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