Monday 28 February 2011

WINNERS FOR THE MATHS PUZZLES 2nd YEAR 2nd LEG

We have the winners for the Maths puzzle Competition, second year, second leg:

Radoslav Hanel (Czech Republic)
Swanje Mahncke (Germany)
Szénia Hajós / Daniel Kapocsi (Hungary)
Kevin Montalvà / Mikha Semenov (Spain)

CONGRATULATIONS!!
Each one will receive a certificate and some of them a trophy, donated by CAM. 

Sunday 27 February 2011

EUROPEAN UNION COMPETITION (Second Leg)

WE HAVE A WINNER FOR THE EU COMPETITION THIS YEAR: 
1.-Major Lili (Hungary) Congratulations!!!! 
As for the runner-up and third position, these are the two students who will be awarded a prize too:
2.-Teresa Martínez (Spain)
3.-Sheila Moril (Spain)
There is a reader, compliment of MacMillan Publishers in Valencia and a Certificate for each of these students as well as for the finalists of the first leg:
Soha Dániel (HU), Lenka Fišbachová (CZ), Krystina Mandaková (CZ), Simon Szabina (HU), Süle Olivér (HU).

LITERARY CONTEST 2011

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WE ARE THE WORLD, WE ARE THE FUTURE

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 “The S.I. Engine” Comenius Project.    March 2011
SCHOOLS TAKING PART IN IT:
*Gymnasium Oedeme. LÜNEBURG (Germany)
*Gymnázium LIPNÍK NAD BE
ČVOU (Czech Republic)
*Bródy Imre Gimnázium.  AJKA (Hungary)
*Collège Sismondi. GENEVA (Switzerland)
*IES Campanar.
VALÈNCIA (Spain)
 Literary Contest 2011. List of finalists  in each country   –Comenius Project
Germany
Alexandra Kalbus, Meike Claaßen, Annika Beusch, Nikola Henningsen, Moritz Werner, Christoph Lang, Nils Kröger, Nils Hölzer, Melissa Schülz, Peter Schacht.
Hungary
Abel Futo, Anita Horvath, Balasz Nemeth, Daniel Sohá, Gábor Molnár, Krisztina Szeip, Marton Makkay, Oliver Süle, Roland Ament,  Szabina Simon.
Switzerland
Ludovic Piccot, Matthieu Fragnière, Seda Enhas, Sofia Hofman, Jazmin Viray, Simon Berthoud, Ai Yamashita, Tiffany Decorvet, Kerly M. Acosta, Pedro Alves/Jessica Grajera.
Czech Republic
Jiří Chovanec, Kieu Nguy, Monika Boháčová, Gabriela Sobková.
Spain
Sara Bueno, Eva Romero, Aína Bernad, Alberto Sáez, Paloma Roig, Sara Olivares, Andrea Pérez, Carolina Gregori,  Borja Sanz, Leonor Palmero. 
it has been really hard to choose the winners. There were very good pieces of writing written by the students in the 5 schools. We had poems, letters, tales, short stories, diary entries and essays. The name of the ten winners below will receive a certificate. Most of the writings by these or the other finalists are already being exhibited in the hall of the school for the students, teachers and parents to read and enjoy.
Thank you to everybody for your effort and collaboration.
And the awards go to………… LIST OF WINNERS 
-For the overall aesthetical effect>>> Sofia Hofman (Geneva)

-For the artful treatment of subject matter>>>Melissa Schulz (Lüneburg)
-For the writing organization and logic>>>Olivér Süle (Ajka)

-For the quality of insight>>>Kieu Nguyen (Lipník)
-For a beautiful short story>>>Andrea Pérez (València)
-For a very well-written article>>>Nikola Henningsen (Lüneburg)
-For the overall emotional effect>>>Jazmin Viray (Geneva) 
-For being well strutured and organized>>>Roland Ament (Ajka)
-For its sense of humour>>> Jiří Chovanec (Lipník)
-For an excellent essay>>> Carolina Gregori
The 10 students will receive a small gift , a reader, compliment of MacMillan Publishers in Valencia and a Certificate. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THEM!!!! 



Thursday 24 February 2011

EUROPEAN COMPETITION (Second Leg)

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Well, this IS the last set of questions, I'm afraid.  There will be 5 in the first part and 10 in the second part (TRIVIA) of which you are required to answer 5 too. Easy? Okey dokey!
1.-EUROPE 
a) You probably know the Danube but can you name the second main river in Hungary?
b) There is a Conference for Sustainable Action from the 1st to the 3rd of March 2011 and its Logo is a cow.                    Which German University is it?
c) This Czech city was once the Royal brewery of the Holy Roman Emperor .
d) Pedestrian streets, an Olympic Museum, on the shores of a Swiss lake. Where am I?
e) The film "Mission:Impossible II " made Spaniards laugh a lot. They mixed up three different Spanish festivals in the streets of Seville: The Holy Week processions, San Fermín and Fallas. The processions are typical from Seville but where in Spain are the other two festivals celebrated?
2.-TRIVIA
a) What is the chemical symbol for iron?
b) Who "lived" at 221b Baker Street?
c) Which famous philosopher was buried at Waterloo Place in Edinburgh?
d)Who commanded the Nautilus in Jules Verne's classic?
e)Who turned a can of soup into a work of art?
f)What is the shortest word in English to contain A,B,C,D,E and F?
g)Which is the only city in the world to lie on two continents?
h)Who wrote the Canterbury Tales?
i) Which country do the Azores isles belong to?
j) Where can you find these people "together": Jim Morrison, Maria Callas, Honoré de Balzac, Molière, Corot, Pissarro, Modigliani, Marcel Proust, Oscar Wilde, Frédéric Chopin among other celebrities?
Send me your answers ASAP!!!! iescampanar@gmail.com  Cheerioh!!!
SOLUTION:

1.a,Tisza
    b,Leuphana Universität (Lüneburg)
    c,Beer
    d,Lausanne
    e,Pamplona,Valencia
2.a,Fe
   b,Sherlock Holmes
   c,David Hume
   d,Captain Nemo
   e,Andy Warhol
   f,feedback
   g,Istanbul
   h,Geoffrey Chaucer
   i,Portugal
   j,Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

Monday 21 February 2011

MATHS PUZZLE # 14 -from the 21st to the 28th of February



In an old chronicle of the Italian University of Parma, you can read the following text:
“Two years ago the number of students enrolled at this University was a perfect square. Last year, this number grew in 100 units, obtaining a perfect square by adding just one unit. This year we have one hundred students more (100 units) and we have again a number of students which is a perfect square!”.
Which was the number of students on each occasion?

SOLUTION

Wednesday 16 February 2011

EUROPEAN UNION COMPETITION (Second Leg)

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Hi everybody! Thanks for your answers. Here you have this week's questions. Yes, you have read correctly. Because the prizes will be awarded during the mobility in Valencia, our next and final set of questions will reach you on the 25th of February, OK?
1.- Name the present Prime Minister (or similar) in 4 of the 5 countries of our project, -that is Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, Switzerland and Spain.
2.-Let's go for INVENTIONS: a)the contact lense; b)"velcro"; c) Rubik's cube; d) the coffee filter; e) the transporter bridge. Name the inventor and nationality  of 4 of them.
3.-And now and because I know you like this kind of questions... TRIVIA!!! You can answer 6 of the 8 questions in this section, OK?
a) Which French philosopher created analytical geometry?
b) What Rolling Stone album cover had a zip on the side? 
c) What is classified by the A B 0 system?
d) What in business terms is the IMF?
e) The pica pica is which common bird?
f) What is the white trail behind a jet plane made from?
g) Which soul singer was sitting on the Dock of the Bay?
h) What did the Scottish mathematician John Napier create/invent?
Well, looking forward to your answers I say bye bye to you for now!
(iescampanar11@gmail.com
SOLUTION:

1.
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero(Spain), Angela Merkel(Germany), Petr Nečas(Czech Republic), Viktor Orbán (Hungary) and Micheline Calmy-Rey, President of the Swiss Confederation
 2.
a) Otto Wichterle (Czech)
b) Georges de Mestral (Swiss)
c)  Ernö Rubik (Hungarian)
d) Melitta Bentz (German)

e) Alberto Palacio (Spanish)
 3.
a) René Descartes
b) Sticky Fingers

c) The blood group
d) It is the International Monetary Fund
e) The Magpie
f) It is the condensed steam of water that the engines expel (contrail)
g) Otis Redding
h) He discovered the logarithm

Friday 11 February 2011

NEED YOU NOW!!!

Programme of Comenius Project Visit (Valencia, Spain)
The IES Campanar Comenius group, -Mr Fernando Escuin (Coordinator), Ms Reyes Durá, Ms Mª Eugenia Baquero, Ms Pilar García, Ms Victoria Porras and Ms Mercedes de Villegas-,  would like to thank their Headmaster Mr Ricardo Rizo, the teachers, parents and students for their support and help with the preparation of this visit.

Thursday 3 February 2011

EUROPEAN UNION COMPETITION (Second Leg)

Hi everybody! Here you have this fortnight's questions!
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1.-
The ................ is less than half the size of the USA but its population is over 50% larger. Its population is the third largest after China and India.
2.-
a) Where is the Isle of Dogs?
b) Why have the Canary Islands that name?
3.-
a) Called 'The Paris of the East', this capital is a tale of three cities. Can you name them?
b) Vepro-knedlo-zelo'???? Yum, Yum! Tell me the ingredients, please!
c) 'Mons, Pons, Fons' (Hill, Bridge, Spring) is which town's motto?
d) Can you complete the title of a film made by Peter Greenaway in 1994 : ' Stairs 1 _ _ _ _ _ _'
Looking forward to your answers . Send them to   iescampanar11@gmail.com
SOLUTION:
1.-The European Union.
2.-
a) London.
b) Island of Dogs ("canis in latin. There are two dogs in the islands' coat-of-arm).
3.-
a) BUDAPEST: Óbuda, Buda, Pest.
b) Roast pork with sauerkraut and dumplings.
c) Lüneburg.
d) "Stairs 1 Geneva".

Tuesday 1 February 2011

SWISS TEAM TRAVELLING TO VALENCIA

This is the photo sent by the Comenius Swiss Team:  from left to right: Claudio RECUPERO (teacher), Simona DEVITO, Laure-Emmanuelle RIVARES, Amélie TAMONE, Marion GUMOWSKI, Ana CUJEAN (teacher), Bernard PARISOD (headmaster) & Matthias GOLLARZA. Hasta muy pronto!