast playing lots of games! They went tubing down the hillside,

They climbed through an adventure obstacle course in the trees (with harnesses of course!) And they went down the zip line.

 

They also had some super fun events like the flash mob dance:

 

terror night with zombies and monsters:

  

And disco night full of dancing!

 

They played lots of games, and had a great time over all!

 

One of the students' favorite parts was the food! They thought it was delicious, and of course they had to ask for their food in English. 

 

Thanks to all of the students who came for making the most of English camp at Moragete!

Hat Exhibition

As part of Kentucky Derby Day celebration, many children brought in amazing handmade derby hats to school! The children wore their hats during the celebration and then the next week at school the hats were shown in the hallway in a special hat exhibition! This way we could show off all of the amazing creations the students had brought and everyone could see all of the hats. Many thanks to the families who collaborated in the making of these special hats!

Kentucky Derby Day

Our Auxiliar de Conversación, Sara, is from Kentucky, USA. In order to share with the children a bit more about her culture, we put together a series of activities about Kentucky for all ages in primary.

First, Sara presented a presentation on some basic characteristics of Kentucky, especially sharing about horse racing, which is an important part of Kentucky culture. The children learned about the Kentucky Derby, a world-famous annual horse race hosted in Louisville, Kentucky, in the month of May. They also learned the anthem song of Kentucky, called "My Old Kentucky Home."

Next, the 6th graders spent time researching and putting together their own presentation about Kentucky, including more information like history, food, famous people, and natural features of Kentucky. They then shared their research in a presentation to the younger students in school.

Lastly, the students of all ages participated in a special Derby Day reenactment activity. Each class had its own Derby Day horse race, where students dressed up in hand-made costumes and acted out the roles of the horses, jockeys, and spectators of the race. It is typical at Derby Day to wear big, crazy hats, so students brought home-made decorated hats to wear to the celebration, and then made a hat parade to show them off!

The students had a great time learning about Kentucky and acting out the celebration of Derby Day.