Bicultural Project Nova Hispalis

In  the US, Canada and UK February is Black History Month. This is a month where students learn about Black History and the accomplishments of Black people. Black History is an important part of US, Canadian, and British history. This project was about a month and a half long and done in 2ESOA, 2ESOB as well as 3ESOA. The students were given a topic to research about regarding Black History as well as Racism in the US and in Spain. In order for the students, to understand and empathize with the history and circumstances African Americans. It was important for them to see the effects of racism and systemic oppression are not just found “across the pond”. The topics ranged from the slave trade, Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, Redlining, George Flyod and BLM to Lucrecia Perez, Mmame Mbaye, the Spanish Caste system, Plantations (in the US and in Spanish colonies ie. Cuba), racism in Spanish football and about 50 more topics. Each student was required to research about their topic, crea...

        At Nova Hispalis the Bilingual and Bicultural program is implemented not only in Primary and Secondary but also with kindergarten!!     Although we had to simplify the topic about animals around the world we were still able to take advantage of this topic and what the kids are learning in their regular curricular classes. The 5 year old students in kindergarten spent a month learning different animals, yoga poses inspired by animals and the origins of yoga! Their morning routine always starts with yoga, followed by animal games. At the end of the animals topic they did a colour by numbers photo combining their knowledge of colours and numbers. El proyecto Bicultural Bilingüe poco a poco está empezando a funcionar en Infantil. Los chicos de esta etapa aprendieron vocabulario relacionado con los animales. En la clase de 5 años, nuestros alumnos han pasado un mes aprendiendo vocabulario relacionado con animales, posturas de yoga inspiradas en...

This week our students did one project related to sea  animals.With this activity, they learnt the essential characteristics of the marine animals and also they had the opportunity of searching information on internet as they made use of the tablets the school has .  Esta semana en la dinámica correspondiente al Proyecto Bicultural Bilingüe los alumnos de tercero han realizado un proyecto relacionado con los animales marinos. Con esta actividad a la par que aprendían las diferentes características de los principales animales marinos se familiarizaron con la búsqueda de información en internet y el manejo de las nuevas tecnologías.  

The students of the Kindergarten, Primary and Secondary Education have enjoyed a morning of linguistic immersion, thanks to the Improving company. The kidergarten students watched 5 shows learning about "Captain Jack and the Pirates", the elementary students got closer to American culture through the "American Lifestyle" shows. During the morning, the artists went through the classrooms with different shows lasting 25 minutes, so that the students could enjoy five different shows. All shows are a didactic tool that reinforces the learning of English. We want students to have a real communication experience in English, a living language and a whole cultural world. To see and participate in a show in English is to get closer to the emotional aspects of a language. A different way to keep learning and practicing English. Los alumnos de las etapas de Educación Infantil, Primaria y Secundaria han disfrutado de una mañana de inmersión lingüística, gracias a la compañí...

Our work and goal is that our students are prepared and of course learn and achieve the best possible results in Cambridge exams with the knowledge obtained and studied throughout  the school year. Nuestro trabajo y objetivo es que nuestros alumnos estén preparados y que por supuesto aprendan y logren los mejores resultados posibles en los exámenes de Cambridge con los conocimientos obtenidos y trabajados durante el curso.