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The Alegra Hockey and Athletics Teams have a strong start to the year!

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The Alegra Hockey and Athletics Teams have a strong start to the year! Since the end of January the Athletics Team on Alegra is part of the “Unión Madrileña de Atletismo (UMA)”, in which also participate schools like Retamar, Orvalle, Mater Salvatoris, Stella Maris, Montealto, Los Tilos Tajamar and Los Olmos. “It is an opportunity do whatever you want to update […]

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Author of the Month, Reading Competition & Librarian Helpers

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Author of the Month, Reading Competition & Librarian Helpers This month in Alegra’s Prep School Library of Alegra we have our new author of the month: Jeff Kinney.  Last month was A A Milne- the man who wrote Winnie the Pooh.  We also have some great new book titles for students to pick up and do whatever you want to update […]

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Math Olympics in Alegra: Regionals

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Math Olympics in Alegra: Regionals The MYP3 students of Alegra participate in the XXX edition of the Maths Olympics for 2nd of ESO, organized by the “Sociedad Madrileña de Profesores de Matemáticas (SMPM)” in collaboration with the Mathematics Faculty of the Complutense University. It has been an exciting morning in the International Building, filled with do whatever you want to update […]

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Learning through experience: Ancient Egyptians

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Learning through experience: Ancient Egyptians Year 3 students are learning about the Ancient Egyptians, in their Humanities subject.  This week they are exploring and learning about the pyramids and the mummification process. In class, they discussed what mummies were and why there were mummies during these times. Then they looked into the mummification process and do whatever you want to update […]

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How do Assessments work in Juniors (From Year 3 to Year 6)?

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How do Assessments work in Juniors? Did you know last week was assessment week for Juniors? Have you ever wondered about the differences between the way of assessing in the Spanish system and the English National Curriculum? Assessment data in Alegra Prep School is done as it is in all British schools that follow the do whatever you want to update […]

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Cultural immersion in Reception & Year 1

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Cultural immersion in Reception & Year 1 Reception and Year 1 students enjoy the richness of other cultures.As part of their Understanding the World (Reception) and Humanities (Year 1) subjects, the students had a full-on immersion in the Asian tradition of the Lunar New Year celebration. A marvelous cultural experience that people from Japan, Korea, do whatever you want to update […]

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Programming in Year 5

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Programming in Year 5 In Year 5 students have been learning to program using Scratch. Scratch is a visual programming language that uses coloured blocks which connect together, it promotes computational thinking and problem-solving skills; creative teaching and learning; self-expression, and collaboration.  During their lesson, the students programmed a jumping game where the character has do whatever you want to update […]

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Everything Educates: “Convivencias” PAI-PD

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Everything Educates: “Convivencias” PAI & PD The International School of Alegra (PAI-PD (Secundaria – Bachillerato) has begun the school year with a formation activity very dear to us: the “Convivencias“. After two difficult years, when organizing excursions and outside-of-school activities were almost impossible, we have organized during the months of September and October a “Convivencia” do whatever you want to update […]

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Multiplying multi-digit numbers

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Multiplying multi-digit numbers Year 4 Junior students are learning in Year 4 to multiply a 2 digit number by a 2 digit number. During the lesson, their teacher first modeled an example on the board and asked the students to help her with the answer at every stage in order to check their understanding. Then do whatever you want to update […]

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A Case Study Session with UNAV teacher

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A Case Study Session with UNAV teacher Dr. Patrick O´Malley, University of Navarra Professor and International Consultant of Legal Compliance and Anticorruption (dual-qualified US-UK), has delivered a masterclass session to the DP2 students as part of their University Access & Orientation Programme. The class revolved around a real-life case: Petrobras S.A, in which essential concepts for do whatever you want to update […]

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