2015 Aloha College Yearbook

Aloha College is a not-for-profitEducational Foundation

Aloha College es una Fundación Educativa sin ánimo de lucro

Urb. El Ángel, Nueva Andalucía. 29660 Marbella. SpainTel. 952 814 133

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OUR VALUESRespect • Effort • Honesty • Care

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“Aloha College aims to lead the world in child education”

“Aspiramos a liderar el mundo en educación y desarrollo personal”

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Welcome to our

Yearbook 2015Another exciting and productive year for Aloha College - yet again our Yearbook provides you with the opportunity to share some of its memorable events. We are much more than a school, we are at the centre of the international community we serve, and take great pride in making our school partnership a happy and fulfilling experience for the whole family.

The pupils of Aloha College are the best! and I am privileged and honoured to be their Principal.

I would like to thank all those who have contributed to this year’s book: I am sure it will be a source of enjoyment to all who read it.

Elizabeth BatchelorPrincipal

Bienvenidos a nuestro

Anuario 2015Otro año lleno de emociones y logros para Aloha College – nuevamente nuestro Anuario les brinda la oportunidad de compartir algunos de estos momentos dignos de recordar. Somos más que un colegio, ocupamos el eje central de la comunidad internacional a la que servimos, y nos enorgullece mucho hacer que nuestra colaboración escolar suponga una experiencia agradable y gratificante para toda la familia.

Los alumnos de Aloha College son los mejores, y yo tengo el privilegio y el honor de ser su Directora General.

Me gustaría agradecerles a todos aquellos que han contribuido al anuario de este curso: estoy segura de que será una fuente de disfrute para todos los que lo lean.

Elizabeth BatchelorDirectora General

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PRIMARY SCHOOL• Welcome to the Primary School 26

• Foundation Stage 28

• Nursery (FS1) 30

• Reception (FS2) 32

• Learning & Assessment 35

• English 36

• Maths 38

• International Primary Curriculum (IPC) 40

• Year 1 42

• Year 2 44

• Year 3 46

• Year 4 48

• Year 5 50

• Year 6 52

• Lengua y Cultura Española 57

• Assemblies 61

• Special Events 72

• Christmas Concerts 79

• Educational Visits & Curriculum Enrichment 84

• Class Photos 98

• Chairman’s Report 6

• Board of Trustees 13

• Arts and Sports Hall 14

• Principal’s Report 18

• Business Manager’s Report 20

• Aloha College Staff Photo 22

SECONDARY SCHOOL• Welcome to the Secondary School 112

• Mathematics 114

• English 118

• Science 122

• Lengua y Cultura Española 126

• Modern Foreign Languages 130

• Humanities 132

• Business, Economics and ICT 134

• Creative Arts (Dramatic Arts & Music) 138

• Curriculum Enrichment 150

• Teaching and Learning 164

• Sixth Form 168

• Educational Visits 181

• Class Photos 190


• Sponsors 254

SPORTS

• Aloha College Sports index 203

• After-school Sports 204

• Football 205

• Basketball 208

• Athletics 212

• Hockey 215

• Handball 216

• Tennis, Life-Saving and Body Composition 217

• Golf & Water Safety 218

• Beach Football and Beach Volleyball 219

• Sports Days 220

• Aloha College Football Club (ACFC) 224

• Aloha College Basketball Club (ACBC) 230

ALOHA LIFE• Chess 233

• Instrumental Music 234

• Student Councils 235

• Speech Day 2014 236

• Alumni Success 238

• Christmas Bazaar 240

• Family Fun Day 242

• PTA 243

• First Communion 244

• Peace Day 246

• Día de Andalucía 247

• Book Week 248

• Charity Events 250

CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

Dear Parents,

On behalf of your Trustees, it is my pleasure to be able to report to you on the state of our College and our future plans. This has been another successful year. Internally, the College continues to achieve the objectives of Academic Excellence in a caring environment.

The Board of Trustees fully supports the management of the School and is ambitious for its success. Our aim is to retain our good staff and therefore the investment in staff training is crucial. These professional development needs are recognised by an effective evaluation system. When the need arises the aim is always to recruit excellent staff with the same high expectations and values.

Just over a year ago we were awaiting the results of the Independent Schools Inspection. If you have not read the report, which is posted on our website, please take the time to do so.

After careful, intensive observation of the school, the report’s powerful opening line summarises Aloha College:

“An outstandingly caring, supportive ethos engenders a highly empowering learning environment which enables the school to fulfil its challenging aims”.

The report highlighted our excellent facilities, excellent governance, good-quality teaching and learning, as well as excellent leadership, excellent pastoral care for your children and strong policies and procedures. All of this is what distinguishes us from many schools and makes us incredibly proud of our establishment. A recent visit from Colin Bell, CEO of COBIS (Council of British International Schools) congratulated us on our excellent inspection report and wonderful school. Thank you to our Principal, Elizabeth Batchelor, and all her team for their efforts in preparing for this successful inspection.

We are pleased that the reputation of Aloha College continues to allow us to attract families to us. We are able to admit students who will enhance the college by their efforts and behaviour.

We have managed to maintain an excellent staff/student ratio, i.e. 1:9, a low number by any standards. Our staff numbers have increased, in particular focusing on areas such as PE and Foundation Stage.

Aloha College Foundation is a not-for-profit charitable trust under Spanish Law, which means that we do not pay tax on our surpluses; we are overseen by the “Protectorado de la Junta de Andalucía”. However, we are unique in that we are the only Foundation in Spain that is legally permitted to have its Trustees chosen by people other than the very Board of Trustees to which one is elected. It is written in our own Foundational Statutes and preserves the very essence and nature of Aloha College as a school founded by parents for their children.

The building of our new Arts and Sports Hall is progressing rapidly and according to plan, as we can all see on a daily basis. Hopefully we will be inaugurating this emblematic project by early October. I hope to see you all there, in what will be a very special anniversary of the school.

As a 21st century school, we need to be at the forefront of Information Technology. To support our high-tech initiatives we have improved our network with internet fibre optic and completely renewed our Wi-Fi access point.

The Trustees and Management continue to build a close relationship with local institutions such as the Town Hall and CIT (Association of Businesses and Professionals in the area of Marbella).

Our Charity Action, apart from its main aim of helping people in need, also lends credibility to our Corporate Social Responsibility.

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Within our Sports Project, I will highlight the continuous success of our Football Club. This academic year has seen our Alevines A team finish champions of the League – we congratulate all our players. Last year, we won in three different categories out of a total of five. In basketball, the project is growing and our pupils are enjoying this team sport initiative. We aim to be successful in this sport and especially encourage our girls to participate. Again, the local authorities and sports entities have acknowledged the leading role that Aloha is playing in all these projects.

We have a new Marketing Plan and you will soon perceive its impact. As an example, our buses are now panelled with the corporate image of the college.

I would like to mention the Alumni project. This initiative will integrate alumni as an important member of the Aloha Community.

Primary SchoolIt has been another very productive and successful year for the Primary School. High standards have been maintained, and credit and thanks must be given to the staff and children for all their hard work.

The theme for Primary School development this academic year has been “Is your child busy or is your child busy learning?”

It is our response to this question as education professionals that distinguish Aloha College Primary School from other schools. The focus is upon children as learners who are fully involved in their learning journey. Teaching and learning is far more than just the delivery and memorization of a curriculum. We have developed our planning and teaching strategies to enable us to see more clearly how much individual children actually understand. Our school environment is learning-focused and any visitor to the school cannot fail to see all the vibrant and stimulating displays in every area.

Academic standards are high and every child is regularly assessed formally and informally and their value added progress is tracked throughout the Primary School. All children are tested in English and Maths at the beginning and end of the academic year using an online assessment system which is used by over a half a million children in the UK and in over 100 countries worldwide. Once again this proves that we are at the forefront of educational development. These tests deliver accurate scores to evaluate individual and whole school progress. As a further development the

primary school took part in a worldwide trial assessment of Foundation Stage children using iPads and the feedback has been very enlightening.

These online tests are only part of the equation. We continue to assess using the traditional methods throughout the year and constantly evaluate children’s progress and provide half term targets which are shared with the children and you the parents. The regular Parents’ evenings have greatly improved our valuable home-school partnership and there are strong and open relationships between parents and teaching staff regarding children’s progress.

In addition to our curriculum open mornings for English, Maths and Spanish, this year we opened our doors throughout the school to invite parents to come and ‘learn’ alongside their children in the creative mornings. This has always been very popular in the Foundation Stage but has very quickly become an event to look forward to all the way through the school.

It has also been a very exciting year in our drive to utilise technology for learning. In addition to our IT Suite and the laptops, children are now using iPads as a learning tool.

Along with the Secondary School we have been striving to improve sport in the Primary School. More sporting contacts have been established both with other local schools and the Town Hall. Sport is an essential part of a successful school. We are now entering (and being very successful) in more competitions both within school and in the wider community. We have hosted the first ever Handball Workshop for our neighbouring schools. This was for both girls and boys in preparation for competitive matches. Swimming safety lessons for Key Stage 2 have been introduced in the summer months at the Manolo Santana Tennis Club Pool.

An ongoing area of success in the Primary School is the Curriculum Enrichment Programme (CEP) which includes the

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school trips. We now have a very wide variety of activities available to meet the needs of all pupils. There is a balance of academic, sport and creative in all year groups. The school curriculum trips support the units of work covered in both the English and Spanish curriculums. Positive links have been established with both the Town Hall and our local community.

I would like to thank Kathy Salmon, the Senior Leadership team and all the Primary staff for their hard work and commitment.

Secondary School

The Secondary School continues to build on its twin foundations of strong pastoral care and academic rigour.

Examination results, outstanding pastoral care and diverse opportunities continue to make the school distinctive from all its local competitors.

Academic standards are high across the school. At the end of Key Stage 3 our pupils perform above the international average in Maths, English and Science.

IGCSE examination results have been consistently good. This year 91% of all grades were at C or higher whilst 49% of grades were at A or A*. These figures are the highest IGCSE results in the college’s history.

In 2014, the trend of excellent results was mirrored in those of our International Baccalaureate pupils. The average points score of 35.3 was not only considerably above the world averages but established a new college record. Meanwhile, our first cohort of A-level pupils completed their studies and advanced to their first choice university course. The ability to provide two routes, via A-level and IB, to the best universities in the world, demonstrates the commitment of Aloha to personalised learning.

Most importantly, in every Key Stage pupils make above average progress when compared to students of a similar academic ability. This value-added figure is externally assessed by the Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring at the University of Durham. It provides non-biased confirmation that your

children are getting the most out of the education that together we have provided for them.

This year we launched the first phase of our Teaching and Learning strategy, where the focus has been on developing the independent learning skills of all pupils. The second phase of this strategy will see the introduction of our three-year digital strategy. Preparation has been underway for the digital strategy since 2014, putting us in the forefront of modern methods of good-quality teaching and learning.

Last academic year, our sporting profile became more clearly defined. In sport, we have won three area Hockey tournaments and one area basketball tournament. We came 2nd in the cross country championships and have participated in several football tournaments. Our pupils have gained international recognition in Maths competitions in Vienna and Toulouse. Meanwhile, our fiercely competitive debating team won awards representing Mongolia in the Model United Nations Conference in Greece. We have even found time for two school productions and a ski trip to Italy. All of this is in addition to the annual school trips for pupils to Madrid, Seville, Cordoba and Granada.

The pastoral care of pupils continues to be at the heart of the Secondary School. Time continues to be spent with pupils who require additional support due to emotional, health and personal issues. Pupils know where they can go for this help and it is always available.

I thank Tim Webb, his leadership team and all the staff and support staff for their hard work and commitment to the College.

In conclusion, I can assure you, the parents, that the Trustees, the Foundation, the Management and staff continue to look to the future with enthusiasm and commitment. We will continue to serve our children in their development, striving for excellence.

Joseph FayChairman, Fundación Aloha College

Arts and Sports Hall

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Estimados Padres,

En nombre de nuestro Patronato, es un placer informarles sobre el estado de nuestro colegio y nuestros planes futuros. Este año ha sido otro curso de éxito. Internamente, el colegio continúa logrando sus objetivos de excelencia académica en un entorno atento y afectuoso.

El Patronato apoya plenamente la dirección del colegio y es ambicioso en cuanto al éxito que espera de ella. Nuestro objetivo es retener a buenos profesionales y, por ello, la inversión en su formación es crucial. Las necesidades de desarrollo profesional se reconocen por medio de un sistema efectivo de evaluación, y cuando surge la necesidad, el objetivo es siempre contratar personal excelente que comparta nuestras mismas expectativas y valores.

Hace aproximadamente un año estábamos a la espera de los resultados del Cuerpo de Inspectores de Colegios Independientes. Si no han leído el informe, que está publicado en nuestra página web, por favor, tómense el tiempo para hacerlo.

Después de una observación pormenorizada e intensiva del colegio, la poderosa línea con la que el informe daba comienzo resume Aloha College de la siguiente forma:

“Unos valores de acogida y ayuda excepcionales generan un entorno motivador para el aprendizaje, lo que capacita al colegio para alcanzar sus objetivos”.

El informe destacaba nuestras excelentes instalaciones y nuestro excelente órgano de gobierno, nuestra enseñanza-aprendizaje de buena calidad, junto con el excelente liderazgo, excelente ética y disciplina para los alumnos y nuestra sólida normativa y protocolos. Todo esto es lo que nos distingue de muchas escuelas y hace que nos sintamos increíblemente orgullosos de nuestra institución. Durante su reciente visita, Colin Bell, Director Ejecutivo de COBIS (Consejo de Escuelas Británicas Internacionales), nos felicitó por el excelente informe de la inspección y por nuestro maravilloso colegio. Doy las gracias a nuestra Directora General, Elizabeth Batchelor, y a todo su equipo por su esfuerzo en prepararse para esta inspección llena de éxito.

Nos complace que la reputación de Aloha College siga atrayendo familias al colegio. Estamos dispuestos a admitir estudiantes que, con su esfuerzo y comportamiento, supongan una mejora para el colegio.

Hemos conseguido mantener una excelente ratio profesor/alumno, de 1:9, lo que supone una relación por alumno muy baja usando cualquier criterio. Nuestra cantidad de personal se ha incrementado, en particular en lo que se refiere a Educación Física y Educación Infantil.

La Fundación Aloha College es una entidad sin ánimo de lucro que opera de acuerdo a las leyes vigentes en España, por lo que no pagamos impuestos sobre nuestros excedentes de gestión y funcionamos bajo la supervisión del Protectorado de la Junta de Andalucía. Pese a esta condición, tenemos la singularidad de ser la única fundación en España cuyos miembros del Patronato pueden elegirse legalmente por no integrantes del Patronato para el que son candidatos. Así está recogido en nuestros propios estatutos fundacionales y es la forma en la que se preserva la esencia y la naturaleza misma de Aloha College como un colegio fundado por padres para sus hijos.

La construcción de nuestro nuevo Pabellón Deportivo y Cultural se está desarrollando con rapidez y de acuerdo al plan previsto, tal como podemos apreciar todos a diario. Esperamos poder inaugurar este emblemático proyecto a principios de octubre. Espero entonces poder verles a todos allí, en lo que será un aniversario especial del colegio.

Como escuela del siglo XXI, tenemos que estar a la vanguardia de la Tecnología de la Información. Para mejorar nuestras iniciativas de alta tecnología, hemos mejorado nuestra red con fibra óptica y hemos renovado por completo nuestros puntos de acceso Wi-Fi.

El Patronato y la Dirección continúan desarrollando una relación estrecha con instituciones locales como el Ayuntamiento y el CIT (Asociación de Empresarios y Profesionales del área de Marbella)

Nuestra Acción Solidaria, más allá de su propósito primordial de ayudar a la gente necesitada, confiere también credibilidad a nuestra Responsabilidad Social Corporativa.

Dentro de nuestro Proyecto Deportivo, destacaré el éxito continuo de nuestro Club de Fútbol. Este curso escolar hemos visto al equipo de Alevines A acabar campeones de la Liga – aprovechamos para felicitar a todos nuestros jugadores. El año pasado, ganamos en tres categorías distintas de un total de cinco. En baloncesto, el proyecto está creciendo y nuestros alumnos están disfrutando de esta iniciativa deportiva en equipos. Aspiramos a tener éxito en este deporte y animamos especialmente a las niñas a participar. Nuevamente, las

Informe del Presidente del Patronato

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autoridades locales y las entidades deportivas han reconocido el papel protagonista que Aloha está desempeñando en estos proyectos.

Contamos con un nuevo Plan de Marketing y pronto percibirán su repercusión. A modo de ejemplo, nuestros autobuses reflejan ahora la imagen corporativa del colegio.

Me gustaría mencionar el Proyecto de los Alumnos Graduados. Esta iniciativa integrará a nuestros ex alumnos como una parte importante dentro de la comunidad de Aloha.

Escuela PrimariaHa sido otro año productivo y lleno de éxitos en la Escuela Primaria. Se ha mantenido su buen nivel, y en este sentido, expresamos nuestro reconocimiento y agradecimiento al personal y a los niños por todo su duro trabajo.

El lema usado este curso académico como desarrollo de la Escuela Primaria ha sido: “¿Está su hijo/a ocupado o está su hijo/a ocupado aprendiendo?”

Es nuestra respuesta a esta pregunta como profesionales educativos lo que distingue la Escuela Primaria de Aloha College de otras escuelas. El foco de atención está en considerar a los niños como estudiantes plenamente implicados en su proceso de aprendizaje. El proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje es mucho más que la mera exposición y memorización del currículo. Hemos desarrollado estrategias de programación y enseñanza con el objetivo de comprender mejor lo que llega a entender de verdad cada uno de los niños. Nuestro entorno escolar está centrado en el aprendizaje y cualquier visitante al colegio no puede dejar de apreciar los vibrantes y estimulantes expositores que nos rodean.

El nivel académico es alto, todos los niños son evaluados regularmente, tanto formal como informalmente, y se realiza un seguimiento de su progreso a lo largo de la Escuela Primaria. A todos los niños se les hacen pruebas en Inglés y Matemáticas al principio y al final del curso académico usando un sistema de evaluación online que se emplea en más de medio millón de niños en el Reino Unido y en más de 100 países a nivel mundial. Nuevamente esto demuestra que estamos a la vanguardia del desarrollo educativo. Estas pruebas nos dan resultados precisos para evaluar el progreso individual y de toda la escuela. Con la idea de obtener un mayor desarrollo, la Escuela Primaria, además, tomó parte en una evaluación de prueba, a nivel mundial, realizada por niños de Educación Infantil usando iPads y los resultados han sido muy reveladores.

Estas pruebas online son sólo una parte de la ecuación. Continuamos evaluando usando los métodos tradicionales a lo largo del año y constantemente analizamos el progreso de los niños y les damos objetivos en los que centrarse cada medio trimestre, los cuales se comparten con ellos y con ustedes, los padres. Las reuniones periódicas entre padres y profesores han

mejorado enormemente nuestra preciada colaboración casa-escuela y se dan relaciones fructíferas y abiertas entre padres y miembros de nuestro profesorado en relación a la evolución de los niños.

Además de las jornadas de puertas abiertas para las asignaturas curriculares de Inglés, Matemáticas y Español, este año abrimos nuestras puertas a lo largo de toda Primaria, invitando a los padres a venir y ‘aprender’ junto a sus hijos en unas mañanas de creatividad. Esta práctica había sido muy popular en Educación Infantil, pero ha sido aceptada rápidamente como todo un evento al que esperar con ilusión en toda Primaria.

Ha sido, además, un año muy emocionante en nuestro deseo e iniciativa de usar la tecnología en pos del aprendizaje. Además de nuestras salas de informática y nuestros portátiles, los niños están usando iPads como una herramienta más de aprendizaje.

Junto con la Escuela Secundaria nos hemos estado esforzando para mejorar el deporte en la Escuela Primaria. Se han establecido más contactos deportivos, tanto con otras escuelas de la zona, como con el Ayuntamiento. El deporte es una parte esencial de una escuela de éxito. Cada vez participamos más (y además nos va muy bien) en competiciones tanto dentro del colegio como en la comunidad en sentido amplio. Hemos servido por primera vez de sede para un Taller de Balonmano en el que estaban invitadas escuelas vecinas y que estaba destinado a chicos y chicas en preparación a partidos de competición. Además, se introdujeron clases de natación y seguridad para el 2º Ciclo en los meses de verano en la piscina del Club de Tenis de Manolo Santana.

Otra área de éxito permanente en la Escuela Primaria es el Programa de Enriquecimiento Académico (CEP), que abarca a las excursiones escolares. Ahora contamos con una variedad muy amplia de actividades para satisfacer las necesidades de todos los alumnos. Hay un equilibrio entre las actividades académicas, las deportivas y las creativas en todos los cursos. Las excursiones curriculares del colegio apoyan las unidades de trabajo cubiertas tanto en el currículo inglés como en el español. Se han establecido, además, enlaces positivos tanto con el Ayuntamiento como con nuestra comunidad local.

Me gustaría agradecer a Kathy Salmon, a su equipo directivo y a todo el personal de Primaria por su duro trabajo y su compromiso.

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La Escuela Secundaria continúa desarrollándose sobre sus dos pilares: la fuerte disciplina y ética y el rigor académico.

Los resultados académicos, la extraordinaria disciplina y ética y la diversidad de oportunidades continúan haciendo que el colegio se diferencie de todos sus competidores en la zona.

El nivel académico es alto en toda la escuela. Al acabar el 3er Ciclo nuestros alumnos obtienen unos resultados por encima de la media internacional para Matemáticas, Inglés y Ciencias.

Los resultados de los exámenes de IGCSE han sido buenos de forma sistemática. Este año el 91% de todas las calificaciones fueron C o superior, al tiempo que el 49% de las notas fueron A o A*. Estas cifras son los mejores resultados de IGCSE de la historia del colegio.

En 2014, nuestra tendencia de resultados excelentes se reflejó también en nuestros alumnos del Bachillerato Internacional. La puntuación promedia de 35.3 no sólo estuvo bastante por encima de las medias mundiales, sino que estableció un nuevo récord en el colegio. Entretanto, nuestra primera promoción de alumnos de A-level completaba sus estudios y emprendía los estudios universitarios escogidos como su primera opción. La capacidad de brindar estas dos rutas, vía A-level y vía IB, a las mejores universidades del mundo demuestra el compromiso de Aloha con el aprendizaje personalizado.

Incluso más importante es el hecho de que los alumnos de todos los ciclos consiguen un progreso por encima de la media cuando se compara éste con el de estudiantes con una capacidad académica similar. Estos resultados, que suponen un valor añadido, se evalúan externamente por el Centro de Evaluación y Seguimiento de la Universidad de Durham y suponen una confirmación no tergiversada de que sus hijos están aprovechando al máximo la educación que juntos les estamos brindando.

Este año lanzamos la primera fase de nuestra estrategia de Enseñanza-Aprendizaje, en la que el eje central ha sido desarrollar en todos nuestros alumnos las destrezas que les

permitan aprender de forma independiente. La segunda fase de esta estrategia consistirá en la introducción de nuestra estrategia digital de tres años. Desde 2014 se puso en marcha la preparación para la estrategia digital, que nos colocará a la vanguardia de los modernos métodos de enseñanza-aprendizaje de buena calidad.

El año pasado, nuestro perfil deportivo se definió más claramente. En deportes, hemos ganado tres torneos de hockey y un torneo de baloncesto de la zona. Quedamos segundos en las competiciones de cross y hemos participado en diversos torneos de baloncesto. Nuestros alumnos han obtenido reconocimiento internacional en las competiciones matemáticas de Viena y Toulouse. Entretanto, nuestro competitivo equipo de debate ganó reconocimientos representando a Mongolia en la Conferencia del Modelo de las Naciones Unidas celebrada en Grecia. Incluso encontramos tiempo para dos producciones teatrales escolares y un viaje de esquí a Italia. Todo esto además de los viajes de estudio anuales a Madrid, Sevilla, Córdoba y Granada.

La disciplina y la orientación de nuestros alumnos continúa siendo un aspecto central en la Escuela Secundaria. Se sigue dedicando tiempo a aquellos alumnos que necesitan apoyo adicional por motivos emocionales, personales y de salud. Los alumnos saben que pueden pedir esta ayuda y que está siempre a su disposición.

Quiero agradecer a Tim Webb, a su equipo directivo y a todo su profesorado y personal de apoyo por su duro trabajo y compromiso con el colegio.

Finalmente, puedo asegurarles a ustedes, los padres, que el Patronato, la Fundación, la Dirección y el personal continúan mirando al futuro con entusiasmo y compromiso. Continuaremos sirviendo a nuestros alumnos en su desarrollo, luchando por la excelencia.

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Extract from the Independent Schools Inspectorate Report on Aloha College - March 2014

Fragmento del Informe del Cuerpo de Inspectores de Colegios Internacionales sobre Aloha College - Marzo 2014

Rosa Gómez Gil, Macarena Pérez Dolset, Joseph Francis Fay (Chairman of the Board), Pascal Ergo, Merja Rahkola-Toivanen and María Jesús Crespo García.ABSENT: David Kelly

“The quality of governance is excellent. The board of governors, who are all parents of pupils at the school, discharges its responsibilities for strategic planning extremely well. Financial acumen has enabled it to preside over a significant increase in the school’s infrastructure over the last ten years. The governors’ clear vision and excellent insight into the school’s strengths and weaknesses have led to investment in the recruitment of high-quality staff in pursuit of academic excellence and to the planning of further facilities to strengthen the standard of the curriculum enrichment programme, in line with the school’s aims.”

“La calidad del Patronato es excelente. El patronato, compuesto por padres de alumnos del colegio, desempeña sus responsabilidades con respecto al plan estratégico de manera

muy satisfactoria. La gestión financiera ha conseguido una mejora significativa de la infraestructura en los

últimos años. La clara visión de los patronos y su profundo conocimiento de los puntos fuertes y

débiles del colegio, les ha llevado a invertir en la contratación de un personal muy cualificado para alcanzar la excelencia académica y en la planificación de nuevas instalaciones para

enriquecer el programa de actividades extra-curriculares, tal y como establecen los objetivos

del colegio.”

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ARTS AND SPORTS HALL

Laying of Foundation Stone, Aloha College Arts and Sports HallIn April Aloha College was privileged enough to have in school the mayor of Marbella, Doña Ángeles Muñoz, and the President of Fundación Aloha College, Don Joseph Fay, to lay the Foundation Stone of our new building. It was a lovely event which included the ceremonial filling of the time capsule with a set of current coins, flags and newspapers of the day. Doña Ángeles and Don Joseph also signed the foundation document and place it in the capsule with our 2014 Yearbook.

Some of the children attended the ceremony too and especially enjoyed the moment when the foundation stone was moved into the excavation pit to be covered with soil.

Aloha College is very happy and proud to witness the formal initiation of this emblematic project, which will house sporting, artistic and social events in a fabulous 3,600 m2 facility – an important milestone in the development of the school.

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For over 30 years Fundación Aloha College, a not-for-profit educational trust, has provided high-quality education in a multicultural environment for the local and international community in the area of Marbella.

The number of pupils on roll is approximately 800, and students expect to enjoy facilities which match the school’s academic excellence. This has been part of a long-term plan for Aloha College, which has now led the Board of Trustees’ Chairman, Mr Joseph Fay, to spearhead the development of this new multi-purpose building to improve the sports and arts facilities. The Board of Trustees, fully supported by the

management and parents of the college, enthusiastically approved the project. Land adjacent to the school was granted by the town

of Marbella, providing Aloha College with more than 27,000 m2 on which to build.

After a thorough selection process, the project was awarded to the Estudio de Arquitectura e Ingeniería IDOM and construction group TEJERA, who also involved other local subcontractors. Following its usual code of financial prudence, Aloha College Foundation drew up a new line of funding with BBVA bank to cover part of the investment.

The whole development is an excellent versatile space, measuring 70m long by 30m wide, with a total built area of 2,352 m2. The 1,266 m2 roof provides an additional sports area.

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The modern and spacious Sports Hall is surfaced with the most advanced sports flooring, designed for grip and high performance. It will offer one full-sized basketball court and two practice courts; a 5-a-side football and handball pitch; netball court; an indoor tennis court; indoor hockey pitch and three volleyball courts. It is also equipped with male and female changing facilities (with toilets and showers), storage areas and 2 multipurpose classrooms, and a fitness gym.

The Performing Arts Centre will be a two-storey facility incorporating a permanent 250-seat theatre, lighting and sound gallery, music practice rooms, as well as a music and IT classroom and a large multi-functional area. The style of the new building is contemporary and will be used for drama and music lessons, as well as productions, concerts and events.

The new building will mean indoor facilities for our current sports, and space for new ones to be played both as part of the curriculum and as after-school clubs and activities. Theatrical and musical productions will have their own dedicated space, and room for the large audiences which our plays always draw! In addition, this building will facilitate greater integration of the school with the community of Marbella.

Building began in December and is expected to be finished during the Autumn term of the next school year.

Mrs Batchelor, Principal of the School, commented: “It is a pleasure to see this important part of our strategic plan come to fruition – the new Hall is already fully timetabled so I can’t wait for the children to be able to enjoy it!

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PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Some time ago I was fortunate enough to hear a very well-known international speaker, Sir John Jones, talk about leadership, in particular leadership in schools.

Sir John is the author of a book entitled “The Magic Weaving Business” which is about the heart of teaching and learning. In it Sir John develops the most compelling analogy I have heard for a long time, where he writes about “weaving magic” in education.

A warp and a weft are both essential requirements for weaving. He compares this to teaching, the warp being the curriculum and everything that goes with it. We know this is essential because it will lead our children to achieve the academic qualifications they will require for the future. The weft is how we make our pupils feel – it is about instilling a love for learning, and taking care of each and every one of our students.

Here in Aloha College we have gifted teachers who weave the weft and produce magical results.

My aim is for every one of our teachers to be the best; they are to be deeply passionate about their subject and care about every child in their class.

I want them to be able to help their pupils learn, not just teach them.

We are all preparing our children for the 21st century and need to equip them with the skills and values they will need. Sadly they will forget a lot of what we made them think, but they will never forget how we made them feel.

“Weaving magic”

ELIZABETH BATCHELOR, PRINCIPAL OF ALOHA COLLEGE

“The mediocre teacher tells.The good teacher explains.The superior teacher demonstrates.

The great teacher inspires.”William Arthur Ward

ALOHA COLLEGE has inspirational teachers.

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Hace algún tiempo tuve la suerte de escuchar hablar sobre el liderazgo, en particular sobre el liderazgo en los colegios, a un conferenciante muy conocido internacionalmente, Sir John Jones.

Sir John es el autor de un libro titulado “The Magic Weaving Business” que trata sobre lo que mueve la enseñanza y el aprendizaje. En él, Sir John desarrolla la analogía más convincente que he escuchado en mucho tiempo cuando habla de “tejer magia” en educación.

Tanto los hilos de la urdimbre como los de la trama son elementos necesarios para tejer. Él compara esto con la enseñanza, en la que la urdimbre sería el currículo y todo lo que le acompaña; sabemos que esto es esencial porque es lo que lleva a nuestros niños a obtener las cualificaciones académicas que necesitarán para el futuro. La trama, por su parte, es la forma en la que hacemos que se sientan nuestros alumnos – consistiría en instaurar un amor por aprender y cuidar a todos y cada uno de nuestros estudiantes.

Aquí en Aloha College contamos con profesores con talento que tejen los hilos de la urdimbre y producen resultados mágicos.

Mi objetivo es que todos y cada uno de nuestros profesores sean los mejores, teniendo una pasión profunda sobre la materia que imparten y cuidando de todos los niños en su clase.

Lo que quiero de ellos es que sean capaces de ayudar a aprender a sus alumnos, y no simplemente enseñarles.

Todos estamos preparando a nuestros hijos para el siglo XXI y necesitamos equiparlos con las habilidades y los valores que necesitarán. En su trayectoria olvidarán, lamentablemente, muchas de las cosas que les hicieron pensar, pero nunca olvidarán cómo les hicimos sentir.

ELIZABETH BATCHELOR,DIRECTORA GENERALDE ALOHA COLLEGE

“El profesor mediocre dice. El buen profesorexplica. El profesor superior demuestra.

El gran profesor inspira.”William Arthur Ward

ALOHA COLLEGE tiene profesores que inspiran.

“Tejiendo magia”

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BUSINESSMANAGER’S REPORT

Financially SoundThe phenomenal progress being made in the building of our new Arts and Sports Hall is very evident to all. Investment in this project has not meant an extra financial effort for our families. Following the principle of financial prudence, the impact of this investment - around three million euros - occurs over the long term. Thus, the school has renegotiated its debt, obtaining additional funding of 1,700,000 € - to be paid off in 12 years at the fixed interest rate of 4% - and refinancing its previous loans. In terms of cash flow, as you can see in the graph, the annual

financial fee has barely suffered an increase, as the life of the loans has been increased and better financial conditions have been obtained.

New FacilitiesIn addition to our multi-purpose building, next year will see the completion of other projects. During the summer, we will complete the refurbishment of Phase 1 (Key Stage 1) classrooms. During the next academic year, we will incorporate the new library and resources centre of our Primary School. We will also create new outdoor recreational areas and install the new exterior sound system, thanks to funds raised by the PTA at our Christmas Bazaar.

Marketing PlanOne of the novelties of this year has been the introduction of the new area of Marketing and Communication. We designed a new Marketing Plan which will be delivered mainly next year, and the year after. One of the most striking aspects has been the design of our school buses, the success of which has led other schools to follow our example!

Public RecognitionFor the fifth consecutive year, Aloha College has been recognised by the prestigious educational supplement “100 Colegios” of El Mundo as one of the best International Schools in Spain. We continue to be the best international school in Marbella and the province of Málaga, and one of the two best in the south of Spain.

Víctor E. RaneaBusiness Manager

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Una Fundación SaludableComo podrán comprobar cada día, las obras de nuestro nuevo Pabellón Deportivo y Cultural avanzan de forma vertiginosa. La inversión en este proyecto no ha supuesto, sin embargo, un esfuerzo económico extra para las familias del colegio. Siguiendo el principio de prudencia financiera, el impacto de esta inversión, que ronda los tres millones de euros, se produce en el largo plazo. Para ello, el Colegio ha renegociado su deuda obteniendo financiación adicional por valor de 1.700.000 €, amortizable a 12 años al interés fijo del 4% y refinanciando los préstamos anteriores. A efectos de tesorería, como pueden ver en el gráfico, la cuota financiera anual apenas ha sufrido incremento, al haber alargado la vida de los préstamos y haber obtenido mejores condiciones financieras.

Nuevas Instalaciones y EquipamientoAdemás de nuestro emblemático edificio multiusos, el próximo curso nos traerá otras novedades. Durante el verano culminaremos el proyecto de remodelación de las aulas de ciclo 1 (Key Stage 1). A lo largo del curso incorporaremos la nueva Biblioteca y Centro de Recursos de Primaria. Además, crearemos nuevas zonas de entretenimiento exteriores y contaremos, entre otros, con la instalación del nuevo sistema de sonido exterior, gracias a los fondos recaudados por la PTA en nuestro Bazar de Navidad.

Plan de MarketingUna de las novedades del año ha sido la creación del área de Comunicación y Marketing. Durante el presente curso, hemos diseñado un nuevo Plan de Marketing, que desarrollaremos principalmente durante el próximo curso y los siguientes. Entre los aspectos más llamativos, está la nueva estética de nuestros autobuses escolares, cuyo éxito ha llevado a otros colegios a seguir nuestro ejemplo.

Reconocimiento PúblicoPor quinto año consecutivo, Aloha College ha sido reconocido como uno de los mejores Colegios Internacionales de España por el prestigioso suplemento de educación “100 Colegios” del Diario El Mundo. Seguimos siendo considerados el mejor Colegio Internacional de Marbella y resto de la provincia, además de uno de los dos mejores Colegios del sur de España.

Víctor E. RaneaGerente

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“We love to learn”Is a phrase that summarises the Primary School and - what a year for learning this has been!

We have aimed to take the learning experiences of each and every child to the next level. Our vibrant learning environment continues to enthuse children and recognise the achievements of the individual child both inside and outside of the classroom. Children continue to be fully involved in their learning process, resulting in greater academic and non-academic achievements.

We have also enjoyed sharing how we learn with our parents in our very successful and busy workshop mornings. Mummies, Daddies and children learning alongside each other is a further example of our strong home-school partnership!

Our exceptional teaching staff has also embraced our learning theme by enthusiastically participating in a series of high-quality training days, further developing their professional skills too.

We are also conscious that we are preparing these young children for a very different and much more technological future. This future will continue to require knowledge but how this knowledge is communicated will require different skills. This year we have introduced ipads into the classroom to support our children’s learning across all areas of the curriculum. We have also been very excited to introduce the Google Classroom into Key Stage 2 to help our children complete their independent home learning.

The following pages reveal only part of how we successfully provide children with a whole range of learning experiences to fully prepare them for future challenges.

Already we have exciting developments in place for next year - we really do just love to learn!

Kathryn SalmonHeadteacher, Primary School

Our Personal Goals: Enquiry, Morality, Thoughtfulness, Resilience,

Co-operation, Communication, Respect, Adaptability.

WELCOME TO THE PRIMARY SCHOOL

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“Nos encanta aprender” Esta es la frase que resume lo que es la Escuela Primaria y el año de aprendizaje que hemos tenido.

Nos hemos propuesto llevar las experiencias de aprendizaje de todos y cada uno de nuestros niños al siguiente nivel y, así, nuestro dinámico medio de aprendizaje ha continuado entusiasmando a los alumnos y reconociendo sus logros de forma personalizada, tanto dentro como fuera de la clase. Los niños siguen implicándose de lleno en su propio proceso de aprendizaje, y esto se manifiesta en mayores logros académicos y no académicos.

Además hemos disfrutado compartiendo con nuestros padres la forma en la que aprendemos en los diversos talleres matutinos, llenos de éxito y entretenimiento. Las mamás, los papás y los niños aprendiendo juntos ha sido un ejemplo más de nuestra estrecha colaboración casa-escuela.

Nuestro extraordinario personal docente también se ha mostrado dispuesto a aprender participando con motivación en diversos días de formación de alta calidad para desarrollar aún más, ellos también, sus habilidades profesionales.

Además, somos conscientes de que estamos preparando estas nuevas generaciones para un futuro muy diferente y mucho más tecnológico; un futuro que les exigirá conocimiento, pero en el que dicho conocimiento se transmitirá exigiendo habilidades distintas. Este año hemos introducido el uso de ipads en las clases como apoyo al aprendizaje en todas las áreas del currículo. Además, nos ha ilusionado comenzar a usar la plataforma Google Classroom para el 2º Ciclo para favorecer el aprendizaje independiente de nuestros niños en casa.

Las siguientes páginas manifiestan sólo parte de las inmensas experiencias de aprendizaje de éxito que les brindamos a los niños para prepararlos de lleno para los retos del futuro.

Ya contamos con fabulosas ideas para poner en marcha el próximo curso - y es que, definitivamente, ¡sí que nos encanta aprender!

Kathryn SalmonDirectora, Escuela Primaria

BIENVENIDOS A LA ESCUELA PRIMARIA

WELCOME TO THE PRIMARY SCHOOL

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First steps towards successful, lifelong learningAs children enter the world of education they embark on an exciting journey of attainment and discovery. These initial years are crucial in instigating and embedding a love of learning, establishing a solid infrastructure of knowledge to build upon in future years.

The Foundation Stage settings are paramount in nurturing a child’s natural curiosity, teaching invaluable social skills, enabling children to build self-confidence and develop critical thinking skills, whilst teaching them how to express themselves appropriately in day-to-day scenarios.

As a parent would you prefer your child to be busy, or your child to be busy learning?

In school: What does learning look like in a classroom?The setting in which children learn is imperative. Classrooms and schools that create an atmosphere of excitement and challenge, in which children feel safe to freely explore, are principal to their development. It can be tempting to guide children to the correct answers; however, children should have opportunity to learn from their mistakes and build upon their successes. Allowing them to come to conclusions of their own will mean they acquire thinking skills that will support future learning, both in school and at home.

As children are naturally inquisitive, providing them with enjoyable, independent areas of learning, such as role-play spaces, book corners and challenge areas, facilitates the acquisition of knowledge, skills and understanding.

With all of this in mind, children are unique in their development and learn at different rates, determined by many different factors. By providing fun, multi-sensory exploration, incorporating a variety of learning styles, children can access learning at their own level, thus participating in their personal educational journey.

Kate EdwardsHead of Foundation Stage

PRIMARY SCHOOL FOUNDATION STAGE

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From home to school and back againBridging the gap between home and school is a brilliant opportunity to understand how your child learns whilst having lots of fun. As a parent you can easily provide children with the same opportunities, hence linking the home and school environments. Doing so will support children reinforcing and processing what they have learnt, making sense of the world around them.

How to give your children the best start in their “educational journey”

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In Foundation Stage we became designers and made Easter bonnets. Our Mummies, Daddies and family came to help us make our hats ready to wear for our parade. We used lots of different materials like ribbons, glitter, paint, feathers and tissue paper to create beautiful designs.

This year Nursery took part in some fruit tasting. When we arrived at the dining room there was an impressive and colourful display of fruits laid out for us. We each took a plate and chose the fruits we wanted to try or liked to eat. After we had finished eating, we named all of the fruits and discussed how they tasted. We then went back to class and made a pictograph to show our favourite fruits.

Easter Bonnet Making Morning

Fruit-Tasting

PRIMARY SCHOOL NURSERY

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In Foundation Stage 1 (Nursery) we have also learnt to love books, sort materials, explore nature and begin to make decisions.

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Creative Workshops for parents

Playtime

PRIMARY SCHOOL RECEPTION

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Writing our namesFS2 started the year working extremely hard learning to write our names. We have had lots of fun writing them in flour, jelli baff and shaving foam.

Practical MathsIn FS2 we have enjoyed learning lots of new concepts

in Maths. We have learned about repeating patterns, counting objects reliably and forming

numbers in shaving foam and on white boards.

Recognising numbersThe children are learning to count reliably up to 10. We play lots of games so the children begin to recognise the numbers confidently

and can match the numeral with the correct amount of objects.

Patterns

We are learning about patterns. We looked at two colour repeating patterns and we practised these

using peg boards. We also looked at three colour patterns using paint and peg

boards. Then we felt confident to complete a patterned

necklace using two and three colour patterns.

Literacy

Mathematics

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PRIMARY SCHOOL LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT

Until recently the emphasis in schools has been on teaching. It has always been assumed that if there´s good teaching, then learning will take place. Now we know that´s not always the case.

Children at Aloha have always been active and enthusiastic learners; inspired particularly by the IPC units. Looking for Learning is a school improvement programme which focuses on the core purpose of all schools- improving learning. It helps children to understand how they learn and how they learn best.

If you walk around school you may see child-friendly signs which encourage the children to consider whether their learning is skills-based or knowledge- based.

Looking For Learning

Children are beginning to understand that it´s not just about what they know but more crucially about the skills they need to find the knowledge and then how to apply this knowledge. Children are much more engaged in their own learning and are beginning to use learning – focused language.

As teachers we have a responsibility to ensure that lifelong learning experiences are happening as often as we can.

Elizabeth KeysSenior Leader

“Practical”

“Grammar games”

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PRIMARY SCHOOL ENGLISH

Planning our stories

Writing using our story maps

This academic year has seen the introduction of the new UK English framework being taught for all our Primary school children. English is the most important life-skill that we can teach the children here at Aloha and it is often the ‘keystone’ for other areas of learning. English develops children’s ability to communicate in spoken and written form. Through developing their knowledge, skills and understanding in English children learn to appreciate that communication in all forms contributes to their wider understanding of the world in which they live. The English curriculum provides breadth and balance, is relevant and engaging and is differentiated to match needs and abilities. We ultimately want children to enjoy and appreciate literature and its rich variety.

The new English curriculum is more challenging; it puts great emphasis on the following strands: Comprehension, Composition, Grammar and Punctuation, and Spelling. We believe it is vital that we not only teach children to read and to write with competence and confidence, but that we inspire and stimulate them so that they want to read and write, and so that both activities bring them happiness and fulfillment.

As part of the English curriculum we also offer the Cambridge YLE classes after school, which aim to support and improves children’s use of English where it is not their first language. These are very successful classes and all children do extremely well in their exams.

Nicol O’ShaughnessyDeputy Headteacher

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Primary School children develop their IT abilities through different learning opportunities, including the regular use of iPads in the classroom. This is not only a motivational and interactive way to engage them in lessons, but also a way to learn skills of the future. The photo opposite shows a Year 4 English lesson in which the children were identifying nouns, adjectives and verbs in poetry. The children had the poem ‘Chocolate Cake’ by Michael Rosen open on one page and an online dictionary open on another so they could check the word classification. They used these to help them complete their tables.

Brendan HerronHead of Key Stage 2

Primary School is very proud of Florence Sargent, 6GCA, who won the NABSS “I love technology” story competition. Florence’s outstanding story was chosen before entries from schools all over Spain.

Florence with her prize, a fantastic Tablet! National Association of British Schools in Spain

Winner of NABSSStory Competition

Regular use of iPads in the classroom

Florence Sargent

Classic FictionThe Jungle Book

Discovering Shakespeare

Dictionary Work

Improvising scenes from author Roald Dahl”

Giving verbalinstructions

Note taking

Proofreadingand editing

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PRIMARY SCHOOL MATHS

Maths is an integral part of everyday life. The knowledge and application of its concepts are vital to enable you to understand and interpret many of the different problems that we all face on a daily basis. Aloha provides a high quality maths education with the principal aims:

• For pupils to develop a positive attitude to maths as an interesting, relevant and attractive subject in which all pupils gain some success and pleasure.

• To ensure that pupils’ mathematical understanding is developed and they have the ability to express themselves fluently and confidently using correct mathematical language and vocabulary.

• To encourage the effective use of maths as a tool in a wide range of daily activities within school and, subsequently, adult life.

Aloha believes it is important to be at the forefront of educational developments and therefore we have adopted the new British National Curriculum for Maths. Our skilled teachers use the curriculum as a basis to plan a variety of engaging activities in which the pupils learn the various objectives outlined in the yearly programmes of study. The pupils learn through a range of differentiated activities to ensure that every pupil achieves their full potential. Learning can take place in a number of ways including; activities indoors, outdoors, using ICT such as iPads, PCs, videos,

Sharing Time

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Inverse operations

Reading & interpreting data

Money Calculations

Place value

Problem solving

Calculating percentages

Maths investigation

Data handling

interactive games or using a range of practical resources such as cubes, number lines and textbooks.

The new National Curriculum is divided into six main areas which are taught throughout the school:

• Number• Measurements• Geometry• Statistics (introduced in year two)• Ratio and proportion (introduced in year six)• Algebra (introduced in year six)

Lucy FoxMaths Coordinator

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Exploring tastes & textures

Circus day

The IPC units of work have continued to have a very positive impact on our learning culture and the children’s overall attainment. The children are engaged and enthused as their learning takes place in real contexts. They have continued to develop a wide variety of life skills enabling them to research and communicate their knowledge with confidence to different audiences.

Children have learnt to think, experiment, evaluate and report as scientists. Year 1 and Year 2 have put on their white coats and used their magnifying glasses to see how seeds and plants grow, discovering the wonder of pollination. Year 3 and Year 4 children have visited Planeta Explora and taken part in a range of experiments including making volcanoes and testing a range of substances to see if they were acid or alkaline. They also experienced the role of nutritionists explaining the foods that make up a balanced healthy diet. This was further developed by collaborating to create successful restaurants thinking about brand, image and location as well as the all important menu.

Year 5 and Year 6 thoroughly enjoyed researching and reporting Alfred Wegeners theory of continental drift. To develop their understanding of the Earth they have embarked upon practical science experiments linked to rocks and soils. The trip to Doñana enabled Year 6 to study ecosystems in existence and gave them a greater awareness of animals in danger of extinction.

Forces at work have been studied across all year groups including electricity, centrifugal force, gravity air resistance and friction.

As artists some of the younger children have created self portraits and produced still life paintings, while the older children have been inspired by famous pieces of art e.g. Guernica by Picasso to create their own masterpieces.

As historians children have enjoyed finding out about past events Including lots of different fact about how Aloha College was originally built and how it has grown. This included interviewing founder teachers such as Miss Joan. Older children used articles and photographs to follow in the footsteps of the famous archaeologist Howard Carter and uncover treasures buried in pyramids that helped us understand life in Ancient Greece and Ancient Egypt.

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Investigating water displacement

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Creating habitats

Write about my favourite toy

PRIMARY SCHOOL YEAR 1

“English”

Garden in a box

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Our learning journey through Year 1 took us to new highs this year. We are all proud of the new knowledge, skills and understanding we have achieved in all subjects. As well as trying our very best to learn we have enjoyed taking part in activities together. We are now much better at asking the right questions and thinking of new ideas on our own. We love showing off all our fantastic English and maths to our teachers and parents.

Ugly bug ball

Planet Explora Visit for Science day

Using Venn Diagrams

Making celebration music

Measuring with cubes

Exploring the garden

“English”

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Circus Wow Day

Celebrating Festivals

Developing creative skills


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Year 2 has been on a very special developmental journey with lots of pupil achievements and favourite moments. We settled into the year learning to appreciate one another through the IPC theme ‘Who am I?’ As Spring

came upon us, we gained more knowledge and understanding of the world

around us. Learning about ‘The Circus’ has allowed us

to develop our design and technology skills, which we demonstrated by using the iPads to research and creating circus models in small working groups.

Sharing our ideas

Maths Independent learning

English learning in pairs

Flowers and Insects

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Showcasing our acrobatic skills


“Celebrating Diwali”

Tasting workshop

We love to read

Putting research into practice

Earth, sun and moon

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One of the many highlights of this year has been winning a very prestigious COBIS award with our Spanish empanada. We also became super scientists investigating the movements of the Sun and how this affects how we use our time! We also enjoyed learning that History is like a jigsaw and we discovered how archaeologists’ finds provide us with some very important pieces that help us to build up a picture of what people and places were like in the past.

Writing draft ideas

Writing using our story maps

COBIS creative challenge

As Chefs we won the 2015 COBIS creative challenge ´Come Dine With Me’. The challenge set by the Council of British International Schools invited students to create culinary delicacies from around the world on video. Year 3´s video, put together using the new Apple software, won in the most delicious and most unique recipe category. We congratulated all those who took part and the parents who offered support.

Earth, sun and moon

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The children created a wonderful 3D image of a white Andalucian village, inspired by the artist Richard Deacon. The whole class worked together to create one goal and we used many creative skills and cooperation skills.


Place value independent learning

Team building morning

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We have discovered the answers to many challenging questions this year e.g. Food is essential. It gives us energy to do the things that we want to do – but how much do we really know about how food is produced and prepared? We also become successful chefs taking part in Jamie Oliver’s ‘Food Revolution Day’ live from the UK. We have also been lucky enough to go swimming at Manolo Santana as part of learning new skills in PE.

Proofreading and editing

Data handling

What’s on the menu

Entry point for timePlace, earth , space

Recreating ancient pottery

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Debating world issues

Entry Point. Fairground games

Writing reports from note taking

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Year 5 has provided the children with opportunities to mature as responsible and collaborative citizens as well as gain an insight into the lives of scientists, engineers, geographers writers and artists. We commenced the year by launching a campaign which led to a whole school collection for the charity, Caritas and one of our students being invited to become their junior ambassador. Later in the year we explored the wonders of our natural world and took part in a challenging debate with year 6 about global warming. Taking inspiration from the colour and excitement of our local fairgrounds we have designed our own internat ional model theme park.

Spaghetti Tower Inter-House Challenge

Volcano experiment

Fairground technology

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“Edible Soil”

Using maps to locate famous landforms in Spain


Independent problem solving

Wind Power

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Year 6 have risen to the challenge of taking real responsibility for their own learning this year. They have developed their skills of research, data handling and analysis. They have also raised their levels of written communication including stories, reports and speeches. They have used IT in various forms to share their knowledge and communicate their findings.

The year started with our year 6 welcome assembly where team year 6 did themselves proud with their singing and dancing. The children also visited the Picasso museum in Malaga where they learned more about Pablo Picasso. A favourite moment was the year 6 residential trip to the Doñana National Park where the children developed their team work skills and improved their understanding of the natural environment and the varied ecosystems.

Testing theories

Collaboration with outstanding results

“Being in year 6 is caring for others, much as others care for you. Being in year six is taking care

of your jobs and looking after your things. It is also taking responsibilities for your actions.

Being in year 6 is being a role model and it is also teaching the little children the differences

between right and wrong, good and bad”

Ricardo Holmes 6ITA

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Team Year 6! Together, they were able to find ways to help each other out and bring out the best in each of them. Each day was full of discoveries and learning, slowly opening their eyes to the big world. Now we can say that these boys and girls were able to create wonderful memories together. They’ve learned so much in class. But they’ve learned so much more from each other.


Putting our estimations into practice

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We divide the learning of Spanish into two areas, Lengua and Cultura Española and Spanish as a Modern Foreign Language. The teachers of Spanish work very closely with their British Curriculum colleagues integrating where possible the two curricula and complementary teaching and learning methods.

Spanish as First Language children follow a curriculum which fully prepares them for further studies in the Secondary School and the legal requirements for further study in Spain. Children studying Spanish as a Modern Foreign language are introduced to the language and learn through a curriculum which will enable them to communicate effectively in the language.

In the Spanish Department this year we have focused on uniting the IPC goals with the subjects of Spanish and Spanish Culture. The results have been very positive and the children have really benefited and enjoyed learning the topics in both languages.

Ana RodríguezCoordinator of Spanish, Primary School

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Flora y fauna de la Costa del Sol

Alumnos de Y4 de la clase de Don Diego, realizando un proyecto sobre la Flora y Fauna de la Costa del Sol en

Cultura Española.

Han estado viendo parte de la flora y la fauna de la Costa del Sol. Después en parejas y usando los ordenadores portátiles como recurso principal, han buscado los nombres comunes, nombres científicos y características de alguno de ellos. Además de aprender más sobre ellos, han desarrollado sus destrezas sobre la búsqueda y redacción de información.


La enseñanza del español está divida en dos áreas: Lengua y Cultura Española y Español como lengua extranjera. El profesorado de español trabaja codo con codo con sus colegas británicos para integrar ambos currículos en la medida de lo posible, y utilizar métodos de enseñanza y aprendizaje complementarios.

En Lengua Española, nuestros alumnos siguen el currículo que les proporcionará la preparación necesaria para afrontar con éxito sus estudios tanto en secundaria como más adelante en el sistema educativo español.

Para los alumnos que estudian español como lengua extranjera, se desarrolla un currículo que les inicia en el aprendizaje del idioma y les permite comunicarse de manera eficaz en el mismo.

Este curso, en el Departamento de Español, nos hemos centrado en unificar los objetivos entre las asignaturas del Currículo Internacional de Primaria (IPC) y Español y Cultura Española. El resultado está siendo muy positivo y los niños han disfrutado y se han beneficiado con el aprendizaje de los mismos temas en ambos idiomas.

Ana RodríguezCoordinadora de Español, Escuela Primaria

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Spanish Open Morning in Primary Earlier this year it was a pleasure to have more than 100 parents attending our Spanish Open Morning to experience first-hand how our children learn Spanish in different year groups. Parents were able to see for themselves how the different groups are adapted to meet the needs of our pupils i.e. 1st Language/ High competency Spanish, Modern Foreign Language Spanish and Beginners groups.


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Welcome AssemblyYear 6 began the year by performing their welcome back assembly. This was based on the theme ´Role Models´. Team Year 6 were able to demonstrate their excellent acting skills by taking part in small role plays linked to the school’s eight Personal Goals. These are: Adaptability, Morality, Respect, Resilience, Thoughtfulness, Enquiry, Cooperation and Communication. The performed to a high level. It was a great start to the new school year!

Our weekly assemblies are a showcase of success. Every Monday morning Key Stage 2 celebrate their achievements and share their learning successes. We also enjoy Miss Mary’s General Knowledge quiz to stimulate our brains. Wednesday Assemblies are also a real treat. Each class performs for the whole of the Primary School and their parents showcasing how much they have been learning.

1ASQ Assembly reminded us of the beautiful natural world we live in. They were Super

Scientists as they explained the role of insects.

1ASQ

Year 6

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The first assembly of 2015 was presented by the children in Year 1JCH. They performed the ‘rubbish’ musical ´The Litter Muncher´ by Nikki Davies.

Let’s hope it’s not just a reformed Lazy Daisy Village, but that we all remember to pick up our rubbish and put it in the bin!

1JCH The Litter Muncher

Year 1LT enjoy listening to and telling stories. When they heard that they had been asked to perform an assembly, not only were they excited, they also wanted to share their story-telling skills with the rest of the school.

The story chosen to retell was ‘Dear Zoo’ by Rod Campbell. They performed amazingly well and thoroughly enjoyed themselves in the process.

1LT

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2BMC enjoyed retelling the story of ‘The Ugly Duckling’.

The message behind this story is to reinforce the understanding that we are all different but unique in our own special way!

2CDO have been listening to stories and talking about what makes a good friend. We decided that it was important that everyone understands what being a good friend really means. As we all come from different places around the world we wanted to have lots of different languages in our assembly to show that everyone can be friends no matter what language we speak.

2BMC

2CDO

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The Circus Assembly2EK presented a fantastic circus assembly; showcasing all our skills and talents. This was based on our IPC unit of learning called ´The Circus is coming to Town.’ We had lion tamers, jugglers, daring acrobats, fire-eaters and funny clowns. We even had the strongest man on Earth. This was very ably introduced by our Ringmaster. It wasn´t all about fun and games as the children learnt a very important lesson. To be in a circus we all need to cooperate: this is one of our very important personal learning goals.

2EK

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3KHI became paleontologists for the term. We learnt how to dig for fossils, we learnt lots of tricky dinosaur names and we discussed how and why dinosaurs became extinct. Armed with all this information, we decided to teach the rest of Aloha College about dinosaurs too. We had a ROARRing time!

3EGR used our research skills to find out about what children from around the world eat for their breakfasts and presented it to our Aloha College peers, teachers and parents in a ‘Big Breakfast’ style assembly, causing lots of rumbling tummies in the audience! With a breakfast style rap, singing, dancing and acting, it really was a showcase of 3EGR´s talents!

3KHI

3EGR

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4BH showcased their IT skills beginning with a short musical film created in IT lessons. This was followed by a very informative assembly showing all they were learning as “aspirational geographers”. This included famous inspirational travel quotes selected by the children. One of the most beautiful ones was: “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page” (St. Augustine).

Diversity assemblyIn 3LAT, we have been learning about community and what it means to us. We have realised how lucky we are to all be part of different communities. We are all part of the Aloha College community and we all bring something special to our school. We enjoyed sharing our different talents and interests, especially our dance moves!

4BH

3LAT

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Aesop’s Fables4LSH have been reading and learning about Aesop’s Fables and wanted to share their three favourite fables with the rest of the school. They performed ‘The Wind and the Sun’, ‘The Lion and the Mouse’, and ‘The Hare and the Tortoise’ and demonstrated the morals behind the stories. Carlos the tortoise kept us mesmerised as he slowly won the race.

4LSH

Space Assembly4WA/NOS entertained us with their sensational SPACE assembly. The children thrilled us with their singing and dancing and told us many new facts all about the solar system, the planets, the stars and exploring the moon!

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Peace Day5ES class invited all of the Primary School to join them in celebrating Peace Day. Through poetry, dance and song, they shared their hopes and wishes for peace throughout the world, emphasising the need for each and every one of us to make our own small contribution. They informed us of the progress of the organisation ‘Peace One Day’ which, together with the United Nations, calls for a day of ceasefire around the world each year on September 21.

“If you build a house you start with one brick. If you want to build peace, why not start with one day?” Jeremy Giles, Founder of ‘Peace One Day’.

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The current theme in the Primary School of appreciating the beautiful world we live in was further exemplified by 5HDE. We learnt so much about the different biomes that exist in our planet and how their climates affect the plants and animals that live here. The message of caring for our planet was reinforced as we listened to the song “What a wonderful world!” by Louis Armstrong..

5HDE

Halloween5MAS took Halloween as the theme for their assembly. They appeared in all their different costumes with suitable make up and looked quite spooky. We learnt some historical facts about the festival and saw some excellent gymnastics, listened to some poetry, witnessed apple bobbing and enjoyed some gutsy singing.

5MAS

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Día de la HispanidadDo you imagine your life with no chocolate? With no popcorn? And with no chips? It seems difficult to imagine living without those products – this is something the Year 4 children let us remember through the Día de la Hispanidad Assembly. Thanks to the discovery of America we can now enjoy all those products and many others.

The respect for the differences and the importance of sharing a language were also present in this assembly. Congratulations to all!!

St Patrick’s DayThe Irish Dance Troupe led by Miss Cannon, and Miss Bronagh’s and Miss Jacquie’s children treated the Primary School to a sample of Irish Culture through stories, singing and dancing.


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Aloha College Primary School children celebrated the approach of Easter with their annual Easter Bonnet parade. The beautiful hats ensured the parade was a riot of colour – to finalise the day and the term, the children went home with delicious chocolate-filled Easter eggs.

Easter Bonnet Parade

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Halloween was once again a very popular celebration in the Primary School. The children seem to love dressing up as witches, ghosts or ghouls!

Halloween Celebration

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Our House team-building event for Year 1 - Year 6 in January provided the perfect opportunity for children to demonstrate cooperative skills.

Year 1 and Year 2 showed great cooperation and team spirit completing the six outdoor activities, which included ordering, balancing and running as a team in record times. Congratulations to Granada, the Winning Team!

Year 3 - Year 6 worked in teams to build the tallest tower using spaghetti and marshmallows! This is not an easy task and the children really had to work together to complete their free-standing tower. Well done, Cordoba, for gaining the most points!

Secondary school students joined the teachers, providing outstanding support. Once again we demonstrated a great team spirit across both schools.

House Team Building Day

The tallest spaghetti and marshmallow tower!

Sharing ideas in Y5

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We celebrate Marbella Feria every year with a special assembly. The Primary School becomes a sea of colour in recognition of local Spanish Culture.

Feria Day 2014

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We celebrated St George’s Day and the School colours transformed to red and white for the day. We enjoyed hearing the story of St George and why he is Patron Saint of England (and many regions of Spain). We also wished Happy Birthday to William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes

St George’s Day

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Foundation Stage Nativity“Away in a Manger” performed by the Foundation Stage was a sensational tear-jerking performance. Morris the donkey and all his friends delighted us with a modern version of the Nativity Story. It was impressive to see our youngest children performing with such poise and confidence.

This year we held four performances in the Primary School to fulfill our important tradition that every child has a part to play. Each outstanding performance played to a packed house of very proud parents.

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Key Stage 1

Wriggly Nativity Key Stage 1 performed “Wriggly Nativity” and once again the children’s performance was exceptional. Every child joined in every song with such enthusiasm the roof of the Hall seemed to be blown away! The town of Bethlehem was transformed into a lively city of music, dance and celebration.

Every child was included in our Christmas Productions and each and every one proved to be a superstar!

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Key Stage 2 Cinderella Rockerfella Key Stage 2 patiently waited until the end of the week for their turn and Wow, what a performance! “Cinderella Rockerfella” was a pantomime any theatre would be proud to show. Team Year 6 led the acting with some great moments of humour with the Ugly Sisters. Once again every one of the 200 plus children performed every song and dance move with star quality.

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Once again we feel very satisfied and happy to see how our children have responded with great enthusiasm to our increasing extra-curricular activities programme. The participation during this school year has been extraordinary.

The traditional activities as well as the new ones have been in high demand all year. The most popular clubs have even been split into two sessions. Our children have been able to improve their skills and enhance their knowledge, developing their personal and academic abilities.

New technology development is part of our everyday lives. We have included many new opportunities for children to develop their skills.

Once again FS2 have been able to enjoy extracurricular activities. This was introduced for the first time last year and this year the participation has been even higher.

As many parents requested, for the first time we have offered the catechism club. Thanks to the Parish San Miguel in Calahonda, it was possible for our pupils to prepare for their First Holy Communion at school.

Another aspect to be outlined is the extensive programme of one-day and residential trips we completed during this school year to support our curriculum. Each trip has helped our students to develop new practical skills, expand differently their knowledge and develop social and organisational skills.

I would like to thank our pupils, parents, teachers and non-teaching staff for their participation, interest and efforts. We as an excellent team can be proud of this very successful year.

Diego GarcíaCEP Coordinator, Primary School

Otro año más de satisfacción y emoción al ver cómo nuestro programa de actividades extraescolares va creciendo con gran entusiasmo gracias a la masiva participación por parte de nuestros alumnos.

Las actividades consolidadas año tras año por su gran demanda, como las nuevas ofertadas siguen teniendo una gran participación por parte de nuestro alumnado. Es más, algunas de ellas han tenido que dividirse en dos sesiones para poder coger a todos nuestros alumnos interesados. Todas ellas han aportado a nuestros alumnos habilidades, destrezas y conocimientos, para mejorar aún su desarrollo personal.

Las nuevas tecnologías han formado parte una vez más de nuestros programas. Sabemos la importancia de seguir formando a nuestros alumnos en este campo, comprobando cómo éstas están presentes día a día en nuestras vidas.

FS2, una vez más, ha tenido la oportunidad de disfrutar de actividades extraescolares. Esta medida se implantó por primera vez el curso pasado y este año se ha vuelto a ofertar y la participación de nuestros pequeños ha sido mayor que el curso anterior. ¡Quieren seguir en el cole después de las 16:00!

Como gran novedad este curso y después de la demanda por nuestros padres, se ha llevado a cabo la incorporación de la actividad de catequesis. Esta ha facilitado a nuestros niños y gracias a la Iglesia de San Miguel de Calahonda, poder prepararse para el sacramento de la comunión en nuestro centro.

Otro aspecto a destacar ha sido el amplio programa de excursiones diarias y residenciales que hemos realizado durante este curso escolar para apoyar a nuestros currículos. Todas ellas han ayudado a nuestros alumnos a desarrollar nuevas habilidades prácticas, ampliación de sus conocimientos de una forma diferente y a desarrollar destrezas sociales y organizativas.

Gracias a nuestros alumnos, padres, profesores y personal no docente por su gran participación, interés y esfuerzo para que otro año más nos sintamos orgullosos del éxito de nuestros programas de actividades.

Diego GarcíaCoordinador del CEP, Escuela Primaria

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Arts and Crafts Club

Drama Club Show

Robotics Club Russian Club

Mandarin Club

Drama Club ShowA Journey into SpaceIn the CEP Year 1 y 2 Drama Club we have been learning how to combine the areas of dance and drama. We decided to show off what we had learnt and produced a show called ‘A Journey into Space’. This involved 3 brave astronauts (well at least until the end of the show) travelling around a solar system. Along the way they went to the following planets, stars, hot and cold. At each planet they were entertained by some beautiful dances. Finally they arrived at a very scary looking planet where monsters were waiting for them. Needless to say they quickly left the planet, being chased by the monsters and decided that they would not go into space again and would rather stay at home.

The children worked hard on the show and performed to the highest of standards. It was thoroughly enjoyed by all who watched it.

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Choir Performance Estepona Choir Passion Cafe

Choir Talk Radio Europe

On Saturday 14 March, our Irish Dancing club took their talents to Marbella, performing at the St Patrick’s festival for the third year running. The girls danced superbly, and even invited their parents to demonstrate their musical ability! Well done and thank you to all involved!

Irish Dancing Club Performance St Patrick’s Festival

First Communion Service

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FS1

Funky ForestWe had a lovely day at Funky Forest. We are learning about food so it was nice for the children to learn how to remove seeds from a zucchini to be planted. The children then planted ones that had grown a little already and they got to take these home. We also did yoga, played on the bouncy castle and fed the rabbits and guinea pigs. Our day finished with a special visitor ‘Mickey Mouse’ who came to see the children trying fruit and vegetables that are the colours of the rainbow. Everyone had lots of fun !

First Communion Service

FS1La Casita De MartínOn the 6th of February Nursery went to La Casita De Martín.

We had a wonderful day seeing all the farm animals! There was a Donkey named Sender who we got to ride and he was very lovely to touch. We fed the friendly big cow her breakfast of greens and weeds. The chickens let us into their pen to see their new eggs. There were lots more animals that we got to see like goats, turtles, sheep and a big fat pig too. Also we went through a maze and saw the sculptures made from recycled items. There was a great big Indian tipi that we went inside and sat down to hear some stories and songs. After we chose what kind of Indian face painting we wanted. We even had time to make some delicious biscuits which we cooked in an outdoor oven.


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Selwo Marina Benalmádena

Funky ForestFS2

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In IPC we learned about ‘Animals’, so it was lovely to go and see some of these animals for real. We saw penguins, parrots, monkeys and snakes up close. We also saw a sea lion perform and we got to see six dolphins that did amazing tricks with their trainers. It was nice to see how well the trainers and staff look after the animals. It was a lovely day filled with lots of fun.


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YEAR 1Trip to Granja EnterríosOn March 19th, Year 1 set off into the Mijas hills on a wonderful farm adventure. Despite it being a rather dull and wet day, the children were bright and cheerful and looking forward to what the day had in store. As soon as we arrived it was straight into activities. We learned how to make bread, how to thrash wheat, plant seedlings and feed the ducks. The highlight of the day was the opportunity to see and pet the animals on the farm. Surrounded by goats, rabbits, hens, sheep, a cow and a rather shy donkey, the children were excited and thrilled to run and play with these adorable creatures. After a magnificent lunch, we boarded the bus back to school and reflected on our amazing day … so sad to “Let it go” but “the rain didn´t bother us anyway”!


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YEAR 2Butterfly Park

YEAR 2Environmental Trip to Juanar

As part of our IPC unit ´´ Flowers and Insects´´ Year 2 went to the Butterfly Park in Benalmadena. We experienced first-hand all the different varieties of butterflies and moths. Our guide told us all about the life cycle of a butterfly and some of us were even allowed to touch the tiny eggs and the cocoons! We also saw an iguana, turtle and a kangaroo! After that we enjoyed a power point demonstration and a discussion about butterflies. We amazed our guide with all our knowledge and understanding.

Year 2 enjoyed a day of trekking in Juanar. We had the opportunity to enjoy wonderful views from ‘Mirador del Corzo’ and ‘MIrador del Macho Montés’. In our way, we found lizards and hundreds of colourful butterflies. Despite being hot, there was a pleasant and soft breeze – we all had an unforgettable experience.


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YEAR 3 + YEAR 4“Planeta Explora”As part of their journey of discovery both Year 3 and Year 4 visited Planeta Explora in Benalmádena on Tuesday 13 and Thursday 15 January respectively. They went to investigate the scientific process in an educational, entertaining and interactive way.

They used scientific equipment

Observed the effects of chemical reactions

Made mini volcanic eruptions

Tested the pH factor of various substances

And even got to meet Harry the Falcon


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As food technicians, we thoroughly enjoyed our day as Masterchefs. We planted seeds and created our own lunch and dessert! We had lots of fun working in teams to prepare a healthy lunch in under one hour! Watch out, here come the next masterchefs of the future!

YEAR 3 + YEAR 4Peques and Cooking Trip


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YEAR 4 Trip to Nagüeles

Year 4 enjoyed a morning walking through the pine forests of Nagüeles at the end of May. Our guide (organised by the local council) showed us the different trees in the forest, and we collected leaves to stick into our reference book. We enjoyed looking at the views and exploring nature, and afterwards we enjoyed our lunch at the picnic area, before playing on the slide and hopscotch in Nagüeles Park.


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The Alboran Sea, its fauna and flora and its historical influence in our area were the focus of our Year 5 visit to Alborania Museum (Aula del Mar), which took place on Monday 4 May.

Our pupils had the opportunity to see, touch and experience with whale bones, with the aquarium, shark teeth, tortoise shells... and they even took part in a short boat trip in Málaga Bay.

Our children’s behaviour was, as always, excellent. Good work Year 5!

YEAR 5 Aula del mar

YEAR 5 Visit to Picasso Museum

To compliment our study of Picasso, Year 5 visited The Picasso Museum in Malaga. As artists, we participated in a workshop where we made 3D masks in the style Picasso and visited the exhibition. Our appreciation of the works was aided by knowledgeable art experts.


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YEAR 5 Residential TripTarifaTo compliment our study of Picasso, Year 5 visited The Picasso Museum in Malaga. As artists, we participated in a workshop where we made 3D masks in the style Picasso and visited the exhibition. Our appreciation of the works was aided by knowledgeable art experts.

YEAR 6 Ski Trip to Sierra Nevada

Year 6 went to Sierra Nevada on a school trip from Sunday 15th to Tuesday 17th February. We went for 2 nights and 3 days.

It was extremely fun and definitely one of the best trips ever. We did many exciting activities together. One evening we sledged and played out in the snow! We learned many things especially because all the monitors and teachers who were helpful and patient. It also gave us quite good experience of how to be organised and how to look after yourself more than normally. We cannot wait to go again!

Sofía Moreno Lima and Sienna de Kock


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YEAR 6 School Trip to Doñana National Park

In March the Year 6 children enjoyed a residential trip to the Doñana Natural Park. They set off on Tuesday, March 24th for 4 days of excitement.

On the first day the children arrived at the Dunas de Doñana Apartahotel and unpacked their cases. They then went to El Rocia and saw enjoyed a bird watching activity. Later on in the afternoon the children went for a nature walk in the Doñana National Park and visited the magnificent El Acebrón palace where they learned about the historical background of Doñana.

On Wednesday the children visited the Médanos del Asperillo where they enjoyed finding out about the sand dunes, pine trees and vegetation. The children took part in group activities which improved their appreciation of the natural environment. During the afternoon they visited the Muelle de las Carabelas. This was a fascinating excursion back in time and the children were able to embark replicas of Christopher Columbus’s boats

for his first voyage to the Americas, the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa María.

On Thursday morning the children had a great time touring the Doñana Natural Park in 4 by 4 vehicles. They stopped off to have fun in the sand dunes and appreciate the wonderful views of the Atlantic Ocean. During the journey the children also saw deer, wild boars and horses as well as enjoying a bird watching session. In the afternoon the children went to the Doñana Information Centre to watch a lynx feeding her kittens. Later on in the afternoon the children got themselves ready for their talent show and disco.

On Friday the children made the journey back to Aloha after a truly fantastic school trip which was plenty of fun and also educational.


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NJST & NMTI

RCCNO

Miss Janine, Miss Kyron, Miss Meryl, Miss Lynne. BACK ROW: Nikita Knezovich, Claudia Burgaleta Pacheco, Andrey Junior Voicu, Lilia Young Jiménez, Scarlett Za-gozdzon, Olivia Hamdallah Recio. MIDDLE ROW: Olivia Nakpil Bueno, Lucas Windfield, Milord Sheikh Khan Mamakaev, Adriana Rosas Olmos, Emma Mª Siepel El Hizaz, Annie Herráez Alonso. FRONT ROW: Andrés Bernard Fay Pérez, Luis Fernando Fay Pérez, Javier Aguilar del Río, Valeria Bermúdez López De Lacalle, Mateo Guerrero Imossi, Dimitri Kononenko, Aitor Cordón López. ABSENT: Ollie Blower, Henry Verraed, Miroslava Petuhova, Marie-Leonie Corander, Marcos Esteban Rol-dán, Polina Amelina, Sophia Kuznetsova, Boldizsar Tatrai Monostori, Carlos Gutiérrez Coelho, Lea Hazout, Shantal Keijzer Serrano, Joohyoung Lim, Amelia Oakes, Valeria Praslova, Charlotte Fleming, Alexander Nayman, Vega Sophia Reinhard, Anton Travin. Mélanie Mïya Deny, Rafael Lennon Lebrasse.

BACK ROW: Miss Rachel, Boaz Rodenburg, Carlota Hamdallah Recio, Michael Brumberg, Alexandra Bryantseva, Andrey Kukusta, Karolina Penukova, Miss Chris-tina. MIDDLE ROW: Ava Herron, David Gandía Bisbal, Stefaniia Balash, Alba Sofía Olivo Campos, Felipe Simon, Gamzat Ibragimov. FRONT ROW: Anna Polyakova, Mario García Eisele, Ángela Bahut Quevedo, Andre Rozenkov, Isabella Jagdev, Kai Santegoeds, Adriana Lezama Leguizamon Fernández de Villavicencio. ABSENT: Andrey Zhigulin, Archibald Nichols, Mateja Stefanovic, Andrey Zhigulin.

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RCKED

YEAR 1 ASQ

BACK ROW: Miss Kate, Alex Rozenkov, Benjamin Santa Cruz Tavarelli, Olympia Sundberg Delgado, Zaya Zavery, Jimena García Vidal, Isabelle Gruber, Miss Celeste, Miss Inés. MIDDLE ROW: Alexey Ermolov, Elena Fajardo Ventaja, Evald Blium, Mario Egea Muñoz, Keira Griffiths, Selma Achabbak. FRONT ROW: Mara García García, Daniel Tullo Correa, Chiara Mercurio Heilbron, Valeria Gómez Moya, Beatriz Fernández-Macías Hijas, Luca Aragón van der Lely, Kamil Berraoui. ABSENT: Richard Laizan, Feng Li Ricour, Hamish Fleming, Selena Habbal El Nakib, Alexander Kuznetsov, Richard Laizan.

BACK ROW: Miss Amy, Anna Chatelain, Gabriel Graae, David Greenhough, Adriana Coltorti López, Graeme Douglas Mitchell, Srta Laura. MIDDLE ROW: María Rodríguez Hoening, Georgy Bitaev, Sophia Achabbak, Federico Tobal Koner, Alexander (Sasha) O´Hayon Karlov. FRONT ROW: Mihai-Cristian Vasile, Jae Woo Kim, Anna Bella Dellanna, Vivienne Schaefer, Constanza Plaza de Barutell. ABSENT: Leonie Reisbeck, Artur Dosmukhamedov, Hanna Halmi-Hajda, Leonie Reisbeck.

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YEAR 1 JCH

YEAR 1 LT

BACK ROW: Srta Sofía, Gregory Graae, Felix Cooper, Mercedes Marino del Castillo, Daniele Bigioni, Miss Jacquie. MIDDLE ROW: Stefani Urta, Siamak Parrés Alcaire, Henry Zagozdzon, Gennaro D’Aria, Alejandra Ayora Sierra. FRONT ROW: Maxi Turnbull, Michael Maximilian Torner, Yannat Essaid Ben Yaiche, Glafira Semenova, Anatoly Praslov, Myeong-Min Ko. ABSENT: Aleksandr Sergeev, Ekaterina Zhigulina, Panna Tatrai Monostori, Daniel Allen.

BACK ROW: Miss Eli, Francesco Primitivi Vidiella, Arseni Bulican, Victoria Goryachkina, Deni Gheorghiev, Moya Sena Gucenmez, Miss Lynn. MIDDLE ROW: Chris-tian Honeyman, Leonardo El Omrani Faraco, Lucía Melgar Navarro, Mees Rodenburg, Zhao Yuhong. FRONT ROW: Mauro Gómez Moya, Jimena Aguilar del Río, Chloe Herráez Alonso, Alfie Hedger, Yifan Yang, Carl Adamovic. ABSENT: Chloe Rubio Subiris, Adrian Corander, Timur Dosmukhamedov.

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YEAR 2 BMC

YEAR 2 CDO

BACK ROW: Gabriel Tumbull, Matheo Alonso, José Higuera Sellitri, Adriana de Fortuny Carrasco, Rodrigo Amores Polo, María Barreira Velázquez, Miss Bronagh. MIDDLE ROW: India Poschner, Arina Rumyantseva, Marina Mees Pérez, Arsenij Blium, Antonio Moreno Serrano, Becaye Sene. FRONT ROW: Noa Ojeda Cabello, Nadia Georgieva Drazheva, Calum McCormack, Sofya Zemskaya, Carolina Simón, Lara Westermark.

BACK ROW: Miss Clare, Franz Nikkila, Oiver Adamus, Jasy Clark-González, Aleksandr Balash, Akezhan Tatishev. MIDDLE ROW: Rabia Kinahan, Diego Martín Mon-tánez, Padraig Carson, Etienne Harrison, Alex Young Jiménez, Pablo Lettera Manzaneque. FRONT ROW: Sofía Espinosa Viale, Kayla Griffiths, Armani Danckaers Nasr, Olympia Guerrero Imossi, Sindre Jensen del Caño, Yago Otero Rodríguez. ABSENT: Talia Habbal El Nakib, Nasser Karia.

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YEAR 3 EGR

YEAR 2 EK

BACK ROW: Alissia Musampa, Lina Silen, Leonardo Lahaye, Aziz Essaid Ben Yaiche, Jimena Benítez García, Álvaro Sebastián Olivo Campos MIDDLE ROW: Srta Rosa, Milena Krzeminska, Belén Barreira Velázquez, Valentina Cruz Vallini, Julia Duchowicz, Carl Lindstrom, Yurity Yanovskiy, Miss Griffiths. FRONT ROW: Meryem Kinahan, Zian Kaddoura, Damon de Kock, Alexander Kulinich, Aiala Villar Varela, Jamal Satli López.

BACK ROW: Miss Liz, Sergey Filatkin, Sander Reinhard, Vanessa Marrocco, Amanda Rosas Olmos, Benjamin Ghassemoof, Miss Gail. MIDDLE ROW: Matvey Kokha-novich, María Gugina, María Cangas Arroyo, Alexander Brumberg, Dylan Lovelock- Woodhall Pérez, Daniel Repton. FRONT ROW: Claudia Argüelles Rodríguez, Adriana Acosta Gómez, Alexia Duyndam Lootens, Oscar Bornak, Emma Bryden, Marina Aldehuela de la Torre. ABSENT: Luca Browne, Diana Dosmukhamedova, Isabella Smith.

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YEAR 3 LAT

YEAR 3 KHI

BACK ROW: Ivan Bogdanov, Sacha Bellavoine, Mia Spendlove, Anna Ermolova, Daniel Khamedulin, Álvaro de Urquía Barbero, Miss Atkinson.FRONT ROW: Paola Gheorghieva, Adriana Casanova Muvo, Nicolas Rebossio, Stephanie van den Broek, Anya Zavery, Jessika Maria Alanen, Danata Burtakova. ABSENT: Dylan Schaefer, Filip Rogaski, Molly Nichols, William Leaning.

BACK ROW: Patricia Nikolova, Iker Yikai Yang Ye, Brenda Lis Carabe Petrova, Solomon Kotovich, Juan José Blanco Duvergel, Miss Hill. MIDDLE ROW: Elias Evert Broersma Lamouini, Adrián Lozano Coronado, Artur Shigaev, Lucas Vaghefi, Nilya Ghasemi. FRONT ROW: Joaquín Chacón Bathan, Matías Ali Jawad Billev, Susana Satli López, Sofía Pampillón de Armas, Rosalina Bornak, Arturo Anosov. ABSENT: Noé Ricour, Denis Travin, Lucy Whitelaw.

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YEAR 4 LSH

YEAR 4 BHE

BACK ROW: Sebastián Villalón Zambrana, Isabella Campos Guimaraes, Georgi Penukov, Enrique Barreira Velázquez, Isabella Menchen. MIDDLE ROW: Miss Shufflebottom, Michael Shpurik-Eronat, William Flores Qu, Alexia Porter, Sulamif Salzhan, Lola Cooper, Miss Gemma. FRONT ROW: Hye-Jin Park, Natalia Unger Navarrete, Carlos de Fortuny Rodríguez, Sofya Bagratashvili, Alisa Khudoyan. ABSENT: Christian Campo Butler, Vasilisa Iline Kheyfits, Princess Angie Ligan, Kristina Noritsyna, Suhhyun Lim.

BACK ROW: Mr Herron, Sofía Nakpil Bueno, Timothy Jon Neata Manning, Jorge Alessandro Lettera Manzaneque, Lucas Hedman, Arina Khudoyan, Frans Adamo-vic. MIDDLE ROW: Ainhoa Navajas Arroyo, Thomas Parody, Sebastian Reinhard, Chloe Oakes, Lenie Siepel El Hizaz, Alfred Sprenger, Paris Porter. FRONT ROW: Sofia Pak, Veronika Udaltsova, Daniel Acosta Gómez, Daniel Rébora Song, Bibi Flo Todd, Helena Duque Madrid. ABSENT: Felicija Laizane.

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YEAR 5 ES

YEAR 4 WA

BACK ROW: Shaneze Sibille, Alberto Díaz Cardenas, Pablo Benet Vincenti, Fedor Rafa, Alexander Draginskiy, Miss Alison. MIDDLE ROW: Mrs Emma Saunders, Axel Janson Valle, Daniela Duchowicz, Javier Rowe Pérez, Claudia Bennani Aranda, Dana Jerad, Bárbara Plaza de Barutell, Adrián Albouhair Galache. FRONT ROW: Jennifer Stender, Dorian Adamus, Sofía Elgaily López, Milly Duncan, Adrián Melgar Navarro, Matthew Marrocco, Polina Semenova. ABSENT: Emilie Vahi.

BACK ROW: Sofiia Sherman, Boris Gordeev, Pedro Mees Pérez, Inés Mackintosh Gómez, Nooa Ruuhoenen. MIDDLE ROW: Miss Aspden, Marcos Astolfi Núñez, Marija Blium, Maxim Pak, Kamila Khudoleeva, Miguel Primitivi Vidiella. FRONT ROW: Meisa Behbehani, Michelle Lundteppen, Alexandra Gudkova, Carlota Ranea Marina, Oceane Banhard, Martin Brun. ABSENT: Marat Borlakov.

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YEAR 5 MAS

YEAR 5 KFR/HDE

BACK ROW: Paula Sánchez Alonso, Adrián Llorente Sucha, Thomas Benjamin Alonso, Fiorella Santa Cruz Tavarelli, Carlos Mérida Romero, Phoenix Wilkinson. MIDDLE ROW: Miss Mary, Benjamin Ali Lino, Polina Dolgikh, Sijmen Schoeman Daneel, Lara del Río Oliva, Savely Rukhmanov, Dean Huijsen, Srta Antoinette. FRONT ROW: Victoria Zugasti Álvarez, Lior Pariente Jimena, Sienna McCormack, Alessandra Tertychna, Egor Bryantsev, Daniel Díaz Cárdenas, Alexey Gudkov. ABSENT: Samuel Nichols, Roger Nouaimeh, Alyssa Renee Tinetti.

BACK ROW: Juan Fernández-Macías Hijas, Francis Toebak Roldán, Santiago Cangas Arroyo, Jonathan Hedman, Angelina Blackwell. MIDDLE ROW: Miss Freeman, Bo van der Helm, Molly Karlsson, María Sanz López, Sienna Agg, Diego Breuker Barcia, Ekaterina Ponomareva, Alexander Urushadze, Srta Ana. FRONT ROW: Sophie Ergo, Lucía Gómez García, Samppa (Oskari) Alanen, Óscar Vigdal Crespo, Alexander Keating, Arina Shigaeva, Cameron Spain. ABSENT: Miss Deegan.

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YEAR 6 GCA

YEAR 6 ACU

BACK ROW: Irina Bilskaya, Eric Yang, Sergio García Satli, Oliver Mohammed, Sofía Strokina. MIDDLE ROW: Srta Mª Ángeles, Valerio Alberto Milan Alessan-drouwa, Aszia Uitvlugt Carranza, David Picazo, Luna Salem, Fabian Wulfcrona, Miss Cannon. FRONT ROW: Madison Turnbull, Marcus Elizondo-Darwin, Sam Goodwin, David Solesvik, Florence Sargent, Roberto Menchen. ABSENT: Enrique Yañez Bowker, Baily Tucker.

BACK ROW: Miss Curran, Sophia Parody, Leyth Kaddoura, Denis Getov, Leonardo Giorgioni Figueroa, Rayan Abouelala. MIDDLE ROW: Sienna de Kock, Danila Yakushev, Sebastian Ergo, Jonas Jorgensen, Lucas Kolb, Nanyanan Komaro, Don Diego. FRONT ROW: Noa Alario Wadih, Sofía Moreno Lima, Sarah O’Hayon Lendi-nez, Tomas Schoettler Casey, Álvaro Argüelles Rodríguez, Leena Mulligan.

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YEAR 6 ITA

YEAR 6 HK

BACK ROW: Andrea Gozalo Curry, Ana Sanz López, Francesca Carson, Ethan Prawidlo, Denis Timofeev. MIDDLE ROW: Miss Joan, Beer Rodenburg, Anton Wulf-crona, Alicia Brooks, Lilly-Jean Henry, Timothy Kleiman, Vladislav Isaev, Kamran Broberg, Mr Tarry. FRONT ROW: Daniel Martín Méndez, Ricardo Holmes, Daniella Warda, Victoria Lindstrom, Carolina Villalón Zambrana, Craig Porter.

BACK ROW: Sergio Amann González, Dmitry Goryachkin, Anna Shultse, Lucía Gachot, Chelsea Rea. MIDDLE ROW:Miss Helen, Pablo Martín Montañez, Artemy Anosov, Bradley Macintyre, Eva Lyagina, Leah Mehdawi, Diego Lahaye, Srta Sylvia. FRONT ROW: Jamie Clement de l’Epine, Joshua Lovelady, Alina Krysinska, Camila Vigdal Crespo, Adriana Zugasti Álvarez, Carlota Loma Francia.

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SECONDARYSCHOOL

We have welcomed several teachers to the secondary team and they have brought new ideas and energy which have helped invigorate our school. I thank them for their inspiring influence and look forward to helping them make an even greater impact in their 2nd year. Our experienced teachers have once again guided the children to record-breaking exam results in 2014. We achieved the best results in Aloha’s history in our IGCSE (49% of all grades at A*/A) and IB exams (an average of 35.3 points per student). We are looking forward to more good results in this summer’s exams.

Mrs Brice, as Head of Key Stage Three, has worked tirelessly to increase the range of activities available to the secondary pupils. Her commitment to providing our children with varied learning experiences has seen the development of a new area in school life - the character curriculum. This curriculum develops the skills and knowledge required by children to succeed in the 21st century. Our children have skied the highest peaks of Italy, solved equations in France and debated in the ancient city of Athens. This year, Aloha has made its presence felt on the international stage.

Ms Britcliffe, another inspiring figure, has led the school with a compassionate heart. There will be few children reading the yearbook whose problems have not been reduced in size as a result of the effort and care of Ms Britcliffe and her colleague, Ms Verinder. I thank them for their hours of pastoral work.

I consider myself fortunate to have three tigers of leadership prowling the school every day. Mr Lopez, Mr Escobar and Mr Roth provide strength, knowledge and leadership in equal measure. Their drive and professionalism is steering the school towards a successful future and is a fundamental reason why the secondary school continues to go from strength to strength.

We are determined to provide all our children with a school full of learning experiences. Hopefully, you will enjoy our contribution to the yearbook and find evidence of our commitment to learning opportunities on every page.

Mr Tim WebbHeadteacher, Secondary school

WELCOME TO THE SECONDARY SCHOOL

“We are determined to provide all our children with a school full of learning experiences.”

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Dimos la bienvenida a varios profesores al equipo de secundaria, que han traído nuevas ideas y energía que nos ha ayudado a fortalecer aún más el colegio. Les agradezco su inspiradora influencia y espero ayudarles a contribuir aún más en su segundo año. Una vez más, nuestros experimentados profesores han guiado a los alumnos a batir récords en los resultados de los exámenes de 2014. Obtuvimos los mejores resultados de IGCSE en la historia de Aloha (49% de las notas se aprobaron con A*/A) y en los exámenes de IB (un promedio de 35.3 puntos por alumno). Esperamos más resultados buenos en los exámenes de este verano.

Mrs Brice, Responsable del Tercer Ciclo, ha trabajado incansablemente para aumentar la variedad de actividades disponibles para los alumnos de secundaria. Su compromiso de brindarles a los alumnos una variedad de experiencias de aprendizaje ha llevado al desarrollo de una área nueva en la vida escolar, el programa de “formación del carácter”. Este programa desarrolla las aptitudes y conocimientos necesarios para triunfar en el Siglo XXI. Nuestros alumnos han esquiado en los picos más altos de Europa, han resuelto ecuaciones en Francia y han debatido en la antigua ciudad de Atenas. Este año, Aloha hizo sentir su presencia en el escenario internacional.

Ms Britcliffe, otra persona inspiradora, ha guiado al colegio con su corazón compasivo. Habrá pocos chicos que lean este anuario cuyos problemas no se hayan reducido como resultado del esfuerzo y cuidado de Ms Britcliffe y de su colega Ms Verinder. Les agradezco por todas las horas de trabajo dedicadas a ayudar a los alumnos.

Me considero afortunado de contar con tres fieras de la directiva que recorren el colegio cada día. Mr López, Mr Escobar y Mr Roth aportan fuerza, conocimiento y dirección en igual medida. Su energía y profesionalidad conducen el colegio hacia un futuro prometedor y son la razón principal por la que la escuela secundaria continúa marchando viento en popa.

Estamos decididos a proporcionar a nuestros alumnos un colegio lleno de experiencias de aprendizaje. Espero que disfruten de nuestra sección en este anuario y comprueben nuestro compromiso con las oportunidades de aprendizaje en cada página.

Mr Tim WebbDirector, Escuela Secundaria

“We love to learn’ is a phrase that summarises the Primary School and what a year for

learning this has been!”

WELCOME TO THE SECONDARY SCHOOL

“Estamos decididos a proporcionar a nuestros alumnos un colegio lleno de experiencias de aprendizaje.”

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September 2014 saw some new faces in the mathematics department! Following the promotion of Ms Brice to Key Stage 3 Leader I joined the team as head of department, and we also welcomed Mr O’Leary as a new teacher. It can be daunting to start a new job in a new country, but it was clear from day one that we were joining an extremely dedicated team and I would like to thank Ms Brice, Mr Escobar, Mr Oakes and Ms Sapone for a warm welcome and their support in showing us the Aloha way! Both Mr O’Leary and I join Aloha with significant experience of leadership and mathematics education in the UK, and the combination of the fresh ideas we have brought, together with the depth of experience in the existing team, have contributed to a successful academic year.

My first job as head of department was to congratulate the students and staff on the fantastic results they achieved across all Key Stages in 2014. At IGCSE the percentage of students gaining A/A* rose from 26% to an exceptional 37%, and results overall reflected a successful Intervention Programme that had been implemented following the Trial exams. The Checkpoint results were outstanding once again, with 93% of students achieving above the international expected level. Students with English as a second language did particularly well due to the focus on mathematical communication throughout the year. Our first A2 cohort completed their course successfully, with results showing that the increased teaching time for A2 modules had a positive impact. The most impressive achievement was in IB where the department achieved their best ever results - an average of 5.1 with nearly 50% of all results at grade 6 or 7. It was clear that Ms Brice was going to be a tough act to follow!

Our focus this year has been on maintaining a high level of challenge in order to stretch all students to achieve their best. We have a growing number of students opting for the demanding Higher Level IB course, and are challenging all students at Key Stage 5 with higher order questioning both in lessons and through assessment targets. In mathematics, these questions help students to evaluate methods of solution to find the most efficient, and synthesise their ideas through understanding of the connections

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between different branches of mathematics. We have continued to develop outstanding students at Ms Sapone’s popular puzzle club, and sent teams to competitions in Toulouse, Vienna and San Pedro. We have also been developing student leadership within the department - Luke Collister has been a superb role model to Key Stage 4 students at the after school support club, and Math’s Week provided an opportunity for students in year 12 and 10 to plan and deliver sessions for younger students.

Ensuring the progress of all students is paramount. We have redesigned our PCTs to mirror external examinations, something that students have described as demanding, but beneficial to their preparation, and use these to model the exam techniques they will need to develop. Following our PCTs, we have developed the use of ICT to analyse the strengths and areas for development of individual students and groups, enabling us to plan effectively to cater for specific needs. We provide a full programme of support sessions for those who would like some additional help, and students are becoming more proactive in using these to target their key topics.

Collaboration has been an important aspect of our work this year, both in terms of teachers sharing expertise (Mr Oakes, for example, is our Maths Studies guru!), and in developing opportunities for students to work together in the classroom. Our Math’s Week Key Stage 3 activity saw students in house teams, using geometrical constructions to recreate Moorish designs from their home cities, while other groups raced around the school together on a mathematical treasure hunt. Research shows that students remember far more if they can talk through and explain their work rather than just listening, and our Jigsaw Groups activities develop these skills, with each student becoming an expert in one aspect in order to teach their peers. We are looking forward to developing these ideas further next year giving students the skills to apply success criteria in their peer and self assessment.

Jenny ElliottHead of Mathematics


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SECONDARY SCHOOL ENGLISH

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Is the end of the book in sight? Many would have us believe that increased use of technology is a threat to the book and even literacy in general but it certainly hasn’t had an effect on our reading at Aloha. Nowhere was this more evident in this year’s Book Week with diverse reading activities relating to reading taking place across Senior School departments, proving that the written word is as important as ever to our learning. Even in Maths literacy was applied by students discovering and creating coding methods. All departments contributed “leaves” – each describing a book relevant to their subject – to the “Literatree” during the week just to show that reading and books are as relevant as ever to all of us, whatever our interests and knowledge.

Aloha students certainly embrace the written word with enthusiasm and interest, while the English

curriculum provides the opportunity at all levels to read, analyse, deconstruct, comment on and appreciate a wide variety of texts from graphic novels to poetry, and advertisements to news reports. Our students have excelled in their own writing, not only in international exams, in which our results continue to be outstanding, and consistently above the world average, but also in competitions in and out of school:

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Margherita and Barnaby were worthy winners of their categories in the third Inter School Creative Writing competition; Kira’s news report was selected for publication in a school competition organised by Sur newspaper and countless students had their poems and writing showcased on classroom walls and display boards.

This has been a busy year, students and teachers have worked hard to improve their skills and thus achieve success and we pride ourselves on having a happy and productive department. Thanks to all the English teachers for their ability to inspire and guide the students each in their own unique way; new members of the department this year, Ms Gavin and Mr Elliott, have brought inspiration and professionalism but it is with great sadness that as the year draws to a close we have to say farewell to Ms Egdell, whose humour, kindness and knowledge will be much missed by colleagues and students alike.

As holidays approach my last words go to Pulitzer prize-winner William Styron: “A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.” I hope you find many lives to live while relaxing over the summer with a good book!

Fiona del AguilaHead of English

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The sun is shining and the workshops have begun; it must be time for the exams signalling the end of another academic year! It seems like yesterday that the teachers and students of the science department were celebrating excellent exam results back in September. I feel proud as I recount our exam success in the IGCSE, A Level and IB exams. At IB, our mean grade for each subject was significantly above the world average in the sciences. This is quite an achievement for our students, and I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate them again and also to wish our current Year 11 and Year 13 students the very best of luck!

We have had a very busy year: apart from celebrating exam success, we have enjoyed out of classroom learning experiences, fieldtrips, competitions, guest speakers, and of course our annual science fair and science week. To further improve the learning experience of our students, particular emphasis was given to sharing and developing highly effective teaching strategies which is part of our on-going commitment to professional development. The science teachers have worked closely to reflect on current practices and share expertise to raise classroom achievement with strategies for every learner. Teachers have participated in team training sessions and discussion in meetings to help teachers translate modern thinking about learning into effective classroom practice. Key areas we worked on included formative assessment, well-targeted feedback and student self-assessment against criteria.

Development of formative assessment tasks are intended to help students to develop skills, rather than just test them on what they can do or recall. These exercises give students confidence in working out answers and solutions independently. Research

shows that well-targeted feedback, telling the student precisely what is good and not so good about their answer and, most importantly, what they can do to improve, is far more effective than a mark in helping them to do better in the future. Sometimes, students are invited to mark their own performance, using criteria set out in self-assessment checklists. These are provided across the key stages to help development and progression of the key skills in the sciences, such

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This year we welcomed two new teachers to the department: Mr Knight for Chemistry and Mr Horne for Environmental systems, who brought with them energy, new ideas and enthusiasm. At the end of term one, we said farewell to Ms Williams who left to pursue another career path.

This year was also a new beginning for the revised IB Group 4 syllabuses. Teachers were excited to begin the new course content following IBO training in Greece in June. The new syllabus places new demands on the student where the nature of science, Theory of Knowledge in the sciences and a personal investigative project promote those skills of creativity, critical thinking and independent learning. IGCSE level students also started the revised syllabus for each of the sciences. While there have been some changes to the content, the major change has been in assessment whereby exam papers are better differentiated in terms of level and language for our EAL learners.

Some highlights which have inspired our students and perhaps even sparked an interest in a career in science included a trip to the Quirón hospital, Marbella and to the Forensic department of the National Police, Málaga. This was a unique opportunity to experience a day in the life of a surgeon and go behind the scenes in a hospital. Students observed and learned about radiography; took a stress test in the angio suite of the cardiology unit and learned how to interpret an ECG. In the labs, students were given the opportunity to discover their own blood type using special reagents and equipment. Students were particularly inspired and in awe of the video footage of some surgeries. They listened to the surgeon share his expert knowledge and experiences in surgery and patient care.

Students felt part of a C.S.I scene as they went behind the scenes at the forensic department. They saw police at work in ballistics; finger printing; chemical analysis; forgery of documentation and much more! This was a highly educational visit as students experienced the real life application of the many science topics studied as part of their IB and AS syllabus.

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Our young environmentalists of ESS practised techniques in fieldwork to sample and study ecological relationships in Tarifa and Benahavis; Year 7 have also sampled in ecology studies of a shoreline at Mijas Costa. This is always a very popular activity as students discover the variety of marine life and how each is adapted to their habitat.

In May we held our annual Science Week which culminates in our Year 9 Science Fair which is a real celebration of science, technology and even engineering in some cases! Our Science Week featured fascinating, entertaining and engaging events and activities across the keystages and for all ages. Some main events included the Year 9 students talking us through their investigative projects and demonstrating science at work in many mind blowing experiments; cross curricular science related activities; student treasure hunt and a staff challenge. Year 6 and Year 10 students joined forces on a challenge in a bridging project while Year 7 and Year 8 participated in an interhouse competition to build an eco-friendly house and solve a crime using forensic analysis skills. The main highlight of Science Week which got everybody talking was a visit by the forensic police department who brought with them many engaging, interactive activities to demonstrate how they work, the equipment they use and how they analyse their findings in crime analysis. Dr. Urbaneja Salas attended Science Week as a guest speaker on stem cells to our Year 12 students. Students and parents were enthralled by the potential of these cells in medicine.

I want to thank and congratulate all our students for their enthusiasm and active participation in all the activites in science throughout the year. I want to give special recognition to those Year 9 students who run the Aloha College Big Bang science newsletter for their publications and entry in the prestigious Bill Bryson-Royal Society of Chemistry competition. It gives great satisfaction to see students use their skills in working both as part of a team and as individuals; to see their enthusiasm, curiosity and energy ignite with excitement when problem solving in science. As I said, it has been a busy year but a very enjoyable year and plans for next year have already begun!

I would like to take this opportunity also to bid farewell to our Physics teacher Mr.Broad and our Biology teacher Miss Odong. We will miss their expertise and dedication and wish them both every success as they continue their professional development and career journeys.

Elaine McGirlHead of Science

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El Departamento de Español ha llevado a cabo una amplia variedad de actividades durante este curso como son la participación en el III Certamen Interescolar de Escritura Creativa, la asistencia de alumnos de Yrs. 10 y 11 a la representación de “Rinconete y Cortadillo” o la tradicional visita de los Yr. 7 al Pantano de la Concepción. Asimismo Yr. 12 visitó las rotativas del diario Sur en una actividad conjunta con el Departamento de Inglés, junto con el que también hemos trabajado en las actividades que se llevaron a cabo durante el Día de las Lenguas.

Durante la Semana de las Matemáticas nuestros alumnos realizaron numerosas actividades que todos disfrutaron enormemente (caligramas con números, juegos de cifras y letras, poemas matemáticos, proyectos como el de Conocer el Mundo Hispano a través de las Estadísticas, etc.). El Departamento también llevó a cabo concursos de vídeos -especialmente populares y exitosos con los Yr. 7-, y un certamen fotográfico sobre Marbella.

El fomento de la lectura es obviamente una de nuestras prioridades por lo que, conjuntamente con la Biblioteca y el Departamento de Inglés, organizamos la Semana del Libro. Durante ésta se llevaron a cabo numerosas actividades como una lectura poética y el certamen de poesías, lectura dramatizada de Bodas de Sangre, elaboración de portadas de libros, marcapáginas, cuentacuentos con los alumnos de Yr. 1 y Nursery, cómics... La semana culminó con una asamblea y el tradicional y popular concurso de “houses”. Nos gustaría aprovechar esta oportunidad para recordar la importancia de que los chicos lean regular y sistemáticamente, por lo que desde aquí pedimos a los padres apoyo para que animen a sus hijos a disfrutar de la lectura: “Nulla dies sine linea!” porque -como ya saben- leer es un placer del que no podemos ni debemos privarnos.

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Gracias a todos por su apoyo y ¡Feliz Verano!

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Una excelente noticia que recibimos recientemente fue la notificación de que Antonio León, Yr. 9, había quedado finalista en el Certamen Poético de Málaga ¡Su poema aparecerá publicado en un libro que reunirá a todos los participantes seleccionados y premiados!

Este curso hemos despedido a la Sra. Amparo Ruíz quien, tras 23 años dedicada a la enseñanza en Aloha College, se ha jubilado. Desde aquí deseamos de corazón que sea muy feliz y le decimos: “¡Amparo, te echamos de menos!” También hemos dado la bienvenida a la Srta. Laura Puente y celebrado la vuelta de nuestra compañera Michelle Benett.

Finalmente decimos “adiós” a nuestros alumnos de Yr. 13, quienes empiezan una nueva y emocionante etapa de sus vidas. Queremos darles la enhorabuena y desearles lo mejor. Durante los años que han estado con nosotros les hemos intentado inculcar valores que consideramos imprescindibles en la vida como son -entre otros- la ética del trabajo, la curiosidad por seguir aprendiendo, la honestidad con uno mismo y con los demás, o el respeto por todas las creencias e ideologías en nuestra sociedad multicultural.

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It has been another exciting year in the Modern Foreign Languages department as you will see below! While Ruth Sinnwell is on maternity leave, we have welcomed Saskia Van der Bilt to the department. She has brought with her some interesting and innovative ideas to language teaching which students are already benefiting from.

European Day of LanguagesThere have been several exciting events this year. We began with the European Day of Languages in September which was celebrated with a special assembly ending in an Inter-house quiz that tested the students’ knowledge of different languages in Europe.

Maths Week and Book WeekMaths week saw students involved in mathematical calculations and number games in French and German. Then during book week, students were encouraged to read in the target language adding many leaves to the ‘literatree.’ Students also took part in a book titles quiz in their MFL lessons.

Year 9 Theatre tripThe trip to the local theatre this year was a little different with the students watching a simplified version of Molière’s famous ‘Le Malade Imaginaire’ When the actors requested volunteers to go on stage at the end, the Aloha students were certainly not shy with Olivia, Mounzer and Anna leaping up with enthusiasm. This is what Olivia had to say of the experience: Mon experience a été très amusante, mes copains et moi nous nous sommes levés pour répondre à des questions et c’était très drôle!

Residential Trips to Paris and CologneOf course the most exciting events for the MFL department were the trips to Paris and Cologne which took place at the end of the last academic year. Here are some pupil accounts of them. We are currently

looking forward to repeating these trips with the current Year 10 next term.

Our Year 10 Trip to Paris by Lydia Year 11: The last week of the academic year, the IGCSE Year 10 French classes flew to Paris, France and spent 4 days there in a 4 star hotel located right in the centre of the city. Each day we spent in Paris was fully packed. By the time we got back to our rooms in the evening we were exhausted and we needed to sleep well in order to be up and ready for the next day, which started early. Everyone walked down to breakfast with a tired face but the breakfast soon woke us up. I think all the students that went on the trip agree that what we saw of Paris was beautiful, from the Louvre museum to the Eiffel Tower and its breath-taking views. There was some free time on the Champs-Elysées, where everyone went off in groups of friends exploring the fashion and food shops of this famous street. When we all gathered again, everyone had found what they wanted, different coloured macaroons, a new pair of shoes or souvenirs. On our last day, we went to Disneyland and after being on all the rides and exploring the extremely large amusement park, we settled down to watch the thousands of fireworks coming from the castle which was dazzling.

Donna WadeHead of MFL

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Cleo, Year 11, wrote her account in French: L’été dernier, je suis allée à Paris avec mon école, c’était une grande expérience en tant que j’ai pratiqué la langue en dehors des cours. Le premier jour, nous avons visité le musée du Louvre et j’ai vu la Joconde. Après avoir visité le musée nous nous sommes promenés en ville et nous avons fait des photos sur le pont. Nous avons fait les magasins aux Champs Elysées, c’était génial. Mon jour préféré, c’est le jour où nous avons visité Disneyland; il y avait des montagnes russes très cool, la nourriture, les magasins et les gens étaient fabuleux! Le parc avait des manèges vraiment effrayants! J’aurais aimé passer plus de temps à Paris. Je voudrais visiter Paris à nouveau dans l’avenir. J’envisage y faire des études et je voudrais vraiment bien regarder les universités.

And the trip to Cologne by Aránzazu: On the 22nd June 2014, we set off to Málaga airport at 05:15am to fly to the city of Cologne. We had all been awaiting this

moment for a whole year and, although we were extremely tired, we could not hide the smile on

our faces. When we got there, we dropped our suitcases off at the hotel and made

our way to the centre of Cologne to eat some delicious “Schnitzel”. After that, the chocolate museum was waiting for us, where we learnt all about the origins of chocolate and we especially enjoyed tasting the chocolate fondue at the end! On the second day, we started off with a very interesting bus

tour of the city, where we took many pictures. After that, we were allowed

some free time to go shopping through Cologne’s commercial streets. Then we

climbed on a boat and we were able to relax while watching the beautiful surroundings of the

river Rhine. We ended the day with an unexpected game of 3-D neon minigolf which we really enjoyed! We were all bubbling with excitement for Tuesday to arrive as we were going to the biggest theme park in Germany: Phantasialand. There we enjoyed an intense day of amazing rides and lots of laughter. Wednesday was our last full day in Cologne, so we knew we had to make the most out of it. We started the day off with a visit to the Sports Museum, where some of us ran a 1km race which was a great experience. We then showed off Aloha’s hockey skills by playing some matches with some Germans! After that we made

our way to the cathedral and we climbed up to the top to observe the beautiful views. As we were so sad to leave, we decided to buy a lock with all our names carved into it and hang it on the Cologne lock bridge, so that the next time we go, we can try and find it. We were incredibly sad when it came to saying goodbye to the beautiful city that had been our home for four days. It has united us and helped us look after each other. We have obviously improved our German, since we only spoke German during the trip, even amongst ourselves! In my opinion, the trip was perfect and I wouldn’t change a thing! We thank Ms Wade, Ms Dana and Ms Sinnwell for having organised it all.

Jere Year 11: Our German class had a 4 day class trip to Cologne. In Germany we did many things. The first few days we wanted to do lots of cultural things, so we went to the delicious chocolate museum and the Sports museum. After both visits to the museum we went to a huge theme park not far away called Phantasialand. We all had a lot of fun going to the park. Not only did we go to a theme park but we also played a new type of mini-golf, which, instead of being situated outside was indoors, and featured dark rooms with crazy neon paintings which glowed in the dark rooms. What I most liked about this trip was that our only meal in the hotel was breakfast. For lunch and dinner we would always go out and try the local food, which was great.

Winners of MFL Prizes Autumn TermYear 7French: Anastasia Rukmanova and Anastasia van de Broek.German: Ablaikhan Tatishev and Sophia Unger.Year 8French: Emilio Hadjisotiriou and Sofie Axen.German: Jose Acosta and Kathleen Jorgensen.

Spring TermYear 7French: Danielle Murdoch and Grace Poli.German: Evelina Stanikova and Sofia Rebossio.`Year 8French: Emilio Hadjisotiriou German: Olga Okhotinskaya, Kathleen Jorgensen and Paloma Lauret Fernández.

“Well done to all of you!”

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SECONDARY SCHOOL HUMANITIES2014-2015 has been a successful year for the Humanities department. The year began with the news of very positive examination results in all disciplines with the long term aspiration of all pupils achieving above their target grades from Key Stage 3-5.

This cannot be achieved without the dedication of the staff that work within the department and the year has seen a particular focus on challenge in lessons and pupil monitoring to help them achieve their potential.

One major change that has happened this year is the separation of the Humanities subjects facilitating a more specific focus on History, Historia and Geography throughout the year. I was privileged to be asked to lead the Humanities department at the beginning of the year and have enjoyed the challenges and personal learning that has taken place along the way, as well as planning for continued improvements and change for the next academic year.

With the expertise of Don Fernando, Mr Falconer, Mr Ebbs and Mr Horne, pupils have enjoyed a range of challenging and fun activities in class to help them progress. For example, the year 7’s (and some of their parents) showed their creative side by building

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castles when studying the Norman Conquest. Year 8 have carried out a range of project work on topics such as Ecosystems in Geography, practised Earthquake drills in class and studied sensitive and interesting topics in History such as Slavery and Black Civil Rights. In year 9, pupils have looked at global issues such as Development and Poverty, and developed analysis and source skills in History with a focus on World Wars 1 and 2.

At Key Stage 4 and 5, pupils have studied History, Historia and Geography in depth with encouragement to become independent learners as well as being challenged with difficult topic related questions.

The classroom learning has been complemented with a range of extra revision and support clubs, as well as a number of trips to consolidate learning in class. Examples have included the joint Istan Dam trip with Sociales, as well as the annual Marbella trips for years 8 and 9 and IGCSE and IB Geography trips where pupils collected data in order to complete important course work that counts towards their final examinations. Cross curricular themed weeks such as “Maths week” and “Book week” have been supported with fun activities in class, whilst the United Nations Day was celebrated with pupils studying important “Millenium Development Goals”. Some of these activities were linked with the excellent House system that the school has developed.

Whilst challenging and engaging lessons will always be at the heart of what we are trying to achieve, we are also aiming long term for greater independence of our students and for them to take control of their learning. Peer and self assessment activities have helped with this, as have the encouragement of the teachers for pupils to find out the answers to their own questions.Taking responsibility for responding to teacher marking and setting challenging questions is also a continual area of focus. The use of technology and the benefits that this can bring to our teaching and, ultimately, our students’ progress is also an ongoing discussion; we will experiment with some ideas in this field during the next academic year.

I would like to thank both the hard working staff and students for their efforts and look forward to the new challenges presented over the next academic year!

Richard HunkinHead of Humanities

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It gives me great pleasure to be contributing to my first Yearbook here at Aloha College. I am thrilled to have joined the Aloha community and am really enjoying getting to know the students, staff and parents.

I have quite a diverse background when it comes to my experiences that have led me on the path to Aloha. I qualified with my Bachelor in Education in 1995 and took up my first teaching post in Uxbridge, West London. I completed two years there before I branched out on my own running an IT consultancy aimed at schools, helping them to develop the IT skills of their staff and to develop the curriculum within the learning framework. This was very successful and enjoyable. It gave me the opportunity to work across London in a variety of schools with diverse student populations and nationalities.

I have run other businesses along the way and held a number of posts of responsibility. These have included Head of Business and Economics, Head of Year 10, a pastoral role I thoroughly enjoyed and Head of ICT and Business. I also became a member of the senior team, overseeing the strategic ICT across the school for both curriculum and staff use. My skills, knowledge and life experiences mean I am well placed to lead this team and I can bring realism into my Business and IT lessons. I look forward to working with your son/daughter in the coming years.

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Before my arrival, Jenny Elliott did a fantastic job as acting head of ICT and Business. She organised the department very well prior to my appointment and I would like to thank her and the teachers that also stepped in to teach ICT.

The BET subjects (Business, Economics and Technology) are very popular with the students and that is testament to the fact that I am very lucky to be working with a team of staff that are knowledgeable, love their subject and are dedicated to getting the best out of the students. What more could I ask for?

The results the team get are fantastic results at IGCSE: ICT gained an amazing 100% A*- C, IGCSE Economics: 85% A*-C and IGCSE Business: 79% A*-C. We can also boast a 100% pass rate at IB level in Economics and Business.

We have growing numbers again for September. Students are attracted to the subjects because they are very relevant in today’s world, but also because of the teaching and learning methodologies used by the staff.

The IT curriculum for KS3 is having a full overhaul and some new topics are being introduced, including app building and cartoon design. Watch out for next year’s Yearbook, to see how the students get on. In KS4 we have an increased intake of students again for 2015 and we look forward to welcoming them and helping them to achieve their very best.

Caroline Metcalf, Head of Business, Economics and Technology

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I am very pleased to be given the chance of leading the Creative Arts Department and will endeavour to continue to strive for excellence and creativity in and out of the classroom.

We welcome our new Art teacher, Mrs Moore, to the department, and bid farewell to Mr McDonald and wish them both happiness and success in their new jobs.

The true function of our department is to work together as a unit, allowing both staff and pupils to ultimately experience a combination of the three disciplines: Art, Drama and Music. This has best been displayed in our showcases througout the year: the very successful romantic comedy ‘Gregory’s Girl’, the exciting musical ‘Return to the Forbidden Planet’ and the extremely professional end-of-year KS4 and 5 Art Exhibition.

I look forward to our next academic year, ready to consolidate existing practices and eager to add new and exciting ideas to the Arts programme.

Karol WillmerHead of Creative Arts

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Visual Art IB

·”Natron”, Rayén Schröder

Eliise Vahl

Lucía Fernández

“Inisde My Head”, Rebecca Van Caem

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“The Cove”,

Nicholas Patrick Kahr Vivar

“Faceless,”

Rayen Charlott

Schroder

“Cara Grey”, Liam López

“Release”,

Nicholas Patrick

Kahr Vivar Sandra Vesman

“Eman Kui 175.015 km2”,

Paula Osa

“Blossoming

Interrupted”,

Chloe Hannah

Thompson

“Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can plan weird; that’s easy. What’s hard is to be as simple as Bach. Making the simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity”

Charles Mingus

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“The Perfect Vessel_ Pink”,

Laura Tingleff Kristensen

“The Beautiful Chaotic Flow”,

Laura Tingleff Kristensen

“Warped Reality-Escape”,

Chloe Hannah Thompson

“Ordinary Chaotic Mind”, Marta Valverde Maestre

“Unforgotten_ La Carta”,

Marta Valverde Maestre

IGCSE

“Tonal Studio”, Pablo González

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“Colour Study”, Jamie Brice

“Colour Study”, Emma Olde Boerrigter

“Tonal Studio”, Carmen Faura Praxedes

“Cover Up”, Polina Pak

“Tonal Studio”,

Ray Van Caem

“Cover up”.

Dani Ruuhohonen

“Sci Fi”, Polina Pak

“Shadows”. Leora López

Inés Sainz Cabestrero

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KS3

“Clay Monsters”

“Totem Poles”.

Presley Scott,

Laura Steinruck,

Ignacio Capote

“Totem Poles”.

Lisa Xiao,

Raqul Perez,

Noah Mitchell,

Kathleen

Jorgensen,

Roni Toivanen,

Richard

Fitsimons

“Discrimination”, Sally Lewis

“Colour Study” Eden Akalley

“Buildings”. Emilia Henriksen

“Youth Culture”, Jaime Curry Gozalo

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I was very fortunate this year in the Drama department to work with a wonderful team that had Ms Gavin, Mrs Tong and Ms Egdell inspiring students at KS3 and 4 with all things theatrical. I thank them for their professionalism, skill and enthusiasm, and for making the world of words come alive on stage so beautifully.

We are lucky to have some very talented actors in KS3 and 4, and their skills were on show in ‘Gregory’s Girl’ and ‘Return to the Forbidden Planet’, the two very different shows the Secondary School staged this year.

At KS4 Ms Egdell and I bid farewell to a very strong Y11 cohort of performers. As a class they were a joy to work with, and it was lovely to see them mature and become more confident on stage. I wish them all the success they deserve in the summer.

The Y10 drama students are beginning to feel more comfortable with one another, and their performances are becoming stronger because of this. There have been some beautifully crafted pieces filmed so far and I’m very excited about my next year with them.

The IB Theatre Arts year has been a very busy one and it began with a week-long visit to London, which was invaluable as students were able to see great theatre that has since inspired and influenced their work. The IB students have also explored the roles of Performer, Director, Creator and Designer as a part of their course, and as part of their course, as well as working as cast and crew in our school productions.

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MUSICThis has been an exciting year for the music department. We have endeavoured to strengthen both the extra curricular provision and also the Teaching and Learning within the classroom.

Extra Curricular provisionOur instrumental tuition has gone from strength to strength with ever increasing numbers. The good news is that we are now able to offer piano tuition to Year 3 and violin and piano tuition to those students wanting to follow the UK ABRSM examination route. The instrumental demonstration at the beginning of the year was a great incentive to our students.

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Musical“Return to the Forbidden Planet”Return to the Forbidden Planet is a Jukebox musical by playwright Bob Carlton based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest and the 1950s science fiction film Forbidden Planet. Despite the difficult Shakespearian script the students worked very hard to learn lines and rehearsed to reach a

very high vocal standard to give the show a professional quality.

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Málaga Philharmonic OrchestraOnce again, our KS4 IGCSE music students were fortunate enough to watch a rehearsal of the Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra. This was of great help to their coursework, having the chance to see and hear a live orchestra and understand the role of the conductor. The programme included music by 20th century Spanish composers.

Samba workshopOur year 8 students were lucky enough to take part in a practical samba workshop as part of their world music unit of work. A group of musicians from Coin led this very exciting and vibrant session. Our students were introduced to some very unusual Latin American percussion instruments and were taught how to play some very complex rhythms as part of an ensemble. An enjoyable and very noisy time was had by all!

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Christmas ConcertSenior School pupils delighted a packed audience with a collection of Christmas numbers ; an excellent way to celebrate the start of the festive season. We were able to incorporate elements of theatre for the first time and also witnessed the beginnings of an Aloha orchestra with the string and woodwind ensemble performances.

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SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM ENRICHMENTWe have invested heavily in our curriculum enrichment this year to help our students become both resilient and versatile young people. This curriculum area encompasses our residential trips in Spain and abroad where our students learn about independence. It also includes student involvement in debating, Maths, Science and writing competitions which encourage participants to think on their feet and problem solve. Opportunities for participation in sporting activities and competitions have increased, allowing a wider range of students to develop a healthy respect for their bodies and a competitive spirit. We have increased the number of musical and dramatic performances, which develop our pupils’ confidence and presentation skills. Our enterprise programme has successfully nurtured business acumen, communication and marketing skills. We have also significantly improved the house system and its events to encourage pupils to become not only team players but effective team builders. We will continue to invest in these additional learning opportunities because they develop the skills our children will need in the future.

Jacquie BriceSenior Leader

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“Building Character”

The New Look of the Curriculum Enrichment ProgrammeOver 300 students enrolled during September in our revitalised 2014-15 Curriculum Enrichment Programme (CEP). And not surprisingly, as we now offer an exciting range of both individual and team physical activities and a complementary range of creative and intellectual clubs. Girls’ participation, in particular, is booming as more than half of students now enrolled in the CEP programme are female.

One of the most popular of these has been our Cross-Country Running group led by Mr Hunkin, Ms Elliott and Ms Dry and supported by keen runners in the sixth-form. Each Tuesday, up to 30 girls and boys launch out into the beautiful countryside between Aloha Golf course and La Concepcíon reservoir - a wonderful way to raise their fitness, free their minds from the pressure of school life and appreciate the spectacular flora and fauna of our area.

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Another popular and high-profile club has been the Model United Nations club (MUN), run by Mrs del Aguila and Mr Elliott, in which animated debates take place each week on topics as wide-ranging as women’s rights, the protection of children and educational reform. This debating forum uses as its model the United Nations, set up in 1945 to promote international cooperation and these sessions teach our MUN students, from years 10 to 13, about current affairs, communication skills, social responsibility and ultimately prepare them for the annual MUN conferences where students from all over the world participate. This year, 6 students were selected to represent Aloha College at the MUN conference run by an international school in Athens, Greece.

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Girls Go for It as Fitness and Creativity DevelopFollowing our promotion of girls’ sport this year, a flourishing area of our CEP programme has included our brand new Girls’ Self Defence club, Ms Verinder’s Gymnastics Club and the Girls’ Fun Football club which now has over 30 students enrolled and regularly playing in competitive matches along the coast. We are hoping that the new Dance Club will be just as popular.

Boys’ sport continues to flourish and grow with our own Aloha College Football Club (ACFC) regularly topping the local football league in a variety of age groups throughout the Primary and Secondary School and the summer term CEP programme, now includes an Athletics and Cricket club.

Building on this year’s success, our goal next year is to raise student fitness further with every female and male student involved in a team or individual CEP physical activity. From our already impressive range of physical CEP activities, students can look forward to more options and purpose built facilities when our new Sports and Arts Hall opens.

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We know many of our students also enjoy a creative or intellectual challenge outside the school timetable as we had record numbers enrolling for Ms Moore’s and Ms Welsh’s Ceramics Club in the Autumn, and their Theatre Prop Making Club in the Spring. Our other popular clubs have been Ms Sapone’s Brainteasers Club, which prepares students for local and international mathematics competitions and Mr Knight’s Big Bang Student Science Magazine, which is experimenting with both printed and video editions. The Journalism Club, Fun Science Experiments Club and the Biology Café are new this year and growing in popularity in years 10 to 13.

Our long-standing and thriving INTERACT club continues to help build a sense of community spirit among our students and an appreciation of how they can use their entrepreneurial skills to help local charities and those abroad.

Mathematics competitions

MEMBERS OF THE INTERACT CLUB

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House Elections and EventsRebuilding a strong sense of student loyalty and competition has been the purpose of this year’s revitalised House system. Every Aloha student belongs to one of three houses; Granada, Córdoba and Sevilla, and they have the opportunity to apply for the position of house representative through a formal system of elections. These House Representatives then support the sixth form House Captains in organising and running house events and sports days.

This year, House Representatives, coordinated by our Senior School Head of House, Ms Ladds, have developed an exciting variety of House events. The Autumn Term saw a celebration of European Language Day, which culminated in an enthralling House assembly with an iAnswer quiz and a Model United Nations live debate. The Spring and Summer Terms pioneered cross-curricula House activities during Maths Week and Book Week where students took part in competitive activities in all lessons that were linked to mathematics and literacy. Together with School Council representatives, these students are important contributors to the student voice of Aloha College and their positions of responsibility enable them to gain invaluable leadership experience.

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Maths WeekBuilding numeracy skills is vital for success in many areas of future life and all Departments demonstrated this by including maths objectives in every subject during Maths Week in February. From learning how to calculate the reading age of a text in English, to composing music using probability, as well as studying times tables tests in French, Maths really did appear everywhere.

During maths lessons, Key Stage 3 students worked in house teams to study the geometry behind the Moorish designs of Granada, Sevilla and Córdoba and recreated these through accurate constructions. In addition to this, there were puzzles everywhere! Year group challenges were focussed on in registration time, whilst a lunchtime puzzle station in the library was coordinated by our IB Higher Level mathematicians and even the rain could not dampen the excitement that the lunchtime treasure hunt created. It attracted some fierce competition with students searching out the maths around Aloha itself. One of the most rewarding aspects of the week came from seeing Year 10 students rise to the challenge of helping to teach maths in the Primary School. Some students visited primary lessons to act as ‘maths buddies’, while others planned and delivered an inter-house maths challenge for all of Year 6. The Year 10 students did a brilliant job of explaining mathematical concepts and they were impressed by the calculation skills of the Primary students.

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Futurewise and Year 9 Chocolate ChallengeAs part of the school’s ongoing Futurewise Careers Programme, all year 9 students took time to participate in an Enterprise Challenge. Their challenge was to turn their team into a small business with the aim of creating, packaging and marketing an exciting new chocolate brand.

They quickly learnt about the typical structure of a small business and then assigned team members to the roles of Managing Director, Marketing Director, Buyer, Finance Director and Creative Director. Soon it was time to agree upon a brand name, packaging style and how much to spend on materials to enhance their packaging. Meanwhile the marketing, finance and creative experts had to decide on the target market, the cost and pricing structure and the content of their presentation for the launch of the chocolate product.

With so many vital decisions to be made in a short space of time, there was a real learning buzz amongst the year 9 students all morning. Directors needed to use negotiation skills and conflict resolution to inspire their team and all members had to work to a tight deadline to package their product and design their presentation.

Ten teams launched their products in front of a panel of judges; Mr Webb, Head of the Senior School, Sra Vicente, DIrectora Tecnica, and Mrs Brice, Head of Key Stage 3. The judges were looking for creativity, teamwork, a strong product and clear marketing message and they were not disappointed. Several teams stood out for their creativity but one in particular was recognised for their strong business ethos and a memorable and imaginative product. First place went to Smilky created by Javier Rodriguez, Amanda Hedman, Mikel Gaztelu, Dimitrije Bogdanov, Paloma Sainz and Vicente Garcia.

While all teams had an enjoyable morning and were rewarded by being able to eat their chocolate products, the importance of their hard work should not be underestimated. The Chocolate Challenge offered invaluable work experience that was carefully designed to build their teamwork, leadership and communication skills and harness their creative and entrepreneurial talents. We hope that the Chocolate Challenge will have inspired our students to become the business movers and shakers of the future.

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Winners of the Chocolate Challenge

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In March two teams of Aloha students participated in Interna-tional Schools Mathematics Teaching Federation competitions.

First up were Carmen Faura Práxedes from year 10, Luis Carmona Ripoll and Roberto Holmes from year 11 who travelled to Vienna with Mrs Elliott to take part in the Middle School competition. The competition was fierce, with individual and team rounds all day on Saturday, but the students still found time for a little sightseeing around the stunning baroque city centre, and of course some schnitzel and sachertorte! The Sunday Team Chase was a fantastic chance to test mathematical and orientation skills together with new friends.

Next it was the turn of Antonio León Villares, Eva Noritsyna and Michael Stanik from year 9 to set off for Toulouse with Mr O’Leary to take part in the Junior competition. Once again the Aloha students battled hard, and were excellent ambassadors for the college. Staying in host families gave the students the chance to get to find out all about the French city. A special highlight of this trip was the fantastic guest speaker Simon Singh, who has written several great books about mathematics including ‘Fermat’s Last Theorem’ and ‘The Code Book’. Simon was inspirational to listen to, and even kindly donated some signed copies of his books to the students!

Fourth Maths OlympiadOn Wednesday 15 October five students from Years 7 to 11 proudly represented Aloha College at Laude San Pedro’s Fourth Maths Olympiad for schools across the coast. This was a wonderful learning opportunity for them and a chance to meet some of the best mathematics students in our International School community.

Our pupils competed in mixed groups with students from other schools and were given a range of challenging Mathematical puzzles to solve which encouraged problem solving, teamwork and communication. The collaboration was intense and participative. The atmosphere in this event was excellent and Jeremy Albouhair’s team won the Maths Olympiad. Well done!

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School ProductionsThe Creative Arts Department of Art, Music and Drama collaborated successfully once again this year, on the musical “The Return to the Forbidden Planet”, and on the play ‘Gregory’s Girl’.

Based on Shakespeare’s ´The Tempest´ and the 1960s sci-fi film ‘The Forbidden Planet’, our musical story ‘The Return to the Forbidden Planet’ transported our audiences into outer space on board the SS Albatross, in the capable hands of Captain Tempest and his crew. The show featured 1950s and 60s rock and roll classics, and the dialogue was largely adapted from well-known passages from Shakespeare, a challenge for any young performer. The cast and crew worked extremely hard, pulling together to make the production a highly professional piece of theatre. All played their part, however small, and it is thanks to their dedication and hard work that the show was such a success. We performed to three very appreciative audiences, who fully immersed themselves into all the participative tasks!! Thank you for your support and well done everybody!!

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It’s not every year that the Creative Arts come together to stage a play, but we felt as a department that the non-singers needed an opportunity to show off their acting talents, and “Gregory’s Girl” did not disappoint. Set in and around a state secondary school in Glasgow in the 1980s, the play follows Gregory, an awkward teenager who is infatuated with his classmate and his quest to win her affection. Her ambition to play for the failing school football team softened his heart and the hearts of his team-mates even further, and it is there where the story begins. We performed in traverse, a football pitch and goal mouth at one end and Gregory’s bedroom at the other. There were even choreographed football games on set. It was lovely to see so many boys wanting to be involved as cast members and technical crew, and they embraced this new experience whole-heartedly. Thank you to everyone involved and congratulations on a superb show.

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MUN Student ReportIn March six members of the Model United Nations (MUN) group, normally found in Mrs del Aguila’s room on Thursday afternoons, headed off to Athens representing the delegation of Mongolia in the Platon School MUN conference (PSMUN 2015).

The team had been preparing for the past year in the afterschool club, and after hundreds of debates their chance to shine in a real committee came. Accompanied by our two expert MUN advisors, Mrs. del Aguila and Mr. Elliott, the students represented the delegation of Mongolia in the Disarmament and International Security, Social, Humanitarian and Cultural, Legal, Political and Decolonization and Special committees. Speaking as Mongolia, the students participated in debates with such diverse topics as reducing Civilian Casualties in Military Conflict, Foreign Intervention in Civil War, the question of Alien Invasion, Loss of Biodiversity and Endangered Species, Children in Armed Conflict, Inequality in Education, the Effects of Overconsumption and Increasing Populations and the Evaluation of Children’s Rights in the 21st Century.

The sole aim of the MUN conferences is to create a resolution (document containing solutions to the specific problem being discussed), which has to be voted for by the committee and then presented before the grand general assembly. Lobbying is a vital part in establishing relationships between the countries, giving the opportunity to create friendships with fellow students from countries such as Greece, Norway, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Serbia and Palestine.

The evenings provided a chance to relax from the intense days work as we headed out to explore the beautiful city. Athens was full of surprises and details, from its hidden monuments to the charming “tavernas”, where we were able to feast on traditional Greek dishes, indulging in Souvlaki, Gyros and Tzatziki, finished off with world renowned Greek yoghurt. Viewing the city from above Mt. Acropolis and admiring the Parthenon, we knew this would be a trip we could never forget.

If you like debating and meeting new people, and want to make an impact on society, the MUN is the best experience you can ask for, but remember, the best way to succeed is to participate and give your best.

By Kira Nelson and Angel Marco, Year 12 Students

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Ski Trips by Mr Surgenor2015 Ski Trip Folgaria- Italy

During the February half term a group of lucky Aloha secondary pupils enjoyed an action packed ski trip to Folgaria in the Italian Dolomites. We were a little worried about the snow conditions before heading off on our journey but due to a sudden climate change we arrived in a fresh layer of powder. It then continued to snow over the next couple of days, laying the piste foundations that led to some fantastic ski conditions and allowed us to enjoy them to the absolute maximum.

Each morning the pupils split into their groups and disappeared off with their instructors to various parts of the mountain range to make the most of their lessons. We were really impressed with the attitudes and enthusiasm of all of the groups. The beginner group progressed at a phenomenal rate, they only spent one day on the learner slopes then they were off with the rest of the groups on various adventures around the resort. We could barely keep up with the advanced group who were literally flying from one piste to another. The snowboarders were looking particularly cool, carving up the powder and jumping off the moguls.

It was great that everyone had an endless amount of energy so we all could enjoy our apre-ski activities. These consisted of ice-skating, a cinema night, a pizza night, swimming and of course the legendary end of trip disco where everyone had their dancing shoes on. Certificates and medals were given out by the instructors in a reward ceremony, all of the skiers and boarders deserved this acknowledgement for their excellent level of progress. By the end of the trip we were all exhausted and ready for some well deserved rest and recuperation. We can’t wait for next year’s trip that will be equally or even more exciting!

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SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHING & LEARNING

We are proud to be a school that is rated as having many outstanding features. Students’ behaviour is excellent, results are good and we have outstanding practitioners in the school. However, the best schools always want to get even better; this year we wanted to ensure that this good practice was shared throughout the school to enable all teachers to inspire as much as possible.

The academic year started with some fantastic staff training in the hot August summer holidays. A speaker from the UK was brought over to address staff on the findings of John Hattie, a professor of education in Melbourne University, who has completed some impressive meta-analysis exploring the impact of a range of strategies used in education over the last twenty years.

This training, along with careful planning from the senior leadership team, reinforced our decision to focus in key stages three and four the following areas of development: assessment for learning, the use of success criteria, modelling, and peer learning.

Hattie’s research has shown that the quality of feedback given to students, both written and verbal (assessment for learning), has a massive impact on learning. It is essential that students read targets carefully and respond themselves to any targets set or questions asked. Moreover, looking at and responding to the work of a peer and understanding the assessment criteria is vital and encourages a student to consider what a strong piece of work looks like. Book reviews have shown that all staff have been working hard to develop these areas across the curriculum.

We have also been focusing on the sharing of success criteria with students. Students, along with the support of their teacher, have been asked to work collaboratively to identify exactly what is needed to produce a good piece of work. Along with modelling by the teacher of what a good piece of work looks like, this ensures that students know exactly what they need to do to achieve the best possible grade.

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Working Together To Be The Best!- “We should focus on the greatest source of variance that can make the difference – the teacher.”-

John Hattie

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Research has also shown that working through talk plays a crucial role in learning. Employers and universities all agree that

being able to work as part of a team is an essential key skill. We have seen teachers working hard to set up carefully

planned activities which encourage students to learn and discover together.

Working collaboratively as a staff has also been very successful this year. We had a fantastic teaching and learning training day on Saturday 25th May in which staff across a range of departments planned together, shared their own good practice and set themselves targets to develop and improve even further.

We are confident that continuing to plan and work in this manner will ensure that Aloha students will

consistently have a fantastic learning experience and will always be the best!

Darren RothSenior Leader

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SECONDARY SCHOOL SIXTH FORM

Once again, it is a real pleasure to be given the opportunity to express how much it has filled me with pride to work hand in hand with the students graduating this academic year. Months of hard work have been involved but I am sure it has been worthwhile: pupils, teachers and parents have done their best and I know they will be rewarded.

As you may be aware, in September 2012 we completed our Key Stage 5 Programme with the addition of A-levels, which run parallel to our successful IB Diploma Programme. Thanks to the addition of this programme, our pupils are able to choose the curriculum that best fits their needs and skills.

The last examination session, May 2014, brought us the best results ever in the IB Diploma Programme, consolidating the tendency of the last few years and placing our pass rate (100%), as well as our total points awarded (35.4), well above the worldwide averages (80% and 30 points).

Among the excellent results, I would like to highlight the performance of Caroline Köelln who achieved 44 points, Aryan Ghobadi achieved 43 points and Lola Faura who achieved 40

points, placing them in the top 4% of students worldwide who are awarded 40 points or more in the IB Diploma Programme. I would like to congratulate these three excellent students and of course all the Class of 2014 and wish them all the best. I am sure the preparation they received at Aloha will help them achieve whatever they aim for in their future careers and personal lives.

Class of 2015 has recently finished its examinations and is now enjoying a well-deserved rest while awaiting IB and A-level results, which will be published soon. I wish all students every success for the next stage in their lives.

Finally, I would like to thank our teachers for their hard work and dedication in teaching the curriculum, and of course our students who are the main characters in this story, and their parents for having faith in us.

Eugenio LópezHead of Key Stage 5

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Otro año más es un gran placer tener la oportunidad de manifestar el gran orgullo que me ha supuesto trabajar codo con codo con nuestros alumnos del último año que ahora se gradúan. Han sido unos meses de duro trabajo y esfuerzo que seguro habrá valido la pena ya que todos, alumnos y profesores hemos dado lo mejor que tenemos y esto seguro que será recompensado.

Como ya es sabido, desde Septiembre de 2012 completamos nuestra oferta académica en la última etapa de KS5 ofreciendo en paralelo con el Diploma del BI los A-Levels. La incorporación de este programa permite a nuestros alumnos poder elegir el currículo que mejor se adapte a sus necesidades y a sus capacidades.

La pasada sesión de Mayo 2014 de nuevo nos ha traído los mejores resultados de la historia del colegio en el Programa del Diploma del BI consolidándose la tendencia de los últimos años y situando los porcentajes de aprobados y la media de puntos finales claramente por encima de la media mundial. Nuestro porcentaje de aprobados fue del 100% cuando la media mundial está en torno al 80%. Nuestra puntuación media fue de 35.4 puntos siendo la media mundial de 30 puntos.

En el apartado de resultados excelentes, debo destacar a Caroline Köelln quien obtuvo 44 puntos, a Aryan Ghobadi

con 43 puntos y a Lola Faura con 40 puntos, quienes se han situado en el selecto grupo de alumnos (sólo un 4% mundial) que obtienen 40 puntos o más en el Programa del Diploma. Desde aquí me gustaría felicitar a estos tres excelentes alumnos por sus resultados y por supuesto a todos los demás de la promoción de Mayo 2014 a los que les deseo lo mejor. Estoy seguro de que la preparación que adquirieron en su paso por Aloha les ayudará a conseguir todos sus propósitos de futuro en sus carreras y en su vida personal.

La actual promoción de Mayo 2015 ha acabado recientemente sus exámenes y ahora están disfrutando de un merecido descanso esperando conocer sus resultados que llegarán en breve, tanto para los alumnos del BI como para los alumnos del Programa de A-Level. Desde aquí les deseo a todos lo mejor en la nueva etapa de sus vidas que van a iniciar dentro de unos pocos meses.

Finalmente me gustaría dar las gracias a todos nuestros profesores por el gran esfuerzo y empeño que han puesto en la enseñanza del programa y por supuesto a nuestros alumnos como principales protagonistas y a sus padres por depositar su confianza en nosotros.

Eugenio LópezDirector del 5º Ciclo

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UNIVERSITY DESTINATIONS 2014

Student University Course Bader Al - Dugheithir Sussex International BusinessCharlotte Barry Manchester Management and Leisure

Blanca Belon Alonso Westminster Business Management

Elena Brice Leeds Metropolitan International Business

Robyn Browne Liverpool John Moores Business and Public Relations

Savannah Chaby University College Birmingham Hospitality Business Management

Isabel Ana De Fortuny Rodriguez Central Film School London Practical Filmmaking

Pepijn Geutjes Westminster Business Management (Entrepreneurship)

Aryan Ghobadi UCL Mathematics and Physics

Abigail Hignett The University of Lancaster English Literature and Philosophy

Laura Kelly UCL Modern Languages (4 years)

James Robert Kempell The University of Liverpool Law

Nina Francis Knoch Queen Mary University London Business Management

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Student University Course Caroline Kolln UCL Economics and Business with East European

StudiesVictoria Mason The University of Birmingham English with Creative Writing

Monica Palumbo Westminster Fashion Merchandise Management

Luca Pizzamiglio The University of Kent Architecture

Harry Radcliffe The Univesity of Bournemouth Business Studies

Jack Rycott The University of Sussex Practical Filmmaking

Geoffrey Stead López University of Stirling Applied Computing

Timur Yakupov The University of York Law

Lola Faura Politecnica de Madrid Arquitectura

Julen Pérez Álvarez Francisco de Vitoria Medicina

Camillle Vanhoren UMA Doble Grado Ingenieria + Diseño Industrial

Ignacio Sánchez Clavijo Universidad Europea DerechoPaloma Henriksen Autónoma de Madrid Psicología

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CLASS OF2 0 1 5Congratulations

Ignacio Bailo Alonso de la Florida

Rebecca van Caem

Nicholas Kähr Vivar

Eleanor Leach

Fabienne-Louise Banghard

Carlota Balmaseda de Ahumada Zamora

Hamza Khaliq

James Maeck Muñoz

Luciano Cantero Tong

Javier Carmona Ripoll

Liam López

Tristan Margison

Laura Chica Castells

Michelle Foltinger García

Eugenio López Herrera

Nicholas Martínez Saunders

Sebastian Hernández Flaño

Michael Gunnell

Joshua Marsh

Rayén Schröder

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María Moreno Lima

Leandra Magan-Tier Castañeda

Francisco Villaverde Reed

Martin Getov

María Catalina Pizarro Peñaranda

Peter Nikiel

Lorna Williams

Maximos Kimriakov

Michael Rass

Paula Osa

Zhino Zargari

Dasha Korabelnikova

Chloe Thompson

Joshua Riley

Polina Kotovich

Marta Valverde Maestre

Álvaro Urbaneja Rivas

Laura Kristensen

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My name is Margherita Palumbo, I’m 17 years old, and I’ve spent the last 12 years at Aloha College. It’s recently been announced that I will be Head Girl the following year, and I simply cannot tell you how delighted and proud I am at having achieved this accomplishment. My fellow Head Student and good friend, Luke Collister, and I are extremely excited about the challenges meeting us this coming year, and I hope to improve not only the college as a whole, but also the daily lives of our pupils. For over a decade, my time at Aloha has been immensely rewarding, very welcoming, and overall, the most perfect and caring environment to encourage me to learn and achieve my goals. My main aim is to make sure that all pupils, both in the Primary and Secondary school, experience their time at Aloha as I have.

Head Student’s Welcome

My name is Luke Collister, and I am extremely pleased and honoured to have been elected head boy of Aloha College for the 2015-2016 school year. This is my 6th year at Aloha, so I hope to bring my knowledge of the school to good use to help improve an already excellent community. The pupils and teachers of the school have shown their trust in me by selecting me, so it is my job to re-pay this trust by being the best head student I can possibly be. During my time as head boy, I am looking to implement small but simple recommendations that may benefit all pupils. I will also look to include the rest of the student body in decision making, which will be achieved through the use of an active school council. This will unite us as a community, which is one of the most important aspects of school life. Please understand that my role as head student is to be the student voice all the way through from the 3 year olds to my own year.

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Since September, alongside my role as Head of Sixth Form, I have been focusing on Teaching and Learning in KS5. The aim of this initiative is to raise academic standards and bring even greater consistency to the quality of Teaching and Learning for both IB and A-Level students at the College. The quality of learning in our classrooms at Aloha College is outstanding and this forms the foundation of success for our students. However, there is always room for improvement; as an educational institution, we must be equally demanding of ourselves, as we are of our students, in striving to meet the highest possible standards. My challenge, therefore, was to identify and implement changes that would improve the quality of Teaching and Learning in our Sixth Form and I began by asking myself the following three questions:

1. How do we ensure students are engaged and motivated in lessons?

2. Do we have a variety of challenging teaching and learning styles in the classroom?

3. Do our Sixth Form students receive sufficient support from their teachers?

The answer to the third question was an unequivocal “Yes”, given the comprehensive, exemplary support provided by our teachers to Sixth Form students, which I am privileged to

witness on a daily basis. This left me to focus on how we engage and motivate students in the classroom and the teaching and learning styles offered.

I came to the conclusion that the key word was questioning, but not in the traditional sense; I was looking for questions that engage and motivate students, those that develop interest and encourage students to become actively involved in lessons, the so called higher order questions. We have now implemented the use of higher order questions across all subjects in both programmes of study, IB and A-Level. I was determined to move away from using questioning only to check knowledge. Students are now encouraged to be creative, rather than limiting themselves to one correct answer. This new approach has stretched our students, stimulated learning and progress and aided reflection.

I am proud of the high standards of teaching and Sixth Form provision at Aloha College and look forward to working both with our teachers and students to ensure that we provide unrivalled Teaching and Learning in KS5, thereby giving our students a competitive edge in the context of university applications and beyond.

Francisco EscobarHead of Sixth Form

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Sixth Form CareersBeing a student at Aloha’s Sixth Form is an exciting and rewarding experience. We aim to foster independence, creativity and confidence in our students.

At Aloha College, we encourage our students to aim high. That means providing well-informed advice to help students enter the university course of their choice.

At the heart of our approach is a commitment to guiding students’ research, rather than laying down what they are to do next. We provide one-to-one support to those who are completing their UCAS applications and drafting UCAS Personal Statements, and we work closely with our academic departments and tutors in order to respond to every student’s needs.

We help students get into top universities, including Oxford and Cambridge, as well as specialist courses in areas like Engineering, Law and Art.

The majority of our students go on to study at the most competitive universities in the Russell Group in UK but there is also an increasing interest in studies at American universities and Spain.


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SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL VISITS

During the summer term, we offer a rich collection of residential trips to our year 7, 8, 9 and 10 students that make up a vital element of their PSHE syllabus. Each year group spends three days and two nights near one of Andalucia’s provincial capitals exploring the cities and their environs while undertaking team building exercises that develop their interpersonal skills and inspire them to try out new activities.

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We departed Puerto Banus at 9.45am, a party of 56 students, 5 Aloha teachers and Matt, our ‘expedition’ leader. On the buses, one group was entertained by the sounds served up by DJ Thomas Maguire and his marvelous Bluetooth speaker system. The good news, from Mr O’Leary’s point of view, was that the Bluetooth connectivity allowed him to overrule certain musical choices and supplant his own. We enjoyed singing along to “Happy” and indeed we were.

We stopped after 90 minutes and the group of students swarmed the shop, thus making the shop keeper a very happy man. Good manners and responsible conduct was observed by teachers, who took coffee and a little tomato toast, or “pan Catalan”.

We eventually arrived in Granada at the foot of the magnificent Alhambra, and gathered to take lunch. Then off we walked, through the gardens and rotunda, through the main gate with the hand and eye symbol, inspired by the architecture and accompanied by stories supplied by our wonderful guide Matt.

We then walked down and through the tiny streets of the once Moorish ghetto, among the traders and restaurants, the smells of exotic herbs and a thousand colourful lights. This is one ghetto many of the staff and students stated they would happily live in. We stopped to chat to a gentleman with a beautiful parrot. We saw signs among the traders’ goods of the geometric shapes that the Moors had mastered and fashioned into decoration and that we had used during Maths week.

On we walked past the cathedral and on into one of the main squares at the centre of Granada where we had a well-earned break. Upon returning to the cathedral, we entered at our allotted time and marveled at the internal dimensions, the opulence of the gold-plated adornments and the giant pipes of the church organ.

As we set off from the hostel the following day, there was genuine anticipation and excitement about the challenges we would meet. When we arrived at Monachil, a village in the hills of

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the Sierra Nevada, we disembarked and walked a good distance to our meeting point. Once all of the group were together, we trekked through the mountains, over rope bridges and to our activity area. Zip lines! Abseiling! Trekking! Mountain climbing! The anticipation and, in some cases, trepidation, was palpable. The team of guides, along with Matt, gave us confidence that, where advice and encouragement were needed, it was there in plentiful supply.

It was awe inspiring to see young people tackle such challenging tasks with enthusiasm and immense courage. Our Aloha children encouraged, advised and supported each other through difficult moments; they applauded the completion of efforts, not only for how far and how high, but also for courage and effort for individuals who had perhaps initially feared failure and the heights! We trekked over even longer rope bridges, abseiled a sheer edge and swam in the snow melt of the Monachil river.

Zach, Estelle, Nico, Carlos, Evelina, Martin, Jeremy - among so many - were naturals at zip-lining, while others certainly beat their personal bests!

After breakfast and checkout, we visited the Science Museum where we walked around the planetarium and competed with the Brain Activity game. Sadly, all good things must come to an end, so we boarded our buses for Puerto Banus. We departed Aloha a group of individuals. We returned as a team.

Gareth O’Leary

ALOHA COLLEGE 183

A Trip to CordobaWhen we set off for the trip, everyone was in a really good mood, including the new students (like me) who had never been on a trip like that before. We were curious and excited and didn’t know what awaited us on the trip. My classmates who had been on the year 7 trip last year had told me that the Cordoba trip was going to be really nice. To tell the truth, when we got there, my friends had totally underestimated what the trip would be like.

On the first day we went to a wolf park and a guide showed us around the park and told us many facts that were really worth remembering. All of us listened really carefully and asked some very good questions. Everyone took a lot of photos to show their friends and family. There were so many interesting things to photograph!

On the next day we went to the Mezquita and our guide told us many interesting facts and showed us many things that we would have no clue about unless he was there. I found out that the famous cathedral had a lot to do with Cordoba’s culture. It was then I realised that Cordoba was a really cultural city that is really worth learning about and remembering.

On the final day, which was the best day, we went to do lots of fun activities. There was paddle surfing, rock climbing, archery… I wished that the day would never end! We were separated into groups to do different activities and the group I was in got to do paddle surfing first. You won’t believe how much fun we had! It was only that some people fell in the river and got a little wet. Then we did rock climbing followed by a long zip line! Lastly, we did archery. We had so much fun that day!

Nobody wanted to leave after all the fun we had. We didn’t speak much on the bus - we were all pretty tired. Time to get home!

Sofie Axén 8VO

YEAR 8 CORDOBA

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The trip began with an early start from school with over 56 students, Mr Falconer, Ms Welsh, Ms Odong, Sra Prieto, Mr Ebbs and Baruch from Adventurebug. We traveled for about 2 hours and after a short pit stop at a motorway service station, stopped at the Lobo Park near Antequera. We had a guided tour of the park and were fortunate to see several wolves in their natural habitat. We were amazed by the wolves’ agility at feeding time when they made several spectacular dives to catch meat thrown to them!

From there we made our way to Cordoba where we had to leave the bus and make our way, suitcases and all, through the old streets on foot. We arrived at the hostel and went through the process of room allocation. Pupils coped with this in a very mature manner and understood that perfection in terms of room sharing on this type of trip was impossible to achieve. That evening, Baruch took us on a walk through the city and to the river where some leisure time was enjoyed. Most pupils joined some rather bemused Spanish locals on what appeared to be their daily work outs on the fitness apparatus in the park. Miss Welsh on the parallel bars unfortunately got stuck…. We later had a meal at the hostel and got an early night. The noise from other students staying with us made us appreciate the behavior and good manners of Aloha pupils.

The following morning was an early start with a light breakfast then on to the older part of the City and a museum. We then had a guided tour of the City in the afternoon including the Mosque and Cathedral. Inside these national monuments, it is important to show respect to the traditions, religions and cultures of those who built and visit them and our pupils did not let us down. As pupils had behaved so responsibly, some free time was given in the late afternoon.

The following morning saw us up and off to an early start. We had to say goodbye to Baruch who had been such an excellent and knowledgeable guide. Water sports were to be the order of the day and Matt from Adventurebug was to lead this activity. Pupils were soon changing into wetsuits or eagerly attempting the zip wire and climbing wall while they waited for their turn with the canoeing and kayaking. Mr Falconer, at this point, gallantly offered not to partake in the energetic activities in order to nobly be on hand if called for. This had nothing to do with his fear of heights. The pupils were all very brave and most got straight into the activities. The most entertaining part of our day on the water was the spectacle of Miss Odong and Miss Welsh trying to get to grips with their canoe.

Eventually it was time for home. A tired but happy group finally arrived at Aloha around 6 p.m. The students’ behaviour was a credit to them, to the school and to their parents. The pupils were also very appreciative of staff having given up their time.

An excellent trip and well done to all!

Duncan Falconer

ALOHA COLLEGE 185

YEAR 9 SEVILLE & TARIFA

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This year 47 students and 5 teachers were led by Adventurebug’s director Matt Butler to the beautiful city of Sevilla to visit the enchanting gardens of the Alcazar Palace where students were given an activity sheet to complete whilst looking for clues in this protected historical monument.

Escaping a heat wave (45 degrees) in Sevilla the students then entered the cool and serene atmosphere offered by the stunning Cathedral of Seville, where they were invited to climb all the way up to the Giralda Tower to admire the views of the city.

Later, students enjoyed some free time and a well-deserved ice cream in the Barrio Santa Cruz and later walked through the famous Plaza de España, where they were serenaded by Paco de Lucia guitar sounds as we crossed the Parque de Maria Luisa with its sparkling fountain and unique tile mosaics. That evening we all checked into the hostel and enjoyed some fun team building activities with Matt in the courtyard.

Day two saw us depart from Sevilla to reach the shores of the Atlantic coast by beautiful Bolonia, where we visited the Baelo Claudia Roman Ruins and then enjoyed lunch and fun kite flying on the crystal white sandy beach. Those with enough stamina even climbed the top of the sand dunes and were able to see just how close the North Coast of Africa really is.

On our last day we visited the Parque Natural de los Alcornocales, where we could see a wide display of plant and animal species in their brand new visitors centre, as well as get an historical perception of the strategic importance of the Straits of Gibraltar during the Second World War. We were also able to reflect on the social issues regarding sub-Saharan migration to Europe and the implications it has for the people on both sides of North-South divide.

The rest of the day was spent at Punta Paloma adventure camp where the year 9’s participated in a multitude of activities ranging from rock climbing, abseiling, archery, zip-lining and multi-challenge assault course.

To finish off students had lunch on the beach followed by a swim and some last minute dune jumps before returning safely home to Aloha College.

Diana Pérez

ALOHA COLLEGE 187


MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES (MFL) STUDENTS VISIT PARIS & COLOGNE

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YEAR 7 CGA

YEAR 7 GOL

BACK ROW: Miss Gavin, Rhys Morgan, Alexander Polyakov, Ignacio Fay Gómez, Willy Bauer, Inez Adamovic. MIDDLE ROW: Tobías Santa Cruz Tavarelli, David Kotovich, Emily Villaverde Reed, Danielle Murdoch-Smith, Emiliya Sivankova, Sergio Gómez González. FRONT ROW: Alisa Polyak, Michelle Giesbers, Anastacia van den Broek, Aryamann Singh Jadon, Harvey Lawrence, Samuel Kai Jawad Billey, Danita Efua McIntyre.

BACK ROW: Idris Morgan, James Goldsztajn, Marta Casanova Muyo, Amelia Akalley. MIDDLE ROW: Edward Martínez Saunders, Damian Schaefer, George Rainer, Patricia Malagón Pérez, Adriana León Villares, Anastasia Rukhmanova, Mr O’Leary. FRONT ROW: Alisa Udaltsova, Estelle Belaiche, Jeremy Albouhair Galache, Martín Ranea Marina, Nicolás Benet Vincenti, Theo Pryde. ABSENT: Zachary Smythe,

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YEAR 7 MI

YEAR 7 RS

BACK ROW: Uh-Jin Park, Evelina Stanikova, Holly Rosen, James Blackwell, Oliver Rennie. MIDDLE ROW: Jacobus (Zagor) van der Ent, Oliver Davies van der Lely, Salvador Astolfi Núñez, Megan Podger, Nadia Josyane Ogorka, Anna Elena Reisbeck, Ms Iglesias. FRONT ROW: Cian Spearing Kinahan, Juan García Rodríguez, Chantal del Carmen Domínguez Bolshakova, Jenny Djebara, Grace Poli, Floris Brinkman.

BACK ROW: Mencía de la Linde Martín, Charlotte Marín Finstad, Marija Segale, Eley Barba Preciados, Benjamin Mulligan. MIDDLE ROW: Miss Sinnwell, Dante Ciambrelli Capizzi, Janis Forstmanis, Luca Pérez Mueller, Lucila Lavalle, William Stead Infantes. FRONT ROW: Ablaikhan Tatishev, Sofía Rebossio Insua, Thomas Maguire, Izabelle Fedyanova, Felipe del Río Oliva, Sophia Unger Navarrete. ABSENT: Ms Tuñón

ALOHA COLLEGE 191

YEAR 8 AAW

YEAR 8 JML

BACK ROW: Diego González Rosero, Roni Toivanen, Daniel Kukarskih. MIDDLE ROW: Ms Williams, Kathleen Jorgensen, Richard Fitzsimons, Carlota Scariolo Ares, Sarah Spendlove, Jiaming Xiao. FRONT ROW: Vladimir Bagratashvili, Noah Mitchell, Álvaro Maeck Muñoz, Raquel Pérez Duwison, Taylor Gray.

BACK ROW: Álvaro Getenay Domínguez, Miriam Martín Méndez, Amelia Dunbar, Max Karlsson, José Acosta Gómez. MIDDLE ROW: Miss Ladds, Lukas Jorgensen, Matt Prawidlo, Lauren Oakes, Gloria Vesman, Shakira Kaddoura. FRONT ROW: Frederikke Niclasen, Emilio Hadjisotiriou, Artin Majidi, Iván Lozano Coronado, Ramsey Saber.

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YEAR 8 JWE

YEAR 8 VOD

BACK ROW: Miss Welsh , Ana Clara Guerrero Ower, Samuel Greenhough, Jieyi Yang, Presley Scott. MIDDLE ROW: Laura Steinruck, Paloma Lauret Fernández, Ignacio Capote Ochoa de Retana, Marc Oliver Rycott Bendani, Sofia Zaripova. FRONT ROW: Flavia Ungría Valenti, Asay Alper, Carlota Rubio Subiris, Andrés Capa-rrós Vargas, Luca Hadjisotiriou. ABSENT: Dmitry Shelpyakov.

BACK ROW: Olga Okhotinskaya, Greta Lundgren, Mads Victor Henriksen, Hao (Kevin) Ye. MIDDLE ROW: Miss Odong, Mikaela Lindström, Imran Sibille, Katherine Keating, Sofie Axén, Caitlin Hardisty-Taylor. FRONT ROW: Kiril Terziev, Lucía Parra Gómez, Flavia Sinisi García, Nemesio Moreno Serrano, Jorge Sanz López.

ALOHA COLLEGE 193

YEAR 9 AP

YEAR 9 PHO

BACK ROW: James Navagh, Julia Krzeminska, Mikhail Pak, Lucía Fernández Fontalba, Eva Noritsyna. MIDDLE ROW: Miss Prieto, Valeria Rojas Lako, Daria Finikova, Javier Rodríguez López, Sara Jerad, Georgy Chekharin, Ben Collister. FRONT ROW: Dimitrije Bogdanov, Tatiana Lauret Fernández, William Pryde, Max Mattila Lorenzo, Oceane Senn.

BACK ROW: Nickolay Dolgikh, Andres Chizhov, Vicente García Egea, Alejandro de Fortuny Carrasco. MIDDLE ROW: Anna Sparsiashvili, Dana Daderko, Eyra Bystriansky, Paloma Sainz Cabestrero, Mr Horne. FRONT ROW: Olivia Pomares Chavarri, Evgenia Novikova, Mia Andrews, Adolfo López Herrera, Antonio León Villares. ABSENT: Esteban Halmi Undi.

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YEAR 9 PSA

YEAR 9 REL

BACK ROW: Anna Holm, Veronika Retkova, Grigory Matrosov, Eduards Segals. MIDDLE ROW: Miss Sapone, Thomas Richard Lovelady, Joshua Duncan, Michael Stanik, Sebastian Niclasen, Grigory Rumyantsev. FRONT ROW: Noël Njoya Mouchili Rodero, Mounzer Benabid, Carlota Chisholm Fuentes, Amanda Hed-man, Aimen Benabid. ABSENT: Rosie Rainer.

BACK ROW: Alessandro Scariolo Ares, Lola van der Ent, Leonie Turnbull, Mikel Gaztelu Arnedo. MIDDLE ROW: Victoria Zalega, Alejandro Delgado Reedijk, Felipe Ramón Torres, Francisco Plaza Díaz, Ekaterina Gurskaya, Mr Elliott. FRONT ROW: Enzo Marco Asenjo, Abigail Donoghue, Shanelle Morina, Andrés García Harris, Dariy Khudoyan.

ALOHA COLLEGE 195

YEAR 10 IMC

YEAR 10 JMO

BACK ROW: Jonas Kolb, Auke Evers Slegers, James Brice, Andrew Donoghue, Conor McLean. MIDDLE ROW: Ekaitz Gallardo Bilbao, Gabriella Hayes-Wogan, Vale-ria Sinisi García, Grace Gordon, Alexander Rosen, Mr McDonald. FRONT ROW: Grace Gachot, Carmen Faura Práxedes, Sasha Lingorski, Robert Björk, Cameron Andrews, Bodine Vleeming. ABSENT: María Suero Sanjosé.

BACK ROW: Edward Retkov, Tommy Tonge, David González Rosero, Pablo Amann González. MIDDLE ROW: Miss Moore, Aidas Stragys, Eden Akalley, Joel Morelius, Andreah Campo Butler, Ethan Turnbull. FRONT ROW: Tara Carson, Lola Moreno Lima, Annabelle Cameron, Alejandra Balmaseda de Ahumada, Jungyong (Alex) Ji. ABSENT: Olivia Iturmendi Gamble.

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YEAR 10 LDR

YEAR 10 WEG

BACK ROW: Carlos García Navarrete, Kian Cassim Ogorka, Salvador Rivero Gil, Alexander Benady Calvo, Stepan Dishdishyan. MIDDLE ROW: Miss Dry, Sirine Chetouane, Yael Mattila Lorenzo, Yasmin Broersma Lamouini, Jake Macintyre, Georgia Samways, Cameron Clark. FRONT ROW: Remy Banghard, Maxim Kukushkin, Isabel Maier, Paula García Rodríguez, Natalie Hermelin, Beatriz Capote Ochoa de Retana. ABSENT: Álvaro Aguado Vento.

BACK ROW: Emma Olde Boerrigter, Nicolás Serna Prieto, Eduardo Neville Castro, Nicholas Dannenberg-Milici, César Rubio Subiris. MIDDLE ROW: Víctor O’Hayon Lendinez, Dara Zargari, Lewis Gottlieb, Tuomas Toivanen, Ray van Caem, Miss Egdell. FRONT ROW: Millie-Mae Sprenger, Veronika Amieva, Maya Sargent, Andrey Polyak, Carolina Otamendi, Alba de Fortuny Carrasco. ABSENT: Lorenzo van Willigen, María Alejandra Linares Ríos.

ALOHA COLLEGE 197

YEAR 11 APO

YEAR 11 DFA

BACK ROW: Víctor Ortuno Crespo, Luis García Navarrete, David Khudoyan, Lander Pérez Álvarez, Saúl Cáliz Abella, Sixten Sunesson. MIDDLE ROW: Daimen Wijsmuller, Andrés López Herrera, Paula Fernández Lobato, Andrea Guerrero Rueda, Luna Mackintosh Waters, Sofia Basualdo, Justin Deere, Madame Postigo. FRONT ROW: Inés Sainz Cabestrero, Polina Pak, Aránzazu de la Linde Martín, Yara Bellavoine, Alejandra Gómez Espigares, Jade Lawrence.

BACK ROW: George Gordo Spears, Ramtin Majidi, Brian Kelly, Barnaby Mitchell, Louis Gachot. MIDDLE ROW: Mr Falconer, Soler Schröder, Jaime Novella Gómez, Lori López, Charlotte Rycott, Lydia Kempell, Jaime Gozalo Curry. FRONT ROW: Sanna Rydström, Maximilliam Saber, Luis Carmona Ripoll, Cleo Pubben, Sally Lewis, Sofia Wade.

198 ALOHA COLLEGE

YEAR 11 KW

YEAR 12 FCBACK ROW: Samuel Morelius, Artem Shigaev, Mario Magantier Castañeda, Oscar Johannesson, Anna Olde Boerrigter. MIDDLE ROW: Mr Cerezo, Hannah Carson, Jaime de La Haba Gordo, Joshua Greenhough, Candela de Fortuny Rodríguez, Ángel Marco Asenjo. FRONT ROW: Annefleur de Zeeuw, Margherita Palumbo, Athina Casasola Loor, Itziar Pomares Chavarri, Elena Peel Pedraz.

BACK ROW: Javier Getenay Domínguez, Artem Timofeev, Nicole Giesbers, Dani Ruuhonen, George Nash. MIDDLE ROW: Lewis Bryden, Jere Johansson, Alice Williams, Lucía Rodríguez López, Roberto Holmes, Mr Wade. FRONT ROW: Yasmin Hassan Haidar, Laila Forstmane, Xi Zhuang Weng, Emilia Henriksen, Aliah-Noor Hashmi Levitt. ABSENT: Anastasia Gurskaya.

ALOHA COLLEGE 199

YEAR 12 GSI

YEAR 12 SSA

BACK ROW: Arcadio Martínez Madrid, Borja Gozalo Curry, Adrián Mackintosh Waters, Sean Honeyman. MIDDLE ROW: Mr Singleton, Layla Tovey, Eliise Vahi, Emma Wahlström, Paul Mason. FRONT ROW: Zai Ye, Luca Savioni, Valeria Martínez Schouten, Camilla Schanche-Perret Gentil, Kira Nelson Fluche.

BACK ROW: Ilya Banchukov, Maxime Evers Slegers, Daniel Unger, Sandra Vesman. MIDDLE ROW: Miss Sanders, Maxine Rayner, Julia Retkova, Leyla Tamargo Satli, Melania Ungría Valenti. FRONT ROW: Lucía Fernández Palomo, Sergio Mees Pérez, Arabella Hornung Rodríguez, Camila Domínguez González, Alicia Fernández Fontalba. ABSENT: Alexandre Belaiche.

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YEAR 12 TEB

YEAR 13 DBO

BACK ROW: Andrew Browne, Fabio Amann Fernández, Eline Grande-Rott, Luke Collister. MIDDLE ROW: Danielle Karlinsky, Liberty Marie James, Rocío Koueider Jiménez, Driadi Nelson Fluche, Chloe Cameron, Mr Ebbs. FRONT ROW: Carmen Guijarro Primelles, Micky Geutjes, Gerald Press Schmuel, Andrea Fay Gómez-Acebo, Anna Liisa Jalakas.

BACK ROW: Mr Broad, Rayén Schröder, Nicholas Martínez Saunders, James Maeck Muñoz, Ignacio Bailo Alonso de la Florida, Sebastián Hernández Flaño. MIDDLE ROW: Rebecca van Caem, Fabienne-Louise Banghard, Eleanor Leach, Laura Chica Castells, Luciano Cantero Tong, Tristan Margison.

ALOHA COLLEGE 201

YEAR 13 DD

YEAR 13 JTBACK ROW: Peter Nikiel, Álvaro Urbaneja Rivas, Maximos Kimriakov, Francisco Villaverde Reed. MIDDLE ROW: Ms Tong, Polina Kotovich, Joshua Riley, Leandra Magan-Tier Castañeda, Martin Getov. FRONT ROW: Laura Kristensen, Dasha Korabelnikova, Zhino Zargari, Lorna Williams, Paula Osa.

BACK ROW: Michael Rass, Liam López, Eugenio López Herrera, Michael Gunnell. MIDDLE ROW: Joshua Marsh, Marta Valverde Maestre, Michelle Foltinger Gar-cía, Javier Carmona Ripoll, Nicholas Kahr Vivar, Ms Dana Dvorakova.FRONT ROW: María Moreno Lima, Chloe Thompson, Hamza Khaliq, María Catalina Pizarro Peñaranda, Carlota Balmaseda de Ahumada Zamora.

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• After-school Sports 204

• Football 205

• Basketball 208

• Athletics 212

• Hockey 215

• Handball 216

• Tennis, Life-Saving and Body Composition 217

• Golf & Water Safety 218

• Beach Football and Beach Volleyball 219

• Sports Days 220

• Aloha College Football Club (ACFC) 224

• Aloha College Basketball Club (ACBC) 230

WELCOME TO THE SPORTS DEPARTMENTAloha College sport has continued to go from strength to strength. With four PE teachers now working in the department being supported by other staff and coaches, pupils are being given the opportunity to take part in a wide variety of sports. Pupils can also get involved in sporting competitions during the school day, after school and at weekends.

The Aloha College Football Club continues to be incredibly popular and successful and we are also glad to see significant growth and success with the Aloha College basketball club which we hope will continue next academic year.

Pupils have been involved in a wide variety of competitions this year either competing in the International Schools tournaments or in competitions organised by the Marbella Town Hall. Aloha has achieved a great amount of success in tournaments such as football, cross country running, hockey, basketball, beach volleyball, golf, athletics, orienteering, pequemarathon and handball.

I hope you enjoy reading through some of the articles regarding our sporting success this year.

Simon SurgenorHead of PE


SPORTS

Self-Defense

SPORTSAFTER SCHOOL SPORT

Gymmnastics

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International SchoolsFootball TournamentOn Wednesday 25 March the U13 and U15 football teams went to play at the international schools tournament in Sotogrande. The day was a huge success as both the U13A team and U15A teams were undefeated and crowned champions.

The U13 tournament was split into 3 groups with the winner of each group qualifying for a champions league group, then a runners up group and a losers group. The U13A team managed to win all their matches to go through as group leaders. A special mention must also go to the U13 B team who won their group to also qualify for the champions league. In the second phase of champions league both our teams equitted themselves very well; the A team managed to go the whole day without even conceding a goal and the B team only lost once all day and that was to the Aloha College A team! Overall the U13As finished as competition winners and the B team finished in 4th place. An excellent result from all those involved.

The U15 tournament was more straightforward with 2 groups and the top 2 teams from each group going through to the semi finals. The U15A team played some excellent football to go unbeaten into the semi finals without conceding a goal. The U15 B team also played some very good football but unfortunately finished 3rd in their group and just missed out on the semi finals.

The A team approached the semi final with deserved confidence and ended up comfortable 3-0 winners against the EIC. The final was a much closer affair and despite being on top against the TBC school we conceeded our only goal of the tournament. With only seconds remaining on the clock we scored a fantastic late equalizer to bring the final into extra time. After a nervous period on extra time the score remained 1-1 so the match went to penalties. The U15 boys kept their nerve and managed to win the penalty shoot out.

Aloha college v Swans football friendlies On Wednesday 26 November, the Aloha College football teams played some friendly matches against SWANS school. During lunchtime the Year 11 boys played in a very tightly contested match, which finished 3-2 in favour of Swans.

After lunch it was the turn of the year 8 boys and girls teams. Aloha proved to be much too strong in the boys match with the score finishing 15-3 to Aloha. The girls’ game was closer but Aloha managed to win 4-2.

A big congratulations to all the players who played the games in a good spirit and we look forward to continuing our sporting success

with other matches coming soon.

SPORTSFOOTBALL Well done to all the boys on

what was a magnificent day

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International Schools Football Tournament (Girls)On Wednesday 11 March, 40 of our Aloha girl footballers from yrs 6-10 participated in the International Schools football tournament that took place at El Rio Polo Club at Sotogrande. We had an U15A&B team and an U13A&B team. All of the teams tried their best and showed excellent sportsmanship throughout the day. They were up against some extremely tough competition in all age throughout the age categories and played against 10 different teams. The U13 A team were on a winning streak and were victorious throughout the majority of their matches however they were unlucky in their last 3 games, due to 2 draws and 1 loss they finished in 4th position overall with just 4 points in it between them and the champions. Unlucky girls! The U15A team were also on a wining streak but unfortunately the bad luck of the draw meant they played against the hardest teams last, they played

at their best but a few lucky goals got the better of them, they too finished in 4th place which was still a good achievement.

The U13B team was made up of the girls who have trained week in week out at the girls football club; this was their first experience of a competitive game environment

and they rose to the challenge, they managed to win and draw a game which is an excellent achievement considering the level of their competition, they

finished in 7th place overall. The U 15 B team, also relatively inexperienced in that level of competition, rose to the challenge and worked hard to win

and draw one game, finishing in 6th place. Overall it was an extremely energetic and enjoyable day for the girls and they came away desperate to continue training and improve so we can secure the victory next time! Well done girls!

SPORTS. FOOTBALL

ALOHA COLLEGE 207

DOUBLE CHAMPIONS!!

Girls’ Friendly Football MatchesThe U13 and U15 girls’ football teams played in friendly matches against the English International College. Both teams played extremely well and really enjoyed themselves. The U13 team were outstanding throughout and showed excellent skill and teamwork. They worked hard to secure a victorious win against some very tough competition. The U15 team played extremely well too however didn’t manage the victory this time. Next time girls! Keep up the commitment to training! Well done!

International Schools Basketball TournamentsOur girls’ and boys’ teams have participated with great success in basketball tournaments.

SPORTSBASKETBALL

The boysOn Wednesday 4 February our U13 and U15 boys took part in a very successful international schools basketball tournament at Swans School. The Aloha U13 team is an incredibly strong team and we finished the day as champions winning every single game. The U15 competition was a closer fought affair and our team finished in third place after losing the semi-final by just one basket. However, we did feel we had played well as we managed to beat the winning team in the group stages.

The girlsThe Under-13 and Under-15 Girls’ Basketball teams achieved fantastic results at the International Schools basketball tournament held at Swans International School. The U13 team grew in confidence as the tournament went on and with a fighting spirit they battled through to the final. It was an intense game but they just missed out on the victory this time. They should be proud of themselves finishing in 2nd place overall, a great result! The U15 team started at a loss after the 1st match; however, through their determination, skills and teamwork they came back with a vengeance to beat all the rest of their competitors to eventually be victorious overall and win the tournament. Excellent results girls, well done!

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Friendly Basketball Match On Tuesday 16 September the Years 10-11 boys Basketball team went to Swans International School to play a friendly match. The team, comprising Saúl Cáliz, Luis Carmona, Andrés López, Daimen Wijsmuller, Xi Zhuang and Tommy Tonge, acquitted themselves very well against a strong Swans team, who had included several 6th formers in their team knowing how good we were from last year’s tournaments. We played 3 periods of 10 minutes. In the first 2 periods, Aloha were very clearly on top with some excellent team play while Daimen used his height and experience to dominate under the basket.

The 3rd period was a more closely fought affair with Swans narrowly outscoring us. However, the objective of the day was achieved with the boys playing well and experiencing a friendly match against another school.

Boy’s Basketball Tournament, U13 and U15On Thursday 22 January the Under 13 and Under 15 boys competed in a mini basketball tournament against SWANS and the EIC. Aloha college U13’s have a fantastic team and we won both our matches with ease, beating Swans 36-2 and EIC 16-2. The Under 15 team also competed well, winning two out of three matches - they managed to beat the EIC and Swans B but lost to Swans A team. Well done to all the boys!

Well done!

ALOHA COLLEGE 209

Girls’ Basketball Teams: Friendly Matches In January, the U13 and U15 girls’ Basketball teams played in some friendly matches against Swans International School. Both teams played fantastically well and gelled as a team throughout the games. The U15s secured a comfortable victory - they were exceptional from start to finish. The U13s had a difficult opposition and, although they missed out on the victory, they improved vastly throughout the game and now know what they need to work on for the next match. Well played girls, let’s get training for the International Schools Tournament!

ACBC matches During the year, our Basketball Club has participated in various competitions with basketball clubs from the area. This project gives special emphasis to the development of basketball among the early years and also the participation of girls.

SPORTS. BASKETBALL

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Marbella Town Hall Inter-school Cross CountryOn 14 and 15 April a total of 260 Aloha College students took part in the Marbella Town Hall cross country running event held at Las Medranas in San Pedro. The two days proved to be an outstanding success for the Aloha College students. The following pupils all won medals in their categories.

In the Benjamin age group, Polina Dolgikh won the overall category, with Adrian Albouhair finishing fourth.

The Avelin girls had tremendous success by taking the first 6 positions in their race. First place went to Evelina Stanikova, with Inez Adamovic second, and Florence Sargent third.

In the Infantil age group category, Alex de Fortuny finished in second place.

In the Cadete girls, Maya Sargent finished second, with Cameron Clarke third.

In the Juvenil girl category, Danielle Karlinsky finished third, with Lucía Fernandez in fourth.

SPORTSATHLETICS

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On Wednesday 28 January Aloha College sent 50 students to compete in the International Schools Cross Country Tournament in Cártama. The day proved to be a great success for Aloha College. Points were awarded to schools who had runners finishing in the top ten of each race as well as individual medals for runners who came in the top three. At the end of the day, Aloha managed to finish the overall tournament in second place, which is a fantastic achievement due to the large amount of runners involved.

Special mention must go to our medal winners, who ran great races to finish in first, second or third.

Gold medal winners: Tommy Tonge (Year 10) and Imran Sibille (Year 8)

Silver medal winners: Evelina Stanikova (Year 7), Alessandro Scariola (Year 9) and Vladislav Isaev (Year 6)

Bronze medal winners: Jonas Kolb (Year 10) and Adriana Zugasti (Year 6)

Taking Part in the International Schools’ Cross Country Tournament

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Congratulations to all who took part in these races!

SPORTS. ATHLETICS

Aloha College plays an active part in the local activities, which is very important for our pupils’ integration in our community in a broad sense. On the 9, 10 and 11 December over 150 Aloha college students had the opportunity to take part in the Marbella Town Hall Orienteering Competition around the old town in Marbella. A great day was had by all as our pupils improved their map reading skills and got to know the streets of Marbella old town.

Considering one of the schools competing is located right in the centre of the old town and, therefore, win most of the awards, we had some fantastic results with the Infantil team finishing in fourth place and the Benjamin team finished in fifth place. Well done to all those involved!

Orienteering

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International Schools HockeyTournament at Aloha CollegeAloha College hosted the International Schools Hockey tournament in February and achieved great success across the age categories.

The U14 girls’ and boys’ teams showed great skill, teamwork and motivation and comfortably gained consecutive victories against their opponents to win the overall tournament. The U16 girls’ team were also victorious throughout and fought hard against some tough competition to be deemed the overall winners.

The U16 boys’ team played at an excellent level against some extremely tough competition and they showed a great level of skill and teamwork. However, they couldn’t quite outwit their opponents this time. The tournament went smoothly and all of the competitors thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

We hope to host more International School tournaments in the near future. Well done to all involved, excellent results!

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SPORTSHANDBALL

International Schools Handball Workshop at Aloha CollegeOn Wednesday 3 February Aloha College hosted an International Schools Handball Workshop for pupils in Year 5 and Year 6. This was the first time we organised and hosted a Sports event for the International community – we are pleased to announce that all participants finished the day very happy with the school.

During the day pupils practised various skills required in handball and learnt some of the main rules by going round different skill stations. Pupils had the opportunity to mix with children from other schools and make new friends. During the second part of the day, pupils separated into their school teams to play a mini tournament. There were some fantastic games as players demonstrated their new skills. After all the matches had been played, Aloha were crowned champions as they had won all their games. Well done to all those involved.

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Sports Science IGCSE Body Composition AnalysisThe IGCSE Sports Science group have a much clearer idea of their body composition after an in depth analysis by the health and fitness professionals at Aloha Golf Club. They received a personalised report on a variety of individual measurements for their bodily masses of fluid, muscle, fats and minerals. They were also able to assess if their body was well-balanced and if they were growing well. From this they will devise a fitness program that will help them to develop as athletes. They will have a retest later in the year to make comparisons.

Tennis and Life-Saving Physical Education lessons continue to increase the breadth of Sports offered in its curriculum and improve links with Manolo Santana Racquets Club. During the autumn term the IGCSE pupils developed their life-saving skills and the Key Stage 4 pupils took advantage of tennis and padel as an option for their Physical Education lessons. The pupils thoroughly enjoyed these opportunities that were offered in the following term.

In September, the children in Years 4, 5 and 6 were given the opportunity to experience some professional tennis coaching in their PE lessons, delivered by the coaches from the Puente Romano Hotel.

SPORTS TENNIS, LIFE-SAVING & BODY COMPOSITION

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On Wednesday 20 May Aloha College sent two golf teams of 8 students comprising of Brian Kelly, Lewis Gottlieb, Laila Forstmane, Vicky Zalega, Sam Morelius, Michael Stanik, Evelina Stanikova and Lola Moreno to the International schools golf tournament at Alcaidesa Links Golf resort.

Students competed in various competitions including best gross team score and best net team score as well as best gross points scoring individual and best net points scoring individual.

In a remarkable display Aloha managed to win all the prizes with the following results:

Best overall team on gross score: Brian Kelly and Laila Forstmane

Best overall team on net score: Evelina Stanikova and Michael Stanik

Best individual with gross score: Brian Kelly

Best individual with net score: Laila Forstmane, Runner-up Evelina Stanikova

International Schools Golf Tournament

SPORTSGOLF & WATER SAFETY

Water Safety LessonsThis term Year 4 and Year 6 have been going to Manolo Santana’s Raquet Club twice a week to enjoy water safety lessons. Despite the water being a little cold they have all had loads of fun and improved their swimming abilities.

The Secondary school have been using the swimming pool at Manolo Santana for some swimming lessons too.

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SPORTSBEACH FOOTBALL & VOLLEYBALL

On the 12th and 13th May over 100 Aloha college students enjoyed the beach volley and football tournaments organised by the town hall. Aloha college enjoyed some good results particularly in the beach football where each of the 4 Alevín teams won their groups undefeated to progress to the quarter finals. Two of the teams reached the semi finals, but lost narrowly with the Year 7s losing a penalty shoot out. This meant the Year 6 Alevin team played the Year 7 Alevin team in the play off for third place with the Year 6s winning the bronze medal.

The Year 9 Infantil volleyball team also did very well by winning third place in the beach volleyball tournament.

Well done to all those involved!!

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Secondary School Inter-house Sports DayOn Friday 27 March we held our Inter-house Athletics Sports Day. Students rotated round a variety of athletic events such as long jump, shot put, high jump, triple jump, javelin and, of course, the running events. The day finished off with the fun run in aid of Cudeca to ensure that everyone was thoroughly exhausted! Well done to all students who took part and we now look forward to competing in the International Schools Athletics Day.

Final standings at the end of sports day were:

1. Córdoba

2. Granada

3. Sevilla

SPORTSSPORTS DAYS

Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1

PRIMARY SCHOOLIt was an important week for all primary students as they geared up for the annual Sports Day events. All students had been preparing for Sports Day in their PE lessons and were so excited that it had finally arrived. The children had a fantastic day and we would like to thank all the families who came along to watch and support the pupils.

FS and KS1 Sports Day was held on Wednesday 13th May with children from EYFS up to Year 2 taking part. The day was a huge success, with events such as The Rainbow Race and Obstacle

course. On Friday 15th May the children from KS2 competed in a variety of events, ranging from egg and spoon, tug of war, to Long Jump and Sprint races.

In a close run contest, Córdoba came out top in KS1 with Granada the winners in KS2. Congratulations to all athletes involved. The team spirit on these days was fantastic to watch. Together Everyone Achieves More!

Key Stage 2

SPORTS DAY

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SPORTSAloha College Football Club (ACFC)ALOHA COLLEGE FOOTBALL CLUB SUCCESS¿Qué somos? ¡Aloha! (What are we? Aloha!)

Our successful Alevín A team has adopted this battle cry, which immediately sparks off the vociferous support of the crowd. This “fighting spirit” spread to other teams last Sunday, 7 June at the All Stars tournament, where we finished champions in the two main categories: Alevín and Benjamín. Infantil, created through the input of Aloha College, achieved third-place Trophy after a commendable tournament. B teams obtained the best participation in the League phase.

The young teams, Peques and Estrellitas, also played admirably. These categories, together with Minipeques, participate in the League mainly to create a reserve of young players for the future.

In addition, Alevín A won their second championship in a row, so this year have doubled in the Liga de Marbella and Torneo de Estrellas.

Congratulations to the nearly 100 children who are part of the Club, and to coaches and parents, without whose support none of this would be possible.

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ACFC MINI PEQUE

ACFC PEQUE

Chris Williams (Coach), Antonio Moreno Serrano, Yago Otero Rodríguez, Georgy Bitaev, Calum McCormack, Damon De Kock, Aleksandr Sergeev, Alexander O’Hayon Karlov. ABSENT: Douglas Mitchell Pérez, Kevin Machuca Trujillo

Chris Williams (Coach), Pablo Lettera Manzaneque, Padraig Carson, Matheo Alonso, Yago Otero Rodríguez , Diego Martín Montañez, Olivier Adamus, Daniel Repton ABSENT: Arsenij Blium, Becaye Sene, Mihai-Cristian Vasile, Dylan Lovelock-Woodhall Pérez

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SPORTSAloha College Football Club (ACFC)

ACFC ESTRELLITA

ACFC BENJAMÍN A

Chris Williams (Coach), Zian Kaddoura, Álvaro Olivo Campos, Yuriy Yanovskiy, William Leaning, Álvaro De Urquía Barbero, Denis Travin, José Higuera Selllitri, Sindre Jensen Del Caño, Solomon Kotovich, Benjamin Ghassemoof

BACK ROW: Chris Williams (Coach), Adrian Albouhair Galache, Thomas Alonso, Francis Toebak Roldán, Frans Adamovic, Sebastian Reinhard, Sijmen Schoeman Daneel. FRONT ROW: Daniel Rébora Song, Meisa Behbehani, Jorge Lettera Manzaneque, Pablo Benet Vincenti. ABSENT: Samppa Alanen

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ACFC BENJAMÍN B

ACFC ALEVÍN A

BACK ROW: Chris Williams (Coach), Marcos Astolfi Núñez, Carlos Mérida Romero, Sebastián Villalón Zambrana, Benjamin Ali Lino, Cameron Spain, Nooa Ruuhonen, Georgi Penukov. FRONT ROW: Lucas Hedman, Óscar Vigdal Crespo, Lucas Vaghefi, Dylan Schaefer, Sofía Elgaily López, Dorian Adamus

BACK ROW: Chris Williams (Coach), Rayan Abouelala , Brad Macintyre, Nicolas Benet Vincenti, Martín Ranea Marina, Nacho Fay Gómez, Sergio Amann González. FRONT ROW: Jeremy Albouhair Galache, Damian Schaefer, Juan García Rodríguez, Pablo Martín Montañez.

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SPORTSAloha College Football Club (ACFC)

ACFC ALEVÍN B

ACFC ALEVÍN C

BACK ROW: Chris Williams (Coach), Saveliy Rukhmanov, Jonas Jorgensen, David Kotovich, Sergio García Satli, Daniel Martín Méndez. FRONT ROW: Álvaro Argüelles Rodríguez, Alex Draginskiy, Alexey Gudkov, Jamie Clement de l’Epine. ABSENT: Salvador Astofi Núñez, Felipe Del Río Oliva, Oliver Mohammed .

Chris Williams (Coach), David Picazo, Valerio Milán Alexandrouwa, Zagor van Der Ent, Leyth Kaddoura, Kamran Broberg, Jonathan Hedman, Lucas Inuk Kolb. ABSENT: Denis Timofeev, Artemiy Anosov.

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ACFC INFANTILES

ACFC CADETES

Chris Williams (Coach), Oliver Davies Van Der Lely, Neme Moreno Serrano, Noah Mitchell, Noel Njoya Mouchili Rodero, Zachary Smythe, Max Karlsson. ABSENT: Ben Collister, Diego González Rosero, Vladimir Bagratashvili, Willy Bauer, Jorge Sanz López, Kiril Terziev, Antonio León Villares, Aimen Benabid.

BACK ROW: Chris Williams (Coach), Edward Retkov, Pablo Amann González, Auke Evers Slegers, Jamie Brice, Artem Timofeev, James Navagh, David Khudoyan, Jake Macintyre, David Machuca Pacheco (Coach). FRONT ROW: Ray Van Caem, Grigory Rumyantsev, Josh Duncan, Maxim Kukushkin . ABSENT: Dariy Khudoyan, George Nash, Stepan Dishdishyan, Aidas Stragys, Andres Chizhov, Jimmy Gozalo Curry

ACBC BABY

ACBC PREMINI

BACK ROW: Daniel Gutiérrez, Becaye Sene, Solomon Kotovich, Patricia Nikolova, Álvaro Olivo Campos, Pablo Lettera Manzaneque, Julián Landaluce. FRONT ROW: Arsenij Blium, Akezhan Tatishev, Claudia Argüelles Rodríguez, Diego Martín Montañez, José Higuera Sellitri, Zian Kaddoura

BACK ROW: Daniel Gutiérrez, Timothy Jon Neata Manning, Jorge Lettera Manzaneque, Cameron Spain, Diego Breuker Barcia,Julián Landaluce. FRONT ROW: Daniel Rébora Song, William Flores Qu, Marcos Astolfi Núñez, Michelle Lundteppen, Carlota Ranea Marina.

SPORTSAloha College Basketball Club (ACBC)

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ACBC MINI

ACBC INFANTIL

BACK ROW: Daniel Gutiérrez, Irina Bilskaya, Lilly-Jean Henry, Sergio García Satli, Julián Landaluce FRONT ROW: Denis Getov, David Picazo, Oliver Mohammed

BACK ROW: Daniel Gutiérrez, Rhys Morgan, Inez Adamovic, Idris Morgan, Amelia Akalley, Julián Landaluce FRONT ROW: David Kotovich, Cian Spearing Kinahan, Charlotte Marin Finstad.

SPORTSAloha College Basketball Club (ACBC)

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ALOHALIFE

ALOHA LIFE CHESS

This year our Primary and Secondary pupils had the opportunity to participate in different chess

workshops and tournaments in school.

On Friday 27 March, twenty-six of the best chess players from both Primary and Secondary took part in a competition in San Pedro against many other schools from Marbella. There were over 400 chess players in total! The students played six matches throughout the morning and concentration levels were very high. Many did very well and won lots of their games. Daniel Khamedulin from Year 3 came second in his age group and David Khudoyan from Year 11 won his! All students represented Aloha fantastically and showed great sportsmanship.

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ALOHA LIFEINSTRUMENTAL MUSICAloha College offers private instrumental tuition in saxophone, flute, piano, guitar and drums. The lessons are taught by specialist music teachers from ‘The Music House’ in San Pedro, in our purpose-built Secondary School, sound-proofed, practice rooms.

Music DemonstrationMany of our pupils at Aloha College were lucky enough to watch our instrumental teachers in action!

The event was a great success and incentive for our pupils to take up the individual private lessons we offer in school.

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SECONDARY SCHOOL During school council meetings, we aim to unite all years of the school by allowing each year group to communicate their ideas freely. We host regular meetings with the school council, as well as with the senior management team. We believe that this process is most effective, as it means that the most beneficial ideas can be spread rapidly. We feel that this is the most appropriate way of making our school even better, as this informs pupils that their opinions are valued and that they have a say in what happens here at Aloha.

We believe that these meetings are extremely beneficial to all students as it encourages a healthy environment to learn and an even better relationship between year groups. During these meetings, pupils can be confident about expressing their ideas without any pressure, which is the main reason Aloha College finds this system to by ideal.

The Primary School Council are a dedicated team from years 2-6. In regular meetings they talk about how to make our school even better and share their own ideas and those of their classmates. As a group they decide which ideas they like best and put them into action with Miss Freeman’s help. They keep the rest of the school informed with updates in assemblies and via their notice board.

This year the school council have responded to lots of suggestions. For example, there are now lunchtime research clubs in the library and ICT room, as well as referees for break time football matches. Mrs Salmon came to some meetings to hear new ideas regarding changing things at lunchtimes. They also organised a successful end of year talent show for the second

year running. Another highlight was meeting the Mayor when she came to visit our new building. Everyone felt very proud to be asked to meet her.

PRIMARY SCHOOL

Members of the Secondary School Student Council

Members of the Primary School Student Council

ALOHA LIFESTUDENT COUNCILS

Once again Aloha College celebrated the end of the academic year at its traditional Prize-giving and Graduation Ceremony, which took place on Friday 27 June. We had the opportunity to share our successes with our parents and the wider community and, as every end of year, our Year 6 and Year 13 students formally graduated from the Primary School and the Secondary School respectively.

ALOHA LIFESPEECH DAY 2014

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ALOHA LIFEALUMNI SUCCESS

Alumnus sharing her experience

Aloha College has strengthened its ties with its alumni. Many pupils have registered with the college to reunite with other people globally. It is the intention of the college to be more

proactive in organising events for our alumni to attend. We also want to give opportunities for them to share their learning journeys with each other and with the school.

In February Jacqueline Pourhamid, an ex-pupil who is currently studying medicine in Poland, came to Aloha and shared her experience with our Head Boy Álvaro Urbaneja, who will be studying medicine in the same country when he graduates from Aloha this academic year.

ALUMNI APPEALBringing our memories togetherAt Aloha College we are now committed to bringing together our alumni community. We feel sure that our current students would benefit from having good role models who can share their voice and experience and contribute to the new generation of Aloha College students.

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My academic journey began at Aloha College about 15 years ago, when I sat my first spelling test in Year 3; clueless of what was going on and only having basic English. Since then, things have changed substantially. What began as a childish dream of becoming a Marine Biologist has become a life-long career in which I hope to address some of the most challenging issues that we face nowadays: food security, ocean conservation or illegal exploitation of marine resources. It was only through the constant support of those around me that my dream has become my reality.

In 2011, and after 11 great years, I graduated from Aloha College. The IB diploma I earned at Aloha sealed my passport to Rollins College, the No.1 Regional University in the South of the United States, where I began a degree in Marine Biology, which I

completed a year early because of the academic credits I earned through IB. Towards the end of my degree, I transferred to Duke University where I conducted my first research trip to study mangrove ecosystems in Bocas del Toro, Panama. That same year I spent a month conducting shark ecology and behavior research at the Bimini Biological Field Station in Bahamas and became part of the North Carolina Marine Mammal Stranding Network, where I spent several months responding to stranding calls and carrying out necropsies on marine mammals in an effort to reduce their mortality rates in the region.

During the Autumn of 2013, I conducted an independent study at the Duke University Marine Laboratory under the supervision of Dr. James Kraska. In August of 2014 an article was published in the journal Marine Policy.

Guillermo Ortuño Crespo tells his journey from Aloha College to Duke University Graduate School

This March I got the fantastic news of my acceptance to the Duke University Graduate School, where I will start a five year Ph.D. in Marine Science and Conservation at the Duke University Marine Geospatial Ecology Laboratory in August 2015. In May I attended my first Ph.D. meeting with our collaborators from the United Nations, Cambridge University and Princeton University, among others.

These last 15 years have been a very tough and demanding journey, as well as a fascinating and inspirational one. I

encourage all students of Aloha College to work hard and dream big. This generation faces many challenges and at Aloha, you have the potential to acquire many of the necessary tools to address them. High academic performance is crucial, but so is passion, determination and hard work.

My time at Aloha College will always remain in my heart and I sincerely thank all the teachers for supporting me. I also thank my incredible family for allowing me all the wonderful opportunities I have experienced.

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ALOHA LIFE CHRISTMAS BAZAAR - PTA

What a fantastic day we celebrated on Saturday at our annual Christmas Bazaar!

Parents and children gathered together to enjoy choir singing, dance performances and a fun-filled raffle, among other activities, in preparation for Christmas. The money raised this year will go towards a sound system for external and indoor use and additional gym equipment for our new Arts and Sports Hall.

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The money raised will go towards a sound system for external and indoor use and additional gym equipment for

our new Arts and Sports Hall.

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ALOHA LIFE FAMILY FUN DAY - PTA

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ALOHA LIFE PTA

The school’s PTA, Jo Duncan, Helen Lawrence, Bahija Sibille and Yolanda Brinkman continue to work tirelessly for the good of the pupils of Aloha College. They give an enormous amount of free time, sorting out lost property, planning social events and fund-raising for the College.

We have just received sad news that Bahija, its secretary, is moving with her family and husband’s business to Barcelona.

Aloha College cannot express enough its gratitude to Bahija for her endless efforts, practical help and professionalism in her role as secretary of the PTA.

The Board of Trustees, management, teachers and pupils sadly say goodbye to Bahija, thanking her for her efforts and wish her and her family every success in their new venture.

Aloha College Parent Teacher Association (PTA)

ALOHA LIFE FIRST COMMUNIONWith the return of Catechism classes in the Primary School as part of the curricular enrichment program, Miss Emma and Don Diego prepared a group of pupils to receive the sacraments of Confirmation and Holy Communion this spring.

The pupils were welcomed by the international community of St. Michael’s Church in Calahonda and by their Parish Priest, Fr. Ramon Tejero who conducted the service and guided the children in the preparation for these sacraments.

The children, along with their parents, participated in a bilingual ceremony during which they read the lessons in English and renewed their baptismal promises in Spanish.

The Primary School choir accompanied them by performing impressively in Latin. It was a moving morning which brought together the families of our school, the local community and friends from across the globe.

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All Aloha College pupils, dressed in white, attended a Whole

School Assembly

ALOHA LIFE WORLD PEACE DAY

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In the morning, Primary and Secondary pupils shared a delicious Andalusian breakfast of bread and olive oil. The oil was courtesy of a local olive oil producer, and they were also offering free samples to parents, who had the opportunity to purchase some bottles of olive oil if they wished.

All Primary School pupils came in green and white, the colours of the Andalusian flag, and the celebrations, led by the Year 2 Spanish Assembly, reminded us how fortunate we are to live in such a beautiful and cultural part of Spain.

ALOHA LIFE DÍA DE ANDALUCÍA CELEBRATION

ALOHA LIFE BOOK WEEK

PRIMARY SCHOOLThe Summer Term began in the Primary School with our much loved Book Week. Each year group chose a theme for the week including traditional fairy tales, classic fiction, modern fiction and favourite authors i.e. Roald Dahl, J.R.R. Tolkein, Clive King and Anthony Brown. Everyone began to fall in love with books again as we celebrated their magic, mystery and adventure. As always the highlight of the week was our Book Parade! Everyone, children and teachers, dressed as their favourite character and paraded/danced around the hall in front of each other and our enthusiastic parents who were also clapping and cheering to the music. The atmosphere was electric and once again demonstrated the spirit of Aloha.

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SECONDARY SCHOOLThe emphasis this year was very much on shared reading - the now traditional activities such as poetry recitals and dramatisations of works read in class along with reading to Primary School children were increased to include house challenges, such as creating a video of a scene from a book (yr 7), creating a newspaper featuring a book (yr 8) and a video promoting a book (yr 10). Students of all ages relished showing off their creative and interpretative skills; the end results were excellent.

Departments across the Senior School embarked on a variety of reading related activities - in Maths students worked out reading ages of different texts as well as investigating code breaking and making; science students wrote stories and found out more about the great science writers and the wealth of resources in our library, while the librarian herself organised a Book Rally for KS3 students and set up the popular House Quiz for assembly, won once again by Sevilla.

The focal point was a “Literatree” to which students and staff were encouraged to contribute “leaves” - each one giving an opinion of a book they had read or are reading. Different departments had different coloured leaves and by the end of the week the tree had “blossomed” in a variety of colours to symbolise the importance that books and reading still has in our digital age.

An active and rewarding week of activities and competitions focused

on literature and reading

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Charity Run in aidof CudecaOn Friday 27 March our Annual Charity Run took place. All children were invited to participate in aid of Cudeca – some staff and parents joined them too. We raised over €600 on the actual day, and our charity box continues to be in the entrance. It was wonderful to have Cindy Barnes, an ex-parent and one of the organizers of the TRE Cudeca telethon, join us. We hope many of you will have heard her speak on Talk Radio Europe about this event. We thank all our parents for their generosity and support.

Wear a Wig! EventOn Friday 23 January, Aloha College celebrated once again a charity event, to support, on this occasion, the fight against cancer. The school organised a non-uniform day and the pupils contributed with almost €2,500, which aimed to support the Fundación Cesare Scariolo in its commitment and work to help families with children affected by cancer.

On the same day, our staff had another collection in aid of one of our teachers who was receiving chemotherapy treatment. They raised more than €800 for her by wearing exotic wigs during the day, in a symbolic and caring gesture. We are happy to announce that Lucy Fox has recently joined us back in school to teach the Primary pupils, who are delighted she has returned.

Mr Scariolo receives our donation for his charity

ALOHA LIFE CHARITY EVENTS

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Supporting Cáritas and Inspiring SolidarityIn December the pupils of Aloha College collected non-perishable food items and used clothing to take to Cáritas in La Cala de Mijas to be distributed to people in need within our local community. Just prior to Christmas, they delivered 4 large boxes of food and several bags of clothing.

This inspired one pupil even further – Shaneze Sibille from Year 5 in the Primary School was so moved after delivering the goods, she decided to prolong the appeal. With her father’s support, she contacted several companies asking for further donations and delivered extra boxes of food to this charity. She is now expecting some further donations of food from different companies. She has even asked her friends to bring food for Caritas instead of presents to her birthday party - Cáritas has proudly named her their “Junior Ambassador”.

This is not the only case of charity inspiration at Aloha College. Edward Martínez in Year 7 and Nicholas Martínez in Year 13 have been junior ambassadors for the last three years. They both regularly work at the Caritas center, and during Christmas holidays, they help to organise and distribute toys to the families. Nicholas is now about to start a course that will make him a fully-trained volunteer and take up a post of responsibility in the organisation when he is 18.

Supporting DEBRA (Butterfly Children) CharityWe were very pleased to welcome back Janey and Ana María from the DEBRA (Butterfly Children) Charity this year to our whole school Assembly. Our ongoing collection of bottle tops for them to recycle filled seven huge sacks! It gives us great pleasure to know that funds raised from this will help children have the special medical treatment they deserve and hopefully some opportunities to be able to play with a little less pain.

We will continue to support them so please save all those bottle tops and send them into school.

Also, during our Family Fun Day, our charity spirit was present supporting the DEBRA Charity once again. Lots of butterflies designed by the Primary School children were displayed around the playground.

Mr Scariolo receives our donation for his charity

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ALOHA LIFE CHARITY EVENTS

Supporting CRECE Charity through the sale of their 2015 calendarsAloha College has supported CRECE once again this year – some of our children were photographed for their 2015 charity calendar and we have been helping with the sale of this calendar in school. The CRECE Association, based in Marbella, cares for children and young people with a disability such as Downs Syndrome or autism, providing educational stimulation for them and integration into society.

On Wednesday 4 February a representative from the association attended our school assembly when we were able to give her the money we had raised. Thank you once again to all the parents and staff who generously supported this initiative.

Helping NepalWe have all been saddened by the terrible tragedy in Nepal where the earthquake has claimed the lives of so many people. Mrs Batchelor sent a personal letter to Dr John Moore, the Principal of the British School of Kathmandu, expressing our sorrow and support during the distressing time. She also encouraged our parents to help if they were able.

In the school, our Interact charity group of girls started their campaign to help the Nepal tragedy by holding a cake sale for the older students.

IN MEMORY OF ALEX On 17 October 2014 Alexander van‘t Noordende Bennett lost his battle with cancer and passed away peacefully in hospital supported by his loving parents to the end

The Board of Trustees, teachers, parents and pupils remembered his short life by holding a memorial service in which five white balloons were released, one for each of his years. Our family of Aloha kept a two-minute silence to pay tribute to Alex and his family.

We were delighted to receive Michelle, his mother, back to work during the summer term. Pupils and teachers have welcomed her with open arms and continue to support her in her recovery.

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