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Presentation of Cambridge Outstanding Learner Awards

On Monday 16th April, Tim Hemmings, Head of Mission of the British Embassy, presented the seven awards obtained by our students in 2017 in front of the whole of the secondary school and the families of the awardees. Mr. Wickham explained that the school had received many of these outstanding learner awards for IGCSEs and Advanced Level examinations, ranking 1st or 2nd in Spain for the number of awards, every year since 2008.

We are very proud of our students and teachers. Once again this shows that ISM pupils can reach their highest potential and access the best universities, as confirmed by the recent offers our Year 13 students have received from Cambridge University, Imperial College, UCL, SOAS LSE and many more.

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Year 13 end of year trip to Salamanca

‘Our Year 13 students travelled on their annual trip to Salamanca, accompanied by Rafael Mialdea and Conchita Sande.  They visited both cathedrals and the roof tops in the morning and had lunch at “Las caballerizas”. In the afternoon, they had a look at the Convent of St. Stephen and went on a tour around “Lis Museum”. After a memorable dinner, they enjoyed their time in “Camelot” and, believe it or not, both teachers swept their cobwebs away on the dance floor.

 The following day, we went to the University and to the Calisto and Melibea´s garden. In order to find true love in life, most students went around the well six times; I am not sure if it will work but some of them surely found themselves dizzy afterwards. They also beheaded Rafa at “la cruz de los ajusticiados”. Most of them took part enthusiastically in the photography contest and several prizes were awarded; congratulations to all participants! The local guide, staff at the museum and restaurant commented on our students´ good manners and behaviour. The hotel does not accept groups except for ISM pupils.  We are certainly very proud of them: they were a credit to themselves and to the school.

 Both Rafa and myself would like to thank them for their conduct and wish them all the best in their A-levels and future careers’.  Conchita Sande.

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Dance Evening 2018

Congratulations to all who participated in the Dance evening on 24th April.  The students demonstrated a fantastic array of music and dance skills, all expertly choreographed by Mr Roberto.  Thanks also to the hundreds of parents and family members who came to watch.

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Y8 and 9 boys football tournament – Silver medal!

‘On Tuesday 17th of April we brought the best footballers from years 8 & 9 to play in the British Council Football 7 Infantile tournament. We were drawn in the tougher group along with Kensington, St. Annes, Kings and ICS. We had a very strong team and I knew that if we played with intensity that we had the quality to play well against anybody. The first game started fantastically with a 2-0 win over ICS and a fantastic goal from Victor! The second game we played against the ever strong Kings team and the entire team worked as a unit and showed real quality winning 2-1. The third match we played against Kensington and were unlucky in the match as we dominated possession but could not scored and conceded 3 goals against the run of play. Knowing that we had to win the final match of the group- the team played with confidence and won 5-0

 We progressed to the semi final to play against St. Georges, the winners of the other group. It was a real battle, both teams showing fatigue but in the second half Arturo De Mingo picked the ball up inside his own half, dribbled past 3 players and scored a fantastic goal. The boys were then able to hold on for a 1-0 Victory. 

 The final saw us play against the British Council School, the hosts. After 5 games both teams were extremely tired. BC got a lucky break for the first goal which meant that we had to press forward looking for a goal, at which point we were caught on the counter attack and BC ran out as winners. 

 Overall, an excellent performance from the boys and there is a lot of potential for the future. The silver medal well deserved!’  Mr. O’Riordan

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Y13 finalists in the Clinical Case competition, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona

In March, three ISM Biology students in Year 13, Irene, Clara and Ana , went through to the finals of the competition, being invited to the University campus in Pamplona to take part against other teams from all over Spain. The experience was incredible. We hope to repeat this in the future. A big thankyou to Ms. Elena Ocio and Mr. David McClement for their part in the success of our involvement in the competition.

ISM Biology pupils entered this national competition and finished within the top 10.

They were invited to present their case study in front of a panel of leading medical experts in the prestigious Universidad de Navarra on April the 14th.

Congratulations to all the students and their teachers on this amazing result!

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