Betúlia

Betúlia School is a private center in Badalona that offers early childhood education, primary education, compulsory secondary education (ESO), and Bachillerato (upper secondary, ages 16–18). Its linguistic offer includes Spanish, Catalan, English, French, and Chinese.

In the early childhood education stage (3-6 years), organized into EI-3, EI-4, and EI-5 levels, the center aims for children to be autonomous and capable of developing personally and intellectually in an emotionally stable environment. The pedagogical project seeks to awaken and enhance each student's work abilities and competencies, accompanying them in discovering the world around them. The collaboration and involvement of families are part of the process, with fluid and constant contact. Three areas of knowledge are worked on globally and interdisciplinary: self-discovery (habits of autonomy and confidence, exploration of motor skills through object manipulation), discovery of the environment (family, traditional festivities, and the neighborhood), and intercommunication and languages (oral, mathematical, musical, artistic, and English). Observation, experimentation, and manipulation are learning tools, and play is the essential means for emotional development, interpersonal relationships, creativity, and listening.

English initiation begins in EI-3 with weekly sessions based on activities, songs, and motor development games. English classes are taught in split groups and periodic oral conversation sessions with a native teacher from the center, and English vocabulary is also introduced in other activities, such as creative environments. In the field of ICT and TAC, the center has interactive digital whiteboards, a computer room, computers, and tablets for EI-4 and EI-5 students. EI-5 students are introduced to applied robotic programming with bee-bots. One afternoon a week, creative environments are held, where all three levels of early childhood education participate in flexible groups with students of different ages, in workshops such as cooking, sewing, dance, construction, and shadow games.