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In this video, Nina Clews from 1st year of Humanities Baccalaureate interviews Pío Baroja, author of the Generation of '98, to get to know him better and learn more about his work Zalacaín the Adventurer.
In this video made and edited by Nina Clews, a group of high school students recite Romance de la luna, a famous poem by Lorca that belongs to his work Romancero gitano, because we study poetry all year round.
“Poetry doesn’t want followers; it wants lovers.” Federico García Lorca.
Through the Department of Language and Literature, we carry out activities throughout the year at our center to promote and encourage reading.
On April 23, to celebrate Book Day, the entrance, hallways and classrooms of the school have been transformed into cultural spaces where murals and many projects born from the imagination of our students can be admired, from a Cervantes Corner or the creation of their own Greguerías, to panels with a representation of authors from Spanish, English, French and North American literature.
Theatrical performance “The Paper Boy” 3rd ESO.
The 3rd year ESO students have performed an original play entitled “History of the paper boy” for their Primary and Secondary classmates, inspired and adapted from the story by Fernando Alonso, “The little paper man”.
This activity stimulates oral and bodily expression, and we also learn in a fun way.
At the end of the magnificent dramatization, the audience had the opportunity to ask questions and express concerns to the brave actors and actresses, who performed a magnificent show.
Literary Treasure Hunt 2nd year of ESO.
Second-year ESO students become the protagonists of learning with original stalls about literary genres and subgenres, which include sports games, challenges and rewards.
Through this proposal, primary school courses discover literature in a fun, dynamic and participatory way, learning while playing and sharing experiences with their classmates.
Charity book market.
Today we also set up the charity book stand with books donated by the students and teachers of the center, whose profits will go to Cudeca.
Literary meeting with Marta Díaz.
What better way to celebrate Book Day than with a literary event? We were honored to have the presentation of "The Deaths of Saturn," the debut novel by Marta Díaz Bielsa, a first-year Baccalaureate student at our school. Her work, which explores Roman mythology and mysterious enigmas, captivated the secondary school students in attendance. The audience actively participated in the discussion, which took place in a relaxed atmosphere.
Theatrical performance “The strangest animal” 4th grade of Primary School.
The fourth-grade students presented their younger classmates in preschool and primary school with a segment from a fun play about the strangest animal. It was an excellent performance that delighted everyone in attendance.
Video 1st Year of High School: Scenes from Universal Literature.
The students of 1st year Humanities Baccalaureate have made a video in which they take a tour through some of the most emblematic works of universal literature with a humorous touch.
Video poem by Alberti.
Nina Clews, from 1 Baccalaureate, gives voice and images to Alberti's poem “El mar, la mar”.
Activities in Early Childhood and Primary Education.
In the courses of the Early Childhood and Primary Education stages, various activities to promote reading have also been carried out in the classroom with great interest.
First grade has created mini-books with very original stories and drawings from each student.
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In this video, the 1st year Baccalaureate students perform a new version of La Celestina, who now runs a dating app.
An adaptation of the classic by Fernando de Rojas with the characters as they would be today, with humor as the main ingredient.
The Language and Literature Department at Alborán School organizes numerous activities throughout the school year to promote reading. One of the most interesting is the literary meet-and-greets with authors, as these help foster a love of reading from a very young age.
As part of our Reading Project and in collaboration with the Anaya publishing house, on March 6th Alberto Díaz, illustrator and prolific writer of children's and young adult literature, with more than one hundred published books, both written and illustrated by him, including comics, textbooks and cartoons, visited our center to share literary experiences with the 6th grade Infant students and the Primary students.
All our students have actively participated and conveyed to the prolific writer their doubts and concerns related to the books read “The Barnyard Children”, “Green Dog” and “Detective Owl”, showing great interest in his new book “Wasabi Gang”.
In their works, they highlight the values of empathy and friendship to combat bullying, mystery, adventure, and the defense of diversity.
In an engaging way, in the three sessions she has conducted, she has immersed the students in the creative process of illustrations, highlighting the importance of drawings in a book and encouraging them to read, write and draw to tell stories, drawing a parallel between film, photography and words, which also tell stories, but with less deployment of tools and technical resources.
It has been a very stimulating meeting, which also included a book signing.
It has been a pleasure to have this multifaceted artist with us again, who has also treated us to some beautiful drawings that he created live at the request of the students.
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A journey through space and time, Cernuda travels (through a machine that has not yet been invented) to our time and is interviewed.
Very original work done by Álvaro, Adam, Vladis and Kirian.
Let's learn more about the Sevillian poet and what would surprise him most about our time.
Today at Alborán School we commemorated the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women in order to express our rejection of violence of any kind and more specifically of this type, which is unfortunately so widespread in the world.
We begin the day by reading our institutional commitment and keeping a minute of silence as a sign of respect for the victims.
We have also expressed our rejection of school bullying, which is currently occurring, because it is important to educate in values such as tolerance, equality, respect, and non-violence. Therefore, we work throughout the year to achieve peace at all levels.
The awards ceremony then took place.
Poetry Contest.
The awarded students have been:
1 ESO cycle
First Prize: Miguel Galdeano Pardeza, for his work “My solitude and I”.
Second Prize: Mara Suárez García, for “The Silenced Voice”.
Third Prize: Alexa Valerie Ghahremani, for her poem “No to bullying”.
2 ESO cycle
First Prize: Minerva Ramos Merino, for her poem “Once upon a time”.
Second Prize: Natalia Castedo Plana, for “Gender Violence”.
Third Prize: Adam El. Ouinissi, with his work “Breaking the Silence”.
Undergraduate Degrees
First Prize: Adriana Díaz Aguilar, for her poem “There is no fear anymore”.
Second Prize: Paola Lara Muñoz, “No to bullying”.
In addition, we have developed poetry recitals, debates and exhibitions of awareness and reflection projects on the problem of violence and against school bullying in the classrooms.
Our first-year Arts Baccalaureate students, in the subject Audiovisual Culture, have created a wreath of flowers for this day, as a sign of solidarity, mourning and respect for all people who suffer or have suffered violence of any kind, who should not be forgotten.
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On November 14th, students from the second cycle of ESO and 1st year of Bachillerato at Colegio Alborán attended the theatrical performance of "La Celestina," an activity organized by the Language Department of our school, with the aim of awakening in the students an interest in our classics, through the stimulating power of theater, making it a valuable teaching tool in our subject's curriculum.
All the students in attendance have seen many concepts that are worked on in the classroom materialized, understanding the importance of this work by Fernando de Rojas within the whole of our literary heritage and investigating the medieval and Renaissance features that coexist in this transitional era.
It was a fun and original reinterpretation of this classic in which our students participated in the discussion after the performance, asking questions and presenting their concerns.
Using a fun and contemporary language, our students have learned at the Higher School of Dramatic Art of Malaga (ESAD) about one of the masterpieces of Castilian literature.
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Our students in 3rd year of ESO and 1st year of Bachillerato in the subject Spanish Language and Literature have carried out projects on the best known stories of El Conde Lucanor, by Don Juan Manuel, both adapting the stories and recreating current versions about these problems and concerns, which are still relevant at heart.
Count Lucanor. Tale XXXVII. The Recovery.
Paula, Andalus, Sofía and Maia invented this story, adapting the structure of El Conde Lucanor.
The value of perseverance is conveyed, along with the affirmation that there is always a second chance if we are persistent:
Count Lucanor. Tale VII Lady Truhana
Adaptation of story VII Doña Truhana: Ángela, Rania, Anastasia and Maylis convey with humor in this adaptation by don Juan Manuel the value of keeping one's feet on the ground and not being carried away by future illusions that can ruin everything one has in the present.
Count Lucanor. The Lazy One
Mikel, José and Dominic created this original video using humor to show the negative consequences of laziness.
The moral of the story is not to leave obligations until the last minute.
Count Lucanor. Awake Mind
Adam Leo, Álvaro, Julio, Ethan and Deyan use this project to warn about the dangers of addiction to mobile phones and other electronic devices.
"A waking mind is better than a lit screen."
These two verses, as a conclusion, close the video, in the style of Don Juan Manuel.
Count Lucanor. Don't judge a book by its cover.
Elias, Maria, Olivia, and Natalia teach us with this video that we should not judge a book by its cover, nor people by their outward appearance, highlighting the value of sincerity.
In the first quarter, first-year students in World Literature completed some very interesting projects on Greek and Roman mythology.
Our students chose their favorite myths and researched them in depth. They then developed classroom presentations, creating creative presentations complemented by inspiring artistic crafts.
Some of these works of mythology have been Selene, the goddess of the Moon, King Midas, Apollo and Daphne, Pandora's Box, Echo, Arachne, Medusa, The Beauty of Helen, Persephone and Andromeda...
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First-year high school students have created this creative video, providing a subjective perspective on Federico García Lorca's symbols.
In World Literature, students have completed some interesting projects from the Golden Age of American literature, such as these.
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