Prsentación hecha por los alumnos de 3º B del IES Sierra de Santa Bárbara para sus "penpals" americanos de McLouth, Kansas

1. Hello, guys!
Greetings from Plasencia!

2. Hello guys,
it is a pleasure for me and my students to be in touch with you
all.
Your teacher, Amanda, had a wonderful idea with the
presentation she sent to us and that gave us the idea of
sending you one too.
I hope you enjoy it!

3. The teacher
My name is Teresa and I teach English.
That photo was taken last April, when we celebrated
“The School’s Day”.
The guy in the white shirt is Manuel, our language
assistant from Houston (Texas).

4. The students
And these are your pen pals. I took this photo while they were preparing this
presentation for you.
So now they are going to tell you
something about Plasencia and
our school.

5. PLASENCIA
PLASENCIA IS A SMALL CITY LOCATED IN THE JERTE VALLEY, IN THE NORTH OF
CÁCERES, EXTREMADURA. WE HAVE SOME SYMBOLIC MONUMENTS.
WE ARE
HERE
AQUEDUCT WALL OF PLASENCIA

6. AND NOW WE ARE GOING TO SHOW YOU WHERE PLASENCIA IS LOCATED
WITHIN EXTREMADURA
WE ARE HERE

7. JERTE VALLEY
The Jerte Valley is very well-known for its cherry trees in bloom. In the middle of
the valley flows the Jerte river. It´s located in the west of Spain and in the north of
the province of Cáceres. People from all over the world come to the valley to see
the cherry trees in bloom.

8. LOS PILONES
It´s a waterfall that it´s located in the Jerte Valley and it´s a tourist destination. In
summer, people go there to see it, have a picnic and swim.

9. PARQUE NACIONAL DE MONFRAGÜE
It´s a natural park in which there are a lot of deers, wild boars, birds...etc. There is a
very big rock that is called “Salto Del Gitano”, above this rock there are a lot of
vultures. And there is a castle in ruins, it´s very beautiful.

10. OUR HIGH SCHOOL: SIERRA DE SANTA BÁRBARA

11. There are 4 floors:
The football and basketball court and the gym are on the lower
ground floor.
On the ground floor we have the cafeteria ( where we can buy
sandwiches and many types of candy), the laboratory, the
library, the assembly hall, the art classrooms and the music
classroom
On the first floor is the teachers’ room, the head teacher’s
office, and some departments and classes.
And on the third floor we have more departments and classes.

12. Compulsory Secondary Education
(ESO) lasts 4 years.
Next we have 2 types of upper
secondary education: art and social
sciences.
We have paintings of the art students
everywhere

13. Cooking and catering
We also have “Cooking and Catering Services”. It’s a type of vocational training where students study to
become future cooks and waiters.

14. Some activities that we do
Every month the teachers select some students from ESO, upper secondary
education and “catering services” to be the student of the month. These students
are selected for their personality and their good acts.
Every Wednesday and Thursday we have interesting chats with Manuel (our native
teacher) during the second break.
And on special days, like Halloween or Christmas, we do a lot of activities related to
these themes.

15. Some projects we are part of
- Erasmus+ : it’s a European programme that helps students improve their
knowledge of English.
- Activities with the school of our neighbourhood
- Exchanges with other schools of the area

16. Our questions about the United States
1-How many hours do you have to stay in the high school?
2- What is the weather like there in McClouth and in the rest of the United States?
3-How big is your high school and how big are the high schools in the United
States?
4-What is the main sport in the United States?
5-What is the typical food in the United States?

17. Our answers to your questions
What music is popular here? Here in Spain flamenco is very typical but we,
teenagers, usually listen to all kinds of music, and the most common for
us is REGGAETON. Also we listen to English music, for example,
Beyoncé (“ain’t your mama…”)
Do you also like reggaeton? What kind of music do you listen to?
Here you have some examples of famous Spanish songs nowadays:
-Reggaeton lento (CNCO)
-Despacito (LUIS FONSI AND DADDY YANKEE)

18. ● How many hours do we spend in the school every day?
We remain in the school from 8:20 am to 2:25 pm. More or less six hours.
We have two breaks of fifteen minutes each one to eat something or play, for
example.The people that are studying compulsory secondary education (E.S.O in
Spain) have to stay in the school in the breaks, but the people studying upper
secondary education (bachillerato o formación profesional, in Spanish) can go
outside the centre.

19. ● What is our favourite thing of Plasencia or Spain?
We like that here in Spain we have many old monuments because in the past many
countries invaded Spain and they gave us a mixture of cultures.
In Plasencia we have, for example, the cathedral built in the year 1498, the medieval
wall and many other ancient buildings

20. ● What do we do in our free time?
The majority of us listen to music and go out with friends but also some people ride
a horse , play basketball , dance , etc.
Are our hobbies different from yours?

21. SOME LINKS YOU MAY LIKE TO SEE
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taKVl_dZR5w
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXqwdSwH8Ho
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzmceeQ0DR8
- http://iessierradesantabarbara.juntaextremadura.net/