Our partners in Hungary created and maintain our Comenius project web page. In Hungary there is a prize for the best Comenius web page in the country and we have won first prize. Congratulations! This is the second project we have done with them and in the previous project we also won the prize. Look up the good work at www.near.cjb.hu

Erkide, the Cooperative Federation, organised a visit to schools in the Netherlands. Iñaki Zubeldia and Andone Ruiz attended as representatives of Olabide Ikastola, from March 1st to 8th.

On February 27th Naturgas Energia, Fundación Euskadi and Olabide Ikastola signed an accord to promote the use of the bicycle as a means of travelling to school. The news appeared in various media.

On February 20th a group of Sixth Form pupils went to the Chemistry Faculty for a practical experience organised by the Basque Country University. Our teacher Azucena went with us.

The work we undertook in 2005 to win the Silver Quality award has led to even better results.
Olabide Ikastola has achieved the Golden "Q "award.

Four Olabide students have won grants from the Basque Government Education Department to study language courses abroad:

Mikel Eguiluz, Nahia Ispizua and Ainhoa Mujika of the 3rd year Secondary (all three in the U.K.) and Oier Penacho of the Lower Sixth (in Ireland)

On the 2nd and 3rd December our Comenius Project coordinator, Malcolm Davison, attended the 2nd National Meeting of Association Coordinators.

At the weekend we toured the medieval quarter of the city, Lekeitio, Oma wood and Gernika.

Luis Gaisan (4th grade Secondary) won a prize in the photography competition of the “Science Week” and will receive a laptop computer in the marquee in the Arriaga, Bilbao.

The weekend of 18th-19th October our Primary 3rd grade students took part in a football and basketball tournament in Barria. The weather was good and the programme was varied. We’d like to thank the students, relatives and coaches of Olabide Ikastola and San Prudencio Ikastetxea for coming along on the Sunday morning.

We aren’t going to publish the results because we can’t remember them – all we remember is having a really great time practising sport.

Thank you to all those involved!

From 12th to 25th September we receive the visit of our German exchange students.

On 2nd and 3rd September Aitziber Itxisoa attended a conference on Education for Peace, in Belfast.

CONGRATULATIONS NURIA!

Our under-14 football team qualified for
the Basque school championship
in San Sebastian.
They won one, drew one
and lost (2-3) one match in the finals.

Our 2nd year Secondary students entered Portugalete’s 22nd Comic Competition.

We had 3 finalists: Andrés Gamiz, Jorge Sendra and Juan Latorre.

Juan won the first prize. 

              Congratulations !

From May 1st to 5th the School Choir went to Barcelona and Gerona as part of an exchange visit with two local choirs. We mixed tourism, cultural visits, a meal together and concerts of singing and dancing. We had a great time and made good friends.

On April 24th Ahotsu, our mascot for promoting the use of the Basque language, CAME down and our Primary students celebrated with a festive programme.

On April 20th we organised our first Outdoor Activities excursion.
We travelled to Uribe Kosta in Bizkaia and went climbing,
on an aerial runway and to Butrón Castle.
There we went horse-riding and canoeing – 7km of fun,
but we all arrived safe and sound!

On March 8th there was an Aerobic and Gymnastics Day in the San Andres sports centre.
It was open to clubs and schools and our groups took part.
They were nervous at first but ended up enjoying themselves, as you can see in the photos.
Congratulations girls !
Next stop Broadway !

During the Easter holidays
the Primary 6th grade
and Secondary 2nd grade
football teams went to Palencia
to take part in
the “Palencia Cup”
international football tournament.