Infant and Primary School

CEIP “Manuel Ortiz Castelló”

SOCIO-CULTURAL CONTEXT

Most families are working class: industry, farming, agriculture,

From 15% to 25% of students are immigrants: Romania, Magreb, Xina, Bulgaria

Cultural and sports background in the town Town Library Theatre Cultural premises in the town Radio Juneda Town Music School

Images of Juneda

PRESENTATION

State school. Pre-school and primary Location: Juneda- (3.600 inhabitants) Catalonia Main language: Catalan (first language of the school community)

Other languages: Spanish and English Total number of students: 260 (aged from 3 to 12) Pre-school: 5 groups. Primary school: 9 groups. Number of teachers: 23 1 classroom devoted to special attention of foreign

students. 1 classroom devoted to diversity attention.

School Facilities Computer room Library with ICT facilities Experimental science classroom Foreing Languages classroom Music classroom Gym Dinning room served with catering Psychomotricity classroom Outdoor multi sport track Internet facilities in all the school premises.

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INNOVATION PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS

Innovation Library Project “Puntedu”

Inter school network of basic competencies.

Science lab with ICT support Comenius Project. Innovation Project in foreign

languages. Socialization of textbooks. Parents school.

Educational Services

Psycopedagogic support. Teachers’ centre support. Nature related learning centre. Logopedy service Early learning attention LIC Assessory (LIC stands for Language, Integration & Culture)

School Timetable Students:

Pre-schooll (3 to 6 year olds)

9:00 – 12:00 15:00 –17:00

Primary (6 to 12 year olds)

9:00 a – 13:00 15:00 a – 17:00 Teachers: 30 hours in the school and 7,5 out of the school

All teachers coincide in the school 2 hours a week. Mondays & Thursdays from 13 to 14

Mondays: Small group meetings.

Thursdays: Team meetings and comissions (ICT, library, diversity, leisure and festivities,...)

Complementary activities

School magazine Outdoor excursions Colònies (Outdoor stays) Catalan Traditional Festivities Collaboration with other cultural organizations Cultural contests Theatre in English language Musical Auditions School activities related to sports.

Extra-school activities

Organized by AMPA (parents association) English Multi sports Chess ICT (Computer assisted learning) Parents school Students reception program: morning, midday and

afternoon Sardanes: traditional catalan dancing

METHODOLOGY

We declare our school as active. We encourage the creativity of our students either social, artistic, technology, scientific involving all means of expression.

Our starting point is the activity and interest of our students in discovering themselves as main source of the teaching-learning process.

We encourage our students initiative in solving all sort of problems they are exposed to.

All the staff will be devoted to follow a methodological tendency based in direct observation, research, significative learning processes, individualization and socialization.

El CdA (Field School) of Juneda

It is a service of the Department of Education Tasks devoted to innovation and research in

education.• Tasks devoted to environmental education • Tasks devoted to the process of learning

from the environment.

Educational Programes

Farm school: Practice in the study of a rural area and the participation in dealing with a small farming exploitation.

Eco educational practice related to: energy, water, mobility, production, transformation and consumption of food and waste products.

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CdA de Juneda

General view of the CdA les Obagues placed in a farming area at a walking distance of the town

Students working in a farming activity.

Workshop around the transformation of food:

Students making bread.

Farm animals

We wish you visit us very soon and enjoy our town and school.