Edition 4, Dec 2017

English Department

IES Costa Teguise

INSIGHT Magazine

INDEX

ABOUT OUR SCHOOL

HALLOWEEN

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

DAY

Our Headmistress: CARMEN PELLÓN

ABOUT COSTA TEGUISE

Our Mayor, OSWALDO CABRERA

INTERVIEW: British vs Spanish

lifestyle

BIG BOBS BAR AND AMERICAN

DINER COSTA TEGUISE

TECH TIME

SOCIAL MEDIA

ADVANTAGES AND

DISADVANTAGES OF MOBILES

DANGERS OF SOCIAL MEDIA

iPHONE X

HEADPHONES

STUDIES AROUND THE WORLD

SIXTH FORM COLLEGE

SPANISH vs GERMAN SYSTEM

MUSIC

THE CELLO

CURIOSITIES

CHRISTMAS

TEENAGERS AND BOOKS

ELVASTON CASTLE

HADDON HALL ENGLAND

THE MOST VIOLENT CITIES IN THE WORLD

MONARCH AIRLINES CEASED TRADING

IMPORTANT EXPLORERS IN THE WORLD

HALLOWEEN

This day different activities were carried out in the school.

NÚMERO 1

C U R S O

2016-2017

25th December, INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE

AGAINST WOMAN We have celebrated this day at school with a ceremony in memory of all the victims of gender violence. We have taken the idea of the Mexican artist Elina Chauvet and her Zapatos Rojos or Red Shoes. It is an art project which deals with a city route which consists in lots of pairs of red or red-painted shoes to commemorate the many cases of violence against women in the whole world. In particular, his first work was realized in Ciudad Juarez, the border city between Mexico and the United States, where for the first time it was used the expression “femicide”. Here, indeed hundreds and hundreds of women were abducted, raped and then killed since 1993. It’s not known the real number of victims, but it’s known that the authorities have never seriously considered this shameful truth, covering everything and never making justice for the women killed or their families.

Here Elina Chauvet organized the first “silent protest” by collecting 33 pairs of red shoes and arranging them in place as to simulate a protest march of absent women. This project expands also in other countries up to in Italy: Milan, Turin, Genoa, Lecce and now it’s the turn of Bergamo, where there will be two art installations that occupy the Old Town Square from May 12 to May 15. Elina Chauvet is also working on another public project “Confianza” (Trust)

dedicated to the Italian artist Pippa Bacca, brutally murdered in Istanbul in 2008 during a performance entitled “brides on tour” in which she and another artist Silvia Moro intended to travel, dressed as brides, by hitchhiking in eleven countries crossed by wars and conflicts to bring messages of peace. The journey of Pippa, however, was cut short in Turkey because of a man who raped and killed her. Elina starts from here to organize a march of women in wedding dress to remember Pippa Bacca.

INTERVIEWING OUR HEADMISTRESS, CARMEN PELLÓN

(By Jamie Clark, 4º ESO D)

How does it feel to be the headmistress? I feel good about being the headmistress but being the headmistress comes with a big responsibility.

How long do you want to be the headmistress for?

I have signed a piece of paper to say I can be the headmistress for four years.

How long have you been studying to be a headmistress for?

Now you don’t have to study to become a headmistress, but you have to do a project and if you pass said project you are allowed to be a headmistress or headmaster.

What are your ideas for the future with the school?

I would like to work on a project with the children and get them to help out.

What do you think about the magazine the English students are doing?

It is an excellent project and well designed and it’s good because it gets the English students involved.

This year we have the option

Carmen Pellón and Jamie Clark

Carmen Pellón and Jamie Clark

to wear school uniforms.

Eventually we have school clothes that are a polo shirt and a pair of jeans or trousers and the polos have a logo on.

Are you going to add any building to the school?

If it was in my hands we would be working on more buildings right now but unfortunately it isn’t. Next year there are going to be four classes of each year, not three and eventually we will have eleven classes more.

Are you going to get the school to do big projects?

Yes, next year we will have a multicultural project.

Why is it prohibited to use your phone on school grounds?

At the minute it isn’t prohibited to use your phone but you can only do so if the teacher gives you permission for educative reasons. Next year we will not allow phones in the school because there have been incidents of students taking photos of teachers and uploading them to Instagram and creating fake accounts of said teacher.

Do you think the school and its teachers should do a day to day activity to relax before the classes start, like breathing exercises?

I don’t think that is a bad idea, maybe next year we will have to include that in into our daily activities for educational reasons of the students. And maybe always have relaxing music on to work to.

INTERVIEWING OSWALDO

BETANCORT, OUR MAYOR

(By Jorge Callero, 2º ESO D)

Do you like being

the Mayor?

Yes, I do. I especially

like serving the people

and seeing that we

help a lot of people

doing little things.

There is still a long

way to go but I like

being the Mayor in

Teguise.

Where did you work before being the

Mayor?

When I finished my studies, I started

working in a familiar company. It was a

construction company where we

promoted housing and I helped my

parents with my sieblings.

Why did you decide to be the Mayor?

Actually I didn’t decide it. I had had

strong relationships with some nationalist

politicians in the Canary Islands as, for

example, Lorenzo Olarte. On the other

hand, my wife started working as an

administrative in a political party called

Coalición Canaria. One day, I went to

pick her up and there, Juan Santana, the

president of that party, told me that they

needed a person in Teguise. During three

months he was insisting me and finally I

went to a meeting with them. After that, I

hooked.

Which politicians or

popular people do you admire? Why?

I studied law and I admired Lorenzo

Olarte because he was one of the fathers

of the Penal Code. He lived the change of

the Canary Islands from the dictatorship

to the democracy. He also worked with

Adolfo Suárez and later he designed the

political party Coalición Canaria. He

achieved that this party was the first

political party in the Canary Islands after

30 years. Definitely, I admire the old

politicians, not the new ones, because

they were brave and had dedication and

persuasion.

What are your plans for the next

legislature?

I would like to continue improving

Teguise. It has to be a competitive and

comfortable municipality. I would like to

install children parks with shadow and

also for disabled people, to improve the

gardens cleaning, etc. And I will tell you a

breaking new, you are the first journalist I

tell this: there is already a project for a

new health centres in Costa Teguise and

there is funding to it before December.

Will you be the mayor the next

legislature?

I do not know but I would like to

because I think that we are a team

formed by young people that work a lot.

People may think that we make mistakes,

and actually they are right, everybody

makes mistakes, but they cannot say that

we do not work. I hope that people

understand that this has not been an easy

legislature.

Which school did you study at?

I studied at Generalísimo Franco, in

Arrecife. It was a beautiful but

disciplinary age where we could not even

stand up in class. I remember a History

class where I yawned because I could not

sleep the night before and the teacher

argued me horribly. I think those things

were very important in my education and

nowadays I am proud of that. I think that

education is the most important value in

life.

After school, I studied in Agustín

Espinosa High School. I studied my

degree at the University of Las Palmas.

Could you tell me any memory you

have from your childhood?

My childhood was good. I can remember

that my school was full of grilles and the

teacher told us to write about what we

were feeling at school. I wrote that I felt

in prison and the teacher call me saying

that I was the only child that said that. I

told her that I preferred that they take me

to the beach, to the “Bosquecillo”, etc.

After two or three weeks, they took us to

Las Montañas del Fuego. The teacher

told me that the trip was because of my

letter.

What do you think about the education

nowadays?

I think that education nowadays is quite

good, we have very competitive teachers

and I admire that you are right now

asking me questions in English, speaking

the language very well. We depend on

tourism in the Canary Islands and it is

very important to speak different

languages, I think it is even more

important to have another language than

to have a degree.

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BRITISH AND SPANISH LIFESTYLE IN COSTA TEGUISE

(By Anna, Kira, Grace and Alex - 2ºESO A)

These past few weeks we have been asking questions to all the teachers and students to compare the Bristish and Spanish lifestyle. We were given 6 categories with four questions each to ask. These are the results of the survey: TIMETABLES 70% of Spanish people wake up at 6:30 am to go to school at 8:00 and finish at 2:00 pm, unlike English people, who wake up at 7:30 am, go to school at 9:00 am and finish school at 3:00 pm. Another difference between Spanish and English lyfestyles is the time that they have lunch, for example, Spanish people have lunch around 3:00 pm unlike English who have lunch at around 1:00 pm. FOOD & DRINKS There is not a lot of difference when it comes to how many meals they have a day, but they do like different types of food: Spanish like eating paella and tortilla but English like eating fish and chips. PETS Most Spanish families own dogs as pets, but English prefer cats. 80% of people that live in England and Spain have one or twwo pets. THINGS PEOPLE ENJOY DOING English students do not have much free time due to school timetables and after school activities. Spanish students have a lot of free time due to only having a

few hours at school and no detentions or isolations. In their free time Spanish kids, especially in the Canary Islands, do watersports like surfing and swimming and when English kids have time off they usually go on their bikes or scooters. GOING OUT WITH FRIENDS 50% of Spanish population often go out tomeet their friends whilst 30% of the population go out once a month and the other 20% never go out. When English and Spanish go out to meet their friends they usually go to the cinema or the shopping mall.

OTHER INFORMATION

Both English and Spanish priorities in life are their friends and family, most of them are very nice and family minded people.

And those are the results of the survey, we had a lot of fun asking these questions to the students and teachers in our high school and we would love to do it again.

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Big Bobs Bar and American Diner Costa Teguise,

a good place to eat.

(By Jamie Clark, 4º ESO D PostPMAR)

Big Bobs Bar And American Diner is a bar in the small town of

Costa Teguise in Lanzarote. It is a classical American Diner that

looks like it is from the year 1950. Big Bobs is an amazing place

to eat and drink that is not expensive which has fantastic

suitability for all ages, and always a friendly welcome from all of

the staff there.

Food you can eat there

At Big Bobs you can eat all the classic American food.

They also do some English. You can eat Hamburgers,

Hot Dogs, Nachos, Pulled Pork and lots more. I would

recommend trying the Chilli Dog which is a hot dog

with the homemade chilli sauce on top. The fries are

also amazing.

The decoration

As you walk into the Diner you will see a very

big display of all the drinks they serve, then just

below are all other drinks like Fanta Oranges

and Cokes. There are many different drinks to

choose from. They also do the best milkshakes

ever; you can have an Oreo milkshake, a

Nutella milkshake, a Cookie milkshake and

much more. Then you have a little seating area

to the side as you walk in, then you have the

bar, which can seat up to 20 people but there are only 8 chairs because they use them in

the small seating area.

Then they have a very large seating area which can seat up to 50 people, it is decorated

with American pictures and old American things, the seats are like clouds, they are so

soft, they are a very light blue and peach mixed with white, it looks amazing.

Then you have the outside terrace, it can seat up to 30 people, it also has a pool table

which is an American style table with the red table cloth and spots and stripe balls. On

the front as well they also have machines to win some toys. I like sitting out the front of

the diner because it overlooks a beautiful view of the local square called Pueblo

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Marinero.

Puddings and Desserts

For pudding you have a very wide choice of things, you can go with a plain bowl of ice-

cream with a choice if Strawberry, Chocolate or Vanilla. Then you have the milkshakes

which are really nice, my favorite is the Oreo. Then you have the crazy deserts, like The

Tease which is ice-cream and lots of malteasers and

then more ice-cream and then whipped cream which

is amazing. You also have my favorite dessert on the

menu is the Hot Chocolate Fudge Cake, it is so nice,

it comes with choice of ice-cream or whipped cream,

i always go whipped cream and then it is covered

with amazing chocolate sauce. The biggest desert on

the menu is the bonanza which is the best thing to

ever be invented, it is 2 scoops of vanilla ice-cream, 2

scoops of chocolate ice-cream and 2 scoops of strawberry ice-cream covered with

marshmallows, malteasers and then covered with loads of whipped cream and then

topped with chocolate sauce then strawberry sauce and then vanilla sauce then topped

with a massive amount of sprinkles.

For the little ones

If you are not up for the big meals like steaks burgers or hot dogs, you could always

have a kids meal which is a choice of many, you could have 4 chicken nuggets with

chips and beans, but if you want to be American you could always have a mini dog

which is a small hot dog. There is so much more to choose from.

If you would like more

information about the

best place on earth,

please come and speak

to me!

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SOCIAL MEDIA

(By Fidel Morales, 1º BACH B)

Nowadays most teenagers have a mobile phone. It is rare that a teenager does not have

one. The teenagers use the mobiles for chatting with their friends through applications

as for example WhatsApp. This app allows keeping contact with your friends although

they are kilometres from you. There is another famous app, which is used for different

things, and it is Instagram. It is a social network where you can upload photos and your

followers can comment it and give it likes. In the new update of Instagram, it allows

you uploading stories photos and videos that are there for 24 hours and then they

automatically disappear.

In this app there are people called influencers that are the people that have a lot of

followers, and, as its name suggests, they influence the fashion, attitude or thoughts of

the people. Let me introduce you some of them:

Huda Kattan: She has almost 21 million followers in Instagram; this Muslim influencer earns 18.000 dollars by each post on her posts on make-up. (@hudabeaty)

Cameron Dallas: He jumped to the fame thanks to the application Came. At present he has 20 million followers in Instagram and earns 17.000 dollars by publication (@camerondallas

Jen Selter: She is known for being model. She has 11 millions and half of followers in Instagram and earns 15.000 dollars by each post. (@jenselter)

Zoella: She is a known, fashionable and beautiful youtuber that has 11 million followers in Instagram. Each one of his great publications gives 14.000 dollars to his account (@zoella

Nash Grier: He is also known through Came. The American boy has 10 million followers in Instagram and earns 13.000 dollars by publication (@nashgrier)

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ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF

MOBILES PHONES

(By Steven Díaz – 1º BACH A)

Nowadays most people cannot live without using their mobiles phones for many

different reasons. However, is it really a good idea to use these gadgets so much?

On the one hand, an advantage of the mobile phone is that you can communicate with

friends and family at anytime and anywhere in the world. In this sense, it is very useful

when you have an emergency, in order to call the police, an ambulance or just a member

of your family to ask for help. Moreover, it is useful for many things such as finding out

information, chatting, uploading photos on Instagram or Snapchat and texting messages.

On the other hand, a disadvantage of overusing a

mobile phone is that it could cause eye and brain

problems. Furthermore, a lot of people are

distracted by their mobile phone when they are

driving which might provoke an accident. Another

disadvantage of using the mobile phone is the

addiction it is causing among people, especially

children and teenagers, who cannot live without this

device for more than five minutes. In addition, some

bad people take advantage of social network sites

for nasty uses like cyber bullying.

To sum up, in my opinion,

although there may be certain

disadvantages with mobile

phones, if we use them

carefully they definitely have

some very useful qualities.

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DANGERS OF SOCIAL MEDIA

(By Miren Asla, 1º BACH A)

Social media has many advantages that we all

know, for example, thanks to them we can

keep in touch with friends and family who live

far away. But unfortunately, there are some

dangers using internet, mostly for teenagers.

Some of them are the following:

* Cyber bullying is a kind of

harassment which is made by young

people to their classmates or people

who is in their school environment.

They make psychological violence to

the victims through the internet.

* Strangers and lies: Through social

media we can meet new people, but this

people could often not really exist.

Someone can create a profile with false

photos and information, for example, a

50 years old man could use a teenager

profile to get private photos from a boy

or a girl (grooming), or to meet the

teenager and kidnap him.

* Young people have access to

inappropriate content for them,

mainly talking about sex, drugs or

weapons. They can be persuaded to do

things that they think are good, however

they can be damaged.

* Gossiping: that is a big problem of

social media, because when everyone

talks about your life, you could lost

your privacy. That includes the false

rumors that could be expanded.

To sum up, it is good for young people

to interact through social media,

because talking and sharing information

with friends that they cannot see every

day is really an advantage for them,

although they have to be careful and

make a good use of internet, because

this requires responsibility.

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The new iPhone X has come out!

(1ºBACH A)

Apple has launched the new iPhone that will revolutionize,

especially the screen. The display employs new techniques

and technology to precisely follow the curves of the design.

The first OLED screen that rises to the srandards of iPhone,

with accurate, stunning colours, true blacks, high brightness

etc. An all-new 5.8-inch Super Retina screen fills the hand

and dazzles the eyes. Surgical-grade stainless steel.

Wireless charging. Water and dust resistance.

Your face is now your password. Face ID is a secure new way

to unlock, authenticate, and pay.

It has a new chamber called TrueDepth, which analyses more than 50

muscular movements to reflect your expressions in 12 entertaining Animoji. New

colour filter, deeper pixels. Here you can see the difference:

With no charging cable required, iPhone X is truly

designed for the future of wireless. Charge with

wireless charging stations and mats in hotels, cafes,

and airports around the world.

Finally this new model does 600.000 million operations per second (A11 Bionic).

Models and prices (from 1.159 Euros- 64 Gb and 1.329,00 euros- 256 Gb).

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HEADPHONES

(By Humberto Galván, 1ºBACH A)

Headphones are objects that you connect to your phone, your computer or another

electronic device to listen music or a conversation while any other person cannot listen

to it.

Actually, everybody has ever used them because they are very useful, I use them every

day and for me they have only advantages, but if you pay attention you will notice some

disadvantages.

A very dangerous disadvantage is to raise the volume very high because it damages the

ears. Moreover, if someone calls you for an important issue you will not listen to him.

Regarding the advantages, I can mention, for example, when you are waiting for

someone you can listen to music. My favourite one is talking with headphones because

you needn’t to hold the mobile phone during the conversation.

It is an incredible invention and I think that over time it will be better than nowadays.

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SIXTH FORM COLLEGE IN

OTHER COUNTRIES

(By Julie Marie Bouchet Roux 2º BACH)

Nowadays you have the possibility to study in high schools with different

educative schemes after school.

Have you ever heard about Sixth form? Let me introduce you some interesting facts

about this educational institution.

Students at Sixth Form College study for two years from 16 to 18 years of age, usually

in order to study for A levels (known as Years 12 and 13).

Moreover, it gives you the option to take AS subjects in your first year and then choose

the subjects you want to take at A level (or A2) in your second year. These exams are

called A.P.E. (Advanced Proficiency Examination).

For example Sixth Form in Scotland; the school environment is more informal, that will

give you the opportunity to learn new skills. However, they may have a more formal

and structured timetable.

Because they are usually bigger, colleges can offer a wider range of study options. This

could mean a wider choice of A level subjects and a vocational courses.

Another important point is that you get to meet lots of new people and make new

friends.

I strongly believe Sixth form could be a nice way to study after college especially

because o the freedom you might have and the various options of studies, this will really

help you to get where you really want to be and make your career a passion.

If I had the opportunity to enter in Sixth form I would definitely have studied there!!

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(By Guillermo González Callero 2ºBach)

Similarities

1. The two educational systems have

compulsory education from the age of 6.

2. Kindergarten is voluntary in both Spain and

Germany. In both countries preschool

education is playful and does not include

learning to read or write. Children do not

separate into fixed groups; they are often

together for several ages.

3. Both in Spain and in Germany, in primary

school, children must develop their

intellectual potential. They are not graded for

grades during the first two years.

Differences

1. Grundschule: (primary) in Germany lasts 4

years, except in Berlin and Branderburgo that

lasts 6, as in Spain. From the age of ten, when

the secondary school begins, the German

educational system separates children into three

different types of school, depending on the level

they have displayed during their first four years.

2. Hauptschule: (middle school

whose completion allows you to

learn handmade). It goes up to grade

9, students usually end up with 15 years and

it lasts between 5 and 6 years, depending on the city. This school prepares the student

from the beginning for a professional formation. The education they receive is very

practical. The certificate obtained after the Hauptschule is called Hauptschulabschluss.

With this degree they do not have the possibility to do later university studies.

3. Realschule (middle school that allows certain learning). It goes up to grade 10 and

students usually end up with age 16, depending on the city. It lasts for six years. It is

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focused on jobs as bank employees, differs with Spain, that to work in a banking entity

is necessary to have a diploma or degree.

4. Gymnasium (institute that allows attending the university). Students complete these

studies at the age of 18 and 19. To access must pass a test the Abitur (something like the

selectivity) is the diploma obtained at the end of the Gymnasium, and this allows

attending the university throughout Europe without the need for extra exams or

entrance, as is the case of selectivity in Spain. The Gymnasium lasts for eight or nine

years.

5. The grades are also different:

Differences in grades

Qualification Note in Spain

Note in Germany

Outstanding 9 1

Remarkable 7 2

All right 6 3

Enough 5 4

Deficient 3 5

Very poor 1 6

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Gymnasium

(By Lucas Fehlau, 2º BACH)

The Gymnasium is Germany’s equivalent to Bachillerato, at its two

highest levels. It includes a total of 8 years, from the equivalent to

5th of Primary to the last year of Bachillerato. There are 2 other

paths for students to take instead of the Gymnasium: the Realschule

and the Hauptschule (which in some states are united into the

Mittelschule), and students choose one of these three by the early age

of 10 or 11. It is rare to change tracks. Due to the vocational nature

of Hauptschules, their students usually go on to apprenticeships or

directly get a job, and have no opportunity to go to University

without further studies. They can get a Realschule certificate after

10th grade though, which does provide access to University.

Gymnasium students have access to University after passing the

Abitur exam, which guarantees a place in a University (not

necessarily the one you want if the course is competitive) One

particular difference in the German system is scoring. Grades range

from 1 to 6, being 1 excellent and 4 a pass. This system led people

to think that Einstein consistently failed classes, because his high

school exit diploma had, as most common grades, five and six.

However, he had his latest qualifications in Switzerland, where it is

reversed. In general, the German system is complex, has several tiers

of education and young kids determine their future at a very young

age.

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THE CELLO

(By Sara Patiño Dieste 3º ESO B)

The cello is a great musical instrument and with serious records in its notes, besides emitting powerful and clear sounds at the same time and of which it can become soloist. The cello emerged in the first half of the sixteenth century, is one of the instruments still alive since 1572, created by Andrea Amati. The Cello was adapted to become the instrument of chamber concerts and at the same time began to write sonatas, trios and quartets, in addition to the birth of renowned artists like Luigi Boccherini.

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CHRISTMAS

(By Estefanía Osorio, 1º BACH B)

For me, Christmas is more than a party, and it means more than new clothes,

and gifts. For me, Christmas is sharing, it is living, it is union, happiness and celebrating

family life, the family are those people who will always be there for you, the family has

nothing to do with blood, but with those people who love you in your life, they do

everything to see you happy, friends who become family In these times where

memories attack and sometimes the days seem gray. When I was little my table was

surrounded by people, and those people transmitted me joy, with them I shared custard,

grapes, wine, hugs, smiles, even tears. In those moments I cry of happiness and sadness,

knowing that a new year begins and that that year is full of experiences, joys and

sadness, life is a roller coaster sometimes you find yourself above and sometimes

below. Now I'm a teenager and my table is not so full, many loved ones are gone but I

still have wonderful memories, I cannot hide my tears or pretend to be strong because

they are loved ones who lived most of my childhood, fortunately I still have a

wonderful family, including friends and people in my life that I never imagined having,

despite those moments and

circumstances of life, I have

learned that we should always

value the people we have at our

side.

I am from another country,

in my country Christmas is

different, and the Day of the

candles is on December 7 a

traditional date with the lighting

of lanterns and candles that

illuminate streets, shopping

centers and homes of towns and

cities. This celebration marks the beginning of the Christmas holidays in the country, in

addition the streets are filled with lights and the most famous lighting creates a colorful

party at night, with pyrotechnic shows that attract visitors from all regions of the

country and the world. It is a special time to express affection, to share with friends and,

of course, to pray the Novena de Aguinaldos, to make the manger, here in Spain it is

called the Bethlehem, in the sixth children are given gifts, and food. December 25 is the

traditional day for the gifts of the "Child God". I am proud of my country and of the

happiness it conveys when celebrating these dates and it is a pleasure for me to share

this with you. Christmas is where it is celebrated with family and loved ones, we must

value the people we have at our side and spend pleasant moments with them, because

people usually do not last a lifetime. Have a beautiful Christmas and remember that you

must live the days as if they were the last.

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TEENAGERS AND BOOKS

(By Zoe Mejías, 1º BACH B)

Teenagers still love reading even if we thought that books were lost in

the shelves forever…

Why have teenagers started reading again despite all the technology

invading their lives? Because there are new kind of books attracting the

young ones and making them forgetting about mobiles and internet. Thick

books of never-ending stories that will end up in movies whose favourite

subjects are love, horror and thriller. The books about

vampires and the trilogies are the favourite ones.

How did it all start? It all started with the Lord of Rings of J.R.R. Tolkien,

a saga full of imagination. Then, it was followed by Harry Potter, seven

books that captivated teenagers around the world. Later, The Twilight Saga

became very successful, not only the books, but

the movies as well. Divergent and The Hunger Games followed.

All these books share the same procedure: same type of writing, easy to

read and full of action. Those books are made to be movies. Imaginary

worlds are created to show the insecurities of teenagers: some are left alone

(Twilight Saga), sacrificed (The Hunger Games) or persuaded (Divergent).

They have the tendency to show a negative vision of the

future which is a metaphor of the actual reality.

But teenagers are also interested in other kind of books. The writer John

Green is really popular. One of the most famous books he wrote is The

Fault in Our Stars, another book that ends up in a movie. Green is a writer

different from the others; he writes about realistic situations and likes to

describe his characters. What we can say about teenagers who decide to

give up their tablets for books is that those young readers are intelligent and

try to find something more interesting than marketing campaigns.

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ELVASTON CASTLE

(By Jamie Clark, 4º ESO D – PostPMAR)

Elvaston Castle is a stately home in Elvaston, Derbyshire, England. The Gothic Revival castle and surrounding parkland is run and owned by Derbyshire Country Council as a

country park known as, Elvaston Castle Country Park. The country park has 200 acres (0.81 km2) of woodlands, parkland and formal gardens.

The castle has been neglected and has fallen into disrepair; due to its condition, the building is not open to the public, and since 2008 has been listed on the Buildings at Risk Register. Derbyshire County Council estimates the castle and estate requires

at least £6.1 million of work and materials in essential repairs, with a maximum permitted overspend of 7% greater if it is decided to re-open the building to the public or sell it in repaired form.

History

Until the 16th century the estate was held by the Shelford Priory. Sir John Stanhope (died 1611) granted the estate to his second son, also Sir John Stanhope (d .1638), High Sheriff of Derbyshire, in 1629.

The manor house was built for the latter Sir John in 1633. This Elizabethan-style house was redesigned and extended in a grand Gothic Revival style by James Wyatt. Wyatt designed a new wing, a new great hall, and most of the interiors of the castle, but died before work was completed. His designs were carried out by Robert Walker between 1815 and 1829.

Further modifications were made in the 1836 by the architect Lewis Nockalls Cottingham; this work was on the Elizabethan-styled south front which was remodelled to match the rest of the now Gothic-styled castle. This was the final modification and created the castle we see today. During World War II, the house was turned into a teacher training college after the original college in Derby was evacuated.

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Country Park

Following the Countryside Act 1968, the estate was sold in 1969 by William Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington to Derbyshire County Council. The Countryside Act proposed the creation of "Country Park", "for the enjoyment of the countryside by the public". The council opened the estate to the public in 1970 and have operated it since then, as Elvaston Castle Country Park.

The Castle Today

The country park is threatened with closure. The deterioration of the castle and estate which started after World War II continued under the care of Derbyshire County Council; by 1990 the castle was considered unsafe and was closed to visitors. Derbyshire County Council claims that it cannot afford to repair and maintain the building and country park; in the year 2000, the council estimated the country park's running costs were £500,000 a year, and that they were facing a backlog of restoration work which would cost them £3,000,000.

Since 2000, the council has been marketing the estate for sale to private companies. The latest of these is an attempt to turn the Castle into an hotel and the Park into golf courses. This is being fiercely contested by "The Friends of Elvaston Castle" on behalf of the local community.

Hauntings

The castle is thought by some to be haunted: various professional investigations have been conducted in the castle, with phenomena being reported including unexplained noises, unexplained apparitions, people being pushed and things being moved. The ghosts are alleged to include a maid and 'a strong woman'.

The castle is also supposed to be the haunt of two ghosts known as The Grey Lady, and The White Lady. The White Lady is

supposed to be the ghost of Maria, wife of the 4th Easl; she has been seen sitting in the windows of the castle, and walking the grounds with a white dog.

The haunting atmosphere of the castle has inspired at least one gothic "novel" entitled "Elvingstone" by J.P Reedman.

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Haddon Hall England

(By Jamie Clark, 4º ESO D – PostPMAR)

Haddon Hall is an English Country House on the River Wye near Bakewell, Derbyshire, one of the seats of the Duke Of Rutland. It is currently occupied by Lord Edward Manners (brother of the current Duke) and his family. In form a medieval manor house, it has been described as "the most complete and most interesting house of [its] period".

The Vernon family acquired the Manor of Haddon by a 12th-century marriage between Sir Richard de Vernon and Alice Avenell, daughter of William Avenell II. Four

centuries later, in 1563, Dorothy Vernon, the daughter and heiress of Sir George Vernon , married John Manners, the second son of Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland. A legend grew up in the 19th century that Dorothy and Manners eloped. The legend has been made into novels, dramatisations and other works of fiction. She

nevertheless inherited the Hall, and their grandson, also John Manners, inherited the Earldom in 1641 from a distant cousin. His son, another John Manners, was made 1st Duke of Rutland in 1703. In the 20th century, another Jhon Manners, 9th Duke of Rutland, made a life's work of restoring the hall.

Layout

The hall stands on a sloping site, and is structured around two courtyards; the upper (north-east) courtyard contains the Peverel or Eagle Tower and the Long Gallery, the lower (south-west) courtyard houses the Chapel, while the Great Hall lies between

the two. As was normal when the hall was built, many of the rooms can only be reached from outside or by passing through other rooms, making the house inconvenient by later standards.

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THE MOST VIOLENT CITIES IN THE

WORLD

(Ailin Ceres, 3º ESO A)

Each year a ranking is made with the cities that show the most violence in their streets

What are the most dangerous cities in the planet? The cities with the highest homicide rates are almost all in Latin America. The Citizens Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice of Mexico and the Brazilian Institute Igarapé elaborate each year a list of the most violent/dangerous cities of the planet to attract the attention of the governments and that they decide to take measures to reduce these high homicide rates. Latin America still remains the most violent region in the world that is not at war. 8 of the top 10 countries in the ranking are concentrated in Latin America and the Caribbean. The most violent countries in the world are El Salvador and its capital, San Salvador as well as Caracas in Venezuela or Acapulco in Mexico. The responsible for this wave of crimes are mainly: corruption and gang conflicts . All this contributes to that the level of violence of these zones does not descend. El Salvador, Mexico, Honduras, Brazil, the United States and South Africa are some of the countries most affected by drug trafficking and criminal groups.

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MONARCH AIRLINES HAS CEASED TRADING

(By Pelayo Posser Nunes Ferreira Álvarez, 3º ESO B)

Can we afford to loss clients and visitors because of a ceased trading? I was born inside a Hotel and I just want to express how bad is to be in a Country, that of course, is not your country, as you are supposed to be on holiday and the company or tour operator you are travelling with has ceased trading. Please, check this out. As a said at the beginning, I was born inside a Hotel and my day by day is normally with the normal operational in a daily basis, I want to focus my career in this industry and this is just a personal opinion from my side to all the bad comments and the loss of visitors we can have in our lovely Island, remember that our mainly income comes from the visitors (tourist). On October 2nd we woke up with this amazing news: Monarch Airlines has ceased trading, amazing!!! As a result, they were sorry to inform that all the future holidays and flights provided by these companies had been cancelled and were no longer operating, what happened to all these people who were saving for a long time to enjoy their holidays? This is an unprecedented situation and because there are up to 110,000 passengers abroad, the UK Government has asked other companies to coordinate flights back to the UK for all Monarch customers currently overseas. Now, if we think about the situation, just try to make a catharsis and put yourself in this people’s situation, after having a brilliant time in Lanzarote, the last impression is the one that they take home with them.... just think about it for a while..... Most of them won’t be coming back.

As a person who lives inside a Hotel with all the good and the bad things about it, I just want to express my concern about it.

Thanking you as always.

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IMPORTANT EXPLORERS IN THE WORLD

DAVID LIVINGSTONE, A GREAT

EXPLORER

(By Darío Prado/Carlos González, 3º ESO B)

David Livingstone was born in Scotland in 19th March 1813.

He was an explorer and a british missionary. During his childhood he was working in a

textile factory 12 hours a day. His family was poor but at the age of 27, he took out his

Medical studies at the Glasgow University.

Later, he got into the Missionary Society of London moved by religious feelings.

In 1842, the original idea was to be sent to China but there, a war broke out making

impossible to travel there so he chose to travel to south Africa. From there, he went to

the north, exploring and discovering new

places unknown to many people. Between 1852 and 1854 he crossed the Kalahari

Desert from El Cabo to Luanda. Ignoring his health problems and the invitations to

come back to England, he started a new jouney from

the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean ( From Angola to Mozanbique)

After this travel, he returned to England. There, he was awarded and received by the

queen becoming a popular hero.

The British government financed a second trip to colonize African lands, although

Livingstone's intentions were never those.

In 1872 came the news that Livingstone had

been lost so, they went to look for him. They

found him in Ujiji, near the lake Tanganika.

They couldn’t convince him to return to

England. Livingstone went his own way but

one year later, in 1873, he died in Zambia at

the age of 60.

His body was buried in England, but his hearth

was buried in Africa under a tree by africans

themselves. They said he was in love with

Africa.

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HARRIET CHALMERS ADAMS

(By María Ibañez Ferrán 3ºC)

She was an American explorer, writer and photographer. She travelled numerous

times through South America, Asia and Oceania in the early 20th century from

where she sent chronicles of her journeys to the National Geographic magazine.

In her lectures she always used illustrations of her travels in colour photographs

and films.

JOURNEYS AND EXPERIENCES

In 1904 Adams embarked on her first expedition on a three-year journey through

South America with her husband.

On one of her last trips, made the same journey of Christopher Columbus on her

way to discover America, and ended it with a horse trip through Haiti.

Another of her achievements was to be the first woman journalist to be allowed

to visit the trenches. With her husband, she made a second and extensive visit to

eastern Bolivia.

Between 1907 and 1935 she wrote 21 articles for the National Geographic

Society illustrated with her photographs. In 1925 Adams helped to create the

Society of Women Geographers.

It is estimated that Adams traveled more than 100,000 miles and captivated a

large audience in its time, while she was called by the New York Times as one of

the great explorers of the history of the United States.

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JOHN HANNING SPEKE

(By Maureen Mejías, 3º ESO C)

John Hanning Speeke was an officer in the

British Indian Army who made three

exploratory expeditions to Africa. He is most

associated with the search for the source of the

Nile and was the first European to reach Lake

Victoria.

He served in India and explored the Himalayas.

He made three exploration trips to Africa.

On his first journey, in 1854, he joined Richard

Francis Burton for an expedition to Somalia.

In 1857 and 1858 he made two more trips to

Africa with Richard Francis Burton in search of

the sources of the River Nile.

On the second of these trips they discovered

Lake Tanganyika.

Burton did not accept that Lake Victoria was the source of the Nile, so Speke returned a

few years later to prove his calculations were correct, and discovered the Ripon Falls,

which he sensed was where the Nile was born.

He died in a accident in Somerset by a shot of his own rifle, the morning of 18 of

September of 1864, day designated for the face-to-face confrontation with Burton to

prove his theory.

Burton believed that the Nile was born in Lake Tanganyika, but Speke told him that it

could not be, because this lake was below the level of Lake Victoria and that the water

could not rise. Years later Henry Morton Stanley proved that Speke was right.

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NORMAN DANE VAUGHAN

(Zenaida Losada, 3º ESO C)

• He was born in December 19th in 1905 in Massachusetts.

• In his youth, he became fascinated by stories of polar explorers. He

dropped out of Harvard in 1928 when he heard that Admiral Richard

E. Byrd was organizing an expedition to Antarctica.

• Admiral Byrd accepted him on the 1928–1930 expedition, eventually

naming a mountain of the continent in his honor. They were the first

Americans to set foot in the interior of Antarctica and discovered

land never seen before by man. Norman was the last surviving

member of that expedition.

• Vaughan appeared in the documentary film “With Byrd at the South

Pole”.

• He survived his fourth wife, and a son and daughter from his earlier

marriages. On the celebration of his 100th birthday on December 18th

in 2005, surrounded by over 100 friends and family, he had

champagne, his first drink of liquor in his life, after promising his

mother he wouldn't drink until he was 100.

• Some days later, he died in the Providence Alaska Medical Center in

Anchora.

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RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON

(Carla Castro, 3º ESO) • Master of disguise, swordsman, debater, translator and linguist, diplomat, spy,

military, British consul in Trieste, Damascus and Fernando Poo, also named

knight, passionate Orientalist, famous for his expeditions in Asia and Africa as

well as for his Extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures was Richard

Francis Burton.

• He was born on March 19, 1821 in Torquay, United Kingdom and was the son

of a colonel. He served in Sindh, India, for seven years, a time devoted to the

study of Oriental languages. He is the unbeatable travel champion to learn a

language. He spoke about thirty languages of African, Asian and European

countries. He studied at the University of Oxford and in 1842 he joined the army

of the East Indies Company. He participated in the development of the SINDH

cartography and also wrote his own book.

• Burton was not stopped by cultural and religious limitations, and in 1853,

disguised as an Afghan pilgrim, it was on pilgrimage to the cities of Medina and

Mecca, becoming one of the first Europeans to enter those cities. He then travels

through the lands of Somaliland, which he explored in the year 1854 in the

company of the explorer John Hanning Speke.

• After participating in the Crimean War, he returned to Africa in 1856 and with

Speke, they try to discover the birth of the Nile River. They found Lake

Tanganyika in 1858. They also travelled in the United States and part of Brazil.

Both Burton and Speke were in a state of painful health after their expedition

and returned home separately.

• Burton was attractive, strong, educated and passionate about adventure. In

addition to a great anthropologist, polyglot and writer but finally died on

October 20, 1890 in Trieste.

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JESÚS CALLEJA

(By Hugo González, 3º ESO B) Jesús Calleja is an Spanish explorer and TV star in Spain. He was born in León and he

is actually 52 years old. He has climbed the Everest and all the tallest mountains all over

the world.

He climbed Mount Everest in 2005. He made his dream came true, because he always

wanted to climb Mount Everest. Jesús stayed until april training, and after that, he

started his journey, only acommpanied by one person,and with oxygen. Finally he

reached the top at the 30th of May and called his father from the top

While he was climbing Everest he thought of climbing the highest mountains of each

continent and record everything, during only 2 years. Next, in 2006 he climbed some

mountains from Europe and North America. The spanish channel “Cuatro” got

interested in him,so they made a TV programme called” Desafio Extremo”

This program was the one that made him famous, in it he climbed mountains all over

the world,made the Rally Dakar,went to the North Pole and even got injured in his face.

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