ESC: Volunteering in our school.

Garcia Lorca School is a state primary school set in Alzira (East Coast of Spain), 30 kilometres from Valencia, in an uban setting. Our town has a population of 45000 and it is the capital of Ribera Alta and it is well connected via train or bus with the capital city of our region. Alzira is a dynamic city with different type industries and an important hospital (Hospital Comarcal de La Ribera) tha is located in the town. Our town offers diffirent cultural and sport activities that are organized by our public authorities and other organitations. Our town contains a huge educational institutions since infant education to univesity education. Alzira has got important traditional festivities that are conected with the school projects. Moreover, the school is well connected with the main roads, with the train and the city buses and it is near to the city centre. Our bulding offers all the facilities and educational equipment. We have a very huge playground with a lot of green areas and a lot of sun. Since 2017 the building is being remodelating and we are eliminated all the architectural barriers. We are 320 pupils aged 3 - 12 and 30 teaching staff (including the headteacher who is a teacher too). The teaching learning process is developed through the medium of our regional language called "valencià" which is different from Spanish. English and Spanish languages are introduced to our pupils from 3 years of age , being two important pieces of our curriculum. There are some volunteers (individuals and organizations) as well as members of our educational community that collaborate with us to develop our main key actions centred in: new technologies, ecology, inclusion, healthy life and intercultural activities. We underline the great value of the Parents Association that designs and develops activities for students. Parents and volunteers help us to develop activities like: Chistmas, Halloween, Easter Eggs, craft clubs, Falla, reading activities, intercultural activities (India, Morocco,...), ...