Curriculum
School EIRIS – Spain
The importance of Infant Education resides in the fact that it is during this stage the individual assimilates the most stimuli from the environment and forms the basis for future education.
We seek to stimulate and to promote a comprehensive development of the child during this stage. We distinguish between two essential levels for the development of the child: an initial level of acknowledgement and awareness of the social and physical environment, and a second level of consolidation and acquisition of the necessary skills for their admission into Primary Education.
What is more, we introduce children to the learning of the English language, with fifty per cent of the hours devoted to this subject, following the principles of globalization and organizing the different areas that make up the curriculum in order to permit children to move forward according to the needs and demands of today’s society.
Our active, lively and imaginative methodology stimulates the child’s creativity and his/her capacity for observation.
The involvement and collaboration of families in our students’ educational process is fundamental to the continuous tutorial system.
Our main objective is the well-being of the students, ensuring that they feel loved, cared for and looked after at all times. Nothing makes us prouder than collaborating with parents in educating happy, confident students who are prepared to face the challenges that life throws at them.
Our students are, today and always, the central focus of our School.
We appreciate your decision in entrusting us to collaborate with you in the unique and fundamental task of educating your children.
BILINGUAL PROGRAMME FROM THREE YEARS OLD.
Our students enjoy 100% English language immersion all day, every day, from the beginning of the Early Years Stage taught by native teachers.
We use the “Jolly Phonics” literacy programme, which consists in helping students to identify letter sounds and recognize words in English.
EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM:
- STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) inspires creativity and computational thinking, offering opportunities for learning experiences.
- Use of technological tools adapted to each age, promoting motor, mental and logical-mathematical skills.
- Introduction to music in the classroom, with the possibility of expanding their musical studies at the Eirís Professional Music Centre.
- Relaxation techniques through weekly Mindfulness classes.
- Use of sport for the development of psychomotricity.
- Development and understanding of emotions, learning how to get on well with others, to respect and care for the environment, along with social and emotional skills.
- Learning environments. We have specially designed, multi-purpose, flexible classrooms for the Early Years stage, that encourage creativity, communication skills and playful, imaginative activities (Play Centre).
SERVICES
School hours from 9.00 to 16.00
Optional extension of hours from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Extracurricular sports and cultural activities.
On-site medical service during all school hours.
Dining room with own kitchen. Our menus are supervised by the School’s medical service. In addition, we have menus adapted for students with food allergies or intolerances under medical prescription.
Transport service that covers the whole city of La Coruña and several neighboring towns.
To provide children with life experiences and meaningful learning, to consolidate oral and written expression and to educate with joy and liberty are the main objectives pursued during Primary Education.
The use of a larger number of teaching and technological resources will help children in their absorption of knowledge and will make them participants in and protagonists of their own learning.
At this stage, children continue with their extensive study of the English language, which is also the language of choice for the teaching of a number of subjects.
Our main objective is to facilitate the growth of our students into open-minded men and women who can think critically, who are tolerant and respectful and who love progress and culture.
In order to achieve this goal we have launched new teaching initiatives which accelerate the learning cycle of our students in a constructive environment of emotional motivation.
The following aspects should be emphasized:
Project-based learning, a more interdisciplinary style and the extensive study of the English languagewill endow students with an all-important multicultural perspective of the world we live in.
Education in ethical values continues to be at the center of the whole teaching process. Both academic performance and correct behavior at School will be the basic parameters in the process of selection and permanence of everybody in the School community.
Our main objective is to facilitate the growth of our students into open-minded men and women who can think critically, who are tolerant and respectful and who love progress and culture.
In order to achieve this goal we have launched new teaching initiatives which accelerate the learning cycle of our students in a constructive environment of emotional motivation.
The following aspects should be emphasized:
Project-based learning, a more interdisciplinary style and the extensive study of the English language will endow students with an all-important multicultural perspective of the world we live in.
Education in ethical values continues to be at the center of the whole teaching process. Both academic performance and correct behavior at School will be the basic parameters in the process of selection and permanence of everybody in the School community.
The International Baccalaureate® (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) is an assessed programme for students aged 16 to 19. It is respected by leading universities across the globe
Research suggests that there are many benefits to choosing the Diploma Programme (DP). The programme aims to develop students who have excellent breadth and depth of knowledge – students who flourish physically, intellectually, emotionally and ethically.
What the DP offers students
Through the DP, schools are able to develop students who:
- have excellent breadth and depth of knowledge
- flourish physically, intellectually, emotionally and ethically
- study at least two languages
- excel in traditional academic subjects
- explore the nature of knowledge through the programme’s unique theory of knowledge course.
Pathway to university and employment
The International Baccalaureate® (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) is recognized and respected by the world’s leading universities, and evidence suggests that higher rates of DP students go on to university and higher education study than non-IB students.
Benefits of the IB
The IB enables students to direct their own learning pathway and develop the skills and confidence they need to thrive and make a lasting difference. It empowers teachers as the architects of learning excellence, working alongside engaged colleagues in a rewarding career supported by a strong global network. And it brings schools a strong reputation for successful outcomes that uplift the whole community.
Information taken from the IB website: www.ibo.org
