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SPAIN

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SUMMARY

• Where is Spain?• Spanish flag• Spanish selection football.• Beaches and mountains• Best monuments• Sant Sadurní• Cava

Where is Spain?

Spanish flag

Spanish selection football

Spanish selection football

Spanish selection football won the football world cup, in 2010, in South Africa, and they practice a very attractive football.

They won the football Europe cup, the world’s cup and the Europe cup consecutively. Apart of the Spanish selection football, there are two very famous teams in the world, FCBarcelona and Real Madrid.

Beaches and Mountains

Spain is a peninsula, which means that it has a lot of beaches, for example, la costa brava (Girona area), la costa dorada (Tarragona area), costa Blanca (Valencia area) and Costa del Sol (Malaga area).

We have very big mountains too, where we can practise winter sports, for example, Pirineos (border with France) or Sierra Nevada (Granada).

Best monuments

We have a lot of famous monuments in Spain, for example:

• Sagrada Familia

• La Giralda

• La alhambra

• El acueducto

Sant SadurníSant Sadurní Sant Sadurní is a small town of Barcelona,

Cataluña. It has more o less 12.000 inhabitants. There we speak Catalan and Spanish, and we have the chocolate Factory Simón Coll too.

CAVACAVA Cava is the most important drink in Sant

Sadurni known in all the world.

It is done with grapes, they mash it, they add different thing to make the cava tastes better, and they sell it to all arround the world.

It taste is similar to champagne.

OUR SCHOOL

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- TEACHERS

- PUPILS

- SUBJECTS

- TIMETABLE

- TECHNOLOGY

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CONTENTSCONTENTS

• Where is?Where is?

• FlagsFlags

• Important MonumentsImportant Monuments

• Typical FoodTypical Food

• Typical DancesTypical Dances

• FestivitiesFestivities

• Our townOur town

Where is Catalonia?Where is Catalonia?

Catalan and Spain FlagCatalan and Spain Flag

• Catalan flag Spain Catalan flag Spain flagflag

IMPORTANT MONUMENTSIMPORTANT MONUMENTS

• Sagrada Familia: is a eSagrada Familia: is a expiatory xpiatory church. This work is church. This work is a project by a project by Gaudí.Gaudí.

• Parck Güell:Parck Güell: The Park Guell is one of The Park Guell is one of the most beautiful icons of the most beautiful icons of Barcelona.It's a work of Antoni Gaudi, Barcelona.It's a work of Antoni Gaudi, which has wonderful views of the which has wonderful views of the city.city.

IMPORTANT MONUMENTSIMPORTANT MONUMENTS

• Tarragona is a world national Tarragona is a world national heritatge city because of their heritatge city because of their Roman monuments. Roman monuments.

• Aqueduct,human castles(castellers), Aqueduct,human castles(castellers), Coliseu.Coliseu.

TYPICAL FOODTYPICAL FOOD• Pa amb tomaquet: Bread with tomato Pa amb tomaquet: Bread with tomato

saucesauce

• Crema catalana: Catalan cream bruleéCrema catalana: Catalan cream bruleé

• Escudella de nadal: Christmas soupEscudella de nadal: Christmas soup

TYPICAL DANCESTYPICAL DANCES

• Sardana: Sardana: is a type of circle dance is a type of circle dance typical of Catalonia. This dance typical of Catalonia. This dance started gaining popularity throughout started gaining popularity throughout Catalonia during the 20th century. Catalonia during the 20th century.

FESTIVITIESFESTIVITIES

CHRISTMASCHRISTMAS

• Caga Tio: It is a trunk, that when the Caga Tio: It is a trunk, that when the children hit on it, it gives presents.children hit on it, it gives presents.

• It is very friendly. It is very friendly.

• Caga Tio is celebrated on 25th of Caga Tio is celebrated on 25th of December.December.

• The grandmother does the traditional The grandmother does the traditional Catalan soup.On Christmas day all the Catalan soup.On Christmas day all the family have lunch together.family have lunch together.

EASTEREASTER

• In Catalonia the easter day all the In Catalonia the easter day all the family were together and the family were together and the godfather gives to his godson a godfather gives to his godson a (Mona) typical Catalan cake normaly (Mona) typical Catalan cake normaly with a chocolate egg.with a chocolate egg.

CASTANYERACASTANYERA

• It is onn 31st of October.It is onn 31st of October.

• Castanyera is an old woman who sells Castanyera is an old woman who sells chestnuts to people.chestnuts to people.

• During all the week, the people make During all the week, the people make “panellets” and there are a lot of types.“panellets” and there are a lot of types.

• There’re delicious!There’re delicious!

ST JORDIST JORDI• It is on 23 th April the boys give their It is on 23 th April the boys give their

girlfriends or the girl that he likes a girlfriends or the girl that he likes a rose and the girl gives him a book.It is rose and the girl gives him a book.It is a very old legend. A prince killed a a very old legend. A prince killed a dragon that kidnapped a princess and dragon that kidnapped a princess and the blood of the dragon became a rose the blood of the dragon became a rose and the prince gave the rose to hers.and the prince gave the rose to hers.

OUR TOWNOUR TOWN

St Sadurní d’AnoiaSt Sadurní d’Anoia

• St Sadurní d’Anoia is our town, there St Sadurní d’Anoia is our town, there are a lot of people working to are a lot of people working to produce cava.produce cava.

• There are many cava cellars, the There are many cava cellars, the most popular are Codorniu, Freixenet, most popular are Codorniu, Freixenet, Gramona...Gramona...

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OUR COUNTRY

SPAIN AND CATALONIA

SPAIN

We come from Spain. Now we are already to show us a little bit of our country and our costums.

CATALONIA

Catalonia is our autonomous region. The official language of Spain is Spanish, but in Catalonia we speak Catalan. The Capital of Catalonia is Barcelona, but there are three more provinces called Lleida, Tarragona and Girona. There are 7.571.000 inhabitans in Catalonia.

SANT SADURNÍ D’ANOIA

Sant Sadurní d’Anoia the little village where we live next to Barcelona, our city.

The best sparkling wine called cava, is produced here. This village it’s very famous for that.

One of the most famous cellars is Freixenet.

LEGEND OF SANT SADURNÍ

In this village there is a legend, who is about one insect called Fil·loxera. This insect eats the strain, and the people who work in a cellar, couldn’t produce sparkling wine. And 7 old men solved this problem, and got rid of the Fil·loxera.

TRADITIONS

As in ourpeopleand in our country, thereare many different traditions. Most of them begin in antiquity, and have happened to the present as it is created.

Some of themare:-“Tió de Nadal”: As of December 8th, it begins to feed “tió” (trunk) lidand is

usually a blanket to keep warmatnight. We eat until Christmas Eve and then, Uncle, beaten with sticks by children and singing his song, shedding for them.

-“Reis Mags d’Orient”: They are the Kings, according to the New Testament brought gifts to Jesus when he was born, guided by a star. These last gifts were gold, frankincenseandmyrrh. Each night of January 5, all children go to sleep, and when it is removed, the Kings have left their gift sunder the Christmas tree.

-“Castanyada”: It is a festival which is celebrated on All Saints Day (October 31 or November 1). It consists of a meal eat enchestnutbuns, sweet potatoes and candied fruit drink with typical chestnut is the muscadine. Also, chestnuts and hot roasted chestnuts sold on the street wrapped in newspaper (“Paperina”).

TYPICAL FOOD

“Pa amb tomàquet”: Spread a red tomato onto the slice of bread, and then put some olive oil and salt. You mix it with ham, cheese, tuna fish, …

“Paella”: Yellow rice with prawns, shells, lobsters, mussels, ….

“Escudella”: It is a typical soup with chicken, veal, Catalan sausage, blood sausage, some vegetables, chickpeas and pasta.

EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

Nursery school: It is from 0 to 3 years old, but is not an obligation.

Primary school: It is from 3 to 12 years old. The children start learning about good behaviour and after to improve their skills writing, reading… Here the children start learning foreign languages like English.

Secondary school: It is from 12 to 16 years old and is compulsory. There are no level groups. We learn several languages like Catalan, Spanish, English and other languages like French and German.

University studies or Vocational Training: You must do an exam to enter. It is not compulsory. The people study this because they really want to have a practical job and enjoy learning it.

HOPE YOU LIKE OUR COUNTRY!

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