Our SchoolNuestra Señora de la Fuensanta (Jesús-María)

Our CityMurcia (Spain)

Our History

Our school of Infant, Primary and Secondary belongs to the Congregation of Jesus & Mary, whose foundress was St. Claudine Thevenet. She was born in Lyon, France and came to Spain in 1850.

We own houses and schools in different countries.

Spanish School System900 students and TWO forms in each Year.

Stages Age Spanish System

3years old 1st Kindergarten

Kindergarten 4 2nd

5 3rd

Primary 6 y old 1st of Primary

7 2nd

8 3rd

9 4th

10 5th

11 6th

Secondary 12 y old 1st year of Secondary

13 2nd of Secondary

14 3rd of Secondary

15 4th of Secondary

Classrooms

• Classes are from 8.15 to 2.15.

• Emphasis on English and French, we´ve applied to be a bilingual school.

• English Cambridge Exams

• Students wear uniform only for kindergarten and Primary.

FACILITIES:Computer labs

• The school has two well equiped computer labs.

• We go to the computer labs in most of the subjects: English, Geography , ICT…

• We have Tactic Smartboards in all our classrooms and our teachers use digital books in class.

Library

The school has good collection of books on several subjects.

The students can take out books to read in class or at home. Allthe students go to the library at least one hour a week and wehave a program called Reading animation so that our students likereading books.

Cafeteria

During lunch time the children go to the school canteen or cafeteria

At break time, which lasts 30 minutes, you can buy sandwiches for just 1 Euro at 11.00h.

We have two lunch rooms for students and one for teachers.

Lunches supply from 2.00pm to 3.00 pm.

Playgroundsand Gym

Look around, our school playground!

We have two outside playgrounds where we have PE there, and play volleyball, football, basketball, tennis…

Our gym helps us to be fit and healthy!

Winning in our school competition is our ambition

We use it for PE and after school activities.

Science lab and Technology lab

School has its own fully equipment science laboratory in which alltypes of science equipments are available for children.

We also have a technology lab for electric projects and Art work.

Extracurricular Activities

We have a full range of after-school activities which are offered tostudents as part of the Social Programme and organised by thePTA, such as English, tennis, football, basketball, music…

We develop different food campaings and NGOs to help poorpeople, such as Mision Day, Christmas Campaign...

School celebrations

• Peace Day

• Earth Daybecause we are Green school and we have solar energy.

• Europe Day

• Christmas and Easter.

Festivities

• Book Day

• Math week

• End of the year Party

• St Valentines Day, Halloween…

European Projects

• The school is registered in etwinning since 2009. We havecollaborated in three projects with different countries. Wewere part of another project about environment with a bilingual school of USA.

• Participation in Projects gives our students the opportunityto:

-Communicate in a foreign language and Collaborate in cultural topics.

Murcia: Capital of the Region

The school is situated in the centre of Murcia. It is placed in the south east of Spain, with a population of around 1 million in the Region and in Murcia City about 500,000 inhabitants.

CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. MARY (1526)

Murcia cathedral is one of the most representative barrocan buildings in our city.

The bell tower is one of the tallest in Spain. The interior is mostly gothic. You can

visit the musem inside the cathedral.

FESTIVITIES

Those are some of the regional festivities in Murcia. The first is The Country-side

Parade (Bando de la Huerta). These are the regional costumes and here they are

dancing «La Jota».

On Saturday after Easter there is a big parade in the city called «The Burial of the

Sardine»

MEDITERRANEAN SEA AND MAR MENOR

In Murcia there are 2 seas: Mediterranean sea and Menor Sea.

A lot of people from other countries come to our beaches in summer holidays.

Our beaches are the most visited places from Murcia.

We have a beautiful warm weather all year round.

Gastronomy

Paella is a typical meal from the Mediterranean coast in Spain.

Paparajotes are a traditional dessert of Murcia.

We prepare paparajotes in the Spring festival, September.

The Murcian salad is basicallly made with our vegetables .

Landscapes

Murcia is surrounded by orchard, with lemons, oranges and olives. The most

important river in Murcia is Segura river and it crosses the center of the city.

Here you can see our landscapes.