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Below, you will find some guidelines and instructions for the 22-23 academic year that are intended to contribute greatly to the well-being and health of all members of our Community after two difficult and uncertain years.
During the past two academic years, we have developed strict health and safety protocols that have allowed us fully cater to the needs of each student, guaranteeing the quality of services and learning.
For this 22-23 academic year, the protocols have been adapted to the current situation in which we find ourselves, in which the recovery from the pandemic allows us to make this framework more flexible and return to a previous situation, always carefully following the guidelines provided by both state and regional authorities, as well as keeping an eye on the global context
As you know, SEK International Schools already have flexible and open learning spaces that have aided the work of our students in classrooms
On the other hand, SEK continues to implement its Future Learning Model, that, for the past two years, optimises the use of our digital ecosystem and the schools physical spaces, offering personalised learning experiences, through inquiry-based and project-based learning that promote meaningful and self-led learning and the development of skills. All these initiatives contribute to the development of the SEK Profile in our students.
Students who test positive for COVID-19 should stay home until symptom pass. They can return to school when they no longer have symptoms and if possible, with a negative lateral flow test. Symptoms include dry cough, fever, body ache, sore throat, shortness of breath, general tiredness and other symptoms of a cold, vomiting, diarrhoea, loss of taste and smell.
If a member of the Educational Community shows symptoms suggestive of COVID-19 or have a temperature of 37.5º or higher, during school hours:
If it is confirmed that a person who has been at the School has COVID-19, the School must be informed immediately to notify all the people with whom they have had contact, and to be able to adopt the appropriate measures.
If your child’s illness is not caused by COVID-19, they can return to school after 24 hours without symptoms and 48 hours have passed without fever, and without the use of fever control medications (paracetamol, aspirin, ibuprofen, etc.). This is the most effective way to prevent infections and allows the person to recover, and the immune system to regain strength.
As you know, sometimes a child may want to go to school despite being sick. PLEASE DO NOT send your children to school if they have shown any symptoms of the coronavirus and that could spread to other children or adults.
Please remind your children of the importance of:
As of today, there is no obligation to wear face masks on school grounds (neither outdoors nor indoors).
On school coach services, the use of face masks is mandatory for students from year 1 of Primary and recommended for students under 6.
Students:
Families:
Teaching and non-teaching staff:
Visits:
In the 2022-23 academic year SEK Education Group will welcome our students back to school in a thoughtful, caring and supportive manner, enabling all students to continue to develop their individual potential, based on our enduring core principles and values.
We understand this has been a time of uncertainty for all families and that adapting to the new learning arrangements will require flexibility and patience from families, students, teachers and school leaders.
Our staff have continued to work tirelessly at all times to ensure students receive the best possible education.
In our scenario planning, we are guided by the following principles:
Community: maintain our sense of community spirit and belonging
Based on these principles, in this forthcoming academic year 22-23, the learning scenario will continue to be face-to-face, allowing the online model in the following cases:
Below, to remind us all of the great work and efforts of all the community (school, students and families) you can find information that explains the learning scenarios that were implemented over the past two years, under different conditions and official regulations, in order to maintain a high-quality education for your children.
Face-to-face learning scenario
Hybrid Learning Scenario
Full distance learning model
Dra. Mª Dolores López Salmerón
4 May, from 18 to 19h
Laura Cuesta Cano
25 April, from 18 to 19h
Camila Polensvaig
Cecilia Inéis Theirs Rodríguez
Concepción García-Hernán Ordoñez
Laura Cuesta Cano
Marián de la Morena and Javier Antoranz Rivero
Isabel Morales Jareño – Pilar Ester Mariñoso – Bruno García Tardón
27 may
17:30 – 18:30
Sara Sánchez Ruiz
3 june
17:30 – 18:30
Cecilia Theirs Rodríguez
10 june
17:30 – 18:30
Laura Herrero Pérez
17 june
17:30 – 18:30
Laura Cuesta
5 may
17:00 – 18:00
Joaquín Rodríguez – Noelia Cava – Fran Tejeria
14 may
17:00 – 18:00
Teresa García Pastor – César Gallo Salazar
28 may
17:00 – 18:00
Sara Rabadán
Sofía Gigliani
Miriam Marchante
Rosa Mª Martínez
Rosa Mª Martínez
We are very happy with what the school has done to adapt and maintain a high level of teaching for our three daughters. The speed with which everything was organised in the first lockdown is also worth mentioning.
Together we have created a great community, it is no longer just our children’s’ school
The My SEK platform meant that students collaborated fluidly with classmates and teachers. We have found on this platform everything necessary to be able to follow the studies of children.
For the future it is important that we always stay united and connected
I would highlight as factors that were key to educational success during lockdown as learning capacity, motivation, teamwork, commitment and digital competence
Blending face-to-face and online teaching is great, it affords flexibility and gives us the best of both worlds in a single global teaching strategy. I think it prepares our children, not for the future, but to a current reality for which many young people and adults are not prepared yet
We have learnt that the system used by SEK is special and different from others, this is what makes our school unique. All its techniques, methods and resources have contributed a great deal to the way we are and how we work
What sets us apart now is the ability to adapt quickly to the new situation, to not fall prey to despair at the new circumstances and continue to give our best.
We were very lucky and have benefited greatly from the fact that SEK was already very well prepared with platforms, technologies, communications, digital adaptation of students and teachers, which has meant that from the first day of this crisis, all students and teachers were able to continue working almost as if they were still physically at school.
Our daughters have not had their school work or learning slowed down for a single day.
And this is thanks to the right decisions and great work of SEK Group over the years.
Thank you to all the teachers, and to the school in general, for the excellent work you are doing.
It is a privilege that, in these difficult circumstances, our daughters can continue to benefit from continuity in their school development.
This situation, and how they are facing it, is going to make them – us – much stronger and it is going to help us all to value more what we have and recognise the value of many things that until now we had taken for granted.
Firstly, I’d like to thank you very much for the work that the school is doing so that our children can continue with the school rhythm.
Congratulations, because not all schools are doing it this way and the result is not the same, children have kept up the rhythm of school life and that routine and attitude will allow them to continue learning even if they can go back to finish the year at school.
Thank you.
First of all we want to thank SEK for your excellent management and all of your teachers for teaching the classes, paying attention to and following up on our children.
They are helping, not just in continuing their education but also psychologically so they don’t feel abandoned, lying around the house all day, it helps them have a routine and to be able to think of other things other than this situation and what they have had to experience so young.
We really feel situations like these help us see what a good school we have sent them to.
We are very proud of the high attendance of students in online classes.
They are taking part in and making the most of tutorials to help with any queries they have and at the same time, keeping up with the work assigned to them.
We are trying to keep a certain rhythm for each subject’s syllabus.
This week we have done different activities like on the Science Bits platform for Physics and Chemistry and Biology, exercises on the Industrial Revolution in the Individuals and Societies subject, commentary on texts for Language and Maths problems.
They have also worked on different tasks in their language classes, or have inquired about their favourite musician in Music.
On behalf of all the students, we would like to start by thanking the entire school team, who responded to the problem immediately and managed to ensure that there was no interruption in our learning, making an incredibly quick transition to online education.
We would like to congratulate all the teachers.
You have adapted the way you teach, giving your all for our education to continue unchecked in this situation, which requires a huge amount of work that you have done perfectly. We want you to know that this effort is already showing results, the students remain focused, working every day, with the same enthusiasm and interest that we had before.
Just as we applaud the doctors and healthcare staff for all their efforts, you also deserve our applause and our thanks, for relentlessly facing all the problems that arise and for solving them so effectively.
I can only congratulate you on how well you have responded as a school to this exceptional situation and how well everything is working, since the last day of school on Wednesday.
We are aware that, if this works, it is because everyone is working very hard and doing overtime and that is appreciated … we value all the efforts you are making, that everything is working, and that if something doesn’t work it is because it is live, this has never happened before.
We are part of an extended family, the SEK family, and let’s hope we know how to be supportive, understanding and can step up to face this difficult situation together.
Take care of yourselves, because we want to see you all healthy and strong when we go back to school!
