Another year, another Día de Canarías. 2019's fell on Friday 31st May and it provided an opportunity for students and teachers from the British School of Gran Canaria to celebrate the culture we live in during a day packed with fun activities.

In Primary, the day started with storytelling from Year 8, who told the tale of the Garoé and the Drago trees to the little ones. During Secondary assembly, we shared news about the different workshops that were going to take place and listened to the Canarian legends of Doramas and Gara and Jonay.

The day passed by really quickly. The Infants sang and danced to typical Canarian songs, they cooked local dishes and enjoyed traditional games. In Primary, students made Canarian toys and then had their breaths taken away from them by the drama performance at the end of the day.

Secondary students made Canarian crafts, fought bouts of Canarian wrestling, tried their hand at stick fighting, and challenged their brain power with intelligence games. Also, Canarian sweets and drinks were sold in order to raise funds for charity. This money will be used to buy goods for the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria food bank.

Thanks to everybody for making this day such a special occasion.

Spanish Secondary Second Language students have struck up a friendship with their peers at the Deutsche School Las Palmas. They have been writing to each other; with the island's official German school sending a letter in English and BSGC replying in Spanish.

On Monday 27th May, we visited their base in Almatriche and were shown around the school as part of an informative tour. Then we played some games. We finished off with lunch which was pizza, a delicious end to an enjoyable excursion.

Teresa Han (Y9NF)

The South School's Year 3 class recently enjoyed a visit to a climbing centre. It was so much fun for them to scramble up the various walls. However, the most important thing is that they learned to do so safely.

Tafira Year 3 Alex's and Year 5's Dante, Luca, and Marta combined perfectly to nearly go all the way in a tournament held in Arucas on Saturday 18th May. This reduced BSGC hockey team unfortunately lost 7-4 in the final. Still, it was a remarkable effort for them to finish as runners-up.