Spain

Our partner school in Spain is IES Huerta Alta, in Alhaurin de la Torre, near Malaga, Andalucia.  Future projects are planned for 2010/2011.

Future projects will include collaborative work based on the topic of "Our World" or "Nuestro Mundo".  Receiprocal visits are planned for October 2010 and June 2011.

In 2007/2008, a Joint Curriculum Project was undertaken with IES Litoral in Malaga.  This was financially supported by the British Council on behalf of the DCSF.

The Joint Curriculum Project had three separate aims:

In "Languages Ex-Sported", a group of ten Year 10 Callington students participated in Sports classes with Spanish students, teaching them cricket and netball.

A group of Year 11 students supported the sports project with the Spanish language, taking part in lessons and sharing differences in culture and education.

Two A level students from Year 13 accompanied the younger students, and remained in Spain for a further 2 days.  They visited Granada and the University there, and enjoyed a work experience session in a primary school.  This was a valuable experience in developing independence and life skills.

Ms D Kemp (Partnership Programme Co-ordinator), Miss S Trujillo (Spanish teacher) and Mr J Coates (Sports teacher) were with the students.

The visit was a great success, thanks to the hospitality of our friends at IES Litoral.

What the Callington students said about their experience:

Abi Brown: ...allowed me to use the Spanish I know in a real situation and made me more confident in speaking out.  I also learnt about Spain.

Chris Cimpeanu: ...gave me more confidence - I learned more Spanish and I know better the Spanish culture.

Ben Horton: ...helped my confidence in Spanish.

Charlie Kirsch: It gave me a chance to experience what a Spanish school is like.  Also gave me a chance to use Spanish and has encouraged me to learn more of the language.

Sarah Kneebone: ...made me more confident to speak because in some situations you were forced out of your comfort zone, but that was helpful.  I saw how good the Spanish were at English, which motivated me to work harder.

Laura Murphy: I am more confident, asking questions and talking to people in Spanish.

Jon Ormsby: ...encouraged me to work harder (learn more).

Ollie Thomas: It has encouraged me to learn Spanish so I will not have to speak English when I go again.

Megan White: ...made me more confident, introduced me to Spanish culture and inspired/motivated me to learn more.

(The Callington students found that although Spanish schools are less well equipped than English ones, they work well all the same.)