OUR SCHOOL AND OUR GROUPS

FEDAC Sant Andreu

BARCELONA

Our school is called FEDAC Sant Andreu, because it’s situated in Sant Andreu neighborhood, Barcelona. In our area we have a lot of big stores, cafés, restaurants, parks, and a lot of funny and interesting things.

BARCELONA

Weather in BarcelonaSPRING IN BCNIn spring it's very hot, a normal temperature could be 23 ºC. In spring all the trees bloom and have flowers with lots of colour. Some times it rains.You can come here in spring because you will see a lot of nice things, for example nature.

SUMMER IN BCN:Summer is very hot, so it is often from 23ºC to 34ºC. So it’s very important to wear a t-shirt , shorts and sandals.Do you know the maximum temperature that we have ever had in summer? It was the 27th August 2010: 39.3ºC.

OUR SCHOOLOur school is around 150 years old. In this school

there are between 650 and 700 students, we have a lot of friends here.

We have many classrooms plus the technology room, the laboratory, the classrooms for 3 to 5 year-olds, Pare Coll hall, the main hall and the chapel. We also have 2 dining rooms, for teachers and for students. And the kitchen, of course!

There are about fifty teachers, they are very nice! There are four playgrounds too, the biggest one is the playground where we do P.E. At dinner time we play in the upstairs playground.

And this is our school!

SCHOOL SCHEDULEWe are at the first course of secondary school. We are 12 years old.

Three days of the week we start school at eight o’clock and two days at nine o’clock.

Normally we finish at five o’clock, except on Wednesdays when we finish at half past one.

The school schedule is different from primary school because in primary we started school at nine o’clock every day.

Now, we have new subjects, new teachers and one laptop for each student.

Education for Sustainable Development is one of our big projects, which we call

AGENDA 21

Our first activity was the new use of BOCK & ROLL. In this project we learnt to reduce foil, because it pollutes our planet.

AGENDA 21

Our second activity was working on biodiversity, water, energy... Through power point presentations.

We want to have a green school in all senses, so we started putting plants and flowers in all the school Windows.

This year we’ll make a great effort to continue working on BIODIVERSITY.

What do we celebrate at school?Carnival: fun!!

Castanyada: we decore the school and we eat "panellets".

Christmas: In Christmas we go to a church called "Sant Pacià" and we sing carols in English, Catalan and Spanish. We play instruments too.

Invisible friend: We give a present to another person that doesn't know who gives the present to him/her.

The day of Pare Coll: In that day, we go to the playground and then we eat chocolate with biscuits. The Pare Coll is the founder of the school.

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIESIn our country there are many extracurricular activities. We can practice them when we finish school at five, or at the weekends:- Sports: Rugby, Hockey, Football, Basketball, Tennis, Athletics, gymnastics, skating, Karate, judo...- Water sports: swimming and synchronized swimming.- Dance: Classical, Modern Jazz, Hip Hop, Funky Ballet.- Language: English, Catalan, Spanish...-Art: Music, Art, Drama, etc..

1st ESO group A

1st ESO group B