Throughout this school year, your child will travel through eight fun "Learning Situations" in English class, each one built around a real place, a real problem, and a real project. This page is just for you: a simple look at what your child is learning in each unit, and a few easy, low-effort ideas for keeping the English going at home. No homework, no pressure. Just a bit of extra practice woven into everyday life.
This page was created by Hugo Lรณpez-Aguado Garcรญa, an English teacher at a state school in the Canary Islands, as a non-profit educational project with no cost to families.
All recommended books mentioned here are fictional titles, chosen for illustrative purposes to match each unit's theme.
In this unit, children learn how to describe clothes and people using the verb "to be". They talk about why throwing away clothes creates so much waste, and discover ideas like reusing and second-hand fashion.
At the end, the class puts on a "Second-Chance Fashion Show", giving old clothes a fun new life on the runway.
Children build their food vocabulary and learn to say what they like and dislike. Along the way, they talk about where our food comes from and why eating local, seasonal produce is good for us and for the planet.
The unit finishes with a "Canarian Food Market", where pupils show off healthy, local food ideas.
This unit is about sports and playground games, and how everyone, girls and boys alike, deserves an equal chance to play. Children practise asking questions with words like "who", "what" and "where" while thinking about fairness in games.
They finish by creating a "Canarian Active Break", a fair and fun playground activity for the whole school.
Children learn to describe places using "there is / there are" while exploring the neighbourhoods of Gran Canaria. They think about who gets to live comfortably in a city, and why housing matters for everyone.
The unit ends with pupils designing their own "Gran Canaria City Guide" to share what makes a good place to live.
This unit explores transport (cars, buses, bikes) and how we get around the island. Children practise talking about habits and routines while thinking about traffic, pollution, and better ways to move around.
They finish with a "Canarian Transport Survey", sharing ideas for getting around in smarter, greener ways.
Children learn to talk about the weather, in the past and present, including the calima winds that affect the Canary Islands. They explore how our climate is changing and what that means for people here.
The unit finishes with pupils presenting a "Canarian Weather Report", explaining real weather patterns in their own words.
This unit introduces jobs, shops, and what people do for work, using the present simple. Children learn about the idea of a "circular economy": reusing and repairing things instead of throwing them away.
They finish by creating a "Canarian Jobs & Shops Guide", celebrating local trades and businesses.
Children learn about sea animals and habitats, and practise talking about ability with "can" and "could". They discover how plastic pollution affects the ocean around the Canary Islands and the sebadales, the seagrass meadows that live there.
The unit ends with a "Clean Coast Campaign", where pupils share ways to help protect our sea.
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