The document compares three different schools: Brufut School in Gambia, IESO Tomas Bretón in Salamanca Spain, and E.R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn New York. It discusses key differences between the schools in areas like number of students, music and classroom facilities, subjects offered, technology availability, uniforms, schedules, sports facilities, learning materials, security, health facilities, accommodations for disabled students, and organization of the project.

1. SCHOOL
DIFFERENCES
PROJECT
1º ESO A BILINGUAL GROUP
IESO TOMÁS BRETÓN
2017-18

2. BRUFUT SCHOOL
GAMBIA
IESO
TOMÁS BRETÓN
SALAMANCA
SPAIN
E.R. MURROW
HIGH SCHOOL
BROOKLYN
NEW YORK CITY
USA

3. BRUFUT SCHOOL
Daniel & Álvaro
(number of
students)
60-70 students
IESO TOMÁS
BRETÓN
Daniel & Álvaro
(number of
students)
270 students
E.R. MURROW
HIGH SCHOOL
Daniel & Álvaro
(number of
students)
4,500 students

4. BRUFUT SCHOOL
María & Marta
(Subjects and
classrooms )
They play music
with pieces of
wood and things
they find.
IESO TOMÁS
BRETÓN
María & Marta
(Subjects and
classrooms )
There is a music
room with drums,
maracas, guitar,
Electric piano ...
E.R. MURROW
HIGH SCHOOL
María & Marta
(Subjects and
classrooms)
There are rooms for
different types of
music: jazz, gospel,
classical music ..

5. BRUFUT SCHOOL
María & Marta
(Subjects and
classrooms )
They don't study
Biology in a lab, they
study it outside.
They study
Astronomy in the
"sky Planetarium".
IESO TOMÁS
BRETÓN
María & Marta
(Subjects and
classrooms )
There's a lab with a
lot of microscopes
We study Astronomy
with posters
E.R. MURROW
HIGH SCHOOL
María & Marta
(Subjects and
classrooms)
There's a lab with a
bunch of instruments
They study Astronomy
in a Planetarium

6. BRUFUT SCHOOL
María & Marta
(Subjects and
classrooms )
They don't study
drama.
They study English.
IESO TOMÁS
BRETÓN
María & Marta
(Subjects and
classrooms )
We can participate in a
musical that is
optional
We study English,
French and Spanish
E.R. MURROW
HIGH SCHOOL
María & Marta
(Subjects and
classrooms)
They study drama and
they sew their own
costumes
They study Chinese,
Spanish, Italian, French
and Russian.

7. BRUFUT SCHOOL
Emma & Pablo
(Technology)
They don´t have any
technology
IESO TOMÁS
BRETÓN
Emma & Pablo
(Technology)
There are lots of
computers although
some of them don´t
work really well.
E.R. MURROW
HIGH SCHOOL
Emma & Pablo
(Technology)
They have computers
and they also have
special rooms for music
and dancing.

8. BRUFUT SCHOOL
Sara & Jimena
( Uniforms)
The teachers
provide the
uniforms, because
in Brufut, they
haven´t got money
to buy them.
IESO TOMÁS
BRETÓN
Sara & Jimena
( Uniforms)
There aren´t
uniforms, students
wear what they
prefer
E.R. MURROW
HIGH SCHOOL
Sara & Jimena
( Uniforms)
They don't wear
School uniform

9. BRUFUT SCHOOL
Sara & Jimena
(Schedule)
They start school very
early
IESO TOMÁS
BRETÓN
Sara & Jimena
(Schedule)
We start school at
8:30
E.R. MURROW
HIGH SCHOOL
Sara & Jimena
(Schedule)
They start school at
7:45 because of the
security control

10. BRUFUT SCHOOL
Noa & Iria
(Sports)
They haven´t got
sports centre
IESO TOMÁS
BRETÓN
Noa & Iria
(Sports)
There is a sports
centre
E.R. MURROW
HIGH SCHOOL
Noa & Iria
(Sports)
There are tennis
courts, football fields,
sports centres, dance
rooms and soccer
fields

11. BRUFUT SCHOOL
Alejandro & Laura
(Learning)
The students learn
with pictures on the
walls. They sometimes
have blackboards in
their classrooms.
Their lessons are
usually outside.
IESO TOMÁS
BRETÓN
Alejandro & Laura
(Learning)
Students learn with
books, dictionaries,
digital whiteboards ,
netbooks,
computers...
E.R. MURROW
HIGH SCHOOL
Alejandro & Laura
(Learning)
There is a science lab, for Biology,
a room with some flowers and
plants for Gardening; for ICT,
there are a lot of computers. In
PE, the teachers can uses balls
and other objects for sport. There
is a room for music with a lot of
instruments. For art and crafts
there is a room with canvas.

12. BRUFUT SCHOOL
Hugo & Juan
(Security)
They do not have
security guards and
it's outside where
there are lot of
mosquitoes and other
dangers.
IESO TOMÁS
BRETÓN
Hugo & Juan
(Security)
We have got security
cameras, locks in the
classrooms
The doorbell rings if
something serious or
a fire happens
E.R. MURROW
HIGH SCHOOL
Hugo & Juan
(Security)
extreme security
guards
controls, cameras...

13. BRUFUT SCHOOL
María
(Health conditions)
There are three
places with a hole
in the ground to use
as toilets
IESO TOMÁS
BRETÓN
María
(Health conditions)
There are toilets in
both buildings with
a special disabled
toilet in each one.
E.R. MURROW
HIGH SCHOOL
María
(Health conditions)
There are many
toilets because
there are many
students.

14. BRUFUT SCHOOL
Jorge & Diego
(disabled)
There are children with
disabilities but they don´t
mind because they are
happy with the things that
they have and they help one
another. There are children
with bites from dogs and
mice, but they look very
happy.
IESO TOMÁS
BRETÓN
Jorge & Diego
(disabled)
There are things like
an elevator or ramp,
for people with
disabilities.
E.R. MURROW
HIGH SCHOOL
Jorge & Diego
(disabled)
People with disabilities have
special rooms in the high
school, and they also have
special training.
Their rooms are common
classes, but they have
special staff and material to
improve concentration and
coordination.

15. Diego and María organised the project on
the computer and checked corrections.
Marta and Pablo organized the work for
the group.
TEACHER: CRISTINA GARRIDO