Charlie and Quique prepare for a birthday party. Sofía tells them a story about '¡La Tomatina!' - the annual tomato festival which takes place in the Valencian town of Buñol every August. Uncle Manu sings a song to celebrate - '¡La Fiesta!' Key vocabulary includes numbers and dates and the question words '¿cuándo?', '¿cuánto?' and '¿por qué?'
Clip 5: En el piso de Quique y Sofía (In Quique and Sofía's flat)
Quique and Charlie are blowing up balloons in preparation for a friend's birthday party and Charlie discovers how to say her own birthday in Spanish. She also finds out about other fiestas and saints’ days in Spain.
Clip duration: 04:55
Clip 6: Cuento - La Tomatina (Story - La Tomatina)
Sofía tells a story in which Francisco visits his aunt's home in the Valencian town of Buñol and discovers the origins of 'La Tomatina', the annual 'Battle of the Tomatoes' that takes place there every August.
Clip duration: 03:57
Clip 7: En el piso de Quique y Sofía (In Quique and Sofía's flat)
Quique and Sofía help Charlie to pronounce the 'c' and 'z' sounds in Spanish and how to say numbers from 1 to 100 correctly. They also talk about the question words '¿cuánto?', '¿cuándo?' and '¿cómo?'
Clip duration: 03:39
Clip 8: Canción - ¡Fiesta, fiesta! (Song - 'Party!')
Uncle Manu sings about the joyful sights and sounds of a Spanish 'fiesta' in which all generations take part.
Clip duration: 02:45
Teacher's Notes and transcript/translation
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Supporting images
Calendar. image
The months and seasons of the year in Spanish.
'La Tomatina' festival. image
'La Tomatina' festival taking place in Buñol .
Themes, vocabulary and grammar
Key vocabulary 1
años (m.pl) (years)
¿cuándo? (when?)
¿cuánto? (how many? how much?)
el (the)
¡felicidades! (best wishes, happy birthday)
¡feliz cumpleaños! (happy birthday)
fiesta (f.) (party, festival, celebration)
Key vocabulary 2
hay (there is, there are)
mi (my)
¡mola mazo! (super cool)
porque no (just because)
vale (ok)
día (m.) - (day)
día de santo (m.) - (saint's day)
Themes and vocabulary
- Numbers
- Months of the year
- Dates
- Birthdays
Grammar and pronunciation
- Question words - eg ¿cuándo? (when?), ¿cuánto? (how many?), ¿por qué? (why?)
- Pronunciation of ce / ci / z sound
- Saints' days
- Festivals - 'La Tomatina'
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1: ¡Hola! ¿Qué hay? (Hello! How are you?)
Key vocabulary includes greetings, names and animals and there is help with pronunciation of vowel sounds.
3: Al zoo (At the zoo)
Key vocabulary includes animals and colours and grammar includes the gender of nouns and adjectival agreement.
4: La sierra (The mountains)
Key vocabulary includes the weather and seasons and key grammar points include making negative sentences.
