30 Jan - Laude San Pedro International College

Secondary School Weekly Bulletin Monday 30 th January– Volume 1, Issue 15At the Modern Foreign Languagesdepartment we believe it is crucial touse all technological resourcesavailable as learning languages issomething very dynamic and quitepractical. With that spirit we createdin April 2011 “The Laude San PedroLanguages Blog” where we havebeen posting additional resources ofall kinds for our students to gobeyond the mere classroom teachingand enhance their skills.The famous German philosopherLudwig Wittgenstein once said: ““Thelimits of my language mean the limitsof my world” and it is our philosophyis to broaden their frontiers by givingthem as many opportunities toimprove their languages as possible.To try it out please go on:www.languageslaudesanpedro.blogspot.comMr. S. Ortiz – Head of MFLThis week, year 9 history studentshave started learning about theHolocaust. The Holocaust was thesystematic, bureaucratic, statesponsoredpersecution and murder ofapproximately six million Jews by theNazi regime and its collaborators.Every year on 27 January, the worldmarks Holocaust Memorial Day(HMD). Holocaust Memorial Dayprovides an opportunity for everyoneto learn lessons from the Holocaustand Nazi persecution and apply themto the present day to create a safer,better future. On this date we haveshared the memory of the millionswho have been murdered in theHolocaust in order to challengehatred and persecution today. Ourstudents will write a letter to one ofthe survivors of the Holocaustexplaining that they have juststudied the Holocaust at school. Theywill include the following:• what they know andunderstand about theHolocaust• how they feel about theHolocaust• why we should rememberthe HolocaustMr. F. Marcos – Head of HumanitiesYears 7 to 9 Food Technologystudents have this week beencelebrating the start of the ChineseNew Year, the year of the dragon, bypreparing and cooking Chow Meinduring practical lessons. Studentshave been looking at stir frying as amethod of cooking and learning howto safely use a Wok!Stir-frying is a method of quickcooking that is very popularthroughout Asia, particularly China.You don’t have to have a wok to stirfry;you can use a large heavy basedfrying pan instead. Top tips from thisweek’s lesson: make sure you prepareall your ingredients BEFORE you startcooking, get your wok nice and hotbefore you start and open the kitchendoor or window in case it gets a bitsmoky and don’t cook more than twoEdited by: Mr. C. Marchand - Head of Secondary

Secondary School Weekly Bulletin Monday 30 th January– Volume 1, Issue 15portions of food at a time otherwiseeverything ends up soggy. Not nice!Mr. R. Ellis – technology DepartmentWe have reached the early 1600’swith some very well and less wellknown mathematician. Thanks to Mr.MacInnes’ Year 8 group who havebeen doing the research. Watch thisspace!Mr. I. MacInnes – Maths DepartmentCOMING SOON:Inter Schools CrossCountry ChampionshipLife size sculpting in Year 9This fun-packed activity took placethis week in Year 9 Art lessons! Thefinal sculpture will be presented inour Vernissage on 23rd of February(from 6pm).The Art department looks forward toseeing you there!Mrs. U. Schroeter – Arts DepartmentThe maths timeline takes over mathscorridor, take a look at our growingtimeline!Edited by: Mr. C. Marchand - Head of SecondaryThe Inter Schools Cross CountryChampionship was kindly hosted bySt Anthony’s College on the 25January 2012. Nine participatingschools on the Costa del Sol took upthe challenge, all showing a very highstandard of performance. Thedetermination and enthusiasm wasclearly seen by the Laude team whichwas made up of students rangingfrom Year 5 to Year 12, with over 60pupils in the team. The runnersbattled their way through the difficultcourse, with all the students arrivingat the finish line, and many giving theLaude team a position in the first ten,thus awarding points for Laude. At theresults and awards presentation,Laude was given 4 th place out of thenine participating schools. It was agreat achievement and achampionship worthy of repeating.Miss O. Garcia – Head of PELAUDE´SCYCLINGCLUBSaturday 25 th February