HAVE YOU SEEN OUR ORCHARD AT SCHOOL??

Yes... !!!

 We have an orchard next to the Electronics building. The students take care of it with their teacher of Biology, Yolanda Fernandez.

Now they have strawberries... and lovely flower pots.

MEP ALUMNI TALK TO YOU!!!!!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B10gG6p0HC24Vlo0QVM1am4tMmR1VVdrUHhzd19zQUNVSXdN/view?usp=sharing

have a look at this presentation by the students who once participated in the Model of a European Parliament.

FINAL REPORT OF ERASMUS+ IN ERLANGEN (GERMANY)

OUR ERASMUS+  'GREEN JOBS FOR PLANET EARTH IS GETTING TO THE END'

INES SANCHO AND MARGA HERRERO ARE COMPLETELY SATISFIED WITH IT AS MANY STUDENTS AND TEACHERS HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING WITHIN DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES FOR TWO YEARS.

LAST 26TH MAY, WE TRAVELLED TO ERLANGEN IN BAVARIA (GERMANY) FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE PROJECT WITH THE OTHER 7 PARTICIPANT SCHOOL AND THE WRITING OF THE FINAL REPORT.

IT WAS AMAZING HOW WELL ORGANIZED THE STAY WAS. WE REALLY LEARNED ABOUT THEIR CULTURE, THEIR GASTRONOMY AND THEIR WAY OF DOING THINGS.

THIS IS THE ERASMUS+ PHOTO EXHIBITION OF ALL THE MOBILITIES AT THE HALL OF THEIR SCHOOL WITH IES PEDRO CERRADA IN THE CENTER.

WE VISITED THE TOWN AND ALSO NUREMBERG AND BAMBERG, WHICH IS A MEDIEVAL TOWN THAT IMPRESSED US FOR THE GOOD PRESERVATION OF THE BUILDINGS, THE BRIDGES, THE GARDENS AND THE STREETS.

THIS IS BAMBERG.

SUSANA SANTOS- THE BEST MARKS

it is a pleasure to inform that our student of Administration and Business: Susana Santos Cabeza has been awarded the EXTRAORDINARY prize to the best marks in Zaragoza for this specific training.

CONGRATULATIONS !!

http://www.iespedrocerrada.org/2018/05/premio-para-susana-santos-cabeza.html?m=1

*** THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW THAT ONE OF OUR STUDENTS HAS BEEN AWARDED THIS DIPLOMA WITH HONOURS.

GREEN JOBS - ERASMUS+ SELECTION

 STUDENTS OF 3RD ESO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON DIFFERENT TOPICS RELATED TO THE 60s AND ALSO SOME OF THEM CONCERNING 'GREEN JOBS', WHICH WE HAVE LIKED A LOT FOR OUR ERASMUS+ PROJECT.

SO, WE HAVE SELECTED FOUR AND THEY ARE HANGING NOW IN THE CORRIDOR.

THEY WILL GET SOME GIFTS FOR THEIR EFFORTS.

MOBILITY TO GERMANY- ERASMUS+ 26/MAY

OUR LAST MOBILITY IN ERASMUS+ 'GREEN JOBS' WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT WEEK FROM 26TH TO 30TH OF MAY, 2018

INES SANCHO AND MARGA HERRERO. BOTH HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD FOR TWO YEARS WHICH WILL GET TO THE END IN ERLANGEN, NEXT TO NUREMBERG. THERE, EIGHT COUNTRIES WILL HAVE TO WRITE THE FINAL REPORT AND GET CONCLUSIONS AFTER EVALUATION OF THE WHOLE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT.

M.E.P. - MODELO DE PARLAMENTO EUROPEO 23/5/2018

WE WERE TAKEN TO THE UNIVERSITY SAN JORGE IN THE EARLY MORNING TOGETHER WITH ANTONIO MACHADO AND CONDES DE ARAGON SCHOOLS.

WE WERE PART OF THE ASSEMBLY NUMBER ONE, WHERE THE COMMISION PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS RELATED TO THE TOPIC: BULLYING

WHICH WAS RECORDED LIFE FOR THE UTUBE CHANEL OF  USJ. AND WE WERE ON TV NEWS AT LUNCHTIME.

THEN, WE HAD A COFFEE BREAK. AND THEN, THERE WAS A WORKSHOP WITH A TEACHER FROM USJ, WHO ORGANIZED THEM IN GROUPS TO TALK ABOUT SOCIAL NETWORKS. CAUSES OF WHY TEENAGERS ENTER THEM AND CONSEQUENCES LIKE PROBLEMS WITH FAKE IDENTITIES, WASTING OF TIME, TRUTH OR LIES, ETC... 

AT THE END, THEY HAD TO CHOOSE JUST ONE AMONG ALL THE DIFFERENT IDEAS THEY HAD WRITTEN IN POST-ITS. AGAIN NOT AN EASY TASK BUT INTERESTING HOW THEY TRIED TO AGREE TO WHICH ONE WAS THE BEST TO PROPOSE TO THE REST OF THE PEOPLE.

EVENTUALLY, WE MOVED TO SALA MAGNA AND WE COULD LISTEN TO THE CLOSING SPEECHES JUST BEFORE GOING OUT FOR THE GLOBAL PHOTO. 

GOING TO CADENA SER....

ONE STUDENT FROM 4TH YEAR OF ESO HAS BEEN INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN CADENA SER IN A YOUTH DEBATE TO TALK ABOUT OUR LAST EXPERIENCE YESTERDAY IN RELATION TO THE MODEL OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT IN UNIVERSIDAD SAN JORGE.

SURPRISE, SURPRISE... WE WILL SEE WHO IS READY TO GO....!! COME ON !!!

WOMEN WITH ......SCIENCE !!!

MUJERES CON CONCIENCIA: WOMEN WITH SCIENCE

THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF  INTELLIGENT WOMEN ALL ALONG HISTORY WHO HAVE BECOME IMPORTANT FOR OUR SOCIETY AND FOR HUMANKIND. 

THEREFORE, OUR STUDENTS WERE INVESTIGATING AND GOT A LOT OF GOOD EXAMPLES AND SOME OF THEM NOT SO WELL-KNOWN AS LEONA WOODS AND RUBY PAYNE SCOTT

THEY ARE ALL HANGING IN THE CORRIDOR FOR OUR DELIGHT.

BUT STILL, WOMEN HAVE A LONG WAY TO RUN IN ORDER TO GET EQUALITARIANISM AND GET WELL VALUED.

AIDAN CRAVER MUST GO BACK TO AMERICA

 AIDAN CRAVER, OUR AMERICAN ASSISTANT LEFT TODAY AFTER DOING ENGLISH SPEAKING IN OUR SCHOOL SINCE LAST OCTOBER.  BUT BEFORE LEAVING, HE SHOWED HE CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT OF SPANISH, ANSWERING SOME QUESTIONS IN AN INTERVIEW WITH MARIA CALLE FROM 4TH ESO.

HE CAME TO THE RIVER WITH THE DUTCH STUDENTS TOO.

MODEL OF A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT (23/5/2018)

TOMORROW, 23 OF MAY. 4TH B ARE GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN AN ASSEMBLY AS WE HAVE BEEN INVITED BY THE UNIVERSITY SAINT GEORGE.

THE ORGANIZERS, CONDES DE ARAGON AND COLEGIO BRITANICO HAVE PREPARED SOME RESOLUTIONS WITH REFERENCE TO THE TOPIC 'BULLYING', SO WE WILL GIVE ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST THE COMMISSION IN CHARGE OF THE DEFENSE.

THIS WAY, THE STUDENTS WHO ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN ACT AS REAL POLITICIANS WILL PARTICIPATE NEXT NOVEMBER IN THE ARAGONESE SESSION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT.

DANCING WORKSHOP ....

LUISA CABALLE ORGANIZED A DANCING SESSION LAST WEEK, SO THAT THE DUTCH STUDENTS COULD LEARN SOME LATINOS, A PASODOBLE AND A CHA-CHA.

WE REALLY ENJOYED !!!

DUTCH STUDENTS ARRIVED LAST 14TH TILL 18TH MAY

YES, AFTER OUR STAY IN HOLLAND, THE DUTCH STUDENTS ARRIVED LAST MONDAY WITH THEIR TEACHERS MICHEL AND JOHN. WE SHOWED THEM THE SCHOOL AND THE TOWER MUDEJAR IN UTEBO. THEN, THEY WENT SIGHTSEEING WITH THEIR CORRESPONDENTS IN ZARAGOZA.

ON TUESDAY, WE WENT INTO P.E FOR A DANCING WORKSHOP AND WE PLAYED KAHOOT ABOUT THE NETHERLANDS CULTURE. THEN, WE VISITED ALJAFERIA PALACE. IN THE AFTERNOON, TEACHERS VISITED THE ROMAN THEATRE.




ON WEDNESDAY, THEY LEARNT ABOUT SPANISH CULTURE WITH OUR STUDENTS AND THEN, THEY WENT TO THE THEME PARK TO ENJOY ALL TOGETHER. THE TEACHERS VISITED THE AQUARIUM AND HAD LUNCH ON TOP OF IT WITH NICE VIEWS.




ON THURSDAY, WE COULD ENJOY THE EBRONAUTAS ADVENTURE ALONG THE RIVER EBRO WITH THE ENGLISH EXPLANATIONS OF OSCAR AND THE EBRONAUTAS. ALSO AIDAN, OUR AMERICAN ASSISTANT CAME WITH US.

2ND BTO WILL GRADUATE ON FRIDAY THE 24TH OF MAY, 2018

THEY HAVE BEEN STUDYING A LOT ALONG THE YEAR AND THEIR EFFORTS WILL BE REWARDED WITH GOOD MARKS AND A PARTY OF GRADUATION.

THEY WILL HAVE TO GET TO UNIVERSITY FOR THE ENTRY EXAM (EVAU)  WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE 5TH, 6TH AND 7TH OF JUNE. THEN, THEY WILL ENJOY HOLIDAYS AND THEY WILL START THEIR DEGREES AT UNIVERSITY.

THEY CAN NOT ALWAYS GET WHAT THEY WANT BUT THEY AT LEAST TRY HARD TO GET THEIR DREAMS.... IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

GOOD LUCK!!

AIDAN IS GETTING TO THE END OF HIS ADVENTURE HERE IN UTEBO

HE WAS SHARING BOTH SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

WE HAD HIM AT IES PEDRO CERRADA JUST FOR 4 HOURS ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS. HE WAS HELPING AS AN ASSISTANT FOR ENGLISH LESSONS BUT ALSO HE HELPED OTHER TEACHERS WITH MECHANICS, HISTORY OR TECHNOLOGY.

WE WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS HELP AND WE WISH HE HAS A SAFE JOURNEY HOME, ALTHOUGH HE SAYS HE WANTS TO COME BACK TO SPAIN NEXT YEAR... MAYBE TO THE SOUTH OF SPAIN WHICH HAS A BETTER WEATHER.

BYE FOR NOW AND GOOD LUCK !!!

ENGLISH IMMERSION IS A MUST FOR OUR STUDENTS...

AS A HEADTEACHER FOR THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT, I BELIEVE ENGLISH IMMERSION IS A MUST AT EVERY LEVEL FOR THE IMPROVEMENT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

THEREFORE,
1ST STUDENTS WENT TO TOSSA DE MAR, GIRONA
2ND STUDENTS WENT TO LONDON
3RD STUDENTS WENT TO MALAHIDE (IRELAND)
4TH STUDENTS WENT TO HOLLAND AND TO PORTUGAL (SCHOOL TRIP)
ADM STUDENTS WENT TO DUBLIN WITH BTO STUDENTS.

** AND THE ONES WITH GOOD MARKS PARTICIPATED IN THE ERASMUS+ MOBILITIES: NORWAY IN SEPTEMBER AND MARTINICA IN MARCH.

ALL OF THESE ACTIVITIES ARE VERY MOTIVATING FOR OUR STUDENTS AND LET THEM IMPROVE AND GET INTERESTED ABOUT THE LANGUAGE.

I AM VERY SATISFIED ABOUT THEIR PARTICIPATION AND THEIR INTEREST !!

4th YEAR STUDENTS ARE IN GULPEN ( HOLLAND)

THEY HAVE SENT SOME PHOTOS FROM THE NETHERLANDS.

THEY VISITED THE aMERICAN CEMETERY FROM THE SECOND WORLD WAR, MAASTRICH ANS AMSTERDAM.

THEY WERE LIVING IN FAMILIES AND THEY VISITED THE SOPHIANUM SCHOOL.

THEY ENJOYED A LOT !! AND THEY WILL WELCOME THE DUTCH STUDENTS NEXT MONDAY.

 AND THIS IS JOHN, THE ART TEACHER... WHO IS GOING TO COME TO UTEBO TOO!

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO ATAPUERCA ??

YES, OUR STUDENTS FROM 1ST BACHILLERATO WENT THERE YESTERDAY WITH THEIR PHILOSOPHY TEACHERS.

iT IS A VERY INTERESTING EXCURSION BECAUSE THEY LEARN ABOUT OUR ANCESTORS.

SP BONES WERE FOUND FROM 1.2 MILLION YEARS AGO.

HEIDELBERGENSIS (MIGUELON) OVER 7,000 YEARS AGO.

THEY WERE WEARING HELMETS AND THEY ENJOYED THE VISIT A LOT. 

EXPERIMENTING ON ANIMALS ????

The use of animals for scientific research is a controversial topic. Some people say that it is necessary to test if the products or medicines have allergic reactions and bad sides effects while others claim it isn't necessary to experiment on animals since it si torture and mistreatment.

The most important advantage of using animals for scientific research is that testing on animals, we can be more accurate when deducing what effects one precise medicine will have on human beings.

The main disadvantage of this is the side effects which scientific research has on animals as most of them die in laboratories after being long locked and tortured. Furthermore, they might not work in the end.

Finally, all things considered, I think the use of animals for scientific is something unnecessary that kills innocent lives and it is not pleasant.

(by Raquel Alvar- 1st Bto)

WORLD CARFREE DAY !!!

Each year,  people in over 1,500 cities in 40 countries celebrate World Carfree Day. This annual event aims to raise awareness of the problems caused by our dependence on private cars. Streets are closed to traffic and opened instead to street parties, theatre, bicycle demonstrations or outdoor cafés, in order to show people what their city might look like if there were fewer or no cars. Over one hundred million people are believed to take part in the celebrations, although this figure is difficult to verify. 

The hope is that the initiative will encourage more environmentally friendly alternatives to the car,  such as walking, cycling and public transport. However , with increasing global car production and a world which has grown used to the benefits of private transport, some say the battle is already lost. But even if we are unlikely to see cities without any cars at all, people may at least begin to change their habits and leave their car at home more often. (by V.R.)

TERUEL EXISTS.... AND PEOPLE SHOWED IT IN ZARAGOZA.

LAST SUNDAY, WE ALL WANT ON A DEMO IN ZARAGOZA ... FOR THE REMINDING OF THE EXISTENCE OF ALL THOSE VILLAGES IN THE COUNTY OF TERUEL WHICH WERE ABANDONED BY YOUNG PEOPLE AT DIFFERENT TIMES BECAUSE OF LACK OF WORK OF A DREAMT AMBITION TO GET A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE.

NOW, WE REALIZE THAT ONE DAY, THEY MIGHT DISAPPEAR IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING TO STOP IT .... OR SOMETHING TO ENCOURAGE THE ACTIVATION OF THEM ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

SO, EVERYONE WAS THERE CARRYING THE BANNER OF THEIR OWN VILLAGE, EXCEPT ME, WHO HAD THREE RATHER THAN ONE, REPRESENTING MY TWO FRIENDS WHO WOULDN'T COME THAT DAY.

PHILOSOPHY OLYMPICS AT RECREARTE LAST FRIDAY, THE 4TH OF MAY

PHILOSOPHY STUDENTS WENT TO THE OLYMPICS WITH THEIR TEACHER, JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ BUT IN THIS OCCASION, THEY PRESENTED ALL THEIR 'UTOPY' PHOTOS AND ALSO THE ONE WHICH WAS CHOSEN (ELISA'S ONE).

FINALLY, THEY PREPARED A VIDEO CLIP ABOUT THE MAKING OFF OF THE TASK AND THEIR INVOLVEMENT.

HERE IS A PHOTO OF THE 'RECREARTE' SHOW LAST FRIDAY.

OUR STUDENTS OF 4TH ESO ARE ALREADY IN GULPEN..!!

Yes, they arrived in Gulpen ( The Netherlands) today accompanied by Ana Sanz and Sonia Arilla.

They fley from Zaragoza to Charleroi and then,  they were taken to the Sophianum school by van.

They visited the school and they went to the family hosts.... in order to speak English .... of course.

Tomorrow, they will go to Maastritch and the American II World War Cemetery. They, on the

following day, they will visit Amsterdam, the dreamed capital city and they will get to know the

Dutch students.... so that they can enjoy a lot together.

KINDERGARTEN SOCIAL COMPETENCE AFFECTS FUTURE WELLNESS

The Relationship between Kindergarten Social Competence and Future Wellness

We examined whether kindergarten teachers' ratings of children’s prosocial skills, an indicator of noncognitive ability at school entry, predict key adolescent and adult outcomes.

We found statistically significant associations between measured social-emotional skills in kindergarten and key young adult outcomes across multiple domains of education, employment, criminal activity, substance use, and mental health.

Understanding what early characteristics predict future outcomes could be of great value in helping children develop into healthy adults. In recent years, much research has been directed toward understanding noncognitive traits in children that may increase the likelihood of healthy personal development and eventual adult well-being. For predicting future success in the workplace, levels of cognitive ability measured through IQ or test scores alone are less predictive than measures of educational attainment, which require not just cognitive ability but also noncognitive characteristics such as self-discipline, academic motivation, and interpersonal skills. Future likelihood of committing crimes is greatly influenced by noncognitive processes in development, such as externalizing behaviour, social empathy, and effectively regulating emotions. A recent study found that noncognitive ability in the form of self-control in childhood was predictive of adult outcomes ranging from physical health to crime or substance abuse. 

Inadequate levels of social and emotional functioning are increasingly recognized as central to many public health problems (e.g., substance abuse, obesity, violence). Just as researchers study how academic achievement in a population can lift groups out of poverty, public health scientists are now studying how these noncognitive factors affect health and wellness across domains.

FUNDACION ISABEL MARTIN IN INDIA

THEY ARE TRYING TO HELP THE POOR PEOPLE IN INDIA, EMPOWERING WOMEN MAINLY AND TAKING CARE OF SMALL CHILDREN.

FOR THAT CAUSE, THE STUDENTS OF PRIMARY EDUCATION AT THE FACULTy OF EDUCATION HAVE BEEN DESIGNING SOME CHILDREN STORIES WITH A LOT OG¡F GRAPHICS.

YOU CAN BUY THE STORIES IN THE WEB FOR 5 EURO. THEY ARE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AND THEY WILL MAKE YOU ENTHUSIASTIC WITH THAT CULTURE.

1ST YEAR STUDENTS ARE TRAVELLING TO TOSSA DE MAR ...

YES, THEY ARE TRAVELLING TO TOSSA DE MAR FOR AN IMMERSION WEEK IN ENGLISH WITH THEIR TEACHERS PEDRO, MARIAN AND ANA. FROM THE 7TH TO THE 11TH OF MAY.

ENJOY YOURSELVES AND SPEAK ENGLISH ALL THE TIME PLEASE.

BTO STUDENTS ARE GETTING TO THE END

YES... THEY ARE GETTING TO THE END BECAUSE THIS YEAR THE UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAMS WILL BE FROM THE 5TH OF JUNE SO EVERYTHING IS GETTING TO THE END AND FINALLY, THE PROTOCOLE DINNER WILL BE IN ZARAGOZA ON THE 25TH OF MAY AT AIDA BUILDING.

WE WILL MISS YOU ALL WHEN YOU ARE NOT HERE ANY MORE !!!