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We are extremely proud to launch the first edition of The British School
Journal, an independent newspaper created entirely with work from our
talented team of student-journalists who are stationed at our Castilleja,
Sanlúcar, Aznalcázar, and Villamanrique offices.
In this special first edition, you will find a fascinating collection of news
stories, articles, interviews, reviews, photographs, and much more. We
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Aznalcázar school on fire
Last Monday there was a fire at the
school I.E.S Olontigi, in Aznalcázar,
while the students were studying there.
Everything started when the teenagers
and the teachers heard the fire alarm. At
first, they thought it was a simulation.
Suddenly, everyone started to smell
smoke and then they felt frightened.
[pg.02]
WHAT’S A SEFLIE?
Nowadays there`re a lot of things which
we can choose to do and enjoy in our
free time. However, we´re always using
our smartphone. In fact, this device has
changed our life. As a result of this,
Teenegares prefer talking by whatsapp
and taking selfies in Instagram. They
say that this way of communication is
the fastest and the cheapest to connect
the world. [pg.05]
football
Football is divided in many leagues, each
country has a different one, but there are
championships where European teams
can play together like the Champions
Legue or UEFA Europa Legue. Each
country has a national team that also play
in other championships which are held
every four years in different countries.
National teams play between them selfs.
[pg.09]
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LOCAL NEWS
Aznalcázar school on fire
Last Monday there was a fire at the school I.E.S Olontigi, in Aznalcázar, while the
students were studying there.
by Juan Jesús Cabrera
(Aznalcazar)
[Teacher: Maria Ferrand]
Everything started when the teenagers
and the teachers heard the fire alarm. At
first, they thought it was a simulation.
Suddenly, everyone started to smell
smoke and then they felt frightened.
When they realized what was happening, it was too late and they couldn’t
leave the school. They were stuck in
the classrooms! The people had to go
out through the windows, so they had
to jump with the help of the firefighters.
Fortunately, everybody was safe out of
the building, although there were some serious injured. The action of the firefighters to rescue all the people was excellent.
The cause of the fire was a cigarette that
fell down on a mountain of paperwork.
Finally, everything had a happy
end and now we expect to have a
new school in three or four years.
Teacher Paco. Olontigi High School (Aznalcázar)
by Laura Bernal, Lourdes Cabello,
Julia Godoy.(Aznalcazar)
What’s the worst class?
The worst classes are 1ºA and 2ªB.
[Teacher: Maria Ferrand]
Are teenagers good at the Olontigi
High School?
They are a bit rude, but they are good.
Is P.E difficult? No, it isn’t.
Do students get good or bad marks?
In general, they get good marks.
Is it difficult to teach at the high What is your favorite subject, appart
school? No, it isn’t.
from P.E.?
My favourite subject is Maths.
What is the best class?
4ºA is the best class.
What do you think about the Olontigi rules?
What´s your favourite subject as a The rules are necessary at a high school
teacher? P.E
If you were the director what would
you change?
I would be more strict with the students
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Interview with Barack Obama
by Ignacio González Porras, Javier Martínez de la Calle and Izan Barrio Álvarez
(Castilleja)
[Teacher: Lincoln Brody]
Why did you want to be president?
Obama: Because I want serve the
USA.
Where did you live in the past?
Obama: I lived in Honolulu, Hawaii,
USA.
How did you feel when you were
elected president?
Obama: I felt very happy, but I have
got lot of responsibilities.
Do you like the USA football team?
Obama: No, I don’t like it because I
don’t like the players.
What is your favourite country after the
USA?
Obama: Spain, because I love its food
and its beaches.
What sport do you like play?
Obama: I like playing hockey with
my friends, but I don’t like watching
hockey matches on TV.
Is George Bush your friend?
Obama: Yes, we watch basketball
matches and we play the guitar in the
White House.
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CULTURE
HOLY WEEK
by Carmen Montoto
(Sanlúcar la Mayor)
[Teacher: Carmen Vera]
Holy week is a special
week of the year. Millions
of people go out to see the
brotherhoods and processions.
This week celebrates the death
and resurrection of Jesus. It
is an important tradition in
Andalusia, especially in Seville.
There are two types of people
in Easter: those who see the
brotherhoods and the penitents.
The penitents are people
who walk on the streets with
their brotherhoods. Sometimes
up to two thousand members of
a brotherhood take part, some
carry candles, rods or banners
depending on their level of
seniority. The most senior is the
president who carries a golden
rod. The “costaleros” carry the
weight of the floats and their
sculptured representations of
the biblical scene.The thrones
are followed by “nazarenos”
dressed in tunics, hoods and
masks and women dressed
in traditional costume.
Apart from the penitents
there are overseers; the
counter – guide, the section
deputies and the police who
ensure that the float is carried
with maximum seriousness,
grace
and
tradition.
Many tourists come
on vacation that week to see
this magnificent cultural
and religious tradition.
A special week of the year.
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TECNOLOGY
by Rocío Pérez
What´s a selfie?
(Aznalcazar)
[Teacher: María Ferrand]
Nowadays there`re a lot of
things which we can choose
to do and enjoy in our free
time. However, we´re always
using our smartphone. In fact,
this device has changed our
life.
As a result of this,
teenegares prefer talking by
whatsapp and taking selfies
in Instagram. They say that
this way of communication is
the fastest and the cheapest to
connect the world.
Nevertheless, the question is: what´s a selfie?It`s a
self-portrait photograph, typically taken with a hand-held
camera phone. But a selfie is
more than that. Taking sefies
is the most important trendy
hobby for teenagers and
adults.
This action is becoming
popular all around the world.
Actually, we could see a
group of famous actors doing
it in the Oscar Ceremony.
Even the president of the
United States, Obama, takes
selfies and other important
people as the Pope. Nobody
can get away of it, who has
not made a selfie yet? So, we
can bring up another subject:
are our habits changing with
the new technology?
THE BRITISH SCHOOL JOURNAL
ARTS & entertainment
Triana
by Pablo Cariño
[Teacher: Alex Waudby]
Triana Bridge. It´s very beautiful
This photo is a view of Betis Street in Triana.
The statue of Rodrigo Triana, in Pages del Corro Street
An exterior view of the Church of Santa Ana.
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ARTS & entertainment
A photo of Altozano Square
Sailors Chapel in Triana.
A NEW POP SINGER
by Nerea Rodríguez Acuña
(Castilleja)
[Teacher: Alex Waudby]
His name is Cristopher , he lives in New York , he is famous
because he has got a famous sister, her name is Grisella and
she’s from New York but she lives in London. Cristopher is
famous because he was in a contest called THE KING and
he won it the previous Thursday. Now, he has millions of
fans worldwide and he has released a new disk called FOR
LOVE
Mosaic of Triana Market
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ARTS & entertainment
The Hunger Games:Mockingjay-Part 1 LOVERS OF THE ARTIC CIRCLE
by Almudena Vázquez del Rey
by Celia Roque
(Castilleja)
[Teacher: Lincoln Brody]
The opening day of
“Mockingjay”, the third film
of “The Hunger Games”,
the saga based on the trilogy
by Suzanne Collins, was on
21st November in Spain. We
could see in the last film,
“Catching Fire”, that the
games ended, the protagonist
Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer
Lawrence) and her “team”
went to District 13 to prepare
a revolution against the Capital and its president Snow
(Donald Sutherland), but the
other main character, Peeta
Mellark (Josh Hutcherson),
was kidnapped by them.
The last films were amazing
and exciting for a lot of people, and the expectations for
this film are also very high.
In this film, Katniss
is going to be the Mockingjay, the symbol of the rebel
movement led by President
Coin (Julianne Moore) and
the Capitol’s ex-Gamemaster Plutarch Heavensbee
(Philip Seymour Hoffman).
Peeta is going to be a pawn of
the Capital to stop the rebel
movement, and the only
thing that Katniss wants is to
save him and the other tributes from President Snow.
My general opinion of
the film is good. First, I have
to say that the special effects
are amazing, and the actors
are terrific, too.
(Aznalcazar)
[Teacher: María Ferrand]
This is an interesting
and intriguing love story
told from the point of view
of the two main characters
, Otto and Ana. Otto is an
eight year-old boy that falls
in love with Ana the day that
she knows that her father has
died. Ana believes that Otto is
a gift sent by her father from
the heaven. Their parents fall
in love because of a paper
airplane that Otto threw and
Ana found. Then Otto and
Ana became stepbrothers.
When they are children
Otto falls in love with Ana.
When they are teenagers
they become secret lovers.
As adults, they are separated
for many years and one day
their lives are reunited in
Finland in the Artic Circle.
I think that everyone
will enjoy this unusual story
because it’s a wonderful romantic story that proves that
true love lasts forever and
makes us think that our lives
can change at any time, so,
Otto and Ana are seen we should enjoy every moat three periods of their lives. ment even if it is painful.
The film is incredibly
exciting. During the film you
are going to feel tense, beThe punk side of
cause you don’t know what
is going to happen. But there
Black Veil rides
is only one thing that can be
by Ana Chapman
(Castilleja)
a bit annoying; the end can
[Teacher: Lincoln Brody]
leave you wanting. It is really
Today we’re going to talk the other 30%, while exshocking, but, even so, I recabout the new album by citing in the beginning, is
ommend you watch the film.
Black Veil Brides, which very repetitive in the end.
was released on 8 January The album has 29 songs, 3
2013, and whose name is more than their last release.
“Wretched and Divine: The
Story of the Wild Ones.” I believe the band’s new
The American band did a work be a 10; the guitarist
very good project with the Jixxx does great work with the
record “‘Lava Universal.” guitar, like the rest of the muAndy Sixx, the vocalist of sicians, but the vocalist Andy
the band, said: ‘’This is the Sixx loses the feeling in some
most punk album of them songs, and these songs aren’t
all’’. I agree, because if we as good as the other ones.
look at the other albums,
they are more hardcore (not In conclusion, the album
punk songs) than this album. will be a hit with punk
music fans, and you should
We can say that 70% of the by this album if you like
album is excellent, though hardcore punk music.
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SPORT
FOOTBALL
by Esteban Rodríguez
(Villamanrique)
[Teacher: Alex Waudby]
Football is divided in many leagues, each
country has a different one, but there are
championships where European teams
can play together like the Champions
Legue or UEFA Europa Legue.
ber of points so they don´t go down to a
lower level.
They can only play with 11 players per team plus 7 substitute players that can be changed during the
match, only 3 changes can be made.
To win you have to get the
maximum
number
of
goals.
If you win a match it sums three points,
if you tie one point and if you lose it
doesn´t sum up any points.
Each country has a national team that
also play in other championships (the
world cup and eurocopa) which are held
every four years in different countries.
National teams play between them selfs
and only some of them play those championships.
Every match has a referee who is the
highest authority, he can alos puniThere are different divisions in every sh players and coaches of each team.
country championship, in which the The
referees
have
diffeteams have to get the maximum num- rent
degrees
of
punishment.
They point violations and throw-ins or
corner with a whistle.
At the moment, the best players of this
sport are in the BBVA league (the Spanish league), but the best is the Barclays
(Premier legue).
In this sport the ball can not be touched
with the hands, only with the feet so the
sport was called balompie.
This is one of the most prestigious sports
so most of the world population football
fields are very large. In this sport you invest time and money but it is one of the
highest paid sports in the world.
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OPINION
Lincoln: Teacher or Spy?
by Anonymous (A.M.R.)
(Castilleja de la Cuesta)
[Teacher: Lincoln Brody]
Good evening, world. I can’t say my name, but I can tell
you that I’m one of the students of the English “teacher” Lincoln.
Everything started when I went to class for the first time.
I noticed that he was looking at us and at the same time he was
writing strange things we couldn’t understand in his notebook. So strange… A normal teacher doesn’t usually do that.
Then, I continued coming to class twice a week,
and he still did this. Also, when we came to class he knew
some of our names, even though we never told him! The
time I noticed this very well was when Anda came to
class the first time. He had known her before, I’m sure…
What I’ve written is just a little part of all the documents I have which lead me to believe that Lincoln is an American spy, but I can’t reveal everything. They could discover
me, and I don’t know what terrible things they would do. So
next week I’ll see you again, and remember: watch your back!
Letters to the editor
Dear Gines Town Hall,
Dear Gines Town Hall
You always tell us that we must recycle, but we cannot do it,
because there are not many glass containers, and we cannot
throw away the rubbish in them. So, I propose that if you
put more glass containers in this town, we will recycle the
rubbish and it will be better for the environment. I think and
I hope that you can install them, and it will be good for the
town of Gines.
I am worried, because in my street, when it is rainy, the
sewers get blocked because they are dirty with plants and
rubbish.
I do not know if many people have had similar experiences,
but I would like to solve this problem.
Could you send someone to clean the sewers, please?
Thank you very much.
Yours sincerely,
Alejandra Barbasán Carmona
Best regards,
Carmen Barbasán Carmona.
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OPINION
BULLFIGHTING: RESPECT OR DESTROY
by Olivia Millán Silvia
(Sanlúcar la Mayor)
[Teacher: Johnny Waudby]
WHAT IS “BULLFIGHTING”?
Bullfighting is a national show in Spain.
Bullfighting takes place in a large outdoor arena known as the “plaza de toros”. The goal is for one of the bullfighters (toreros)—the matador—to kill
a wild bull, or “toro”, with a sword.
Bullfighting is certainly one of the bestknown-shows at the same time is the
most controversial Spanish popular customs. This “Fiesta” could not exist without the “toro bravo”, a species of bull
of an ancient race that is only conserved
in Spain.
DIFFERENTS POINTS OF VIEW
Bullfighting is not a sport, it’s an art
with an aesthetic content, and it contains
a system of beliefs and has a particular
language. These expressions serve and
are used by the Spanish in everyday
life. For example, flamenco songs often
mention bullfighting. Bullfighting is a
mix between wild life and culture. You
can feel the art but you can see the bull
is dying. It’s very strong and there are a
lot of opposite feelings.
ANTIBULLFIGHTING
Bullfighting takes place in only nine
countries around the world. A considerable number of countries have banned
bullfighting, e.g. Argentina, Canada,
Cuba, Denmark, Germany, Italy, the
Netherlands, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. There are even certain regions within the bullfighting countries
that have abolished it; e.g. The Canary
Islands in Spain, and most of France.
While some artists and writers have defended bullfighting, many others have
opposed it. There are also a significant
number of politicians from across the
political spectrum that have opposed
bullfighting.
The establishment “For a Bullfighting-free Europe” says: - Even if you
believe that bullfighting is tradition or
culture, this can never justify cruelty
to animals: cruelty is cruelty no matter
where in the world it happens. Cruelty
against animals has no place in a modern society.
SPAIN’S POSITION
In Spain, most of the people, over a 63%
of the population don’t want Bullfighting: many people think it is about time
that the government listens to its citizens
and ends bullfighting for good in Spain.
But there is a small and powerful group
of influential people behind the bullfighting industry that are keeping it alive.
Is bullfighting so scandalous? Are we
dramatizing it? For bullfight fans, blood
and gore are elements of an art form
that fuses grace and courage. The bull’s
death (they say) is the “moment of truth” in the killing ritual that has its roots
in the Minoan civilization of Crete. All
Europe think: Spaniards are like beasts
but, bullfighting is part of our culture.
We’re just killing bulls, it’s not so bad.
For example: Do people know what is
the USA army doing in the Arab States?
If you hate your culture simply don’t support it.
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FUN & GAMES
HOROSCOPE
by Alba Navas Martìn
(Castilleja de la Cuesta)
[Teacher: Lincoln Brody]
by Irene Prieto Santos
(Castilleja de la Cuesta)
[Teacher: Lincoln Brody]
by Miguel Moreno
(Sanlúcar la Mayor)
[Teacher: Mariona Montané]
Capricorn
Love: It hurts right now because of a person, but you
will soon find the right person.
Health: Do not let daily worries cause problems with
sleep.
Work: In May will be the next opportunity you expected.
Aries
Love: You are able to freely surrender to love, but the
end of this month will be marked by jealous relationships. You will want to share your life with the person
you love.
Health: Your physical state will be helped today, if
you need to recover from an illness now is a good
time.
Work: Relax and listen to the signs. Intuition and attention are your most precious companions during this
day.
Taurus
Love: Lovers will want to travel as tourists to foreign
countries. Win over the desired person using loving
dialogue.
Health: Try not to bring work problems home. Eat
natural foods and maintain a healthy lifestyle. This
month your digestive tract is at risk.
Work: Time to soothe delicate situations. Look joyfully upon new developments. Work will have new
benefits.
Gemini
Love: Look around, living in the past will not let you
see that close to you is a person who has long attempted to strike up a relationship.
Health: Try to invite over friends, organize trips with
friends or family.
Work: It is a good time for sales and contracts. You
will like your new responsibilities at work.
Cancer
Love: Leave the door open to let happiness into your
life, leave the door open looking to the future.
Health: Try to eat a balanced diet and put your health
and emotional wellbeing above everything else.
Work: It is time to face reality, but you won’t like it.