HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAC MAG / PRIMERA CLASE!

Twenty years on... 

A lot has changed in education in Spain since the first Primera Clase was launched. We've invited authors, editors and teachers to talk about what they see as the biggest changes over the last 20 years.

                                                                                                     

COMPETITION!

Autumn days in history

Welcome to our autumn competition. The deadline date is Friday, November 28th so there's still time to enter!  

                                                                                                    

INFANTS

Helpful hints for handling little ones

Josephine Ares shares some tips to help our Infant classes run smoothly.

                                                                                                    

PRIMARY

Using crafts to teach science through English

Learning about other content areas through English is becoming increasingly popular, but have you ever considered combining both science and art in the English classroom? Marcelino Palacios and Paco Santos Juanes demonstrate how it can be done. Click here for downloadable worksheets.

                                                                                                     

Why hang a man in class?

Mark Ormerod has designed a pedagogically richer (and far less barbaric) version of an old classroom favourite.

                                                                                                    

SECONDARY

Demolishing the classroom walls!

English is all around us, and Núria Vidal suggests some ways that we can open up our classroom and use it to our advantage.

                         

Taming the IT beast!

The World Wide Web is not to be feared! But what if the Internet connection is down? Don't worry - with or without the Web there's a host of activities we can do. As Visi Alaminos points out, it's just a question of knowing where to look for them.

                        

GENERAL

Coaching: a different approach

What is coaching and how can we apply it to make our lives easier as teachers? Eva Aragall introduces us to an increasingly popular learning process

                     

CLIL CORNER

Integrating content and language through scale models

Science doesn't have to be all theory and controlled lab experiments. With a little imagination we can bring scientific concepts to life and learn about them in English, as Joan Fontanella and Adrià Besalú point out.

                             

TIPS AND TEACHERS' TALES

As ever, a great selection of tips and tales. Also check out our Mac Mag news and events section where schools can share their special events with us. Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to send in a contribution. A small token of our appreciation will be on its way to you in the post shortly.