COURSE 2021/22
"PLAYING WITH LIQUIDS"
- In 3rd Primary enjoy playing with liquids while learning to measure them.
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"LEARNING ANGLES"
- Curious and fun way in Maths class to work on the different types of angles. 4th Primary.
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"LEARNING TO MEASURE"
- 4th grade students learn to measure masses, lengths and capacities using Stem Methodologies.
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"SEED BOMBS"
- Our little kids have prepared seed bombs to plant at home using clay, ground, seeds and egg cups.
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"WORKING WITH DECIMAL NUMBERS"
- In 4th Primary they have been using STEM to work with decimal numbers.
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"WATER PROPERTIES"
- Our little ones, 3 years old, play with water and learn that it has no shape, color, smell or taste. They also experiment which objects float and which sink. And when they finish they reuse the water used to water the trees and plants in our playground.
- They have also made an experiment "the travelling water" to work the secondary colors "orange and green".
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"LEARNING GEOMETRY"
- 2nd Primary students work on Geometry using the popular "Tangram" that promotes the development of both psychomotor and intellectual skills, in addition to working in a playful way.
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"LEARNING FRACTIONS IN MATHS"
- In 3rd Primary they have learned fractions by manipulating and having fun.
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"LEARNING ABOUT PLANTS"
- In 1st Primary they have been learning about plants: each one has planted, watered and cared for their plants in class.
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"USING DIGITAL WHITEBOARDS"
- The 4-years-olds use the digital whiteboard in class for the first time carrying out mathematical logic activities, and they love it!!!
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"USING STOP MOTION"
- Our 4-years-old students are working on the project "Castles" and they have created a video using Playmobil characters and Stop Motion.
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"USING POPIT IN CLASS"
- Our 5-years-old students work on attention, thinking, imitation and mathematical concepts such as numbers, colors, counting, spatial orientation, using the famous toy "POPIT". Learning and playing at the same time.
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"STUDYING THE WORLD OF PLANTS"
-In 4th Primary they learnt about plants in science class, then they planted some seeds and watched them grow. To finish this workshop, they visited the nature class situated in "Molino Alto" which is a natural place. Here they participated in a gymkhana to find plants, then they observed the plants with microscopes and they pressed them to make a herbarium.
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"FOOD LABELING WORKSHOP"
-In 6th Primary they have learned to interpret supermarket food labeling, focusing on the sugar they contain. They have brought to class products they usually eat to check the sugar they contain.
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"INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS WORKSHOP"
-In 2nd Primary they have studied invertebrate animals using a prawn and a microscope.
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"MATHEMATICS WORKSHOP"
-Our five-years old children in their weekly language stimulation workshop, have been working on Stem through manipulative games using mathematical concepts.
-In 2nd Primary they have been working with numbers (units, tens and hundreds).
-Our youngest children from the 3-years old class, have enjoyed playing with cars and doing races at the same time that they learned to count.
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"ACTIVITIES WITH PLICKERS"
-In 6th Primary they have checked their knowledge about the European relief.
-In 6th Primary they have checked their knowledge about the Spanish rivers.
-In 4th Primary they have revised all they have learned about plants in Science.
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"ACTIVITIES WITH ROBOTS"
-In 4th Primary they have used the Bluebot in the English class to revise vocabulary.
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"INSECTS WORKSHOP"
In 3rd Primary they have learned many things about the pollination of insects and they have made a "hotel for insects" where they can take shelter.
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"FOOD PRESERVATION WORKSHOP"
In 2nd Primary they have learned HOW and WHY it's usuful to preserve food. They have used cucumbers.
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"SCIENCE WEEK"
-Our children from 6th Primary have participated in a "virtual scape-room".
Science Week is considered the largest social communication event of science and technology held in Spain (November 2nd-12th). From the Castilla-La Mancha Science and Technology Park, they organized a “Virtual Escape STEM” activity, fostering interest and sensitivity around science, technology and innovation.
Children had to work with information about different scientists women. The challenges contain questions, secret and coded messages and puzzles of visual acuity that took them to the resolution of the great enigma of the mission.
-These students have also participated in the European educational event, organized by the European Commission, "Science is Wonderful 2021" that brings science to schools by offering students and teachers the opportunity to meet scientists, be inspired and have access to experiments. Our children have been able to chat with the mathematician from the University of Alcalá de Henares, David Orden, about the application of Mathematics in food consumption.
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-In 3,4 and 5 years old classes they have learned about the water cycle.
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-In 3rd Primary, and in collaboration with the Spanish association against cancer, they have been able to talk and learn about this terrible disease and the work than this association is doing in terms of research.
The children first watched a video with the story of a dinosaur which suffered from cancer in one of its bones and learned that its greatest strength was in his pack where everyone supported and helped.
Then they did some activities related to the story.
Finally at home and with the help of their families they made bones with flour, salt and water.
It's been an interesting activity to learn that with this desease we are not alone, with the help of medicine, doctors and research we can stop and end it.
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"LEARNING ABOUT THE SOLAR SYSTEM IN THE ENGLISH CLASS"
During October in the English class of 3rd Primary we have been learning about the Solar System with different actvities:
- First we watched some videos and songs in English about the Planets.
- Then we found out the information of the QR codes we have in our doors about the planets using tablets.
- We did different activities: coloring by adding and subtracting, craft, planet scramble, word search, bookmarks,
- We finished playing with the bluebots.
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"SCIENCE IN THE PLAYGROUND"
4th Primary students have been in the playground to study, understand and observe the greenhouse effect. They have used two glasses with ice-cubes, one of then covered with a plastic. After a while they have seen that the ice-cubes in the glass without plastic had melted and the ones with the plastic were still solid, that is what happens in the Earth thanks to our atmosphere.
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"USING KAHOOT!"
Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform used as educational technology. Its learning games, "kahoots", are user-generated multiple-choice quizzes that can be acceseed via a web browser or the Kahoot app. Kahoot! can be used to review students' knowledge, for formative assessment, or as a break from traditional classroom activities.
Children from 6th Primary have reviewed Geography in a group competition using tablets and Kahoot!.
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"SCIENCE WORKSHOPS AT THE SCIENCE MUSEUM IN VALENCIA"
After the visit of the Erasmus teacher to the Science Museum in Valencia we decided to go there with our oldest students. So, 6th Primary children have gone to the Science Museum to participate in different workshops:
- "Cold, cold" which has to do with temperatures, pressure, nitrogene.
- "High voltage" which has to do with electricity.
- "Insects" which has to do with curiosities of these animals.
They also watched a 3D film about dinosaurs in the Planetarium.
They had a fantastic STEM day.
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COURSE 2020/21
"SIMPLE MACHINES"
In 3rd Primary they have been learning about the different types of simple machines and as a final task they had to built one at home with the help of their families.
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"ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC CIRCUITS"
Our older students have prepared fantastic models using electric and magnetic circuits. They have used their imagination.
In 5th Primary they have spent the last week of this course making electric circuits in groups, first all the groups made a simple one just to make a mini-light bulb work. Then they could make different circuits using different materials, most of them made board games to join questions and answers. Amazing!!!
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"BRUSSELS ATOMIUM"
In Arts and Crafts class our children have tried to reproduce the Brussels "Atomium" with some interesting models.
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"ONLINE THEATER"
Our little children have attended to an online play about the space "To the sun that warms the most" offered by the Madrid Planetarium.
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"BUILDING CATAPULTS AND SCALES"
In 4th Primary, learning about the simple machines, they have built amazing catapults usings wooden sticks, rubber bands and bottle caps. They have enjoyed a lot!!
They have also built scales reusing materials they brought from home.
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"WORKSHOP: PLAYING WITH THE MOON"
6th The 4 and 5 year old children and the 1st and 2nd Primary students have participated in one of the online activities organized by the Madrid Planetarium to bring it closer to schools: "Children's workshop: Playing with the moon". They have learned many things about our satellite: its phases, how to make lunar soil, what happens when a meteor hits the Moon, trips to the Moon,... At the end they have been able to ask questions about everything seen. It has been great!!!!
After the workshop and with the English teacher, 2nd primary children have gone to visit our big mural about the 50th anniversary of the 1st trip to the Moon, there, they have discovered the QR codes that we have on the mural. Then they have been in our AstroStem Club to see all the materials we have done related to the Moon and they have enjoyed with our rocket and our space photocall.
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"SCIENTISTS AND INVENTORS"
6th Primary children have been learning about famous scientists and inventors in English class. And as a final task they had to create posters about them to make a big one for the school.
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"SOLAR SYSTEMS"
In 3rd Primary have made interesting solar systems using a plastic plate.
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"LITTLE SCIENTISTS" WORKSHOP
6th Primary students have participated in two online workshops where they have learned to make nanoparticles and obtain DNA. Two scientists have helped them.
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"MAGIC LANTERNS"
4-year-olds- discover forest animals with their magic lanterns.
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"PLICKERS"
Plickers is a tool for teachers that allows you to create a battery of questions and launch them in class to obtain in real time an evaluation of your students or a survey of their answers. For this, the students only need cards with QR codes that identify each student and that, when shown in class in one position or another,give an answer to the question asked by the teacher. The cards with the QR codes have on each side a letter (A,B,C,D) which are the possible answer options. To answer one of the options the students only have to turn the card until they place the answer option they consider correct at the top, lift the card and show it to the teacher, who with the mobile application of the tool quickly scans the QR codes of all students and immediately records the answers and evaluations. In addition, on the computer screen you can show the list of students who have answered and even who have answered correctly and who have not.
- In 4th Primary the have used Plickers to revise what they have learned in History class.
- In 5th Primary they have used this tool to revised the verbs in Spanish class.
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"SCIENCE ACTIVITIES"
- In 4th Primary they have learned how to separate substances.
-They have also been learning about capacities measures using different types of jugs and containers. Learning by doing.
-Another activity they have done has to do with reflection, refraction and light effects.
-In 1st Pre-Primary they have made the activity "Is it magic or science?". With some markers, a paper towel and some water the teacher has made it appears the rainbow...
In this link you can see the activity:
https://www.messylittlemonster.com/2020/04/magic-paper-towel-art-science.html?m=1
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"DINOSAURS ARRIVE AT OUR SCHOOL"
In 3rd Pre-Primary they have started a project about dinosaurs. The first STEM activity they have done is a video with dinosaurs walking through the school. The teacher has used "Google" and looking for a dinosaur name you can see it in 3D wherever you want.
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"USING QR CODES"
Nowadays QR codes are all around us, in restaurants, shops, museums,.. so, we are trying to make our school more interactive and we have decided to use QR codes in different places and activities for our students to become familiar with this new digital tool:
- 23rd April "Book Day": one of the activities we have done to celebrate this day has been that in 5th Primary they have been "booktubers" for one day, they have recorded videos to recommend their favourite book. Then we have created QR codes that we have put in our hall poster "Our Tree of books".
- All our doors and displays around school are decorated with things about Astronomy, and now we have added QR codes to make them interactive. You can find videos, songs or interesting facts about Astronomy.
- We have added QR codes to our posters of "Women in Science" that are all around the school. Children will use the school tablets to discover the information of each woman.
- In 1st and 2nd Primary they have prepared a card for Father's Day (19th March) with a QR code. With this activity we also involve families in our work.
- In 1st Pre-Primary, our 3 years old children have used QR-codes to find out about their pets. This activity is included in their project "Our Pets".
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"USING OUR ROBOTS"
In 3rd Primary they review the different Phases in History using a BeeBot and coding the way it must follow.
6th Primary students have reviewed irregular verbs in the English class using the BlueBot robot.
In English class with 1st Primary we have used our Bluebots to rewiew the Easter vocabulary we have learned.
Using the Beebot In English class with 1st Primary to rewiew the St. Patrick's day vocabulary we have learned.
In 1st Pre-Primary, our 3 years old children have used Blubots to find out about their pets.
In 1st Primary they have used the Beebots to revise vocabulary and Maths.
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"HEADING TO MARS"
Our 6th Primary students have attended a conference by a member of the Nasa Perseverance science team, it has been broadcast in live streaming from the Youtube channel of the Madrid Planetarium. Very interesting.
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"MATHS, ENGLISH AND TECHNOLOGY TOGETHER"
Our five years old children have learned geometric shapes in English on their digital board.
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"LEARNING FRACTIONS WITH CHOCOLATE BARS"
In 3rd Primary they had to learn "the fractions" and their teacher has used chocolate bars to teach them. She hands out squares of bar chocolate and at the same time that they learn they eat. The children love this activity!!!
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"SPACE ADVENTURE"
Our Pre-Primary teacher Sonia, has prepared this fantastic presentation about the Solar System using "GENIALLY".
https://view.genial.ly/602aa4fe10d47d0d47702b91/presentation-aventura-en-el-espacio
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"MATHEMATICS THROUGH STEM"
In 1st Primary have been learning geometric forms with plasticine and sticks. Interesting!!!
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"11F. INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN SCIENCE"
We have dedicated the first two weeks of February to preparing activities to make our students aware of the important and sometimes forgotten role of women in all fields of Science throughout history.
We have seen videos, plays, books and activities that many organizations and institutions have promoted to commemorate this day. We have also had interviews, workshops and online talks with different scientist women.
We have culminated our celebrations with the creation of the "Tree of Science" where each student have placed a card with the image of a scientist woman, the older ones have also written information about the scientist on their cards that they had to find out at home with the help of their families. So, all the members of our educational community have participated in the activities.
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"ANOTHER WAY OF CODING"
The five-year-olds have learned to make ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.
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"RESPIRATORY SYSTEMS"
4th Primary children have built funny respiratory systems in Science class.
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"MATHS"
1st Primary students reviewing units and tens in Maths class.
They have also practise sizes (small, medium, large) to make hearts with peace messages to form a tree on Peace Day.
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"WE LEARN THE MEANING OF STEAM"
Our little children from 1st Pre-Primary have learned the meaning of each of the letters that make up "STEAM". They have linked each letter with their names.
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"ARTIFICAL SNOW IN CLASS"
Our little children from 1st Pre-Primary class have learnt to make artificial snow. They have played and enjoyed with it.
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"MY PLANET LAPBOOKS"
Children from 2nd Primary have been learning about the Earth. Then each one made a lapbook with all the information they had studied: Earth movements, The Moon, countries and oceans, seasons, day and night...
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"DECEMBER MOON PHASES OBSERVATION"
As our Polish colleagues did in October, we have chosen December for the students to observe the changes that the Moon made. Then they had to prepare a work about it at home with the help of their families.
We have received fantastic posters, models, descriptions..
We have decorated our "AstroStem Club" with all the works and all classes will visit this exhibition.
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"MAKING VIDEOS"
Our 1st Primary teacher has made a video of a Christmas Carol with her children using the application "KINEMASTER". You only need a green background to create the chrome.
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"ASTRONOMY WORKSHOPS"
We have dedicated the last week before Christmas to participate in four on-line Astronomy Workshops organized by the "Astronomical Observatory of Valencia University".
Children from 3rd and 4th Primary did the workshop "Discover your Solar System - Astrocircle". They learnt many interesting things about the Sun and the Planets and they built an Astrocirle.
Children from 5th and 6th Primary did the workshop "Learning about your sky.Orientation and Constellations". They have learnt to orient themselves by looking at the sky, they have also built the Ursa Major and Ursa Minor with the Pole Star, and they have discovered many others constellations.
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"CROC&PLAY"
Our children from 1st Primary have been playing the piano using spoons with "Croc&Play" and they have also built ukeles. A fantastic combination of fun, music and technology.
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"SCIENCE WEEK"
Our children from 5th and 6th grade have been participating in a "virtual scape-room".
Science Week is considered the largest social communication event of science and technology held in Spain (November 2nd-15th). From the Science and Technology Park in Albacete they organized a “Escape STEM” activity, fostering interest and sensitivity around science, technology and innovation.
Due to exceptional circumstances this year, marked by COVID-19, all activities have been developed in virtual format: "virtual escape-room" through a platform that allows students to work in an interdisciplinary way and offer them an exciting approach to the world of knowledge.
Every day children had to work with various topics related to Science Week, STEM Challenges and ODS (Sustainable Development Goals). The challenges contain questions, secret and coded messages and puzzles of visual acuity that took them to the resolution of the great enigma of the mission.
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"ATMOSPHERE LAYERS"
(4th Primary)
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COURSE 2019-20
"BUILDING MINI ROCKETS"
(2nd course Pre-Primary)
"A BIG ROCKET"
(2nd course Pre-Primary)
"BUILDING ROCKETS"
(3rd course Pre-Primary)
Children build rockets at the same time that they are revising Geometry.
OUR BIG BOOK "THE PLANETS"
(2nd course Primary)
PLAYING WITH "CROC&PLAY"
(2nd course Primary)
Children have created a piano using spoons with "Croc&Play" and a laptop.
DISCOVERING DAY AND NIGHT
(2nd course Pre-Primary)
Children have made a model of The Earth to see day and night.
BLUBOTS AND BEEBOTS(3rd course Pre-Primary)
ASTRO-CARNIVAL(Pre-Primary and 1st cycle Primary)
BUILDING CONSTELLATIONS(5th Primary)
Children have searched their Zodiac Sign Constellation to build them.
AstroSTEM CAREER DAY
February 13th was a special day in our school. The Association of Astronomy and Astrophoto from Almansa "@astroalmansa" were with us, first to give a lesson about The Sun to each class and then we could observe it through the solar telescope that members of this association installed in our playground.
It was a wonderful experience and everybody really enjoyed it. The Sun was spectacular through the telescope.
OUR PHOTOCALL
Thanks to our second level of Pre-Primary kids and their teacher we have a fabolous photocall where anybody can be an astronaut or fly a spaceship. THANKS SONIA AND YOUR KIDS!!!!!
MODELS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
(5th PRIMARY and 2nd Pre-PRIMARY)
After studying the Solar System in Geography, children in groups of three or four had to make a model of it. They could use whatever the wanted and they had to do it at home with the help of their parents in order to involve families in this project.
Then at school, each group had to present their model first to the class and then to the rest of the classes explaining how they made the models, the materials they uses and a short presentation of The Solar System.
Our four years old children have also done models of the Solar System with plasticine.
BOOKMARKS
(5th PRIMARY)
MAKING ROBOTS WITH REUSED MATERIALS
(1st PRIMARY)
At the same time that children are learning about the importance of reusing materials to care for our Planet they are going to create robots. They bring from home materials such as plastic bottles, boxes, papers, plastic containers, caps, tetrabriks... Then in groups of three or four, taking into account their materials, first they design their robots and then they build them.
MAKING SOLAR OVENS
(4th PRIMARY)
With just a cardboard box, some aluminum foil and black paint you can create a solar oven!!!!!!!!
You only have to paint the box in black and then put aluminum foil on the inside of the box lid.
MAKING SOLAR CARS
(5th PRIMARY)
At the same time that the children are learning about the different kinds of energy sources, they have built solar cars.
