We are back again!

Good morning!

Welcome everyone to our blog, the best place to know about us and our interests, about the school and whatever interesting issues are going on around us.

We're first year students of Business & Finance, willing to share with you all the exciting journey of earning new skills, putting them into practice and, of course, enjoying  the experience along the way!

 Most of us are bilingual, we speak Basque and Spanish, our mother languages, and  being proud of our culture as we are, we'd love to share with you what it is like to live in The Basque Country in general and in Donostia-San Sebastian in particular. In the same way, we're smart enough to understand that the interaction of different people and different cultures is what really makes the journey of life enjoyable, exciting and worthy. Therefore, one of our objectives this year is to learn how to communicate in English to share with you all the experiences that will enrichen us. We'll be happy if you come to visit us and we are looking forward to knowing about you!

This is the beginning of the journey. We hope you enjoy it with us from now on! 

Zubiri Multilingual 2012/2013 

See you next year!

After 9 months of classes in Zubiri Manteo School we have reached at the end of 2012 course.

It has been an unforgettable year because we met people of different places and we have not had any problems at the time of working in groups.

The subjects that we have studied in the higher grade of business and finance has been Human Resources, Accounting, Supply Management, Commercial Management, Finance, Computer Application and English. From these, two subjects we have done in English (Computer Application & Finances) and it has been here where we have worked for the European Projects.

I can proudly say that for all of us it have been a unique experience and highly recommended for everyone. And from all of them we have learned so much in a fun way.

Now we will take a little break in summer to start with more desire and forces next year, so see you next year!

Bye friends!

Nerea Diez

WE ARE GLAD YOU CAME

The School year have gone so fast, along this time, we learned to work in groups, know more about finance and business and the course offered us the opportunity to visit other countries and meet people of other European cultures practicing and improving our level of English.

Now we are in the final countdown of the first year, and this can be our last post in this blog.

So I can only say thanks for reading and do it again next year when the new students take over the blog.

Jon Mikel Cruz

See you next year!

Now, we are finishing the first course of Business & Finance. This is the last week of the course, and it’s time to make a little summary talking about this school year. During the course we have been working since first day. Some subjects were new for some of us, so sometimes we had to dedicate enough time to learn things of some subjects. We have had 7 subjects, that are: Finance, English, Accounting, Supply Management, Human Resources, Computing & Commercial Management. For me, almost all of them were known.

Apart of the usual subjects, we were in the multilingua group, doing Finance & Computing in English language. We prepare some projects in this two subjects for European projects ‘GOEM Go On… Employ me! & ‘A Step Further’. It was a fantastical experience to know and learn more about different cultures and to meet people from other countries to share with them new experiences, and to learn how to find a job when you are abroad, or how to prepare a presentation of different companies.

Now, we are studying for the last exams because we are in the last week of exams. We have to pass all the subjects this course to be prepared for the second course that will start in September. I think that the evaluation that I can do is excellent. We are learning a lot of things that we will need in the future, in our future job in a company.

See you next year.

ERIK RIOS SALAZAR.

European Council President Herman Van Rompuy: "The eurozone has shown considerable solidarity"

EU leaders want Greece to remain in the eurozone but to "respect its commitments", European Council President Herman Van Rompuy has said.

Mr Van Rompuy, speaking at an informal EU summit, said continuing "vital reforms" were essential for Greece to overcome its economic problems.
The eurozone crisis has overshadowed the talks, amid fears that Greece may have to exit the single currency.

"We are fully aware of the significant efforts already made by the Greek citizens.
"The eurozone has shown considerable solidarity having already disbursed, together with the IMF (International Monetary Fund) nearly 150bn euros in support of Greece since 2010."
He said the EU would take action to return Greece to economic growth and job creation.
But Mr Van Rompuy said "continuing vital reforms" were "the best guarantee for a more prosperous future in the euro area".

On Wednesday, European stock markets fell about 2% amid anxiety that Greece might have to exit the euro.
Mr Van Rompuy said talks had been "focused and frank".

He said there was agreement on the need for economic growth as well as measures to restore financial stability, which he described as "two sides of the same coin".

UK Prime Minister David Cameron emphasised the agreements that EU leaders had reached on Wednesday.
EU leaders began the summit with Germany resisting pressure to launch eurobonds as a way to ease the eurozone crisis.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the bonds, pooling eurozone debt, would violate EU treaties and would "not contribute to kick-starting growth".
France's President Francois Hollande said that he wanted discussion of eurobonds and Irish PM Enda Kenny said the idea would be on the table.
Earlier, Ms Merkel said talks would not result in decisions but would influence formal summit talks in late June.
The leaders would look at ways to deepen the EU internal market, boost mobility in Europe's labour market and better target European Investment Bank funding for projects. Such measures could help stimulate growth, she said.
The summit has been the first opportunity for President Hollande to shift the emphasis from austerity to growth - a key message he gave to French voters, who elected him on 6 May.
The French Socialist leader's victory is seen as a challenge to the prevailing austerity drive in the EU, which is favoured by Germany.


Xabier Sanchez

Facebook's Stock Debuts on Wall Street

After weeks of anticipation, it was finally time Friday for Facebook official debut on Wall Street. After jumping more than 10% in the first few minutes of trading, Facebook stock closed less than 1% higher.

Despite the lukewarm start, analysts say trading volumes were high. The IPO was one of the biggest in history.

The year's most hotly anticipated public offering kicked off at 11 a.m, Friday in New York, with founder Mark Zuckerberg ringing the Nasdaq opening bell remotely from Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California.

"We've actually seen a few of that type of behavior in some other tech IPOs this year where the initial excitement was high, there was a lot of buying and then it just gradually fell off," said Gayad.

After opening at $38 a share, Facebook stock closed just 23 cents higher. That's a big wake up call for a company that is now worth more than a $100 billion, said media analyst Nick Thomas.

Nerea

Comenius project: GOEM in Brussels

On 3-4 May, the European Commission organised a conference dedicated to Comenius school partnerships in Brussels. 

12 Comenius school partnerships presented themselves in an exhibition at the conference and more projects served as examples in workshop discussions.

They explored the links between school projects and wider school policy developments in four thematic workshops looking at school co-operation in the light of current policy issues such as improving learning environments, teachers' competences, inclusive education and the internationalisation of schools.

In the 4^th theme, about supporting the internationalisation of schools, was our Comenius-GOEM project represented by the coordinator Ian Patterson, from Belfast.

More info at:

• http://comeniuspartnerships.teamwork.fr/en/information
• http://comeniuspartnerships.teamwork.fr/docs/partnerships.pdf
  

(THEME 4 Supporting the internationalisation of schools)

It means that we are doing a great job!  =)