February is always a good moment to remember our favourite fictional love stories and the magic romantic chemistry between their main characters.
With the help of their teacher, Elena Guerreira, students of 4th ESO adapted an original short story, “Out of Hand”, by the Scottish contemporary writer Jackie Kay to students of 5th year of elementary education.
They visited them at their primary school, Baudilio Arce, so that they could become protagonists of a storytelling session.
The activity, titled “From Jamaica to England”, allowed our 4th ESO teenagers to become mentors and teachers themselves, a task they fully enjoyed!
In 1992, during the Balkans War, the National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in Sarajevo, was targeted and intentionally set on fire. It was burning during seveal days. As thousands of books were reduced to ashes, millions of written words in small pieces of paper were floating through the hellish air that covered the streets of the city. According to the
locals, they looked like “black butterflies”.
Every 24th of October, the International Day of Libraries commemorates this tragic loss for the cultural and intellectual heritage of the country.
Our students have paid homage to this cultural genocide filling 
the walls and doors of our school with black butterflies.
Meryl Streep, Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts in 2023. Our students have analysed some of her most memorable films based on books, from Fantastic Mr Fox, based on Roald Dahl‘s novel to The Hours, inspired by Virginia Woolf‘s Mrs Dalloway or Little Women, based on Louise May Alcott‘s novel.
During this school year, the group of 1st year ESO studying English as a Second Foreign Language has been working on A Midsummer Night’s Dream, William Shakeaspeare‘s well-known play.
With the help of the teacher assistant, Tenley, the master students, Lara and Cristian, and their English teacher, Carlota, the students have learnt a lot about the characters and the playwright. But the icing on the cake is that they have been able to play it!
What wonderful actors and actresses they are! They even had the opportunity to share it with their partners. Indeed, an unforgettable experience!
Matilda is so clever, so brave, so mature, so independent… that 1st year ESO students recommend reading her story. According to them, it will inspire you!
Matilda‘s independence and intelligence, Jo March’s tenderness and determination, Katniss Everdeen‘s courage and maturity, Hermione Granger‘s honesty and sharpness, Miss Marple‘s wit and sense of justice, Elizabeth Bennet‘s self-respect and loyalty, Anna Frank‘s confidence and mental strength,.. Surely, heroines of their own stories, female literary characters worth being admired. Continue reading
Do you fancy reading an adventure book which has been a bestseller since it was written in the 18th century? Then, Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift is the book for you. Continue reading
Students’ reflection on how violently women are treated in one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays, Othello, and five well-known novels like Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale or Alice Walker’s The Colour Purple.
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