Centro Bilingüe

The Bilingual Program is taking place in the entire Primer Ciclo, Segundo Ciclo and Tercer Ciclo of Primary Education, following the curriculum laid out by the Comunidad de Madrid. It has also been extended into Pre-school classes in order for the pupils to become accustomed to English.

The students participating in the Bilingual Program receive approximately a third of their lessons in English: five hours of English as Foreign Language and three and a half to four hours of Social Studies/Science taught in English. In addition, throughout the year we carry out projects related to holidays and Anglo-Saxon culture, as well as complementary activities (theatre trips, concerts, etc.) to expose the children to the English Language.

The great effort put forth by the teachers in past years has produced results which have met our expectations. From this the children have achieved a good level of English.

This encourages us greatly as we begin the new academic year, with excitement and the desire to continue raising the quality of teaching in State School system.

Este año continuamos con el proyecto bilingüe de la Comunidad de Madrid.

Se desarrolla, por tanto, en los tres ciclos de Educación Primaria, siguiendo el calendario establecido por la Comunidad de Madrid. También se extiende a la Etapa de Educación Infantil con el fin de que los alumn@s se familiaricen con el inglés.

Los alumnos del programa bilingüe cuentan con un tercio de su horario semanal en lengua inglesa, 5 horas de inglés como Lengua Extranjera y de 3,5 a 4 horas de Conocimiento del Medio impartido en inglés. Además, a lo largo del curso se realizan actividades relacionadas con las fiestas y la cultura anglosajona, así como actividades complementarias (teatro y conciertos) para el fomento de la Lengua Inglesa.

El gran esfuerzo realizado por todos los profesores en los cursos pasados ha dado los resultados deseados, habiendo alcanzado los alumnos un buen nivel de competencia lingüística.

Esto nos anima a iniciar este nuevo curso con ilusión y el deseo de seguir apostando por la calidad en la Escuela Pública.

VIDEO ABOUT THE SCHOOL

Virtual visit shows us the facilities of the center, inform us on its operations about who we are, what we expect and the values we promote.

VÍDEO SOBRE EL COLEGIO

Visita virtual que nos muestra las instalaciones del centro, nos informa sobre su funcionamiento, sobre quiénes somos, qué pretendemos y los valores que fomentamos.

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RADIO NACIONAL VISITS OUR SCHOOL

The students and the teachers of the Fifth of Primary recently participated in the program “España Directo” of Radio 1 (National Radio of Spain). The center was selected to explain the function of the bilingual program in the Community of Madrid. During the interview the positive valuation was clear that our educative community believes in this type of education.

THANKS TO EVERIONE FOR YOUR ENTHUSIASM!

RADIO NACIONAL VISITA EL CENTRO

Los alumnos y profesores de Quinto de Primaria participaron recientemente en el programa “España Directo” de Radio 1 (Radio Nacional de España). El centro fue seleccionado para explicar el funcionamiento de los colegios bilingües en la Comunidad de Madrid. Durante la entrevista quedó patente la valoración positiva que nuestra comunidad educativa realiza sobre esta modalidad de enseñanza.

¡GRACIAS A TODOS POR VUESTRO ENTUSIASMO!

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BOOK FAIR

On the 26th April we celebrated an English Book Fair in the Teachers´ Room. All the students visited it to enjoy books and English materials.

The exhibition had a great variety of titles of the best English publishers. It was an excellent opportunity for our students to find appropriate books for their age.

The fair was also open to families from 16:00 to 17:30.

Feria del libro en inglés

El día 26 de abril se celebró la feria del libro en inglés en la sala de profesores. Los alumnos visitaron la sala para disfrutar de libros y materiales en inglés.

La exposición contó con gran variedad de títulos de las mejores editoriales en lengua inglesa. Fue una excelente oportunidad para nuestros alumnos de encontrar libros adecuados a su edad.

La feria estuvo abierta para las familias de 16:00 a 17:30 horas.

INFORMATION

On March 17^th we celebrated the Irish holiday of St. Patrick’s Day.

All the teachers and students went out to the playground in their costumes and green suits to the rhythm of the bagpipe played by David, the music teacher.

The students from 1^st and 2^nd cycles danced the “St. Patrick’s day polka” and the students from the 3^rd cycle sang the song “Molly Malone”

Finally, the nursery school students paraded around the playground followed all the elementary school students.

It was a beautiful celebration. Thank you all for your help.

	It was a warm, spring day. Summer was coming and the wildflowers were in full blossom. A young giri and her mother waded through the green grass, enjoying the bright colors. They stopped as Hummingbird joined them, buzzing and darting from fiower to flower. The child was fascinated by the little creature. She asked, "Why does such a tiny bird want to fly so fast? Why doesn't it just stay at one flower instead of visiting every one?" Her mother sat down on a hill overlooking the field and said, "Let me tell you the story of Hummingbird." "Many years ago there was a fragrant flower that rose every spring to display her beautiful petals and bright colours for all the world's creatures to enjoy. The people and animals waited anxiousiy each spring for this special flower to appear. On that day they knew the warm, kind days of summer had arrived." "Raven saw how much joy this flower brought to the worid, so the next spring when it appeared, he transformed it into a tiny bird. The bird had the colours of the green spring grass and the flashing red of a setting sun. Raven gave the bird a special gift-to fly like sunlight flickering through tall trees. He also gave it a message to take to all the flowers. "That's why today we see Hummingbird buzzing from fiower to flower, whispering a message. Hummingbird is thanking each flower for making our world a more beautiful place." The mother looked at her child and said, "As you grow up, remember that like each fiower, each person has gifts to give to the world. In return that person will be thanked by the birds, animals and flowers for helping to make our world a better place for everyone."