Mark your calendar

2011 THE YEAR OF WISDOM 2011

• The month of July has five Fridays five Saturdays and five Sundays.

• Also there are some very unusual dates this year ...1/1/11 11/1/11 1/11/11 11/11/11.

• Apparently these are good omens and will bring prosperity but wasn't that the same on the 8/8/8?

The dates we want to highlight are....

• 2/6/11 8pm Casa de la Juventud/ Café

• 10/6/11 7pm Prizegiving Day for the Story Competition

The Paperback Book Exchange

Here is a picture Ana sent us. Thank you Ana and our thanks to everyone at the library. You were fantastic.

We are very happy with the outcome. We exchanged lots of books. There is plenty of good reading and for any of you who would like to keep in contact, maybe we will see you on Thursday 2nd June at 8p.m. in the café of La Casa de la Juventud for our Thursday get together.

WRITE A STORY AND WIN A PRIZE - II EDITION

¡YA TENEMOS LOS GANADORES!

Estos son los resultados del jurado irlandés

Resultado Junior
Fue difícil llegar a una decisión ya que nos gustaban todos los cuentos porque eran imaginativos y emocionantes. Al final tuvimos que elegir un cuento y decidimos que Ainoa Quirce - con sólo diez años - debería ser la ganadora porque contó su cuento muy claramente y terminó muy felizmente. También destacamos la historia de Maria López Dominguez, porque describe tan bien a su príncipe y princesa que casi podíamos dibujarles.

Resultado Grupo
También era difícil elegir un ganador porque se notaba que los grupos se habían esforzado en crear su cuento. Decidimos elegir el cuento de Miguel, Marta y Cristina porque estaba lleno de aventuras en distintos países. Haría una gran película.

Resultado Senior
Todos acordamos que el premio tendría que ser para Eva Rodriguez Bartolomé por su cuento de The Happy Prince porque era original a la vez que gracioso.

Nuestra enhorabuena a todos los participantes. Nos impresionó mucho su inglés y la originalidad de los cuentos.

Nuestras felicitaciones también para Asociación Educativa Oscar Wilde por animar lazos culturales entre Irlanda y España.


Dra E.F. King en nombre del jurado irlandés


WE HAVE THE WINNERS!

Here are the results from the Irish jury

Result for Juniors
This was a difficult category to judge because we liked all the stories and thought they were very imaginative and exciting. In the end we had to choose one story and agreed that Ainoa Quirce - aged just ten - should be the winner because she told a story very clearly and it ended very happily. We also highly commend the story by Maria Lopez Dominguez because she describes her prince and princess so well that we could almost draw a picture of them.

Result for the Group Effort
Again it was difficult to choose a winner because it was clear that the groups had put a lot of effort into their stories. We decided to pick the story by Miguel, Marta and Cristina because it was full of adventures in different countries. It would make a very exciting movie.

Result for Seniors
We are all agreed that the award should go to Eva Rodriguez Bartolome for her story The Happy Prince which is both original and funny.

Our congratulations go to all who entered the competition. We were very impressed by the standard of English and the originality of the stories.

Well done also the Asociacion Educativa Oscar Wilde for encouraging the cultural and literary links between Ireland and Spain.


Dr E. F. King on behalf of the Irish jury

WRITE A STORY AND WIN A PRIZE

There is a technical difficulty. The winners will be announced tomorrow 9th May.

You can continue to send us stories until Sunday at midnight.
We will announce the winners here on the 8th May and the winners can collect their prizes in La Biblioteca Central on Saturday the 14th May. (Pending confirmation)

We hope to have the booklet ready for all the participants then too.


Well done for using your English so creatively!

¡Enhorabuena por usar vuestro inglés de forma tan creativa!

Debido al descanso de Semana Santa vamos a aceptar entradas para nuestro concurso hasta el domingo por la noche.
Anunciaremos los ganadores aquí el 8 de mayo y los ganadores podrán recoger sus premios en la Biblioteca Central sábado 14 de mayo. (Sin confirmar)
Esperamos tener la libreta para todos los participantes también

Blooming bushes - the hawthorn is white with flower

...and the scent fills the air. Where? Well, again Metro Baunatal, walk down Av. Rosa Luxemburgo to a tree lined walk by a stream you'll see la floración del espino.

PAPERBACK BOOK EXCHANGE

Imagine books moving from place to place instead of sitting on shelves all the time.
Help them do just that.
Some books are hard to part with.
Others are light reading and visitors usually leave them behind.
Swop them for something new.
Come and stock up on some light reading.

HERE ARE THE DIRECTIONS


Leave Metro Baunatal and find Av Baunatal. Pass the theatre on the left, continue up the road until you come to a very new and lovely building on the right near El monumento de los toros.
This is La Biblioteca Central and the books will be waiting for you on the ground floor.

JUJIJO in SANSE

Yesterday at I.E.S. Joan Miró the students were enthralled as they watched two live performances in English of Shakespeare's Tempest and Macbeth. You think that is impossible? Not with the interpretations of Julie, Jim and Jonathan. The total absorption of the audience was theatre at its best and most magical. What a gift.

Story competition

COME ON BOYS AND GIRLS! We need more stories. Of course it's not easy but you can try. Give it a go! It doesn't have to be long. Better short and sweet

Reinventing the Pub Quiz

How lucky we are with our sponsors, Nuba and Food Hall!!! A great place and great prizes! The difference this time was that the participants took turns to read the questions...some of them were downloaded from quizknight (the questions!). As always people were asking who on earth would know that?! It's not easy to find a happy balance between the OBVIOUS and the OBSCURE.

We will upload some pictures but we have to wait for Hugo to get back to Ireland for that and maybe we will upload the quiz questions and answers too.

Do you know the way to San José....

.....the song says but change it to San Sebastián de los Reyes. If you want to come to our Pub Quiz (April) and Paperback Exchange (May) you may need these directions.... Take the metro to Baunatal which must be one of the nicest metro stops in Madrid. Not everybody knows that San Sebastián de los Reyes is twinned with Baunatal, a lovely town near Kassel in Germany. Come out of the metro , turn left and cross the road and you have a nice view on a clear day of the sierra.

              

But you have to turn left again and go up Av Lomas del Rey towards Alcobendas. Do you remember Penelope Cruz saying, 'I grew up in a town called Alcobendas? ' when she received her Oscar? Bravo Penelope! As you come to Alcobendas you will see a roundabout with an owl on a pedestal. Now you have to look for a bar called Nuba. Go in and notice the lovely tiles imported from Africa. You have arrived and we will be there waiting for you. Bring a pen! Saturday 9th April 19h. Good luck!

Thursday get togethers

This will happen on the first Thursday of each month in La Casa de la Juventud San Sebastán de los Reyes at 20h so the next one will be on the 7th April.