LONDOOON!!

The 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th we went to London with all the class and two teachers. We went there to practice english, to visit the city and to live a new experience. I was very happy and all the days we did very interesting acitvities. The places that I liked more were the Camden town, the places were they filmed Harry Potter and the squirrels of Saint James and Hyde park. It was a really nice travel. I'll never forget it!

SCHOOLS IN MY COUNTRY

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Here you can read the article of this week. I hope you like it!

SCHOOLS IN MY COUNTRY

Does the number 231,808 mean something to you? It’s the number of students that go to primary or secondary school in Catalonia.

Students in Catalonia attend primary school from the age of 3 to 11 (but it’s not compulsory before 6) and then we start secondary school. After thirteen years going to school we have to choose if we want to continue studying two more years and then go to the university or if we want to go on a vocational training course.

I am 14 years old and I’m in my third secondary school year. I go to a state school and I do six hours a day with the exception of Saturdays and Sundays. I’m studying nine different subjects: English, Spanish, Catalan, Projects, P.E., Music, Social Studies and -Tutorial- as compulsory subjects. Then we have two hours per week of optional subjects: German, French or quarterly activities. My favourite subject is English of course. In my school you can also do some extra-curricular activities like Sport, Music, ICT and rehearsals.

In my opinion, girls and boys in my country are lucky because everybody can go to school and learn almost all things you will need for the future.

  

My favourite song

This week our teacher suggested us to share our favourite music to know a little bit more about each other.

This is my favourite song!

Divergent: one choice can transform you

DIVERGENT

I’m reading “Divergent” the first book of the trilogy written by Veronica Roth and my favourite character is Beatrice Prior. She is the narrator and the main character of the Divergent’s book. She was born in Abnegation, she is 16 years old, she has a brother called Caleb and she is Divergent. Her alias is Tris.

I like this character because she is brave, smart, kind and she is a nice person. She fights to reach what she wants and to protect the people she loves. When the book starts she is very weak but thanks to the training and her willpower she becomes one of the best in her initiates group. She is the kind of person you would like to be in another life although the problems she may have.

Divergent’s passage:

But I understand now what Tori said about her tattoo represtanting a fear she overcame- a reminder of where she was, as well a reminder of where she is now. Maybe there is a way to honour my old life as I embrace my new one.

“Yes,” I say. “Three of  these flying birds.”

I touch my collarbone, making the path of their flight – toward my heart. One for each member of the family I left behind.

Personal opinion:

I like this passage of the book because I think it’s very nice that Tris gets a tattoo in her collarbone with three birds representing her family and her old life. I think that is like a message saying that although she had not chose her family faction she will never forget them.

Homemade experiments

Hello!
I did some easy and homemade experiments that I would like to show you!
Whatch the video and tell me what do you think  ;-)

Film review: NERVE

NERVE

Some friends, my sister and I went to the cinema last week to see the new film Nerve.

It is a 2016 American techno-thriller adventure film directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. It’s based on the novel “Nerve” written by Jeanne Ryan. The film stars are Emma Roberts (Vee), Dave Franco (Ian) and Juliette Lewis (Vee’s mother).

This film takes place in New York City. It is about a girl, Vee, which sings up as player in a truth or dare video game. She becomes a very good player and receives a lot of money every time she gets pass an event. She starts playing with a mysterious boy called Ian. But when she reaches the highest levels of the game she will get involved in a dangerous situation.

I like this film because it has an interesting plot. Some of the events of the game are hard-hitting. It has funny and moving scenes and it has an unpredictable ending.

I recommend this film to teenagers that like breath-taking films.

Summer holidays

LE PETIT TRAIN D’ARTOUSTE

This summer I went to Artouste with my family. It’s a French village located near the border, between Spain and France, in the Ossau valley. Although it isn’t a crowded area, it receives a lot of tourist, like me and my family, which wants to take “Le petit Train”. “Le petit Train” is a red and yellow train that goes through beautiful valley and it takes you to a nice lake. It’s the highest train in Europe!

When we bought the tickets for it, we took a cable car that brought as to the train. From there, there were very beautiful views of the Midi d’Ossau. The trip took 1 hour approximately. 

The train passed through a very narrow tunnel, it was so narrow that only a train could pass through it. When we were out of the tunnel we saw amazing and huge mountains. We were so high that although it was summer, we were wearing jackets. When we arrived, we walked around 20 minutes of an ascent path till a very beautiful lake. We had lunch there, sandwiches and some fruit. Then my sister and I found a small pond with lots of tadpoles and some tritons. I had never seen tritons before, they are in danger of extinction. 

In our way back we saw six marmots near the tracks, probably they were waiting for us to give them some food. We also saw an eagle. When we arrived at the train station I drank a typical drink of France, mint syrup. It was delicious!

After this nice day we returned to our apartment.