Thank you everyone! 

La Concejala de Educación del Ayuntamiento de Valencia, Ana Albert, ha respaldado hoy con su presencia la ‘Caminata Solidaria’ Bridges to Africa (Puentes hacia África), que ha organizado Caxton College. Se trata de una actividad de solidaridad que comenzó en el año 2005 en Gran Bretaña a instancias del ex Primer Ministro Gordon Brown, con la finalidad de favorecer la enseñanza en Uganda.
Alumnos del centro escolar, acompañados de sus profesores, han recorrido diez de los puentes que atraviesan el antiguo cauce del río Turia, un itinerario de 7 kilómetros. Ésta convocatoria se realiza en colaboración con la sociedad benéfica británica Promoting Equality in African Schools (Promocionando la Igualdad en los Colegios Africanos. www.bridgestoafrica.org.uk).
 

Here is a small sample of our Good Manners program, in the dining room during lunch yesterday, Wednesday, December 14, 2011.

Students from Year 1 to 4 are able to attend.

As always, we had a wonderful time and Miss Loli has taught us to behave well at the table, to try new foods, and to properly use our utensils.

We love coming here!

It is proven that what is taught, it is learnt better, and that has been the experience for one of our pupils in Yr 8, Lorena Larfeuil.
Taking advantage of both curriculums coinciding, Year 6 pupils have recently visited an exhibition about prehistory organised by the year 8 pupils which took place in the hall in the Secondary building.
 

This year we have been promoting healthy eating in the dining room. Pupils have been encouraged to eat more fruit and vegetables and are rewarded with a “healthy choice” sticker when they do so. The campaign has so far been very successful with many children trying new foods and eating more fruit and vegetables! Today we received a ‘Healthy School’ certificate from “Padres y Colegios” magazine which we are very proud of! Congratulations to all staff and pupils!

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Six teams from Caxton College entered the 11th International Forum of the University of Navarra with the topic, "Corruption & Development".
A total of 64 teams sent their essays and presentations in October and these were evaluated by Professors from the organizing institution.

After an exhaustive evaluation process, only 25 teams went through to have the opportunity to compete at the Forum in Pamplona on 17th & 18th Nov 2011. Caxton College had two teams selected for this round and were up against teams from 20 High Schools around the world.
Caxton College’s teams comprised of the following students:

Team 1
Ana Alicarte
Alexei Kovalenko
Juan Gramaje
Mayo Torres

Team 2
Carla Delgado Vargas
Ana Domingo Viana
Candela Gascó de la Torre

The second day of the event saw Caxton College Team 2 selected as one of the four finalists. Tensions were high in the team as they presented in front of the whole forum and three eminent judges. They gave an excellent presentation after which they were questioned rigorously.

The Caxton College Team was awarded 3rd Prize in this spectacular international event therefore gaining them first position in Spain.

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We had a record turnout of parents for the Y1 Workshop on Tuesday 8^th November. Head of Year 1, Susan Segrue explained some strategies for teaching aspects of reading such as ‘tricky words’ and also showed parents some resources that we use at school. Everyone enjoyed watching the videos of children learning phonics in class! Remember that all of the information from the talk can be found on the Parent Profile.

Caxton College has once again taken part in the blood donation campaign in conjunction with the Valencian Community Transfusion Centre.

Primary teachers were all given the day off today and in their place were witches, wizards and zombies!  They learnt lots of magical tricks and practised frightening everyone around.  Hopefully everything will go back to normal next week!

One of our Year 11 students, Alicia Rojo, is very fond of literature, and has even become a literary critic of books for young people, as well as adult romantic novels.
Alicia has created her own blog (nochedepalabras.com), with over 900 followers already.
 

On Thursday 20 October Year 2 parents were invited to a maths workshop to find out about strategies we use to teach number skills at school. We looked at how children can use a hundred square and other resources to help with their understanding of number to 100. Activities, resources and web pages from the workshop are available for Y2 parents on the Parent Profile. 

Look out for more workshops coming up for other year groups soon!

This week the school will be celebrating the “World Smile Day” (7th October).
We would like to share with you all our desire to promote that universal language which is to smile.

“Smiling is the common language for intelligent men” Víctor Ruiz Uriarte, Spanish Dramatist.
 

The IV Seaton of our prestigious football league kicks off on 14 October, with the participation of 8 teams: formed by students from Years 12 & 13, parents and employees.

The Caxton College pupils that come to school on the P.Puerto buses have appeared on the “Más Gente” show which was televised on the TVE channel.

Yesterday, 21 September, was a very eventful day in Caxton College. We not only celebrated International Peace Day in the morning, by having our Secondary students and staff dress in white as we attended a talk given by speakers from the United Nations.

Coralita Arnold produced this stunning sculpture as part of her summer homework. The figure was produced by making a core and forming basic shapes out of aluminium. She then added polymer clay to the surface to define the body parts. The sculpture was baked in the oven and the delicate details added. finally the sculpture was painted and varnished. An amazing achievement by a very talented young lady.
 

Over the course of this week, we have kicked off all of the club activities, both during the school day as well as after school. In all activities, we aim for students to do their best while also having a good time. This year we are offering some new activities, such as Campus Rock, Introduction to Sport, Guitar in Primary, and Introduction to Dance. We also continue to offer activities such as Modern Dance, Swimming, Art and Karate that have been favourites in past years.

The academic year 2011-12 has started today.

The excited pupils have arrived to school to once again meet up with their friends and teachers to tell them about their holidays and find out new things that will happen during this new school year.We hope that this year will not just be full of learning and studying but also full of fun.We wish all Caxton pupils and staff a great school year 2011-12!

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Ms Linda Kirkwood, a leading authority in the Scottish educational system, has come to Valencia to share the latest methods of education with the teachers of Caxton College staff.

Tras la publicación hoy de los listados de acceso a la Universidad, los alumnos de Caxton College han obtenido resultados brillantes.
La mayoría se podrá matricular en la carrera que eligieron como primera opción y entre todos ellos destacan tres alumnos (Nieves Vanaclocha, Ricardo Collados y Sofía Tarancón) que han conseguido acceder con el número 1 a sus respectivas carreras: Medicina, Físicas y Derecho en la Universidad de Valencia.
 

Tras la publicación de los resultados de la fase específica de la Selectividad, Caxton College celebra el éxito general de sus alumnos y en especial el de Ricardo Collados Izquierdo, un estudiante excepcional durante toda su trayectoria escolar que ha conseguido la máxima puntuación en las asignaturas de Física y Matemáticas II, obteniendo en su expediente 14 puntos sobre 14, la nota máxima.

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El pasado domingo fue publicado en el periódico Las Provincias un artículo sobre educación que contaba, entre otros, con el testimonio de nuestra Directora Amparo Gil.
Pueden consultarlo en: http://www.lasprovincias.es/v/20110417/valencia/alumnos-quedaran-plaza-concertados-20110417.html
 

On 13 May, the University of Valencia awarded the prizes for the 5th edition of ConWeb, the competition to design a web page open to secondary school students in the Valencian Community.
The competition is organised by the Technical School of Engineering (ETSE) and is marked by its innovations in bringing the classes and activities organised by the University of Valencia in the field of Engineering closer to students.