OUR SCHOOL

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Let's go

to the

classrooms!

WELCOME to CAN SORTS SCHOOL!

Beside the School deciduous trees have

no leaves now, in February. It's winter

and they “are sleeping”.

SEASONS

The Earth revolves around the

Sun.

The Earth takes 365.24 days

to orbit the sun. This period of

time is called YEAR.

The North pole always points

the same way as the Earth

revolves around the Sun.

As we move around the Sun

during the year, the amount of

light each area of the planet

receives varies in

length.

When the Earth's

axis points towards

the Sun, it is

summer for that

hemisphere. When

the Earth's axis

points away, winter

can be expected.

So, we have seasons because the

Earth is tilted (wonky) as it

makes its yearly

journey around the

sun.

When the Earth

orbits the Sun, one

hemisphere receives

more light and heat

than the other. This

causes different climates on Earth

and different seasons.

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In Catalunya (Catalonia) we have

four seasons:

spring, summer,

autumn, winter.

Seasons of the

year follow one

another like a

carousel that

turns and turns

forever. Marc

R.

Picture 1: http://www.historyforkids.org/scienceforkids/physics/weather/seasons.htm

Picture 2: http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/time/seasons.htm

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Picture 1

Picture 2

SPRING

Spring begins on March

21 and ends June 23

about.

In spring flowers bloom,

leaves appear in trees

and the hibernating

animals wake up.

It's not very hot nor

very cold. The

temperature increases

and there's usually a lot

of rain.

Deciduous trees start

dressing in green.

There are many

kind of flowers and

colours: red, white,

purple yellow...

Many animals

reproduce

in spring.

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SUMMER

Summer is a hot season.

The temperature is high (over

35ºC in continental areas).

There's usually very little

precipitation (rain) in summer.

Summer begins in June and ends

in September.

We love this season

because we have

summer holidays and

don't go to school.

When we're very hot

in Sentmenat we can

go to the swimming

pool. It's open in

summer.

We can swim, play

with friends and be

fresh there.

It's very fun.

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AUTUMN

Autumn begins on

September 21 and

ends on December

21.

Days become shorter

and nights longer.

Summer is going

away and cold begins

to come.

It often rains in

autumn and it's

windy too.

Leaves of trees dry up and fall

down.

It's time for mushrooms. They

grow up in wet forests.

And it's time for nuts: walnuts,

hazelnuts, almonds, pine nuts.

Pine-tree and other trees don't

loose their leaves in autumn.

They are evergreen trees. In

autumn, a new school year

begins.

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WINTER

Winter begins on

December 21 and ends

on March 21 about.

At the start of winter,

the days are shorter

than the nights, the

temperature is low and

there's usually some

precipitation.

At the end of winter, the

days start to get longer.

Deciduous trees loose their leaves

in winter and many animals

hibernate.

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Picture:

WINTER is HERE

In winter it's cold.

Most days we have

a temperature

under 10 ºC at 9

o'clock in the

morning, when

school opens.

It's often sunny in

winter. But sun

doesn't heat too

much.

Many trees have

no leaves in winter.

But in our

environment

there are many

forests of

evergreen

trees.

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WHITE WINTER

In winter it's very, very cold and

you can go to the mountain to

enjoy the snow.

There you can ski, you can make

a snowman, throw snowballs to

other kids... and you can slide

down the mountain.

It's very fun!

Some years it snows

in Sentmenat in

winter.

It's quite unusual.

So kids, we are

very happy when it's

snowing in our town!

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Sentmenat is white!!

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THE WALK

Spring is the best

season to enjoy our

natural environment.

And we do it!

Every year, at the

end of second term,

teachers of Physical

Education organizes

a Regularity Walk for

students of Primary.

The route is in the

green environment

around us. Spring is

just starting and nature is waking

up!

By small groups of students from

7 to 12 years, we walk for over an

hour on the itinerary

marked: up the hill,

through forest, by

the fields, down the

hill,.. and to school

again.

After walking

everybody's happy

to have done it!

It's a special feeling.

Be sure.

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THE WALK

Walking up, through the forest.

The endurance test.

It smells nice!

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THE WALK

Walking

ON

the field.

Walking IN

the forest.

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THE WALK

Look.

It's a landscape near

the School in spring.

It's green and

diverse.

There are mountains,

forests, fields,

flowers, crops, and

some paths to go.

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THE WALK

Walking by the fields... Look! What wonderful views!

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THE WALK

School ho!

Approaching the end of

the walk.

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GUANTA

In Sentmenat there is a mountain named Guanta.

You can go up on foot, by bike, riding horse or by car.

Along the way you can

find many plants and

trees.

Near the top there is a

castle and a restaurant

too.

Following up there are many streams and ponds. Just on the top of the

mountain of Guanta there is a big waterfall. If you go on you find little

and medium

waterfalls.

You can arrive

to: “Font de

Bou” (“Source

of Beef”) an

ancient source of

drinking water.

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BARCELONA

Barcelona is a very big city.

It's the capital of Catalonia.

Barcelona is a very beautiful

city. It is limited to the East

by the Mediterranean Sea, to

the North there is the Besòs

river and to the South

there's Llobregat river.

To the West of Barcelona

there is the Collserola range

with a famous mountain: the

Tibidabo.

So Barcelona is a very special city:

it's by the sea and in the mountain

at the same time!

In Barcelona you can

go to the beach,

have a sunbath, dive

in the sea or you can

board a ship in the

port.

On the mountain

side, from Tibidabo

(512m) you can

enjoy spectacular

views over the city

and the coastline.

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BY THE SEA

The places near

the sea have a

mediterranean

climate.

The temperature

is high in

summer and it's

moderate during

other seasons.

There can be a lot

of precipitation in

autumn, but

there's very litlle

rain during

spring, summer

and winter.

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RIVERS

Rivers begin in the mountains.

The place where a river begins is

called the source.

When a river leaves its source, it

becomes wider.

Rivers are filled with freshwater

and give life to the land.

Rivers flow to find a main river, a

sea, ocean or a lake.

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IN THE COUNTRYSIDE

If it's sunny, in

winter and autumn

we can enjoy our

natural

environnement too.

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IN THE MOUNTAIN

Mountain areas have a

mountain climate:

It's cool in summer and

the temperature is very

low in winter.

There's a lot of

precipitation all year

and this falls as snow in

winter.

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Picture :

the Pedraforca is a mountain in the Pyrenees. Some deers are running free in spring.

Picture :

”The Valley of Núria" is a south-opening valley coming down from the crest of the Pyrenees.

MOUNTAINS

Catalonia has a

mountanious relief.

The most important

mountain ranges

are the Pyrenees

and the Coastal

ranges.

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MONTSERRAT

Montserrat is a multi-

peaked mountain located

near the city of Barcelona.

It's a part of the Catalan

Pre-Coastal Range.

“Montserrat” literally means

“serrated mountain” in

Catalan.

It describes the peculiar aspect of the

rock formation. You can see it from a

great distance.

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MONTSENY

The Montseny massif

is a part of the

Catalan Pre-Coastal

Range.

The Park is home to a

wide variety of fauna

from Mediterranean to

alpine.

UNESCO designated

Montseny a biosphere

reserve in 1978.

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