SPELLING BEE 2021 AT LOS OLIVOS SCHOOL

Many are the advantages that come from learning how to spell words. For instance, it helps with reading and writing, it improves your memory and it supports the connections that we make when thinking about sounds and letters. 

Since at Los Olivos School we believe the Spelling Bee event is an incredible opportunity for students to learn more about their second language, get motivated and improve their skills, we have been celebrating this contest for a few years now. 

This year, because of the Covid, it has been a bit different than other years in which the participants had their classmates cheering for them at the auditorium. It was a great day for them though and for all the ones who could attend and were there to help. 

Three different finals were celebrated and these have been the winners this year: 

1st and 2nd Grade: - Right to left - Silvia (1st place), Antonio (2nd place) and Sofía (3rd place). 

3rd and 4th Grade: Elisa (1st place), Jaime (2nd place) and Clara (3rd place). 

5th and 6th Grade: Sara (1st place), Manuela (2nd place) and Marta (3rd place). 

They will have the opportunity to represent our school in the AMCO Spelling Bee National Contest in May. So good luck!! We believe in you!! 👏

For those of you who will represent our school in the National Contest, and for those who are interested in participating the coming years, here you have a video by AMCO in which they share with us 10 tips to improve your Spelling Bee skills. 

It was a very close contest so...CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL!! YOU DID AMAZING!!

STORY TIME: "PIP AND POSY: THE RED BALLOON"

What a wonderful time for this story time! 

Spring time is here and teacher Estefanía tells us this cute story that reminds us a lot about this season. Here is the plot: Pip is very proud of his big red balloon. But when he lets the balloon go and it pops, he is inconsolable. Luckily, Posy has a clever idea to cheer up her friend and soon they are having fun again!

Now, keep your eyes and ears open, and enjoy! 

IDIOMS are so much fun!

Hello and Happy Easter Monday!!! 

The spirit of easter

is all about Hope, Love and Joyful living. 

Happy Easter Monday! 

At Los Olivos, some of the English teachers are big fans of Idioms. But, maybe you are wondering what an idiom is. According to Cambridge Dictionary, an idiom is "a group of words in a fixed order that have a particular meaning that is different from the meanings of each word on its own". So idioms do not always make literal sense (in fact, most of the times they don't), that's why they are so much fun to learn for students! They are incredibly useful for improving communication skills, to make you sound more fluent and natural when speaking English. 

 In 5th and 6th Grade students are working on Idioms as a part of their Daily Routine. Every day, a different student brings a new idiom to show the rest of their classmates. They also make a poster about it and then display them in the corridor.

In 2nd Grade we have also started to learn Idioms. We learn a new one every Friday and, so far, it's been such a success that some students are trying to use them in the classroom context. For instance, after an exam one of the students said: "Teacher, the exam is A PIECE OF CAKE!" 👏 

We have also made little posters to remember them easily. These are the ones we have learnt about so far: