3/4 DP have been creating amazing word art using “Saludos” (greetings).

Please enjoy their amazing word creations.

Students really enjoy listening and singing along to this song about Los Dias de la Semana. Share it with you family and friends!

This week in Spanish Señora Opazo has been teaching The Mexican Hat Dance to the Reception/1’s and Year 2’s. It is a joyful cultural dance that is easy and fun to learn.

You perform the Mexican Hat Dance with a friend. All you need is to be able to count to four and follow a basic rhythm.

Look at the fun the students in 2RG are having!

El Dia de los Muertos , The Day of the Dead is celebrated in many Hispanic countries on November 1st and 2nd of each year, coinciding with the Catholic holidays of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day. El Dia de los Muertos is a holiday for remembering and honoring those who have passed. It is a loving ritual, full of joy and celebration.

During the first week of November we have had a fantastic time celebrating El Dia de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead). Students took part in a celebration of this wonderful cultural event. Señora Opazo constructed a beautiful alter display for the students to view which included sugar skulls and marigolds. The wonderful bakers at Bakers Delight were kind enough to bake us 35 loaves of Pan de Muertos (Bread of the Dead) for the children to sample. Pan de Muerto is a traditional Mexican sweet bread that is eaten during the Day of the Dead.  Some classes also had the chance to sample sugar skull cookies to celebrate the day. It has been a wonderful opportunity for students to reflect on aspects of their own culture and compare it with the Spanish culture.

Enjoy this wonderful animation about El Dia de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead)

The students in 3/4CP and 3/4MN have been creating prayers in Spanish for their class. Each student created a page that was accompanied by their voice reading the prayer in Spanish.

It was lovely to see all the thought and effort that each student put into their individual prayers and the many wonderful things that they are grateful for in their lives.

The Year 5, 6 and 7’s  had the opportunity to produce their own pieces of writing. They worked on presenting a “Receta” (Recipe) in Spanish to their peers. As a part of this semesters’ focus allowing students to gain confidence speaking in Spanish in front of an audience. They did an amazing job! Here are some of the incredible “Recetas” that the students presented.

Receptions, Year 1 and 2 have been learning these colours in Spanish, Amarillo (yellow), Azul (blue), Verde (green) and Rojo (red) with Señora Opazo. They created word art using coloured play dough. They had lots of fun participating in the actvity and sharing their creations with each other.

I hope you enjoy a few of the photo’s I took today of the students participating in an oral language game which incorporated La Comida (Food) and Los Numeros (Numbers). Using their Lista de Compras (Shopping List) they had to name and collect the items on their list. It was great fun watching them participating in the activity and using their language skills.