4. Country: Spain
Political System: Parliamentary
Monarchy
Population: 46.7 million
Capital: Madrid
Area: 505,988 sq km
Autonomous Regions: 17
Major languages: Spanish (Castilian),
Galego (Galician), Euskera (Basque),
and Catalan (Catalonian).
Monetary unit: 1 euro = 100 cents
5. Autonomous Region: Galicia
Population: 2.800 million
Capital: Santiago de Compostela
Area: 29.574 sq km
Provinces: 4: A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense e
Pontevedra
Languages: Galego (Galician), Spanish (Castilian)
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7. Town: Santiago de Compostela
Population: 96.000
Area: 220 sq km
Santiago means:
World Heritage – Administration –
Culture – Art – History – leisure –
monuments – parks – Architecture –
hospitality – pilgrimage – religion – the Way –
Gastronomy - Life
8.
9.
10. SCHOOLS IN SPAIN CAN BE:
PUBLIC /STATE-FUNDED= FREE & LAY
PRIVATE /STATE-FUNDED = PRIVATE partially
GRANTED BY THE STATE & mainly RELIGIOUS
PRIVATE = TOTALLY PAID BY THE STUDENTS &
LAY or RELIGIOUS
11. TYPE OF EDUCATION LEVEL OF EDUCATION AGE RANGE
VOLUNTARY EDUCATION PRE-PRIMARY EDUCATION 3-6
COMPULSORY BASIC
EDUCATION
PRIMARY EDUCATION 6-12
LOWER SECONDARY
EDUCATION (ESO)
12-16
POST-COMPULSORY UPPER
SECONDARY EDUCATION
BACCALAUREATE
(BACHILLERATO:
mainstream branch) 16-18
INTERMEDIATE
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
HIGHER EDUCATION
ADVANCED VOCATIONAL
TRAINING
18+UNIVERSITY STUDIES
12. Name: IES Xelmirez I
Type of school: Public Secondary School (IES)
Number of students: 1000 students approx.
Number of teachers: 90 teachers approx.
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14. Founded in 1845, IES Xelmírez I was the only
Secondary School in Santiago for over a century, so
it is the oldest secondary school in Santiago and the
second oldest in Galicia.
It takes its name after the first Archbishop of
Santiago de Compostela, Diego Xelmírez. (1070-1140).
Many distinguished Galician characters from the
literary, cultural and political world, such as Valle-
Inclán, Castelao, Granell, Murguía, Pondal,
Montero Ríos..., studied in this school.
15. Throughout its history, our school has been located in
many different places in Santiago.
Two of the most notorious ones have been where the
University Rectorate and the Autonomous Galician
Government are located nowadays.
16. In 1984 the building of the IES Arzebispo
Xelmírez I moved to the actual location, just
in the very centre of the Campus Vida of
the University of Santiago.
It is placed in a privileged green area, very
close to the historical centre and the
business district of Santiago. It has a wide
variety of facilities and public services which
can be used both by teachers and students.
17. Deputy head of
Lower & Upper
secondary
education
Secretary
Deputy head of
Vocational and
Adult education
Asisstant head
teacher
Headteacher
18. Compulsory Secondary Education for Teenagers (ESO 12-16)
Compulsory Secondary Education for Adults (ESA 16+)
Post-Compulsory Education (Bachillerato 16-18)
Vocational Studies of Audiovisual Arts ; Intermediate and Advanced (16+)
Adult Literacy Programme.
19. THE ANTIQUE LIBRARY
Over 5.000 volumes of great value.
They are mainly from the 16th to 19th c.
Restricted Access in order to care for
and preserve these valuable volumes.
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21. THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE
540 tools and small collections used in
the Chemistry, Physics and Natural
History laboratories and classrooms for
more than 170 years.
It is open to all the people who want to
see it.
24. According to 1978 CONSTITUTION Spain is a
non-religious state in a laic society
In public schools, education is laic but
agreements between the State and the Church
allow students to take up Catholic religion as an
option all through the compulsory education.
The percentage of students taking Catholic
Religion in our school is…
25. Samhain
• Celtic origin: pagan festival to celebrate the end of summer
and the night of the dead
• October 31st
Xmas
• Christian origin to celebrate the birth of Christ
• December
Carnival
• Pagan origin, Catholics celebrate it to prepare for the
fastening of Lent.
• Between February and March
26. • International Day for the elimination of
violence against women (November 25th)
• World Aids Day (December 1st)
• International Day of Peace (January 30th)
• Women’s Day (March 8th)
• World Book Day (April 23rd)
• Galician Writers’ Day ( May 17th)