WELCOME TO OUR SCHOOL: CP SON

CANALS

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Our school building

Our school is located in Palma, the capital city of the Balearic Islands.

It is in a multicultural neibourghood, where people from a lot of different countries live. For this reason, Son Canals is a multicultural school. Thanks to this, we learn a lot from the other cultures we live with.

We are a small school. We just have 10 groups: 4 pre-school and 6 primary. It means we are like a family: everybody knows each other.

There are about 28 children in each group.

The educational system in Spain:Compulsory education

Primary:

Composed of 6 grades:

1st grade: 6 year-old children2nd grade: 7 year-old children3rd grade: 8 year-old children4th grade: 9 year-old children5th grade: 10 year-old children6th grade: 11 year-old children

• Although it is not compulsory, all of our schools offer 3 different grades at a very early age: 3 , 4 and 5 year-old children

Secondary:

Composed of 4 grades:

1st grade: 12 year-old students2nd grade: 13 year-old students3rd grade: 14 year-old students4th grade: 15 year-old students

Subjects in Primary: Spanish, Catalan, English, Maths, Social Science, Art, Music, Sports, Religion (optional).

NATIONALITIES:

Spanish: 140

South American: 58

Chinese: 21

Central African: 19

Moroccan: 20

Others: 7

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SPANISH: 140 + INTERNATIONAL: 125= 265 students

Our school population:

Our staff: Jaume Parets. Isabel Fuster and Biel Vives

SENIOR

LEADERSHIP TEAM

THE GROUP OF TEACHERS IN SON CANALS SCHOOL

Our teachers at Son Canals

The senior leadership team: 3 teachers (Headteacher, deputy headteacher, secretary. One of them is also the sport teacher)

Pre-school: 5 teachers (4 class teachers + 1 support teacher)

Primary: 6 teachers (6 class teachers. One of them is also the music teacher in our school)

English Teacher (1 teacher) + A Comenius assistant to reinforce oral English

A religion teacher

Teachers to cover special needs of our students (4 teachers): * 2 speech therapists * 2 therapeutic teachers * 1 Catalan teacher to help the international children to learn this language

A special team composed of a psychologist and a social worker.

Some of our primary students

5th grade

class

6th grade class

in the library

using laptops

Our pre-school children with 3 teachers during the break time

OUR PLAYGROUND

Our main projects:

European Sections Environmental Education Catalan Immersion Reading Improvement New technology European Comenius: Think before you click Comenius Assistantship International class in Finland

The Parents’ Association collaborates a lot in our school