CEIP Maximiliano Gil Melián is a public teaching institution located in the municipality of Tacoronte, in the north of Tenerife, in the Canary Island. Our educational offer includes pre-school and primary education. The school has approximately 190 students divided into two educational stages: Infant Education and Primary Education. The teaching staff consists of twenty people. In addition, there is a caretaker and ten people who work in the kitchen, living room and cleaning. Throughout our history, our school has been characterized by the development of several innovation projects to provide our educational community (students, teachers and families) with a quality education. Some of the main projects are the Cultural Week, celebrated around World Book Day (April 23), school radio, Choir, Gomeran Whistle (whistle communication system of the island of La Gomera) and Timple (the most important musical instrument of the Canaries Islands).In this sense, we have firmly committed ourselves to the implementation of European projects with excellent results, providing the center with an improvement in linguistic competence in other languages, knowledge of other cultures and the promotion of European identity. In recent years, we have participated in various Comenius and Erasmus + projects KA201, KA229 and KA219. The educational offer of our school includes learning English from the age of 3 to the 6th grade, and in the last stage the students participate in a CLIL program experience of several years, which means teaching one of the artistic subjects in English. Content Integrated Language Learning (CLIL) is an approach where students learn a subject and a second language at the same time. A science course, for example, can be taught to students in English and they will not only learn about science, but also acquire relevant vocabulary and language skills. The values we promote in our activities are respect for self and others, appropriate use of resources and materials, tolerance and dialogue, work well done, etc. In accordance with these principles, every quarter we organize a campaign to help disadvantaged families (“Solidarity Race”) in which we collect clothing, shoes, toys, non-perishable food for needy families. Our school is a truly inclusive school because we have developed specific procedures for students with special needs. In fact, the entire school policy is based on the principle of “a school for everyone”. We are a school organized on the principles of the Amara Berry pedagogical system (creativity, individualization, the freedom to think, choose and express ourselves as we are, etc.), therefore our entire learning activity is carried out through play and creativity. In accordance with these principles, every quarter we organize a campaign to help disadvantaged families (“Solidarity Race”) in which we collect clothing, shoes, toys, non-perishable food for needy families. Our school is a truly inclusive school because we have developed specific procedures for students with special needs. In fact, the entire school policy is based on the principle of “a school for everyone”. We are a school organized on the principles of the Amara Berry pedagogical system (creativity, individualization, the freedom to think, choose and express ourselves as we are, etc.), therefore our entire learning activity is carried out through play and creativity. In the primary cycle, we do not use textbooks, but follow a methodology that allows students to live, feel, discover, share, express themselves, relate, activate their minds, analyze and make decisions. Hence the multitude of internal projects that we run according to clear procedures, with responsibility and dedication
In accordance with these principles, every quarter we organize a campaign to help disadvantaged families (“Solidarity Race”) in which we collect clothing, shoes, toys, non-perishable food for needy families. Our school is a truly inclusive school because we have developed specific procedures for students with special needs. In fact, the entire school policy is based on the principle of “a school for everyone”. We are a school organized on the principles of the Amara Berry pedagogical system (creativity, individualization, the freedom to think, choose and express ourselves as we are, etc.), therefore our entire learning activity is carried out through play and creativity. In the primary cycle, we do not use textbooks, but follow a methodology that allows students to live, feel, discover, share, express themselves, relate, activate their minds, analyze and make decisions. Hence the multitude of internal projects that we run according to clear procedures, with responsibility and dedication.