CEIP C HIGORA —C HÍO , T ENERIFE
C HÍO C ITY N EWS L OCAL , F ASHION
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Sports news from the Heliodoro Rodrigo Lopéz in Santa Cruz
The children had an exhibition of the go-karts and tin cans (Cacharros) and the best won a prize. In the evening, the go-karts were ridden through the streets of Chío.
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Fashion discussion about Dulce Maria in Paris
The celebrations started with a traditional breakfast of dried fruit and nuts.
On the 26th of November there was a party for San Andrés at the school.
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News about the Christmas excursion to Guia de Isora and the nativity. A winning Go-kart from Jordi.
Coverage of the Romería and Almond Walk Opening of the new Cultural Centre
5 TH & 6 TH Y EAR On the 5th of November the children at CEIP Chigora made an effigy of Guy Fawkes to celebrate Bonfire Night. It is celebrated in England because Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament
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Everyone brought an old item of clothing to make the Guy. The Guys were displayed in the classrooms for
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On Sunday 28th and Monday 29th November there were tropical storms in the Canary Islands. There was lots of strongwind and rain with thunder and lightning. Yellow alert across the Canaries.
Carnaval, Carnaval!
Electricity was cut and all the schools were closed on
Monday. The storm lasted two days and then everything went back to normal and the sun came out again. More rain is expected over the following week as we approach Christmas.
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C HRISTMAS
I NFANT AND 1 ST CYCLE WENT TO SEE THE N ATIVITY AT THE T OWN H ALL IN G UIA DE I SORA
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On Wednesday 15th December 2010, Infant and 1st cycle of CEIP Chigora went to see the Nativity at the Town Hall in Guía de Isora.
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Isora, then they went to the Auditorium to see a film. The film was „The Princess and the Frog‟. Later they were given a
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snowman pen and some sweets. They returned to the school by bus where their parents met them.
They also went to see the room where the Mayor, Pedro Martín, has meetings with the council. They had breakfast in the main square in Guía de
T HE C HRISTMAS F ESTIVAL On the 22nd December, we celebrated our Christmas
festival in our school. We sang traditional Christmas carols. Infants sang „Little Donkey‟, the 1st cycle of Primary sang „3 Wise Men‟, 2nd cycle sang „Come with me Little Shepherd‟ in Spanish and
„Rockin‟ Around the Christmas Tree‟ In English. 3rd cycle sang ‘All I want for Christmas is you‟ by Hannah Montana. Later, one of the Kings‟ helpers came to visit the children and give out presents with his camel. Everyone got sweets and gifts to take home for Christmas.
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Celebrations and the Paella queue in Virgín del Coromoto.
On Sunday 17th January 2011 the village of Chío celebrated the Romería of Saint Anthony.
During the procession people were given food to eat and wine or soft drinks to drink.
Saint Anthony is the patron saint of domestic animals and the people pray to him so that he can bless the animals.
The cars were decorated with palm leaves, traditional crafts and typical Canarian produce. All the people wore traditional costumes.
The procession started in the main square in Chío and it went to Coromoto Street.
At the end of the procession everyone ate from a big paella that was prepared by the
Town Hall. Later everyone returned to the square and the priest blessed all the animals.
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She wore the collection of French designer, Lara Stone. She won an award at the last Paris Fashion Week.
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CATWAL K called „Elite Way High‟. She played Roberta Pardo Rey.
She stands out on the catwalk because she has perfect skin, full lips and looks happy. She is an example to other models.
Dulce María is new to the Paris catwalk. She is French.
Before modelling, she worked on a Mexican soap opera called Rebelde, which was was a programme about the life of students at a school
Story by : Díana Morales Tabares and Ariana Lucía Moleiro Curbelo
T HE A LMOND W ALK On the Thursday 20th January 2011 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th years went on the Almond Walk to see the Almond Blossoms. The walk started in Valle de Arriba in Santiago del Teide and it finished in Arguayo. It was a nice day, but very cold. We took many photos and we stopped to eat breakfast in El Calvario. El Calvario is where the lava stopped during the last
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volcanic eruption. We walked 7 kilometres! The next day, the 21st, infant, 1st and 2nd years went on a shorter walk of 5 kilometres. They went from Los Llanos de San José to Valle de Arriba.
very cold! It was a pity because they couldn‟t see the almond trees. “T HEY WALKED FROM L OS L LANOS DE S AN J OSÉ TO V ALLE DE A RRIBA …”
It rained a lot, it was windy and
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Friday 19th February saw the opening of the new Cultural Centre on the corner of Pino del Aire and El Balo Street in
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cultural centre.
All the people from the village atended to see the new
The Mayor, Pedro Martín, oponed the centre. It will be used for meetings for local associations, courses, theatre and activities. It has meeting rooms, an auditorium, large rooms for activities, some Computers and a wifi connection for people to use the Internet.
The new auditorium in the Cultural Centre in Chío
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CD T ENERIFE W IN A WAY CD Tenerife won the first time this season away from home. They played at the mini stadium of Villareal Sports City against Villareal B. They won 0-2 and goals were from Nino and Natalio. They are now in 19th place in the league.Next week they play Granada at home in the Heliodoro Rodriguez Lopez.
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NOTE FROM THE EDITOR ...
Thank you to all the students of 5th and 6th year that contributed to this, our first Chío City News.
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as characters from the film, Grease! 1st cycle were dressed as Rockers. Infants were dressed as Cooks. On Friday, March 4th, 2011 we celebrated Carnaval in CEIP Chigora. In the morning, we went to school and we put on our fancy dress costumes and make-up. 3rd cycle were dressed as Hawaiians. 2nd cycle were dressed
All the group left the school and walked along Florida Street, then Coromoto Street and up Pino del Aire to the cultural centre. Year 6 were playing drums and everyone was singing and dancing. Once they arrived at the cultural centre, everyone went into the auditorium.
Infants started with their song called “Chefs, Chefs”. The 1st cycle sang “Carnaval Rock”, 2nd cycle sang “Carnival has arrived!” and 5th year sang “Chiwaka” - a song about the school and teachers. 6th year played the drums with different rhythms. Once it was over everybody went on holiday! Juan Carlos from 1st year dressed as a punk rocker!