November 2008 - British School Of Bucharest

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Visit the BSB website at www.britishschool.ro Entrevista con Rocío Martí, profesora de español English summary of the interview Miss Martí is telling Susana that she likes Romania and that she worked previously in Madrid and Dublin. She thinks that her pupils in Primary and in Year 7 have had a head start in Spanish. Learning Spanish is not as easy as it might seem, but with the necessary effort, they will succeed. Susana Peseira from Portugal, IGCSE candidate for Spanish from Year 12, is interviewing Miss Rocío Martí, Spanish teacher and SEN coordinator at BSB. Susanna: Cuánto tiempo llevas en Rumanía? Miss Martí: Llevo aquí 3 meses exactos. Susanna: Te gusta Rumanía, Bucarest? Miss Martí: Tiene sitios preciosos, aunque otros no tanto, en general me gusta mucho. Susanna: Dónde has trabajado antes de este colegio ? Miss Martí: He trabajado 4 años en Madrid en dos colegios Británicos Internacionales, International School of Madrid y Saint Anne’s School tanto en Primaria como en Secundaria. He trabajado también durante un año en Dublín enseñando español. Susanna: Tienes muchos alumnos de español en el Colegio? Miss Martí: Sí, tengo muchos alumnos en Primaria aunque sólo a Year 7 en Secundaria, pero espero que el año que viene haya más. Susanna: Tienen tus alumnos facilidad para aprender el español? Miss Martí: En general todo el mundo piensa que el español es muy fácil, pero hay que estudiar. En este colegio los alumnos hablan más de un idioma, así que estoy sorprendida de la facilidad con la que aprenden. Susana, Year 12 Hola a todos! Bienvenidos al club de Español! Primary school students actively involved in Various fun language activities Year 4 Art Spanish is new this year on the primary and Year 7 curriculum, a welcome addition to the MFL family of German and French. So far we have been studying the calendar (days of the week, months of the year, etc.), numbers, colours, describing faces, etc. and through the year we will study animals, celebrations, likes and dislikes, etc. The Spanish room is in the Primary Building, we have boards with our work displayed, please come and see what we have been doing! I have thoroughly enjoyed my first term at BSB. Our pupils are so excited to learn a new language and so eager to say “iHola!” when they see me around school. In this picture you can see Pelin, Thomas, Alex and Philip playing the Spanish game called “La Oca” (“The Goose”), Calista and Raluca are playing “Guess who” in Spanish and Amelia, Seo Young and Alliss are completing a domino about colors in Spanish. As you can see all of them were very focussed! Ms Rocio Marti, Spanish Teacher Lea bravely holding the Preying Mantis whilst Oscaraims his camera looking for the perfect shot! The girls from 4H (Gurbani, Mariana, Joanna and Julia) are future photographers! Tudor and Alessandro working together to capture the moment in print for all to see. For our art lessons this month Year 4 have become photographers. We learned how to use cameras and how to set up great shots. We all brought our cameras from home and went on a photo expedition. A girl in our class named Lea found a huge Preying Mantis, which became a photo favourite! When we were finished we copied our pictures onto the computers and got to investigate the photo shop tools that let you add colour, cut and paste other images and do lots of other things. Oscar and Stefano, 4H The British School of Bucharest Magazine 14
Visit the BSB website at www.britishschool.ro European Day of Languages, 26 September Celebrating linguistic diversity, plurilingualism and lifelong language learning Logo of Language Day by the European Commission Can you find a better place to celebrate the European Day of Languages than our school? With approximately 40 languages spoken by our students, who come from many different countries all around the world, this is a truly international and plurilingual place. Along with English, everybody speaks or is learning to speak at least one more language. We provide French, Spanish and German as Modern Foreign Languages. The week leading up to Language Day on September 26th was marked by activities and competitions with a language focus in which both the Primary and Secondary Schools participated. In our MFL lessons we turned the focus for a while away from the foreign language to have a look at each child’s native language. Grouped by native languages, the children gave a message in front of the camera in a large variety of languages including French, Romanian, Arabic, Turkish, German, Czech, Urdu, Greek, and of course English. KS2 pupils wrote postcards to our partner schools from Italy, England, Austria and Spain. Year 5T for example made very professional looking postcards with famous sights from Bucharest and Romania, like the People’s Palace and Bran Castle. We are looking forward to the replies we will get and hopefully we will stay in touch with our penpals from these European countries. The second challenge was to create a class poster with a phrase from every language spoken by the pupils in that class. Well done to Year 4H and Year 5B for their brilliant posters! Pupils were encouraged to think about their favourite word in any language (preferably their native language) and write down what it means, where they have encountered it and what it reminds them of. In Secondary School, the house and vice captains explored the diversity of languages spoken in Crawford House by interviewing peers and staff on how to say a phrase of their choice in a different language. Andreea Prasacu and Susana Peseiro, the two leaders of Arges, managed to round up the largest number of languages, including some as exotic as Swahili. In the assembly dedicated to this event, students competed for house points in the Who Wants to Become a Millionaire Language Special. Ms Dorothea Draser, German Teacher Can you guess what some of the favourite words of our pupils in KS2 mean? Match them up. Obrigado by Thomas 5T Chat by Eleanor in 5T Zealous by Tatum in 6D Shalom by Daniel in 5T Vata de zahar by Liria in 5B • • • • • • • • • • Hebrew for Hello Portuguese for Thank you Candy floss in Romanian Enthusiastic in English French for Cat Solve this puzzle and you could win a 200 Ron Book Voucher- 2 prizes to be won (Primary and Secondary School each have 1 voucher). All entries must be submitted to your class or form teacher before the end of November. All correct entries will go into a draw to be drawn in the last assembly of the year. Winners will be published in the next issue of BSB Newsblast. An example question from the European Day of Languages Quiz in Secondary School 5T postcards of Language Postcards of Language The British School of Bucharest Magazine 15
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