Organisation of the. educational system. of the Region of Murcia. English. inglés

of the Region of Murcia

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Education for Adults

Access with conditions Access test

Initial Vocational Qualification Programmes (P.C.P.I)

NURSERY EDUCATION. Educational stage. Organised in two cycles; the second is free.

BASIC EDUCATION: this is made up of Primary Education and Compulsory Secondary Education E.S.O. It is free, compulsory and organised in accordance with the principles of general education and attention to diversity.

PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION. It is made up of six courses that are provided, in general, to all the students between the ages of 6 and 12.

SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION. It is divided into compulsory education and post-compulsory education (Bachillerato Studies, Intermediate Vocational Training Courses F.P, Intermediate Professional Studies of Fine Arts and Design and Intermediate Sports Studies). COMPULSORY SECONDARY EDUCATION (E.S.O). It is made up of four courses that are provided, in general, to all the students between the ages of 12 and 16. There are programmes of curricular diversification from the 3rd course aimed at achieving the certificate. The E.S.O Certificate allows the student to go on to the post-compulsory secondary school studies.

INITIAL VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATION PROGRAMMES (P.C.P.I). For over 16-year-old students, on occasions 15 year olds are also allowed. There are three types of modules: a) aimed at achieving professional qualifications, b) general vocational training and c) leading to the attainment of the E.S.O certificate.

BACHILLERATO STUDIES. It has two courses with three modalities: Arts, Science and Technology, and Humanities and Social Sciences. Bachilllerato Diploma allows the student to have access to higher education.

HIGHER EDUCATION. It is made up of university studies, advanced artistic studies, Advanced Vocational Training Courses FP, Professional Studies of Advanced Fine Arts Studies and Advanced Sports Studies.

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION. It is governed by the Royal Decree 55/2005 and 56/2005, of 21st of January. In order to study at university, the student must pass the University Entrance Exam.

VOCATIONAL TRAINING COURSES: the student can join these courses without having to pass the Access Test (to have access to Intermediate Level for over 17-year-olds and to Advanced Level for over 19-year-olds or 18 if they have the Title of Technician related to the speciality).

SPECIAL EDUCATION. These are language studies, artistic and sports education.

LANGUAGE STUDIES. To carry out these studies, the student must be over 16 years of age, with the exception of the 14-year olds who study a language which is different from the one they study at ESO. With Bachillerato Diploma, the students have a direct access to the intermediate level of the first foreign language studied at Bachillerato Diploma Course.

SPORTS EDUCATION. To carry out the advanced studies, the students must have Bachillerato Diploma and the Title of Intermediate Studies of the corresponding speciality. In some specialities, the students must pass the Specific Access Test. They can carry out these studies without the academic requirements by passing the Access Test to have access to Intermediate Level for over 17-year-olds and to Advanced Level for over 19-year-olds or 18 if they have the Title of Technicians related to the speciality).

ADVANCED ARTISTIC STUDIES. To have access to these studies the students must have Bachillerato Diploma and pass a specific exam. By means of special agreements with universities, the doctorate studies can be organised in their speciality.

EDUCATION FOR ADULTS. This education is for over 16 year olds. The methodology is flexible and open. The access exams for the attainment of the qualifications and the access to different educational options are organised in order to incorporate the adult population in to the educational system.

• On-going Education

All children living in the Region of Murcia, no matter their origin, have the right to education and must receive schooling and compulsory education. Classes in each school course start in September and end in June the following year.

The school courses start for all those students who have reached or will reach the established age in a natural year at the commencement of the school year. Primary Education and Compulsory Secondary Education are main columns of Basic Education, which is free and compulsory, and lasts six years till the age of eighteen.

The schooling obligation requires the daily attendance of students at the education centres; absenteeism and non-attendance of classes are controlled meticulously. The attendance is a previously established requirement for on-going assessment.

The teaching will be suited in accordance with the characteristics of the students with special educational needs.

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Nursery Education is an educational stage that starts from 0 to 6 years of age.

It contributes to the physical, intellectual, affective, social and moral development of boys and girls. This stage is compulsory; however it is free from 3 years onwards and is structured in two different cycles:

First Cycle (0 to 3 years)

- This cycle, although it is not free, is developed in the state and private state-funded schools.

- These schools are equipped with specialists. The school space is adapted to fit the children’s needs.

- In the State Nursery Schools, families may receive grants that partly or fully cover the school costs depending on the family income.

Second cycle (3 to 6 years)

- This cycle is not compulsory; however it is free and offered in all the state and state-funded schools.

- Generally, apart from Nursery School Education of the second cycle, the school provides Primary School Education; these schools are called the Nursery and Primary Schools (Centros de Educación Infantil y Primaria). - These schools are equipped with specialised teaching staff and suitable

spaces for children.

- There is early help and attention to special educational needs.

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Primary Education is an educational stage that consists of six school courses. It is compulsory and free. It is provided at the Nursery and Primary Schools, based on three cycles of two school courses each:

• First cycle (6 and 7 years of age)

• Second cycle (8 and 9 years of age)

• Third cycle (10 and 11 years of age)

It is general and integrating. It provides general education which makes it possible for boys and girls to acquire the basic elements of our culture. On the whole, Primary Education must contribute to the development of communication skills, logical thought and the cultural and social development of students, therefore providing:

• Learning of reading and writing skills.

• Basic learning of another language different from Spanish. • Learning of calculation.

• Basic cultural elements.

• The use of physical education for the corporal development.

The education is adapted to different progress rates of each student and is provided by general education teachers and specialists in language, physics and music teaching.

The assessment of the teaching process is general and on-going. The State Schools and Private State-funded Schools are equipped with a special support for integration and cultures belonging to minorities.

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The students will pass from one Cycle to another as long as the corresponding objectives are met, and all those students who after having received extra support, reinforcement and/or curricular adaptations, do not meet the set objective will stay one more year at this stage (at the final courses of any of the cycles, preferably at the 6th year primary), henceforth going on to ESO (Compulsory Secondary Education).

ESO is a compulsory secondary education stage that is developed between the ages of 12 and 16. The compulsory nature of this educational stage is attached to the principles of non-selection and non-discrimination.

The aim of ESO is to convey the basic elements of culture to all the students, and in particular the cultural know-how of the Autonomous Community of Murcia. This stage prepares the students so that these may learn their obligations and exercise their rights in order to integrate in active life or Intermediate Vocational Training Course or Higher Studies of Bachillerato Diploma.

These educational stages of ESO are free of charge and held at the Secondary Schools IES and at the State-Funded Private Schools (Concertados).

Conditions of Access: Students join this stage after having finished the Primary School.

School Inscription and Registration: The applications for the compulsory secondary education ESO are presented at the Secondary Schools IES that are assigned to the primary school at which the student has finished his studies. The school inscription is open from the third week in April to the first week in May. The registration is formalised in the first two week in July.

During the studies: ESO is made up of four school courses and is based on two cycles of two courses each.

• First Cycle (First and Second Courses)

• Second Cycle (Third and Fourth Courses)

compulsory secondary education: ESO

End of School Certificate: The students who pass the ESO stage shall receive an ESO School Certificate. This Certificate will allow them to take Higher Studies of Bachillerato Diploma and/or Intermediate Vocational Training.

As a general rule, all those students, after having received help with their studies, reinforcements or curricular adaptations, who do not reach the objectives of the first cycle of this stage or any of the school courses of the second cycle, shall remain at the same course for another year. Those students, who cannot receive the End of School Certificate after having received all the possible corrective measures aimed at the Attention to Diversity, will be able to take special education planning called los Programas de Iniciación Profesional (Vocational Initiation Programmes).

Option at the end of the ESO:

• Higher Studies of Bachillerato Diploma • Intermediate Vocational Training Course

This educational stage is not compulsory and is divided into two school courses, complying with three main aims: general education, orientation and preparation for higher studies, both university studies and Advanced Vocational Training Course.

Conditions of access: The applicants must comply with the following

requirements:

• To have an ESO Certificate.

• 1st grade vocational training of Auxiliary Technicians.

• The students who have passed the general courses in Applied Arts and Artistic Professions.

• The students who pass the General Education course of Applied Arts and Artistic Professions.

• Level-2 Study Modules.

• Intermediate Vocational Training Cycles.

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higher studies of bachillerato diploma

School Inscription and Registration: The applications for the Higher Studies of Bachillerato Diploma LOGSE are presented at the Secondary Schools IES that are located nearest to their homes. The school inscription is open from the third week in April to the first week in May. The registration is formalised in the first two weeks in July.

During the studies: The Higher Studies of Bachillerato Diploma is made up of two school courses. The students may remain at the Higher Studies of Bachillerato Diploma in the state or private schools for a maximum duration of four school years.

Curricula: its main features are diversity and specialisation. There are four modalities of Higher Studies of Bachillerato Diploma:

• Higher Studies of Bachillerato Diploma in Nature and Health Science • Higher Studies of Bachillerato Diploma in Humanities and Social Sciences • Higher Studies of Bachillerato Diploma in Technology

• Higher Studies of Bachillerato Diploma in Arts

There are three types of subjects:

• Common subjects

• Subjects related to particular modalities • Optional subjects

The common subjects are the same for all Higher Studies of Bachillerato Diploma. The Educational Bodies organise the modalities distributing them in accordance with the subjects corresponding to each one of the two school courses of the Higher Studies of Bachillerato Diploma.

The students study one optional subject in the first year and two optional subjects in the second year, chosen from the optional subjects offered by the school. If the student wants to study religion, he must state his option at the time of registration.

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The studies of Bachillerato Diploma are provided free at the Secondary Schools (IES) and the State-funded Private Schools.

Certification: Bachillerato Diploma in the corresponding modality.

Alternative studies once finished the Bachillerato Diploma:

• Advanced Vocational Training Course

• University Studies. For this alternative, you normally have to pass the University Entrance Exam which together with your Bachillerato Diploma is a means to check the students’ academic achievements and knowledge.

We define Vocational Training Courses as a set of teaching processes preparing for different professions that form a part of all the educational stages. Vocational Training Courses include Vocational Initiation (specific and Special) and Specific Vocational Training at advanced and intermediate levels.

Specific vocational training initiation

Specific Vocational Training Initiation Programmes are developed for those students who do not reach the set objectives of ESO. This is to prepare the students for professional life and provide them with an opportunity to study different teaching elements, especially Intermediate Vocational Training Cycles.

This course is directed at under-21 students who are over 18 in the natural year in which they initiate the programme.

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This course is organised at the Secondary Schools I.E.S, Adult Education Centres and Private Centres that provide Secondary School Education under special educational agreement. It lasts two years.

Special Vocational Training Initiation

The objective of Special Vocational Training Initiation is to prepare the students for the insertion in the professional life in accordance with the low I.Q, both seeking a normal employment and employment with the help of special vocational centres or companies. This course is held at the Secondary Schools IES and at the Special Education Public Centres.

This course is aimed at young boys and girls of under twenty-one who, must be sixteen plus in the natural year in which they take this course.

The duration is one academic year.

The 2-year extension of Compulsory Education considerably increases the general vocational training and determines if the students can go on to the Professional Vocational Training Course at sixteen years of age as is the minimum working age.

Both in ESO (Compulsory Secondary Education) and in the different modalities of Bachillerato Diploma incorporate the basic vocational training elements. The structure is made up of training cycles with a modular organisation. The training cycles are organised at two levels:

• Intermediate Training Cycles

• Advanced Training Cycles

specific vocational training

In order to study the intermediate and advanced training cycles, it is essential to pass, respectively, ESO (Compulsory Secondary Education) and the Bachillerato Diploma, or pass the corresponding entrance exam that guarantees the verification of the basic and essential knowledge and training acquired.

The aforementioned characteristics allow the Training Cycles to exclusively provide specific vocational training and, therefore, the training can be concluded in two years and easily suited to the quick technological and organisational evolution of the productive system.

The Training Cycles are structured in “Vocational Modules” associated to “Competence Units”. The Vocational Modules are a coherent set of specific vocational training, which is associated with one or several units of competence, and the Competence Units are understood as a set of vocational performances attached to the value and significance in employment.

All the Vocational Cycles contain a module of Employment Orientation and Training, and one of its objectives is to specifically prepare the student for vocational insertion.

The training module in the vocational centre (FCT) occupies nearly 25% of the time schedule and is common to all the Training Cycles and allows the vocational training apprenticeship in companies.

Those workers who do not have the academic titles required to incorporate in the Training Cycles, but show that they have the necessary basic training requirements, can incorporate by means of passing the entrance exam.

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Students with special educational needs

Students with special educational needs are those who require support, during a part of or all their schooling period, certain help and specific educational attention due to their handicap or severe behavioural conduct.

Schooling of the students, who have special educational needs, will be based on normalisation principles and inclusion. It will assure non-discrimination and equality for access to and permanence in the educational system.

Depending on their personal characteristics, they will be schooled at ordinary or specific centres for Special Education. In both cases, the centres can be public or stated-funded private and the schooling will be free in all of them.

The schooling of these students in units or centres of Special Education will only be carried out when the special needs of the students cannot be attended within the framework of measures for attention to diversity offered by the ordinary centres. To help these students, there are teachers specialising in different fields: specialist teachers in therapeutic Pedagogy of audition and language, Technical Educator Helpers, physiotherapists, etc.

Students with High I.Q.

It is the responsibility of the Education Authorities to adopt the necessary measures to identify the students with High Intelligence Quantum and assess at an early stage their needs. It is also their responsibility to adopt suitable plans of action to cover such needs.

Attention to diversity

Compensating for Inequality in Education

It is defined as “The inclusion in the educative practice of additional educational services and programmes in such a way that it provides cultural and instructive enrichment, educational rehabilitation and extension of educational opportunities for the disadvantaged students who do not receive or cannot take advantage of the opportunities offered by the normal education”.

The Educational Compensation for Inequality tries to put into practice the equality principles for exercising the students’ rights to receive quality education. The educational system must contribute to the reduction of unfair social inequality and compensate for these inequalities in education by means of compensatory measures that contribute to the full development of the student’s personality.

The Educational Authority will promote the incorporation of the foreign students to the educational system, especially at the compulsory schooling age. The aim is to guarantee the individual rights to quality education and take compensating measures to favour individuals, groups and territories where these are under unfavourable conditions.

The main objectives are, as follows:

• To promote equal opportunities, permanence and quality education. • To provide social integration and incorporation of all students. • To strengthen through enriching elements provided by different

cultures.

• To encourage the participation of different sectors of the educational community and the rest of the social bodies to make the access to education effective.

• To promote the coordination and collaboration of other authorities, institutions, associations and non-profit making organisations i.e. charities.

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Extraordinary measures

For students who have serious deficiencies in the basic knowledge, some extraordinary organisational and curricular measures will be taken in order to prepare the students for their vocational insertion and attainment of basic education:

• The Educational Compensation Workshop Class: aimed at students of the first Cycle of ESO (Compulsory Secondary Education).

• The Occupational Classroom of Educational Compensation : aimed at the

second Cycle of ESO (Compulsory Secondary Education).

Both of these mainly deal with the development of capacities established in the general objectives of the stage by means of a suitable methodology and contents adapted to the needs and interests of the students.

Students with late integration in the Spanish Educational System

Special organisational extraordinary curricular measures are taken to integrate all those students in the corresponding level who do not know the Spanish language and culture and/or have serious deficiencies in basic education, as follows:

– Welcome classrooms for foreigners: to acquire linguistic competence:

these classes are aimed at all those foreign students who do not know Spanish and are in the second and third cycle of Primary Education and ESO (Compulsory Secondary Education). In Nursery Education and the first cycle of Primary Education, the linguistic competence is acquired through immersion. The students will attend these classrooms for a temporary period and there will be a progressive process of incorporation to their corresponding class.

The Regional Authority for Education and Culture (La Consejería de Educación y Cultura) will provide the schooling of the students who require this special educational attention.

have a direct access to the intermediate level of the first foreign language studied at Bachillerato Diploma Course.

SPORTS EDUCATION. To carry out the advanced studies, the students must have Bachillerato Diploma and the Title of Intermediate Studies of the corresponding speciality. In some specialities, the students must pass the Specific Access Test. They can carry out these studies without the academic requirements by passing the Access Test to have access to Intermediate Level for over 17-year-olds and to Advanced Level for over 19-year-olds or 18 if they have the Title of Technicians related to the speciality.

University Studies

DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE UNIVERSIDADES Y POLÍTICA CIENTÍFICA C/ Villaleal, nº 2. Edif. Centro. C.P. 30.001. Murcia.

Tlf: 968 36 53 99 - Email: dguniv@carm.es

The ongoing education’s main aim is to offer all the citizens the chance to study throughout their lifetime in order to acquire , update, complete and extend their capacities and knowledge for their personal and vocational development. LOCE, art. 52.1

The Regional Ministry of Education and Culture (La Consejería de Educación y Cultura) develops a wide range of courses, literacy campaigns, basic education access to intermediate cycles, Bachillerato Diploma, secondary education, university studies, driving licence, Spanish for immigrants.

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services for students

To guarantee and secure the right to education, we offer a number of services and helps for the students, some of which are as follows:

Students may be able to apply for grants and helps, both offered by the Ministry of Education and by the Regional Ministry of Education and Culture of The Autonomous Region of Murcia. These grants and helps are available to all those students whose circumstances are as follows:

– Grants and helps for general studies: students of Bachillerato Diploma, Intermediate and Advanced Vocational Cycles, etc.

– Helps for the First Cycle of Nursery Education: students with 0 to 3 years of age, registered at the Schools and Centres of Nursery Education. The family income will be the basis for these helps to be granted.

– Helps for the acquisition of textbooks and school material: available to all the students, who are registered at the centres funded by the state and at any level of Primary or Secondary Education. The family income will be the basis for these helps to be granted.

– Helps for Special Education: students with special educational needs.

– Individualised helps for school transport: for students of compulsory

education who commute and their home location is different from the school location and, for some reason, cannot use the transport service offered by the Regional Ministry of Education and Culture.

grants and help for studies

– The students with the schooling age for compulsory education who do not have a school in their area, will have the right to free transport services to their corresponding public schools.

– The students, who receive free transport, can also benefit from free lunch at the school dining-room. This service can also be used by other students of the centres who will pay for lunch unless they are entitled to a grant due to low family income.

– The students who are studying the Bachillerato Diploma, Intermediate and Advanced Vocational Courses, Vocational Initiation Programmes, etc, are entitled to the School Insurance Policy which covers family misdeed, school accident and specific specialised medical assistance. The payment of fees will be settled at the School Centres at the time of registration.

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- The students who join school for the first time must present a vaccination certification. In the case of not having the aforementioned certification, the parents must update the vaccination of their children therefore they must proceed to the corresponding HealthCare Centre.

The regular contacts between the students’ parents, teachers and school authorities are essential to render suitable educational achievements. Each group of students has been assigned a tutor who normally maintains a direct contact with the parents.

The parents must actively participate in the life of the centres, either state or private schools, where their children study, through The School Council (Consejo Escolar), the Body which is made up of different members of the school community and the Association of Students’ Parents.

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school-parent relationship

When dealing with non-university education, you must go to the school in which you wish your child to study. There, you will receive the necessary documentation which must be filled in and given back to the school.

Whether your child has carried out or not studies at the education system that is different from the Spanish system, the schooling commission will assess the parents’ application and designate a school for the child’s compulsory schooling.

Your child will attend his/her corresponding course held by the school, in which your child is going to study, in accordance with his/her age, knowledge and circumstances and in compliance with the applicable normatives.

The students from foreign education systems, who join any of the courses at Primary Education and the first three courses of Secondary Education, are not obliged to present validation of equivalent studies.

In the case of children who are at the compulsory schooling age, till the 3rd year of Compulsory Secondary Education, all their previous studies are confirmed automatically.

In order to join the fourth course of Compulsory Secondary Education and the studies of ESO certificate or Bachiller Diploma, the students must previously validate the equivalent studies by means of homologation of foreign certificates, titles or diplomas in their possession.

The homologation applications and validation of non-university foreign studies will be approved by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science, and these should be presented at one of the following places, amongst others: • Delegation of the State Government. Area of Alta Inspección de Educación. • Regional Ministry of Education and Culture

• Spanish Ministry of Education and Science. Titles, Homologations and Validations.

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recognition and validation of non- university studies

The applications must be accompanied by the following documentation: • Title or diploma whose validation is applied for and of academic certifications of the courses taken, which have led to the aforementioned titles or diplomas. This documentation must be suitably legalised, in accordance with the agreements with each country.

• Accreditation of nationality of the applicant

For the validation for starting or continuing with university studies, the student must select the corresponding University.

The validation of certificates, titles or diplomas corresponds to the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science.

The application can be presented before the aforementioned Bodies.

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recognition and validation of university

/ F1 / Photocopy of the I.D card or passport of the father, mother or legal guardian.

Fotocopia del D.N.I. o pasaporte, del padre, madre o tutor legal.

Documentation accrediting the family address.

Documentación acreditativa del domicilio familiar

Vaccination card or equivalent certificate.

Carnet de vacunaciones o certificado equivalente

Period of presentation of applications

Plazo de presentación de solicitudes

In the town of on of 200 .

School course /curso: Date of birth /Fecha de nacimiento: place of birth /lugar: nationality /nacionalidad:

Father’s name /Nombre del padre:

profession /profesión: nationality/nacionalidad: resident in Spain /reside en España: yes /si no /no

Mother’s name /Nombre de la madre:

profession /profesión: nationality/nacionalidad: resident in Spain /reside en España: yes /si no /no

Contact address /Dirección de contacto:

Contact phone number /Teléfono/s de contacto: Date of arrival in Spain /fecha de llegada a España:

School course in your country /Estudios cursados en su país: Studies in Spain /Estudios cursados en España:

Your language /Idiomas que habla:

Any other languages spoken /Idiomas que comprende:

No. of people and family members with whom you live /Nº de personas y parentesco familiar con las que convive en su domicilio

Other relevant information /Otras informaciones relevantes:

In the town of , on of of 200 .

/ F3 / My son/daughter will not attend school for the following days

Mi hijo/a no asiste a clase los días

due to /por:

(Tick the box where applicable) /(Marque donde corresponda)

Illness /Enfermedad

Official paperwork /Gestión administrativa

Trip-journey /Viaje

Other reason /Otros

In the town of , on of of 200 .

En , a de de 200 .

Mr.-Mrs. /Don-Dña , father-mother of the student /, padre-madre del alumno-a

Notifies that/ Comunica que:

I, hereby, allow my son/daughter to take part in the following after-school activity

/Autoriza a su hijo/a a participar en la actividad extraescolar:

(Tick the box where applicable) /(Marque donde corresponda)

Visit to /Visita a

Outing to /Viaje a

Other /Otros

that will take place on the day /que se realizará el día

with the teacher /con el profesor/a

In the town of , on of of 200 .

En , a de de 200 .

/ F5 / Requests petition for an appointment to talk to /Solicita una cita para hablar con:

(Tick the box where applicable) /(Marque donde corresponda)

Schoolteacher /El tutor/tutora

Head of studies /El jefe de estudios

Headmaster/Headmistress /El director/directora

School specialist /El orientador/a

The teacher of /El profesor/a de

In the town of , on of of 200 .

En , a de de 200 .

We would like you to attend a meeting at the School/Institute

/Les convocamos para que acudan al Colegio/Instituto

on /el próximo día at /a las , For /para asistir a una:

A meeting with all the parents of (grade) with the schoolteacher

/Reunión general de padres de curso, con el tutor/tutora

A personal meeting with /Entrevista individual con:

my son/daughter’s schoolteacher /el tutor/tutora de su hijo/a

Head of Studies /el jefe de estudios del centro

Headmaster/Headmistress /el director/directora

School specialist /el orientador/a

teacher of /el profesor/a de

The meeting will be about /En esta reunión se hablará de:

Information on the school year /Informaciones útiles para todo el curso escolar

Your son/daughter’s after-school activities /Participación en act. extraescolares

Grants and other economic helps /Becas y otras ayudas

Books and other material /Libros y otros materiales escolares

Your son/daughter’s learning progress /El aprendizaje escolar de su hijo/a

Behaviour and attendance /Asistencia y comportamiento

Academic future guidance /Orientación académica

I, Mr./Mrs. /Don/Dña , father/mother of the student /padre/madre del alumno/alumna

have received this information /Recibí, conforme.

In the town of , on of of 200 .

En , a de de 200 .

dirección – home address código postal – postcode teléfono – telephone pasaporte –passport

documento de identidad – Identity card number libro de familia – Family Registry Book

tarjeta seguridad social - Health Insurance Card vacunación – vaccinations

enfermedades – illnesses alergias –allergies

información confidencial – confidential information colegio – school

instituto – institute/high school director/directora – Headmaster jefe/jefa de estudios – Head of studies secretaría – School secretary

conserje – School keeper tutor/tutoría – tutor

maestro/maestra – schoolteacher profesor – professor

monitor/a – Monitor

asociación de madres y padres – parents’ association actividades extraescolares – after-school activities normas de convivencia – social behaviour rules becas – grants

ayudas – helps

asistente social – social worker asignaturas – subjects

lengua castellana – Spanish language

inglés – English francés – French matemáticas - Maths

conocimiento del medio – Study of environment educación artística – Artistic education

educación física – Physical education religion – Religion

estudio alternativo – Alternative studies

sociedad, cultura y religión - society, culture and religion música – music

ciencias sociales – social sciences ciencias naturales – natural sciences tecnología – technology

informática – information technology

educación plástica y artística – fine arts and artistic education procesos de comunicación – communication process

taller de matemáticas – maths workshop biología – biology

apoyo de matemáticas – maths support apoyo de lengua – Spanish language support evaluación - assessment promoción – promotion repetición – repetition calificación - marks observaciones - observation actitud – behaviour aptitud – aptitude esfuerzo – effort

progresa adecuadamente – progresses suitably necesita mejorar – needs improving

calificación - marks e, d (insuficiente) – fail c (aprobado) – pass b (notable) – very good a (sobresaliente) – excellent horario – timetable

fiesta – fiesta excursión – outing visita escolar- school trip

actividad extraescolar – after-school activity vacaciones – Holidays

puente – Bank Holiday navidad – Christmas

semana santa – Easter week

días de la semana – Days of the week lunes – Monday martes – Tuesday miércoles – Wednesday jueves – Thursday viernes – Friday sábado – Saturday domingo – Sunday

meses del año – Months of the year enero – January febrero – February marzo – March abril – April mayo - May junio – June julio – July agosto – August septiembre – September octubre – October noviembre – November diciembre – December / F7.3 /

salida – exit transporte – transport parada – bus-stop autobús – bus comedor – dining-room comida – food bebida – drink ropa – clothes aula – classroom pasillo – corridor despacho – Office. biblioteca – library laboratorio – laboratory

sala de usos múltiples o polivalente – sports and leisure hall sala de audiovisuales – audiovisual room

gimnasio – gymnasium patio – playground recreo – break

servicios/aseos (chicos/chicas) – toilets (boys/girls) libro - book

cuaderno – notebook diccionario – dictionary fotocopia – photocopy folios – paper sheets chándal – tracksuit