OUR SCHOOL

We are public secondary school in Manresa, near Barcelona. We are in a neighbourghood with a high degree of cultural diversity  On offer there is compulsory secondary education (12-16 years old) as well as post compulsory education (16+), and we also have vocational training courses in health services, personal image, trade and commerce and community services. We have a total of 950 students.

Our most important objective, among others,  is to prepare our students for a highly demanding society within the framework of European values of democracy, solidarity and equality.

MANRESA MOBILITY EXPERIENCE

Sunday 25th: Arrivals

At midday, Erasmus teams arrived at Manresa. They were welcomed by host teachers who introduced them to their host families.

Afterwards, with the coordinator’s speeches, we opened the Erasmus Mobility!

After lunch foreign teachers and students took the chance to visit the Medieval Market that took place in Manresa these days.

Monday 26th: Presentation at school

Early in the morning all the students involved in Erasmus Project were received at Guillem Catà High School by the Headteacher and the host teachers.

After the warm welcome every country did a presentation to show their school to all the students.

After the free time break all the students did a Workshop where they had to create their Europass CV, using the Europass tool. Then they had to describe themselves using Padlet app.

After lunch the students had a city tour using mobile app, a funny way to introduce new technologies to tourism and culture.

Tuesday 27th: Study visit and lecture in Girona

On Tuesday 27th we left Manresa and we went to Girona city. Girona is in the north-east of Spain, and is bordered by France, and the provinces of Barcelona and Lleida. Girona has a beautiful Historic Jewish quarter that is easy to see on foot. There are lots of museums there, and the buildings are all of stone, and squashed down narrow cobbled streets.

In Girona we visited the old city center, the Jewish quarter and  we went for a walk through the city wall. We visited the campus of the University of Girona located in the old center and there the Senior Teacher of Catalan Philology Degree gave us a guided study visit by the University campus, showing us the cloister, the library and he explained the diverse university degrees offers, the activities in which the university participated, and the different professional outings.

After lunch the students did a gymkhana around Girona to know the most important monuments, streets and places by using Instagram mobile app, from the well-known Girona cathedral to the small street in the Jewish quarter were Arya from the Game of Thrones TV series run for her life.

Once the students finished the activities we went back to Manresa.

Wednesday 28th: Snow day

Due to the adverse weather conditions, then lectures that had been planned were put off. They were done two weeks later and the videos were posted in the Erasmus Youtube channel.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND CREATIVITY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBT_PS-gde0

NEURO IN BUSINESS: AN ENTREPRENEUR'S EXPERIENCE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DEUVQSUmpE&t=15s

Thursday 1st March: City visit and workshop in Barcelona

We set off early in the morning and we left Manresa to go to Barcelona. Once we got there we enjoyed a bus city tour. We were able to visit the FC Barcelona stadium, from outside, and then we saw Casa Batlló, Casa Milà and La Sagrada Família, all buildings by Antoni Gaudí. We jumped off the bus and walked in the streets of the Gothic Quarter and finally we went to Montjuïc and we saw Barcelona from its highest natural point.

After lunch, we had a lecture about entrepreneurship in CaixaForum. They explained the process by which new ideas and products are created and we did some practical activities in groups in order to put into practice everything they had explained.

After the first lecture we had a second one about the building we were in. It had been a factory years ago, and they explained the meaning and the characteristics of the industry and the architecture of the place.

Once the two lectures finished we went back to Manresa by bus.

Friday 2nd March: Study visit to a local entrepreneurial business: Oller del Mas

We left Manresa by bus in the morning and we visited Oller del Mas, a winery business, a few minutes from Manresa, as an example of entrepreneurship project  specialized in the sale of local wine products.

Afterwards, we set off to Montserrat. There we visited the Monastery of Montserrat, we enjoyed the surroundings and the views, and some of us could enjoy the live show of “The Escolanets de Montserrat”.

The Escolania of Montserrat, which belongs to the Monastery of Montserrat, is one of the oldest boys choirs in Europe. Records show that the Escolania has existed as a religious and musical institution since the 14th century. It is composed of more than fifty boys, from ages nine to fourteen, originating from various towns in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, and the Valencian community.

We had lunch in Montserrat and after lunch we went back to Manresa were the students enjoyed a free-time afternoon.

Saturday 3rd March: Farewell

All the students from all the countries came to the school to attend the Certificate Ceremony. Afterwards it came the farewell at the bus station where the host students said good-bye, some with tears, but always very happy for the experience they had lived.