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The Department of Language of the Alborán school has participated one more year in the Poetry Contest for schoolchildren "Poetas del 27", convened by the Department of Culture of the City Council of Malaga, through the Network of Municipal Public Libraries that recognizes the work of the teachers who promote and encourage reading and poetic writing among minors and young people.
The Municipal Libraries Network organizes this contest, with massive participation, since students from all educational centers in Malaga and its province participate in it.
The awards ceremony took place on Saturday, December 4 in Malaga.
To all those who could not attend, we present today in our center the prizes, the trophies and the precious collections of poems with all the winning poems published.
Seven participants from different courses of our school have been awarded. We offer our most sincere congratulations to the winners, finalists and all our participants, while we encourage all our students to continue writing to prepare for the next contest.
In the Modality of the Second Cycle of Primary:
- Marcos Reque García (Finalist) for his poem “Chess”.
- Sofía Velilla Nitzak (Finalist), for her work “Amar”.
In the Modality of the Third Cycle of Primary:
- Niña Clews Bayer (Finalist), with her poetry “Spring”.
- Oliver Martínez Sierra (Finalist), for “Together”.
And in the Second Cycle of ESO Modality:
- Alejandra Cívico Vázquez (Third Prize), for her poem “Si”.
- Carlota Mingo Marshall (Finalist), for “Against gender violence”.
- Paula Lomeña Lara (Finalist), with “Libre”. Read more
The students of the 1st year of Baccalaureate in the subject of Universal Literature greatly enjoy their approach to myths, carrying out interesting and attractive works of this narrative subgenre with great dedication.
They present to their classmates the presentations that have arisen from their research work, while they develop creative projects related to some aspect of the myth studied.
Some of them have been: Pandora's box, The flight of Icarus, Cassiopeia, Psyche and Eros, Apollo and Daphne, The myth of Ariadne, Narcissus, Prometheus, the fire thief, etc.
Some works rich in content and form. Read more
Work done by Paula Caraballo to honor the Sinsombrero. Read more
Cristina Carmona's work on Antonio Machado, writer of the generation of '98.
March 21, World Poetry Day or Spring of Poets, was proclaimed by UNESCO on the spring equinox in order to "reflect on the power of poetic language and the flowering of the creative capacities of each person."
At our school, through the Language Department, we have contributed to celebrating this Day, developing precious projects with Secondary students that are exhibited at school and in class whose purpose is to awaken poetic sensitivity and educate literary creativity.
In addition, we have held poetic recitals and multiple readings, in which a group of students have visited the classrooms of the last cycle of Primary Education and ESO to declaim before their classmates poems of their own creation, very varied in form and theme, that try to foster a taste for poetic texts. “Each poem is unique. In each work beats, to a greater or lesser degree, all poetry. Each reader looks for something in the poem and it is not unusual for him to find it: he already had it inside” (Octavio Paz).
From Colegio Alborán we invite you to reflect on the capacity and power of poetic language to transmit emotions and suggest feelings, as Lorca affirms "Poetry is something that walks in the street". Read more
"Poetry is the genre of ultimate and irreversible sincerity" – Mario Benedetti.
“Poetry is a weapon loaded with the future” – Gabriel Celaya.
«Painting is silent poetry; poetry blind painting» – Leonardo Da Vinci.
Images made by Sebastián Sánchez-Stewart Tovar and Zaira Rivilla Morales in the field of "Image and Sound" and by Héctor Asesio González, from the Arts High School. Read more
At Colegio Alborán we are really excited. Violeta Monreal, a highly prestigious writer and illustrator who virtually visited our center on Tuesday, has sent us an email to congratulate us on the organization of the activity carried out, as well as on the exemplary behavior of our students during the online literary meetings.
Likewise, he has presented us with the drawings made in the sessions and expresses his most sincere gratitude to the entire team and the Department of Letters.
We appreciate your words and the beautiful gift, hoping to receive it in person on another occasion. Read more
On March 16, a very stimulating activity took place in our center: a literary meeting with Violeta Monreal, a prestigious writer, illustrator and specialist in children's drawing.
In three online talks, he shared with our 6th grade, 2nd and 3rd grade ESO students experiences about his book "Another world around the corner", a work read by our students, which conveys values of solidarity and the idea that it is possible to create a better world, since generosity has a contagious effect. "We can change what we don't like with our commitment," says the author of it.
The Alborán School, within the Reading Project of the Department of Language and in coordination with the Anaya publishing house, has developed another course of this interesting reading animation activity, on this virtual occasion.
Violeta, who participates in various conference cycles and coordinates workshops to promote creativity, encouraged the young people to be constant, explaining how to achieve our goals in three steps: dare and start working, resist even if it means overcoming obstacles and, finally, persevere and insist.
During his online visit to our center, he promoted the values of respect and tolerance, because as the title of his book suggests, there may be other worlds very close to us and we cannot look the other way.
Likewise, he stressed the importance of having a positive attitude, encouraging attendees to adapt to the circumstances with a good disposition, because "It is important to accept mistakes and improve every day."
In an atmosphere of trust, he explained that problems must be overcome and not give up in the creative process, “we don't need to be perfect to do what we like, what we have is to face problems freely”.
With a restless spirit, he took us on a tour of his studio, where he creates and develops editorial projects in which he coordinates texts and images for book collections in collaboration with various publishers, and he showed us the original drawings that appear in the book.
Likewise, Violeta, a graduate in Fine Arts and known for her original drawing technique (images composed of torn paper), created precious collages of genuine characters live in each session.
The writer, with more than hundreds of published books, a thirty-year professional career, and a career full of awards and mentions, kindly answered all the questions raised.
We can affirm that it was an enriching activity in which the attendees were very participatory, enjoyed and learned to value the work of both writers and designers and illustrators today.
This year there have been eight participants from our 2nd and 3rd ESO center who on Saturday, March 13, have enjoyed the adventure of being writers for a day.
The Language Department of our center has been in charge of coordinating the participation of its students in the Coca-Cola Young Talent Short Story Contest, which this year, reaching its 60th edition, will be completely digital, with very precise instructions, although not less exciting for everyone.
This important Literature Contest, whose objective is to encourage young people's interest in writing and reading, which is held simultaneously throughout Spain, is the longest running in our country.
Based on an original narrative stimulus, revealed online that same day, our brave students had to compose their story using the character from the text that they have just been presented as the protagonist, freeing their imagination to tell a story, with ingredients such as their creativity and enthusiasm. .
We wish good luck to Elena, Carmen and Daniel (2º ESO), to Lola, Alejandra, Sofía and Milan (3º ESO) and we congratulate them for having participated
The Alborán School, through the Language Department, organizes numerous activities throughout the course to promote reading, among which we highlight the "visit" to our school by the writer D. Rafael Jurado Morón. In this course and due to the pandemic, the literary meeting has been virtual.
The writer, interviewer, TV presenter and radio presenter, shared a great experience of his work "The Laughter Ambassador", a book read by our students and worked on on February 17 with the 3rd and 4th grade students. classroom, a beautiful fable that deals with the power of humor and the value of freedom, inherent to responsibility.
In its pages, it invites us to use laughter as an ambassador and take the fate of life with humor (the universal language).
With a great literary vocation, he has been developing a passionate career as a writer of Children's and Youth Literature for 25 years (with nine published books), work that he combines with coordinating book clubs at the municipal library of Coín, the municipality where he lives.
It was an enriching activity, in which Don Rafael knew how to address the minors with simple metaphors and answer all the questions that they had previously asked him with the aim of promoting interest in books.
We are grateful for this meeting and we feel honored to have been part of his dream: "to have his books read by thousands of children around the world and that they can discover the magic hidden in words through his own." . Read more
The Colegio Alborán, through the Department of Language, participates every year in the Poetry Contest for schoolchildren "Poetas del 27", convened by the Department of Culture of the Malaga City Council, whose main purpose is to recognize the work of the teachers who promote and encourages reading and poetic writing among minors and young people.
Said contest is organized by the Network of Municipal Libraries and has massive participation, since students from all educational centers in Malaga and its province participate in it.
This year, due to the current circumstances, there has been no official prize-giving ceremony or meetings with the winners, but as Carmen Ramos affirms, "each written verse brings us closer, each rhyme smiles at us, each word sets us free".
So, we hand out the prizes, the trophies and the precious collection of poems with all the poems that have won prizes at the school and we continue preparing our participation for this course.
From the Malaga City Council they have highlighted the enthusiasm with which our school stimulates poetic creation and they have always encouraged us to continue in this line, congratulating our center for the variety and poetic quality.
Eight participants from different courses of our school have been awarded. Read more
The Department of Language and Literature of our center is committed to promoting reading, so every year it coordinates various activities that try to promote interest in books. One of them is to organize literary meetings with writers. During this course and due to the pandemic, the visits are being, for the moment, virtual.
Thus, the four Secondary courses have been able to enjoy the virtual visit of Pablo Álvarez Serrano in February, who, in a close and trusting environment, was able to attract the attention of all those attending. Read more