"There is no place sadder than an empty bed" - Gabriel García Márquez We stand in solidarity with the pain of all those affected. ♥️ Illustration by Jaime Hayón, Spanish artist from Valencia.

November 1st is All Saints Day in Spain. The tradition is for people to return to their town or village to pay their respects to those in their families who have 'gone before'. Families decorate the graves with elaborate flower arrangements, candles and photographs.

Hoy se celebra día de muertos, una celebración a la memoria y un ritual que privilegia el recuerdo sobre el olvido ✨️ y que no debe confundirse con Halloween #SJCSpanish #SJCLanguages #DiaDeMuertos2024

¡Buenos días y bienvenido de nuevo! 👋We are kicking off the new Half Term with a bang on the #SJCSpanish Duolingo leaderboards. All years have been keeping up their language skills over the holidays, Miss Cooper queda muy impresionada por vuestros esfuerzos🤩🇪🇸 #SJCExcellence

Congratulations to our twenty #SJCLowerSixth students who received their first aid certificates after completing a one day course during half term! #FirstAiders #LearningJourney Thank you to Proactive First Aid Solutions Ltd for running the course for us!

¡Buenos días a todos! This morning we celebrate another week of fantastic Duolingo achievements from our #SJCSpanish Linguists!🤩 We continue to be impressed by your efforts. ¡Un gran esfuerzo, chicos!🇪🇸 #SJCExcellence Seniors | St John's College, Cardiff

This week, we are celebrating the successes of our new 'Stars of the Half Term'! First up, Ayan K in #SJCR13 is our 'estrella del trimestre' in Spanish for consistently giving his all in the language. Somos muy orgullos@s, Ayan! 🌟🇪🇸 #SJCExcellence #SJCFamily Seniors | St John's College, Cardiff

Our #SJCR14 'Estrella del trimestre' is Annie Y! 🌟🇪🇸 Annie consistently shows fantastic commitment to her Spanish studies and always strives to do her best. ¡Enhorabuena, Annie! 👏 #SJCExcellence #SJCFamily Seniors | St John's College, Cardiff

Our #SJCR15 'Estrella del trimestre' is Holly J!✨️ Holly showed fantastic efforts and perseverance in her #SJCSpanish mock exams this term🤩 Enhorabuena, Holly!🇪🇸👏 #SJCExcellence #SJCFamily Seniors | St John's College, Cardiff

Ibrahim G is our #SJCR15 'Estrella del trimestre' in #SJCSpanish! He has taken all feedback on board and this resulted in an excellent mock result!👏🤩 ¡Muy bien hecho, Ibrahim!🇪🇸 #SJCExcellence #SJCFamily Seniors | St John's College, Cardiff

Our final #SJCSpanish 'Estrella del trimestre' is Ellie L!👏 Ellie has made excellent progress so far this year and often supplements her learning with Duolingo. ¡Un gran esfuerzo, Ellie! 🤩🇪🇸 #SJCExcellence #SJCLanguages Seniors | St John's College, Cardiff

Good morning Austria!

Day two… out and off by 8am! These guys are incredible! #SJCSixthForm #resilience

La RAE ha actualizado el «Diccionario de la lengua española» en la que es su versión 23.8. Entre las novedades que se incorporan a la obra, se encuentran voces como «barista», «dana», «espóiler» o «sérum». Conozca más detalles: ow.ly/GS9P50UockA.

¡Feliz año nuevo!🎊 We are back with a bang in the Spanish Department, and want to celebrate the efforts of our Spanish Duolingo champions. A few new names on our leaderboards this week, ¡felicitaciones a tod@s! 🤩🇪🇸#SJCSpanish #SJCExcellence #DuolingoForSchools Seniors | St John's College, Cardiff

Enhorabuena to our fantastic #SJCSpanish pupils for their continued efforts on Duolingo last week! 🇪🇸🌟 #SJCLanguages #SJCExcellence #DuolingoForSchools Seniors | St John's College, Cardiff

Well done to our #SJCSpanish Duolingo winners this week. Fantastic efforts all round; muy bien! #SJCLanguages #SJCExcellence

Today marks the beginning of Seniors | St John's College, Cardiff 'Pre-Eisteddfod Fortnight' - take a look at your Google Classrooms for details of your competitions! 💜💙❤️💛 #SJCEisteddfod #SJCWelsh #SJCFrench #SJCSpanish MrsCD-SJC Mrs George Miss Cooper Miss Prosser Madame Cousins

#DyddMiwsigCymru Hapus! We are celebrating ten years of Welsh Language Music Day at St John's College, Cardiff today! Keep your eyes peeled on here for our appreciation of all things Welsh music! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🎶🎤 #SJCWelsh #SJCMusic #SJCFromTheHeart

It is a particularly exciting week for our #SJCSpanish linguists as the R12/R13 Duolingo competition forms part of our 'Pre-#SJCEisteddfod Fortnight'. At this half-way point in the competition, the following pupils have reached the podium.. but it could all change! #SJCLanguages