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Institut Campclar opened in 1981 and it was the first secondary school in our neighbourhood.

At the moment, the INS Campclar has 66 teachers, 5 clerks and 553 students.

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Our secondary school offers courses in GCSE, A-levels and vocational training.

GCSE: Starts at age 12 and it finish at age 16.

A-levels: Scientific, technological, humanistic and economics.

Vocational training: Until now there was only the IT one, but this year we have a commerce one.

FORMATION

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PROJECTS

• ERASMUS +: There are two K2 Erasmus + projects in our school. The first one is called “Fit for work in Europe”, promoting the collaborative work within five European countries: France, Germany, Hungary, Poland and Spain. The second one is called “Here comes the Sun(power)”, about renewable energies with special attention to sun power. In this one the schools involved are from Italy, Czech Republic, Poland, Turkey and Spain.

• STEPS Project: It’s a project about energy efficiency, the students develop related activities to reduce energy costs, the collection of data, the implementation of saving measures and raising student awareness.

• 3D project: 3D is a project that aims to encourage participatory culture within schools through the development of a specific project chosen by the students themselves and implemented in a participatory way.

• eTwinning: Online projects promoting different collaborative activities among European schools. Nowadays we have got two different ones : “Naturalmente Europa?! “ and “ Fit for work in Europe”.

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ACTIVITIES• Exchange Spain-France: Since 2008, the students of GCSE and A-

levels have the opportunity to travel to France in tribute to Antonio Machado.

• The Science week: In this week we do activities related to science, such as a photograph contest and chemistry and physics experiments.

• Trip to London: A-levels last year students travel to London to learn about the British culture and customs.

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FESTIVITIES• Christmas: At Christmas we decorate our classrooms and hall. The school

orchestra performs a Christmas carol concert for parents, teachers and students.

• Carnival: There is a fancy dress parade at the schoolyard where students and teachers show their disguise.

• Sant Jordi: There is a literature contest where students present their writings in Catalan and Spanish. We also do a continuous reading of EL QUIJOTE, the students of every year and teachers participate in it.

• Sports day: At the end of June we celebrate our sports day when football, basketball, table tennis tournaments are held. There are also dancing exhibitions .

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Here comes the sun (power)

Team for administrative, organizational and financial service of the project:

Headmistress Ester MaijóAccountant Josep TortosaEU Projects Coordinator Blanca GimenoCoordinator M. Dolors Botanch

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Student´s level : 4th ESO ( GCSE last year)

(≈ 15 - 16 year-old students)

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Teachers involved in the project:

M.Dolors Botanch Science TeacherElisa Cortés Technology TeacherBlanca Gimeno English Teacher and International Project Coordinator

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Project description

“Here comes the sun (power)” is an Erasmus+ K2 project that will last for two years (2016-2018) and it is sponsored by the European Commission in order to encourage our students to have a positive attitude towards Europe and its values.The schools involved in the project are from five European countries: Italy, Turkey, Czech Republic, Poland and Spain.

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Main Goals: • To improve the quality of our school’s educational offer.• To improve our students’ competence in foreign languages.• To reinforce the students’ ICT competences.• To promote our students’ conscience about the social, linguistic

and cultural diversity and their enterprising spirit.• To make our students conscious about our current environmental

problems.• To learn about renewable energies with a special reference to

sun power.• To integrate their gained knowledge to get a sustainable

development.

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Project’s students requirements : • All the students entering the project should have passed every

subject of the previous school year .• Their English language mark should be ≥ 8• They must be sociable, open minded and show positive attitude

towards other cultures and societies.• They must be willing to work at the school one evening a week .• They must be willing to work in international groups. • They must be conscious of the fact that entering in this project

doesn’t imply travelling.

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The project will be integrated in the curriculum and graded as the final compulsory assignment that has to be done by every last year GCSE student.

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Selection criteria for students’ participation

• 3rd year final grades.

• Personal interview.

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Selection criteria for students’ mobility

• Grades obtained in the project work

• 4th year grades.

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Information for the parents

Letter of commitment from the parents

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Before each trip there will be a meeting with parents to inform about:

• Departure and arrival times• Activity program• Documentation• Travel rules• Question Time

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Documentation for project monitoring:

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Activities schedule• 26th September 2016: The school headmistress will present the project to

the school council.

• On the first October fortnight participants will be selected.

• On the second October fortnight we will present the project to the students and parents

• At the end of October we will start working the activities already arranged in Naples.

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