Congratulations to our school Cross Country team who competed in Cártama and were awarded 3rd place overall. Originally anyway – then Mr Toal emailed me very late at night to announce there had been a recount and we had finished in second place! Congratulations to our superstar heroes. Here is what Mr Toal says about […]
On Thursday 25th January 60 students from Aloha Secondary School played in the Internal Chess Tournament. This tournament was the first step for our participation in the Marbella Inter-school Chess Tournament and the best Chess players from Aloha College will represent our School in Marbella’s Palacio de Congresos in April. It is always amazing to […]
During the holidays we received a letter from the Marbella Town Hall, signed in person by the Mayoress, Mrs. Angeles Muñoz. In it she congratulated our Year 7 pupil, Charlotte Ness, for winning a prize in the Christmas Story competition, in which many local schools participated. Lottie’s first language is not Spanish, but she was […]
The Stock Market Challenge is an engaging event that Year 9 participated in. The year group were split into house teams competing against each other. They had to try and make the most money from buying and selling shares on a simulated stock exchange, based on the London stock market. Teamwork, making decisions under pressure, […]
As part of the school’s ongoing Futurewise Careers Programme, all year 8 students took time out of lessons on Thursday to participate in an Enterprise Challenge. Students worked in teams in the Hall, closely directed by Ian Pierson from Inspiring Futures. Their challenge was to turn their team into a small business with the aim of creating, packaging and marketing […]
On Friday the 27th of October the KS3 and Year 10 pupils took part in their IH Representative Elections to form part of the IH Committee. The pupils had to write a short speech to include why they wished to be an IH Representative, why they would be good at it and give some suggestions […]
On Friday 6 October, a group of 12 students from Key Stage 3 visited Sotogrande International School to take part in their annual mathematics competition. This competition focuses on applying maths to problem solving and kinaesthetic activities. This year students tackled four challenges: Building a tower that a marble would run down in the longest time possible A swimming pool […]
In class, KS3 students discussed the value of learning languages, shared their own language and culture with one another and learnt some greetings in a variety of different languages from around the world. Students brought in snacks from their own countries and had the opportunity to try these and donate money to charity at the […]
The rain didn’t stop our learning at Selwo this week! After a soggy start, year 8 and year 13 ESS students enjoyed a tour of the park seeing a range of animals such as cheetahs, elephants, red pandas, snakes and lions. After close encounters with lemurs, goats and birds, the Serengeti safari took them off […]
Let us celebrate the sporting achievements of two of our Year 12 students; Alessandro Scariolo in basketball and Michael Stanik in golf. This year has been Alessandro’s best yet in his basketball life! His team came first in the Andalucía championships, where he was also named best player. Alessandro was also selected from the Under-16 […]
