General Izquierdo

The General Izquierdo center is a public school in San Martín de la Vega that offers Early Childhood and Primary Education. It has a cafeteria service and English is present in its educational project through the bilingual program.

The center has participated in the bilingual program since the 2005/2006 school year, completed in the 2010/2011 school year. Since 2019/2020, the program has been extended to Early Childhood Education and since 2021/2022, all students are included in the Bilingual Program of the Community of Madrid. The project is taught in areas such as Natural and Social Sciences and Artistic-Plastic Education, with qualified teachers in Primary and Early Childhood Education, English specialists, and conversation assistants. These assistants, present in all Primary and Early Childhood courses with special attention to 3rd and 6th grades, dedicate their 16 weekly hours to reinforce students' oral skills in small groups, both inside and outside the classroom, under the supervision of specialists, and collaborate with teachers on materials and activities.

Students in 3rd and 6th grades take external evaluation tests from the Community of Madrid, and 6th graders take Cambridge KET/PET or Language Cert tests, for which mock exams are conducted. The center develops a plan to promote reading in English, with activities graded by levels, storytelling, and group reading in Early Childhood and the first years of Primary Education, and the project 'The travelling Bag', in which each classroom has a traveling backpack with stories. The involved teachers coordinate in weekly meetings. Among the complementary activities related to English are the celebration of Anglo-Saxon festivities, encouragement of reading, and plays in English, many of which are part of the center's Cultural Week. The center also has institutional documents such as the educational project, internal regulations, tutorial action plan, coexistence plan, digital project of the center, and an action plan against heat waves.