Aztec Art......

Mrs Letchford's Upper Primary class have been learning about the Aztec civilisation in their History lessons this term. As part of their studies, they have created a range of Authentic Aztec artefacts including Aztec temples, 'Day of the Dead' masks, Aztec books, also known as codices, and golden pendants.


The variety of materials used to create their work, produced some amazing results which are shown throughout this page.......fantastic images, we hope you agree!!
All these pieces are in amazing detail, if you visit school at any time, we are sure that the Upper Primary pupils will be more than glad to show you them, and all the other examples of their work!

Again well done, this is a flavour of the standard of work we see almost daily at Sierra Bernia, and just another example of how our teachers continually support our pupils to be creative and develop all the skills that a truly rounded education should offer...

Viking longboats.......

During this term, Mr Westcott's Lower Secondary group in History and Geography, has been working on such topics as The Romans, The Middle Ages, Volcanoes, Earthquakes and map reading skills. As part of their work the group has been encouraged to undertake projects to emphasise what they have learnt.



With the support of Mrs Byles, a student teacher with us at the moment, they have just completed a project on building a viking longboat, which also brought in teamwork skills, drawing to scale, and art and craft studies....The results were amazing, top left shows one of the boats that was completed. Top right is a picture of the other boat completed. Both very impressive......



left are one of the groups who completed one of the boats, Marcelo,Ahmar, Sofia, Charlie and Amelia.

Right is the other group of Jack, Maksim, Ella, Alex, & Kieron

All the group together with Mrs Byles, who helped them through this project....well done all!

A Day in the life......of Sierra Bernia

We went around the school on a typical day with a camera to get a snapshop of what is going on ......quite a lot!!!

pictured left are the Nursery to Year 2 children
starting practicing for the nativity play on the 16th of December

(left)Joseph making sure that Mary is ok!..ahhhhhh!!The rest of the choir ( below)also practicing hard for the big day!!

Fernando, who teaches Spanish and Valenciano, helping students in his room. It is very important that although we are a British Curriculum school, that the Spanish language and culture is taught to all students.
Sierra Bernia is a truly international environment, where students from, Spain, UK, Russia, Holland, Pakistan etc all work happily together...




Below are examples of the displays that are evident in all classrooms , which pupils and staff are very proud to share with all visitors to the school...







....When we called into Mrs Letchford's room there was a very interesting discussion with years 5 and 6 about the issue of bullying....It is very important that these kind of topics are discussed at an early age so that pupils are aware of the issues involved, and this Personal and Social education has a great importance in Sierra Bernia, so as we say we can 'educate for life'.......




This was just a brief visit around the school, but we hope it gives you a feel of the range of activities that the dedicated staff try and encourage at all times......remember our motto ' Education for life'......look out for more daily snapshots.

A Smoothie Process.....!

THE WHOLE TEAM....ENJOYING THE FRUITS OF THEIR LABOUR!!

Mrs Letchford has been working with the Lower Secondary pupils to find ways to encourage people to get their 'five a day'. After weeks investigating the range of smoothies available by to the public on the market, each student developed their very own smoothie by finding a suitable market for their health drink, and then designing their product to suit. Below are pictures of Charlie, Kieron and Marcelo, a real trio of smoothies!!

The students assessed thickness, texture and flavours, as well as correct dairy ingredients to use. They came up with a range of smoothies that were suitable for young children, sports people, school children and the 'older market' who would benefit from the extra fruits found in their smoothie drinks. Ella ( below right) is obviously enjoying hers!!

All the Lower Secondary were involved and really enjoyed the project. This practical example of Food Technology was a great success, and if in the future one of our students becomes a budding entrepreneur selling smoothies, then remember where it all started!!

Below are Maksim and Alex hard at work... not forgetting Sofia and Ella...

Red Nose Day

On Friday 18th March the whole school really got involved in our annual Red Nose event.

This is a great chance to raise money for those less fortunate than ourselves.

The day started with some video presentations about the Red Nose charity which focused on how the money would really help other young people.

The pupils all listened very carefully and really developed an understanding oh how hard life can be for some children in other parts of the world.

We then had an excellent display from the local Protection Civil unit. This is another voluntary organisation that plays a very important role in local community life. The children were allowed to see inside the ambulance and listened with great interest to the commentary from the officers.

The day went on with the Upper Secondary really entering into the spirit of the day by competing boys against girls to see who could raise the most money for charity.

This was part of their Business Studies work, and both groups worked extremely hard to get every last cent out of the rest of the school!

In the afternoon we were treated to some wonderful cup-cakes that had been lovingly iced by Years 5&6. All money raised from the sale went to the Red Nose fund.

The day finished with a massive rounders match with the Upper School narrowly beating the Lower School with the very last strike of the day.

All in all this was a wonderful day, and was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Congratulations to everyone who worked so hard to make this an outstanding success.

It's Carnaval Time!

One of the annual festivals that is always looked forward to by both pupils and staff at Sierra Bernia is Carnaval!

It is a time for dressing up (no school uniform for a day!) and a great opportunity to do some different things at school.

This year we had a wonderful display of food sculpture and some Salsa dancing.

As well as our annual Carnaval Parade. With the theme of Cowboys and Indians there was definitely a sense the Wild West around Sierra Bernia for the day!

Renewable Energy Display

With all the sunshine that we get on the Costa Blanca, it is perhaps not surprising that Spain is very advanced in its thinking about alternative energy supplies.

Years 3 - 6 attended an excellent exhibition at the Casa d'Cultura in Alfaz, and learned a lot about how we can use renewable sources of energy.

The students were all very interested in this excellent display.