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Socrates, the Iceland whale

oco Nico, Prim 1B’s fearless a gorgeous whale with yellow projects, our lovely students and
Cclass Pet, visited Iceland spots on its tail, a humpback one, passionate teachers that couldn't
last Christmas in search of which is the most commonly say no to Coco Nico, he accepted
adventures and got lucky! spotted whale in this area, and the name of Socrates for the whale
who opportunely didn't have an Officially, from March the 3rd 2023,
Miss Albo assigned name. there is a whale nearby the unique
Coco Nico spent the holiday on a Guðrún, the helpful tour guide, island of Iceland under the name
tour around the island, definitely was astonished to watch the of Socrates, in our and the school’s
one of the most worthwhile acrobatic whale and asked all the honor, with the identification
experiences for our little friend people on board for suggested number MN12072900.
the dragon, who loves traveling names. Coco Nico didn't hesitate If you happen to travel around
and exploring new places. for a second to tell Guðrún about the Greenland Sea and the North
While on a boat trip to discover our school, its values, history and Atlantic Ocean, please don't
the marine life sighting, Coco of course its name. Guðrún was forget to look out for a humpback
Nico had the chance to observe deeply moved by all the stories whale with yellow spots in its tail,
not only dolphins and sea birds that Coco Nico told him about you might be able to find Socrates
in their natural habitat, but also our pedagogical method, our and it may recognise you.

Third Cycle - Primary projects The importance of

s soon as we came back from our different Olympic Sports. And finally, in Catalan, critical reflection
Awonderful Christmas holidays, in Primary they invented their own "game" in order to
we were working on our special projects that celebrate our own Olympic Games in the School.
were chosen by the kids before the end of the The games were a success, we all had fun while ritical reflection is a only academically, but also
first term. playing our own games with our friends. The Creasoning process to emotionally and socially.
three winning teams even got their gold, silver give meaning to a learning Taking this opportunity to sit
Miss Pujol and bronze medals! experience, that's why it's together and share thoughts,
In our case, in the third cycle, Primary 5 decided As a result of their special project, Primary 6 made important to implement it feelings and even concerns is
they wanted to learn more about the Greeks, the a football magazine with all of their work: their at the end of our school day vital for our students to thrive in
Olympic Games and some of their most famous own versions of the "history of football" and how or even at the end of some their learning journey, helping
mythology. On the other hand, in Primary 6, they it started, interviews, different explanations of lessons. them promote autonomy,
all agreed that they wanted to work on "The famous actions and goals, ... Primary 6 students resiliency, communication,
World Cup" and everything around it. worked really hard on Maths, too, learning about Miss Albo listening and reflexion skills.
So, our students from Primary 5 investigated football statistics of all kinds. In P.E. they practiced In the First Cycle, we have If we want our students to
about the First Olympic games in Science: football and studied their different rules and been working on this routine, grow into problem-solvers and
where they were celebrated, who could take variations while in Art they worked on logos and providing our students with critical thinkers, we need to help
part, what kind of sports they did, which other T-shirt designs. In Spanish, after preparing some some metacognitive strategies, them develop metacognition
things the Greeks invented etc. In Spanish they great keynote presentations promoting different considering metacognition skills, empowering their sense
read about the famous Hercules and his special cities to be chosen to celebrate the next world as a type of reflection, a of autonomy and ownership
jobs and they researched the most important cup, they recorded different videos discussing way of reflecting on one's of their own learning in and
Greek Gods, Goddesses and different creatures controversial football-related topics. thinking in order to grow not outside the classrooms.
as well as prepared presentations for their So, as you can see, it was a great experience
classmates. In English they prepared some which allowed us to learn plenty of new things
posters to promote inclusive Olympic Games, about topics we are really interested in. Thank
creating their own slogans and hashtags. In Art you very much for your hard work, everybody!
we worked really hard on Greek pottery, creating We are already looking forward to our next
our own clay pieces while in P.E. they practiced chance to work on projects!