{"id":18579,"date":"2022-01-18T14:17:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T06:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ltpss.edu.hk\/schoolweb\/?p=18579"},"modified":"2022-01-18T14:18:36","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T06:18:36","slug":"spanish-week-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ltpss.edu.hk\/schoolweb\/spanish-week-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish Week 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spanish Week is always one of the biggest events of the year in LTPSS. In Spain, Hispanic Day is celebrated in October, the time we usually have our Spanish Week at school. This year the events were deliberately postponed to December so that everyone could enjoy a whole week full of amazing activities, thanks to the resumption of the full time schedule.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students were immersed in the richness of Spanish culture joining various activities held by the Spanish Department. This also broadened their horizons as Spanish is the official language in 21 countries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>TUESDAY<\/b> <b>&#8211; A Spanish Campus!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We kick-started our Spanish Week with Hispanic culture in taste, colours and sounds, transforming the campus into a wonderful Spanish-speaking venue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Tuesday morning, we welcomed students and teachers with a Mexican-Spanish performance, together with all the flags of the Spanish speaking countries at the school gate. Everything already felt very Spanish!\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;18590&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;18587&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During recess, Clown Mila from Argentina made two workshops involving juggling and air bubbles.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;18584&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;18589&#8243;][vc_column_text]<b>Music performance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best Latin band in Hong Kong \u201cAz\u00facar Latina\u201d offered a concert for the S1 students. Their mesmerising performance of Latin American music hits like \u201cSuavemente\u201d or \u201cDespacito\u201d invited the audience to dance to well known Hispanic rhythms.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;18580&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;18581&#8243;][vc_column_text]<b>Mexican Pi\u00f1ata:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Following the Mexican tradition to strike a Pi\u00f1ata at celebrations, students had the chance to hit a Pi\u00f1ata to commemorate the end of the half-day timetable. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;18585&#8243;][vc_column_text]<b>WEDNESDAY &#8211; Cross-Subject Activities!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Science in Spanish:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The students enjoyed a workshop in the Spanish room. Ms. Pascual and Mr. Arriaga shared the inventions created by Spanish people as the Submarine, the disposable syringe or the chupa chups.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Spanish Food Cooking Workshop:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Spanish senior students prepared some traditional Spanish dishes with the Spanish teachers. They cooked paella (seafood rice), gazpacho de mel\u00f3n (cold melon soup), tortilla de patatas (potatoes omelette), pimientos del piquillo (bell pepper stuffed with shrimps) and typical Spanish appetizers (olives, mussels, anchovies, ham, chorizo and cheese). They then invited their teachers to taste their food.\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;18583&#8243;][vc_column_text]<b>THURSDAY<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 <\/span><b>&#8211; Game, Film &amp; Dance!\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Hispanic Culture Kahoot:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Spanish teachers conducted a live broadcast session with the Campus Media Team &#8211; the whole school played a Kahoot game during Class Affairs time. Questions about the Hispanic Culture were asked and the best 3 players received amazing prizes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Spanish Short Film Appreciation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The students watched an award-winning short film, Cuerdas, which centres on the friendship between two special children. It also touches on values \u200b\u200band hopes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Latin Dance Workshop:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Spanish teacher Mr. Arriaga and English teacher Ms. Chow conducted a simple and fun Latin style dance workshop in the hall.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;18582&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;18591&#8243;][vc_column_text]<b>FRIDAY &#8211; Workshop &amp; Football Match!\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>M\u00e9xico Workshop:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mr. Hamilton shared with the students some fun facts about Mexico as he was living there for 11 years working as a teacher.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Teachers-Students Football Match<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The students\u00b4 association Estrella organized a match, where the teachers wore the official t-shirts of the Spanish speaking countries&#8217; National teams. Many students joined to play and support their schoolmates and teachers. The final result was 5-5.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;18586&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;18588&#8243;][vc_column_text]<b>Hispanic Culture Video Time:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In the Class Affairs Time, students watched some videos about the Hispanic culture related to Spanish celebrations, gastronomy or sports. The idea of that was to share some relevant information and facts about the Spanish speaking countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We thank all the students, the students\u00b4 association Estrella, teachers, janitors and the guests who visited our school for their participation and involvement in the different activities. The Spanish teachers were glad to share part of their culture with everyone at school and motivated students to continue learning Spanish.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Spanish Week is always one of the biggest events of the year in LTPSS. In Spain, Hispanic Day is celebrated in October, the time we usually have our Spanish Week at school. 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