Our Lady of Mercy School

Colegio Nuestra Señora de la Merced.

Este es nuestro colegio;La Merced

Aquí estudiamos desde los 3 años hasta los 18 años Our school is in

Loiu, near Bilbao, in the north of Spain.The school is at the top of a mountain,surrounded by trees.

There are about 700 children at our school.

As you can see, it is very beautiful.

El colegio en primavera es muy bonito.

In Spring we usually go outside to play football and basketball.

The school at this time of year has got lots of colour and is very pretty.

Here we can see the Sports Centre, from the main school building.

El colegio en invierno Que frió hace! Sometimes in

winter, when it snows, we can’t get to school.

We can play with the snow.

There are mountains all around us.

We have snowball fights and make snowmen

Los Patios. Vamos a jugar!

We have got six playgrounds. Two are indoors and four are outdoors.

The smaller children have slides and swings.

We have half an hour for break in the morning and an hour and a half for lunch.

El Polideportivo. Nos gusta mucho el deporte

In P.E we play basketball,football, do gym exercises and play games.

The school has got basketball and five-a- side football teams.We play against other schools.

The matches are on Fridays and Saturdays.

Las clases. Estudiamos en 3 idiomas diferentes;castellano, euskera e inglés.

We start classes at 08:30 and finish at 4 o’clock

We study Maths, Spanish, Basque, Religion, English, Science, Art, Music, Computer Studies and P.E.

We have exams 3 times a year, as well as tests, and lots of homework.

We wear school gowns on top of our uniforms.

La Comida!!Hoy comemos espaguetis, pescado y plátano School food isn’t so bad but my

mum’s cooking is better. We can’t choose.A typical day is for

example, a stew, the 2nd course and then some fruit.

We help to serve it.

Patron Saint’s Day (School Fiestas) Vamos a pasarlo bien The school fiestas are in May.We have

competitions, a parade and lots of fun.All the students dress up. The parents come to see the parade.

Everybody has a good time.

Un colegio cristiano. Jesús es nuestro amigo. Our school has got a church and some of the teachers are nuns. On special days we go to Mass. At 12 o’clock every day we

stop lessons for a few moments to pray. Students of other religions also come to our school.

Campañas. Queremos ayudar a los demás

We have campaigns to learn about problems in the world and to collect money to help.

This year we have collected money for Haiti, Mexico and we have also adopted a child.

Navidades Tiempo de alegría y paz. At Christmas we decorate the

school. The older children give out presents

and sweets. We sing carols and have Nativity plays.

We celebrate Epiphany(The day of the kings) on the 6th of January and we go back to school on the 8th.

Aquí decimos Adios, y hasta la próxima. We hope you like our presentation.

Have a great summer!