Student Presentations 2022-23

 Russia and Lenin by Alex Resta and Ignacio Cámara

Student Presentations 2021-2022

 Industrial Revolution by Mariela Mateos

Crossing borders. Stay in Spain

The secondary school Tomás Navarro Tomás participates in a European Erasmus + K229 project called “Crossing borders. Unity in diversity ”, with the BBS institute of the German city of Ahrweiler and the Sint Joszef of the Belgian city of Antwerp. The exchange of students has begun in Albacete, with the arrival of 24 students from both countries that are received by as many students of 4th of ESO and 1st of Baccalaureate of IES Tomás Navarro Tomás, integrated into the bilingual project of the center. The objective is to interrelate students and teachers from different countries in a common project, which seeks to strengthen the features that unite us to all Europeans, overcoming localisms and nationalisms.


From the 13th to the 19th of this month of January, various activities have been developed, including: preparatory presentations of trips to Guardamar del Segura and Alicante, to learn about the variety and influences of Mediterranean civilizations, as well as the precariousness and the need to value and take care of very fragile and valuable ecosystems, and, to Belmonte, El Toboso and Campo de Criptana, to know the cultural complexity of La Mancha, following part of the Don Quijote route. Apart from the presentations on these routes made by the students, video editing works have also been carried out from Almodóvar movie sequences, different plastic works, theatrical performances, chemical practices to know the status of the Segura River from its head to its mouth Six professors of the Institute of English, Geography and History, Biology, Physics and Chemistry and Plastic subjects are involved in this project. Visits have also been made to different areas of the city of Albacete, such as the Faculty of Law, the collection of international ceramics of the Municipal Museum, the cathedral ... This intense week has ended on Saturday 19 with some evaluation and assimilation practices of the contents developed and with a lunch based on typical tapas prepared by the families that host these students.

Subsequently, in the month of May, 12 students of 1st year of high school will travel to Antwerp for a week and then, in October, 12 students of 4th year of ESO to Ahrweiler.

It is a project that has been preparing for over a year with previous meetings of teachers in Albacete and in the German city of Ahrweiler, hoping that it will be a truly enriching experience for students and teachers, and that it will contribute to strengthening European ties.

Western Flag by John Gerrard

Thyssen Museum, Madrid

Trip to London

Within the activities scheduled in the Bilingual English Project of the IES Tomás Navarro Tomás, from May 18 to 22, we visited London with a group of 26 students, accompanied by two professors. In order to know the city and enhance the possibilities of practicing English, there have been several guided tours of the most significant spaces and museums in the city, accompanied by an English guide, and has attended English classes at the academy UK College. The first day, after staying in a hostel in the Soho neighborhood, we visited the Picadilly area, to have a first contact with such a cosmopolitan city.

On the second day, in the morning we went by subway to the lively market of Camden Town, full of shops of all kinds, with a very festive atmosphere, typical of a Sunday morning. In the afternoon we visited the Museum of Natural History, where the students realized an activity of discovery of different pieces of the museum.

On the third day, in the morning, we attended English classes at UK College, located very close to the hostel, in Oxford Street. In the afternoon, accompanied by an excellent English guide, we made a tour of Trafalgar Squere, with detailed explanations of the figure of Nelson who presides over the imposing square and continue through Whitehall, passing through 10 Downing Street, residence of the Prime Minister, until Get to Parliament and Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace and Green Park. We conclude the tour in the busy shopping area of ​​Oxford Street.

The fourth day followed the classes in the morning and in the afternoon we took a guided tour through the same guide, with explanations in English, in the area of ​​the Tower of London, walking along the Thames to reach the business area of ​​the city . Then we visited the British Museum where he carried out an activity of discovery of the most important archaeological pieces. At night we went to the area of ​​the London Eye, to contemplate the views of the illuminated city.

 And the last day, after the morning classes we returned to Albacete.

This trip has allowed a first contact with a city as fascinating as London, practice English and have fun with friends and colleagues.

  

Detachement scene

Human rights through cinema

Y el cine marcha by Manuel Huerga