Wednesday 23 December 2009

WINNERS OF MATHS COMPETITION IN SPAIN


From left to right: Jesús López (1st level), Mykca Semenov (3nd level) and Juan J. Plá (3rd level)

WINNERS OF MATHS COMPETITION IN GERMANY


The three winners (in the first photo) are  Luisa Wiechert (1st), Tbias Latta (2nd) and Julian Kaping (3rd).
In the second photo  we can see Margharita Eismann, a very special student who has helped us check the results and ranking of the Maths Competition and has also given away the prizes to the three winners.





Sunday 20 December 2009

WINNERS OF MATHS COMPETITION IN HUNGARY



Photo of the winners of Maths Competition in Hungary.
From the left to the right:

Zsófia Zentai (1st), Réka Vass (2nd), Máté Fenyvesi (3rd)

They are looking forward to the international part of the challenge.

Monday 14 December 2009

EU COMPETITION # 5

Our questions this time are in harmony with the festive season.
1.-"Silent Night" is probably one of the most popular carols but do you know its origin and give us its name in 3 different languages apart from English?
2.- What do people usually eat to celebrate New Year's Eve in Italy?
3.- What is Hogmanay and where and how is it celebrated?

Note: Since not everybody will be celebrating Christmas in multicultural Europe, we also wish those celebrating Hannukah, Orthodox Christmas, Al-Hijra, Bodhi Day etc ..........our best wishes.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
SOLUTION
1.-It originated in Austria, based on a poem by Joseph Mohr and  Franz Gruber composer
2.-Many different dishes with LENTILS.
3.-New Year's Eve in Scotland. The most widespread national custom is the practice of 'first-footing' which starts immediately after midnight. This means being the first person to cross the threshold of a friend or neighbour and often involves the giving of symbolic gifts such as salt , coal, shortbread, whisky, and black bun intended to bring different kinds of luck to the householder.
END OF EU COMPETITION( first leg), SECOND PART OF IT FROM THE 15TH OF JANUARY (but only among the winners or selected students (three) in each country .
Happy new Year!
We thank Macmillan Publishers office in Valencia for their support.

END OF MATHS PUZZLE COMPETITION

Puzzle number 10, of which the solution will be posted later today, has put an end to the first leg of this competition. We are awaiting the name -and photos, if possible, of the winners in each country ( up to three). There will be a small gift for all of them.
From the 10th of January we will start the competition again, but this time to decide who gets the best results among those chosen by each country (see above). The puzzles will appear every fortnight. In March we will see who the winners are.
Meanwhile, Merry Xmas to all of you!

Monday 7 December 2009

WEEK'S PUZZLE 10

PUZZLE 10 -from the 7th to the 13th of December (to be collected by the 14th of December)

THE MAGIC NUMBER

'Free me, please', Ali begged the genius who had trapped him in a cage.
‘I will free you only if you find a number which obeys certain conditions’, the genius answered.
And these were the conditions:
1.- If the number were multiple of 2, then it would be a number between 50 and 59, both included.
2.- If it were not a multiple of 3, then it would be a number between 60 and 69, both included.
3.- If it were not a multiple of 4, then it would be a number between 70 and 79, both included.
Which was the magic number?

SOLUTION
If the number is a multiple of 2, it could be:
50, 52, 54, 56, 58
If it is not a multiple of 3, the number could be:
61, 62, 64, 65, 67, 68
If it is not a multiple of 4, the possibilities are:
70, 71, 73, 74, 75, 77, 78, 79

By eliminating the only possibility is number 75.






Wednesday 2 December 2009

VIDEO CONFERENCE 1st DECEMBER 2009

The five partner schools taking part in our Comenius Project held a videoconference on the 1st of December in which students from each school had the chance to speak face-to-face with their peers in the other schools. Being as we are five countries (the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Switzerland and Spain), we had to use several PCs and pupils had to take it in turns to speak. Technology is really a challenge in this kind of activities but the sight of our students exchanging their points of views was well worth our work as teachers to prepare it. This is but the first one this academic year, now students are asking for more!!!
PHOTOS FROM VALENCIA

A PIECE OF VIDEO FROM VALENCIA

PHOTOS FROM LÜNEBURG

PHOTOS FROM AJKA