Childrens Stories Enidras: SPAIN

CEIP MAESTRO MANUEL APARCERO

CHIPIONA - SPAIN

ENIDRAS

THE TRAVELER

SARDINE

This book has been written by the students of the School

CEIP Maestro Manuel Aparcero

Chipiona – Spain

Within the activities planned for the

European Comenius Project for the year 2011-12

TRAVELLING THROUGH THE SEAS OF EUROPE

INDEX - INDICE

1.- ENIDRAS THE TRAVELER SARDINE

2.- PLAYING WITH HER FRIENDS

3.- AT SCHOOL

4.- ENIDRAS AND EUROPE

5.- ENIDRAS DISCOVERS THE NORTH SEA

6.- TO BE CONTINUED…

1.- ENIDRAS THE TRAVELER SARDINE

Once upon a time there was a small sardine that was born in Chipiona.

Her name is ENIDRAS (SARDINE ENIDRAS).She is small, thin and blue. Her scales are silvered and they are very bright. She is very kind and she likes to help her friends.

She also likes to travel through the seas looking for adventures. So she decides to start a long travel after a big storm.

2. - PLAYING WITH HER FRIENDS

Enidras the sardine is very playful and she plays with her friends.

She loves playing in the water.

She has got a lot of friends. What Enidras enjoys the most is to have fun with them.

Enidras´ friends are an octopus, a crab and a galend. She also plays with her friend the starfish.

Enidras loves playing with the foam of the waves.

She likes playing “hide and seek”, “pilla – pilla” and “torito por lo alto”. She watches movies and hides between the rocks.

Enidras goes to school with her friends and when they finish school they play their favourite game “hide and seek”. Then, they go to sleep.

The sardine likes playing any game.

She travels through the sea and asks the eldery what she doesn´t know about it.

Enidras has got many friends from other countries and enjoys going to the cinema with them every Saturday

3.- AT SCHOOL

Once upon a time there was a Spanish sardine.

Her name is Enidras. Enidras lives on the coast of Chipiona in the Atlantic Ocean. Enidras loves school. Her books are made of coloured seaweed and the school is a big bubble. She always goes to school with three friends: a crab, an “acedia” and a cuttlefish.

Before going into class Enidras plays “futstar”. She plays “futstar” with a starfish.

Enidras learns a lot in the school. She likes science. With her teacher Mr. Crab she learns about Chipiona´s coast and its fish, crustaceans and molluscs: sardines, “acedias”, shrimps, cuttlefish and so on.

In math Mr. Octopus teaches how to add 2 +2, Enidras learns addition with small shells.

In language class with Miss Ray Enidras tells and writes stories about fish. Enidras´ favourite subject is English because she learns many words with Miss “Corvina”.

Enidras also loves doing crafts with Miss “Dorada”. Once she painted a shell with many colours. That was nice!

Someday Enidras may travel to Europe, learn about other countries and make friends in other seas.

4.- ENIDRAS AND EUROPE

After school Enidras plays hide and seek, “futbujas”, the boomerang or racing with all her friends. Some evenings she visits the pier to see the boats and fishermen. She is always very careful not to get tangled in nets or fishing rods.

One day Enidras went on a school trip. She visited the lighthouse with some friends. Chipiona´s lighthouse is the highest in Spain.

Enidras wanted to know how the lighthouse works. She learned how the lighthouse guides the ships that sail the Atlantic Ocean.

Returning home Enidras and her friends found a “marrajo”. This fish tried to eat them but Enidras, who is very clever, had a plan with the “pargo” and the “sargo” to distract the “marrajo” while the jellyfish stung him. They will never forget that adventure!

When she finishes her homework Enidras likes reading but sometimes she watches the television programs about the world's oceans and seas. She would like to travel to all those seas.

Enidras knows she is very popular in Spain. She has many friends and peers with which she has fun and is happy. However, she always dreamed about travelling and seeing other places. Enidras would like to go to the North Sea, Baltic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, the Tyrrhenian Sea, Black sea ... She would love to swim in other waters, meet other people and make new friends such as: a seal, a mussel, a jellyfish, a tuna or a ray.

At school she tells her friends:

- Someday I'll swim in the seas of Europe. I want everyone knows me. I really want to go to The Netherlands, to France, to Italy, to Germany and to Poland!

One day at school Mr. Crab and Miss “Corvina” told the students that everyone would participate in a project called “Pezmenius”–“fishmenius”-. One of the students from “Pezlandia” school of Chipiona could make a trip and visit some European seas.

Everyone did a vote in class and Enidras was elected because she was very studious, loving and because everyone knew the illusion that the trip made her.

Enidras was very pleased that her classmates had chosen her. She clapped her fins, she was so happy! Enidras in a hurry told everything to her parents Mr. and Mrs. “Sardinete Panchete and Sardinilla Ripilina”.

Her parents told Enidras:

- As you are very good with languages and you enjoy travelling we'll let you make that trip around Europe to learn many things.

- Fantastic!, Fantastic!

- Where would you like to go Enidras?

Enidras decided to visit five teachers from different seas of Europe. First, she will visit a teacher -Mr. Mussel- in The Netherlands. Second, she will go to France. There Enidras will meet Miss Ray. Then she will visit Miss Jellyfish in Germany. Fourth, Enidras will go to Italy to meet Mr. Tuna. And finally she will travel to Poland and learn with Miss Seal.

- But how can we get money for the trip?

- Don´t worry, each year the council makes a story competition and the winner is paid a language course.

Enidras very excited wrote her story about Chipiona using all their knowledge and skills.

The day of the competition arrived and all the participants gathered at City Hall. The mayor - Mr. Salmon- counted all the votes and announced:

-The winner is ... the sardine Enidras!

- Thank you very much to everyone for voting for me! I am very happy to be chosen to travel throughout the seas of Europe. I will learn how to speak English well and other languages.

Enidras organized a party in “La Longuera” to celebrate her award with all her friends. After the party Enidras went to prepare her luggage because her expected trip was about to begin.

5.- ENIDRAS DISCOVERS THE NORTH SEA

The night before leaving, Enidras almost could not sleep because she was very nervous. Although it was the first time she traveled alone Enidras knew everything would be fine. The following morning Enidras was punctual in the place where she had to take the fishbowl that would lead her to The Netherlands. During the trip she met many fish; some of them were unknown to her. It was a wonderful trip.

Once in The Netherlands Enidras was greeted with a warm welcome. She was very excited. Mr. Mussel had prepared her entire stay in detail. Enidras spent a few fabulous days. There, she learned many interesting things related to the North Sea and its coasts which was the first time she visited

6. - TO BE CONTINUED…

Each country has to write stories and legends about the adventures of the Sardine ENIDRAS.

These stories will be written by the students

We will use an education line based on the story of the traveler sardine “ENIDRAS" who wants to learn many things about the seas of Europe and who will teach us, on each imaginary trip, a variety of fun sequences.