“On Friday the 9th of December, Point Lonsdale Primary School had a Spanish Fiesta. We first has a Spanish themed community circle, then we had a word competition, and then we started our activities. There was Salsa dancing, there was map making, flag making, art and soccer.” – Tiff
“Mrs A and some parents helped cook tacoes. On my taco I got meat, lettuce, cheese, and chilli sauce. It was really yum and afterwards when I had finished my taco, I got some fruit punch and fruit kebab with caramel on top ot it. After that I was really full, but I still wanted some burritos so I fitted them in as well and the were delicious. All the food there was really nice. It was the best Spanish fiesta I will ever have.”- Harry G
“I really liked the Spanish fiesta because you went with different grades and you didn’t have to take your own lunch. My favourite part was the piñata because we got to get one lolly. I liked the salsa dancing and I liked the maps because I didn’t know where the stuff was from but now I know.” – Gabby

WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE ACTIVITY?

WHAT ARE YOUR SUGGESTIONS FOR OUR NEXT FIESTA?

poster for fiesta pdf

Please come and join us for our full day Spanish Fiesta!

What are you looking forward to?

Our Amigos in Spain have returned to school and we are beginning a new project with them. We are all very excited, but we need to learn some directions for this project. So here are many of the fun ways we are learning it:

How do you remember your left from your right? Izquierda? Derecha?

The whole school has made a fantastic effort this term in our Cuentocuentas (Storytelling) project. We have taken on the challenge of writing stories in Spanish. We first listened to and read some stories in Spanish. Then we worked in groups to make our very own stories. We have used a variety of websites and have been very creatively using technology to create our stories. Senorita Murphy has been blown away by their final products, tell us what you think?

Please visit the Cuentos section of our blog and leave us a comment.

What’s in your backpack? The Prep/1′s made their very own Mochila this week with all these things in it. Here is another catchy song to help you remember them!

What’s your favourite thing in YOUR backpack?  Why?

This week we have been learning more language for the classroom (para la clase)! We had a lot of fun clapping, learning, and using the ipad to control the whiteboard… magic!

Grades 2-6 had to take turns being the teacher (not as easy as some thought!) and teach their friends some new words.

Prep/1 made a Mochila (backpack) with all the supplies they need for school in it.

What phrases do you remember? What strategies helped you to remember them?

This week we are reviewing all we learned in the last 2 terms and we can’t believe how much that actually is! We are also adding in some extra fun with colours!

What is your favourite colour?

This week the Preps Ones and Twos have been reviewing Como Esta y Sentimientos (How are you and Feelings). You would have never known they had two weeks holiday because they remembered all of their Spanish! Here is a song we were practicing today.

Please tell us…. How are you? Como Estas? Contento? Enfadado? Triste?

Us two enthusiastic girls did a power point on Spanish for fun at home. It was fun looking at all the pictures and finding more information about Spain. We hope you enjoy it very much!!!

Tiff and Molly
(Grade 4)

Let us know if you liked it and if you know more.

This week we have been practicing Sentimientos (feelings).  And we found out noticias muy tristes (very sad news)… our Friends in España are starting their summer holidays so we will not see them again until our term 4.  A lot of us couldn’t believe that it was summer in España while we are having very cold winter weather here in Australia. We have had a lot of fun already learning with them and we hope to see them again in Term 4.  Gracias por todos!

We prepared a little goodbye video for you of a song. Sam and Jachob also prepared a tour of our school market that we had the other day. We thought you might like to see it. And we finished with little message from some of our enthusiastic bloggers.

Adios Nuestros Amigos from Mrs Murphy on Vimeo.

What has been your favourite part about having Amigos en España?