With the conviction that spaces also educateThe school is a school for children from Pre-school to Baccalaureate, which is the same thing, from 4 months to 17 years old, Gaztelueta's facilities offer its students the opportunity to learn in an innovative context. and privileged. Founded in 1951, in recent years the school has made an effort to renovate its facilities and adapt them to the education of the 21st century, when it is now in the midst of a new era. 75th anniversary of its foundation.
The building of Early Childhood EducationThe school welcomes pupils from 4 months to 5 years old every day in its classrooms. It also has own dining room and kitchenwhere food is prepared every day. The pavilion itself also has two psychomotricity classrooms where the pupils, divided by cycles (from 0 to 3 years and 3 to 6 years), face daily challenges related to their psychomotor development.
Gaztelueta's facilities also include a cosy and welcoming Cradle Classroom for babies from 4 months, the school garden and several indoor and outdoor play areas where the youngest children of the school enjoy themselves every day. The classrooms, which are spacious and bright, are equipped with projectors and sound equipment. Last summer, the school also included a Art Atelier with privileged views of the sea where, from the first years of schooling, children develop their creativity.
Regarding Gaztelueta's facilities in Primary EducationIt is necessary to say that it takes place in two different pavilions. Pupils from 6 to 8 years old learn in the building popularly known as the The PoliIt is located underneath the school's sports centre. Recently renovated, both the classrooms and the sports space itselfhas nine classrooms equipped with digital whiteboard and projectorsin addition to the Support classrooma library o glass rooms where English and Basque are practised orally on a daily basis with native teachers. From this year onwards, the pupils of the Poli has its own school garden.
The 2nd cycle primary school pavilion, known as the Central Pavilion for hosting the services of Secretarythe canteen and the classrooms extracurricular activitiesis another of the buildings that have recently undergone a complete interior modernisation. Everything has been renovated, improving comfort, equipment and innovation. On a day-to-day basis, the classrooms are brighter, less noisy and more comfortable, facilitating the work of teachers and students. Each classroom has an integrated sound system, in addition to the projection system.
This building has six glassed-in rooms designed for visits, where the most important interviews with families on a daily basis. In addition, the great novelty of it is on STEAM classrooman innovative, multidisciplinary and cross-disciplinary space, which hosts the kinds of Greenpower o Roboticsamong others. This is where the oratory o main school chapel.
Secondary has two adjoining buildings, each housing six classrooms, completely refurbished for use in the 2019/20 academic year, and which mimics the advantages implemented in the Central Pavilion in terms of comfort, classroom design and lighting of the space.
Regarding the space dedicated to the practice of sport, the facilities of the Gaztelueta school have more than 17,000 m2 of space between the football pitches, the athletics track, the swimming pool and the indoor football and basketball courts, as well as the indoor sports centre where the school and federated handball and basketball teams usually train. Two paddle courts have also recently been built, one indoor and one outdoor, for the use and enjoyment of students and members of the Sports Club.
Finally, the Gaztelueta facilities have 53,000 m2 of green areas for the enjoyment of students and their families when they visit Gaztelueta.
In short, Gaztelueta's facilities are a crucial component in the development of its educational project, as they have a determining influence on its learning environment, safety and access to resources and educational experiences and the well-being of our students, their families and staff.
