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Bilingual program:

At the beginning of each lesson, I will give you out a photocopy with English vocabulary  of that lesson. If it is necessary, you will complete this vocabulary at home. You must study it.  At the end of each lesson, I will give you out a summary in English. Of course, you will  have to study it for the exam. Sometimes, you will have to do this summary at home.  Every day, we will speak in English and in Spanish during the class. I’d like (and I  expect) to increase the time we all speak in English during the class, from September to June.  The most important part of the explanation will be given in Spanish, so, it will be easier for you  to understand the lesson. Class assignments and instructions will be always given in English.  We will do a lot of activities in English, so, you can practice Maths and English at the same  time. You must try to speak in English as much as you can during the class.

Maths:

 You must have an A4 notebook for this subject. You must use a pen to write the  definitions, theory and the instructions of the activities. You must always copy the instructions  and the words of a problem in your notebook. You must write the answer in pencil.  Every day, without exception, you must do your homework that will be checked in class <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> the next day. If the exercise is OK, you will mark it with a red pen. If your exercise has any <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> mistake, you must erase it and copy the exercise correctly from the blackboard. I advice you to <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> mark your mistakes with a different color pen, this way, the day before the exam you will be <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> able to review your mistakes easily and quickly, and probably you will not make them in your <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> exam. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> You will have to do an exam at the end of each lesson. Sometimes, a lesson exam may <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> include questions related with previous lessons. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> Final marks in each term will be a compendium of the class marks as well as the marks in <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> the exam.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Class marks:

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> I will write down notes on my teacher notebook related with: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> • Doing the homework every day <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> • Working in the classroom <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> • Doing exercises on the blackboard (without your notebook) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> • Having a good attitude in class, interest, participation, ...

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Exams:

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">When an exam date is set up, it will not be changed under any circumstances (other <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> subject exams, trips...). If a student doesn’t attend an exam, he/she will not be able to repeat <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> the exam unless he/she shows me a medical document or justify the absence with a serious and <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> important reason. In this case, I will decide the new exam date and the exam will be different <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> from the other students’ exam. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> Some questions of the exam will be written in English. They will be similar to activities <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> that you have done in classroom. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> You mustn’t use a pencil in the exam, only with a ball pen. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> You mustn’t use a calculator in the exam, unless you are allowed. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> While you are taking the test, nobody will speak loudly, if you have any question, you <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> must put your hand up and I will approach your place. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> Every student has to bring their own material/stuff for exams. Nobody will borrow <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> anything (a calculator, a pen, a ruler, a pen corrector, etc...) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> Delays and absences: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> If you are late three times, you will get a negative class mark, if you are late more than 3 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> times, you will get a written warning (or you will be reported to the Head of Studies) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> You will have to justify all your absences. You must copy from a friend what we studied <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> in class on the day that you couldn’t attend the class.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> Failed Terms: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">If you fail a term, you will have to take the test again after Christmas holidays (1 st term) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> or Holy Week holidays (2nd term) or at the end of the June (3 rd term). If you still fail any term, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> you will have to take it again in September with all the year contents.

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