YEAR 2023/2024
March 28th 2024
Our 4ºESO students enjoyed 3 days in Benamejí, at Alúa Camp.
The first day, to warm up, they visited Torcal de Antequera, where they were talked about this unique landmark, declared a World Heritage Site. After lunch, they did some paintball 🎨🔫. The following day they walked along the suspended forest, climbed 🧗♀️ and also had a disco session ⛹️🎶🕺
Thanks to José Mª for the pictures.
March 22nd 2024
Yesterday, Religion students from 1ºESO visited some brotherhoods: Las Cinco Llagas (at San Francisco church), La Coronación (at Los Desamparados chapel) and La Viga (at the Catedral).
To know more about them:
(click on the following links)
March 22nd 2024
Yesterday, our 1º Bachillerato Science students visited something really interesting in Seville: the Centre of Scientific Investigations "Isla de la Cartuja", and the 3 Institutes that form it (Vegetables and Photosynthesis Biochemical Institute, the Science of Materials Institute and the Chemical Investigations Institute.
Later on, our students visited CEU San Isidoro, attached to University Pablo de Olavide, in which, after a late and desired breakfast☕🥛🍩, they were given a conference about the different degrees offered and they were shown the facilities: sets, control room, photography studio 🎧🎥📸, laboratory, physiotherapy...)
They could also enjoy some exhibitions at the Science House: Andalusian cetaceans 🐋; Sustainable Development Goals museum💧🌎; Andalusia, a biodiversity laboratory; the Andalusian invertebrates 🐜🦗; virtual window to Doñana, GeoSevilla, Antarctica Museum,...
And to finish, a walk along Plaza de España!
Thanks to Aída and Estefanía for the pictures.
March 20th was chosen as the International Day of Francophonie to commemorate the birth of the Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique (ACCT), forerunner of the International Francophonie Organization (OIF).
It is a great opportunity for more than 320 million francophones in countries and territories all over the world to honour the French language and promote the cultural, economic and school exchanges between them. This year's celebration focuses on “Creativity, innovation and mastery of French”.
In a message sent to the francophone community for this reason, the OIF general secretary, Louise Mushikiwabo, said that choosing this year's topic for the International Francophonie Day to coincide with the Francophonie Summit is respecting all those who have transformed the francophone space into a vibrant cultural, artistic, sport and economic space.
March 20th 2024
Yesterday, our Latin students from 4ºD, 4ºE and Bachillerato spent a day in Hispanian Rome.
They attended the XXVI Young Festival of Greek - Latin Theatre of Itálica, 2024.
The Roman Theatre of Itálica cannot be visited, as it is only opened for this festival. It was built in Augustus' time and rebuilt in 2014.
They saw the tragedy Electra, by Sofocles and after lunch younger students took part in a Writing Workshop, on different surfaces (papyrus, stone, …), and different types of letters: capital and italics. They also made a clay tablet (which they kept as a souvenir).
In the meantime, Bachillerato students toured Italica archaelogical site the nova urbs, where they saw the Amphitheatre, the Baths, the mosaics (very well preserved) of some Roman villas, some tabernae and other buildings...
Italica was the first Roman city founded in Hispania and also outside of Italian territory.
At the end of the Second Punic War in Hispania, Scipio Africanus settled his wounded soldiers in a pre-existing Turdetan city -whose original name is unknown-, in the upper area of Aljarafe, on the west river bank of Baetis river, located halfway between the cities of Hispalis (Seville) and Ilipa (Alcalá del Río), and surely a port.
Probably, the legal status of the city, right after its foundation, was as a Latin colony. It was possibly during Julius Caesar's last stay in Hispania, 45 BC, when Italica got the legal status of municipium civium Romanorum, surely as a reward for their support against General Pompey in the Civil War.
The city was in all its splendour at the end of the 1st century and the second century, during the reigns of Trajan and Hadrian, both born in Italica, what would definitely reinforce the undoubted prestige that the ancient Hispanic colony already had in Rome. Both emperors, who clearly owed their access to the throne to the big Hispanic lobby inside the Roman Senate since the times of Nero and Claudius, were particularly generous with their native city, making it bigger and with a renewed economy. Hadrian made it a colony after the inhabitants had applied for it. The emperor, besides, embellished it with outstanding public buildings.
March 14th 2024
Homemade Soaps Workshop
with 3ºC Diver and 1º Bach. Z
Ingredients to make soap from recycled oil:
- 2 litres of used oil
- 2 litres of water
- 246 grams of pure caustic soda.
- A heatproof plastic container, a wooden spoon to mix and a strainer.
Strain the used oil with a strainer to eliminate leftovers and pollutants. Once satrined, keep the oil aside. Pour the water and very carefully add caustic soda, never the other way round. Mix with the wooden spoon until it's completely dissolved. The mixture must be transparent. It will be heating, but that's normal (that's why mixing should be slow, to avoid getting burnt).
Leave the mixture to cool and after that it's time to add the oil. Keep mixing until you get a homogeneous mixture. Now you can add any essential oil, natural colourant or other substances to enrich natural soap. Pour the mixture into one or several moulds.
Wait for a copule of days so that it becomes solid. Then, take it out of the mould and you'll be able to cut it. To make the soap completely solid, leave it for some months and it will be ready to use
And above all, while preparing it, avoid direct contact with skin: use gloves 🧤, protection glasses 🥽 and lab coat🥼
March 13th 2024
My favourite molecules by
4ºA and 4ºB 😊
Exploring and going deep into the world of organic chemistry!
Each student has carefully selected their favourite molecules, including well-known compounds such as caffeine, ibuprofen, penicillin,
adrenaline, serotonine and dopamine... Thanks to this, not only they have widened their theoretical understanding of organic formulae, but also they have applied their knowledge in a practical way in the creation of 3D models.
These models are the result of their collective effort reflecting our students' compromise, creativity and skills. Eeach molecule has been precisely represented, highlighting the chemical bonds and the space location of key atoms. These models both strengthen their formation in Chemistry and also give them the opportunity to share their scientific interests with others in a meaningful way.
Commitment and passion for science! 🔬
👏👏👏
To be seen at the Main Hall!!
March 11th 2024
Last May 4th, 5th and 6th March 3º ESO students went to Sierra Nevada to ⛷!
They enjoyed this PE Department classic: Ski Initiation, (though some skilled students showed to be Advanced 😊).
3 days of much physical activity and contact with nature
in Sierra Nevada!
March 6th 2024
What does Andalusia smell of?
It smells of rosemary in gardens and patios, Holy Week incense, pastry cinnamon, oil and vinegar of our gastronomy...
And to celebrate February 28th we have enjoyed the workshop "Scents of our land", in which 4º
ESO students participated. They used their 👃 to smell 
and try to identify the hidden aroma.
February 19th 2024
Last February 15th, 4ºA and 4ºB students visited aron el Royal Observatory of the Navy and the Pantheon of Illustrious Sailors.
The Royal Institute and Observatory of the Navy is a scientific centre for research and cultural dissemination belonging to the Spanish Navy and located in San Fernando (Cádiz). It serves as an astronomic and geophysical observatory; furthermore, it is a research centre for the scientists of the Spanish War Navy. It is considered as the oldest scientific centre in modern Spain and one of the most important in the world.
It was built at the end of the 18th century, on the Torre Alta hill, with barely 30 metres above the sea level, but still the highest point in San Fernando. This fact favours the astronomic observation which nowadays is badly affected by an extreme light pollution that is present in the city and surroundings.
The building constitutes a good example of Neoclassical architecture. The facade, based on the Greek and Latin architecture ideals, stands out thanks to its order and clarity. It was projected by the Marquis of Ureña, with a cross-shaped floor imitating Oxford Observatory. The building is divided into three rooms, each of them having a different function: Astronomy, Geophysics and Time. It's worth mentioning its library, which fills up most of the building surface and counts on a good heritage of incunabule books and manuscripts: more than 30,000 volumes, including Newton's Principia. It is recognised as one of the most important scientific libraries in the country.
Out of the hemispherical dome which tops the building, there's another smaller metallic and rotatory dome, which allows the astronomic observation of any point in the sky.
The Pantheon of Illustrious Sailors is a neoclassical monument, with a cruciform structure and a dome in the transept, in which the sailors who have stood out in the history of Spanish Navy are buried. Actually, only the sailors who did not die on the high seas are buried there and have their own tomb. Those who died on the high seas, as their bodies were thrown into the sea, only have a memorial stone. Just below the altar is the sacristy, which resembles a ship's bridge, and behind the altar we can find the Symbols Room or Nava del Cenotafio. In this room, there is a small pool with a laurel wreath carved in golden wood. The waters of all known oceans are poured into the pool, a water collected by Spanish ship Juan Sebastian Elcano in its voyages. This space full of symbolism recalls all Spanish sailors buried at the sea.
Thanks to Aída and Flor for the ROA pictures (pictures are not allowed in the Pantheon😔)
February 5th 2024
An exhibition of 1º and 3º ESO students. As you can see, aesthetics can be reached just wth some lines, circles and maybe some colour.
February 3rd 2024
WHAT AFTER BACHILLERATO? Many answers were given to that question by our alumni, who came back to our school to share their experiences.
A very interesting talk beyond the two hours that had been planned 😅. There were soooo many questions!
Thanks to Esperanza for the organization 👏👏👏. And to Lola, Alberto, Jaime, Lucía, Paola, Julio, Carolina, Natalia, Helena, Rosa, Ana, Tomás, Inmaculada, Juan, Carmen, Marta, Arturo, María, Sandra, Esperanza, Nico and Lucía for offering some 💡 to our students.
Próximamente, los vídeos.
February 1st 2024
Last January 25th, our 1ºBachillerato science students participated in the workshops “Experiment at the Laboratory” belonging to the UCA programme Sciences Around You.
Through a series of experiments, they knew a little bit more about Biotechnology, Enology, Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, as well as some more Mathematics.
February 1st 2024
Last January 31st 1º ESO student visited aron las minas de Río Tinto.A trip that gave them the opportunity to know the oldest mines in the world, as well as the evolution of some mining techniques from prehistoric times to present day.
In the Mining Museum, located in the old hospital building of Río Tinto Company Ltd., they could go insde a Roman mine, know the geological secrets of the subsoil and they could understand why the mining activity is able to modify a territory and its inhabitants.
The walk through Peña de Hierro Mine taught them how the works in the deposit were since the beginning (it was already exploited by the Romans) and its evolution until its closure in 1970. This deposit started to be exploited as an open-pit mine in the middle of the 19th century with the so-called «cortas», which let them get a higher level of extraction and have shaped the present landscape of the zone, with the huge drillings carried out. We have to highlight that Peña Copper Mines Company Ltd., owner of the mine, would stand out in its time with better industrial welfare, that led its workers to syndicate. It was clearly different from the Río Tinto Company Ltd., that still had conflict relations with workers and also took reprisals when strikes and protests occurred.
When they travelled on the Mine Train, whose line was built between 1873 and 1875 by the British Río Tinto Company Ltd. (trying to move the minerals that were extracted from its deposits in the mining basin of Riotinto-Nerva and the sea) our students went through the former areas of minerals transformation, railway facilities and they could also see the incredible landscape around the railway line.
And last but not least, the visit to the English neighbourhood of Bellavista, an authentic enclosed colony where the executive group of Río Tinto Company Ltd. used to live, isolated from the local population, keeping a completely British lifestyle, with their traditional tea time, and its leasure and sport activities like bridge, tennis, polo... and football, a sport that was introduced in our country, unknown until then.
26 de Enero de 2024
1º Bachillerato students went to Rome (and Florence) last week. Although the weather was not quite fine ☔ in the beginning, they had a great time.
Ancient 🏛, Renaissance and Barroque Rome⛲... A real artistic heritage that left them stunned 😲.
Some things they could see:
- Vittorio Emanuele II Monument, AKA Altare della Patria (or The Wedding Cake😂) honouring king Victor Manuel II. Designed in 1885 but not finished until 1927. Dimensions are huge: the king's moustache is one metre and inside the horse it was held a dinner with 12 guests 🤦♀️.
- Vaticano Museums (in plural), the third most visited museum worldwide: the Sixtine Chapel, Rafael's paintings, Laocoonte sculpture, the Round Room, the Gallery of the Tapestries, the Gallery of Maps... they are some of the things they didn't miss in this visit.
- Piazza Navona, with its Fountain of Four Rivers by Bernini. Fontana di Trevi, (where you will throw a coin if you want to come back to Rome 😉).
- Colosseum or Flavium Amphitheatre, as it was known in classical times, a symbol of the splendour of Imperial Rome. Its almost perfect architecture has allowed it to survive for more than 2000 years despite fires, earthquakes and continuous looting that it suffered along history.
- The Roman Forum, which was the place where citizens lives developed in ancient Rome: politics, justice, economy, trade, social life and gods worship. Imperial Foria, were extensions designed by Julius Caesar in the Republic period and several Emperors after him (Augustus, Vespasian, Nerva and Traian). It is halved by the Imperial Fora Avenue.
And much more they visited in must a few days... but there was also time for 🍝 and 🍧
And there was even more in Florence!
Piazza del Duomo, Santa María del Fiore cathedral, Baptistery of Saint John, the dome designed by Filippo Brunelleschi and Giotto's Campanile.
Besides, Piazza de la Signoria, Palazzo Vecchio, a symbol of the power of the city. River Arno, with its wonderful sights from Ponte Vecchio. And don't forget to rub il porcellino's snout at Mercato Nuovo! (That grants good luck😊)
Thanks to Víctor, Paco, Hugo, Pablo, Carlota, Ángela (and more🤔) for the pictures.
