Our city

Pola de Siero is a small town in the autonomous community of Asturias, in Spain. It is situated in the centre of Asturias, about 15 km from the regional capital, Oviedo. It has about 12 555 inhabitants. It is an old town, it was founded in 1270.

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Our school

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IES Escultor Juan de Villanueva is a secondary education and vocational training school with 600 pupils and 80 teaachers in the town of Pola de Siero, placed in the central area of the region of Asturias, North Spain, about 20 km far from the Atlantic Ocean and about 50 km far from the Cantabric Mountains. Secondary education students are aged 12 to 18 years old and vocation training students from 17 on. Most of the students come from town or villages around, except the training students, who come mainly from other towns in the range of 20 km.

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Vocational training consists of tertiary short cycle (ISCED 5th level) and postsecondary (ISCED 4th level). The professional branches are Administration, Chemistry and Food Industry.

 

The school has as first foreign languages English or French, German or French as second languages. There is also an English bilingual program since 12 years ago . This program works with the CLIL methodology and comprises general subjects such as Maths, Physics and Chemistry, Science, PE, Philosophy, Technology, as well as professional subjects such as Labour Orientation, Labour Relationships, Environmental Management and Entrepeneurship.

 

The school has a year-long tradition of exchanges with several countries (Ireland, Germany, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Denmark) and students´ and teachers´ mobility programs (Comenius, EYES, Erasmus, Academia). They also take part very actively in e-Twinninng, in fact some of the projects have been awarded ( and they count with an e-Twinninng ambassador).

 

They are currently participating in a 24-month-long Erasmus+ KA101 program of teachers´ mobility as coordinating institution and a 18-month-long Erasmus+ KA103 HEI program for vocational training students.

Other activities of the school are the participation in Maths, Philosophy and Chemistry Olympics, Week-camp, European Health and Safety Week, Science Week, etc.