INSIGHT Magazine

Edition 4, Dec 2017 English Department IES Costa Teguise

INDEX

ABOUT OUR SCHOOL  HALLOWEEN  VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN DAY  Our Headmistress: CARMEN PELLÓN

ABOUT COSTA TEGUISE

 Our Mayor, OSWALDO CABRERA  INTERVIEW: British vs Spanish lifestyle  BIG BOBS BAR AND AMERICAN DINER COSTA TEGUISE

TECH TIME

 SOCIAL MEDIA  ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF MOBILES  DANGERS OF SOCIAL MEDIA  iPHONE X  HEADPHONES

STUDIES AROUND THE WORLD

 SIXTH FORM COLLEGE  SPANISH vs GERMAN SYSTEM

MUSIC

 THE CELLO

CURIOSITIES

 CHRISTMAS  TEENAGERS AND BOOKS  ELVASTON CASTLE  HADDON HALL ENGLAND  THE MOST VIOLENT CITIES IN THE WORLD  MONARCH AIRLINES CEASED TRADING  IMPORTANT EXPLORERS IN THE WORLD

HALLOWEEN

This day different activities were carried out in the school.

NÚMERO 1 C U R S O 2016-2017

25th December, INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMAN

We have celebrated this day at school with a ceremony in memory of all the victims of gender violence. We have taken the idea of the Mexican artist Elina Chauvet and her Zapatos Rojos or Red Shoes. It is an art project which deals with a city route which consists in lots of pairs of red or red- painted shoes to commemorate the many cases of violence against women in the whole world. In particular, his first work was realized in Ciudad Juarez, the border city between Mexico and the United States, where for the first time it was used the expression “femicide”. Here, indeed hundreds and hundreds of women were abducted, raped and then killed since 1993. It’s not known the real number of victims, but it’s known that the authorities have never seriously considered this shameful truth, covering everything and never making justice for the women killed or their families. Here Elina Chauvet organized the first “silent protest” by collecting 33 pairs of red shoes and arranging them in place as to simulate a protest march of absent women. This project expands also in other countries up to in Italy: Milan, Turin, Genoa, Lecce and now it’s the turn of Bergamo, where there will be two art installations that occupy the Old Town Square from May 12 to May 15. Elina Chauvet is also working on another public project “Confianza” (Trust) dedicated to the Italian artist Pippa Bacca, brutally murdered in Istanbul in 2008 during a performance entitled “brides on tour” in which she and another artist Silvia Moro intended to travel, dressed as brides, by hitchhiking in eleven countries crossed by wars and conflicts to bring messages of peace. The journey of Pippa, however, was cut short in Turkey because of a man who raped and killed her. Elina starts from here to organize a march of women in wedding dress to remember Pippa Bacca.

INTERVIEWING OUR HEADMISTRESS, CARMEN PELLÓN

(By Jamie Clark, 4º ESO D) Carmen Pellón and Jamie Clark How does it feel to be the headmistress? I feel good about being the headmistress but being the headmistress comes with a big responsibility. How long do you want to be the headmistress for? I have signed a piece of paper to say I can be the headmistress for four years. How long have you been studying to be a headmistress for? Now you don’t have to study to become a headmistress, but you have to do a project and if you pass said project you Carmen Pellón and Jamie Clark are allowed to be a headmistress or headmaster. to wear school uniforms. Eventually we have school clothes that What are your ideas for the are a polo shirt and a pair of jeans or future with the school? trousers and the polos have a logo on. I would like to work on a project with the children and get them to help out. Are you going to add any building to the school? What do you think about the If it was in my hands we would be magazine the English students working on more buildings right now but unfortunately it isn’t. Next year there are are doing? going to be four classes of each year, not three and eventually we will have eleven It is an excellent project and well classes more. designed and it’s good because it gets the English students involved. Are you going to get the school This year we have the option to do big projects?

Yes, next year we will have a multicultural project.

Why is it prohibited to use your phone on school grounds? At the minute it isn’t prohibited to use your phone but you can only do so if the teacher gives you permission for educative reasons. Next year we will not allow phones in the school because there have been incidents of students taking photos of teachers and uploading them to Instagram and creating fake accounts of said teacher. Do you think the school and its teachers should do a day to day activity to relax before the classes start, like breathing exercises? I don’t think that is a bad idea, maybe next year we will have to include that in into our daily activities for educational reasons of the students. And maybe always have relaxing music on to work to.

INTERVIEWING OSWALDO BETANCORT, OUR MAYOR

(By Jorge Callero, 2º ESO D)

Do you like being the Mayor?

Yes, I do. I especially like serving the people and seeing that we help a lot of people doing little things. There is still a long way to go but I like being the Mayor in Teguise.

Which politicians or popular people do you admire? Why? Where did you work before being the Mayor? I studied law and I admired Lorenzo Olarte because he was one of the fathers When I finished my studies, I started of the Penal Code. He lived the change of working in a familiar company. It was a the Canary Islands from the dictatorship construction company where we to the democracy. He also worked with promoted housing and I helped my Adolfo Suárez and later he designed the parents with my sieblings. political party Coalición Canaria. He Why did you decide to be the Mayor? achieved that this party was the first political party in the Canary Islands after Actually I didn’t decide it. I had had 30 years. Definitely, I admire the old strong relationships with some nationalist politicians, not the new ones, because politicians in the Canary Islands as, for they were brave and had dedication and example, Lorenzo Olarte. On the other persuasion. hand, my wife started working as an administrative in a political party called What are your plans for the next Coalición Canaria. One day, I went to legislature? pick her up and there, Juan Santana, the I would like to continue improving president of that party, told me that they Teguise. It has to be a competitive and needed a person in Teguise. During three comfortable municipality. I would like to months he was insisting me and finally I install children parks with shadow and went to a meeting with them. After that, I also for disabled people, to improve the hooked. gardens cleaning, etc. And I will tell you a breaking new, you are the first journalist I

tell this: there is already a project for a teacher told us to write about what we new health centres in Costa Teguise and were feeling at school. I wrote that I felt there is funding to it before December. in prison and the teacher call me saying that I was the only child that said that. I Will you be the mayor the next told her that I preferred that they take me legislature? to the beach, to the “Bosquecillo”, etc. I do not know but I would like to After two or three weeks, they took us to because I think that we are a team Las Montañas del Fuego. The teacher formed by young people that work a lot. told me that the trip was because of my People may think that we make mistakes, letter. and actually they are right, everybody What do you think about the education makes mistakes, but they cannot say that nowadays? we do not work. I hope that people understand that this has not been an easy legislature.

Which school did you study at?

I studied at Generalísimo Franco, in Arrecife. It was a beautiful but disciplinary age where we could not even stand up in class. I remember a History class where I yawned because I could not sleep the night before and the teacher argued me horribly. I think those things were very important in my education and I think that education nowadays is quite nowadays I am proud of that. I think that good, we have very competitive teachers education is the most important value in and I admire that you are right now life. asking me questions in English, speaking the language very well. We depend on After school, I studied in Agustín tourism in the Canary Islands and it is Espinosa High School. I studied my very important to speak different degree at the University of Las Palmas. languages, I think it is even more Could you tell me any memory you important to have another language than have from your childhood? to have a degree.

My childhood was good. I can remember that my school was full of grilles and the

BRITISH AND SPANISH LIFESTYLE IN COSTA TEGUISE (By Anna, Kira, Grace and Alex - 2ºESO A)

These past few weeks we have been asking questions to all the teachers and students to compare the Bristish and Spanish lifestyle. We were given 6 categories with four questions each to ask. These are the results of the survey:

TIMETABLES 70% of Spanish people wake up at 6:30 few hours at school and no detentions or am to go to school at 8:00 and finish at isolations. In their free time Spanish 2:00 pm, unlike English people, who kids, especially in the Canary Islands, wake up at 7:30 am, go to school at 9:00 do watersports like surfing and am and finish school at 3:00 pm. swimming and when English kids have Another difference between Spanish time off they usually go on their bikes and English lyfestyles is the time that or scooters. they have lunch, for example, Spanish people have lunch around 3:00 pm GOING OUT WITH FRIENDS unlike English who have lunch at 50% of Spanish population often go out around 1:00 pm. tomeet their friends whilst 30% of the population go out once a month and the FOOD & DRINKS other 20% never go out. When English There is not a lot of difference when it and Spanish go out to meet their friends comes to how many meals they have a they usually go to the cinema or the day, but they do like different types of shopping mall. food: Spanish like eating paella and tortilla but English like eating fish and chips. OTHER INFORMATION

Both English and Spanish priorities in PETS Most Spanish families own dogs as life are their friends and family, most of pets, but English prefer cats. 80% of them are very nice and family minded people that live in England and Spain people. have one or twwo pets.

THINGS PEOPLE ENJOY DOING And those are the results of the survey, English students do not have much free we had a lot of fun asking these time due to school timetables and after questions to the students and teachers in school activities. Spanish students have our high school and we would love to a lot of free time due to only having a do it again.

Big Bobs Bar and American Diner Costa Teguise, a good place to eat.

(By Jamie Clark, 4º ESO D PostPMAR)

Big Bobs Bar And American Diner is a bar in the small town of Costa Teguise in Lanzarote. It is a classical American Diner that looks like it is from the year 1950. Big Bobs is an amazing place to eat and drink that is not expensive which has fantastic suitability for all ages, and always a friendly welcome from all of the staff there.

Food you can eat there

At Big Bobs you can eat all the classic American food. They also do some English. You can eat Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Nachos, Pulled Pork and lots more. I would recommend trying the Chilli Dog which is a hot dog with the homemade chilli sauce on top. The fries are also amazing.

The decoration

As you walk into the Diner you will see a very big display of all the drinks they serve, then just below are all other drinks like Fanta Oranges and Cokes. There are many different drinks to choose from. They also do the best milkshakes ever; you can have an Oreo milkshake, a Nutella milkshake, a Cookie milkshake and much more. Then you have a little seating area to the side as you walk in, then you have the bar, which can seat up to 20 people but there are only 8 chairs because they use them in the small seating area.

Then they have a very large seating area which can seat up to 50 people, it is decorated with American pictures and old American things, the seats are like clouds, they are so soft, they are a very light blue and peach mixed with white, it looks amazing.

Then you have the outside terrace, it can seat up to 30 people, it also has a pool table which is an American style table with the red table cloth and spots and stripe balls. On the front as well they also have machines to win some toys. I like sitting out the front of the diner because it overlooks a beautiful view of the local square called Pueblo

Marinero.

Puddings and Desserts

For pudding you have a very wide choice of things, you can go with a plain bowl of ice- cream with a choice if Strawberry, Chocolate or Vanilla. Then you have the milkshakes which are really nice, my favorite is the Oreo. Then you have the crazy deserts, like The Tease which is ice-cream and lots of malteasers and then more ice-cream and then whipped cream which is amazing. You also have my favorite dessert on the menu is the Hot Chocolate Fudge Cake, it is so nice, it comes with choice of ice-cream or whipped cream, i always go whipped cream and then it is covered with amazing chocolate sauce. The biggest desert on the menu is the bonanza which is the best thing to ever be invented, it is 2 scoops of vanilla ice-cream, 2 scoops of chocolate ice-cream and 2 scoops of strawberry ice-cream covered with marshmallows, malteasers and then covered with loads of whipped cream and then topped with chocolate sauce then strawberry sauce and then vanilla sauce then topped with a massive amount of sprinkles.

For the little ones

If you are not up for the big meals like steaks burgers or hot dogs, you could always have a kids meal which is a choice of many, you could have 4 chicken nuggets with chips and beans, but if you want to be American you could always have a mini dog which is a small hot dog. There is so much more to choose from.

If you would like more information about the best place on earth, please come and speak to me!

SOCIAL MEDIA

(By Fidel Morales, 1º BACH B)

Nowadays most teenagers have a mobile phone. It is rare that a teenager does not have one. The teenagers use the mobiles for chatting with their friends through applications as for example WhatsApp. This app allows keeping contact with your friends although they are kilometres from you. There is another famous app, which is used for different things, and it is Instagram. It is a social network where you can upload photos and your followers can comment it and give it likes. In the new update of Instagram, it allows you uploading stories photos and videos that are there for 24 hours and then they automatically disappear.

In this app there are people called influencers that are the people that have a lot of followers, and, as its name suggests, they influence the fashion, attitude or thoughts of the people. Let me introduce you some of them:

 Huda Kattan: She has almost 21 million followers in Instagram; this Muslim influencer earns 18.000 dollars by each post on her posts on make-up. (@hudabeaty)

 Cameron Dallas: He jumped to the fame thanks to the application Came. At present he has 20 million followers in Instagram and earns 17.000 dollars by publication (@camerondallas

 Jen Selter: She is known for being model. She has 11 millions and half of followers in Instagram and earns 15.000 dollars by each post. (@jenselter)

 Zoella: She is a known, fashionable and beautiful youtuber that has 11 million followers in Instagram. Each one of his great publications gives 14.000 dollars to his account (@zoella

 Nash Grier: He is also known through Came. The American boy has 10 million followers in Instagram and earns 13.000 dollars by publication (@nashgrier)

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF MOBILES PHONES

(By Steven Díaz – 1º BACH A)

Nowadays most people cannot live without using their mobiles phones for many different reasons. However, is it really a good idea to use these gadgets so much?

On the one hand, an advantage of the mobile phone is that you can communicate with friends and family at anytime and anywhere in the world. In this sense, it is very useful when you have an emergency, in order to call the police, an ambulance or just a member of your family to ask for help. Moreover, it is useful for many things such as finding out information, chatting, uploading photos on Instagram or Snapchat and texting messages.

On the other hand, a disadvantage of overusing a mobile phone is that it could cause eye and brain problems. Furthermore, a lot of people are distracted by their mobile phone when they are driving which might provoke an accident. Another disadvantage of using the mobile phone is the addiction it is causing among people, especially children and teenagers, who cannot live without this device for more than five minutes. In addition, some bad people take advantage of social network sites for nasty uses like cyber bullying.

To sum up, in my opinion, although there may be certain disadvantages with mobile phones, if we use them carefully they definitely have some very useful qualities.

DANGERS OF SOCIAL MEDIA

(By Miren Asla, 1º BACH A)

Social media has many advantages that we all know, for example, thanks to them we can keep in touch with friends and family who live far away. But unfortunately, there are some dangers using internet, mostly for teenagers. Some of them are the following:

* Cyber bullying is a kind of talks about your life, you could lost harassment which is made by young your privacy. That includes the false people to their classmates or people rumors that could be expanded. who is in their school environment. They make psychological violence to To sum up, it is good for young people the victims through the internet. to interact through social media, because talking and sharing information * Strangers and lies: Through social with friends that they cannot see every media we can meet new people, but this day is really an advantage for them, people could often not really exist. although they have to be careful and Someone can create a profile with false make a good use of internet, because photos and information, for example, a this requires responsibility. 50 years old man could use a teenager profile to get private photos from a boy or a girl (grooming), or to meet the teenager and kidnap him.

* Young people have access to inappropriate content for them, mainly talking about sex, drugs or weapons. They can be persuaded to do things that they think are good, however they can be damaged.

* Gossiping: that is a big problem of social media, because when everyone

The new iPhone X has come out!

(1ºBACH A)

Apple has launched the new iPhone that will revolutionize, especially the screen. The display employs new techniques and technology to precisely follow the curves of the design.

The first OLED screen that rises to the srandards of iPhone, with accurate, stunning colours, true blacks, high brightness etc. An all-new 5.8-inch Super Retina screen fills the hand and dazzles the eyes. Surgical-grade stainless steel. Wireless charging. Water and dust resistance.

Your face is now your password. Face ID is a secure new way to unlock, authenticate, and pay.

It has a new chamber called TrueDepth, which analyses more than 50 muscular movements to reflect your expressions in 12 entertaining Animoji. New colour filter, deeper pixels. Here you can see the difference:

With no charging cable required, iPhone X is truly designed for the future of wireless. Charge with wireless charging stations and mats in hotels, cafes, and airports around the world.

Finally this new model does 600.000 million operations per second (A11 Bionic).

Models and prices (from 1.159 Euros- 64 Gb and 1.329,00 euros- 256 Gb).

HEADPHONES

(By Humberto Galván, 1ºBACH A)

Headphones are objects that you connect to your phone, your computer or another electronic device to listen music or a conversation while any other person cannot listen to it.

Actually, everybody has ever used them because they are very useful, I use them every day and for me they have only advantages, but if you pay attention you will notice some disadvantages.

A very dangerous disadvantage is to raise the volume very high because it damages the ears. Moreover, if someone calls you for an important issue you will not listen to him.

Regarding the advantages, I can mention, for example, when you are waiting for someone you can listen to music. My favourite one is talking with headphones because you needn’t to hold the mobile phone during the conversation.

It is an incredible invention and I think that over time it will be better than nowadays.

SIXTH FORM COLLEGE IN OTHER COUNTRIES

(By Julie Marie Bouchet Roux 2º BACH)

Nowadays you have the possibility to study in high schools with different educative schemes after school.

Have you ever heard about Sixth form? Let me introduce you some interesting facts about this educational institution.

Students at Sixth Form College study for two years from 16 to 18 years of age, usually in order to study for A levels (known as Years 12 and 13).

Moreover, it gives you the option to take AS subjects in your first year and then choose the subjects you want to take at A level (or A2) in your second year. These exams are called A.P.E. (Advanced Proficiency Examination).

For example Sixth Form in Scotland; the school environment is more informal, that will give you the opportunity to learn new skills. However, they may have a more formal and structured timetable.

Because they are usually bigger, colleges can offer a wider range of study options. This could mean a wider choice of A level subjects and a vocational courses.

Another important point is that you get to meet lots of new people and make new friends.

I strongly believe Sixth form could be a nice way to study after college especially because o the freedom you might have and the various options of studies, this will really help you to get where you really want to be and make your career a passion.

If I had the opportunity to enter in Sixth form I would definitely have studied there!!

(By Guillermo González Callero 2ºBach)

Similarities

1. The two educational systems have compulsory education from the age of 6.

2. Kindergarten is voluntary in both Spain and Germany. In both countries preschool education is playful and does not include learning to read or write. Children do not separate into fixed groups; they are often together for several ages.

3. Both in Spain and in Germany, in primary school, children must develop their intellectual potential. They are not graded for grades during the first two years.

Differences

1. Grundschule: (primary) in Germany lasts 4 years, except in Berlin and Branderburgo that lasts 6, as in Spain. From the age of ten, when the secondary school begins, the German educational system separates children into three different types of school, depending on the level they have displayed during their first four years.

2. Hauptschule: (middle school whose completion allows you to learn handmade). It goes up to grade 9, students usually end up with 15 years and it lasts between 5 and 6 years, depending on the city. This school prepares the student from the beginning for a professional formation. The education they receive is very practical. The certificate obtained after the Hauptschule is called Hauptschulabschluss. With this degree they do not have the possibility to do later university studies.

3. Realschule (middle school that allows certain learning). It goes up to grade 10 and students usually end up with age 16, depending on the city. It lasts for six years. It is

focused on jobs as bank employees, differs with Spain, that to work in a banking entity is necessary to have a diploma or degree.

4. Gymnasium (institute that allows attending the university). Students complete these studies at the age of 18 and 19. To access must pass a test the Abitur (something like the selectivity) is the diploma obtained at the end of the Gymnasium, and this allows attending the university throughout Europe without the need for extra exams or entrance, as is the case of selectivity in Spain. The Gymnasium lasts for eight or nine years.

5. The grades are also different:

Differences in grades Note in Note in Qualification Spain Germany Outstanding 9 1 Remarkable 7 2 All right 6 3 Enough 5 4 Deficient 3 5 Very poor 1 6

Gymnasium

(By Lucas Fehlau, 2º BACH)

The Gymnasium is Germany’s equivalent to Bachillerato, at its two highest levels. It includes a total of 8 years, from the equivalent to 5th of Primary to the last year of Bachillerato. There are 2 other paths for students to take instead of the Gymnasium: the Realschule and the Hauptschule (which in some states are united into the Mittelschule), and students choose one of these three by the early age of 10 or 11. It is rare to change tracks. Due to the vocational nature of Hauptschules, their students usually go on to apprenticeships or directly get a job, and have no opportunity to go to University without further studies. They can get a Realschule certificate after 10th grade though, which does provide access to University. Gymnasium students have access to University after passing the Abitur exam, which guarantees a place in a University (not necessarily the one you want if the course is competitive) One particular difference in the German system is scoring. Grades range from 1 to 6, being 1 excellent and 4 a pass. This system led people to think that Einstein consistently failed classes, because his high school exit diploma had, as most common grades, five and six. However, he had his latest qualifications in Switzerland, where it is reversed. In general, the German system is complex, has several tiers of education and young kids determine their future at a very young age.

THE CELLO (By Sara Patiño Dieste 3º ESO B)

The cello is a great musical instrument and with serious records in its notes, besides emitting powerful and clear sounds at the same time and of which it can become soloist.

The cello emerged in the first half of the sixteenth century, is one of the instruments still alive since 1572, created by Andrea Amati. The Cello was adapted to become the instrument of chamber concerts and at the same time began to write sonatas, trios and quartets, in addition to the birth of renowned artists like Luigi Boccherini.

CHRISTMAS

(By Estefanía Osorio, 1º BACH B)

For me, Christmas is more than a party, and it means more than new clothes, and gifts. For me, Christmas is sharing, it is living, it is union, happiness and celebrating family life, the family are those people who will always be there for you, the family has nothing to do with blood, but with those people who love you in your life, they do everything to see you happy, friends who become family In these times where memories attack and sometimes the days seem gray. When I was little my table was surrounded by people, and those people transmitted me joy, with them I shared custard, grapes, wine, hugs, smiles, even tears. In those moments I cry of happiness and sadness, knowing that a new year begins and that that year is full of experiences, joys and sadness, life is a roller coaster sometimes you find yourself above and sometimes below. Now I'm a teenager and my table is not so full, many loved ones are gone but I still have wonderful memories, I cannot hide my tears or pretend to be strong because they are loved ones who lived most of my childhood, fortunately I still have a wonderful family, including friends and people in my life that I never imagined having, despite those moments and circumstances of life, I have learned that we should always value the people we have at our side.

I am from another country, in my country Christmas is different, and the Day of the candles is on December 7 a traditional date with the lighting of lanterns and candles that illuminate streets, shopping centers and homes of towns and cities. This celebration marks the beginning of the Christmas holidays in the country, in addition the streets are filled with lights and the most famous lighting creates a colorful party at night, with pyrotechnic shows that attract visitors from all regions of the country and the world. It is a special time to express affection, to share with friends and, of course, to pray the Novena de Aguinaldos, to make the manger, here in Spain it is called the Bethlehem, in the sixth children are given gifts, and food. December 25 is the traditional day for the gifts of the "Child God". I am proud of my country and of the happiness it conveys when celebrating these dates and it is a pleasure for me to share this with you. Christmas is where it is celebrated with family and loved ones, we must value the people we have at our side and spend pleasant moments with them, because people usually do not last a lifetime. Have a beautiful Christmas and remember that you must live the days as if they were the last.

TEENAGERS AND BOOKS

(By Zoe Mejías, 1º BACH B)

Teenagers still love reading even if we thought that books were lost in the shelves forever… Why have teenagers started reading again despite all the technology invading their lives? Because there are new kind of books attracting the young ones and making them forgetting about mobiles and internet. Thick books of never-ending stories that will end up in movies whose favourite subjects are love, horror and thriller. The books about vampires and the trilogies are the favourite ones. How did it all start? It all started with the Lord of Rings of J.R.R. Tolkien, a saga full of imagination. Then, it was followed by Harry Potter, seven books that captivated teenagers around the world. Later, The Twilight Saga became very successful, not only the books, but the movies as well. Divergent and The Hunger Games followed. All these books share the same procedure: same type of writing, easy to read and full of action. Those books are made to be movies. Imaginary worlds are created to show the insecurities of teenagers: some are left alone (Twilight Saga), sacrificed (The Hunger Games) or persuaded (Divergent). They have the tendency to show a negative vision of the future which is a metaphor of the actual reality. But teenagers are also interested in other kind of books. The writer John Green is really popular. One of the most famous books he wrote is The Fault in Our Stars, another book that ends up in a movie. Green is a writer different from the others; he writes about realistic situations and likes to describe his characters. What we can say about teenagers who decide to give up their tablets for books is that those young readers are intelligent and try to find something more interesting than marketing campaigns.

ELVASTON CASTLE

(By Jamie Clark, 4º ESO D – PostPMAR)

Elvaston Castle is a stately home in Elvaston, Derbyshire, England. The Gothic Revival castle and surrounding parkland is run and owned by Derbyshire Country Council as a country park known as, Elvaston Castle Country Park. The country park has 200 acres (0.81 km2) of woodlands, parkland and formal gardens. The castle has been neglected and has fallen into disrepair; due to its condition, the building is not open to the public, and since 2008 has been listed on the Buildings at Risk Register. Derbyshire County Council estimates the castle and estate requires at least £6.1 million of work and materials in essential repairs, with a maximum permitted overspend of 7% greater if it is decided to re-open the building to the public or sell it in repaired form. History Until the 16th century the estate was held by the Shelford Priory. Sir John Stanhope (died 1611) granted the estate to his second son, also Sir John Stanhope (d .1638), High Sheriff of Derbyshire, in 1629. The manor house was built for the latter Sir John in 1633. This Elizabethan-style house was redesigned and extended in a grand Gothic Revival style by James Wyatt. Wyatt designed a new wing, a new great hall, and most of the interiors of the castle, but died before work was completed. His designs were carried out by Robert Walker between 1815 and 1829. Further modifications were made in the 1836 by the architect Lewis Nockalls Cottingham; this work was on the Elizabethan-styled south front which was remodelled to match the rest of the now Gothic-styled castle. This was the final modification and created the castle we see today. During World War II, the house was turned into a teacher training college after the original college in Derby was evacuated.

Country Park Following the Countryside Act 1968, the estate was sold in 1969 by William Stanhope, 11th Earl of Harrington to Derbyshire County Council. The Countryside Act proposed the creation of "Country Park", "for the enjoyment of the countryside by the public". The council opened the estate to the public in 1970 and have operated it since then, as Elvaston Castle Country Park. The Castle Today The country park is threatened with closure. The deterioration of the castle and estate which started after World War II continued under the care of Derbyshire County Council; by 1990 the castle was considered unsafe and was closed to visitors. Derbyshire County Council claims that it cannot afford to repair and maintain the building and country park; in the year 2000, the council estimated the country park's running costs were £500,000 a year, and that they were facing a backlog of restoration work which would cost them £3,000,000. Since 2000, the council has been marketing the estate for sale to private companies. The latest of these is an attempt to turn the Castle into an hotel and the Park into golf courses. This is being fiercely contested by "The Friends of Elvaston Castle" on behalf of the local community. Hauntings The castle is thought by some to be haunted: various professional investigations have been conducted in the castle, with phenomena being reported including unexplained noises, unexplained apparitions, people being pushed and things being moved. The ghosts are alleged to include a maid and 'a strong woman'. The castle is also supposed to be the haunt of two ghosts known as The Grey Lady, and The White Lady. The White Lady is supposed to be the ghost of Maria, wife of the 4th Easl; she has been seen sitting in the windows of the castle, and walking the grounds with a white dog. The haunting atmosphere of the castle has inspired at least one gothic "novel" entitled "Elvingstone" by J.P Reedman.

Haddon Hall England

(By Jamie Clark, 4º ESO D – PostPMAR)

Haddon Hall is an English Country House on the River Wye near Bakewell, Derbyshire, one of the seats of the Duke Of Rutland. It is currently occupied by Lord Edward Manners (brother of the current Duke) and his family. In form a medieval manor house, it has been described as "the most complete and most interesting house of [its] period". The Vernon family acquired the Manor of Haddon by a 12th-century marriage between Sir Richard de Vernon and Alice Avenell, daughter of William Avenell II. Four centuries later, in 1563, Dorothy Vernon, the daughter and heiress of Sir George Vernon , married John Manners, the second son of Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland. A legend grew up in the 19th century that Dorothy and Manners eloped. The legend has been made into novels, dramatisations and other works of fiction. She nevertheless inherited the Hall, and their grandson, also John Manners, inherited the Earldom in 1641 from a distant cousin. His son, another John Manners, was made 1st Duke of Rutland in 1703. In the 20th century, another Jhon Manners, 9th Duke of Rutland, made a life's work of restoring the hall.

Layout The hall stands on a sloping site, and is structured around two courtyards; the upper (north-east) courtyard contains the Peverel or Eagle Tower and the Long Gallery, the lower (south-west) courtyard houses the Chapel, while the Great Hall lies between the two. As was normal when the hall was built, many of the rooms can only be reached from outside or by passing through other rooms, making the house inconvenient by later standards.

THE MOST VIOLENT CITIES IN THE WORLD

(Ailin Ceres, 3º ESO A)

Each year a ranking is made with the cities that show the most violence in their streets

What are the most dangerous cities in the planet? The cities with the highest homicide rates are almost all in Latin America.

The Citizens Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice of Mexico and the Brazilian Institute Igarapé elaborate each year a list of the most violent/dangerous cities of the planet to attract the attention of the governments and that they decide to take measures to reduce these high homicide rates. Latin America still remains the most violent region in the world that is not at war. 8 of the top 10 countries in the ranking are concentrated in Latin America and the Caribbean. The most violent countries in the world are El Salvador and its capital, San Salvador as well as Caracas in Venezuela or Acapulco in Mexico.

The responsible for this wave of crimes are mainly: corruption and gang conflicts . All this contributes to that the level of violence of these zones does not descend. El Salvador, Mexico, Honduras, Brazil, the United States and South Africa are some of the countries most affected by drug trafficking and criminal groups.

MONARCH AIRLINES HAS CEASED TRADING

(By Pelayo Posser Nunes Ferreira Álvarez, 3º ESO B)

Can we afford to loss clients and visitors because of a ceased trading? I was born inside a Hotel and I just want to express how bad is to be in a Country, that of course, is not your country, as you are supposed to be on holiday and the company or tour operator you are travelling with has ceased trading. Please, check this out.

As a said at the beginning, I was born inside a Hotel and my day by day is normally with the normal operational in a daily basis, I want to focus my career in this industry and this is just a personal opinion from my side to all the bad comments and the loss of visitors we can have in our lovely Island, remember that our mainly income comes from the visitors (tourist).

On October 2nd we woke up with this amazing news: Monarch Airlines has ceased trading, amazing!!! As a result, they were sorry to inform that all the future holidays and flights provided by these companies had been cancelled and were no longer operating, what happened to all these people who were saving for a long time to enjoy their holidays?

This is an unprecedented situation and because there are up to 110,000 passengers abroad, the UK Government has asked other companies to coordinate flights back to the UK for all Monarch customers currently overseas.

Now, if we think about the situation, just try to make a catharsis and put yourself in this people’s situation, after having a brilliant time in Lanzarote, the last impression is the one that they take home with them.... just think about it for a while..... Most of them won’t be coming back.

As a person who lives inside a Hotel with all the good and the bad things about it, I just want to express my concern about it.

Thanking you as always.

IMPORTANT EXPLORERS IN THE WORLD DAVID LIVINGSTONE, A GREAT EXPLORER

(By Darío Prado/Carlos González, 3º ESO B)

David Livingstone was born in Scotland in 19th March 1813. He was an explorer and a british missionary. During his childhood he was working in a textile factory 12 hours a day. His family was poor but at the age of 27, he took out his Medical studies at the Glasgow University. Later, he got into the Missionary Society of London moved by religious feelings. In 1842, the original idea was to be sent to China but there, a war broke out making impossible to travel there so he chose to travel to south Africa. From there, he went to the north, exploring and discovering new places unknown to many people. Between 1852 and 1854 he crossed the Kalahari Desert from El Cabo to Luanda. Ignoring his health problems and the invitations to come back to England, he started a new jouney from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean ( From Angola to Mozanbique) After this travel, he returned to England. There, he was awarded and received by the queen becoming a popular hero.

The British government financed a second trip to colonize African lands, although Livingstone's intentions were never those. In 1872 came the news that Livingstone had been lost so, they went to look for him. They found him in Ujiji, near the lake Tanganika. They couldn’t convince him to return to England. Livingstone went his own way but one year later, in 1873, he died in Zambia at the age of 60. His body was buried in England, but his hearth was buried in Africa under a tree by africans themselves. They said he was in love with Africa.

HARRIET CHALMERS ADAMS

(By María Ibañez Ferrán 3ºC)

She was an American explorer, writer and photographer. She travelled numerous times through South America, Asia and Oceania in the early 20th century from where she sent chronicles of her journeys to the National Geographic magazine. In her lectures she always used illustrations of her travels in colour photographs and films.

JOURNEYS AND EXPERIENCES

In 1904 Adams embarked on her first expedition on a three-year journey through South America with her husband.

On one of her last trips, made the same journey of Christopher Columbus on her way to discover America, and ended it with a horse trip through Haiti.

Another of her achievements was to be the first woman journalist to be allowed to visit the trenches. With her husband, she made a second and extensive visit to eastern Bolivia.

Between 1907 and 1935 she wrote 21 articles for the National Geographic Society illustrated with her photographs. In 1925 Adams helped to create the Society of Women Geographers.

It is estimated that Adams traveled more than 100,000 miles and captivated a large audience in its time, while she was called by the New York Times as one of the great explorers of the history of the United States.

JOHN HANNING SPEKE

(By Maureen Mejías, 3º ESO C)

John Hanning Speeke was an officer in the British Indian Army who made three exploratory expeditions to Africa. He is most associated with the search for the source of the Nile and was the first European to reach Lake Victoria.

He served in India and explored the Himalayas. He made three exploration trips to Africa.

On his first journey, in 1854, he joined Richard Francis Burton for an expedition to Somalia.

In 1857 and 1858 he made two more trips to Africa with Richard Francis Burton in search of the sources of the River Nile.

On the second of these trips they discovered Lake Tanganyika.

Burton did not accept that Lake Victoria was the source of the Nile, so Speke returned a few years later to prove his calculations were correct, and discovered the Ripon Falls, which he sensed was where the Nile was born.

He died in a accident in Somerset by a shot of his own rifle, the morning of 18 of September of 1864, day designated for the face-to-face confrontation with Burton to prove his theory.

Burton believed that the Nile was born in Lake Tanganyika, but Speke told him that it could not be, because this lake was below the level of Lake Victoria and that the water could not rise. Years later Henry Morton Stanley proved that Speke was right.

NORMAN DANE VAUGHAN

(Zenaida Losada, 3º ESO C)

• He was born in December 19th in 1905 in Massachusetts.

• In his youth, he became fascinated by stories of polar explorers. He dropped out of Harvard in 1928 when he heard that Admiral Richard E. Byrd was organizing an expedition to Antarctica.

• Admiral Byrd accepted him on the 1928–1930 expedition, eventually naming a mountain of the continent in his honor. They were the first Americans to set foot in the interior of Antarctica and discovered land never seen before by man. Norman was the last surviving member of that expedition.

• Vaughan appeared in the documentary film “With Byrd at the South Pole”.

• He survived his fourth wife, and a son and daughter from his earlier marriages. On the celebration of his 100th birthday on December 18th in 2005, surrounded by over 100 friends and family, he had champagne, his first drink of liquor in his life, after promising his mother he wouldn't drink until he was 100.

• Some days later, he died in the Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchora.

RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON (Carla Castro, 3º ESO)

• Master of disguise, swordsman, debater, translator and linguist, diplomat, spy, military, British consul in Trieste, Damascus and Fernando Poo, also named knight, passionate Orientalist, famous for his expeditions in Asia and Africa as well as for his Extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures was Richard Francis Burton.

• He was born on March 19, 1821 in Torquay, United Kingdom and was the son of a colonel. He served in Sindh, India, for seven years, a time devoted to the study of Oriental languages. He is the unbeatable travel champion to learn a language. He spoke about thirty languages of African, Asian and European countries. He studied at the University of Oxford and in 1842 he joined the army of the East Indies Company. He participated in the development of the SINDH cartography and also wrote his own book.

• Burton was not stopped by cultural and religious limitations, and in 1853, disguised as an Afghan pilgrim, it was on pilgrimage to the cities of Medina and Mecca, becoming one of the first Europeans to enter those cities. He then travels through the lands of Somaliland, which he explored in the year 1854 in the company of the explorer John Hanning Speke.

• After participating in the Crimean War, he returned to Africa in 1856 and with Speke, they try to discover the birth of the Nile River. They found Lake Tanganyika in 1858. They also travelled in the United States and part of Brazil. Both Burton and Speke were in a state of painful health after their expedition and returned home separately.

• Burton was attractive, strong, educated and passionate about adventure. In addition to a great anthropologist, polyglot and writer but finally died on October 20, 1890 in Trieste.

JESÚS CALLEJA (By Hugo González, 3º ESO B)

Jesús Calleja is an Spanish explorer and TV star in Spain. He was born in León and he is actually 52 years old. He has climbed the Everest and all the tallest mountains all over the world.

He climbed Mount Everest in 2005. He made his dream came true, because he always wanted to climb Mount Everest. Jesús stayed until april training, and after that, he started his journey, only acommpanied by one person,and with oxygen. Finally he reached the top at the 30th of May and called his father from the top

While he was climbing Everest he thought of climbing the highest mountains of each continent and record everything, during only 2 years. Next, in 2006 he climbed some mountains from Europe and North America. The spanish channel “Cuatro” got interested in him,so they made a TV programme called” Desafio Extremo”

This program was the one that made him famous, in it he climbed mountains all over the world,made the Rally Dakar,went to the North Pole and even got injured in his face.

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