A self-made card is headed for Moscow (Russia)

Postcard 42 is a lovely card illustrated by an ESO student who was one of the finalists in the Ourense-themed postcard contest.

The card illustrates some objects and places often associated with Galicia like octopus, a grain store and Ourense's main square.

Hope our friend from Moscow, Kiku, will like reading Adriana's kind words explaining some of the emblems included in the postcard. Thank you, Adriana!

If you want to read about Galicia, our autonomous community, click HERE. Visit EXPLORING PLACES to learn about Moscow.

Next destination, Kiev, Ukraine

Postcard 39 has been sent to Kiev, Ukraine’s capital city,3040 km from Ourense!

Luis, a fifth grade student, has chosen a postcard with an illustration by a Lucía Conde, one of the winners of the Ourense-themed postcard contest, which shows a wonderful view of the Roman Bridge and the Millenium Bridge, the most ancient and the most modern bridges in Ourense, respectively.

If you want to discover Kiev, visit EXPLORING PLACES. Click HERE to find out more about Ourense’s bridges.

Thank you, Luis!

4 new literary postcards ready to be sent out!

Students have been so creative during our school’s Third Book Festival! After reading A Classic Collection retold by Julie Hart, 4th ESO students have chosen their favourite short stories and turned them into comic strips with the help of their Art Teacher, Irene. Do you like them?

The Lottery Ticket by Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)

Illustration by Jennifer Rodríguez, Oumy Sylla, Lara Vázquez and Joel Mendy

Sredni Vashtar by Hector Hugh Minro (Saki) (1870-1916)

Illustration by by Viviany Feick, Svety Stoicheva and Noel Iglesias

The Thieves in the Cupboard by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)

Illustration by Lucía Pérez, Natalia Rodríguez, Ana Sofía Moreira, Yesenia Muñoz

The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893)

Illustration by by Cecilia Araujo, Carlos Rodríguez and Diego Rojo

We’ll print all the four illustrations as full-colour postcards and will write them and send them to four different places somewhere in the world! 

CONGRATULATIONS, guys! We love them!!!

Postcard 31 is a wonderful card sent to Saint Petersburg, Russia!

Our first literary card is on its way to Saint Petersburg, 3222km away! 

You may well remember that “Literary Cards” is an initiative we came up with a few weeks ago in an attempt to contribute to our school’s Third Book Festival.

Ledicia has chosen a wonderful postcard elaborated by ESO 3 students after having approached one of their favourite works in English, Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, whose 150^th anniversary was celebrated last November.

We hope our Russian friend, Anastasia, will appreciate this postcard, which offers a glimpse into Wonderland, the fantastic setting of Carroll’s thought provoking and entertaining novel.

Thank you, Ledicia!

If you want to read about Anastasia’s hometown, one of the most impressive cities in the world, visit our section, EXPLORING PLACES.

Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

2016 World Book Day marks the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death (April, 23rd, 1616). This is way our second contribution to our school's Third Book Festival is a postcard featuring some of the best-known scenes of Romeo and Juliet in alphabetical order.

Romeo and Juliet's A to Z by ESO 4 students. Collage by Eva Pousa

ESO 4 students' selection provides a glimpse of the greatness of one of Shakespeare's best known tragedies, Romeo and Juliet's doomed love.

                         William Shakespeare. Wikipedia                          Brown's Romeo and Juliet. Wikipedia

Watch this video to see in detail what aspect of the play each letter refers to:

Thank you guys for this amazing card! It will be mailed soon!

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: ABC

Our Annual Book Festival starts today and runs until Saturday 23^rd with a programme full of inspiring and exciting activities!

As noted in a previous post, our contribution to the Book Festival consists in creating, writing and sending postcards that feature any aspect related to any literary title/author or to anything related to the pleasure of reading as a whole. The first postcard we’ve chosen to write is a wonderful collage of various illustrations by ESO 3 students put together by English teacher Eva Pousa: Alice’s ABC.

As you can see, Alice’s ABC shows in alphabetical order key elements of one of our favourite books of all time, Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) whose 150^th anniversary was celebrated last November.

All the twenty-six illustrations are now on display at the school’s lobby ready for the inauguration of the Third Book Festival.

If you want to read how the first day of the festival has been celebrated, click HERE.
More literary postcards are being prepared, stay tuned!

Postcard 26 is on its way to Hong Kong, China!

Our Very Young Postcrossers have made their second contribution to this project!

5-year old students have chosen a very beautiful postcard designed by an ESO student, Manuela.

As you can see, Manuela’s card represents Xinzo de Limia’s famous “Pantalla”, a carnival figure that was described in DISCOVER OURENSE. Before our Very Young Postcrossers started to write the card, Manuela explained to them why she had chosen the Pantalla for her illustration.

Thanks a lot, Manuela!!

The destination of card 26 is a faraway city: Hong Kong, China, which our Very Young Postcrossers can now locate on a world map thanks to the help of teacher Eva.

Hope our friend Kevin will like it!

One of the administrators of this blog, Ana,  visited Hong Kong a few years ago. She has told us many interesting things about this exotic city and has helped us select useful information which you can find in EXPLORING PLACES. Thanks, Ana!