Exploring the Solar System!

We have been studying the Solar System!

We made our own Solar Systems with our friends in class.

This is what we learned...

The Solar System is so much fun!

- The students of 2ºA and 2ºB 

HALLOWEEN

For Halloween, we made mummies!

First, Mayte gave us wire to do the skeleton of the mummy.

Then, we brought strips of a white t-shirt from home to make the body.

We started with the head of the skeleton and repeated the process to make it stronger.
 
                                  

Then, we made both arms in the same way.

To make the torso, we twisted the wire in the middle of the skeleton.


                                   

We did the same process that we did with the arms to make the legs.

With a ball of paper or strips of a t-shirt we filled the inside of the head to make it round. 
                                 
                                                 
With the strips, we started to wrap the body like we did with the wire.

If you wanted to,  you could have glued some eyes on your mummy.

Your mummy is finished! We hope you like it|

- The students of 6ºB

New Year, New School

Over the Summer improvements were made at our school. The entire school was painted and we got some new furniture. The biggest improvement was to our bathrooms. The bathrooms were completely redone with new tile, toilet rooms and plumbing fixtures. They look great!

Most of the work was completed over the Summer, but the contractors have a few items left to complete. We know we need to be careful until all the work is done at school. Watch were you´re walking, and be safe!

Now that the walls are painted, we need to decorate the hallways. We are very proud of our school!

SUMMER IS HERE!!!

At last, another school year is finished and summer has officially begun at Ciudad Pegaso. From all the teachers and assistants, we want to wish you and your families a happy, safe and fun summer holidays and we will see you again in September! :D

Cultural Week at Ciudad Pegaso

A couple of months ago, our school celebrated one of our favorite weeks of the year: Cultural Week! This year, the theme of Cultural Week was art movements. Each class took part in several activities around the school.

Here you can see some of the things that we did during that week and even a special survey we took to find out about the students' favorite activities!

Thanks Jaime, Alba, Diego and Lydia from 5ºB for writing about the different activites. And thank you Julia, Sara and Rita from 6ºA and Diana, Martha and Antonio from 6ºB for doing the survey! Great job guys and girls!! :)

Cultural Week at Ciudad Pegaso from Clarel Rodrigue

CONGRATULATIONS ALBA!!

Recently, Primicia News, a local English and Spanish kids news magazine, held a contest in primary schools all over Madrid to submit a comic related to an particular debate issue. And what wonderful news! The winner of that contest our very own Alba Herranz from 5ºB! Congratulations Alba!!

You can see her winning comic below:

An Interview with a Football Star

Recently, some students from 4ºB had the honor of interviewing retired football player Jose Antonio García Calvo. You can listen to the interview by clicking HERE, and you can the read the transcript of that conversation below. Our thanks to Teo, Irene, Manuel, Valeria, Pablo, Jimena and Carla for a job well done!

Teo: Today at Ciudad Pegaso, we have with us José Antonio García Calvo.

Irene: We are going to interview him for our blog CP Times. Hello! Welcome!

José Antonio: Hello!

Manuel: My name is Manuel. When you were young, what did you want to be growing up?

J.A.: Well Manuel, when I was younger I didn’t know what I wanted to do growing up. I only know that I wanted to continue having fun and I loved football. I really didn’t know what I wanted to do, but I wanted to be happy which is what you have to aim for and what you have to try to be.

Manuel: Thank You.

Teo: Hello, my name is Teo. Who helped you during your career as a football player?

J.A.: Well during my career, I looked for support from my family and my friends. I tried to do better from day to day and I achieved that because of their support.

Teo: Thank you.

Irene: Hello, I’m Irene. What football team did you support?

J.A.: Well, I am, of course, for Atlético de Madrid. I’ve played on three teams, but I am a fan of Atlético de Madrid.

Irene: Thank you very much.

Valeria: Hello. My name is Valeria. Who was your trainer?

J.A.: Well I had many trainers. And I tried gaining something from all of them. I tried learning from them. I tried to get better with them. And, well, most of the time I succeeded in that.

Valeria: Thank you very much.

Pablo: Hello, my name is Pablo. Why did you like being a football player?

J.A.: I liked being a football player when I achieved the goal of being able to play in Primera Edición because I was competing, it gave you the opportunity to go to many places, it gave you the opportunity to improve, it gave you the opportunity to share the victories, and to share the defeats… And when you share those things, it betters you as a person.

Pablo: Thank you very much.

Jimena: Hello, I am Jimena. One question, how did you get so far (in your career)?

J.A.: Well I got far by being persevering, by trying to improve day by day, by trying to do things right, by trying to learn about everything in every moment and by not putting myself down as well, you know? I think that it’s very important to always be aware of the things that could affect you and to take them in and make them better.

Jimena: Thank you very much.

Carla: Hello. I’m Carla. How did your football career go?

J.A.: Well the truth is that it went really well for me. I was a child who didn’t think could play in the elites. I had the opportunity to play in the elites, in the Primera Edición, with great teams and when you reach that goal, well it’s obviously because you did things well and becuase it went well for me. I really enjoyed what I’ve done and above all I have wonderful memories of my time as a football player.

Carla: Thank you very much.

Jimena: Thank you for your words and for coming to Ciudad Pegaso.

J.A.: Thank you all. 

Picasso and Guernica: A Peace Week Presentation

Last week at Ciudad Pegaso, we celebrated Peace Week, a time during the school year to come together and wish for a better environment in our school, our city and our world. This year, we focused on the powerful painting by Pablo Picasso called Guernica. To show how important this work of art is, and should be, to all of us, several students from the 4th Grade have put together a very informational (and quite beautiful) presentation talking about the life of the Spanish artist and his famous painting. Enjoy!

Picasso and Guernica from Clarel Rodrigue

Artists' Corner: Famous Monuments

The students in 3rd Grade have created some wonderful projects on famous world monuments. Here are a few of the many masterpieces from both classes. Enjoy!

Carmen (3°B)

Claudia (3°A)

Iñigo (3°A)

Inés (3°A)

Fantastic job, 3rd Graders!! 

Student Beat (Episode 2): Meet the Language Assistants

In this week's episode of "Student Beat," some students have interviewed the wonderful English language assistants working at Ciudad Pegaso. Find out all about their lives, their likes and dislikes and much much more!

Thanks to Diana, Jose, Miriam and David from 6°B for conducting the interview and Julia, Lorena, Moises and Adrian from 6°A for coming up with the questions!

Student Beat (Episode 1)

As a special "Welcome Back!" treat for you all, here is the first episode of our brand new show called "Student Beat." Enjoy!!

(A special thank you to Marina, Sara, Nicolas and Jorge from 5ºB for taking part in our very first episode)

Journalists of the Week: Holiday Week at Ciudad Pegaso

Have you heard the news?? This week at Ciudad Pegaso, we are celebrating the Christmas and holiday season with many specatular shows and special surprises! Here are some students from 6ºA to tell you what you can expect this week:

As Christmas is coming in our school, we are preparing some performances, and also we are decorating corridors. In the orange corridor, there are snowmen and some shooting stars  hanging from the ceiling. There are also trees made up of poster paper that are very beautiful. Theyt have ornaments and garland. In the green corridor there are some handmade trees from the boys and girls of 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th grades; on the doors are some lids wrapped with gift paper that are similar to presents.

-written by Olivia, Rita, Javi and Moises from 6ºA

In addition to some beautiful decorations around the school, students in all the classes having been working on a variety of Christmas performances for the parents. Here are a few students from 6ºB describing what the students from their grade will be doing next week:

This year the 6th grade students are going to do a fantastic play called “La fiesta de los monstruos”. This will be our last performance in this school.

The performance is about some tourists that arrive to a mysterious city because their bus has got a flat tire. They entered a magic museum, where there lived some mystery monsters. Only the children can see the monsters because of their imaginations. There is one tourist that doesn´t believe in fantasy and can´t see the monsters. At the end of the play there will be some guides, four fairies and a director that will help the tourists believe in fantasy. 

There will be a surprise and some good life lessons. Also, some students of 6^th grade are going to do a dance. 

We are very excited because “La fiesta de los monstruos” will be a fantastic performance.

-written by Alberto, Carla, Martha and Silvia from 6ºB

This is going to be one very memorable week, so don't miss it.

Happy Holidays!!  

The Second Grade Zoo Trip

Our 2nd Graders had a fun-filled time at the zoo a few weeks ago! Read on to find out more about their spectacular day!


Our Big Day Out at the Zoo
Written by students from 2A and 2B

-Cristian (2ºB)

-Vladi (2ºA)

-Inés (2ºB)

-Alejandro (2ºB)

-Celia (2ºB)

-Joana (2ºB)

-Ana (2ºA)

-Jaime (2ºA)

-David L. (2ºA)

-Ines (2ºA)


Some of our 2nd Graders have even drawn some fantastic pictures to capture their field trip to the zoo!

-Sara (2ºB)

-Nuria (2ºA)

-María (2ºA)

-Celia (2ºB)

Journalists of the Week: Halloween Edition

Here are just a few of the moments captured from Halloween at Ciudad Pegaso:

 Look!! Here are some 3rd Grade monsters ready to party 😄

The 4^th Grade were really creative with their costumes this year.

Wow!! The haunted house was incredible (and super scary too).

The playground was full of scary witches and beautiful princesses!

The Amazing Spidermen were in Ciudad Pegaso!!!

Enter if you DARE!!!

The passage to hell!!!!

 The mummy door was scary. The assistant Clarel, teacher Irene and the 2^nd Grade did a great job.

Come in and explore our instruments of terror.

The 1^st Grade brought some love amongst the terror with their big friendly monster!!

Written by: Inés, Rodrigo, Aaron and Yuliana from 5ºA

Halloween Comes to Ciudad Pegaso

Last week, Ciudad Pegaso celebrated a very special holiday called Halloween. This is a holiday celebrated in many countries in the world and is becoming very popular in Spain. This year, the school once again took part in many of the traditions and festivities that make this holiday quite exciting!

During the week, students and teachers decorated the classroom doors in very creative ways to celebrate Halloween. Many of the students and teachers dressed in different costumes. Some were witches, dressed mostly in black and wearing black pointed hats. Others were monsters, with their faces and clothes painted with blood.

The children of the first and second grade watched a wonderful Halloween play presented by Nerea, the 1st grade English teacher, and Irene, the 2nd grade English teacher. The two played witches trying to make a magic potion using many unusual, and sometimes disgusting, ingredients. With the help of the little ones, and even some of the teachers present, the ladies performed a magic spell in order to create a fantastic creation. The kids were highly entertained!

The children in grades 3 through 6 were invited to visit a special haunted house. Set up by the school’s assistants, the children entered the haunted house and were surrounded by complete darkness, so they could not see a thing! There was also some scary music and even featured scary moments. A lot of the kids were frightened and mesmerized. They greatly enjoyed it!
Once again, Halloween at Ciudad Pegaso was a great success!


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Written by: Rocío, Cosme, Jose and Carolina from 5ºB