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

“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
Puesta en común de los Grandes Entendimientos
Con la solemnidad que se merecía, este martes hemos presentado los Grandes Entendimientos del Pino a todos los alumnos. Cada […]
La millor manera d’aprendre Escacs, a l’inici de Primària
Assistim a una classe de Chess, escacs en Anglès, dels alumnes de 2n de Primària amb la seva tutora, la […]
Representación del Pesebre viviente para las familias de la ESO
Este martes previo a la Navidad hemos vivido otra conmovedora representación del Pesebre viviente, a cargo de los alumnos de […]
Els Pastorets, l’obra nadalenca i col·lectiva d’Infantil
Tots els alumnes d’Infantil han representat un clàssic del Nadal com és “Els Pastorets”. Ho han fet repartint-se els papers […]