educate teach love - Escola Pia de Sarrià

educate
teach
love
Our School:
Escola Pia
de Sarrià-Calassanç
The keys
to our school
Nursery
Primary
School
ESO
(Compulsory
Secondary
Education)
Batxillerat
(High School)
Vocational Education
and Training (VET)
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2. OUR EDUCATIONAL PROJECT
3. OUR PARTNER INSTITUTIONS
• The Parents Association
• The “Mutualitat de Sant Josep
de Calassanç” Charity Project
• “Fundació Joan Profitós”
Private Cultural Foundation
4. OUR SCHOOL IN FIGURES
5. FEES AND TUITION
Our School: Escola Pia
de Sarrià-Calassanç
1. OUR SCHOOL: ESCOLA PIA
DE SARRIÀ-CALASSANÇ
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1. Our School: Escola Pia de Sarrià-Calassanç
Escola Pia de Sarrià-Calassanç is one of the
twenty (20) school centres of the Escola Pia
(Piarist Fathers) in Catalonia. It was founded
in 1894 and it has been ever since an educational institution for all ages for more than 120
years. Our school perceives an aid from the
Ministry for education for all levels and stages
from P3 (Nursery) to High School. Besides,
a completely private education is offered in
Vocational Education and Training in the
branch of Sports for both lower and higher
VET levels.
Our school belongs with the religious order
of the Piarist Fathers in Catalonia, which
gives us a Christian vision of the person.
This takes an explicit sense in our educational project. In effect, the main features of
Escola Pia de Sarrià-Calassanç are as follows:
we seek a model of school open to
everybody, educating in values, addressing
individual attention to the students and
their need for orientation, promoting
responsibility and the development of
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decision making criteria. In this sense,
active learning or the application of new
technologies to learning are integrated
all throughout our educational itinerary.
Besides, our centre develops a thorough
foreign language integration plan seeking to significantly enhance the efficiency
of language learning. It includes: a conversational time with native teachers, group-splitting strategies and the implementation
of CLIL-oriented subjects. It also includes
the participation of our school in European
exchange projects, among other activities
aimed at the continuous improvement
of language learning for all levels.
With over a century of history, education
at the Escola Pia de Sarrià-Calassanç wants
to be a landmark for education quality.
The most noteworthy aspects of our school
are our clear commitment to comprehensive education, our degree of internationality,
the satisfaction of our families and our good
academic results.
Educate • Teach • Love
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2. Our educational project
The educational project of our school focuses on the following ten goals:
1. Promoting religious culture acknowledgement among students. We believe it is
crucial to the freedom of a person as well
as to their commitment and their ability to
transcend.
2. Promoting personalised educational projects. Dedicating our attention and time to
our students is at the core of our work as a
school.
3. Promoting an integral educational project
for our students. We believe this is the best
way to delve into the harmonic development
of all human capacities.
4. Promoting a school project based upon
the equality of opportunities in order to get
our students engaged in the construction
of a fairer society.
5. Promoting the assumption of moral values,
which shall be accepted after a thorough
individual understanding thereof. Never
shall they be imposed on anyone.
6. Promoting acknowledgement of Catalan
traditions and heritage in order to generate
a feeling of belonging to a country we see
as ours.
7. Promoting the taking of our cultural
compendium and pride abroad in order to
share with others and feel world citizenship.
8. Promoting democratic values and best
practices leading to make us behave like
tolerant and respectful citizens in the future.
9.Promoting educational quality by granting
realistic and ready-for-life learning and
training. We count on an innovative
pedagogy: meaningful education, active
methodologies and teamwork.
10. Promoting training and participation to
make sure resources are duly used in a sustainable way, leading to an amelioration of
people’s quality of life.
We promote
education
in values
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3. Our partner institutions
The Parents Association
The Parents Association (AMPA) of
Escola Pia de Sarrià-Calassanç was
founded on March 7, 1954. As
stated in our founding document,
“...all our aspirations are specifically aimed at
giving the greatest possible efficiency to the
task of training our children.” Since that day
we have worked to achieve this goal with
great enthusiasm, and we keep on doing
it with help, suggestions and cooperation
from all the parents in our school.
The AMPA Board meets monthly and
organizes an ordinary general assembly
every year. They are divided into four committees (Communication, Education Enga-
gement, Social Cohesion, and Working on
Values). Each of them shall be addressing different targets previously decided in the Assembly of Educational Institutions, which is
held every 4 years. Moreover, we try to get
more and more involved in the education
of children and young people at our school.
Indeed, the primary purpose of the AMPA
is to work together with the school staff to
make sure that the school’s educational project becomes a reality we can all share and
live in every day.
The AMPA also organizes regular talks and
lectures, tours and cultural trips, courses for
students and families as well as.
The “Mutualitat de Sant Josep de Calassanç” Charity Project
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The “Mutualitat” is a service
born of our interest to
keep forever alive the
desire to ensure the best
education for all of the people. It is a
charity initiative that engages in paying the
costs of schooling of those students who
may have lost their father, mother or legal
guardian. Such costs include: schooling
tuition and Joan Profitós Foundation fees;
school canteen; books; cultural trips, excursions and retreats; uniform, sports equipment and other material; AMPA fees; recreation; study trips; visits and exchanges,
extracurricular activities and an allowance of
up to five hundred Euros per year.
The “Mutualitat” shall be responsible for
these expenses from the moment a student
becomes an orphan and until they finish
their studies at our school.
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“Fundació Joan Profitós” Private Cultural Foundation
Founded in 1976, the
Foundation is a charity that aims at helping educate students
in educational institutions of the Escola
Pia de Catalunya, as well as enhancing the
quality of education. Also they are in charge
of promoting training among their staff and
they promote activities aimed at the whole
of the educational community.
The Foundation provides institutions
belonging to the Escola Pia de Catalunya
with those resources necessary to carry out
their educational projects. In particular, it
allows improvements in the material and in the
spaces, the facilities and the services offered
to the educational community. It also
provides on-going education to professionals in the Escola Pia and, when judged
appropriate, it grants scholarships or other
types of donations to individuals or institutions inside Escola Pia de Catalunya.
Finally, they yearly organize the following
events:
• Prize “Joan Profitós” in Pedagogical
Research. It is delivered in the context
of the Festival of Catalan Literature on
St. Lucy’s Day (13th December).
• Prize for the Promotion of Creativity,
intended for ESO and High School
students.
• Prize “St Josep de Calassanç” to pedagogical endeavour. Both teachers and non-teachers are eligible for it.
• Pedagogical Stays and Excursions awarded
to ESO and High School students.
• Pedagogical Conference Day for teachers.
• Sports and Cohabitation Day for 6th
grade students.
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4. Our School in figures
2.000
Students – School year 2015-2016.
372
Students of our school participated in exchanges and stays abroad
during the school year 2014-2015.
639
Students of our school volunteered in awareness and charity
campaigns during the year 2014-2015. Each school year, students
from 5th grade up to 3rd ESO get involved in volunteering in charity
campaigns in favour of various social organizations.
Basic Competences & Skills 6th grade Year 2014-2015
EPSarrià
Spanish
Catalan
60
40
20
0
50
14,8
21,2 24,6
21,2 23,4
38
30
0
Mid-Low
Mid-High
High
14,2
Low
60
50
50
40,9
20
10
0
16,4
35,4
25,9
22,4
Mid-High
20
10
Mid-High
High
37,7
30
0
Mid-Low
Mid-Low
40
40,0
4,3
Low
8
14,8
13,0
High
Mathematics
60
30
25,5
3,5
English
40
33,9
22,3
20
10
2,7
Low
49,6
40
37,2
30
10
60
54,9
50
Catalunya
14,2
32,6
36
30,9
18,4 22,3
7,9
Low
Mid-Low
Mid-High
High
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University students from 12 universities in Spain followed an apprenticeship program at our school during the school year 2014-15.
Our school is a training centre for teacher trainees.
98,6%
of students at our school passed the Test to be admitted to University (PAU) at the end of the school year 2014-2015.
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Degree of satisfaction of the families of our School – Survey
conducted in school year 2013-2014
Basic Competences & Skills 4th ESO Year 2014-2015
EPSarrià
Catalan
Spanish
60
60
50
45 42,5
40
11,1
2,3
8,4
16,5
Mid-Low
High
13,6
Low
62,3
40
40
20
19
10
0
1,5
Low
31,5
30
10
5,4
0
Mid-High
High
41,2
20
18,8
Mid-Low
Mid-High
60
50
30,8 30,7
Mid-Low
Mathematics
50
30
12,4 16,7
3,1
English
60
37,2
26
20
10
Mid-High
43,7
30
0
Low
47,3
40
29,9
20
0
50
44,3
30
10
Catalunya
High
15,7
20,6
24,6
30,9
33,6
28,8
4,6
Low
Mid-Low
Mid-High
High
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High School & PAU (Access to University). Year 2014-2015
High School May 2015 EP Sarrià
High School May 2015 Catalunya
6,00
31,00
94,00
69,00
% Pass
% Pass
% Fail
% Fail
PAU June 2015 EP Sarrià
PAU June 2015 Catalunya
3,03
1,42
98,58
96,97
% Pass
% Pass
% Fail
% Fail
5. Fees and tuition
ECONOMICAL EFFORT BY FAMILIES, SCHOOL YEAR 2015-16.
Totally private studies
Partially private studies
VET
P3-P5
1st-6th
Grade
ESO
BACC.
CAFEMN
Voluntary donations included.
School Canteen
5 days / whole school, year. 4-3-2-1
days allowed at a proportional price.
185,66
238,70
279,70
295,66
164,04
164,04
164,04
164,04
28,00
28,00
28,00
79,56
79,56
79,56
AFE-2
CAS
Futbol
10 equal monthly fees
Tuition + 9 fees (Sept.-May)
MONTHLY FEES (September-June)
School fees
AFE-1
397,50
459,00
469,00
299,50
329,00
28,00
28,00
28,00
28,00
28,00
28,00
79,56
79,56
79,56
79,56
79,56
79,56
ANNUAL FEES
Parents Association
Fees per family and year.
“La Mutualitat”
Charity, Orphenage Insurance.
Fees per student and year.
Strictly optional.
Fees were aproved by the School Council, on 22 June 2015.
Fees issued/sanctioned by the Education Consortium of Barcelona. Date of issue: 18 September 2015..
Same amount every month. Everything included except for: the school robe, the sports outfit, the books and the optional activities.
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2. EDUCATION BASED ON VALUES
3. MONITORING ENCOUNTERS
AND DIVERSITY AWARENESS
4. LANGUAGE LEARNING AND
INTERNATIONALITY
5. OUR SURROUNDINGS,
PREMISES AND SERVICES
• Welcome and Foster Service
• Bus Service for School and
Extracurricular Activity Time
• Lunch at the school canteen
• Learning Centre (Library)
• Healthcare
• Extracurricular activities
The keys
to our School
1. A COMPREHENSIVE
EDUCATION AT OUR SCHOOL
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1. A comprehensive education at our school
At the Escola Pia de Sarrià-Calassanç we
work every day to provide our students with
a comprehensive education based on the
sum of many things: a trilingual education,
a culture of effort and a team of academic
and personal tutors as well as a School Guidance Department (speech therapists, educational psychologists and psychologists).
We also prioritise education in values (both
civil and religious-based), good work habits,
and the relationship with families, as well as
students’ creativity and capacity for innovation...
Not only it is our aim to train students in order for them to get best grades in the aptitude tests for university admission but also we
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seek to prepare them to successfully overcome those challenges that they will encounter after school.
To this end, our curriculum includes disciplines such as robotics, swimming, environmental education (we are a Green School),
service-learning activities, cooking, DIY, ironing and knitting, music (we are a school
linked to the Liceu Conservatory of Barcelona), emotional education and self-awareness, among others. We believe that the
practice of these subjects and skills help promote positive values and attitudes, self-confidence, commitment, assertiveness, independence and creativity in every individual
and the group they belong to.
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2. An education based on values
During school hours
At the Escola Pia de Sarrià-Calassanç we take
into account all the following:
•We held group and individual counselling
activities, charity and awareness campaigns. Also we pay much attention to our daily educational action.
•We believe that a person should be aware
of their inner self. We encourage students
to enjoy moments of silence and self-awareness, especially at the beginning of the
school day.
•We consider that a person, no matter their
creed should be familiar with the idea of
religious culture. We teach students about
the sacred books, the festivities, the main
characters or the sacred places of every
belief.
After school hours
First Communion Catechism
It is aimed at students of 3rd and 4th grade
of Primary Education. These groups of First
Communion Catechism are prepared for
two years and are aimed at those students
who want to participate in the celebration
of the Eucharist.
Mou-te! (Move it!)
Mou-te! groups are primarily aimed at students from
5th grade up to high school.
These groups are intended
to provide the young with a
path of friendship, a space where they can
discern the significance of self-search and
self-awareness. Furthermore, they can also
be used by the students as a way to deepen
into their Christian commitment.
Prayer groups and confirmation
These groups are primarily aimed at secondary school students from 3rd ESO to 2nd
High School. They provide a space and time
to think, discuss and pray together. Students
who wish it may be offered the opportunity
to participate in the sacrament of Confirmation.
Volunteering groups
These groups are aimed at students of 4th
ESO. These groups collaborate with various
institutions (Cottolengo, Casal dels Infants
Foundation Charity Service, Friends of the
elderly, School support at the Escola Pia
Luz Casanova...). They may also participate
in those initiatives promoted by the school
(Mou-te! camp counsellors, First Communion catechists...) Students who volunteer
are believed to have a great desire to make
our society fairer and holding more opportunities for everybody.
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3. Monitoring encounters and diversity
awareness (including special educational needs)
Monitoring encounters
The tutor is directly responsible for the relationship with students and families. To ensure the proper functioning of their class group
they carry out a careful, personal, emotional
and academic monitoring of each of their
students.
Each tutor has a weekly time set to develop
their functions, to work in collaboration with
the Head of Studies and the School Guidance Department. They also have encounters
with students and periodic interviews with
their families throughout the school year.
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Diversity awareness (including special educational needs)
We understand diversity awareness as a way
to make sure we are personalising education
for each student. We aim at providing each
of our pupils and students with the most
appropriate opportunities for their personal
development and academic progress.
School Guidance Department
The school has a School Guidance Department (speech therapists, psychologists and
educational psychologists). They work closely with each of the teams of tutors to advise them and support them in their work.
Detection of special needs
(lower and higher performers)
Pupils and students present differences
which make the way you approach their
education to differ. It is our goal to provide
each of them with the strategies and resources to make them capable of achieving the
highest level of performance in the general
educational mainframe according to their
individual capacities.
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The detection of difficulties is carried out
by the team of tutors and teachers and the
School Guidance Department from daily
observation and application of tools to detect such cases (explorations of evolution
in reading and writing; psychometric tests
of skills, attitudes, attention and memory;
speech scans, auditory discrimination and
difficulties in the acquisition of reading and
writing skills; observations and explorations
of the development of the personality or individual attitudes).
In order to cope with special needs, we
apply different measures and actions that
are specified in individual plans. We also put
in place support groups, groups of excellence (higher performers), flexible groupings
and splits.
4. Language learning
and internationality
At our school we work to be a multilingual
school. The knowledge and the use of different languages are the transversal axis of our
quality and educational innovation mainframe, which is based upon the following principles:
• Besides Catalan and Spanish, our educational project includes learning English,
French and German, too.
• One curriculum subject per year is taught
in English from P3 to 4th ESO.
• As a quality guarantee our students may
obtain certification of their linguistic competence from renowned external institutions such as: Cambridge University or
the French Ministry of Education.
• For several years now, exchanges, stays
and visits abroad, have completed our
linguistic project offer.
• Our educational project includes as well
the possibility of learning a language as
an extracurricular activity.
Country Programme
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Target
Stay for two weeks in July, Kingsgate College,
in the county of Kent, UK.
4th to 6th grade.
Stay for three weeks in July, the Ottawa International
Training Centre, Ottawa, Canada.
ESO and High School students.
Stay in Carcassonne, France.
1st ESO enrolled in French European
Classroom.
English Summer Camp (1 week in July) in Catalonia.
4th grade to 2nd ESO.
Exchange with Zespol Szkol Nr4 Konstancin, Poland.
1st ESO.
Stay for two weeks in July at the Junior Language
School in Totnes, Totnes, UK.
1st and 2nd ESO.
Exchange with the Collège Saint Joseph in Reims,
France.
2nd ESO.
Exchange with Limesschule in Idstein, Germany.
2nd ESO enrolled in German European Classroom.
Exchange with Collège Jean Bauchez de Metz, France.
3rd ESO enrolled in French European
Classroom.
Exchange with the Hessenwald Schule in Weiterstadt,
Germany.
3rd ESO
Exchange with Groupe scolaire Notre Dame de Sion,
Paris, France.
4th ESO optional French.
Work Experience Week in Cambridge, UK.
4th ESO
Exchange with Veurs Lyceum in The Hague, Netherlands.
1st High School.
Exchange with Täby Friskola de Täby, Sweden.
1st High School.
FerMUN Conference at Lycée International in Ferney-Voltaire, Switzerland.
1st High School.
Integration experience of ten weeks from September
to November, in British Columbia, Canada.
1st to 4th ESO.
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5. Our surroundings, premises and services
Our school is located in the district of Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, in Barcelona. We are situated at the foot of Collserola. Here we enjoy a
healthy environment, in contact with nature.
Classrooms are equipped with interactive whiteboards and projectors. We have
also some computer labs, a media centre,
a classroom for nature, an open-air space
where we grow vegetables; some support
classrooms, speech therapy support labs,
a psychomotor classroom and a number of
a sport and recreational facilities (a football pitch, a basketball pavilion, paddle tennis
courts, a swimming pool, a forest, a performing arts theatre).
The surroundings, facilities and services of
our school promote academic and personal growth of students and make it easier
for school families to organise their logistics
and needs.
Welcome and Foster Service
For pupils in Nursery and Primary School, we offer a free Welcome and Foster Service throughout the school week, both in the morning and in the afternoon.
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Bus Service for School and Extracurricular Activity Time In collaboration with external companies,
we offer a transport service for both school
and extracurricular times. They shuttle to
Barcelona and the towns of Sant Cugat del
Vallès and El Prat de Llobregat.
Lunch at the school canteen
We own a kitchen and every day we prepare
different menus suitable for every age. We
take into account food allergies, intolerances
and special diets. Nursery and Primary pupils
are offered a snack at the end of the school
day. Secondary school and High School students may choose from a selection of menus
at the school canteen every day.
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Learning Media Centre (Library)
We have a Learning Media Centre available for reading, working, researching or studying. It is
open to all students and teachers. Also it is equipped with bibliographic reference, laptops and
internet connection spots. The Learning Media Centre is open every school day until 19:00,
except on Fridays, when it closes at 17:00.
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Healthcare
Extracurricular activities
The school has a healthcare service operated
by a nurse. It is available every day and it intends to assist students, inform their families
and, in case of emergency, derive students
to school-related medical centres.
We offer a wide range of sport (football,
basketball, hockey, paddle tennis, skating,
swimming...) and cultural (English, school
of music, chess...) extracurricular activities,
which allow pupils and students to complement their leisure time.
1. TIMETABLE
3. DISCOVERING ONESELF
AND THE OTHERS
• Personal and Social
Habits
• Psychomotor
• Basic PE
• Swimming
4. DISCOVERING
THE ENVIRONMENT
• The Scientific Workshop
and Garden
• Mathematics
• Social and Cultural
Knowledge
5. THE KEYS
TO OUR NURSERY
Nursery
2. COMUNICATION
AND LANGUAGES
• English
• Music
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The nursery is the pillar on which the development of children is based. This is the reason why it must be able to provide a communicational frame which can guarantee
the teaching-learning process. At this stage
the relationships between teachers and pupils are to be considered essential. Children
need them to be able to acquire the security
and autonomy necessary for their development.
For this reason, our nursery school is located within the grounds of the school, in a
family atmosphere and it remains physically
separated from all of the other levels in our
centre. It has an exclusive entry connected
to a dedicated parking lot which allows convenient accessibility for both parents and
children.
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1. Timetable
From 7:30 (flexible entrance) to 16:45.
On Friday, school ends at 15:45.
There is a Free Welcome and Hosting service every school day from 8:00 to 8:45 and
from 16:45 to 18:00. On Friday, the afternoon hosting service will be available from
15:45 to 17:00.
We Are a Green School
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2. Communication and Languages
At the school, we place special emphasis on
languages from an early age and we familiarize students with the different languages
in order to ensure that language learning is
much more effective in the future.
It is an objective of this stage that the students reach a good level of understanding
and speaking in both Catalan and Spanish.
We also aim at their starting to get a preliminary level of English understanding and
speaking. During this period, children are
especially familiar with the phonetics of Catalan, Spanish and English, so that they may
acquire a good phonetic awareness of all
three languages.
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English
English is the first foreign language the
School introduces; French is the second,
starting at primary school; the third one is
German, starting at ESO. We promote the
study of languages throughout all stages
by offering exchanges and stays abroad. At
the nursery stage (P3-P5) we already start to
work together with other schools in other
countries in order to make students aware
of the importance of learning languages, especially English.
In P3 children begin learning English and
we motivate them to participate verbally in
class. The specialist teacher of English and
the native language assistants become the
natural reference for English.
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ENGLISH
3
Weekly hours per year
P3
P4
P5
5
6
6
•English native language assistants (native
faculty).
•Curricular Arts & Crafts taught in English.
•Phonics method for English phonetics
acquisition.
•Artigal Method aiming at the learning
and theatrical performing of small stories
in English.
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Music
We work on different aspects of music: ear
education, music theory, rhythm, movement and dance, song and audition. In each
year of nursery we do two hours a week of
music with a music specialist. In addition to
these sessions, the tutor uses songs and performances as a resource in the work of other
subjects.
Each year we study the lifes and we hear to
the masterpieces of two musicians: P3, Mozart and Brahms; P4, Handel and Tchaikovsky; and P5, Verdi and Stravinsky. And every
year we present a live musical instrument
(clarinet, trumpet ...) as well.
Also songs help us live traditions and festivals throughout the year: la Castanyada
(Halloween), Christmas, Carnival, Easter...
In December we sing Christmas carols in a
concert open to families.
3. Discovering Oneself and the Others
Personal and Social Habits
Self-regulation of habits requires certain
skills that must ensure the welfare of the
child. Students learn to wash their hands;
eat alone; put on and remove a coat; sit in
the class circle. Gradually, children manage
to acquire a higher degree of autonomy.
In P3 we fortnightly work habits. Those habits which facilitate adaptation and socialization of students are prioritised. We also
reinforce hygiene habits. In P4 and P5 we
integrate the work of habits in the different
subjects we teach.
Psychomotor Education
We practice psychomotor education based
on Aucouturier, in which the development
of the child is treated from a global perspective. It is a practice that promotes harmonious development of personality and access
to communication, creativity and thought.
This method is based on spontaneous action, interaction with the space, the objects
and the others, as well as the intervention
of the adult. Thus, psychomotor education
allows children to follow an itinerary of maturation that leads gradually from the pleasure of acting to the pleasure of thinking.
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Basic PE
Children learn through play, in an organized, funny, dynamic and participatory way;
they learn to respect the rules so that we all
can play. PE teaches basic movement by ensuring that each child develops motor skills
and qualities in the best possible way. We
clearly reject the competitive model and put
the emphasis on learning through cooperation (which encourages inclusion), the respect for teammates and ultimately our development as individuals. We create a pleasant
environment and we establish a positive
social relation before, during and after the
game.
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Swimming
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Swimming in our school is a compulsory
subject from P3 to 4th ESO. Since the start of
P3 we encourage pupils to get familiar with
the aquatic environment, we train them in
flotation (with and without support items),
different swimming techniques, both ventral
and dorsal, as well as different diving techniques. These goals we achieve by practicing
a great variety of exercises.
The classes are divided into three groups.
These small groups allow the teacher to properly look after the children. Also the reduced number of pupils in the groups allows
for a rapid improvement.
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4. Discovering the environment
The Scientific Workshop and The Garden
We weekly perform activities of observation, experimentation and interaction with
the natural environment of the school: the
garden, the forest and the nature classroom.
Students observe the life cycle of the plant
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species and the effect that seasons provoke
on them. They also engage in being in charge of growing a specific kind of plant. Each
level is then enticed to planting, watering
and harvesting certain fruits.
Mathematics
Social and Cultural Knowledge
Retreats and excursions, work projects,
along with centres of interest and the
celebrations of festivals throughout the year
help students expand the information and
knowledge they have on various elements
of the social and cultural world. We explore
the different roles of individuals in society,
the diversity of cultures and the different
traditions thereof, the basic rules of
behaviour, etc.
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We teach numbering, calculation, measurement, reasoning, statistics and orientation in
space and time, in a globalized, manipulative and sensory way. Mathematics allow for
children to make an advance in the discovery of sensory perception, as well as of their
sensory possibilities and the establishment
of logical relations with the environment.
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5. The keys to our Nursery
We apply methodologies seeking to promote diversity awareness and meaningful learning.
We encourage pupils to think and plan before acting. We perform a number of activities in
which pupils are immersed in a universe with personal relationships intertwining each other,
the teacher and the objects around them. Very often pupils move autonomously and they
choose a place in which they want to perform their activity.
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We promote experimentation in order to favour in pupils some important skills such as the ability of researching, observing, manipulating or creating a reality. Thus, pupils learn in a playful
way and they are more aware of the restrictions inherent to the idea of sharing possibilities
with others.
We apply active methods and integrated projects. We have “learning corners” and “symbolic
games corners”. Pupils choose, decide, organize and work autonomously or in groups. We
also make strolls in the woods and we grow vegetables inside the school. We work on Projects
and we promote reading habits.
We promote the organization of the class group and we offer: continuous monitoring tutorial,
both individual and with the whole class group; psychological and pedagogical assessment
and council; school back-up; language stimulation groups; back-up groups and speech therapy. Finally we also offer a specific plan of welcoming and adaptation intended for new-comers.
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Working on
Emotional
Education
1. TIMETABLE
3. LEARNING FOREIGN
LANGUAGES
• Summer Camps abroad
and near home
4. MUSICAL EDUCATION,
IN AGREEMENT WITH THE
LICEU CONSERVATORY
OF BARCELONA
5. THE KEYS TO OUR
PRIMARY SCHOOL
Primary
School
2. THE CURRICULAR
ORGANIZATION
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Primary School is designed to provide students with the opportunity to develop personal and social skills. Students are to acquire skills and competencies related to oral
expression and comprehension, written expression and reading comprehension, mathematics, the use of new technologies and
audiovisual communication. Moreover, they
shall develop their capacity of effort, work
and study. They shall also learn to express
themselves using their artistic sensitivity,
creativity and affectivity. In Primary School
we introduce our students to French as a
second foreign language. Besides, in agreement with the Liceu Conservatory of Barcelona we give our students the opportunity
to obtain a certificate of their level of musical education.
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2. The curricular
organization
CURRICULUM ORGANIZATION
Formal education
Catalan
Spanish
Natural and Social Environment
Arts & Crafts
Physical Education
Mathematics
Religious Culture
English
Recreation
Supplementary Education
IT
Sport Games
Experimental Workshop
English Conversation
Class Meeting
Music
Expression workshop
1. Timetable
From 8:45 to 13:00
and from 14:45 to 16:45.
On Friday, school ends at 15:30.
There is a Free Welcome and Hosting service every school day from 8:15 to 8:45 and
from 16:45 to 17:15. On Friday, the hosting
service in the afternoon will be available
from 15:30 to 16:00.
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Art workshop
French
Swimming
3. Learning foreign languages
English is the first foreign language in our
school. During primary (5th and 6th grades)
all pupils will start learning French, as well,
as a second foreign language. When reaching ESO, students have the opportunity
of choosing French as an optional subject or
they may choose to start learning German
as a second foreign language.
In ESO there are high-level optional itineraries for both French and German. They are
known as the “European Classroom”. In the
case of French, a level test must be passed to
access such an itinerary. In the case of German, selection criteria are applied regarding
the performance levels the candidate has
reached in their last Primary School year.
• Emphasis on oral skills.
• CLIL subjects.
LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Weekly hours per year
Language
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
5
5
5
5
5
5
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-
-
-
1
1
• Language Assistants in English (native faculty).
• Group-splitting strategies in 5th and 6th
grades.
• School Canteen in English in 6th grade.
• Beginning of French as a foreign language in 5th grade.
•Presentation of students at Cambridge
official exams. The exam contents are included in the English curriculum.
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Summer Camps abroad and near home
Our school encourages the students’ participation in exchanges and stays abroad
so that our students can improve the
learning of foreign languages by immersion.
For students from fourth to sixth grade,
we offer a linguistic stay for two weeks
in July in the UK. The program includes
English classes in the morning, and sports
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and leisure activities in the afternoon.
They discover other cultures and live
with young people from other countries.
Students stay in a residence.
We also offer an English Summer Camp
(1 week in July) in St. Iscle de Colltort
(La Garrotxa, Girona).
4. Musical Education, in agreement with
the Liceu Conservatory of Barcelona
In July 2012 our school signed an agreement
with the Liceu Conservatory to enhance the
musical education of our students. We intend that students acquire the skills necessary for the practice of music and anticipate
various routes so that students progress according to their motivation, dedication and
talent.
This liaison with the Liceu Conservatory facilitates structuring academic teaching resources, as well as programming the monitoring
and evaluation of students. It also provides
us with a teacher training program and
some other academic and artistic activities
consistent with our educational project.
The program begins in first grade and during the first two years it is integrated into
the regular curriculum in the area of music.
At the end of the first cycle (1st – 2nd Grade); families who are interested may take
their children to sit a level test at the Conservatory to establish their level of attainment
and skills.
From third grade two routes are offered.
The ordinary one establishes a continuation of the studies on musical content of the
Primary School and the Liceu Conservatory
curriculum. In another one, those students
who have the skills and the willingness
to improve their musical knowledge and
training will have to complement their
musical training by attending extracurricular
courses.
At the end of primary education, the Liceu
Conservatory will award those students who
have followed the whole program and have
passed the tests of all subjects, the Basic Level Certificate. This diploma allows them to
access further studies leading to their obtaining of a Professional Degree in Music.
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5. The Keys to Our Primary School
Project-based Activities. Students are encouraged to establish a relation between those
things they already know and those which they may eventually get to know. They learn the
appropriate proceedings leading to proper selection and management of information. These
activities seek to promote attitudes such as self-awareness and autonomy. They also provide
students with new learning strategies: research, comprehension, communication, as well as
the expression of ideas and feelings.
Specifically designed programs to promote reading practice among students: Book Explorers,
Reading Godfathers, or the Classroom Library.
Cooperative work, beginning in 2nd and 3rd grades, and getting more systematically into 5th
and 6th grades. It promotes positive interactions and peer-to-peer learning. It also helps make
work teams more compact and it improves personal relationships.
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Learning-Service activities promoting teamwork among students of different levels. These
activities help consolidate previous knowledge acquired.
Workshops on Emotional Education and Inner Dimension by means of visualisation and
self-awareness activities. They contribute to generate a proper environment for significant
efficient learning.
Basic Best-Practices. We systematically work on Languages and Mathematics basic skills. We
consider them to be unavoidable instrumental skills that students are going to need in the
pursuit of their future academic endeavours.
Swimming is a compulsory subject.
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2. CURRICULAR
ORGANIZATION
3. LEARNING FOREIGN
LANGUAGES
• Stays abroad and
Language Exchanges
• An Integration Program in
Canada
4. THE KEYS TO OUR ESO
ESO (Compulsory
Secondary Education)
1. TIMETABLE
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Secondary School seeks to promote the
development of students. It is our aim
to enhance their basic skills by encouraging research, critical thinking, values,
innovation, healthy habits and emotional
balance. A wide range of optional courses
allow students to begin learning a third
foreign language (German), enjoy exchanges
and stays abroad, or even getting started
in the world of robotics, microorganisms,
or Ancient Egypt... All throughout the
Secondary School, swimming remains
a compulsory subject. We effectively
combine learning a variety of academic
subjects with what we call “domestic
survival workshops” (ironing and knitting,
cooking and DIY).
1. Timetable
From 8:30 to 13:50 and 15:15 to 17:10.
Wednesdays and Fridays: no classes in the
afternoon.
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2. Curricular organization
ESO
YEAR
COMPULSORY
Creative Writing
European Classroom (French)
European Classroom (German)
French
Math Review
Problem Solving Techniques
Art and Civilization of Ancient Egypt
IT
Ironing and Knitting
Swimming
1st
Catalan Language and Literature
Spanish Language and Literature
Mathematics
English
Technology
Social Science
Natural sciences: Biology and Geology
PE
Arts & Crafts
Music
Religious Culture
Group Counselling
SUBJECTS OPTIONAL*
ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
European Classroom (French)
European Classroom (German)
French
Lego League 1 (Robotics)
Mathematical games
Geogebra (Math Software Workshops)
Microorganisms
IT
Ironing and Knitting
Swimming
2nd
Catalan Language and Literature
Spanish Language and Literature
Mathematics
English
Technology
Social Science
Natural sciences: Physics and Chemistry
Physical Education
Arts & Crafts
Religious Culture
Group Counselling
European Classroom (French)
European Classroom (German)
French
Preparation for Kangaroo Math Contest
Lego League 2 (Robotics)
Classical culture
School Museum of Natural Sciences
(Lessons in Curatorship)
DIY
Kitchen
Swimming
3rd
Catalan Language and Literature
Spanish Language and Literature
Mathematics
English
Technology
Social Science
Natural sciences: Geology, Biology,
Physics and Chemistry
Physical Education
Music
Religious Culture
Group Counselling
The offer of optional subjects shall be
held subject to the instructions issued
by the Department of Education for
the academic year 2016-2017.
DIY
Kitchen
Swimming
4th
Catalan Language and Literature
Spanish Language and Literature
Mathematics
English
Social Science
Physical Education
Research Project
Religious Culture
Group Counselling
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* Optional subjects have a limited number of students. In some subjects, criteria are set according to demand.
This is the distribution of school year 2015-2016. It shall be held subject to the instructions issued by the Department of Education
for the academic year 2016-2017.
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3. Learning foreign languages
English is the first foreign language in our
school. At the end of Primary School (5th
and 6th grades) all pupils will start learning
French as a second foreign language. When
they reach ESO, students have the opportunity of choosing French as an optional subject or else they may choose to start learning
German as a second foreign language.
In ESO there are high-level optional itineraries for both French and German. They are
known as the “European Classroom”. In the
case of French a level test must be passed to
access such an itinerary. In the case of German, selection criteria are applied regarding
the performance levels the candidate has
reached in 6th grade at Primary School.
LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Language
5
Weekly hours per yea
1
2nd
3rd
4th
5
5
5
6
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
-
st
• Flexible grouping (tiered) for Oral Skills in
English.
• French as an optional subject.
• French Excellence Group (European Classroom). It lasts for three years (1st to 3rd
ESO). Participation in stays and exchanges is compulsory.
•German Excellence Group (European
Classroom). It lasts for three years (1st to
3rd ESO). Participation in stays and exchanges is compulsory.
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• CLIL subjects.
• Our students may be ready to sit Cambridge Exams (EFL) or those of the Ministère
de l’Éducation Nationale of France. Our
school curriculum integrates the contents
of these official exams.
Stays abroad
and Language Exchanges
• 1st ESO: a stay of three days in Carcassonne (France) linked to the French European
Classroom and another exchange of six
days, open to all students of 1st ESO with
Konstancin School (Poland).
• 1st and 2nd ESO: a stay of two weeks in
July at the Junior Language School in Totnes, Totnes (UK).
•2nd ESO: an exchange of one week,
linked to the German European Classroom, with a school in Idstein (Germany)
and another week stay with the Collège
Saint Joseph de Reims (France).
• 3rd ESO: two week exchanges, linked to
the French European Classroom, with a
school in Metz (France), and another stay
linked to the German European Classroom
with a school in Weiterstadt (Germany).
•4th ESO: an exchange of a week with
Groupe scolaire Notre Dame de Sion in
Paris (France) for students enrolled in Optional French. Besides, a stay Work Experience Week in Cambridge (UK).
• From 1st to 4th ESO: a stay of three weeks
in July, Ottawa International Training Centre in Ottawa (Canada).
An Integration Program in Canada
We offer all students the opportunity to participate in a program of school integration
at a High School in British Columbia, Canada. This program is carried out during the
first trimester and lasts for ten weeks. During
their stay, students live in-house with Canadian families.
In order to ensure the students have no difficulties in academic progress and rejoining
school upon their return, our teachers and
tutors monitor and counsel them throughout the stay.
We
organise
exchanges
and stays
abroad
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4. The keys to our ESO
Classes for Excellence and Special Educational Needs are equally taught both in Mathematics
and Catalan Language and Literature.
French Excellence Group (European Classroom).
German Excellence Group (European Classroom).
We actively participate in the educational contest First Lego League (Robotics).
Learning-Service activities promote teamwork among students of different levels. These
activities help consolidate previous knowledge acquired.
Workshops on household and house chores: ironing and knitting, cooking and DIY.
Counselling Annual Plan: civility, health, affectivity and sexuality, working habits, convivial
excursions, academic and professional guidance...
Workshops on Emotional Education and Inner Dimension by means of excursions and
exercises leading to discussion and self-awareness. Our aim is to create a proper environment
for all forms of meaningful learning.
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Swimming is a compulsory subject.
We educate in civility
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2. CURRICULAR
ORGANIZATION
• Core subjects
• Routes
• The Research Papers
and Conference
3. LEARNING FOREIGN
LANGUAGES
4. THE KEYS TO OUR HIGH
SCHOOL
Batxillerat
(High School)
1. TIMETABLE
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High School is partially publicly funded in
our school and many routes can be explored within in order to get deeper into the
subjects of Science & Technology, Social
Sciencess & Humanities, or Arts & Communication.
Our aim is to provide our students with a
comprehensive education that allows them
to achieve a good education in values and
also a good academic performance. Not
only we seek to train students to ensure they
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get best possible grades in their University
Access (PAU) examination, but also it is our
will to prepare them to successfully overcome the challenges that they may encounter
after school.
1. Timetable
From 8:30 to 14:00 and 15:15 to 17:10.
Wednesdays and Fridays: no classes in the
afternoon.
2. Curricular Organization
Core Subjects
CURRICULAR ORGANIZATION
COMMON AREAS
1st
2nd
Catalan Language and Literature
Catalan Language and Literature
Spanish Language and Literature
Spanish Language and Literature
English
English
Physical Education
History
History
Group Counselling
Group Counselling
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Routes
Our school offers nine routes to students in 1st and 2nd High School. In High School students
may attend compulsory and optional subjects according to their preferences and expectations
with a view to attend higher level studies at university later. It should also be remembered that
certain subjects, according to the university you wish to study, can be used to improve the
grade you may obtain at the PAU exam.
CURRICULAR ORGANIZATION
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. ROUTES AND SUBJECTS *
1st
2nd
ROUTE I: TECHNOLOGY
Mathematics I
Mathematics II
Physics I
Physics II
Engineering I
Engineering II
Choose one: Technical Drawing I , Chemistry I , French I
Choose one: Technical Drawing II, Chemistry II, French II
ROUTE II: TECHNOLOGY II
Mathematics I
Mathematics II
Physics I
Physics II
Chemistry I
Chemistry II
Choose one:Technical Drawing I, French I
Choose one: Technical Drawing II, French II
ROUTE III: HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
Mathematics I
Mathematics II
Biology I
Biology II
Chemistry I
Chemistry II
Choose one: Earth Sciences and Environment, French I
Choose one: Geology, French II
ROUTE IV: TECHNOLOGY, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
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Mathematics I
Mathematics II
Physics I
Physics II
Biology I
Biology II
Chemistry I
Chemistry II
* This offer for itineraries and subjects within the same itinerary is held subject to the number of students enrolled therein.
This distribution matters corresponds to school year 2015-2016. It shall be held subject to the instructions issued by the Department of Education for the academic year 2016-2017.
We use ICT
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CURRICULAR ORGANIZATION
HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. ROUTES AND SUBJECTS *
1st
2nd
Route V: ECONOMY
Matemàtiques aplicades a les ciències socials I
Matemàtiques aplicades a les ciències socials II
Economia de l’empresa I
Economia de l’empresa II
Economia I
Geografia
Història món contemporani o Francès I o Llatí I (Triar-ne una)
Història de l’art o Història de la filosofia o Francès II o Llatí II (Triarne una)
Itinerari VI: CIÈNCIES SOCIALS I
Mathematics applied to social sciences I
Mathematics applied to social sciences II
Companies & Businesses I
Companies & Businesses II
Economics
Geography
Choose one: Contemporary World History , French I , Latin
Choose one: History of Art, Philosophy, History, Latin II, French II
Route VII: SOCIAL SCIENCES II
Mathematics applied to social sciences I
Mathematics applied to social sciences II
Universal Literature
History of Art
Choose one: Contemporary World, History, Economy
Choose one: Geography, History of Philosophy
Choose one: French I, Audiovisual Culture
Choose one: French II, Audiovisual Culture II
Route VIII HUMANITIES
Latin I
Latin II
Universal Literature
History of Art
Contemporary World History
History of Philosophy
Choose one: French I, Audiovisual Culture
Choose one: French II, Geography, Audiovisual Culture II
* This offer for itineraries and subjects within the same itinerary is held subject to the number of students enrolled therein.
This distribution matters corresponds to school year 2015-2016. It shall be held subject to the instructions issued by the Department of Education for the academic year 2016-2017.
ARTS. ROUTES AND SUBJECTS *
1st
2nd
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Route IX: COMMUNICATION
History of Art
Foundations of Art
Audiovisual Culture I
Audiovisual Culture II
Universal Literature
Subject to be determined
Choose one: Contemporary World, History, Economy, French I
Choose one: History of Philosophy, Geography, French II
* This offer for itineraries and subjects within the same itinerary is held subject to the number of students enrolled therein.
This distribution matters corresponds to school year 2015-2016. It shall be held subject to the instructions issued by the Department of Education for the academic year 2016-2017.
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The Research Papers and Conference
At High School students prepare a Research Project. They then write a report
and make an oral presentation on it.
This work is, in general, individually performed and it represents 10% of the overall
grade of High School.
The Research Project consists of a structured
set of activities aimed at promoting research
and can be framed in one subject or else
be interdisciplinary. Students have a year
to finish it: since the end of the first term
until the first term of the second year.
The Research Advisors are responsible
for giving the students the methodological guidelines appropriate for each type
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of work. They advise students on experimental or documentary research. They also help
shed a light on the global approach and
in the drafting of the report and the oral
defence thereof. Research Advisors are also
in charge of making sure follow-up deadlines are followed until the day of the public
presentation.
Students chosen for their excellence in
research have the opportunity to defend
them on the day of the Research Project
Conference. On that day a scientific conference is simulated to which all High
School students, their teachers and their
families are invited to attend.
3. Learning foreign
languages
LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Weekly hours per year
Language
1st
2nd
3
3
4
-
• English Group of Excellence.
• Optional French in 1st High School.
•Language Exchanges with Sweden and
the Netherlands.
• FerMun Conference at the Lycée International Ferney-Voltaire, Switzerland.
• The Research Project can be performed in
English.
• Stay of three weeks, in July, at Ottawa International Training Centre; Ottawa (Canada).
• Our students may be ready to sit Cambridge Exams (EFL) or those of the Ministère
de l’Éducation Nationale of France. Our
school curriculum integrates the contents
of these official exams.
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4. The keys to our High School
The “Be an Entrepreneur Project”. This program seeks introducing students to entrepreneurship. It is taught in English in the context of the Business & Administration subject. Students
develop a whole business plan according to their interests and they perform its public presentation in English.
English Group of Excellence.
Learning-Service activities promote teamwork among students of different levels. These
activities help consolidate previous knowledge acquired.
Curriculum addenda: a complementary hour per week is offered. In 1st High School this hour
is devoted to Religious Culture. In 2nd High School a variety of optional complementary seminar subjects are offered (IT, French, Text Analysis, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Geography or
Math Backup).
Workshops on Emotional Education and Inner Dimension by means of excursions and exercises leading to discussion and self-awareness. Our aim is to create a proper environment for all
forms of meaningful learning.
Activities devoted to personal, professional and academic guidance.
Organization of group or individual visits to the universities.
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Vocational
Education
and Training
(VET)
Vocational Education and Training (VET)
stands forward as a different route of university access. It allows for the students to be in
contact with their professional world from
the very first day.
Our school offers several VET itineraries in
the field of Sports, both in lower and higher education programs and degrees. Thus
we teach a lower degree in “Guidance of
Outdoors Sport and Physical Activities”
(CAFEMN), as well as a higher degree in
“Management of Sport and Physical Activities” (AAFE). Also in the higher education level we teach a brand
new degree on Fitness & Wellness (related to the AAFE itinerary) and another
one on Sports & Nutrition related to
Dietetics. Both of them have just been
opened recently this year.
We also teach studies in special modalities
such as Football, Basketball, First Aid & Lifesaving, Winter Sports, Mountaineering and
Climbing. These studies we provide for both
lower and higher VET levels.
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Moreover, within the Sports VET framework
we teach a one-year by-pass course (CAS;
Access to Higher Level Course) intended to
grant access to higher VET courses.
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
AND TRAINING (VET)
VET – Regular Courses
Lower level: Guidance of Outdoors Sport and Physical Activities
(CFGM: CAFEMN)
Higher level: Management of Sport and Physical Activities
(CFGS: AAFE)
Higher level: Fitness & Wellness grade within AAFE (CFGS: FITNESS &WELLNESS)
Higher level: Sports & Nutrition grade within Dietetics (CFGS:
SPORTS & NUTRITION)
Special Modalities within the Sports VET Framework
Degree in Soccer (Lower and Higher Levels) [In agreement
with the Catalan Soccer Federation]
Lower Degree in Basketball [In agreement with the Catalan Basketball Federation]
Lower and Higher Degree in Climbing and Mountain Sports
(Hiking, Mountain-biking, Climbing and Canoeing)
Lower Degree in Winter Sports (Skiing, Snowboarding and
Skiing)
Lifeguard License (Intermediate) [In agreement with the Lifeguard Federation and Catalan Red Cross]
Access to the Higher Level Course (CAS)
Privately owned school receiving a grant from Generalitat
(Government of Catalonia)