Description of our high school

1. MY HIGH SCHOOL

2.  The Secondary School " Escultor Juan de
Villanueva " is located in Pola de Siero , at twenty
kilometres from Oviedo , capital of Asturias. It was
created in 1982 and it teaches Secondary
Education, Vocational Training School and
Baccalaureate.

3. ABOUT THE NAME
 The name is a tribute to a Spanish baroque sculptor that
was born in Pola de Siero. He is important because he
was one of the founders of the Real Academia de Bellas
Artes in Madrid in1751 and one of the first principals.
Despite having so many sculptures, a lot of them have
disappeared during the Spanish Civil War.

4. ABOUT THE TEACHERS…
 According with the La Nueva España
newspaper, there are about 80 teachers in
the high school. A few of them teach
Sciences, others teach English and so on.
There are so many teachers because each
one of them has studied for different grades.

5. …AND THE STUDENTS
 There are about 630 students in our school.
 The students of a grade are divided in
different groups(1st A, B, C and D) that
change every year to promote the friendship
between all of them.
 Each group has got about 20 students on it.

6. WE DIVIDE OUR HIGH SCHOOL INTO DIFFERENT BUILDINGS FOR
DIFFERENT KINDS OF STUDENTS AND SUBJECTS.

Parking
Sports
centre
Building 1
Building 4
Building 2
Building 3

7. IN THE FIRST BUILDING, WE FIND THE GREATEST
NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS, THE LIBRARY, THE
ASSEMBLY HALL, THE ADMINISTRATION OFFICE, THE
MANAGEMENT OFFICES AND THE SCHOOL
CAFETERIA.

8. THE SECOND BUILDING HAS GOT THE FOOD AN
CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES CLASSROOMS.

9. THE THIRD BUILDING HAS GOT SPECIFIC
ROOMS FOR MUSIC, ART AND TECHNOLOGY.

10. AND THE FOURTH BUILDING HAS GOT
BACCALAUREATE CLASSROOMS AND SOME
LABORATORIES.

11. NOW WE ARE ON SECOND YEAR.
 You can choose if you want to learn bilingual
subjects or not. Bilingual means that the next
subjects aren´t imparted in Spanish, they are
imparted in English.
 Maths
 P.E
 Natural science (book in English)
 Bilingual English is more advanced than non
bilingual.

12. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF LEARN TWO
OTHER DIFFERENT LANGUAGES . YOU CAN CHOOSE
GERMAN OR FRENCH.
 If you choose French, there is a typical French
desserts competition once a year and you can
participate.

13. OTHER SUBJECTS
 Natural sciences
 Social sciences
 Music
 Language
 Religion
 Technology
 Art
 The subjects you learn change as you pass the
grades, for example, you´ve got art the first year
and technology the second.

14. EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
 We don´t always learn in the classrooms. We do
different activities outside the school:
 Discgolf in Gijon.
 Maths Olympics with other schools
 Walking through mountains
 Visiting museums
 Week camp the first year to improve our English
 Travels to France, Germany and the UK

15. THE ENGLISH, THE FRENCH AND THE GERMAN
DEPARTMENTS ORGANISE INTERNATIONAL
EXCHANGES WITH ENGLAND, IRELAND, FRANCE,
GERMANY AND EVEN CANADA

16. THIS YEAR, TWO OF OUR TEACHERS WENT TO
DENMARK FOR TWO WEEKS.
Luisa, Maths
Roberto, P.E

17.  In our opinion is a good high school because it
prepares you well for the future with its activities