One Direction at Madame Tussauds

Recently, One Direction were transformed into wax figures at the famous London museum, Madame Tussauds. It was a big honour for the group!

1D was figures
In 2013, the five members of One Direction had two sittings with the sculptors who were to create their wax figures for Madame Tussauds. The sculptors' biggest challenge was to capture the boys' playful cheeky smiles and show their true personalities.

TAKING HARRY'S MEASUREMENTS
Here, Harry is having his head measured by the sculptor's assistants. They took around 200 measurements and photos of each of the 1D boys. Zayn, Liam, Louis, Niall and Harry loved the experience!

SCULPTING ZAYN'S HEAD
This is Zayn's head... in clay. To create it, the sculptors made a wire frame. Then they worked the clay on the frame to form Zayn's head and face. They constantly checked the star's measurements using callipers.

LIAM'S PERFECT SMILE
To make the teeth for Liam's wax model, Liam had to bite into dental resin. The mould was then sent to a dental company which specializes in false teeth. The company spent four days making a set of teeth to reproduce Liam's perfect smile.

NIALL'S EYE COLOUR
Niall is having fun choosing from Tussauds' collection of 200 glasls eyes. To create the eyes for Niall's wax model, the eye-making experts measure his eye ball, pupil and iris. They then have to find the exact colour for his eyes. After ten hours, the eyes are ready. They have to be perfect -it's the eyes that will make Niall's model look real.

LOUIS COOL HAIR STYLE
The hair experts are trying to find the same colour as Louis' hair. Each hair is individually inserted into the model's head... and they use real human hair that has been donated to the museum. The hair is then washed, cut and styled.

My trip to Madrid

Hi, we are Elisabet, Clàudia Vallmajó, Claudia Guilana and Oleg Mumbrú, and last april we went on a trip to Madrid with our ESO 2 classmates.


FIRST DAY:

At 7 o'clock, we went to the school and we took a bus to Girona. There, we waited for the train (AVE) and we recorded some videos. At 11:45 we arrived to Madrid. Another bus took us to a hostel called Motion and we left our luggage there. After that we visited the “Congreso de los Diputados” and some friends like Clàudia Vallmajó, did an oral presentation about it to the class like Clàudia Vallmajó.At 14:30 we had lunch and at 15:45 we visited the Museo del Prado. Some of our classmates like Claudia G, explained some paintings to the class. When we finished, we went to Parque del Retiro and there we had one hour for free time.In the afternoon, we visited la Puerta de Alcalá where we sang a song about it. Finally we took an underground to go to la Opera square.At 20:30 we had dinner at Fresco and we went to the hostel to sleep.


SECOND DAY:

At 09:00 we had breakfast and we went on foot to Puerta del Sol, Palacio Real's gardens and to the Almudena's cathedral. Then we had lunch at Fresco, the same restaurant that we went on the first day. In the afternoon, we went to a presentation about the Xi'an warriors, which was really good. After that, we walked around Plaza Neptuno, Cibeles and the Council of Madrid. When we fiinished, we ate the famous “Bocata de Calamares” in Plaza Mayor. Then we had free time and we went to the hostel to sleep and watch the football match on the TV.


THIRD DAY:

Like the second day we had breakfast and then, we made the luggage. When we finished, we walked along la Gran Via until la Plaza de España. After that, we had free time and we went to the Templo de Debot and the Senado.At 13:30 we had lunch at the same restaurant called Fresco. After that we came back to the Motion hostel and we took the bags to leave Madrid. We arrived at Atocha Station where we had one hour for free time and bought some sweets. At 16:00, we caught the AVE which took us to Girona. At 20:02, we arrived to Girona and a bus took us to Banyoles. At 20:45 we arrived at school where our parents were waiting for us.It was a really great trip! We had a lot of fun there!

Plaza España

Here's the link of the video:


OUR TRIP TO MADRID

An internet forum

Hi, My name's Clàudia Vallmajó and I live in South London. I like the area where I live so I want to improve it. 

 In my opinion there isn't anywhere for young people to go. There aren't any facilities for them. As a result, young people spend all their time hanging around on the street. There are sometimes problems with vandalism and graffiti. 

 I think the council should do something about this. I'm sure they must have some locals to build a youth café.  

Clàudia Vallmajó

A dialogue for a story

Xenia: Claudia! Can you help me? I need some help!

Claudia: Xenia? Where are you? What's happened?

Xenia: I'm at the sea. I was sailing near the rock and I hit it. My boat is going down!

Claudia: Are you OK? Can you get out of the boat?

Xenia: No, I think I've broken my leg. I can't move it and it really hurts. What can I do? I see an island but it's far away...

Claudia: Don't panic! Let's phone the police and the coastguard. They're going to find you!

Xenia: OK, but hurry up! I can't wait for more. I'll be in the water soon.

Claudia: OK, OK hang on! I'm sure that the police will come soon.

Xenia: Claudia! I can't move!

Claudia: What's happening now?

Xenia: I'm in the water, I can't breath! Help!

A formal letter

Dear Sir or Madam
 I am the captain of a cycling club in London, England. The name of the club is The Amsterdam Sharks. I am writing to you because we are planning to participate in a big competition next year and we are looking for sponsors.

 The competition will take place in May. It will be a big event with 20,000 spectators. Clubs and fans from twenty three countries are going to be in London for this event.

 Please contact me if you are interested in sponsoring us or if you need any more information. I look forward to hearing from you.

 Yours faithfully,

 Clàudia Vallmajó

Captain

My last weekend

On Saturday morning I did all the homework we had. After lunch, on Saturday afternoon, all of my friends and I, went at Xenia's house to make-up and disguised of Snow-white. On Sunday I went with my cousin Montse and my uncle to Font Romeu, in France to ski. We passed all the morning skiing and we came back to Banyoles in the afternoon.


MY VIDEO:

A biography: Zayn Malik

Zayn Malik, a member of One Direction

Hello, my name is Clàudia and today I'm going to talk about Zayn Malik. First about his personal life and family, second about his career and finally about his relationships.So let's start!

About his personal life:

Zain Javaad Malik also called Zayn Malik is a member of One Direction along with Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson. He was born in West Lane, Baildon, Bradford on the 12^th January of 1993. Now, he has 21 years old.

He's the son of a British-Pakistani father and English mother. He has one older sister, and two younger sisters.

About One Direction:
In 2010, when he was 17 years old, Zayn auditioned in Manchester for the seventh series of The X factor. He sang “Let me love you” and Simon, Louis and Nicole liked his audition. Simon Cowell wanted to form a group with all the boys and they called it One Direction. After that, they signed for Syco Records and now they have three albums: Up all night, Take me home and Midnight Memories. They did Up all Night tour, Take me home tour and now, they are doing Where We Are tour, also called WWAT'14. On the 8^th of July of 2014 they will be at the“Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys” in Barcelona. It'll be amazing!!

About his relationships:
His first kiss was at the age of nine. He has gotten two ex-girlfriends: Geneva Lane and Rebecca Ferguson, but now he's engaged to Perrie Edwards, a member of a girl band called Little Mix.

Well, this is my oral presentation, thanks for your attention and I hope you enjoyed it.

MY POWERPOINT:

Zayn Malik from claudiavallmajo25

MY CLASSMATES:

Cristina explained Katy Perry: She was born in Santa Barbara, California. She studied music in the west of Santa Barbara. Xenia Tubert talked about Leonardo Di Caprio: He was born in Los Angeles. He started his career doing advertisement, educational films and series. Maria Port explained Harry Styles: He was born on the 1st February of 1994, in Redditch. He started singing in a band called White Eskimo. Jordi Lladó talked about Gerard Piqué: He was born in 1987 and he started playing football at the age of 10 in la Masia. Eloi talked about Felix Barrgartner: He was born in Austrial and he jumped over a monument situated in Kuala Lumpur, Malàisia. He also jumped off a capsule in the estratosphere.

HERE'S MY VIDEO

My video

A report about a survey

The topic of the survey was "Your opinions about the future". The class of 2n ESO of Casa Nostra school, did the survey and in general they were positive about the future. These are the results:

Everybody thinks that humans will exist in the next millennium, and more than half of the class think that the world will be a better place because we'll reduce the pollution. Some people think that we won't be more intelligent in the future.

About half of the people in the group think that space won't be normal in the next century, and  nobody thinks that humans will live on other planets in the future. Everybody says that they won't travel into space because they'll be afraid.

A biography: Joaquín Cortés

Joaquín Cortés was a Spanish dancer. He was born in Córdoba in 1969. He moved to Madrid on 1981 and then he went to New York on 1999.

He started to dance when he was twelve years old and he went on the Spanish National Ballet when he was fiftenn years old.

His most famous shows are Pasión Gitana, Soul and Live. He's characteristics are explosive, original and athletic.

A story about a rescue

The rescue happened while we were skiing in the Everest last weekend. It was scary because there was a lot of snow.

I was with my family and we were skiing down the Mount Everest. We were exploring the mountain when we saw a married couple shouting. An avalanche was coming behind them. A helicopter was watching all the zone, and as soon as it saw the problem, it went to the people quickly.

The helicopter took down a scale and the rescuers could climb down and rescued the married couple. They were brave because the avalanche was really hard and the mountain was very high.

Central Park

"It's surprising to find such a big park right iun the middle of Manhattan. One minute you're in the busy streets, the next you're in a park with trees and lakes. There are lots of people, but that's OK -the atmosphere is very relaxed. New Yorkers come to walk, jog, play football or just sit on the grass. It's breath of fresh air..."

In Central Park, there's a memorial to Beatles singer John Lennon. "Imagine" is Lennon's hit song about peace.

Jennifer Lawrence

Oscar-winning superstar and nice girl
Hunger games star Jennifer Lawrence is everywhere this month. I love English has some ideas on how to succeed like Jennifer...

MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS
Most actresses, if offered a role in The Hunger Games, would say "YES"! without hesitation. Not Jennifer Lawrence. She was worried that being famous would change her. She thought about the offer for three days, before accepting. Like Katniss in the films, Jennifer became a superstar overmight. But happily, she hasn't changed at all!

GIVE 100 PER CENT...
To prepare for her role in The Hunger Games, Jennifer worked very hard. She trained in archery four times a week, learnt tree and rock climbing, and had fitness and combat coaching. "If I look exhausted in the movie, that's definitely real," she says smiling.

LAUGH AT YOURSELF
Jennifer admits that she's not perfect. She's naturally  clumsy, and fell on the steps when she collected her first Oscar in front of Hollywood's most important stars. But she reacted to this embarrassing situation with humour. "You guys are just standing up because you fell bad that I fell", she said when the audience stood up in her honour.