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Comenius Project

COLEGIO SAN JUAN BOSCO PASEO CANALEJAS 38-54 37001 SALAMANCA www.sanjuanboscosalamanca.eu. Comenius Project. Meeting GDYNIA (POLAND) 20 to 25 November 2012 San Juan Bosco - Salamanca. COLEGIO SAN JUAN BOSCO PASEO CANALEJAS 38-54 37001 SALAMANCA www.sanjuanboscosalamanca.eu.

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Comenius Project

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  1. COLEGIO SAN JUAN BOSCO PASEO CANALEJAS 38-54 37001 SALAMANCA www.sanjuanboscosalamanca.eu Comenius Project Meeting GDYNIA (POLAND) 20 to 25 November 2012 San Juan Bosco - Salamanca

  2. COLEGIO SAN JUAN BOSCO PASEO CANALEJAS 38-54 37001 SALAMANCA www.sanjuanboscosalamanca.eu First Part WELCOME TO SAN JUAN BOSCO SCHOOL!!

  3. COLEGIO SAN JUAN BOSCO PASEO CANALEJAS 38-54 37001 SALAMANCA www.sanjuanboscosalamanca.eu SAN JUAN BOSCO San Juan Bosco School is an integrated school. We have Pre-School, Primary School, Secondary School and Sixth Form.

  4. SAN JUAN BOSCO It’s been a bilingual school for almost seven years, and at Primary School and the 1st year of Secondary Education, the pupils study several subjects in English.

  5. SAN JUAN BOSCO San Juan Bosco School has achieved 4-star recognition for Business Excellence (400+ points), based on the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM)

  6. SAN JUAN BOSCO Our Principal, Jesús Calvo, tells us that our School belongs to the Salesian Sisters, an order founded by Saint John Boscoin 1872, with the help of Saint Maria Mazzarello.

  7. SAN JUAN BOSCO The Salesian Sisters believe in the Preventive System of Education, which regards education as a “matter of the heart”. There are three key elements in the Preventive System: reason, religion and kindness

  8. SAN JUAN BOSCO And at our school, they aim at educating the pupils to be “good Christians and honourable citizens”. Our school dates back to 1904, although it has been in our present building since 1944.

  9. SAN JUAN BOSCO This is the community of Sisters of Mary Help of Christians at San Juan Bosco School

  10. SAN JUAN BOSCO This is our Secondary School head teacher, Fernando Hernández. He is really nice with us!!

  11. SAN JUAN BOSCO Candi Juan is the Primary School head teacher. He was our teacher some years ago and we keep wonderful memories of that time.

  12. SAN JUAN BOSCO This is the conference room. Here we do different activities and have conferences.

  13. SAN JUAN BOSCO This is the playground, where we practice different sports and relax during the break.

  14. SAN JUAN BOSCO Here we are in the gym. This is where we have Physical Education and our festivals.

  15. SAN JUAN BOSCO This is the computer room. Here we have computer lessons and prepare projects for different subjects.

  16. SAN JUAN BOSCO We are in the library. We love reading books here and sometimes we do our homework together.

  17. SAN JUAN BOSCO This is the chemistry lab. Here we do experiments with our teachers.

  18. SAN JUAN BOSCO This is the technology room, where we do projects with our Technology teacher.

  19. SAN JUAN BOSCO This is one of our Pre-School classrooms. All these children will participate in a Comenius Project one day!!

  20. SAN JUAN BOSCO Here we are with the pupils of Sixth Year of Primary School. They study Science, Physical Education and Music in English!!

  21. SAN JUAN BOSCO Here we are with our classmates, in our classroom. It’s great being in our third year of Secondary School. We get on really well and have lots of fun together.

  22. SAN JUAN BOSCO Here we are in the classroom with Second Year of Sixth Form students. Some of them participated in our previous Comenius Proyect and have told us about their experience.

  23. SAN JUAN BOSCO This is a very important place for our school. In our chapel, we join to pray on Friday, and hear mass sometimes.

  24. COLEGIO SAN JUAN BOSCO PASEO CANALEJAS 38-54 37001 SALAMANCA www.sanjuanboscosalamanca.eu Second Part SALAMANCA “our city”

  25. COLEGIO SAN JUAN BOSCO PASEO CANALEJAS 38-54 37001 SALAMANCA www.sanjuanboscosalamanca.eu SALAMANCA: our city • Salamanca is a Spanish city, capital of the province, and located in the community of Castilla y León. • It has a population of about 150,000 inhabitants Salamanca

  26. COLEGIO SAN JUAN BOSCO PASEO CANALEJAS 38-54 37001 SALAMANCA www.sanjuanboscosalamanca.eu SALAMANCA: our city • In 1988 the city was declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco.

  27. COLEGIO SAN JUAN BOSCO PASEO CANALEJAS 38-54 37001 SALAMANCA www.sanjuanboscosalamanca.eu SALAMANCA: our city • We love to live here all year, because there are many places where we can go with our friends. Let us tell you about them:

  28. COLEGIO SAN JUAN BOSCO PASEO CANALEJAS 38-54 37001 SALAMANCA www.sanjuanboscosalamanca.eu SALAMANCA places to visit Themainsquare The Main Square in salamanca was built in 1729 to 1756, it is the political centre of the city and now it´s one of the most famous places in salamanca.

  29. COLEGIO SAN JUAN BOSCO PASEO CANALEJAS 38-54 37001 SALAMANCA www.sanjuanboscosalamanca.eu SALAMANCA places to visit Themainsquare The main square in salamanca isn´t a perfect square (it´s an irregular cuadrilateral)none of its facades has the same measures.

  30. COLEGIO SAN JUAN BOSCO PASEO CANALEJAS 38-54 37001 SALAMANCA www.sanjuanboscosalamanca.eu SALAMANCA places to visit In the main square there have been many exhibitions like this one: There, everyone meets their friends, family… It is our typical meting point.

  31. COLEGIO SAN JUAN BOSCO PASEO CANALEJAS 38-54 37001 SALAMANCA www.sanjuanboscosalamanca.eu SALAMANCA places to visit In this photo I am wiht my friends in the main square

  32. COLEGIO SAN JUAN BOSCO PASEO CANALEJAS 38-54 37001 SALAMANCA www.sanjuanboscosalamanca.eu SALAMANCA places to visit OldCathedral It took two centuries (XII-XIV) to build this cathedral. It was the first cathedral of Salamanca and is dedicated to St. María de la Sede.

  33. COLEGIO SAN JUAN BOSCO PASEO CANALEJAS 38-54 37001 SALAMANCA www.sanjuanboscosalamanca.eu SALAMANCA places to visit • In this cathedral we can find a lot of chapels as: San Martín, San Salvador, Santa Bárbara, San Bartolomé. OldCathedral

  34. COLEGIO SAN JUAN BOSCO PASEO CANALEJAS 38-54 37001 SALAMANCA www.sanjuanboscosalamanca.eu SALAMANCA places to visit new Cathedral • The New Cathedral is next to the Old Cathedral. • It was constructed between the 16th and 18th centuries in two styles: Gothic and Baroque.

  35. COLEGIO SAN JUAN BOSCO PASEO CANALEJAS 38-54 37001 SALAMANCA www.sanjuanboscosalamanca.eu SALAMANCA places to visit This is us outside the cathedral This is the interior of the cathedral.

  36. COLEGIO SAN JUAN BOSCO PASEO CANALEJAS 38-54 37001 SALAMANCA www.sanjuanboscosalamanca.eu SALAMANCA places to visit Anaya square One of the most beautiful and lively squares in Salamanca. It is always full of people enjoying outdoor activities, relaxing in the garden and enjoying the great historical framework in which it is located…

  37. COLEGIO SAN JUAN BOSCO PASEO CANALEJAS 38-54 37001 SALAMANCA www.sanjuanboscosalamanca.eu SALAMANCA places to visit Anaya square It is great to relax: Sit in the green of its gardens and lose yourself in the sound of the Plaza Anaya… from the sound of the sparrows in the nests, to the murmur of conversations fixing the world, to the Spanish guitar improvising…

  38. COLEGIO SAN JUAN BOSCO PASEO CANALEJAS 38-54 37001 SALAMANCA www.sanjuanboscosalamanca.eu SALAMANCA places to visit Anaya square The New Cathedral is on the opposite side, and between both buildings there are gardens where there are always students sharing a sandwich and a talk about music or reading.

  39. COLEGIO SAN JUAN BOSCO PASEO CANALEJAS 38-54 37001 SALAMANCA www.sanjuanboscosalamanca.eu SALAMANCA places to visit University of salamanca Salamanca is the second oldest university in Europe after Bologna. The façade of the University is one of the most visited monuments of Salamanca.

  40. COLEGIO SAN JUAN BOSCO PASEO CANALEJAS 38-54 37001 SALAMANCA www.sanjuanboscosalamanca.eu SALAMANCA places to visit University of salamanca The façade is divided into three parts. In the lower part, there is an engraving of the king and queen of Spain at the time the University was built, Isabel and Fernando. On either side we can see vegetable, animal and geometric decoration.

  41. COLEGIO SAN JUAN BOSCO PASEO CANALEJAS 38-54 37001 SALAMANCA www.sanjuanboscosalamanca.eu SALAMANCA places to visit University of salamanca • But the most attractive thing is the frog that we can see on one of the three skulls that there are in the façade. • The legend says: students who find where the frog is, will pass their exams.

  42. COLEGIO SAN JUAN BOSCO PASEO CANALEJAS 38-54 37001 SALAMANCA www.sanjuanboscosalamanca.eu SALAMANCA places to visit University of salamanca • In front of the main building, there is a square surrounded by other buildings. It is called the “Patio de Escuelas”, where we can appreciate different amazing engravings.

  43. COLEGIO SAN JUAN BOSCO PASEO CANALEJAS 38-54 37001 SALAMANCA www.sanjuanboscosalamanca.eu SALAMANCA places to visit pontifical university • The pontifical university is rooted in the thirteenth century of Collaboration Between the Pope and the King. It became an institution capable of combining Knowledge About man, society, nature, history and God.

  44. COLEGIO SAN JUAN BOSCO PASEO CANALEJAS 38-54 37001 SALAMANCA www.sanjuanboscosalamanca.eu SALAMANCA places to visit pontifical university • We go there, because “La Clerecía” is one of the most spectacular monuments

  45. COLEGIO SAN JUAN BOSCO PASEO CANALEJAS 38-54 37001 SALAMANCA www.sanjuanboscosalamanca.eu SALAMANCA places to visit House of shells • The most important characteristic is that there are over 300 shells on the facade. • In this moment there is a very important library. • It has a famous legend I will tell you right now

  46. COLEGIO SAN JUAN BOSCO PASEO CANALEJAS 38-54 37001 SALAMANCA www.sanjuanboscosalamanca.eu SALAMANCA places to visit House of shells • The legend says that under one of these shells a precious treasureis hidden. But, now the only treasure that it keeps is one of the best libraries in the city, with a lot of books.

  47. COLEGIO SAN JUAN BOSCO PASEO CANALEJAS 38-54 37001 SALAMANCA www.sanjuanboscosalamanca.eu SALAMANCA places to visit Roman bridge • The bridge today is the result of several restorations. It was declared a Heritage Site in 1931 and a Cultural Site in 1998.

  48. COLEGIO SAN JUAN BOSCO PASEO CANALEJAS 38-54 37001 SALAMANCA www.sanjuanboscosalamanca.eu SALAMANCA places to visit • The bridge was in operation until the early twentieth century. Today only pedestrians can use it.

  49. COLEGIO SAN JUAN BOSCO PASEO CANALEJAS 38-54 37001 SALAMANCA www.sanjuanboscosalamanca.eu SALAMANCA places to visit Roman bridge One of the most beautiful things to see from the “Roman Bridge" is the fireworks in festivals.

  50. COLEGIO SAN JUAN BOSCO PASEO CANALEJAS 38-54 37001 SALAMANCA www.sanjuanboscosalamanca.eu SALAMANCA places to visit The Garden of Calixto and Melibea Among its most notable decorative elements it includes, wonderful plants and trees, the wall, the Gateway Arch or the wishing well. Its name refers to the two characters in the Renaissanceplay "La Celestina"

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