Senior department – 1st Term News (2017-18)

When we started a twitter account when we went to London in March, we decided it was a great way to let parents know of some of the things that we do at school so it has been further developed. The messages are also put on our facebook page, so please have a look and like some of our postings!

We are proud of our continued fund-raising, summarized in the table.

	CHARITY EVENTS/TERM
GROUP	TUTOR	EVENT	TERM	Amount	Donated to
7A	Alan	Christmas jumper	1	211,57€	Fundación Fabretto
7S	Shane	Mexico earthquake victims non-uniform	1	427,23 €	UNICEF
8A	Andy	Hurricane Irma non-uniform for Save the Children	1	524€	Save the Children
9N	Nicki	Cloth Bags	1	250€	Reinvested *
Y12		Fires in Galicia victims Non Uniform Day	1	272,87€	UEPAS y Protección Civil de Vigo

* Y9N Project consists of reinvesting the money raised in recyclable bags to sell during term 2.

We have had the following competitions with other British and international schools in Madrid:

7-9 girls’ football (Silver medal)

8/9 boys’ basketball

10-12 girls’ volleyball

10/11 boys’’ basketball (Silver medal)

8/9 boys’ basketball

6/7 tag rugby

Y12 boys’ football (bronze medal)

Y12 girls’ football

All of our pupils played well and represented the school proudly.

Finally, a quick mention of two pupils with outstanding achievements this term: María Lopez, 10MD took part in the Spanish National Championships for team rhythmic gymnastics. Diego Poch, 7A plays the part of Michael in Billy Elliot at the Nuevo Teatro Alcalá. He is also in the series Centro Médico and is preparing a new theatre production called Street Scene for 2018. This will be in English so we hope there’ll be a time we can go as a school trip. Wow!