Post on 04-Jun-2015
WELCOME TO OUR SCHOOL: CP SON
CANALS
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Our school building
Our school is located in Palma, the capital city of the Balearic Islands.
It is in a multicultural neibourghood, where people from a lot of different countries live. For this reason, Son Canals is a multicultural school. Thanks to this, we learn a lot from the other cultures we live with.
We are a small school. We just have 10 groups: 4 pre-school and 6 primary. It means we are like a family: everybody knows each other.
There are about 28 children in each group.
The educational system in Spain:Compulsory education
Primary:
Composed of 6 grades:
1st grade: 6 year-old children2nd grade: 7 year-old children3rd grade: 8 year-old children4th grade: 9 year-old children5th grade: 10 year-old children6th grade: 11 year-old children
• Although it is not compulsory, all of our schools offer 3 different grades at a very early age: 3 , 4 and 5 year-old children
Secondary:
Composed of 4 grades:
1st grade: 12 year-old students2nd grade: 13 year-old students3rd grade: 14 year-old students4th grade: 15 year-old students
Subjects in Primary: Spanish, Catalan, English, Maths, Social Science, Art, Music, Sports, Religion (optional).
NATIONALITIES:
Spanish: 140
South American: 58
Chinese: 21
Central African: 19
Moroccan: 20
Others: 7
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SPANISH: 140 + INTERNATIONAL: 125= 265 students
Our school population:
Our staff: Jaume Parets. Isabel Fuster and Biel Vives
SENIOR
LEADERSHIP TEAM
THE GROUP OF TEACHERS IN SON CANALS SCHOOL
Our teachers at Son Canals
The senior leadership team: 3 teachers (Headteacher, deputy headteacher, secretary. One of them is also the sport teacher)
Pre-school: 5 teachers (4 class teachers + 1 support teacher)
Primary: 6 teachers (6 class teachers. One of them is also the music teacher in our school)
English Teacher (1 teacher) + A Comenius assistant to reinforce oral English
A religion teacher
Teachers to cover special needs of our students (4 teachers): * 2 speech therapists * 2 therapeutic teachers * 1 Catalan teacher to help the international children to learn this language
A special team composed of a psychologist and a social worker.
Some of our primary students
5th grade
class
6th grade class
in the library
using laptops
Our pre-school children with 3 teachers during the break time
OUR PLAYGROUND
Our main projects:
European Sections Environmental Education Catalan Immersion Reading Improvement New technology European Comenius: Think before you click Comenius Assistantship International class in Finland
The Parents’ Association collaborates a lot in our school