Orienteering Competition

On 1-3 December 180 Aloha College students participated in the Marbella Town Hall orienteering competition. Each day was a huge success with pupils participating in mixed teams of 4 students. Students had to use their map reading skills to find various clues located around the old town of Marbella and work as fast as they […]

Aloha College Inter-School Creative Writing Event

Last Friday the school computer rooms were filled with the sounds of the whirring brains and clicking keyboards of the 36 participants in the Inter-School Creative Writing Competition. The brightest writers from Aloha, Swans and Sotogrande were challenged to create a short story in just 90 minutes on a given title. “A great experience to be […]

Year 9 Chocolate Challenge Last Week

As part of the school’s ongoing Futurewise Careers Programme, all Year 9 students took time out of lessons on Thursday to participate in an Enterprise Challenge. Students worked in teams in the Hall, closely directed by John Burnip from Inspiring Futures. Their challenge was to turn their team into a small business with the aim of creating, packaging and marketing […]

Recent International Schools Football Tournaments

Boys’ Tournament Last week the Under 13, Under 15 and Under 19 Boys football teams headed to Sotogrande to take part in the International Schools Football tournament. This is one of the biggest tournaments of the year with over 40 teams participating from 13 different schools. There was huge success for the Aloha College teams […]

Maths Olympiad at Laude

On 19 November, Jake Macintyre (Year 11), Julia Krzeminska (Year 10), Emiliya Sivankova, Edward Saunders (Year 8) and Sofia Moreno (Year 7), accompanied by Ms Sapone, participated with enthusiasm in a Mathematics Olympiad held at Laude International College. The students competed in mixed teams. They sat down in groups with other students form other schools […]

Secondary School Pupils Taking Part in Aquathlon Event

On Tuesday 13 October 25 students from Year 7-9 went to compete in the first ever International Schools Aquathlon event. This was a team event with each competitor swimming 300 m and running 1 km. All students performed very well with the school finishing in overall third place. Special mention must go to Florence Sargent, […]

Year 8 Science Trip to Selwo Park

At the end of September, the Year 8s enjoyed an action packed day at Selwo Adventure Park. Through this educational and enjoyable experience we had opportunities to learn about and engage with the different animals. Some of the highlights of these experiences included an educational nature walk led by the park rangers, meeting the lemur […]

Maths Competition – 22 September

12 of Aloha’s best mathematicians from Key Stage 3 attended the annual Maths Competition at Sotogrande International School. The students were split into mixed groups alongside students from other international schools, and each group tackled a carousel of challenges involving mathematics, problem solving and teamwork. “We met lots of new people and had an interesting […]

Raquel Pérez – Success in Piano

At Aloha College we always recognise our pupils’ talents in Arts and Sports beyond the school. On this occasion, we feel very proud of Raquel Pérez (in Year 9), who has been at the Conservatory since she was 8, studying piano, and who has been recently selected as a privileged attendee to the International Music […]

World Peace Day 2015 – Monday 21 September

Yesterday all the pupils from Nursery to Year 13 were invited to replace their uniform with a complete white outfit or an individual white garment as a symbol of peace. A special whole-college assembly was held on the top pitch, where we all heard some readings from the pupils.