As we do every weekend, we spend an hour each day working on communication and expression in English.
Last week we weren’t able to work at home because Álvar was on a language immersion trip and we were at a wedding in the Basque Country.
We are very lucky to have such excellent professionals involved in every aspect of our children’s overall education. Firstly, Álvar and Martín’s teacher, Cris, who has generously given them the opportunity to attend a language immersion centre in Ávila; secondly, Ivana, the teacher at the INFIL school where we’ve taken A&M since they were very young; and I must also mention Irene, the nanny of one of Álvar’s best friends.
Irene is a real gem for the village of Doñinos. She’s a lovely lady who gives extra tuition and English lessons in the village and runs fantastic workshops so that the children of Doñinos can enjoy unique creative and immersive experiences.
Following the workshop Irene has proposed for the end of this school year and the start of the next, we have today reviewed Topic 6 of Year 5 in English. At home, we work in a playful, creative way using real-life contexts to ensure solid learning.
With this in mind, I suggested to Álvar that he make a paper flyer about the adventure Irene will be leading in September.
Objectives:
- To practise the future continuous tense in a real-life context.
- To consciously study the vocabulary from Topic 6.
- To develop communication skills using simple expressions that answer the ‘5Ws’.
Conclusions:
- We have worked happily.
- We have created a nice educative product in which we can show what we know.
- We like trainning communication skills with maker culture methodologies.
- It is nice to do st to express gratitude to some of these nice people Who collaborate with us in bringing Up our kids ( this time we do It for Irene). This is an important value for life, and in our house we try to teach it everyday.
