Postcard exchange with French students

 Hi there!

We've resumed Postcrossing at Padre Feijoo-Zorelle with a postcard exchange activity with students from Pont-l'Abbé, the capital of Pays Bigouden, a district located in southern Brittany, France.

Thank you to the students and teachers from Lycée René Laennec for their readiness to take part in this project, which has started with the reception of postcars in various languages in which students show landmarks and traditions of their homeland.

Merci beaucoup chers amis! Hope to hear from you soon!

Very cool postcard from Flagstaff, USA

 After months of no activity, Postcrossing is back thanks to a postcard from Flagstaff, one of the towns in Arizona through which the so-called Route 66 goes.  

The sender is Stacey, a travel writer who came across our blog while looking for information about Ourense in English. 

We're thrilled to make new friends via Postcrossing! A postcard from Ourense has been headed for Flagstaff.

Thanks, Stacey!

Greetings from Dublin!

Our primary teacher, Quico Rguez, has sent us this lovely postcard from Dublin, where he's doing an English course for teachers as part of our Erasmus + project.

Thanks a million, Quico!

Ciao da Firenze

Our Chemistry and Physics teacher, Diego Iglesias, has sent us this postcard showing one of the best -known emblems of Florence, Micheangelo's David. It is in Italian city that he has done a course on inclusive education as part of our Erasmus + project. 

Grazie mille, Diego!

Saudações de Vizela

Our teacher Tamara Silva has sent us a lovely postcard from Vizela, a town in the north of Portugal, where she is spending 5 days to job shadow an innovative school, Agrupamento de Escolas Infias de Vizela.

Thanks a million Tamara!
Looking forward to seeing you!

Colourful postcard from Lugano, Switzerland!

Morning everyone!

We have received a lovely card from Lugano, a lovely lakeside town in the Italian-speaking canton of Switzerland, 1,400km from Ourense!

Thank you Damien for this beautiful illustration of your hometown; we love it!

If you want to know more about this Swiss town, click this link.

Happy holidays!

Before 2018 comes to an end, we would like to share with you a wonderful video created by Andrea and Gema with a number of 12 inspirational quotes to begin 2019 with motivation and strength!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

Primary school students send card number 60 to Germany

Card number 60 has been written in German and sent to Herford, a town located in the Northeastern part of North Rhine-Westphalia. 

The region is also known as Wittekind's land, as the last fights of Wittekind's Saxon tribes against Charlemagne took place here. He is believed to be buried in the neighbouring town of Enger.

Click here to know more about Herford.

A Christmas card is headed to Russia!

ESO 1 students have done a spectacular job of writing and decorating Christmas cards which have been posted today. The cards are going to Katerin in Khavarovsk, a Russian city located in the most eastern part of the country, 30 km from the Chinese border (and 9,284km from Ourense).

Good job, guys!

Stop 59: Wilkesboro, the US

Postcard 59 is a Christmas card written by some members of our science project CIENCIA ACTIVA. Adriana, Ana, Daniel, Ariadna and Geovana have sent good wishes to Neil from Wilkesboro and explored this American town located in North Carolina, one of the 14 states of the East Coast of the United States, more than 6,000km away.

Click here to read their findings! Happy holidays!!

Christmas card sent to Heilongjiang, China

David and Sofía have sent Christmas wishes in English and Chinese to Heilongjiang, a town located in the most northeastern part of China, almost 10,000km from Ourense!

Click here to find out more about this Chinese region.

Thank you, guys!

Postrossing is back with a Christmas card sent to Eindhoven, the Netherlands

Now that Christmas holidays are round the corner, Postcrossing is back with a Christmas card that ESO 1 students have sent to Eindhoven, 1,428 km away!

Eindhoven is the fifth largest city in the Netherdlands, located in the province of North Brabant. Click here to know more about this Dutch city.

Remembering Rosalía de Castro (1837-1885)

Many events are being held today all over Galicia in memory of one of our greatest poets, Rosalia de Castro. 

Rosalía de Castro por Luis Sellier. Wikipedia

She was born in Santiago de Compostela 181 years ago, on February 24, 1837.

Casa-museo de Rosalía en Padrón. Rosalíadecastro.org

She wrote poems and prose in Galician (Cantares Gallegos, Follas Novas, Contos da Miña Terra) and in Spanish (A Mi Madre, En Las Orillas del Sar) and her work has been translated into languages like English, French, Japanese and Portuguese.

Three ESO students, Adriana, Carlos and Álex have recorded a special podcast to celebrate such an important day for poetry lovers. 

Primary school students have also celebrated Rosalía de Castro’s Day by colouring pop-art illustrations of the poet and reciting some of her best-known poems with the help of their families!

Thanks a million!

Postcards around Europe

New Year, new projects!

ESO 3 students have started an eTwinning project entitled “Postcards around Europe”. As suggested by the title, students will exchange postcards with peers from Vigo and a number of European countries, namely Italy, Poland, Romania and Turkey.

Our Turkish collaborators have already sent us their greetings, sağolun!

Christmas Postcrossing

ESO 2 and 4 students are taking part in "Creative Classrooms", an awesome eTwinning project that includes a number of interactive tasks in English which allow students to collaborate with peers across Europe. Now that Christmas holidays are approaching, our students have selected a number of Christmas cards and have written holiday wishes and greetings to students from Croatia, Greece, Romania, Turkey and Ukraine.

Great job, guys! Looking forward to receiving cards from so many different places!