Educational project

“Teaching that leaves a mark is not done head-to-head, but heart-to-heart”.
Howard G. Hendricks

The child needs time and space to be able to carry out their learning process, as well as some adults who make available what is necessary to make it possible.

WHO ARE WE?

We are a nursery school authorized by the Department of Education of the Generalitat de Catalunya nº 08049646.
We provide service to children from 4 months to 6 years old. At the age of 0 to 3 we are a private school and from 3 to 6 we are a charter school. At the end of the 6 years they have continuity in  Escola Pia de Sarrià

We are a friendly, imaginative and creative school. A place for research, learning and reflection where students, families and teachers get along well.
We are part of the UNESCO network of schools and also a Green School with a Zero-Waste philosophy.

Our nursery school has the authorization of the Department of Education of the Generalitat de Catalunya with the code nº 08049646

WHAT WE DO?

Our educational project is constantly updated and is based on Neuroscience, the schools of Reggio Emilia and the Culture of Thought from the Harvard Zero Project. We are an active school that has been inspired by different world leaders in the field of education and pedagogy (M. Montessori, L. Malaguzzi, G. Doman, H. Gardner, D. Perkins, R. Ritchhart, Ken Robinson, among others) to create our own innovative methodology.
The main focus of our project is always the children, and we offer them the affection and support necessary for a correct integral development as we firmly believe that they are the protagonists of learning.
We build spaces prepared and adapted to the needs of children that come from their own curiosities. We invite them to participate in a creative, exploratory, spontaneous and autonomous way, always making their thinking visible.

HOW DO WE DO IT?

During the day, our programming is aimed at developing different skills through:

The movement

Every day we carry out a physical program outdoors. We also offer a variety of motor opportunities that become motivating challenges for children.

”If we offer children the space and the necessary possibilities to move freely, they will do so with as much grace as animals: with agility, simplicity, beauty, confidence and naturalness.”

Emmi Pikler

The music

In our classrooms we want to offer children a wide variety of quality music, respectful and adapted to the stage. We bring children to different rhythms, styles, instruments, dances and auditions with the support of a music specialist.

“Music gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind and imagination, comfort to sadness, and life and joy to all things.”

Platón

Languages

We daily live with three languages: Catalan, Spanish and English. Every day, an English language specialist interacts with children in an immersive way.

“The child has a hundred languages, a hundred hands, a hundred thoughts, a hundred ways of thinking, playing and speaking, a hundred always a hundred ways of listening, surprising, loving, a hundred joys to sing and understand”

Loris Malaguzzi

Mathematics and science

We turn our classrooms into small laboratories focused on scientific and discovery play through manipulation and sensoriality. The classroom becomes an environment to: observe, think, reason, question, explain…

”Every human being has a unique combination of intelligence. This is the fundamental educational challenge”

Howard Gardner

We implement activities in robotics, programming, and computational language aimed at fostering digital skills and computational thinking among children, as part of the “Código Escuela 4.0” program promoted by the Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sports.

The centre has participated in the Código Escuela 4.0 Programme (funded by the Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sport), which has provided €3,750 to purchase robotics, programming and computer language equipment.
This equipment is now at the centre and students are using it with very satisfactory results.

Art

Through different proposals we try to develop the imagination, stimulate their creativity and motivate their love for art, always focusing on the process rather than the end result.

“All children are born artists. The problem is how to remain artists when we grow up”

Pablo Picasso

Families – school relationship

We promote an open door policy, welcome feedback and encourage all families to be part of their child’s learning. As a family, you are invited to participate in some classroom activities: reading a story, helping in a project, sharing with the children their profession, or traditions of their country of origin, etc. Our school is an environment where everyone is welcome because, as an African proverb says: “to educate a child, you need an entire tribe”.

0-1 Year

“Any child at birth has a higher potential intelligence than Leonardo Da Vinci used in his entire life”

Glenn Doman

Our school welcomes babies from the warmth, trying to make them feel as at home. Every day we offer them different activities (physical program, English, sensory activities, music, stories …) with the aim of maximizing their integral development, always adapted to their needs.

Description

  • Spacious classrooms with natural light, ventilation and direct access to our playground where you can breathe a calm atmosphere.
  • Furniture approved and suitable for children.
  • Equipped with materials for children with disinfection after each use.
  • Daily proposals based on the school project (see more in the project section).
  • Meals adjusted to the schedules and needs of each baby (kitchen service included with hand cooked food).
  • Bedroom with single cots (bed sheets laundry service included).
  • Diaper changing table and bathtub.

Our spaces

“Each child is unique and needs freedom to grow and explore the world by himself, because only in this way will we be educating the adults of the future”

Maria Montessori

Garden

0-1 Year

1-2 Years

2-3 Years

3-6 Years

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