y de los más mayores... The name U. K. refers to the union of four separate countries : England, Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland. The U.K. is situated north-west of the European continent between the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea. England is a country in the U.K..The capital is London, the largest city in the U.K. It contains about 84% of the U.K. population. The British Royal family live in England..The most important cities are: Birmingham, Cambridge, Oxford, Manchester, Liverpool, Nottingham, York, Bristol etc… Scotland is in north-west Europe and is part of U.K: It has 790 islands-130 inhabited. The capital is Edinburgh, like Rome, was built on seven hills. The most important cities are: Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee, Inverness, Perth. etc…. Wales is in north-west Europe. It is bordered by England to the east, the Bristol Channel to the South, St George´s Channel in the west, and the Irish Sea to the North. The capital is Cardiff and the national game of Wales is rugby. The most important cities are : Newport, Swansea, Bangor, St. David´s. Northern Ireland lies in the north east of the island of Ireland. The capital is Belfast. The most important cities are: Londonderry, Lisburn, Armagh, Newry.. Reseñamos algunos de los trabajos de los más mayores del cole, incidiendo que tal vez en ellos ha recaído el mayor peso en cuanto a colaboración para ARCOLE. - Entrevistas, reseñas, etc- THE UNITED KINGDOM The flag of U. Kingdom is sometimes called the Union Flag because it symbolizes the administrative union of the countries of the U.K. It is consists of the three heraldic crosses of S. George (Patron Saint of England) ( Red on white ), St. Andrew ( Patron Saint of Scotland) ( White diagonal on blue), St. Patrick ( Patron Saint of Ireland ) ( Red diagonal on White ). The Welsh dragon does not appear on the flag because Wales is a Principality instead of a Kingdom and as such could not be included. The Union flag is flown on government buildings on days marking: The birthdays of members of the Royal Family, • Commonwealth Day, • • Coronation Day, • The Queen´s Official birthday, • Remembrance Day and • On the days of the State Opening and prorogation of Parliament. It is also flown on St. David´s Day ( Wales ), St George´s Day ( England), St Andrew´s Day ( Scotland), and St • Patrick´s Day ( Northern Ireland ) MIDNIGHT SHADOW The river Ebro Diamond entered the dark mansion slowly, carefully and silently. With every step she took, the floorboards creaked more violently till they, at last, gave way and she sell down, very down. She was in a dark room which was all in shadow, apart from a small space in which a skeleton like a person stood. He had a long grey beard that obscured most of his face. His long fingers wound themselves around Diamond’s neck. The power of Chorksa she couldn’t reach because it was one hundred miles away. Ruby, her best friend, was finding her way through dusty cobwebs and dark shadows which never came out into the light and, if so, they would turn to the consequences which they never thought as they were bad. Representations of death. The river Ebro is the largest river in the Iberian Peninsula and the second longest, bhind the Tagus. It runs entirely in Spain, where it occupies the first position among the rivers that begin and neatly into this country, both for its length and its flow. Walk the northeastern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, across the valley that bears his name, located in a depression. It follows a northwestsoutheast direction, from the Picos de Europa (Cantabrian Mountains), which has its origin to PREMIOS NÓBEL The Norwegian Nobel committee has decided that the Nobel Peace for 2009 is to be awarded to cooperation peoples. Obama has as President created a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institution can play. The vision of a world free from nuclear arms has powerfully stimulated disarmament and arms control negotiations. Thanks to Obama´s initiative, the USA is now playing a more constructive in meeting the great climatic challenger the world is confronting. Only very rarely has a person on the same extent as Obama captured the world´s attention and given its people hope for a better future. His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world´s population for which Obama is now the world´s leading spokesman. Alberto Cubo Desmond Mpilo Tutu Bishop Desmond Tutu was born in 1931 in Klerksdorp, Transvaal. His father was a teacher, and himself was educated at Johannesburg Bantu High School. After leaving school he trained first as a teacher at Pretoria Bantu Normal College and in 2954 he graduated from the University of South Africa. After the years as a high school teacher he began to study Theology, being ordained as a priest in 1960. The years 1962- 66 were devoted to fit her theological study in England leading up to Master of Theology. From 1967 to 1972 he taught theology in South Africa before returning to England for three years as the assistant director of a theological institute in London. In 1975 was appointed Dean of St. Mary´s Cathedral in Johannesburg, the first black to bold that position. From 1976 to 1978 he was Bishop of Lesotho, and in 1978 became the first black General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches. Tutu is an honorary doctor of a number of leading universities in USA, Britain and Germany. Aroa Núñez Lech Walesa was born on September 29, 1943 in Popowo, Poland. After graduating from vocational school, he worked as a car mechanic at a Machine center from 1961 to 1965. He served in the army for two years, rose to the rank of corporal, and in 1967 was employed in the Gdansh shipyards as an electrician. In 1969 he married Danuta Gdos and they have eight children. In November 1982 Walesas was released and reinstated at the Gdansh shipyards. Although kept under surveillance, he managed to maintain lively contact with Solidarity leaders in the underground. While martial law was lifted in July 1983, many of the restrictions were continued in civil code. In October 1983 the announcement of Walesa´s Nobel prize spirits of the underground movement, but the award was attacked by the government press. Clara de Antonio Núñez La alimentación Es fundamental para Cuidarse y estar en forma. Hay que comer de todo, Utilizar una dieta adecuada para Garantizar un peso equilibrado A cada altura o edad. THE FLAG OF UNITED KINGDOM Yasser Arafat was born in August 1929 in Cairo (Egypt). Yasser Arafat was a Palestinian leader and a laureate of the Nobel Prize. He was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and leader of de Fatah Politician Party, which he founded in 1959 however he was reviled by many Israelis and described in much of the west as the world´s number of the terrorist for the attacks his faction led against civilians. Arafat received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 with 65 years old! together with Yitzhak Rabin and Simon Peres, for the negotiations in Oslo. He was died in November 11, 2004. He was 74 years old. Víctor García DUERO RIVER The Duero river (Durius - Latín; Douro portuguese) is the third longest and second largest river in the iberian peninsula at 765 km. Its sourceis at “Fuentes del Duero” in the Picos de Urbionin, the sistema ibérico. (Soria, near the border with Burgos and La Rioja) This river is very long and very vide and inone of the most important of the peninsula. PRACTICA UNA ALIMENTACIÓN SALUDABLE Apuleyo, Apuleyo nombre para nosotros nuevo, que al principio suena raro, pero que resulta bello. Nombre rimbombante es, de césares y emperadores que, aunque rime con plebeyo digno es de ser de nobles. Señor don Apuleyo. bienvenido a este colegio ¡ojalá que al conocernos haya quedado perplejo!. Bienvenido al “Marqués del Arco”; es un colegio especial; esto te lo remarco: te resultará genial. El hecho de haber venido deseamos compensar: también nosotros queremos algún verso regalar. the Meditarranean Sea, witch leads to forming the Ebro Delta. The river has a total length of 930 km. Its drainage basin is the largest in Spain, with an area of 86.100 km2. This is distributed as well by country, Andorra and France. The Ebro runs through the Spanish autonomous communities of Cantabria (where born), Castilla y León, La Rioja, Navarra, Aragón y Cataluña (where it end), plus the Ebro basin also includes territories of el País Vasco ( Álava practically all), and the Comunidad Valenciana( Castellón NO). Two autonomous capital, Logroño and Zaragoza, are bathed by the river. Tomárselo con tranquilidad, Organizarse las comidas, Mejorar la alimentación, Aprender a comer saludable, Tener fuerza de voluntad y Esperar resultados. Para tener buena salud es necesario llevar una buena Alimentación, una dieta sana y variada, con Equilibrio en las comidas. Incluye frutas y verduras: Lechuga, tomate, plátano, naranja… En el desayuno toma: Leche, cereales y algo de fruta. Aunque te gusten mucho las “chuches” no las tomes en exceso. La alimentación es buena para nuestro cuerpo u organismo. Hacer ejercicios diariamente, dar un paseo, ir al gimnasio… es bueno para todos. Alguna vez comer algún dulce. Comer vegetales, huevos, fruta, lácteos, pescado carne… Un día comer guisantes, otro día carne, otro día huevo, comer cosas diferentes. Tomar calcio es bueno para nuestros huesos. Comer mucho no es bueno. Las vitaminas son fundamentales, así que ya sabes tomar alimentos con calcio y vitaminas es bueno para todos. Y recuerda: hay que comer de todo, hasta de lo que no te gusta. SOLUCIONES DE LAS ADIVINANZAS 1.- el murciélago. 4.- el hombre. 2.- el puente. 5.- la escritura. 3.- el grillo. 6.- el yate. 7.-el libro. ENHORABUENA Versos a Apuleyo Precauciones para el verano. ◘ Bebe agua, no te deshidrates. ◘ Incrementa el consumo de frutas y ensaladas. ◘ Ponte crema de protección solar cada tres o cuatro horas, si estás al sol. ◘ Si sales al campo o a la montaña, cuida la naturaleza, deja todo como está o adecentalo. gracias por la molestia de saludarnos con rima´ el comunicarlo así demuestra que nos estimas. tu poema es delicado risueño y amarrado al saber del alumno que está descubriendo el mundo. tu escritura es atractiva, haces fácil el renglón. a nosotros nos cautiva Y nos “mola mogollón”. Entre todos hemos visto que es fácil hacer rimar; basta conjuntar palabras, y luego… todo es coser y cantar. El libro es un amigo con quien viajar, con quien soñar, con quien llorar, con quien disfrutar, con quien conquistar cimas, con quien VIVIR. nos has mostrado la vida en estos versos unidos. Se ha visto que el aprender puede ser muy divertido. Señor poeta periodista, ya te consideramos amigo. Que el recuerdo de esta escuela Lo lleves siempre contigo. encantados, Apuleyo nos ha gustado t visita; gracias por este viaje a tu mundo de poesía. Ya hemos comprobado que eres un gran artista; desde ahora en adelante se inscribirá en nuestra lista. señor don Apuleyo gracias por su visita esperamos que vuelva pronto a contarnos más noticias. Alumnos de 6º A