School trips, events and exchanges

Understand the term for a school trip, ‘la excursión escolar’.
Verb associated with school trips, ‘hacer una excursión’ - to go on a trip.
Useful adjectives and phrases: ‘emocionante’ (exciting), ‘educativo’ (educational), ‘divertido’ (fun).
How to describe where you went, what you did and saw: ‘fuimos a…’, ‘vimos…’, ‘hicimos…‘
Include a range of tenses. Past tense (e.g.,preterite), ‘fui’ (I went), future tense ‘iré’ (I will go), and present tense ‘voy’ (I go).

Understand the term for events, ‘los eventos’.
School events might include ‘la fiesta de fin de año’ (end of year party), ‘el concurso’ (competition) or ‘la obra de teatro’ (play).
Be able to describe what happened at the event using past tense verbs like ‘bailamos’ (we danced) or ‘celebramos’ (we celebrated).
Describe how you felt during the event with phrases like ‘me sentí emocionado/a’ (I felt excited) or ‘me divertí mucho’ (I had a lot of fun).

Understand the term for school exchanges, ‘los intercambios’.
Be able to describe when an exchange took place: ‘el intercambio tuvo lugar en…‘ (the exchange took place in…).
Describe the exchange partners with phrases like ‘mi compañero de intercambio fue muy amable’ (my exchange partner was very kind).
Discuss the benefits of exchanges, e.g. ‘mejoré mi español’ (I improved my Spanish), ‘aprendí sobre la cultura española’ (I learned about Spanish culture).
Always remember to use a variety of tenses while writing about trips, events, and exchanges to showcase your full language skills.