At St. Anne’s, we believe that the education that we provide education should prepare our students to make a valuable contribution to the world of their future. We are therefore extremely proud to participate in a human rights education programme that strives to create a global citizenry dedicated to the highest standards of justice and equality.
For the last three years, it has been a huge privilege for the Bachillerato pupils at St Anne’s School to have been chosen to take part in this internationally recognized human rights education programme organized by Robert F Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights and working with teachers from the Centre for International Studies here in Madrid. This is the first time that this programme has been taught in Spain, and we are very excited to be the pioneers of this scheme.
The course consists of one hour per week during all the school year. Each week these classes engage the students in debate and discussion of human rights issues through history and in current times. In June, the students receive a certificate stating that they have successfully completed the course.
The Speak Truth To Power curriculum, based on ...the UN’s principles of human rights education, aims to engage students through the stories of human rights heroes. It encourages curiosity, fosters independent, disciplined thinking and strives to train the next generation to right wrongs in their classrooms, communities, countries and beyond.
“Speak Truth To Power” evolved from Kerry Kennedy’s book entitled “Speak Truth to Power: Human Rights Defenders Who Are Changing Our World” which is now printed in seven languages. Featuring interviews with more than 50 human rights defenders -“heroes every one,” in Nelson Mandela’s words - the book is a remarkable tribute to the human spirit.
Ms Kennedy’s inspiration for setting up the program came from some words spoken by her father, Robert F Kennedy, in his famous “ripple of hope” speech in 1966:
“Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centres of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.”
The photo on the left shows Miss Kerry Kennedy, the youngest daughter of Robert F Kennedy and founder of the RFK Foundation, speaking in our Bachillerato Department to our students during her visit to St. Anne’s School in 2016.
Le DELF (Diplôme d’Etudes en Langue Française) et le DALF (Diplôme Approfondi de Langue Française) sont des diplômes destinés à des locuteurs francophones pas natifs, soutenus par le Ministère français de l´éducation, qui certifient la compétence lingüistique dans la langue.
Ils se composent de six diplômes indépendants adaptés aux niveaux -du A1 au C2- établis par le Cadre Commun Européen de Référence pour les Langues. Cette indépendance permet la réalisation de n´importe quel des examens sans avoir besoin d´avoir réalisé les “inférieurs”.
Dans chaque niveau sont évaluées la compréhension et l´expression orales et écrites. En réussissant une qualification déterminée on obtient le diplôme, qui indique le niveau. La compétence dans la langue est établie par le niveau du diplôme acrédité le plus élevé.
Les diplômes DELF et DALF sont très utiles pour la vie des étudiants et ils sont reconnus dans le monde entier, c´est pour cela qu´ils sont la meilleure façon de certifier le niveau de maîtrise de la langue, pour l´emploi personnel ou bien profesionnel. À tous ceux qui réussissent l´examen DALF (C1 ou C2) on ne leur exige aucun autre test pour l´accès aux universités françaises.
Par conséquence, dans l´étape du baccalauréat nous encourageons toujours nos élèves d´obtenir les deux diplômes.
In selecting students to their courses, British and Spanish Universities, and indeed universities all around the world, are placing increasing importance on activities outside the school that demonstrate that the candidate is a rounded, reliable and responsible person. They give preference to students who provide evidence of talents, sustained interests and experiences that differentiate them from other students of their age with similar academic records.
For this reason, we are delighted to introduce a new initiative in our Sixth Form (Bachillerato). This programme aims to help pupils to meet the requirements of the universities they will apply to and equip them with further skills that will help them in their future studies. This programme is known as C.A.S.
C stands for Creativity. The students will be encouraged to develop their own personal projects, which could be painting, poetry, creative writing, photography, music, dance or any other creative media.
A stands for Activity. We will aim to help provide some form of work experience for the pupil to complement their academic life through activities such as management and organization of campaigns and events.
S stands for Service. Voluntary, unpaid work in the community. This could be visiting the elderly, working with disabled people or any other co-operative project.
Through working on such projects in the framework of our C.A.S. initiative, our pupils will gain valuable and meaningful experience and deepen their understanding of their world, which will equip them to deal with future issues and make ...them more rounded pupils, hopefully able to meet all the requirements of the universities they apply to.
C STANDS FOR CREATIVITY.
This will be the main focus of the program. The students will be assisted in the development of their own personal projects. This means that the tutor will sit down with them and ask them about their interests, worries and dreams. She will try to find out that which is relevant for the person taking the course, and turn it into a creative project that will fuel the student’s curiosity and creative thinking.
To achieve this, the tutor will give him or her a small task to be performed during the weekend, and the results discussed in the subsequent tutorship. In this way, the student will be able to explore a completely different way of thinking and expressing what he feels or understands about the world. This new view is achieved by making use of languages such as drawing, painting, creative writing and photography.
S STANDS FOR SOLIDARITY
This part of the program focuses on volunteer work. There are various activities which we plan to introduce, such as accompanying elderlypeople, assisting in dinning rooms for elderly or homeless people and working with children in hospitals.
The associations that are working with at the moment are “Cooperación Internacional” and the Foundation Pablo Horstmann, which develops its activities with children at Hospitals Gregorio Marañón and La Paz.
At the moment our students organize workshops for underprivileged children on Friday evenings. They take along handicraft activities and games, so the children spend some fun time with them in a safe and caring atmosphere.
At St. Anne’s, we believe that the education that we provide education should prepare our students to make a valuable contribution to the world of their future. We are therefore extremely proud to participate in a human rights education programme that strives to create a global citizenry dedicated to the highest standards of justice and equality.
For the last three years, it has been a huge privilege for the Bachillerato pupils at St Anne’s School to have been chosen to take part in this internationally recognized human rights education programme organized by Robert F Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights and working with teachers from the Centre for International Studies here in Madrid. This is the first time that this programme has been taught in Spain, and we are very excited to be the pioneers of this scheme.
The course consists of one hour per week during all the school year. Each week these classes engage the students in debate and discussion of human rights issues through history and in current times. In June, the students receive a certificate stating that they have successfully completed the course.
The Speak Truth To Power curriculum, based on the UN’s principles of human rights education, aims to engage students through the stories of human rights heroes. It encourages curiosity, fosters independent, disciplined thinking and strives to train the next generation to right wrongs in their classrooms, communities, countries and beyond.
“Speak Truth To Power” evolved from Kerry Kennedy’s book entitled “Speak Truth to Power: Human Rights Defenders Who Are Changing Our World” which is now printed in seven languages. Featuring interviews with more than 50 human rights defenders -“heroes every one,” in Nelson Mandela’s words - the book is a remarkable tribute to the human spirit.
Ms Kennedy’s inspiration for setting up the program came from some words spoken by her father, Robert F Kennedy, in his famous “ripple of hope” speech in 1966:
“Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centres of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.”
The photo on the left shows Miss Kerry Kennedy, the youngest daughter of Robert F Kennedy and founder of the RFK Foundation, speaking in our Bachillerato Department to our students during her visit to St. Anne’s School in 2016.
“Yo no he probado el alcohol, ni las drogas. Todo empezó cuando mi empresa quebró y me vi sin tener dónde acudir”. Este es uno de los testimonios que oyeron un grupo de alumnos de Bachillerato de St. Anne´s school en su visita al Centro de Acogida Santa María de la Paz, de Madrid, donde el pasado viernes conocieron de primera mano la experiencia de personas que acabaron viviendo en la calle. Y se quedaron especialmente impresionados al ver que es algo que nos puede llegar a pasar a cualquiera. “Les llamó mucho la atención ver que sólo uno de los que contó su experiencia había tenido problemas con las drogas, por lo que se dieron cuenta de que cualquier persona puede acabar así. Muchos contaron que habían tenido problemas familiares, psicológicos…”, nos cuenta Constanza, la tutora de actividades extracurriculares del centro, que coordinó la visita. Asegura que, para los estudiantes, “supuso un impacto brutal”. “Muchos salían emocionados y una alumna me comentó que estaba teniendo un problema con sus amigos, pero, después de conocer estas historias, se había dado cuenta de lo importante que es no dramatizar en exceso, porque hay gente con realidades mucho más duras que nosotros”, subraya.
Esta visita se enmarca en las acciones de sensibilización que desarrolla Cooperación Internacional ONG. ...Pero la actividad no se redujo en este caso a la visita, sino que los alumnos comenzaron a prepararla con semanas de antelación, con una campaña de recogida de leche para apoyar a la entidad. Los jóvenes consiguieron recoger 250 litros de leche, que entregaron la semana pasada. Una ayuda importante para una institución privada, que sale adelante gracias a las donaciones de particulares y empresas.
Durante la visita, el grupo de Teatro del albergue ofrece a los jóvenes una obra, a base de monólogos, donde hablan abiertamente de sus experiencias y de cómo fue la transición de una vida convencional a encontrarse viviendo en la calle. Tras la representación se abre un interesantísimo coloquio donde los jóvenes pueden conversar y compartir impresiones con ellos.
Cuando vives en la calle, “lo que más duele es que eres invisible. Todo el mundo pasa a tu lado y no te mira nadie, porque para ellos eres un borracho, un maleante. Y también se hace muy duro el frío, los insultos y el miedo a que te peguen. Por eso muchos se dan a la bebida o a la droga”. Así de crudo es el testimoniode personas que no tienen siquiera un techo bajo el que pasar la noche.
Algunas de ellas han tenido la suerte de encontrarlo en el Centro de Acogida Santa María de la Paz, de los hermanos de S. Juan de Dios. Allí más de 100 personas sin hogar han encontrado no sólo un techo, sino una familia. Algo que se percibe en cuanto los conoces, como destaca Constanza:“Nos ha llamado mucho la atención comprobar que en el albergue se trata a cada uno como persona, los hermanos de San Juan de Dios han creado para ellos un auténtico hogar”
Visit to Auschwitz exhibition
Visit to British Universities Fair
Visit to International Universities Fair
Excusión a Toledo
"El Mundo", "La Expansión" y "Radio Marca"
Hoy nuestros alumnos, dentro del marco del "Proyecto Work Experience" han realizado una visita práctica a los periódicos "El Mundo", "La Expansión" y "Radio Marca". Han trabajado cómo se cubre una noticia de principio afín, cómo se elabora un anuncio, en definitivo han observado la forma en que se trabaja en el mundo periodístico.
Cetil Dispensing Technology
Dentro del marco del “Proyecto Work Experience”, nuestros alumnos de ciencias han realizado una visita práctica a la empresa “Cetil Dispensing Technology”. Han vivido cómo se diseña y se fábrica un equipo Cetil (Surtidores, Sistemas de medida de Gasóleo, GLP, GNL y electrónica), han podido ver de primera mano cómo se realiza el calibrado de dichos sistemas, y han visto todo el sistema de producción que se desarrolla en una fábrica. Ha sido sin duda, una jordana muy productiva para ellos..
Work Experience 10_01_2019
Hoy nuestros alumnos han pasado la jornada inmersos en un ambiente real de trabajo en las instalaciones de la empresa Centunion dentro del marco del proyecto Work Experience. Centunion es una empresa española de ingeniería dedicada a la construcción de plantas industriales y al asesoramiento técnico. Nuestros alumnos han disfrutado mucho de esta experiencia.
At St. Anne’s School, we are committed to supporting the preparation and provision of Catholic Sacraments, and work with the local Vicaría Norte 1º of the Archdiocese of Madrid and neighbouring parishes to offer our students the possibility of preparing for Confirmation.
Those of our sixth-form pupils who wish to do so can attend weekly Catechesis, timetabled immediately after their school day. This allows them to prepare for the Sacrament of Confirmation over the two years of their Bachillerato studies, which they complete in May of their final year.
Classes take place at the nearby Parroquia of Espiritu Santo y Nuestra Señora de la Araucana in Calle Puerto Rico, which is a ten minutes’ walk from the school. We are extremely grateful to Padre José Miguel Granados for making us feel so welcome there, and to the volunteer catechists.