Santa María del Pino, today
A new school culture is preparing its students
for the skills the world needs
CULTURE OF THINKING
This has turned the school into a learning showcase. The walls of the classrooms and hallways show the history of different types of learning
KEYS TO THINKING
Very practical and useful resource to open the gateway to reflection, critical thought, responsibility, and good emotional management
ROUTINES
Short, simple patterns that are easy for students to assimilate, which train the brain to make favourable connections and help in learning
HABITS OF MIND
Simple yet extremely effective strategies to encourage students to investigate, summarise, argue with evidence, and classify, among others
THINKING MAPS
Maps that help unleash thinking to structure and represent it graphically, making very useful mental associations
The School’s video
Recorded in autumn 2015, this video is still a referent inside and outside the school. With a very high number of views, it’s a first step into our school.
Learning in a green, healthy environment
Going to school is an oasis and a daily
dose of Vitamin N, of Nature
PLAYGROUNDS
GARDENS
VEGETABLE GARDENS
MOUNTAIN
“A journey into the Culture of Thinking”
Report on our team's attendance to ICOT Miami 2018 and its visits to schools in Florida (USA),
forerunners in applying the Culture of Thinking in the classroom
“A journey into the Culture of Thinking”
Report on our team's attendance to ICOT Miami 2018 and its visits to schools in Florida (USA),
forerunners in applying the Culture of Thinking in the classroom
Stages
Possibility of making a learning pathway from P3 to secondary school year 4
guided by a solid, unified and vocational team
Personalised teaching
As an inclusive school, we provide equal opportunities
to students with special educational needs
HIGH-ABILITY STUDENTS
The school's own programme in coordination with the Kepler centre, which specialises in high-ability students
INCLUSIVE SCHOOL
We offer an equal, educational response to the different student profiles
DPG
The school's own department of psycho-pedagogical guidance and emotional support
TUTORING
Each year has its own tutor, who is in permanent contact with the families
English project
ENGLISH AT ALL STAGES
Our school is trilingual, and we alternate the use of Catalan, Spanish and English. The English Project starts at Nursery school stage and is increased with subjects in English up to secondary school stage, when we offer students the chance to start the American dual diploma
CAMBRIDGE EXAMS
IMMERSION IN THE U.K.
EXCHANGES WITH THE USA
AMERICAN DUAL DIPLOMA
New technologies
Students acquire digital skills in a cross-cutting,
integrated way in the classroom
IPADS
By using digital tablets in the classroom, we develop technological skills and digital abilities that are extremely useful now and in the future
GOOGLE APPS
We use Google Apps for Education and Classroom to communicate and coordinate classes, tasks and calendars
ROBOTICS
Robotics classes with Lego Education from primary school stage, based on motivating, 100% creative challenges
PROGRAMMING
We teach the language of the future: programming and creation of video games, with codes and algorithms created by the MIT
Extensive service coverage
The school is located in a green zone
in Alella, less than 20 km from Barcelona
Do you want to know the school?
We would like to invite you to experience the atmosphere at “El Pino”
during school hours and with the real dynamics of the school
Blog
Throughout the school year, we plan nature, cultural, art, sports,
science, leisure and social excursions, visits and trips
Graduació del grup Proa, de 4t d’ESO
L’últim vespre del curs, l’escola s’ha vestit de gala per celebrar la graduació dels alumnes de 4t d’ESO i, per […]
Aprendizaje y diversión sobre dos ruedas
Para estos días en que ya se notaba el final de curso en el ambiente, Álex ha propuesto a los […]
Coteaching bilingüe i classes a la natura
Abans que acabi el curs, volem compartir amb vosaltres una pràctica de la nostra escola que ens funciona molt bé […]
Fiesta de Graduación, de Guiñoles a Mediterrània
Esta tarde hemos asistido a la bella graduación del grupo Guiñol. Una celebración simbólica, porque los alumnos de nuestro colegio […]