Monday, 16 December 2024

FINSPAIN TIB: THREE SCHOOL YEARS WORKING TOGETHER

A couple of weeks ago we experienced the third year of the FINSPAIN TIB project between the students and teachers of OSAO and Javerianas School.  This was the first time that we could meet in person but this project has been developing and evolutioning over the last 3 years. 
I've been fortunate enough to see it since the very first time, it consisted of online meets evolving the development of joint projects between some of the students at their school and us. It was very well planned and executed by the teachers of both schools but of course improving of the first year and optimizing every part of the experience.

This year the project evolved a lot as the project is now presential for the students both of Spain and Finland, first they came to Madrid in late November and then it is turn for us to go there at early march. This is a huge step for the connection between the schools that is very much enjoyed and appreciated by all the people involved. Following the latest visit of the finnish and the activities done, we can say that the project is growing exponentially and can be an amazing learning opportunity for both parts. We are proud that we were part of this and hope it continues like this, getting better every year!!


By Santiago Castro

LAST YEAR ONLINE EXPERIENCE:
We worked online on two different sessions, the first one was to get to know eachother and the second one, each group of students presented a project they were working on in class:

Session 1

In the first session, we presented ourselves to the Finnish students explaining some characteristics of our country, city and school. Then we talked in more detail about our class, International Trade Year 1 and our experiences during the course. Also, the Finnish students explained to us about Finland and their school, OSAO.

Finlandia de Alexandra Leyva Molina

By Alexandra Ramírez, Valeria Dueñas and Irene Muñoz


Session 2
In the second session of FINSPAIN, we worked on our “Shopping in Madrid” project, that talked about all the different commercial areas all over around our city. We started with research, dividing ourselves into 5 different groups to explore those areas and gather information and pictures. Later on we built a presentation based on that information and showed it to our Finnish friends before having them show us their business project. It was a very fun project that required everyone's full cooperation and ended up being a huge success.

Friday, 8 November 2024

FINSPAIN #TIB in the magazine Magisterio

 

A couple of weeks ago, we had the pleasure to receive Elina from OSAO, our partner school in Finland. Elina handles technical support and she plays a fundamental role in making our project a success.

On November 17th, we will be welcoming a group of 17 students and 2 teachers, Satu and Anu, from OSAO. They will join us for a week filled with exciting activities with the objective of deepening our collaboration on our Finspain #TIB project. Everyone here is looking forward to this experience!

If you'd like to learn more about Finspain #TIB, check out the interview published by Premios Espiral after we were selected as finalists last year. You can find it in the magazine Magisterio.




Tuesday, 17 September 2024

Always on the way

Welcome to a new school year! 🌟 

With our motto, Always on the way, let's embrace the journey ahead. Smile, collaborate, meet new people, learn, share, work hard, and most importantly—enjoy every moment! Together, we'll make this year unforgettable.

Let’s do it! 💪😊




 

Wednesday, 20 December 2023

This Christmas be open to receive Jesus

 

This Christmas let's make it special:

Be open to friends and family

Be open to get together

Be open to help

Be open to enjoy

Be open to celebrate

Be open to share...

and above all, be open to love.

Merry Christmas from Escuela Profesional Javeriana.

Wednesday, 25 October 2023

Finspain Together In Busines #TIB finalists in the Espiral International Awards

 

EPJaveriana & OSAO Finland are Espiral International Awards Finalists! 🏆

The Escuela Profesional Javeriana and OSAO, Finland, got finalists in the International Espiral Awards with our project, Finspain Together In Business (#TIB).

We are really thrilled since ther
e were really amazing projects participating. Congratulations to all of the winners.


We are very proud of our project, which is all about teaming up and learning about business cultures. We're bringing students from different parts of the world together and showing how international business can be a real adventure. Congratulations to all of them for their great job!

Watch our project video:

Tuesday, 3 October 2023

From Philippines to Madrid: our assistant Jenny

Hello everyone, I'm Jenny , originally from the Philippines and now proud to call Spain my home for the past three years. My journey in education started at Angeles University Foundation, where I earned my bachelor's degree in Teaching. 


In my free time, I'm an avid reader, a fitness enthusiast, and I enjoy delving into the world of documentaries. Just like many of my students, I have a passion for learning foreign languages. I can hold conversations in Mandarin, and I'm currently on a journey to master Spanish.


This year, my goal is to help all of you excel in English while making our learning journey a fun and exciting one. Let's embark on this school year together, and I can't wait to see how much we can achieve!


Monday, 18 September 2023

Have a great School Year at EP Javeriana

 

Hello everyone!

Welcome back to EP Javeriana, where a new school year awaits filled with opportunities and growth.


We wish you a wonderful year and encourage you to take these points into account:


  • Embrace curiosity
  • Make new friends
  • Ask questions
  • Set goals
  • Stay positive
  • Get involved
  • Enjoy the journey

Let's make this year remarkable! 📚🌟


Monday, 5 June 2023

Keep in touch, Andrea!

The end of the School year is approaching and that means we have to say good bye to Andrea, our language assistant from The States. It has been a wonderful experience having her at the EP Javeriana and a great help.

This is a message from her:

“This year has been a really great experience for me! I want to thank all the students and teachers  for always making me feel welcome at the school. This year has really gone by fast and I can’t believe the school year is already over. I have never taught at a vocational training school, and I feel like I gained a lot of experience. It was cool to see all the different projects the students did in class and I enjoyed hearing about their studies.

It was really fun for me to have primary school at the beginning of the week, and then come to EPJ to do fun activities and have conversations. I hope that they enjoyed all the games and activities we did together and were able to practice their English in a fun way. I appreciate all the effort they made to participate and get involved in the games. Hope to see everyone again soon!”

 

Good luck with all your plans, Andrea, and keep in touch!


Friday, 26 May 2023

ERASMUS (Grado Medio)

Here we have the experience of Iker about his Erasmus placement in Dublin:


My name is Iker and I’m currently  in a traineeship in Dublin. The Company is an official test center for English that is a requisite for students and professionals who wish to study, work or migrate to an English-speaking country.
 
The exam is an English language proficiency test that includes writing, speaking and hearing skills. I usually receive the candidates when they arrive to the exam and pick and review the required documentation. Once the exam is completed, I carry out the process of reviewing , scanning and ratings  transcription. On the other hand, I also participate in the process of sending and receiving exams from educational centers which include physical visits to the post offices.
 
This is certainly a great experience and an opportunity that allows you to gain experience in the marketplace combined with an international practice that allows you also to continue learning the language intensively. I’m enjoying Erasmus + very much and I fully recommend it.





We are sure that this has been a very joyful experience!

Friday, 12 May 2023

MARKET PLACE 2023


This year has been the 6th Edition of the EPJ MARKET PLACE. The companies created for the ocassion have been: Maclaermas, Oriently, Gea, Sunmobile, Healthy Ways y Flasback.





Here are some of the thoughts about preparing for the DAY:


MACLAERMAS
Since the beginning of the course, we have been working towards the exciting Marketplace day for our companies. It has been months of learning and preparation to get everything right. It has been a bit overwhelming with time, exams and assignments, but in the end we have managed to do our best and it has been successful.


GEA:

We started organizing the MarketPlace two weeks before the presentation. At the beginning we didn't know where to start, this is because we didn't have any past experience. It was very important working as a team and having good communication between all the members of the group. This was very important because we agreed on a lot of ideas. 

When we started with the projects at first we felt that we didn't have enough days to finish on time. But this didn't happen because we made small tasks every day and we finished on time.

On the last days, we made huge progress in the stand like: posters, activities and games, uniforms, we prepared sweets as the prices.

In conclusion, preparing the MarketPlace was very challenging but very rewarding. We worked as a team in every task and objective and it was difficult but we did it.


SUNMOBILE:

Regarding to the preparation of this Marketplace 2023, I could tell you that it was a great challenge for all lof us due to we prepared it in a short time. The reason of this is because the fair was pretended to be celebrated at the end of may, but the plans suddenly changed to a few weeks sooner. In the following days, after we were noticed about that change, each group worked on many original ideas to offer, for example, in the group of the company "GEA", they used some classes to create their game of roulette with questions, the group of "Healthy Ways" was making posters with domestic animals and in "Flashback", they managed their social networks to make themselves known at the fair. In general, all my classmates were pretty nervous due to they wanted to make a good impression in this event, but in the same time, we were all excited!





And here we have some thoughts after the DAY:


ORIENTLY:
The market place day was a funny one. We finished the last details and after that, the fair started. At first, we were nervous, because we didn’t know how it was going to be, but then, we had fun explaining our idea and playing the game with the people that were coming to our stand. Although it was a great day, we were also very tired because of standing all day. At the end, we had to clean up the mess we made, which by far was the worst part. To sum up, we consider it was a great experience and we hope that the school will continue doing it every year. 


FLASHBACK:

The Market Place has been a great experience and opportunity for us. We believe that it has been very enriching to improve our communication skills and develop our creativity.

We liked having the opportunity to meet people from the different classes in the school, and without a doubt, we really liked that they participated so much in the activities.

It was well worth having dedicated so many hours of work to the Market Place, we were very satisfied with the results obtained at the fair and we saw all our efforts rewarded.

Without a doubt, it is a unique experience that we will not forget.


What we can say, without a doubt, is that is was a GREAT SUCCESS!!