MEET YOUR HOST SCHOOL IES LA ARBOLEDA Lepe, Huelva

What's in a name? You now have the name of the school you have been assigned to, but that doesn't necessarily mean a lot. Here we have tried to offer you a basic overview of our school so you can know a bit about us in advance. Please do not hesitate to contact us for more specific information. Also, feel free to have a look at any of the links below for more information. And remember TE ESPERAMOS MUY PRONTO! SCHOOL NAME: IES La Arboleda ADDRESS: Avda. La Arboleda S/N, 21440 Lepe (Huelva) Presentation about our school TELEPHONE: 34 959 489904 FAX: 34 384570 959 Email: 21700630.edu@juntadeandalucia.es

NEAREST CITIES: Huelva (40 kms), Seville (140 kms) and Faro in Portugal (85 kms) WEBSITE: http://ieslaarboleda.net/ CONTACT PERSON: Juan Jos Moreno Barba (Coordinador de la Modalidad de Enseanza Bilinge) EMAIL: juanjoteacher@gmail.com DIFFERENT STUDIES / PROGRAMS AT OUR SCHOOL: Compulsory Secondary Education, Technical Studies (Computing, Fashion and Business Administration), Baccalaureate, Adult Education, Teachers training programmes, etc. SCHOOL STAFF: over 105 teachers PREVIOUS LANGUAGE ASSISTANTS: From 2005 we have had assistants from England, Scotland, Ireland, Belgium, Portugal and the USA. NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND AVERAGE AGES : around 1,400 students with ages ranging from 12 to 18 MAIN SCHOOL FACILITIES: conference room, gym, teachers rooms, secretary, copy room, library, cafeteria, multimedia classrooms LANGUAGES TAUGHT AT THE SCHOOL (teachers, lessons a week, etc): English language is compulsory at all levels and studies (except for some Technical studies), the most taken optional second language is French. This school year we have introduced Portuguese as an optional second language. IMPORTANT EVENTS AT SCHOOL: Every year in February we celebrate a Cooking Contest for young students (all new members of staff are part of the judging panel so be prepared!!) Around April we hold a Multicultural Day devoted to a country like Ecuador, Romania, Poland, etc. We have had e-pals activities with North Carolina and Minneapolis (USA) We have also had a school exchange with northern Sweden (Pitea) for three years This year we went to Poitiers in France with another school exchange Nearly every year there is a school trip to London, Paris or Rome.

OTHER INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT OUR SCHOOL: We have some immigrant students from Northern Africa, South America and Eastern Europe. Our school is participating in many different projects ranging from IT in the classroom, bilingualism, etc. BILINGUAL PROGRAM WEBSITE: http://arboledapluri.weebly.com/ YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION: 2008 GROUPS INVOLVED (level, students' ages, number of students, etc.): This year we will have 2 groups for ESO year 1, 2 groups for ESO year 2, 2 groups for ESO year 3 and 2 more groups for ESO year 4. ESO stands for Educacin Secundaria Obligatoria. These groups are very large (around 30 students) but their behaviour is usually better. SUBJECTS INVOLVED: Maths, Social Sciences (History and Geography), Natural Sciences, technology, PE and Music. NUMBER OF TEACHERS PARTICIPATING: The three languages (Spanish, English and French) try hard to work co-operatively. All bilingual students also take French. There are around 10 language teachers involved, and 8 more from the non-linguistic subjects partially taught in English. NUMBER OF LANGUAGE ASSISTANTS EXPECTED: 2 PREVIOUS LANGUAGE ASSISTANTS: Joanne Taylor (Wales), Frederik Vanlessen (Belgium), Liliana Pereira (Portugal), Brian Babo (USA), Elizabeth T. Gaughan (USA), Karly Zagorac (Scotland), Steve McDonals (USA), Richie OConnor (Ireland) Bianca Silva (USA) and Tim Deeks (England) BASIC TASKS TO CARRY OUT AS A LANGUAGE ASSISTANT: Help teachers from non-linguistic subjects to prepare materials and activities for their lessons Assist these teachers in the bilingual lessons Help English language teachers in their lessons Improve teachers competence in oral English through conversation Improve students' competence in oral English Provide socio-cultural information about your country Participate in different events related to the bilingual program (meetings, Materials Fair, social gatherings, school trips, etc.) EXAMPLE OF MATERIALS / ACTIVITIES CREATED BY PREVIOUS LANGUAGE ASSISTANTS: Teachers suggest a topic to be dealt with and you have to prepare a short text, oral questions, a simple Powerpoint presentation, or even a video clip from the web Powerpoint presentations about yourself, your country, your variety of English, the educational system in your country, social issues, typical festivities to be presented to both students and teachers Monthly newsletter with the most important events related to the bilingual program A display of your home town on our 'Window to the World' Bulletin Board BASIC MATERIALS AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE AT SCHOOL: We have some books covering the bilingual subjects mentioned above The web is the greatest resource though. We have online access, printers, scanners, copiers, and laminators Some classrooms are equipped with smartboards and audio facilities.

OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION OTHER BILINGUAL SCHOOLS NEARBY: The other Secondary School in Lepe (EL SUR) and three Primary Schools (LA NORIA, RODRIGO PEREZ DE ACEVEDO and LAS GAVIOTAS) BEST WAY TO GET TO SCHOOL: if you live in Lepe it is possible to walk, there is also a local bus but not particularly frequent. If you live in Huelva (we suggest this second option), many teachers will gladly take you to the school and back to Huelva We can arrange this once we have got your timetable. Otherwise, there is a regular bus service (see below DAMAS SA) . SUGGESTIONS FOR SUITABLE PLACES TO LIVE: We strongly suggest Huelva as it is a small city with more socio-cultural activities all year round than Lepe, better transport link with Seville, etc. Lepe is OK if you like small towns, it has got some advantages though (more contact with people, the beach is really close, and it is cheap. USEFUL INTERNET LINKS: Locate us on a map Locate Lepe on a map Lepe on the web Presentation about Lepe Short video about Lepe Transport in the area: DAMAS SA bus company