A high school in Pola de Siero

2. “Juan Escultor de Villanueva” High School is located in
la Carrera (Pola de Siero), next to the Nora river and to
the road N-634, at twenty kilometres from Oviedo ,
capital of Asturias.

3.  The name of the centre appeared in April of 1995, but the high
school was built in 1982.
 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 (The Royal
Academy of Fine Arts) in Madrid in 1751 and one of the first
principals. Despite having so many sculptures, a lot of them
have disappeared during the Spanish Civil War.
 In the school year from 2002-2003 the students of 1st
and 2nd
E.S.O. started going to the high school.
 Two years later the bilingual section started.

4. THE SCHOOL
 It’s divided in 4 buildings
 1st
building (administration; headmaster, head of studies
and guidance services’ offices; library; auditorium and
cafeteria)
 2nd
building (profesional families of food and chemical
industries)
 3rd
building (specific departaments and classrooms of
music, art and technology)
 4th
building( laboratories for physics,chemistry, biology
and geology)
 It also has a sportscentre and a court.

5. The high school map
The
track
4th
building
1st
building
Sportscenter
3rd
building
2nd
building

10.  ABOUT THE TEACHERS
 There are about 90 teachers in the high school.
 ABOUT 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.

11. TEACHING
 The Secondary Obligatory Education (ESO) is free and
completes the basic education. It has four academic
years that are taken by 12 to 16 yearold students.
 A-level qualifications (Bachillerato) allow students to
learn about the job market and diferent qualifications
in Higher Education. Our high school has got two A-
level qualifications:
 Qualification in Science and Tecnology
 Qualification in Humanities and Social Sciences
 Vocational Training

12. VOCATIONAL TRAINING (FP)
When you are 16 you can study PCPI (Introductory Vocational
Qualification Program). In our High School we have Food Industry
Assistant.
When you have the TGESO, you can study Bachiller or CFGM
(Medium Grade Formative Cycle). In our High School there are
two CFGM:
-Laboratory
-Administrative Management

13. When you finish Bachiller, you can do the EBAU, an exam to go to
the University or do a CFGS (Superior Grade Formative Cycle). In
our High School there are three CFGS:
-Administration and Finances
-Food Industry
-Environmental Chemistry

14. Extracurricular activities
We don´t always learn in the classrooms. We do
different activities outside the school:
 Discgolf
 Maths Olympics with other schools
 Walking through mountains
 Visiting museums
 Week camp in 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. OUR PERSONAL OPINION
We like this high school because :
I.The teachers are good
II.The centre is good
III.We like the system of the bilingual project
IV.We think that it has a good A-level
V.It’s a good high school because it prepares you well for
the future with its activities
VI.The high school is so good because it’s very big and the
level of the teachers is very good

17. VII. In the break you can play football, basketball and
table tennis.
VIII. The rooms are normally clean and tidy.

18. Some pictures