Spain, Barcelona
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Robotics, English, theatre, dance, and music are offered as midday extracurricular sessions for younger students. For 1st and 2nd years, midday activities include music, dance, and Design Thinking, with after-school options in Catalan, chess, theatre, and paddle. For 3rd and 4th years, English, chess, theatre, dance, Design Thinking, and robotics are part of the program, with additional after-school activities in Catalan, music, and a range of sports.
A bilingual theatre program is offered as an extracurricular, designed to develop expressive skills, concentration, and teamwork. Sessions include structured warm-ups, sensory work, improvisation, and group dramatization in multiple languages. The program is complemented by Land Art, an outdoor art project that engages students in nature-based creative work.
The center is a trilingual project in English, Catalan, and Spanish, with languages used as vehicles for other learning. Some subjects are taught in English across levels, including Physical Education, Arts and Crafts, Science, and Geography, while mathematics, religion, history, and economics are taught in Spanish. Cambridge English exams are offered at the school (Movers/Starters/Flyers in primary; PET/KEY/First/Advanced in secondary) and are CE-recognized; French is introduced in secondary with DELF or DALF, also CE-recognized. The school is linked to Cambridge International School.
After-school clubs cover arts and sports, including Dance, Music, Theatre, and Robotics. Older students can participate in Chess and Theatre, alongside Design Thinking and other creative sessions. A broad sports program includes Football, Pádel, Basketball, Volleyball, Water Polo, and Skating, with Yoga also offered for wellbeing.
Wellbeing is supported through after-school physical activity, including Yoga and team sports such as Football, Basketball, Volleyball, and Water Polo. Midday and after-school schedules show a strong emphasis on physical education across age groups, with additional options in Dance and Multisport. The timetable includes after-school programs that promote fitness, collaboration, and healthy habits.
Located in the area of Barcelona, SIL School offers a bespoke bilingual-trilingual education for ages 0 to 18, combining Cambridge Primary and Cambridge Secondary curricula with a Preschool to Baccalaureate pathway. The school teaches in English, Catalan, and Spanish, using all languages as languages of instruction. Some subjects are taught in English (PE, Arts and Crafts, Science, Geography) while others are taught in Spanish (Mathematics, Religion, History, Economics). Cambridge examinations are conducted on-site: Movers/Starters/Flyers in primary and PET/KEY/First/Advanced in secondary, with English instruction aligned to these assessments; English and, in secondary, French certificates are CE-recognized. French is introduced in ESO with DELF or DALF preparation. The campus spans more than 11,000 m2 and includes an auditorium, dining hall, heated indoor pool, multi-sport courts, laboratories for Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Technology, a computer room, an audiovisual room, a music room, and a kitchen. A midday and after-school programme features robotics, theatre, dance, language clubs, chess, and sports.