The document summarizes information about a new national school in Catalonia, Spain that is being built to educate 480 students from ages 3 to 12. It provides details on the school's educational philosophy, resources, facilities, programs, calendar, timetable and involvement of parents. The school aims to promote students' development into good citizens through innovative programs like teaching English in early grades, town projects, open learning spaces, and participation of parents in school activities.

1. In Education… nothing is fixed,
everything has to be built up.
(Gaston Bachelard)
ESCOLA PAÏSOS CATALANSESCOLA PAÏSOS CATALANS
In education nothing is ready-made,
everything is constructed.
(Gaston Bachelard)

2. SITE MAP
Catalonia
Lleida

3. WELCOME

6. We are really looking forward to build a
school for our children, for our pupils to
become good citizens.

7. DESCRIPTION
 NATIONAL SCHOOL
 PRE-PRIMARY AND PRIMARY EDUCATION
 CO-EDUCATIONAL NEW SCHOOL WITH 480 PUPILS
Every classroom has 25 pupils, but it could be increased until 28
 2 STREAMS (CHILDREN AGED 3 / 12 YEARS OLD)
 COURSE 2006/07 : 2 P3 CLASSROOMS
 COURSE 2007/08 : 2 P3, 2 P4 CLASSROOMS
 COURSE 2014/15: COMPLETED SCHOOL, 1st
6th
GRADE
PROMOTION

8. HUMAN RESOURCES
 28 TEACHERS: - 19 CLASSROOM TEACHERS
- 6 SPECIALIST TEACHERS ( 1 MUSIC, 1
P.E TEACHER, 2 SPECIAL ED. NEEDS, 2 ENGLISH)
- 3 SUPPORTING TEACHERS (MANAGEMENT
TEAM: HEAD TEACHER, DEPUTY TEACHER, SECRETARY)
 1 PRE-PRIMARY TECHNICAL
 1 ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY
 PSICOPEDAGOGICAL TEAMWORK
 3 SPECIAL EDUCATION ASSISTANT
 EDUCATIONAL PHYCHOLOGY SERVICE AND SOCIAL
INCLUSION

9. HUMAN
RESOURCES

10. ORGANIZATION CHART

11. TEACHER’S TIMETABLE
AND TASKS
• Work hours: 37’5 hours
• Work hours at school
* In theory 30 hours at school: 25 teaching hours with
children + 5 hours for meetings and personal work
• Personal work at school : - 3 hours a week for general
meetings all together or cycle work
- 1 hour for tutoring parents
- 1 hour for level meeting
Personal work at home preparing classes and material, doing
researches and personal formation,… ( 7’5 hours)

12. OUR SPACE
FOUR
BUILDINGS
LIBRARY /
DINNINING ROOM
AND KITCHEN
MAIN
BUILDING:
3 FLOORS:
PRE- PRIMARY
AND PRIMARY
CLASSROOMS AND
OFFICES
GYM
CHANGING
ROOMS
3 PLAYGROUNDS
VEGETABLE
GARDEN

13. OUR EDUCATION LINE
INNOVATION PROGRAMME
Puntedu Library
A communicative and dynamic space

16. INNOVATION PROGRAMMES
* Promoting English Language
in Pre-Primary
* Promoting Oral English Fluency
in Primary
•CLIL: Arts & Crafts in English
Learning languages helps to express ourselves better
OUR EDUCATION LINE

19. INNOVATION PROGRAMME
Town Project
Agenda 21
Learning to live together in our world
OUR EDUCATION LINE

20. OUR VEGETABLE GARDEN

22. SCHOOL COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
INNOVATION PROGRAMME
Opened Learning
Spaces
Friday afternoon, the school reminds
opened to the families
OUR EDUCATIONAL LINE

23. SCHOOL COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
THE STAR OF THE WEEK
P3
STORYTELLING WHEEL
P4
JIC,JAC,JOC WITH PARENTS
P5
CONSTRUCTIONS
5th
BIOGRAPHIES
2nd
1001 TRAVELS
3rd
RIDDLES
4th
LITERARY
MEMORIES
1st
HISTORY TELLS US…
6th

25. On Tuesdays, we eat fruit at school for
breakfast
On Mondays P5 classroom prepares bread
with tomato for breakfast
SCHOOL COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION

26. OUR WORK
• Giving chance of diversity attention
• Promoting equal interaction
• Active and reflexive methodology
• Learning based on projects and corners

27. CALENDAR
• Course beginning: 12 September 2016
• Finishing course: 21 June 2017
• Christmas holidays: from 23 December to 8 January
• Easter holidays: one week in March or April (10-17 April)
• Summer holidays: from 22 June to 11 September
• Local holidays (bank holidays): 29 September / 11 May
• Free disposal days ( depending on the schools): 31 October / 5
December / 12 May
In Spain we are 17 autonomous communities and each one has different
educational policy, so we can find different calendars, timetables and
organisations. In Catalonia (for pupils) we have:

28. TIMETABLE
• Timetable (pre-primary and primary
children):
morning, from 9 to 12:30 h
afternoon, from 15 to 16:30 h
• Intensive timetable:
from 5 to 21 June 2017
morning, from 9 to 13:00 h

29. EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

30. PARENTS ASSOCIATION
• Founded in June 2006
• All, mothers and fathers can join
• There is a Parents Association board
who meet monthly
• They organized in work groups
• Course fee: 60 €

31. PARENTS ASSOCIATION SERVICES
• DINING ROOM SERVICE
• MORNING AND AFTERNOON BABY-SITTING
SERVICE
• BOOKS DISTRIBUTION
• MIDDAY AND AFTERNOON ACTIVITIES
• SWIMMING
• SCHOOL FESTIVALS COLLABORATION
• SCHOOL PARENTS GROUP