2. THE LAW
• In Spain, the educational system is decentralized. That
is, the Generalitat, the Government of Catalonia, also
has a say on the matter.
LOE: Spanish Education Law
LEC: Catalan Education Law
3. CATALAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
The educational system is compulsory from 6 to 16
years old and it is organised by cycles:
Infant Educational
Primary Education
Secondary Education
Baccalaureate
Middle Grade Vocational Training
Upper Grade Vocational Training
University Education
5. KIND OF TEACHING FACILITIES
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
PRIVATE SCHOOLS but subsidised with public funds
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
6. CENTCELLES SCHOOL’S HISTORY
The school is 31 years old.
It has suffered difficult periods, with few pupils and
Department of Education has wanted to close it in
several occasions.
The closest area of the school is poor: low
social, cultural and economic level of some families.
7. CHANGING THE PRESENT AND THE
FUTURE
In these last 6 years, the school has changed a lot and
increased the number of pupils and teachers.
This new period, the pedagogical and methodological
line of the school has changed.
Now, we bet for an innovative education, taking part
in different projects in order to:
improve academic results
educate children in good values and basic habits
8. ORGANISATION OF SCHOOLS
Directive Team:
Director
Head of studies
Secretary
Teacher: responsible of one group of students
Specialist teacher: Music, Foreign Language, Special
Needs, Physical Education
Non-Teaching staff
School Council
Parents’ Association
9. GROUPS - COURSES
We have two groups in:
P3
P4
P5
1st level
2nd level
3th level
4th level
5th level
We have one group in:
6th level
10. CLASSROOMS
One classroom per group
Library
English and Music classroom
Small rooms for flexible groups
Computer room
Aula d’acollida
11. TEACHERS, PUPILS AND WORKERS
Number of teachers: 31
Number of pupils: 284
Non-teaching staff: 4
Dinning room instructors: 6
12. CALENDAR
Teachers start: 1st September
Children start: 12th September
Christmas holiday: 23th December to 8th January
Easter Holidays: 2nd to 9th April
Children finish: 22nd June
Teachers finish: 29th June
5 days off
13. TIMETABLE
Generally, the students are in the school 5 hours. In our
case, 6 hours per day.
Mornings: from 9.00 to 13.00
9.00 – 10.00: First lesson
10.00 – 11.00: Second lesson
11.00 – 11.30: Break
11.30 – 12.15: Third lesson
12.15 – 13.00: Fourth lesson
Lunch: from 13.00 to 15.00
Afternoons: from 15.00 to 17.00
15.00 – 16.00: Fifth lesson
16.00 – 17.00: Sixth lesson
14. SOME IMPORTANT POINTS OF THE SCHOOL WORK
The school pedagogical line has these big objectives:
To improve the students academic results
To improve the coexistence in the school among all the
community members
Methodological Line:
Working in small groups
Using new technologies
Learning basic competences
15. PROJECTS
PAC: Autonomy School Plan
Library Project
Reading and writing Project
New technologies Project
Emotional Project
Green School Project
Comenius Project