Visit a school in Briviesca

Today we visited one of the two schools for kids Trisa and Riva's age in Briviesca.

Before we went to the school Trisa prepared some questions like what time the school starts and ends and if the children get lunch at school. But she was too shy to ask so we first started talking to the staff.

It was a very nice visit. Two people from the staff told us about what a school day looks like in the school (and probably in general in Spain) They also told that they are working more and more in group projects and also want to mix more ages, two things we like a lot in Trisa's and Riva's current school. As they can learn from older kids by copying them and from younger kids teaching them. But the best news is school starts at 9.30 an hour later than in the Netherlands!

After that we got a tour through the school. It is a big building, with nice yellow and green walls. In the halls there are nice corners for chilling to play. We visited the classes where Trisa and Riva will be in, if they are going to attend the school. The teachers asked which other children had parents that are not from Spain. About half of the kids had one or two parents form a different country. Which made Trisa en Riva feel very welcome.

In the end we checked if all the questions Trisa prepared, she was less shy now so we where able to identify the questions which where not answered yet. So we asked about the breaks for Trisa.

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