A WINDOW TO BARRUFET SCHOOL - Art / History

In Barrufet School we understand that historical, geographical and social knowledge is necessary to create responsible, critical and participatory citizens.

The learning of history is carried out more widely in the 3rd Cycle (5th and 6th grades) and learning is combined through the textbook with the use of new technologies to expand information, search for images or synthesize the ideas learnt (using diagrams, timelines...). We also think that school should provide experiences of direct knowledge of the reality, such the visit of museums, exhibitions or other places which help a better understanding of events and stages of historical evolution and its chronological time. During this school year our pupils have visited the Roman Baths of Sant Boi and the History Museum of Catalonia. Our pupils could "live" Catalonian history in an active way: observing, deducting,manipulating, reasoning and extracting conclusions in the rooms of the museum. They could follow a chronological line that structured the route and discover some interactive scenographies that transported them to other times . Finally they worked with special didactic materials designed for each activity.

Rosa María Vallo/Esther Rodríguez

Spring Around Us

This is the title of a photo exhibition done by our fifth and sixth grade students. Using their mobiles or cameras, they have been taking photos of the flowers and trees that are showing the beginning of the spring season. A lot of students have participated with their artistic photos.