Our school is Nuestra Señora de la Fuensanta located in Murcia, Spain. It belongs to the Congregation of Jesus & Mary and was founded in 1850. It educates students from ages 3 to 18 through kindergarten, primary, and secondary school. The school has over 900 students and uses the Spanish education system. It has many facilities like computer labs, a library, cafeteria, playgrounds, a gym, science and tech labs, and supports extracurricular activities. It also partakes in European exchange programs and celebrates various cultural and religious events throughout the year.

1. Our School
Nuestra Señora de la
Fuensanta (Jesús-María)
Our City
Murcia (Spain)

2. Our
History
 Our school of Infant, Primary and Secondary belongs to the
Congregation of Jesus & Mary, whose foundress was St. Claudine
Thevenet. She was born in Lyon, France and came to Spain in
1850.
 We own houses and schools in different countries.

3. Stages
Spanish School System
4
2nd
900 students and TWO forms in each Year.
3rd
6 y old
1st of Primary
7
2nd
8
3rd
9
4th
10
5th
11
Secondary
1st
Kindergarten
5
Primary
Spanish System
3years old
Kindergarten
Age
6th
12 y old
1st year of
Secondary
13
2nd of
Secondary
14
3rd of
Secondary
15
4th of
Secondary

4. Classrooms
• Classes are from 8.15 to 2.15.
• Emphasis on English and French, we´ve applied to be a bilingual school.
• English Cambridge Exams
• Students wear uniform only for kindergarten and Primary.

5. FACILITIES:
Computer labs
• The school has two well equiped computer labs.
• We go to the computer labs in most of the subjects: English, Geography
, ICT…
• We have Tactic Smartboards in all our classrooms and our teachers use
digital books in class.

6. Library
 The school has good collection of books on several subjects.
 The students can take out books to read in class or at home. All
the students go to the library at least one hour a week and we
have a program called Reading animation so that our students like
reading books.

7. Cafeteria
 During lunch time the children go to the school canteen or cafeteria
 At break time, which lasts 30 minutes, you can buy sandwiches for just 1
Euro at 11.00h.
 We have two lunch rooms for students and one for teachers.
 Lunches supply from 2.00pm to 3.00 pm.

8. Playgrounds
and Gym
 Look around, our school playground!
 We have two outside playgrounds where we have PE there, and
play volleyball, football, basketball, tennis…
 Our gym helps us to be fit and healthy!
 Winning in our school competition is our ambition
 We use it for PE and after school activities.

9. Science lab and Technology lab
 School has its own fully equipment science laboratory in which all
types of science equipments are available for children.
 We also have a technology lab for electric projects and Art work.

10. Extracurricular Activities
 We have a full range of after-school activities which are offered to
students as part of the Social Programme and organised by the
PTA, such as English, tennis, football, basketball, music…
 We develop different food campaings and NGOs to help poor
people, such as Mision Day, Christmas Campaign...

11. School celebrations
• Peace Day
• Earth Day
because we are
Green school and
we have solar
energy.
• Europe Day
• Christmas and
Easter.

12. Festivities
• Book Day
• Math week
• End of the year Party
• St Valentines
Day, Halloween…

13. European
Projects
• The school is registered in etwinning since 2009. We have
collaborated in three projects with different countries. We
were part of another project about environment with a
bilingual school of USA.
• Participation in Projects gives our students the opportunity
to:
-Communicate in a foreign language and Collaborate in
cultural topics.

14. Murcia: Capital of the Region
 The school is situated in the centre of Murcia. It is placed in
the south east of Spain, with a population of around 1
million in the Region and in Murcia City about 500,000
inhabitants.

15. CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. MARY (1526)
Murcia cathedral is one of the most representative barrocan buildings in our city.
The bell tower is the tallest in Spain. The interior is mostly gothic. You can visit
the musem inside the cathedral.

16. FESTIVITIES
Those are some of the regional festivities in Murcia. The first is The Country-side
Parade (Bando de la Huerta). These are the regional costumes and here they are
dancing «La Jota».
On Saturday after Easter there is a big parade in the city called «The Burial of the
Sardine»

17. MEDITERRANEAN SEA AND MAR MENOR
In Murcia there are 2 seas: Mediterranean sea and Menor Sea.
A lot of people from other countries come to our beaches in summer holidays.
Our beaches are the most visited places from Murcia.
We have a beautiful warm weather all year round.

18. Gastronomy
Paella is a typical meal from the Mediterranean coast in Spain.
Paparajotes are a traditional dessert of Murcia.
We prepare paparajotes in the Spring festival, September.
The Murcian salad is basicallly made with our vegetables .

19. Landscapes
Murcia is surrounded by orchard, with lemons, oranges and olives. The most
important river in Murcia is Segura river and it crosses the center of the city.
Here you can see our landscapes.