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Halloween Celebration
It’s a Halloween Celebration! October 29th at 18:00 in Room 101 International Institute C/ Miguel Angel, 8 Please join us in Room 101 for a Halloween story and simple paper craft. Remember to wear a costume for some trick-or-treating after the activities! Please sign up on the IIE Agenda as space is limited: https://www.iie.es/agenda
My Hobbies, my “ME” Bag, and Treasure Hunting
Young Learners 3 started off the term talking about hobbies. They made “Me Bags” with objects that demostrate their interests and hobbies. They brought all kinds of objects, from family pictures, to toys, to favorite books. Fernanda even brought a piece of fruit! Here are some examples of the students’ Me Bags: The class read
Thank You
The Summer in the City teachers and students would like to say a huge THANK YOU to two special ladies who worked with us this month. Cynthia Torres volunteered with us for the first three weeks of camp. Cynthia is a Spanish and English major at the University of Callifornia at Irvine. She was a
Summer in the City finishes in…Hawaii!
The Yellow group painted pictures to illustrate a Hawaiian myth that explains the creation of the Hawaiian archipelago. Everyone had a great time at camp, which finished with a day of games in the Retiro. Thanks to everyone for coming, and have a great summer! We hope to see you in the fall for our
Odyssey of the Mind
Monday‘s Odyssey of the Mind contest challenged all of the groups. They made Hawaiian costumes out of some very unusual items.
Healthy “Hawaiian” Snacks
On Monday, the Yellow group prepared the healthy snack for the week. They made Hawaiian fruit pizzas with bananas, kiwi, nectarine and pineapple. Yum!
Week 3 Summer in the City: Inventors’ Workshop
During week 3: Inventors’ Workshop, the students made lots of different structures and learned about inventions. For the Odyssey of the Mind competition, students had a challenge of making a free-standing structure with spaghetti and a marshmallow! Here is a picture of the winning structure: They visited the Cosmocaixa exhibit Ideas que Cambian Vidas. The exhibit shows inventions
Friends Around the World
The students in the Orange group read a play called ‘Friends Around the World,’ in which one of the characters loves to make toys with clay. They then made their own toy animal figures with clay. Can you find the snail, turtle, pig and penguin?
Blue and Green groups participate in second language and culture exchange with American students
The Blue and Green groups had another visit from some high school students from the US who were visiting Madrid. Apart from the visit, they also did lots of other activities related to the Round and Round theme. Here is what the students had to say about their second week at camp: This week
Week 2: Summer in the City “Round and Round”
For the second week of the Summer in the City Camp, the theme was Round and Round. Classes worked on all kinds of activities about “round” things. Some groups looked at sports and soccer (the week of the World Cup final). Yellow made their own soccer balls (“Buckyballs”) out of posterboard. Orange, Red and Yellow groups worked