Forenex Summer Courses

Desde Forenex Comunidad Valenciana queremos agradecer a todos los alumnos y familiares de los mismos, el apoyo y comportamiento de esta quincena inolvidable.

un saludo a todos y… ¡felices vacaciones!

We’ve been busy in Jill’s class this week!.We have been learning to shop in the store and we are learning about animals, feelings, toys and numbers. We painted our shops and we made animal masks.Meaghan came to take our picture today!We are having a fun week at camp and we’re really excited for the party tomorrow.

Today’s Feelings:

Gema: “I’m happy today!”

José Vicente: “Today I’m angry!”

Marina: “I’m sleepy today!”

Marí­a: “I’m happy today!”

Pablo: “I’m happy.”

Today in class we created life-sized bodies.We traced our friends Carlos and Javier.We dressed them up as footballers.After we designed their uniforms,we practised saying our body parts.And, of course, the footballers we created were Spanish!The class also traced our friend Eva.We designed a floral top and jeans for her to wear.We are not monsters.They have claws and horns.We have five fingers and five toes.Now we know our body parts!

Here at Valencia Day Camp we are all working hard!We are studying fruit, singing songs, performing fashion shows, learning the present perfect and adverbs of frequency, and staging debates.Oh, of course, we’re playing sports and swimming, too!

On Friday we played a sit down and stand up game using the months of the year.Each student represented a different month.Then we made a class display:

Jorge G.L.: “In February I go to school.”

Carlos S.: “In March it is cold.”

Belen: “In June it’s hot.”

Jorge P.: “In September it’s cold and rainy.”

Carolina: “In December it’s Christmas.”

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MARIA SANCHO!! Today Maria is seven years old. In Jill’s class we celebrated two birthdays in one week.Today María wore the crown. We sang “Happy Birthday” and “Five Little Speckled Frogs” and danced to our favourite Dani CD. We learned how to say our favourite colours, fruits and clothes this week.  Our new favourite word is SAUSAGE! It was hot this week and we are tired, but boy do we love summer camp. A special thanks to our monitors, Paula and José, for taking good care of us. See you Monday!

Today Javier got six stars - the most in class - and he won a sweet!  He helped his friends, shared his colours, did his work, and listened in class.  Diego earned five stars and Fernando, Ivan and Adriana got four stars.  Good work!  We talked about our favourite things today:

Adriana’s favourite animal is a dolphin and her favourite activity is swimming.

Manu’s favourite animal is a leopard and his favourite activity is basketball.

Diego’s favourite animal is a horse and his favourite activity is football.

Ivan’s favourite animal is a lion and his favourite activity is football.

Javier’s favourite animal is a penguin and his favourite activity is swimming.

Eva’s favourite animal is a dolphin and her favourite actiivity is swimming, too.

Nicolas’ favourite animal is a dinosaur and his favourite activity is football.

Carlos’ favourite animal is a leopard and his favourite activity is football.

Pablo M.’s favourite animal is a dinosaur and his favourite activity is swimming.

Alejandra’s favourite animal is a tiger and her favourite activity is swimming, too.

Ignacio’s favourite animal is his dog and his favourite activity is football.

Fernando’s favourite animal is a turtle and his favourite activity is football.

Sofia’s favourite animal is a horse and her favourite activity is swimming.

Pablo’s favourite animal is a lion and his favourite activity is golf.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BARBARA DE LUNA!!! Jill’s class celebrated Barabara’s big day with a party at the end of the day.

Today we all made passports for ourselves.  Our new handmade passports allow us to enter into the “Kingdom of Shuan.” We studied the strange message on the British passport.  It says, “. . . allow the bearer to pass free without let or hindrance. . .” and “. . . afford the bearer as much assistance and protection as may be necessary.”  Now we can use our passports as our bathroom pass too.  We are keeping journals on what we’ve been doing, for example, new vocabulary and past simple. Here is an entry by Teresa:

How was your day?

-Did an exam

-Made a passport

-Played basketball

-Played tennis

-Answered questions

-Went swimming

-Finished worksheets

Today was the first day of class at Valencia Day Camp.  It was a hot one, but we still played football and basketball, acted on stage, went swimming, and, of course, went to English class.  Here the students in Chris’ class tell us how they cool off in the summer:

I sit in front of the fan. -Victor

I stay cool here in the summer by resting in the shade of a tree. -Jose Luis

You must drink a lot of cold water! -Lucia

You need to go to special places where it’s cold, like Alaska. -Alex

We can stay cool in Valencia in a swimming pool. -Javier

By putting your body into the fridge! -Jose

I go to the swimming pool. -Alicia

I play football. -Carlos

I see a lot of friends. -Jorge

I eat a lot of ice cream. -Amparo

I think the public swimming pools are a big help for this problem. -J.M.

Going to the beach while you drink some drinks. -Cesar

I swim on the beach and in the swimming pool. -Alba

I drink a lot of water. -Tamis