The Evangelical Basic School is part of the Evangelical Unified School. The school is attended by 280 students. The students are from different social and cultural backgrounds. 33 students are chidren with special needs. Whilst having a predominantly Christian focus, not all children are Christians. The main focus of the educational process is on developing the key competencies and education in accordance with Christian values. The key competences that are at the centre of curriculum are: the communication competencies, cognitive competencies, social competencies and ICT competencies. Two years ago the school moved to a new building with two ICT classrooms, a school auditorium, a multimedia classroom,a language classroom and a library. Many classrooms are equipped with whiteboards. From its beginning the school placed emphasis on a high quality of English education. Many of our students continue their studies at bilingual grammar schools. We try to follow current trends in teaching English as a foreign language. We consider CLIL as very suitable for our purposes and therefore we made it a part of our new school curriculum. As a school, we believe that teaching about faith and belief is crucial as it can play a part in promoting respect and sensitivity to the beliefs and values of others and it can also help children to recognise bias, prejudice and stereotypes. The staff is comprised of 23 teachers , a teaching assistant , a school psychologist and a school pastor.
Poland
We are the Primary School situated in the southern part of Poland (Silesia region) about 100km from Cracow. We've got about 550 pupils aged 6-12. Apart from regular classes, there are also integration classes for disabled in our school which means that we also teach pupils with different disorders (like aphasia, Asperger syndrome, autism, hearing disorders, Williams syndrome and so on). We have special programmes for such pupils and they are placed in less numbered classes with an additional teacher who supports them. Our staff comprises 45 teachers, a speech therapist, a special needs educator, a psychologist and a librarian. Our teachers are highly qualified and develop their knowledge all the time throuhout studies, trainings and learning from one another. Our experienced specialists (who work with students with special educational needs) implement art therapy, deaf education, teaching children with disabled sight, sensory integration.
Greece
2nd Gymnasium of Pallini is located in the area of Kantza of Municipality of Pallini in Attiki Region. Gymnasium, lower secondary school is part of the compulsory education and prepares students for upper secondary schools (lyceum) or vocational training. The school has 220 students (age 13-16 years old) and 22 permanent teachers, while every year there are several teachers of specialisation courses contracted for the school year. The school is in the network of pilot schools and implements the new reformed curriculum for 3rd year. Every year the school implements a series of extra curricula activities (cultural, environmental, health education). It has its own web-site and electronic newspaper and organises various educational excursions, in industrial companies, cultural organisations, theatres and environmental organisations. The school has been awarded the title of “Sustainable School”. The school participated in the contest THALES 2013 of the Hellenic Mathematical Society and two students were awarded.
Spain
The Salesian School "Santo Domingo Savio" is located in the northern part of the city of Úbeda (North Andalusia), in a new neighbourhood with new buildings and a youth population. Most children coming to our school are middle-class families, living in the same city. Nowadays, we have 3 immigrant students and 21 members of the gypsy community, and this situation has never caused a conflict.Our school is supported by the Regional Government. Our school teaches students from Pre-primary (3-5), Primary (6-11) and Secondary (12-15)Education,involving 49 teachers and 700 pupils. Besides teaching the usual subjects in all levels,we have extra support classes for children who need them. We assist students with learning difficulties and we are very much interested in languages learning, mainly in Pre-primary and Primary grades.