To think of Erasmus+ is to think of exchange, coexistence, learning, openness to new cultures, among many other characteristics. It is a programme that offers the opportunity to broaden horizons, to develop new skills, promoting mobility between students from European educational institutions, thus fostering cultural… Read More »ERASMUS + Portugal-Spain: Learning across borders
Our school was selected this year to participate in a pilot initiative in the Community of Aragon that seeks to promote STEM vocations. The 4th ESO students of El Pilar Maristas School (Zaragoza, Spain) took part in the initiative entitled Proyecto STEM Factory: Think, Create… Read More »Students from Maristas Zaragoza (Spain) take part in innovative STEM project
The weeks leading up to the Christmas holidays are always filled with a great number of activities in which the children are the main protagonists. Maristas Villalba School celebrated Christmas with activities for the whole educational community! During the month of December, Maristas Villalba School started a… Read More »Magic, illusion and love: this is how Marist schools in Madrid (Spain) celebrated Christmas
For years now, lecture classes in which students were limited to listening to the teacher and then studying, memorising and repeating in the exam have been replaced by active methodologies where the protagonist is the student, such as project-based learning (PBL). Thanks to this project-based methodology,… Read More »Project-Based Learning: students are the protagonists at San José del Parque School (Spain)
In the second semester, at Colegio Zorrilla (Mdeo. Uruguay), we carried out the second edition of the year of the Exploration Laboratories in 3rd and 4th year of primary school. This is an innovative experience that favours an active role of the student and interlevel… Read More »Transforming experiences: innovation at Zorrilla School (Uruguay)
During this weekend a group of volunteers from Maristas Mediterránea went to Valencia to help with the effects left by the DANA How to write, in six or seven paragraphs, what has been happening in Valencia since the last days of October? Being direct and… Read More »Valencia #CountsOnMe: The effects of the DANA that can’t be seen on the mobile phone
Colegio Marista Rosario (Brazil) visited Colegio Chamberí (Spain) The visit to Colegio Champagnat de Chamberí (Madrid, Spain) was one of the most significant activities of the exchange programme. I can illustrate it with the following words of the students: ‘We were well received at Colegio… Read More »Brazil’s visit to Spain: the value of Marist hospitality
With the slogan ‘Discovering new pedagogical routes’, 18 teachers from the Marist Sector of Chile travelled to Durango, Province of Vizcaya, Spain, to be part of the third version of the Maristak Internship, through an alliance with Colegio Técnico Profesional Marista de Durango. The internship… Read More »Maristak 2024 Internship: Chilean experience in Durango (Spain)
Internationalisation is increasingly fundamental in contemporary education. In August 2024, 2nd year Baccalaureate students from Colegio Marista Medianeira participated in an immersion trip to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where they were able to face the challenges and enjoy the benefits of communicating in a different language, as well as… Read More »Internationalisation and socio-emotional learning: immersive experiences of students from Colegio Marista Medianeira (Brazil) in Buenos Aires
From 26th to 30th August, I had the opportunity to visit Argentina for the XXI International Week of Solidarity Learning and Service together with more than 600 people, 90 of whom were Champagnat Marists from Mexico, Chile, Uruguay and Argentina itself. This event was organised by CLAYSS (Centro Latinoamericano… Read More »XXI International Week of Solidarity Learning and Service