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.

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.