French students visit the IES Velázquez

Last May 5th,our school hosted a group of French students from Lyceè Saint Roch, in the city of Estaires. During their visit, our 3º ESO A students took them on a tour and then, our guests enjoyed a food festival with other 3º ESO students, from group C.

It was part of an Erasmus+ Mobility programme
We hope they had a great time. Our students really enjoyed the experience and are looking forward to meeting them again.

   

 IES VELAZQUEZ AWARDED WITH THE SCHOOL ETWINNING QUALITY LABEL

Our School has been awarded with the eTwinning Quality label. This Award,given by the European Union, is a recognition of all the cooperative international projects carried out by the school comunity:teachers, school staff, students, to create great international projects.
Congratulations to all!

 "BRIDGES"

Last April 12th and 13th, 4º ESO students took part in an extracurricular activity called Bridges.

This activity is the last one of an Integrated Content Unit between the subjects of Social Science  and English.

Students previously studied  the History of Bridges in Seville and filled up a questionnaire,being the final product an explicatory video of a bridge assigned to each group,where they explained its  History,importance as well as its design.

 

Congratulations to all of them for the good work!

Chorleywood: the visit

 The exchange:

"2nd episode"

 3º ESO  students visit Chorleywood

Our students visited the town of Chorleywood as part of their exchange that the IES Velázquez has carried out this year with ST Danes school.

Last week of March they participated in the school life, lived with a British family and get to know the city of London: an experience that will be memorable in the students' lives

 Erasmus + KA122 project:"it is time to act: Urban rivers need help"

Our Greek partners finally visited us.
Three teachers from a music school in Larissa, Greece, attended some of our lessons as part of the Erasmus + project being carried out  by both schools.

This program has the river as the centre key, not only from an ecological point of view, but from an artistic and musical one as well.

This is the reason why a visit to the music school in the city centre was also carried out.

We are waiting for them to come with their students this October as part of an exchange between schools. 

Our French Partners

As a preparation for their visit in May the 5th, students from the Lycee Saint Rock in Estaires, France,have created this padlet to introduce themselves and their school. The same was done by our students. See their great work!!

We are looking forward to their visit!

Erasmus + project: Our Norwegian partners finally came!

 Our week in Seville

As part of our Erasmus project with Ringsker school in Brumunddal, Norway, our partners finally came after having cancelled it because of Covid19. 
Our students did a great job as guides and took the lead in every single activity we had planned. The result was a great week, full of activities and workshops,from which we learned a lot about the topic of our project: democracy and political values.
Here you have a photo album of the week. Just click on the following link:

Our week in Seville

 Tourist guide: Seville

Students from 4º ESO has prepared this amazing guide as part of the activities to welcome our Erasmus students from Norway. Our students not only took them around Seville City Centre but also share this guide with them.

You can't miss it! Click on :

SEVILLE

IES Velázquez-Chorleywood:Students'exchange

Some of our students from 3º ESO are hosting  Bristish students from St Clemens Danes Secondary school, in  Chorleywood,U.K

They are taking some field trips and , as part of their programme, they visited our school and took part in the lessons, as you can see on the photo below.

This is the third exchange between both schools.

Erasmus + KA122 project:"it is time to act: Urban rivers need help"

 Erasmus project Greece-Spain

As part of this Erasmus project, teachers from the Music school in Larissa , Greece,will visit us this March.They will be attending to some lessons and participating in the school life.

They will also visit The music school here in Seville.Later, in Autumn, we will receive a group of Greek students who will visit us.

New etwinning project: "Acercando culturas, acortamos distancias"

 Another etwinning project is coming up: 

"Acercando culturas, acortamos distancias

Our 1º bach students are involved in another etwinning project with our partners from "Quinto Orazio Flacco",in Portici,Italy.

Our aim is to get a better understanding of each other's culture by working on different cultural topics ,creating a e-magazine.

November 25th: STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

 November 25th: 

STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

November 25th is a day to take a stand and to take action :

A world where gender violence will have disappeared is possible!

Our students have already taken a stand and want the world to be aware of this drama.
These posters created by them speak for themselves.

What about you?: Are you going to take action?

    

Thanksgiving: An American Tradition

 

By our American volunteer Sophie Hogan

Halloween's cemetery

 

Let's meet our particular Halloween's  cemetery,where some of the most relevant English celebrities are displayed. "Tombs and epitaphs"made by 3º ESO students.

Great job!

Brief USA History

A great introduction to American History. Click here:

US History 

You can also click here:

The origins of the USA

Danish students visit the IES Velázquez

 

 Danish Students from Rosborg high School has visited us last October the 3rd.During their visit, they exchange information and made friends with our students from 1º Bach, as you can see:

Afterwards, other students from 4º Advanced English, took the Danish group on a tour of Seville.
It was an experience students from both countries which they will never forget!
We are looking forward to doing projects and exchanges with them in a short future.

Erasmus +: Students from the IES Velázquez visit their partners in Brumunddal, Norway

 We finally made it!

After having to put this visit quite a few times because of Covid, a group of students from our school finally made it and could visit their partners in Ringsaker school, Norway.

It has been a unforgettable experience and they are looking forward to their visit!

SPALIAN 32: I PODCAST

This is a podcast with some of the interviews that have been carried out by our students and those of Pesaro, Italy,as part of the twinspace project:
"SPALIAN 32, I PODCAST"
Congratulations to all for the good work. 
Complimenti a tutti per il capolavoro!!!!

to listen to the podcast, CLICK ON:

"Spalian 32, I podcast"

CELEBRITÀ ITALIANE

 CELEBRITÀ ITALIANE

Bridges in Seville: An English+CC.SS project

Bridges in Seville: An English+CC.SS project

4º ESo students, as part of a project carried out by both English and CC.SS teachers, helped by one of our language assistants, Luke Flierl, took a tour and explain in English the bridges in Seville.

It was a great experience in which they shared and enjoyed the information students have been working on.

For more information, click on CC.SS'section.