FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THE SCHOOL

Today there has been the first meeting in the school, and the current sensations after it are very positive. We have met with one of the teachers and she has been very kind and willing to tell us about the school. 

Firstly, she has started by explaining us about the story of the school; she has done that in order to make us understand how some educational beliefs and concepts have finally defined the characteristics of the school. When she has come to those characteristics, she has been giving us examples all the time to make her explanations more clear.

Once she has told us about their methodology of working and the many activities that the school organizes, something that has called my attention is the emphasis that she has given to the collaboration among different levels. Besides, they don't want to work with books, so they focus on other methodologies such as projects. I am excited to see how they work all the time without books, as I have never seen this methodology during the whole timetable.  

After the talk we have seen the facilities. They have not only classrooms for each level, but also for different subjects and activities (English, Science, Music, Expression or Cooking are some of them). The teacher has given much importance to the fact that children are always the protagonists. The school strongly believes in multiple intelligences, so children should have opportunities to create their own personality and be critic. In fact, one of the things that they work with is workshops, with which they can experiment. There are many different spaces and everything seems well organized. 

My first impression is that they are not only focused on teaching contents, but also on the values and development of the person's autonomy. They seem to do lots of different activities with children and, as they don't use books, I am curious to know with which contents they deal and how are they taught. It is going to be a good opportunity of discovering new things and learning, and I am excited to start.