FAREWELL RAMONA

Ramona came to Spain with her husband and her two children about a decade ago. She wanted to start a new life far from her homeland, Rumania, with lots of hopes. She found a home in Cogolludo, where most neighbours loved her almost immediately. She was friendly and helpful. Ramona took care of my mother for one Summer. Andra used to come with her every day. I taught her to play Parchís and La Oca and she gave me lots of tales for Sergio. This Summer as soon as my mother arrived, she came to visit us. Luciano played football with Sergio in my parents'  garden under the lime tree. She was a hard-working smily woman. I met her at Guri's shop at the end of the Summer and she asked me about my Mum and the kids. Had I known it was the last time I talked to her, I would have embraced her and told her how adorable she was.

She had a heart attack on September the 26th and I only knew about it yesterday. She will be buried today in her homeland and we all wonder why fate can be so unfair at times. She was only 35 and had two teenagers who are too young to lose a mother. Farewell, Ramona, wherever you are. We'll miss you so much.

BACK TO SCHOOL

We are back!!! Everything has a beginning and an end. So, here we are again. It's been a great Summer enjoying the Mediterranean and the Cantabric seas, the mountain, the country, the magnificent Playa de las Catedrales in Lugo, the hospitality of Ana and David in Castro de Rei,  the medieval Morella, the views from the restaurant el Parque in Peñíscola, la Hacienda San Jordi and other lovely places,  the Festival of my village, El Escaqueo, the swimming pool, walks with Sergio, dances with Lucía, long talks and whiskey with César,  family, friends, ice-creams, salmorejo, wine (Vino de Rio Negro, Vino de Mencía, Ribeiro and tinto de verano), pulpo a feira, fresh fruit and vegetables, the colorful August sunset in Castilla and peace, at times.
Now we are back at CEPA Joaquín Sorolla with less teachers, less groups but the same energy to teach and learn every day.
My children love this song. I used to like it too. I was a fan of La Bola de Cristal (especially of Santiago Auserón with that black hat and his deep eyes). I think EL PUPITRE DE ATRÁS is the best song to start the academic year 2013-2014 with a good mood. Great to be connected again.
Lots of love,
ANA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nntxzFIp_lQ

HOLIDAYS

Well well well. We are almost on holidays!!!

I haven't published posts lately, sorry but this is what being a busy woman is like. It's been a hard accademic year but I only want to remember positive things. I've been lucky to meet new students and new workmates, whom I'll miss. We all deserve holidays. Have fun all of you!!!!

Bajamar, Joaquín Sorolla

GRAMMAR CONTENTS FOR THE ACCESO CFGS EXAM

Activity for my ACCESO students.
You have a summary of the Grammar contents we have worked this year in this link:

https://www.box.com/s/efy2hlj1oiuhfysym37g

Thanks to my ex-students Kike and Víctor who started this task faithfully.  : )
I hope you all will be as lucky as them in the exam next June!

CULTURAL WEEK CEPA JOAQUÍN SOROLLA

This year our cultural week took place from the 7th to the 9th of May. We had a range of differnt activities conducted by excellent professionals. We had Taichi, yoga and meditation early n the morning. We had an interesting story telling workshop, a creative ilustration for stories workshop, a workshop about the history and techniques of ancient writing, a visit to Museo de América, our second Gantronomy event with lots of interaction and delicious recipes, an amusing sculpture workshop at Estudio de Arte Kroom conducted by the genious of my old friend Yolanda, a concert promoted and performed by our students and the VII edition of the Story Writing Contest, in which the writer INMA CHACÓN delighted us all.
I am vey happy about the result of the cultural week, we learnt unusual things, students interacted, we discovered new talents and new skills and we knew that dreams can come true and that sometimes the dreams of others became ours. A good lesson!

BOSTON

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Boston, Massachusetts

I lived in the US for one year. I got a scholarship at William College as a Teaching Assistant for Spanish. Williamstown is a beautiful university town in the middle of the purple mountains in Massachusetts. The capital of this state is Boston, which is said tio be the most European America city. I agree with that: The only skyscraper is the Hancock Tower, there are lovely residential areas like Beacon Hill There are many places of interest such as the Prudential Centre, which is a meeting point for Bostonians and tourists, the Boston Common, a peaceful park in the middle of the city full of squirrels, the romantic port where Europians arrived in the country to fulfill their American dream, the bay, impressive brigdes to cross the river Charles or the river Mystic, the famous bar Cheers. Boston is a very warm and cosy city. It's not the cold American city one can think of. The River Charles separates Boston from Cambridge, where Harvard University is set. Cambridge means to me peace and wisdom. There are beautiful buildings on green fields with trees full of colourful leaves and students going to and fro on their bikes or walking. The most intelligent brains of the States study at IT in Cambridge.

I can't believe what is going on there these days. People running a marathon were killed in front of their own children, a child died waiting for his father's end of the race, a policeman was shot in Cambridge... What the hell is happening in our world? Do the squirrels know how wild humans are?

Boston

Cambridge