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We’re thrilled to announce the arrival of our new Sensory Room at Internacional Aravaca. Filled with vibrant colors and stimulating lights, it’s a space where children can explore and enhance their senses. Essential in the early stages! This room offers various sensory experiences, from visual lights to tactile materials, all designed to support relaxation and […]

September 29th has finally arrived and with it, our grand opening ceremony of the House Competition program. House Competition is the Primary coexistence program. In the purest Harry Potter style, each student belongs to a specific house (blue, green, yellow and red) whose objective is for the students of the stage to get to know […]

In the first tutorials of 2nd baccalaureate it is essential that the student performs various dynamics related to self-knowledge, to be aware of their strengths and weaknesses and where to put the focus on a key course for their future. I leave you a part of the dynamic: “This is the wheel of life, where […]

At Internacional Aravaca we are committed to the fight against school violence, and over the next 3 years we will implement the program for the improvement of coexistence SILENOLE. The teachers have received the first training session, and the team for coexistence has been formed, which will support them in the tasks of prevention and […]

Once again, we celebrated our beginning-of-the-school-year-gathering outside the classroom, bringing together the stages of Secondary and Baccalaureate. The aim of this gathering was to enjoy a day where teachers and students could get to know and learn from each other better, from a different perspective to what the classroom and the school offer us daily. […]

Going on school trips has many positive aspects for students. The experiences gained during these trips will represent a great learning outside the classroom that will remain with them throughout their lives.  It also enriches us and helps us to promote the socialisation that is so important at the beginning of the school year. During […]

And we began year three of the Eco-School program. This year is an important year, if we achieve the goals of environmental improvement in the school, we will be awarded the Green Flag award. Therefore, this year we decided to bring together the entire primary and secondary school to carry out some activities to raise […]

On Friday 29th we started the third year of Ecoescuela. This is the definitive one, if everything continues as it has been, we will get the Green Flag at the end of this year.  This year we decided to have a joint primary and secondary school assembly in the morning and a dramatized presentation to […]

After five weeks of fun, emotions, workshops and new friendships, once again this year, we ended our summer camp. This week, the minicampers travelled to the bottom of the sea to spend their last days in the most refreshing way. This theme gave us a lot of play for different workshops and aquatic games. They [...]

We’re thrilled to announce the arrival of our new Sensory Room at Internacional Aravaca. Filled with vibrant colors and stimulating lights, it’s a space where children can explore and enhance their senses. Essential in the early stages! This room offers various sensory experiences, from visual lights to tactile materials, all designed to support relaxation and […]

On Friday 29th we started the third year of Ecoescuela. This is the definitive one, if everything continues as it has been, we will get the Green Flag at the end of this year.  This year we decided to have a joint primary and secondary school assembly in the morning and a dramatized presentation to […]

As every year, last June 16th we celebrated our big end-of-year solidarity party. It is an event where literally everything happens. We started the afternoon inaugurating our "Summer Fest", a festival where primary and early year students dress up to represent different performances that they have been organizing and rehearsing with great enthusiasm and affection. [...]

Our youngest students at Internacional Aravaca had the opportunity to put on a little show for their families and do a super activity with them. As they had been learning about animals, the theme of the activity was "Under the sea". The kids danced and after their performance, the most special moment came for them. [...]

Farm field trips are an unbeatable way to encounter hands-on experiences.  To finish the year, Early Years went to the farm at “El Palomar”. The children got the opportunity to make their own loaf of bread, which was truly a unique moment for the little ones!  They visited and learned about several different animals such [...]

In Early Years, we celebrated spring with joy and excitement. All students, from I2 to I5, moved freely in our Sensory Classroom experimenting and investigating about spring. We created an installation for the investigation and discovery of the children. They were able to observe how the classroom turned into a garden full of colorful flowers […]

Last Monday the students from I2 and I3 had the opportunity to attend a Storytelling related to our new topic: Animals, called Alfredo’s journey. Alfredo, a charming lizard, discovers new places and makes some new incredible friends. This storytelling uses different props like puppets, music, sound effects, and some smells to create a full sensorial […]

The 5 year old students are saying goodbye to the preschool stage and welcoming a new stage, Primary.  During these months they have been preparing for this big change and therefore, doing different activities in order to get to know their new classes, playground and some of the school facilities they will be using soon. […]

This year, the preschool students wanted to celebrate San Isidro’s Day in a very special way. We invited all the grandparents to celebrate this day with us and, of course, we all had the traditional doughnuts and lemonade together. Afterwards each grandparent was able to go with their grandchildren to decorate their Manila shawl for […]

The 3 year old students will go on an outing to “Gaia, la Montaña Sostenible” (Dehesa de Navalcarbón, las Rozas). This outing will support the current unit of inquiry, which has as its central idea: “The action of human beings modifies the environment”, and in particular the line of inquiry “How recycling works”. Students will […]

September 29th has finally arrived and with it, our grand opening ceremony of the House Competition program. House Competition is the Primary coexistence program. In the purest Harry Potter style, each student belongs to a specific house (blue, green, yellow and red) whose objective is for the students of the stage to get to know […]

Going on school trips has many positive aspects for students. The experiences gained during these trips will represent a great learning outside the classroom that will remain with them throughout their lives.  It also enriches us and helps us to promote the socialisation that is so important at the beginning of the school year. During […]

And we began year three of the Eco-School program. This year is an important year, if we achieve the goals of environmental improvement in the school, we will be awarded the Green Flag award. Therefore, this year we decided to bring together the entire primary and secondary school to carry out some activities to raise […]

On Friday 29th we started the third year of Ecoescuela. This is the definitive one, if everything continues as it has been, we will get the Green Flag at the end of this year.  This year we decided to have a joint primary and secondary school assembly in the morning and a dramatized presentation to […]

As every year, last June 16th we celebrated our big end-of-year solidarity party. It is an event where literally everything happens. We started the afternoon inaugurating our "Summer Fest", a festival where primary and early year students dress up to represent different performances that they have been organizing and rehearsing with great enthusiasm and affection. [...]

The highly anticipated Drawing Ed event has finally arrived! Our representatives BRIGHT NEWS NATURAL BOATS, SALT TO SPRING and FOOD DISCOVERERS blew the judges away with their approach to business and their knowledge of current issues. It was such an exciting day for everyone. Becoming entrepreneurs and learning about all that it entails has been [...]

Internacional Aravaca School wins a first and a third place in the Tournament of the Community of Madrid of intercollegiate field hockey, in benjamín category. After a disputed final and a match that was resolved in shootouts, we won a gold medal and a bronze medal. Congratulations to the champions!!! This tournament has not only […]

On Tuesday 20th June the most awaited awards of the year took place, IA AWARD, prizes and distinctions that are awarded to students in Primary and 4th of ESO. The prizes that have been given in Primary are: Commendations for pupils who have managed to demonstrate all the IB Profile Attributes, one award per class.  [...]

Last Friday, June 14th, the students of Internacional Aravaca presented their final work of the PYP (International Baccalaureate Primary School Program); a work that reflects the learning, values and skills acquired throughout the program. Each work team, with 4-5 members, grouped according to their interests and designed a unit of inquiry framed in the transdisciplinary [...]

Spelling is important for many reasons. Among others, communication skills, reading and spelling skills are closely related and help develop overall literacy.  At Internacional Aravaca School, yearly we celebrate our Spelling Bee in Primary. As children are required to spell words while on stage in the library, that practice helps them to develop their self [...]

At Internacional Aravaca we are committed to the fight against school violence, and over the next 3 years we will implement the program for the improvement of coexistence SILENOLE. The teachers have received the first training session, and the team for coexistence has been formed, which will support them in the tasks of prevention and […]

Once again, we celebrated our beginning-of-the-school-year-gathering outside the classroom, bringing together the stages of Secondary and Baccalaureate. The aim of this gathering was to enjoy a day where teachers and students could get to know and learn from each other better, from a different perspective to what the classroom and the school offer us daily. […]

And we began year three of the Eco-School program. This year is an important year, if we achieve the goals of environmental improvement in the school, we will be awarded the Green Flag award. Therefore, this year we decided to bring together the entire primary and secondary school to carry out some activities to raise […]

On Friday 29th we started the third year of Ecoescuela. This is the definitive one, if everything continues as it has been, we will get the Green Flag at the end of this year.  This year we decided to have a joint primary and secondary school assembly in the morning and a dramatized presentation to […]

As a culmination of another intense and eventful school year, a large number of 1st to 3rd year ESO (MYP2-4) students enjoyed a 4-day trip to Salou (Tarragona). During these days, they had thrilling afternoons of zip-lining and water sports, such as riding a catamaran and kayaking. They also discovered the Roman ruins in the […]

As every year, last June 16th we celebrated our big end-of-year solidarity party. It is an event where literally everything happens. We started the afternoon inaugurating our "Summer Fest", a festival where primary and early year students dress up to represent different performances that they have been organizing and rehearsing with great enthusiasm and affection. [...]

The school has achieved an outstanding international recognition by winning the award for best film at the prestigious ISP Film Festival. This competition brings together schools from all over the world, and our team formed by students from 1st and 2nd ESO has shined with their short film “Ella’s Song”, which has been acclaimed for […]

We are pleased to announce that six of our MYP2 students, due to the great skill they have used in the creation of their mobile applications in the subject of Design, have been named as winners of the best technological project of DRAWING ED 2023. This is an exhibition fair where young people between the [...]

On Tuesday 20th June the most awaited awards of the year took place, IA AWARD, prizes and distinctions that are awarded to students in Primary and 4th of ESO. The prizes that have been given in Primary are: Commendations for pupils who have managed to demonstrate all the IB Profile Attributes, one award per class.  [...]

Last Monday Mai 8th, our 1st and 2nd ESO students had the great opportunity to learn more about English literature and use English Language outside the classroom context by enjoying an immersive literary activity through an Escape Room that explore the successful career of the English writer Oscar Wild. They had a great time finding […]

In the first tutorials of 2nd baccalaureate it is essential that the student performs various dynamics related to self-knowledge, to be aware of their strengths and weaknesses and where to put the focus on a key course for their future. I leave you a part of the dynamic: “This is the wheel of life, where […]

At Internacional Aravaca we are committed to the fight against school violence, and over the next 3 years we will implement the program for the improvement of coexistence SILENOLE. The teachers have received the first training session, and the team for coexistence has been formed, which will support them in the tasks of prevention and […]

Once again, we celebrated our beginning-of-the-school-year-gathering outside the classroom, bringing together the stages of Secondary and Baccalaureate. The aim of this gathering was to enjoy a day where teachers and students could get to know and learn from each other better, from a different perspective to what the classroom and the school offer us daily. […]

And we began year three of the Eco-School program. This year is an important year, if we achieve the goals of environmental improvement in the school, we will be awarded the Green Flag award. Therefore, this year we decided to bring together the entire primary and secondary school to carry out some activities to raise […]

On Friday 29th we started the third year of Ecoescuela. This is the definitive one, if everything continues as it has been, we will get the Green Flag at the end of this year.  This year we decided to have a joint primary and secondary school assembly in the morning and a dramatized presentation to […]

As every year, last June 16th we celebrated our big end-of-year solidarity party. It is an event where literally everything happens. We started the afternoon inaugurating our "Summer Fest", a festival where primary and early year students dress up to represent different performances that they have been organizing and rehearsing with great enthusiasm and affection. [...]

Last Monday, May 22nd, after three years of hard and constant work, and after the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) authorization visit, we were confirmed that we are now officially an IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) school, and we share this with all of you, with the pride and satisfaction of a job well done and [...]

“In their first year of Baccalaurate Biology, students made a mesocosm, a closed environment with controlled conditions, to measure interactions between different living organisms and abiotic factors such as temperature, humidity, and pH. It will take several weeks for them to determine whether the microecosystems they created were adequate. By doing so, they will have […]

IA alumni participate in the university fair to guide students in 3rd and 4th ESO and Bachillerato to choose their careers. Seventeen students from different degrees participated: Law, Industrial Engineering, International Relations, Architecture, Business Analytics, ADE, ADE Double Degree, Medicine, Food Engineering and Study Abroad. It was a great opportunity to know first hand what […]

The Model United Nations is an international PSI program that works just like a United Nations General Assembly. Our students Nico, Vera, Iria and Iciar from 1st Bachillerato, have started the preparation sessions in which they are taught how to defend the position of an assigned country (in this case Bangladesh) regarding a series of […]