We are in the process of
putting together this
current academic year book
2014-15.
While this is being put
together please read about
some of the things we have
been up to so far.
The last two weeks with year 7 we have
been studying algebra. For most of
them it was something new and very
confusing at first. We introduced it by
comparing with arithmetic, showing
that it works the same way. They have
been taught since they were young the
concepts of basic maths, i.e. how to
count, and they have just passed
another important threshold in their
Maths education.
Suddenly being asked to deal with
letters instead of numbers was difficult
to begin with, but it all becomes clearer
with practical examples: If I had 3 sweets
and I buy 𝑛 more, I will have 3 + 𝑛
sweets.
Algebra is just the start of a journey that
gives them the skills to solve even more
complex problems.
Miss O. Pasquet – Maths Department
THE HEART OF THE MATTER
Year 7 are learning all about internal
organs, their function and how they
are arranged in the human body. In
the photos you can see some eager
Year 7 hands investigating just how
these organs are arranged in a pig;
whose organs are similar in size to
those of human beings.
Dr. M. Woolley – Science
Department
youngest in the whole squad! Apart
from that, I have learnt a lot at Bristol
and techniques I want to show on the
football pitch. We played Bristol City
and Bristol Rovers. We drew 0-0 with
Bristol City and we lost 1-2 with Bristol
Rovers. We played good football and
held our held for seventy minutes.
Unfortunately playing two games on
different surfaces proved too much.
Tired legs unfortunately lost us the
game. I enjoyed the trial a lot. The youth
development coach at Bristol is coming
to Spain in December and hopefully he'll
take some of us there. I love football and
I will always love football. It is my dream
to become a professional footballer.
It was a great experience once again! “
Mrs. S. Shuttleworth – Key Stage 3
Coordinator
INTERVIEW WITH A
STUDENT: Mr. TOM LAM
In this issue we will hear the latest
news from Tom Lam, a very
promising athlete in the making.
Tom has recently been for trials
with a professional UK football
club, and this is what he had to say
about it:
“I went to Bristol for trials on
the 26th of October. I also went last
year in Year 8 but it wasn't as good
as this trial. I was the second
Edited by: Mr. C. Marchand – Deputy Head of School
Year 9 students have been going above
and beyond recently and started to take
an active role around the school.
Students volunteered to help Primary
students with the selling of home made
cakes during a break time and over 200
Euros was raised. Other Year 9 students
also gave up their break times to sell he
Poppies to raise money to help families
affected by war.
More news comes from Year 8: Amalia
Estradas is just back from a trip to the
UK where she had the chance to
audition for “ Britain´s got Talent”
television programme. Amalia enjoyed
herself and although she did not go
through to the next round there is
always next year!
Amalia was headline news in her local
newspaper “ The Birmingham Mail”.
(pictured above) We are lucky that we
will still be able to hear her as she will
singing in a future school assembly.
Mrs. Sarah Shuttleworth – Key Stage 3
Coordinator
PADEL LESSONS IN YEAR
2
MATHS DAY IS FUN!
The Primary School recently celebrated
our “Maths is Fun” day. All children,
from Early Years to Year 6, enjoyed a
variety
of
different
activities
throughout all curriculum areas
prepared by our enthusiastic teachers.
Years 1, 2 and 3 took part in a rotation of
activities, one of which was the
“Elephant Walk” where the children
looked for different ways of arranging
colours. Children made numbers with
their bodies in their KS1 drama sessions,
some children were lucky to work with
Mars bars whilst studying fractions (and
eating them at the end!) and others
investigated the probability of toast
landing butter side down. Children in
the Early Years class explored quantity
and matched shapes, amongst a range
of other activities. Older children
explored pentominoes and hexominoes,
the ancient Chinese tangram puzzles
and how many children would be able to
fit in a 1 metre square with surprising
results. This is just a snap shot of the
variety of activities throughout the day.
If you ask you children what their maths
day was like, hopefully they will answer,
“Maths is fun!”
Mrs N. de Comarmond – Head of
Primary
Year 2 had a fantastic time at the
Padel club despite the grey skies.
All the children got to try out
playing padel and tennis. They
walked down to and back from the
club beautifully and everyone
commented on how well behaved
they were. Many thanks to the club
for providing a tasty snack and
drinks as well as their super
coaching. Also a big thank you to
the parents who came to watch and
help.
Extract from Thing by Sophie Tonge
“The grotesque aroma of the dimly lit
room overwhelmed me. I could not keep
my equilibrium, how on earth would I
have the strength to escape from the
grasps of this creature. I took my head
out of knees, and then the hot, sticky
tears began streaming down my face as
I screamed at the horror of this thing. His
red, beady eyes glared down towards
me, as he gargled salvia and spat it at
me. Anguish flooded my body, as I
suddenly stammered up and spat back
at him. Then before I could even react,
everything turned black.“
Mr. T. Barnett – Head of English
HALLOWEEN IN YEAR 2
Mrs S. Adams & Miss A. Symons –
Year 2
LAUDE’S FIENDISH
WRITING STRIKES AGAIN
Congratulations to our winner of
the inaugral Laude San Pedro
Halloween Writing Competition:
Sophie Tonge (Year 12). Chosen
from close to one hundred entries,
this student’s work showed the
right mix of description, tension and
horror to impress the judges. A
chilling sample is included below.
Edited by: Mr. C. Marchand – Deputy Head of School
Year 2 had a fantastic time during our
Halloween celebrations. Everyone
enjoyed showing off their costumes
and watching the primary parade. After
that we went back to our classes to find
them full of magic potions! A witch was
there and she needed our help to make
the best potion with the biggest
bubbles. We all had a straw with a
different potion to try out, we soon
realised that the potions were made
from a base of milk, water or juice. We
discovered that the milky potions made
the best bubbles as the liquid is thicker
than water.
Mrs S. Adams & Miss A. Symons – Year 2
BRAVO L´ ARTISTE !
We have many talented children in our
school, one of whom is Diana in 3M.
Diana wants to be an artist and is
inspired by Van Gogh, as you can see by
her sunflowers painting. During our
Primary assembly, Diana confidently
told the school about her passion for
painting and art work. She has already
sold 1 painting and we are now lucky to
be displaying some of her art work in our
reception area leading in to KS1. Please
be sure to have a look – it really is
amazing!
Mrs N. de Comarmond – Head of
Primary
goes into these projects involves
learning across a range of
curriculum areas and involves a
curriculum overlap with other
subjects, namely Science, History,
Geography and ICT, which is a great
way for learning in one subject area
to compliment another and allow
students to not only see the links
between different subjects, but also
for them to begin creating their own
such links. Some of these projects
include: Educational systemsstudents prepare an interview for
their teachers and examine various
countries´ educational systems! The
Dispossessed-developing
understanding of the historical
context of marginalisation and
relating it the present-day society.
Film Studies-an exciting look at the
beginning of the film industry and
how key features in film correspond
with those in literature. We look
forward to displaying our students´
work on completion of these
projects.
Miss A. Griffin - English department
Mr. D. Maloney – Head of Creative Arts
KEY STAGE 4
WATCH OUT DRONES
ABOUT!
It has been a very busy few weeks in Key
Stage 4 it is any wonder students have
enough time for their actual lessons.
Students across Year’s 10 and 11 have
been attending many different charities
in order to volunteer and get hands on
experience. Many have visited; Triple A,
Adana and the Aprona School. In
addition to this students have had a very
special talk from the DEBRA charity
foundation – the students were a
testament to the school behaving
impeccably and really thinking about the
meaning of this charity.
REMEMBRANCE DAY
RESEARCH SKILLS
It has been an exciting start to the
second half of the first term in the
English department, with a strong focus
across all year groups on consolidating
students´ directed and independent
research skills. Although the outcome
will take the form of individual or small
group projects, the preparation that
On the 11th November, we held a
ceremony for Remembrance Day at
Laude. Students from our Primary
School presented very moving
readings to remember the fallen to
the whole school. This was
followed by a one minute in silence.
We Will Remember Them!
Edited by: Mr. C. Marchand – Deputy Head of School
Whilst the students were enjoying their
lunch time, Christiaan Bijlstra from Year
12 brought in his brand new drone
(pictured above) to take some fantastic
images of the school and surrounding
areas for a very exciting project we are
working on. The use of this new
technology at the school we hope will
become common place at events and on
new projects. Keep an eye out on the
school website and around the school
for some of the results from this exciting
new project!
Mr. C. Smith – Key Stage 4 Coordinator
wonderful day!
FARM VISIT FOR YEAR 3
Miss C. Middleton – Year 3
KEY STAGE 3 & 4
VOLLEYBALL
On Wednesday, Year 3 visited El Pato
farm, in Málaga. The weather was
kinder to us, as the sun shone for most
of the day!
The farm is run by a family, with friendly
monitors that organised some lovely
activities for us, including horse-riding,
making clay pots and one of our
favourites - feeding the animals! The
ducks, goats and chickens were
particularly hungry, and the month-old
calf was the cutest attraction, enjoying
lots of attention from us.
The teachers were very proud of the
children, as they represented Laude
fabulously, with excellent listening and
wonderful manners!
We all thoroughly enjoyed the day, and
some of us even enjoyed a nice sleep on
our long journey home!
When asked this morning, all the
children said that they had had a
are its effects on the body’s metabolic
rate. It enhances your energy level
which improves students overall
physical and mental performance.
Volleyball also improves hand-eye
coordination and strengthens and
develops fast reflexes. As with any type
of physical activity, volleyball improves
mental health and enhances the health
of the bones and joints.
Mrs. S. Fowler Barley - P.E. Department
“VOCABULARIO” IN YEAR 3
Students have been constantly
running, jumping, diving, swinging
their arms and bending their
knees. Learning and improving
their skills and techniques then
applying these into a game
situation. Volleyball offers all the
lessons of team sports at a young
age. Students need to work as a
team, whether playing doubles or
six players, and if you don’t work
together, you lose! Students learn
the benefits of encouraging
teammates and working together to
improve.
The physical activities involved in
playing volleyball will strengthen
the upper body, arms and shoulders
as well as the muscles of the thighs
and lower legs. Playing volleyball
also tones and strengthens the
cardiovascular and respiratory
systems. Improved circulation
circulates more blood, oxygen and
nutrients throughout the body,
improving the body’s functions and
your overall health and well-being
reducing the risks of hypertension,
heart disease and diabetes.
Other benefits of playing volleyball
Edited by: Mr. C. Marchand – Deputy Head of School
In their Spanish class, the Year 3
students
have
been
learning
vocabulary related to the school. We
have being describing our school and
our Spanish classroom. Children have
even designed and described what their
perfect school would look like, but what
they all agreed was how much they
loved their school, Laude! They have
also had lots of fun playing a game to
test each other´s knowledge about
vocabulary related to the classroom.
Well done, Year 3, you have done a great
job!
Mrs. N. Sánchez - SSL Primary.
LAUDE INTERNATIONAL
COLLEGE IN VOGUE!
A photograph of Laude International
College has been selected to appear on
the Vogue Italia portfolio of our very
talented Irene Sekulic. You can access
the photograph and more works by
Irene Irene by clicking on the
year 8M took part in an
international ballet concurs named
"The Youth America Grand Prix
2015". The YAGP became the
largest
student
scholarship
competition in the world. From
October the 31st till November the
2nd Anna and Sonya participated
with 4 other girls from the School of
Russian Ballet in the European
semi-final in the "Andre Malraux
Theater" in Paris. Among more than
hundred participating groups in
their category they had an
incredible good performance and
ended up in the top 10 and qualified
for the finals which will take place in
New York between the 10th and the
15th of April 2015.
By: Sonya Hopman – Year 8M
following
link: http://www.vogue.it/photovogue
/Portfolio/f26018ba-6caf-4fbe-809a14580831c0e6/Image
Mr. D. Maloney – Head of Creative Arts
Mrs. I. Sekulic – Creative Arts
Department
RECYCLED HALLOWEEN
ARTWORK
LAUDE GIRLS AT « L´ÉCOLE
DU BALLET DE L´OPÉRA DE
PARIS »
Creativity,
knowledge
and
responsibility, or how Art can be
both fun and of useful to society:
On November the 2nd Anna Guseva
from year 7M and Sonya Hopman from
obvious to our students how everyday
life objects which we normally dispose
of, could be recycled for that purpose.
One has to forget the primary use of any
given object and see it in anew light,
considering its colour, shape and
texture.
All kind of boxes, newspapers, old
clothes, and magazines were used to
create a very original set of Halloween
decorations. A buffet of monstrous
cakes, a body part shop for zombies, and
sinister cemetery artefacts were on
display in the school hall during
Halloween week. Throughout this
Project, students have learnt to work
collaboratively and to stimulate their
creativity. Congratulations to all
students involved for a job very well
done!
For ESO students, our first Art
Project has been quite a challenge!
Their mission: to create Halloween
decorations using only recycled
materials! It was not immediately
Edited by: Mr. C. Marchand – Deputy Head of School
WELCOME TO OXFORD MR
PAEZ!
Dear Parents & Students, all staff at
Laude San Pedro join me to wish you a
very happy, healthy and prosperous
New Year!
Mr. C. Marchand – Deputy Head of
School
Year 10 and 11 are busy leading and
organizing the Laude Charity Gala
which will be held at the school on
Thursday 19th February starting at
7pm. They have been instrumental
in organising; music, dance, a luxury
auction, a fashion show by Elle
Morgan and food from Masala
restaurants. In addition to this they
have been busy with the marketing
and promotion of the event.
Tickets are now on sale from our
Key Stage 4 students and reception
every day. Tickets are priced at 5
Euros and are selling incredibly
quickly so get yours today to avoid
disappointment. In addition to
buying tickets you can support our
two fantastic charities; L’Aladim
and
Fundacion
Scariolo
by
sponsoring the event. Please email
gala2015@laudesanpedro.com for
more information.
We would like to give a big thank
you to Nicole King from RTV
Marbella and Marbella Family Fun
for a great collaboration. We will be
appearing on the Mi Marbella radio
show in the coming weeks so tune
into 107.6 from 3.30-5.30 every day
to hear more about the Laude
Charity Gala and other fantastic
Laude initiatives.
Mr. C Smith - KS 4 Coordinator
Edited by: Mr. C. Marchand – Deputy Head of School
Many congratulations to Álvaro Páez,
who has been accepted to study
Mathematics at Oxford University
(Magdalen College). The competition
for entry is as tough as it gets, and we
are
immensely
proud
of
his
achievements.
Mr C. Marchand- Deputy Head of
School
CHARITY WORK AT LAUDE
We would like to congratulate all Key
Stage 4 students that took part in the
DEBRA and FNAC charity event over the
Christmas period. The Year 10 and 11
students helped raise 10,000 Euros for
DEBRA, a fantastic achievement, well
done Key Stage 4!
Also, Laude San Pedro raised an
outstanding 2040 Euros for “Save the
Children” thanks to our sponsored run
prior to Christmas. Thank you to all of
our students and to all the parents who
joined us for this event!
Mr. C. Smith – KS4 Coordinator
FEEDING OUR COMMUNITY
we managed to collect 13 boxes full
of non-perishable foods to send to
our friends at the Emaus
foundation.
Thank you so much to all those who
donated – you have made a huge
difference to many families across
Málaga!
After seeing the generosity of our
students and families, I for one am
immensely proud to belong to
Laude School.
Miss C. Gaukrodger – Head of
Science
LAUDE CHRISTMAS
SWIM
This term, as part of our new Vertical
Tutor Group programme, Secondary
students have been organising food
donations for a local charity. The
chosen charity is Emaus which operates
6 ‘comedores sociales’ (soup kitchens)
in the Málaga region.
The aim of this campaign was to raise
awareness
across
our
school
community of the plight that local
families are facing on a daily basis to
provide food in the home. According to
a recent article in the newspaper “Sur in
English” there are 2.5 million children at
risk of poverty in Spain - 1.5 million of
these children live in Andalucía!
Volunteer workers at the soup kitchen in
Estepona explained how a key need is
food that can be used for school packedlunches, so families can send their
children to school knowing they will
have a proper meal.
I am pleased to report that after a huge
effort from many students and teachers
On Tuesday the 16th of December
2014 these courageous students in
our 6th Form (and Dr.Woolley!)
bravely took part in a Christmas
Swim in order to raise money for
our school charity. Thanks to all the
generous sponsors out there, we
managed to raise €200 this Christmas!
This is a huge accomplishment and
everyone who participated should
be very proud. Huge thanks to all
the teachers and students who
helped to make this event happen.
Who knows, perhaps this could become a tradition at Laude for all future 6th Formers crazy enough to
braze the freezing waters?!
Sophie Day – Year 12 student
Edited by: Mr. C. Marchand – Deputy Head of School
LIBERTÉ D´EXPRESSION
It was a special day, this 8th of January.
As many French people, I was wearing
a badge “Je suis Charlie”. As the year 7
students were entering the classroom,
questions started to raise: “Miss, you
are not Charlie!?” “Did you change your
name?”… I was pleased that, after the
long Christmas holidays, they still remembered what “je suis” meant. But I
needed to explain to them why I was
wearing this and what happened in
France the previous day, as far as I knew
of course. They are young girls and boys,
therefore I had to simplify the story so
that they could understand. I told them
that some of these cartoonists were
part of my childhood, that they also
drew cartoons and comics, that they
were expressing themselves through
very tough drawings and acid humour in
a satirical newspaper called “Charlie
Hebdo”, that they were making fun of
every political and religious side, that
some policemen and other people of
the building were also killed in the terrorist attack, that it is important for new
generations to respect the opinion of
others and that journalists all over the
world do a difficult job to inform us
through photos, articles, interviews,
drawings, serious
ness or humour, and that this freedom
of expression always has to be respected.
Miss O. Pasquet – MFL Department
JAKE JACKSON: FOOTBALL
HIGHLIGHTS
Laude San Pedro is proud to bring to
you the latest news from the football
world where Jake Jackson is going from
one success to another, showing
himself off as a pillar of his team,
instrumental in their current success.
Jake scored against Malaga on Sunday;
His team drew at home with Sevilla and
won away at Cadiz. Jake and his team
played against the league’s top four in
eight days so these are great results!
Mr. C. Marchand – Subdirector del
Colegio
LONG LIVE THE GEEKS!
At one second after the bang, the
first protons and neutrons were
formed that make up the matter
that now makes up our earth and
solar system, which we are all very
familiar with. Not only have they
studied this model but also the
energy mass equivalence that has
been
characterised
through
Einstein’s famous E=MC2 equation,
as well as an introduction to
quantum field theory as applied to
the four fundamental forces of the
universe, culminating in the Higgs
hypothesis with the Higgs field and
the famous Higgs boson which
according to the model; is
responsible for mass.
Dr. M. S. Woolley – Science
Department
SHAKESPEARE: FROM
STAGE TO PAGE
This week our Year 9 English
students have been exploring the
life and works of William
Shakespeare. The students showed
great enthusiasm for this research
project and created some very
impressive presentations ranging
from the ruthless and ambitious
Macbeth to the revenge-fuelled
Hamlet. Students explored the plot,
characters and themes of some of
Shakespeare´s classics. The group
will be spending the next few weeks
getting to know the characters of
Romeo and Juliet, culminating in a
piece of drama in
It is not often that you get the chance
to study the very fabric of the universe
which they will become the stars of
the show!
at school, but that is precisely what
Year 13 A level physics have recently
been doing as part of their A level
physics course. The standard model of
particle physics creates the 12 standard
fundamental particles of the 3
generations of matter that came into
being less than a millisecond after the
big bang and the birth of the Universe.
Miss A. Moody
Department
Edited by: Mr. C. Marchand – Deputy Head of School
–
English
BUSINESS PICTIONARY
Every teacher's conundrum is trying to
facilitate effective learning whilst at the
same time, engaging and enthusing
young people. However, 'having fun' in
class isn't always as tricky as it seems,
especially when you turn the subject
into a game! The students and I decided
that Business Studies Pictionary was a
great way to end the term on a positive
note.
This involved the students drawing out
pictures on the white board which
related to business terms they'd
studied, and the teams sat down needed
to
guess
the
term.
This was a very effective way for me to
assess whether they'd learned these
terms (you can't possibly draw
something you don't understand!) and a
very fun way for the students to
compound what they'd studied. I was
impressed by their drawing abilities too!
Miss A. Garcia – Humanities
Department
U/13 FOOTBALL &
BASKETBALL
TOURNAMENTS
HOSTED BY LAUDE
The Inter Schools’ U/13 boys’ and girls’
football and basketball tournaments
were hosted by Laude San Pedro
International
College
in
two
consecutive weeks. All our players
showed superb team effort and great
skills in the games played. The girls
showed commitment to each other and
confidently demonstrated the strategies
and tactics which they had been
practicing in PE lessons. The boys’
matches were equally spectacular to
watch. The matches were very close
indeed, some games were won, some
were lost and a few deadlocks too.
A special mention goes to Marko
Mutadavzc for a brilliant performance
and successful captaining of the
basketball team; to Amalia Estradas and
Eva Marcus for scoring some incredible
goals in the football match against
Swans and to Lois Burrell for showing
great agility and quick thinking whilst
commanding her penalty box.
Miss O. Garcia – Head of PE
PUBLIC SPEAKING IN
YEAR 1
Year 1B had lots of fun in their
Public Speaking lesson this
week. The children were very
excited to talk about the item they
had chosen to bring in. Cosmo
collects natural stones and gem
and brought in his collection to
show the children. He shared lots
of interesting information about
where he found them, some he
found when walking on the
beach. We all decided to look very
carefully when we next went to the
beach in case we were lucky enough
to find some as beautiful as these.
Nicolas brought in his Buzz Light
Year action toy. Nicolas told us that
the Toy Story films are one of his
favourites. The children enjoyed
hearing about all the games and
adventures Nicolas has with Buzz,
sometimes Nicolas play Space
Adventures and he said one day he
would like to travel in space and
visit the moon. We all said we
hoped he would be luckily enough
to fulfill his dreams.
Mrs S. Briggs – KS1 Coordinator
Edited by: Mr. C. Marchand – Deputy Head of School
BABA YAGA IN YEAR 2
Children in Year 2 have been inspired by
the traditional story, Baba Yaga, to
draw Baba Yaga, the witch, in all her
gory glory. They especially liked the fact
that she eats the strange creatures that
inhabit her long, white hair and that she
collects the green mucus that drips from
her crooked nose in a bucket to eat
when there are no juicy children to be
had for her supper. Eugh!
Mrs A. Symons – Year 2
SUPERHEROES ARE
NOTHING WITHOUT
MATHS!
Year 8 Set 1 have been helping a Super
Hero, Spiderman, with their knowledge
of Locus.
“ A locus, in mathematics, can be
defined as a set of points which share a
common property or satisfy a certain
condition.”
The students applied their mathematical
skills to help plan a safe way for
Spiderman to capture one of his
enemies and rescue hostages without
being seen.
Students had to convert the
measurements given to allow them to
accurately draw a scale diagram and
then mark off the areas
which
Spiderman needed to avoid. This fun
task involved a lot of maths, from scaling
measurements, converting units, ratios,
constructing accurate triangles and
circles.
Some students then went on to an
extension where they had to protect
Laude Exams from intruders and include
the cost of CCTV cameras and security
guards.
Mrs S. Shuttleworth – Maths
Department
when starting a new business, I
thought it might be a good idea to
bring in someone who has started
their own business. This would give
the students some context to their
ideas, an authentic business
perspective and some much needed
constructive feedback for their
ideas.
I invited a business man from
London, who started his own
business in Gibraltar, working in
American real estate and finding
properties for investors. He was an
instant success with the students as
he discussed, in length, their
business plans and ideas explaining the viability of each plan
and identifying areas for thought
and change. The students were
fascinated by his advice, knowledge
and experience and remained
engaged for the entire session.
Miss A. Garcia – Humanities
Department
“Today we went to La Quinta Golf for
the morning. I had played Golf
before so i was looking forward to this
day. It is a very good sport but it is also
difficult for me. I do not find it easy to
play but tried hard. When i missed the
ball or it went in a different direction to
where i was aiming it, it was funny!”
By: Kike Pozón
In February we have the Charity Gala
and again Year 9 students have
volunteered for jobs to help out, such as
selling raffle tickets and working as
“runners” on the evening. I am sure it
will be even better than last year and we
look forward to seeing you there.
Mrs S. Shuttleworth - KS3 Coordinator.
KS3 students have a busy tem ahead
The Year 9 students are really
getting in to helping people,
especially volunteering for all jobs.
LAUDE SHARES THE PAIN
OF THE FRENCH NATION
This week in 2º Bachillerato, we have
inevitably been following and sharing
the pain that the French people
suffered several days ago. And as
citizens in a free and democratic
country, we endorse what renowned
Nobel Laureate, Mario Vargas Llosa,
recently wrote in an important Spanish
newspaper. I have included parts of his
article for your consideration:
SUCCESSFUL START-UP
VISITS LAUDE
After a period of learning about
business plans and their importance
will have a taster day. A number of the
students already play this game and so
hopefully we will have a budding Sergio
Garcia or Annika Sorenstam amongst
them. The Europeans have excelled in
the Ryder Cup in the past few years.
This what Kike Pozón in Year 9 said about
the day:
This week they were in for a treat
because they went to La Quinta
Golf club for a morning, where they
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“I think that what happened in Paris is
not only a horrible incident whose
cruelty and savagery not only makes
your hair stand on end but is also an
escalation in terror (.....) The murder of
practically all of the editorial staff of the
Charlie Hebdo magazine has an even
more important meaning: the fact that
they expect the Western culture, the
birthplace of freedom, democracy and
human rights, to renounce its use of
these values; to begin the use of
censorship, to limit the freedom of
expression, to establish a list of
forbidden topics, that is, to give up one
of the most fundamental principles of
freedom: the right to criticise (.....). We
have to make an effort to prevent this
from happening and that Europe be
destroyed by its enemies as well as by
those who pretend to defend her
through various forms of intolerance
and fanaticism (.......) That is why, this
tragic event that France is suffering is a
tragedy that affects all free men and
women of this world and it’s why we
should repeat, as millions of frenchmen
do every day: “Je suis Charlie Hebdo” /
“I am Charlie Hebdo”.
In Year 3 we are learning about the
weather and how it is different
around the world. This week we
were talking about the weather
elements: the wind, the rain, the
snow, the fog... and how in some
countries, these elements can be
very extreme., such as, the
Monsoon. Some places such as the
Caribbean, the South of Asia,
Central
America
and
Madagascar only have two seasons:
the rainy one in summer (Wet
season) and the dry one in winter
(Dry season). When the Monsoon
arrives, it brings strong winds and
rain, causing floods. The children
were fascinated to learn how the
weather is so different around the
world. They also enjoyed comparing
the weather here where we live, to
other parts of the world. Well done,
Year 3. We have learnt a lot form
each other.
Mrs N. Sanchez – Primary MFL
Department
Mrs. L. Zambrano – Spanish Department
MONSOON IN YEAR 3
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