BASKETBALL

The sport that I liked most was basketball. although we didn´t win the gold medal, we did very well. We reached at the final against USA, the monsters, but only we could get the silver medal. We won fewer medals than we expected but we are very proud of the Spanish people representing us in the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games. (Hector Collados 3º )

 SWIMMING

SWIMMING Our country won some medals. The first of these medals was in swimming . Mireia Belmonte won the silver medal in 800 metre free style. The gold medal was for Katie Ledecky (USA) and the bronze medal was for Rebeca Adlington (England). Mireia won another medal in these Olympic games. she won the silver medal in 200 mtere butterfly. she was very happy becuase she loves swimming and her drean was winning an olympic game ...and she won two. (Laia Labrador 3º )

SYNCRONIZED SWIMMING

       It is an event that has swimming gymnastics and dance to the rhythm of the music. In these Olympic Games the Spanish team won a bronze medal after the Russian and the Chinese that obtained the medals of gold and silver. Also, rusia in the duets won gold medals , Spain won second position with silver medal And China was below Spain, they won the bronze medal. Everybody did a good job.  (Gloria Orries 3º)
  I enjoy all the choreographies a lot. The Spanish girls were very good. They did a Spanish tango inside the water! The other girls were great too. Spain was in the third place. ( Marina Escuer 3º)

CHILD LABOUR

In February this year we celebrated the bicentenary of Charles Dickens' birth. Bachillerato students read a book by him : David Copperfield and Great Expectations. 

ESO students worked on his life and his books.They learnt that Dickens did more than anyone to portray  Victorian London. Many Victorian children were poor and worked to help their families. Few people thought this strange or cruel. Families got no money unless they worked and most people thought work was good for children. The Industrial Revolution created new jobs in factories and mines. Many of these jobs were at frist done by children, because children were cheap - a child was paid less than  adults.

But later the students were able to know that 200 years later Child Labour is still happening in many countries around the world and they worked on what kind of jobs children do  and what countries make children work.

Now we want you to know a bit more on this topic and give your opinion. Watch these two documentaries:


Child Labour in the Victorian England

Child Labour: Breaking the Cycle of Poverty