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Our school is very big. It has a very big lunch room, an assembly hall, many classrooms and, also basketball, football, hockey, paddle, volleyball courtsand running tracks.
The menu in the lunch room is varied and very good.
We start school at the age of three and we finish it when we are eighteen years old.

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He is a writer and a journalist born on the 11th of February of 1885, in La Coruña. He wins the prize Mariano the Cavia. His famous novel is “El bosque animado”. He is member of the RAE (1945-1964) and of the RAG.

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It is a day in honor of Saint Ignacio of Loyola.
We do some games in teams and we have a symbol with a specific colour to differentiate the teams (every year the symbol changes).
The colours defend a particular value.
The colours have different meanings, for example, red (humble), green (clean-hearted), yellow (pacifist), blue (compassionate), and purple (poor, in need of improving).
Every year the school celebrates a Jornada Ignaciana, each school level on a different day.
In class, each group does different
activities. This year, students from grade 3 of Primary Education put new lyrics to a famous song and students from grade 4 invented a drama play, both related to the values they worked.
Usually we start in the chapel and we finish in there, too, singing the song for that year and giving thanks for the day.

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They last two days: Friday and Saturday. On Friday, in the morning, we do some activities and in the afternoon, we  play games. On Saturday morning, we do the Science Fair and there are sports competitions, too. And in the afternoon, we do the "Cofee Theatre" and there are inflatables and barracks. Afterwards, there is a religious celebration and, finally, the end of the party is a festival with big show of many classes dancing. Every year we do some banners and every year the party theme is a different continent. This year it´s Asia.

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The "Feria Científica" is an activity we do on the day of our "Fiestas Colegiales". Students from year 3 of EI to 2nd of BAC prepare experiments and works  and then explain them to the children of the school and their families, and what we learn during the year. It is in the morning in the school pavillion.

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It´s a musical about the life of Jesus. In total there are 25 songs (next year, 33). The music of the songs is from Queen and Carlos Colino, the musical director, wrote the lyrics.

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La Coruña is a city on the coast, so
we can participe in many water sports, for example: surfing, diving
kayaking, sailing, windsurfing, etc.
You can participe ligth sailing in
the bay all year round and
participe in the regattas.

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The merienda solidaria is an activity in wich we make crafts and then we sell them.The money we get we give to the poor of diferent countries  like Africa or Asia .The days before we make up the crafts. We always celebratea Friday  afternoan and the students participating in the craft making are from the year 3 to year 6 of Primary Education but all the school comes whit their families , we celebra:te in the school pavillion , from 20 :

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It is created by Francisco Vázquez, mayor of A Coruña at the time.
It opens on June 5th, 1999. It is located at the coast, in the promenade of La Coruña.
It's an acquarium where you can learn about sea biology.

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La Coruña has a bike path along the coast promenade. Many people of all ages enjoy it every day. If you want, you can rent a bike and take a ride.

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He is born on the 22nd of August, 1920, in Santiago de Compostela. He is a painter. He wins a meritorius gold medal of Fine Arts. He dies 2012, in La Coruña.

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Some important cites and towns in Galicia.

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In La Coruña judo is practiced, especially, in the cathegory of children and youth.
We have many competitions, for example, the "Liceo la Paz" Children's Trophy and the "Miguelito Trophy", which have participants from all over Galicia.

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The important beaches in the city are Riazor and Orzán.
Riazor is a very long beach and it is very good to practice surf.
Orzán is very pretty. It is next to Riazor. They aren´t very long.
As Lapas is a small beach near the Tower of Hercules.

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It starts functioning on July, 1989.
It placed in different areas: in La Coruña, in Rúa da Maestranza 9, in
Elviña, Zapateira, Riazor and Oza and in Sta. Cristina and Ferrol

(Esteiro y Serantes). There are 23.593 students and 1.390 teachers.

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Marineda City starts working in 2011 and El Corte Inglés starts working in 1986. Those are in A Coruña. Marineda City is one of the biggest shopping centres.

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They are made in the 14th century. The tomb of Sir John Moore, British general who dies in the Battle of Elviña, is there.

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On the left, there are 2 wolves touching a chain. They mean that all people are welcome to the house of San Ignacio.
On the right, there is Hercules Tower, the city emblem.
At the bottom:  M and A intertwined symbolize the Virgin Mary and the Jesuits.
The anchor represents the estuary of Santa María .

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Marta Bobo is a retired Spanish rhythmic gymnast. She starts doing gymnastics when she is 8 years old, in the Club 2000 Orensano. She ends 9th in the Olympic Games of Los Ángeles, in 1984. She is 2nd in the Spanish Championship of 1979 and honor champion twice, in 1981 and 1983. Back in Galicia, in 1992 she becomes a teacher of rhythmic gymnastics in the University of A Coruña.

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The flag has a crown, seven crosses, a consecrated wafer. It's all white with a blue with a diagonal stripe from the top left corner to the bottom right.

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La Coruña as got 42 neighbordhoods and 246.056 people live in them.
Today the city is bigger. Some city areas are:

A Coruña

San Vicente de Elviña

Santa María de Oza

San Cristóbal das Viñas

San Pedro de Visma

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“Paseo Marítimo” is a 13 km promenade surrounding the city, from O Portiño to the Marina. People go there to exercise and enjoy the views. It gives life to the city.

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The Autonomous Community of Galicia is in the northwest of Spain, in Europe, and it has four provinces: A Coruña, Vigo, Ourense and Pontevedra.
Its capital city is Santiago de Compostela, in the province of A Coruña.

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The palace is a place where musicians play concerts. The palace is very, very big. The concerts are beautifull and lovely. The Galician Symphonic Orchestra (OSG) plays there since 1992.

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The famous painter estudies 14 years in A Coruña.

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It is created in 1895, by Wlliam George Morgan. It is a sport played with a ball. There are 2 groups and in the groups there are 6 players. One group faces the other and they play separated by a central network.
In A Coruña there are some teams: Zalaeta, Calasancias, Liceo, Narón.

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On the 4th of May of 1589 the English wanted to get control of A Coruña. People in the city have help from a woman: Maria Pita. She helps the city fight the English Armada.

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They built it for boats that wanted to enter A Coruña. Is one of the hearts of the city. It has 6 km of docks.

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Gymnastics is one olympic activity. It combines ballet and  modern dance and it has 5 elements: rope, hoop, ball, clubs and band. In this sport there are competitions and exhibitions.

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This is our school. It is near the sea. Here is a photo.

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This group of cannons are part of an old deffensive military facility in La Coruña. Today it is a park area at Monte de San Pedro.

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It is a Regional Military Museum with rich and varied permanent exhibitions. It offers a realistic and comprehensive vision of the past. There we can find weapons, ammunitions, uniforms, flags, decoraciones, documents..., etc.

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It is a cultural museum in the promenade of Riazor.

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Basketball:
Our school has two basketball teams: one team is of girls and the other of boys.
Hockey:
In  the Santa María del Mar school we have a hockey team. It's very cool. Some children are very good
in hockey in the school.

These are the most typical sports of our school. We love them.

In our school we have a hockey court and some people  that work in the school are sports teachers.
The  sports we practice at school are hockey , football , basketball,  judo, ballet, rhythmic gymnastics, volleyball.

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Is in the parish of San Vicente. It's an old settlement of touristic interest.

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It is in the park of Santa Margarita.

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The Millenium is an obelisk located in the Promenade of La Coruña. It is made to mark the beginning of the 21st century. It has referents in the Tower of Hercules. It is made of metal and glass. It is 46 meters tall, only 9 meters less than the Tower of Hercules.

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She is born on the 24th of February, 1837, in Santiago de Compostela. She writes her first verses when she is 12 years old. She dies in Padrón on 15th of July, 1885. She is the first woman writing in Galician language. The day of Galician Letters is celebrated on May 17th, day Cantares Gallegos (her first book in Galician language) is published.

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Today is an Archaeological museum. In the past it was a prison.

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We have a lot of museums. The most important is: Castillo de San Antón (Archaeological Museum), MUNCYT (Technological Museum), MAC (Comtemporary Art Museum), Museo de Bellas Artes (Fine Arts Museum), La Casa de las Ciencas (Science Museum), La Domus (Museum of Mankind), Acquarium Finisterrae (House of Fish).

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Inditex is made up of different shops: Zara, Oysho, Massimo Dutti, Leffties, Springfield, Pull and Bear. This company is very big.

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It is a beer factory. It produces Estrella Galicia and 1906 brands. It starts working in 1906, in A Coruña.

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It is founded in the 12th century and it's a very important area in the city.

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It is a monument of A Coruña, in the city center. It is made in 1895 in memory of Aureliano Linares Rivas, polititian and journalist.

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Sailing starts in the Netherlands in the 17 century in the river Thames, in England. It becomes an olimpic sport in the Games of Paris,  in 1900.

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He is a famous actor in Antena 3 TV. He works in "Las chicas del cable".

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She is a famous journalist working in La Sexta Noticias 2ª Edición (20h). She wins the Premio Antena de Oro, in 2016.

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The tower of Hercules is a lighthouse on a hill in A Coruña. It is 57 metres high. Mythology says that Gerion, a giant king of Brigantium, obliges his subdits to give him one part of their goods. One day, the subdits decide asking Hercules for help and Hercules fights with Gerion. Hercules wins and buries Gerion under the tower.

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The city has a football club in Spain's top division in different occasions: Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña. Deportivo is founded in 1906 and is currently playing in La Liga. Depor wins the league title once, in the 1999-2000 season. The club wins the Spanish Cup twice (1995 and 2002) and three Spanish Super Cups.The best players are Amancio Amaro and Luis Suárez Miramontes. Other famous native players are Lucas Pérez, Pedro Mosquera or Rubén Iván Martínez Andrade. The coach is Clarence  Seedorf.

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He is a basketball player. He wins a silver olympic medal in the games of Los Ángeles, in 1984.

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It was a prison in ancient times and it was on an island. Today it is a part of land and it is an archaelological  museum.

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She is born on October 16th, 1851, in A Coruña, and dies on the May 12th, 1921, in Madrid. She defends the rights of women and feminism. She works as a writer, journalist, poet, essay writer, etc. One of her famous novels is Los Pazos de Ulloa.

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She is the winner of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games of London 2012, in Elliot 6m class.

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The statue of María Pita is in María Pita Square, where the Town Hall is. It is madre in honor of the heroine of the city. The artist is Xosé Castiñeiras. It is madre of bronce. She is with the spear she kills the British officer leading the English invaders. Her dead husband is next to her.

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It is created in 1952. The handball team OAR 1952 currently plays in the Spanish First Division.

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It has a lot of ladders. The price is 3€ and 1,50€ for people under 14.
It´s the oldest lighthouse in the world.

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In 1891, James Naismith was trying to create a sport that his students could pratice indoors.
Basketball is a sport with two teams, with five players each. A Coruña basketball team, CB Coruña, plays in LEB O League, the Spanish Second Division .

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A Coruña is located in the northwest of Spain.
The oldest part, know as "Cidade Vella", is built in a Celtic area.
It's habitants were called Artabrians.

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The city has a roller hockey team, HC Liceo La Coruña, one of the most laureate in Spain, and it disputes the main League OK Liga. They become Europe's Champions in 2011.

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He is born in Buenos Aires on June 6th, 1910. He dies in A Coruña when he is 68 years old. He works as an artist and a writer. He was member of the Fine Arts Academy.

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He is born on June 12th, 1986. He works as an actor and a model. One of his  important movies is Star Wars: episode 7.

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In the Carnival of A Coruña the most important character is the “Choqueiro”,  typical from the popular neighbourhood of Monte Alto. The costumes are homemade and the objective is originality and craziness. The choqueiros are the stars of carnival in A Coruña.
At Carnival, there are competitions of masks, costumes and tradicional food.
Typical desserts of this time are filloas and orejas.

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On June 24th we celebrate San Juan. On the evening of June 23rd, we make bonfires and cook sardines in the fire. It is the longest night of the year. We celebrate a very big party in the city beaches: Riazor, Orzán and Matadero.This festivity is an International Party of Touristic Interest.

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The Virgin of Rosario is the patron of A Coruña. The party for the Virgin of Rosario is on October the 7th. There are special religious serviles and processions on the streets of the old city.

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The bus station is in C/ Caballeros S/N. The bus stops are all around A Coruña. There are two types of buses: the city buses and the intercity buses. Since 2018 the intercity buses stop in the centre of the city.

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The train station's name is San Cristobal. Many people use the train station to travel.

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Airport A Coruña is famous but not very big, because we have another near, that is the Airport of Santiago de Compostela, that conects with: Paris, Germany... etc. It stats working in May 25th, 1963. Its
lenght is 2.340 m. The main destinations are Madrid and Barcelona.
Some airlines working here are Iberia, Air Europa and Vueling.
It is located in Culleredo, 8km far from the city center of La Coruña.

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There are many hotels in the city. Hotel NH, Hotel Meliá María Pita, Hotel Plaza Coruña are very good if you visit us.

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In A Coruña city, we have a telephone service. This is a very big service that is a round all the city. Thanks to this system of communication we can call people in other cities, another countries...The name of this service is TELEFÓNICA.

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She is the heroine of the city of La Coruña. In 1589 she defended it against the British invaders.

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He is a musician. He plays in a rock band: Deluxe.

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He is the director of Inditex, the big textile group: Zara, Massimo Dutti, Pull and Bear, Bershka, Oysho, Zara Home, Uterqüe, Lefties and Stradivarius.

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She was an actress. She was very good. There is a drama pirze with her name.

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In A Coruña city we have a very important hospital: Hospital Universitario de A Coruña, Juan Canalejo (CHUAC).
It is very famous for the transplants of kidney, heart and liver.

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In A Coruña city, most of the schools start at eight o ´clock or at half past nine, and finish at half past four.
Our  school is Santa María de Mar. It´s near Santa Cristina beach.
In A Coruña, we have a university. The name of the university is Universidade da Coruña (UDC).

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La Coruña is a city in the nortwest of the Autonomous Community of Galicia. It´s a peninsula. 215 227 people live in La Coruña city. It's bathed in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
The extension of the metropolitan area of  Coruña includes: Culleredo, Arteixo, Oleiros, Sada, Cambre, Bergondo, Abegondo and Carral.

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The original name of A Coruña was Brigantium.

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It is in the Science Museum, in Santa Margarita park. There you can see images of the sky at night.