3rd Term

On Friday, 23rd June a farewell dinner was held at the British Club to celebrate the end of their school career for all those who are leaving this year, their parents and their teachers. After an enjoyable meal, the Head of Sixth Form, Pedro Tomas, and the Upper Sixth representatives Hugo and Cristina said a few words and ...

On Thursday evening, 15th June, the new school theatre ‘The Chaucer’ was officially inaugurated by Peter Nevitt, our Grand Canarian British Consul who has just retired from his post this June. During his introduction Peter Nevitt spoke of the importance of Geoffrey Chaucer, a 14th Century English writer and the author of ‘The Canterbury Tales’, who is considered to be the first really great English poet. The guests were then entertained by ...

Last week, students from P6 to S2 and their parents were treated to an afternoon of rock music in the new Chaucer Theatre when the S2 students performed in their rock groups as part of their music assessment for the term. Pupils played tunes from different bands and different generations. As well as being assessed by Mr Clarke, there was a panel of pupil and teacher judges who decided that the best performances were by Queen, Aerosmith and Oasis. The photograph is of the winning Queen members – Ruth, Carolina, Ester, Cristina and Elena.

On Thursday 8th June children from 2º to 5º competed in the ESCIS Junior Sports Day. The children competed against children from the British School, Oakley College and the American School. Everyone did their best and Canterbury won both the girls and the boys competitions. That meant we were also the overall winners! Congratulations to all who competed and thank you to Miss Vivienne and Miss Eu for their hard work.

On Tuesday 6th June K3 went on their final trip to Playa de Alcaravaneras. Lots of parents came along. The children had a great time playing in the sea, building sandcastles and playing in the park. Miss Emma spent all morning in the sea, Miss Maria organized relay races and Miss Ginny and Miss Fabi made sure that everybody was safe. The weather was lovely. It wasn’t too hot! There was a lovely picnic for lunch, and by the time everybody got back to school they were really tired! It was a wonderful day.

We celebrated Canary Island day in the Infant Department in Ruben Dario with an exhibition of Canarian wrestling when our youngest pupils could both enjoy themselves and learn a few of the basic rules of our national sport.
They also had the opportunity of listening to Canarian songs and joining in our traditional Canarian dances.

During this term a specialist ICT room with 25 new computers has been opened in the primary department for our younger pupils. (P1-P5), This is in addition to the computers already installed in the different classrooms and is similar to the two computer rooms in the Secondary Department. All the computers are connected to the school network and consequently have direct access to all the services this offers.

On Monday 31st May our schools in Las Palmas and Maspalomas celebrated the Canary Day. The children all came to school dressed beautifully in their traditional Canarian costumes.
During the day the children took part in various activities such as clay modeling, Canarian sports and dancing. Lots of fun was had by all.

The students at the Canterbury School took the their Art IGCSE this year and we opted for the Interpretive Art section. This counts for 50% of their final grade for Art. The other 50% is for their coursework.
For their exam they were given the following themes to choose from:
Putting on an act or performance, Repetition and variation, Working together, Initiation, The water’s edge.
Once they had chosen a theme the students had to research subjects/objects/artists/environments and techniques to be able to complete a final painting inspired by their chosen theme. In the gallery you will see the final paintings of each of the students who took the exam.

Year 2 pupils (P1) visited the Library in the Plaza de las Ranas in Las Palmas and listened to the librarians telling them stories about food and animals. The librarians also explained what a library is all about, how it works and how the books are classified. At the end of their visit, our pupils were invited to go along to the story telling sessions which take place every Friday at 5.30 and the story telling marathon to be held on May 19th. They thoroughly enjoyed their trip!

The 30th May is Canary Island Day and, as usual the Junior Department will be celebrating the occasion. All parents are invited to come along to celebrate with us and enjoy some typically Canarian snacks from 10.00 in the morning.

If any parents would like to run a stall please contact Miss Lindsay and tell her all about it. If you would like to contribute to the party and bring along some real Canarian products we would be most grateful; just take them directly to the kitchen on Friday 26th or Monday 29th. For more details, please click here.

Students in S3 and S4 will have to study English, Mathematics, Science, Lengua, Sociales, French or German ( in most cases ) and non-examination P.E. However, in addition, they must also choose to study two other subjects at IGCSE level. These subjects, known as the Options, are Art, Business Studies, Geography, History, ICT, Music and Examination P.E. You will be given information about the content of all the subjects to be studied. The Option subjects are timetabled in two blocks and the children must study one subject from each block.

During the months of May and June pupils in S4, S5 and S6 are sitting Cambridge and London University IGCSE, AS and A level examinations. The results of these examinations will reflect the dedication of those concerned during their sixth form and upper school studies and are extremely important for their future University careers. We wish all candidates the best of luck and know they will do their best. Check the complete examination timetable .

Three of our pupils won prizes in the writing competition organised by the Colegio Claret and which took place at Canterbury School. The prizes include a commemorative diploma, 30 euros and a set of books. Congratulations to the winners and remember that many great authors began their career by winning prizes at school.

A group of S4 (Year 11) pupils have just returned after a week’s trip to Germany where they stayed with the families of the German boys and girls who will be coming to Las Palmas during April. They thoroughly enjoyed speaking German in real life situations and found the excursions they made during their stay both interesting and informative. For most of them it was their first physical contact with snow and the timetable of the German educational system but they quickly adjusted to both with a mixture of interest, willingness and stoicism. They are determined that their German friends will take back equally good memories of their visit to Las Palmas just after the Easter vacation. Please click on…. for slides of their trip.