HOLA!

Hola and welcome to Spanish Week!

After a very busy week last week, including Beeston (have they recovered yet and caught up on their sleep?), we have Spanish Week across the whole school.
This is our chance to show off all our Spanish skills and really become immersed in the Spanish language and culture. We may even adopt the afternoon siesta for this week – who knows!

Picasso

The children will be focussing on the work of Pablo Picasso this week. As our link school is in Malaga, what a great artist to choose! The children are currently investigating Variation and the differences between ourselves in Science, so they will be drawing and painting self-portraits with a difference.

Cuisine!

It wouldn’t be a Spanish themed week without some tasty food on offer! So on Monday afternoon, we will play host to Foundation Stage children when they will visit our Tapas Restaurant. Our new starter children have their first visit on Monday and Tuesday of this week, so it is a great opportunity for the present foundation class to become acclimatised to their new surroundings for September.

Language

We thought we might include a little bit of the Spanish language for you to brush up on your skills this week – and also be able to understand just what your child may come home saying to you!

If you scroll down through the blog, there are a number of phrases which the children will be familiar with and also some links for websites that you may like to visit.

Introductions

¿Como te llamas? What is your name?
Me llamo…. My name is…..
¿Dónde vives? Where do you live?
Vivo en Warrington I live in Warrington
¿Cuántos anos tienes? How old are you?
Tengo ocho anos. I am eight years old.

Los Animales Animals

El perro dog
El gato cat
El ratón mouse
El caballo horse
La serpiente snake
El conejo rabbit
El hámster hamster
El pez fish
El pájaro bird
La rata rat
La vaca cow
El oso bear
Una rana a frog
Un mono monkey

Los Números Numbers
Uno
Dos
Tres
Cuatro
Cinco
Seis
Siete
Ocho
Nueve
Diez
¿Cuanto es?
Dos mas dos son cuatro
Cuatro menos dos
Dos por dos
Quince dividido por cinco es tres

Commands
¡Levantaos! Stand up!
¡Sentaos! Sit down!
¡Miradme! Look at me!
¡Levantad la mano! Put your hands up!
¡Cruzad los brazos! Cross your arms!
¡Abrid los ojos! Open your eyes!
¡Cerrad los ojos! Close your eyes!
¡Bajad la mano! Put your hands down!
¡Señalad! Point to!
¡Repetid! Repeat!
¡Escuchad! Listen!
¡Mirad! Look!
¡Enseñadme! Show me!

Classroom equipment

Un boli a pen
Un lapiz a pencil
Un libro a book
Un sacapuntas a pencil sharpener
Una goma a rubber
Una calculadora a calculador
Una regla a ruler
Tijeras scissors

Los colores
Rojo(a) red
Amarillo(a) yellow
Naranja orange
Rosa pink
Azul blue
Verde green
Negro(a) black
Gris grey
Blanco(a) white
Purple purpura

The Weather – El tiempo
¿Qué tiempo hace hoy? What is the weather like today?
Hace buen tiempo….. It’s nice weather
Hace mal tiempo……..It’s bad weather
Hace mucho frio……….It’s very cold
Hace mucha calor…… It’s very hot
Hace mucho viento…..It’s very windy
Esta lloviendo…….. It’s raining
Esta muy nublado….. It’s very cloudy
Esta muy helado…… It’s very frosty
Esta muy soleado…..It’s very sunny

Telling the time
¿Que hora es?
Es la una
Son las dos
Son las cinco

Parts of the body
Los partes del cuerpo

La cabeza - head
El cabello - hair
La frente - foreheadL
a oreja - ear
El ojo - eye
La nariz - nose
La mejilla - cheek
La boca - mouth
El diente - tooth
El cuello - neck
El hombro - shoulder
El pecho - chest
El brazo - arm
El antebrazo - forearm
El codo - elbow
La muñeca - wrist
La mano - hand
El dedo - finger
El estómago - stomach
La cadera - hip
La pierna - leg
El muslo - thigh
La rodilla - knee
La espinilla - shin
El pantorilla - calf
La pie - foot
El tobillo - ankle
El dedo del pie - toe (lit. finger of the foot)
La espalda – back

Simon Says...
¡Señalad!
Simón dice…. ¡Tocad! …… ¡Levantad!…… ¡Sentaos! …¡Señalad!

Clothes – La ropa
Llevo - I wear
una corbata - a tie
un gorro - a woolly hat
una bufanda - a scarf
unos guantes - gloves
una chaqueta - a jacket
unos pantalones - trousers
un jersey - a jumper
una falda - a skirt
un vestido - a dress
una camisa - a shirt
un abrigo - a coat
unas medias - tights
unos calcetinas - socks
unas botas - boots
unos zapatos - shoes
Llevo unos zapatos - I wear shoes.

http://www.123teachme.com/learn_spanish/spanish_for_children this is a great website, which has lots of ‘clickable’ objects which help with pronunciation

http://www.learn4good.com/kids/learning_spanish_online/free_lessons_for_children.htm some lovely interactive activities for the children, including colours and numbers.

http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/languages/Goats/Spanish/cabritillos.html 3 Billy Goats Gruff in Spanish

http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/languages/Little%20Red/Spanish/Northumberland%20NGfL%20Caperucita%20Roja.html Little Red Riding Hood

http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/languages/Goldilocks/Spanish/Rubiales2.html Goldilocks

Visiting Dance Company

On Thursday, the children are in for another treat! A dance company will be visiting school, to enable the children to learn Flamenco! Can’t wait!

Book Fair

Starting on Tuesday after school, we will be holding out book fair in the hall. Please do come along and visit, as any commission that is earned, goes directly into purchasing books for the library.

A big thank you to Mrs Narraway, who has organised both of these events for the whole school!
Having said all this, I wonder if we are going to be able to fit it all in before Friday! A tall order, but with all the staff back in this week, we should make it a great week. Why not join us this Thursday, between 9.30 and 2.30, for our Open Day, to see some of the things we do – you will be amazed!

On Friday, we ask the children to come to school, wearing the colours of the Spanish Flag!

That’s all for this week
Adios!
Year ½ team