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Extracurricular Activities 2018-2019
Ballet requires a lot of concentration at the psychic and musical rhythm at a physical level. Therefore, it is recommended that this discipline begin to be practiced from a very early age, 3 or 4 years, when the locomotor apparatus of children can assimilate and internalize more easily and freely the movements and techniques of dance.
Some benefits of ballet are the following:
- Stimulation of blood circulation and respiratory system. Elasticity and memory.
- Contribution to correct bad postures, muscle and spine development.
- It can help to correct problems like the 'flat foot' since it adopts the foot during the class, most of the time arched, they can make that the defect is corrected little by little.
Maite Gonzalo has been a professional teacher in Europe from 1987 to 2007 and from 2004 to the present she is completely dedicated to teaching.
Ballet
Basketball Club Estudiantes are one of the most recognized basketball teams in Spain. Some of their achievements include winning three Spanish Cups and reaching the ACB Finals in 2004. They currently run our basketball program, providing expert coaches to provide basketball training for pupils at our School. Pupils who train with Estudiantes also participate in matches against other schools and clubs at the weekend.
Chess Club
Educators say that chess programs, rather than groom potential grand masters, stimulate all students' cognitive skills as well as help them develop social skills that can contribute to an enhanced sense of self-esteem.
With chess, children can practice deductive reasoning and use it in day to day situations. The idea with increasing the number of curricular programs is to improve children's critical thinking skills and analytical abilities.
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The Chinese class includes:
- Prepared syllabus for each year, taking in consideration the level of the students (from
initiation to advanced classes).
- The study materials (Workbooks, CDs, online exercises), which are developed by
ourselves. We also provide all the games and other teaching materials that we use in the
class.
- Prepared personalized progress reports for the parents every three months.
- Organized festivals, with special activities for the students and their parents, during the -
Chinese New Year and at the end of the school year.
- Preparation of students for the oficial YCT and HSK Chinese exams, and we manage the
inscriptions.
Chinese
Drama Club
It consists of a weekly session in which participants perform exercises, theatrical techniques and interactive games specifically adapted by the company from the scenarios to education. It is an annual project that culminates with the performance of a play by the participants at the end of the school year.
Interacting is a 100% out-of-school English activity that focuses on the benefits theatre brings to young people. It improves your creativity, self-esteem, confidence, empathy, teamwork and ability to speak in public.
Due to the study of the neurosciences, we know that emotions determine our responses, behaviours and
ways of living. Through games, experimentation and creativity, children and adolescents can have fun
while learning how to recognize their emotions and those of who are surrounding them, what they are for
and how they can learn to handle them.
- Promote self-knowledge and self-esteem from personal strengths.
- Recognize the body sensations related to emotions.
- Learn emotional management strategies in different situations.
- Learn effective methods of positive conflict resolution.
- Learn the importance of teamwork, assessing what one can contribute to the group
- Improve their expression and verbal and non-verbal communication.
- Increase social skills.
Emotional Inteligence
Entusias-mates is the extracurricular reinforcement of mathematics in which the knowledge acquired in class is reinforced by mediating games and with a playful-participative methodology. They will finish learning those with whom they have difficulties. From a simple subtraction to an integral, through the agility of mental calculation or the fun geometric enigmas.
The objectives of the activity:
- Have fun while exercising our mathematical brain
- Speed up mental calculation and spontaneous mathematical logic
- Understand the importance of numbers, their operations and formulas in the context of daily life
Entusias-mates
Projects in order to improve your life in the near future, ideas to start a business, discover how to save and how to generate money ... Did you know that this kind of games exist for children?
The idea is to optimize those skills, and knowledge to develop their imagination about how to improve their reality, how to handle money more profitably, or how to get ahead despite the setbacks of life through effort.
An extremely useful activity to successfully complete the learning of the concepts covered by financial inclusion and savings culture, learning to save money, time and effort with determination.
Financial Inteligence
A space for creativity where games of intelligence, ingenuity or logic will be held, among others, that will lead the participant to start up their brain dynamo and find the answers of the outside world within themselves.
-Anticipate the future; understand the relationships (cause-effect).
- Understand better how the world works, which in turn allows us to design more adequate strategies to face the changing circumstances of life.
- Make the right decisions with greater speed and certainty.
- Develop creativity, using artistic expression to communicate emotions.
- Development of social skills and emotional intelligence
- Increase the capacity for concentration by carrying out challenges that require sustained attention.
Intelimente
Journalism is to communicate, either in writing or orally, and above all, to share. Participants will acquire better reading and writing skills as well as comprehension skills; they will learn to handle the television and radio codes and to know the different journalistic genres to use them in favor of what they want to transmit. Materials: Paper, pen, video camera, chroma, portable conditioning as a radio station, microphones. Benefits for students: Among the many beneficial aspects that this activity will report on students we can highlight: - Teamwork, listening and evaluation of the word are enhanced. - Initiative, criticism and consultation.
Detailed description of the program: First steps: You learn to communicate with the written word and to differentiate (and create) the different genres of the written press: articles, news, exclusive, report, interview or editorial. At the end of the four months, it will be edited what will be the newspaper of the school, carried out by the small journalists of our after-school. Next: The participants will learn the radio and television language, carrying out small podcasts or newscasts to acquire the particularities of each medium. As a final course work each one of them can choose if they prefer to make a radio program or a television program, as well as their favourite genre within it.
Journalism
You may already know that judo is a martial art originally created in Japan. What separates judo from other martial arts like karate or tae kwon do, however, is that judo is designed specifically with sport competition in mind.
During this activity pupils will learn key Judo techniques such as throws and grappling techniques such as pins, chokes and arm locks. Perhaps most importantly, pupils will also learn to fall properly. This will all be carried out under the supervision of a qualified Judo Instructor.
Judo
Little Kickers
Little Kickers is an international brand that was originally launched in London in 2002. Each class is based on our main beliefs, “Play not Push” which means teaching football in a fun, pressure-free environment.
The aim is to give children a positive introduction to sport as a whole. Little Kickers works with experts in both child development and qualified coaches of the English Football Association and together they create programs that provide high-quality soccer skills, combined with important concepts of preschool learning such as recognizing colors and numbers, using the imagination and playing as a team. We offer children a positive and fun introduction to the sport by teaching high quality football skills in a friendly environment.
More info: www.littlekickers.co.uk
Minichef The workshop consists of making creative, healthy and easy-to-prepare dishes to learn that eating healthy and varied can also be fun.
▸ It is very important to know the allergies of the students participating in the workshop.
▸ FIRE or heat of any kind is not used.
▸ With the aim of making responsible use of the food we are going to use and
to educate students about it, make dishes without wasting food.
▸ Everything you need for the workshop, dishes, plates, bowls, cutlery, tablecloths,
gloves, etc. are provided by CIDI.
▸ Simple recipes and creative dishes, whose main objective is that our chefs know how
important it is to be organized and know how to manage good time.
▸ Students will be made aware of the importance of carrying out a healthy diet and
healthy.
Modern Dance
Modern dance is a dance style that focuses on a dancer's own interpretations instead of structured steps, as in traditional ballet dancing. Modern dancers reject the limitations of classical ballet and favor movements derived from the expression of their inner feelings.
During this class pupils will learn how to dance to a range of music and current songs. They will also work on developing a dance performance which will be performed at the end of each term.
Pilates suitable for everyone, the pupils will be able perform exercises using own body weight, or with the help of various pieces of equipment. A typical Pilates workout includes a number of exercises and stretches. Each exercise is performed with attention to proper breathing techniques and abdominal muscle control.
The health benefits of Pilates include:
- Improved flexibility, increased muscle strength and tone.
- Improved stabilisation of the spine, and posture
- Improved physical coordination and balance
- Relaxation of your shoulders, neck and upper back. Stress management
- Increased lung capacity and circulation through deep breathing
- Improved concentration, body awareness
Maite Gonzalo (same teacher as ballet) will be offering these lesson. She has been taught by Marjorie Oron, a pioneer of the Pilates method in the Benelux and owner of the Pilates Studios in the Hague and Rotterdam. The Pilates Studio in the Hague is the first instructor training centre in Europe to teach the pure Pilates method as created by Joseph Pilates.
Marjorie Oron, is a pioneer of the Pilates method in the Benelux and owner of the Pilates Studios in the Hague and Rotterdam. She is a graduate of the Dance Academy Rotterdam and a former dancer of Djazzex in The Hague and the Dance Theatre of Harlem in New York. Marjorie Oron gives many international seminars and, as Romana’s Pilates Trainer Level 2, Marjorie is qualified to take instructor examinations.
Pilates
Rhythm
Gymnastics Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport that combines elements of ballet, gymnastics, dance, and apparatus manipulation. Pupils will learn how to manipulate one or two pieces of apparatus: rope, hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon and freehand (no apparatus).
Pupils will learn how to combine these skills into a routine which will be performed at the end of each term.
Robotics and Coding
Essentially, a robot is a mechanical device that can be programmed to follow a set of instructions. The robot has a processing unit, sensors to perceive its environment, and motors and actuators to move its limbs or wheels. During this activity pupils will learn how to program a robot.
Robotics supports all STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).
However, there are connections to robotics across the entire curriculum. For example, students can build and use robots to help them understand the characters and plots of books they read.
Sewing
The classes are aimed at children, in order tolearn basic sewing skill.
They will start making cushion covers and working on simple sewing techniques like machining a straight line, curve and turning a corner.
Then they will be continuing to progress into making other garments.
Skating
According to medical research, Inline Skating ranks in the top 3 activities that improve or maintain physical fitness and general well-being.
During this activity pupils will have the opportunity to learn how to skate, learning basic skating skills and turns. Inline skating is a fun way to get some exercise, and if you learn the basics properly and stick with it you'll enjoy a lifetime of skating.
Swimming
Swimming is great for general wellbeing. Is one of the best ways to stay healthy and maintain a positive mental outlook. Do it with friends, and it’s even more fun!
A bus route is going to be offered for the pupils who are attending this activity. Then, parents will be picking them up from the swimming pool at At Holmes Place La Moraleja (Diversia) at 6:00 pm on Thursdays.
Volleyball Our Volleyball program this year will be led by Club Voleibol Alcobendas. During the practice pupils will learn the key skills required to play Volleyball, such as how to serve, pass, block and attack.
New technical Director and coach of Feel Volley Alcobendas. Guillermo Gallardo, who so far has directed the women's team of Sweden has arrived to Spain and entered the Club Volleyball of Alcobendas. The Argentine technician will be the new technical Director and coach of the young Alcobendense team of Superliga 1. He developed a successful career in Europe, winning three titles in the German League and has trained teams from Germany, Switzerland and Romania, in the latter as the national coach of the absolute female team.
More Academic Clubs
▸ Architecture Club
▸ Diplomatic Club
▸ Law Club
▸ Media Club
▸ Philosophy Club
▸ Politics Club
(15 places available for each)
Note: We will be providing more info about these club in
September.
