Mental Health and Wellbeing

An essential part of the school’s ethos is the mental health and wellbeing of the students. This is integrated into the daily life of the school including circle time, assemblies, open discussions, mindful minutes and yoga.

As we believe students should not experience un-necessary worry and stress during their early lives, we do not regularly test or set homework beyond a daily reading book and weekly spellings in the primary years.

Older students have the opportunity of having time out during their busy daily schedule, to mediate or practice yoga in the studio.

Pastoral care is available from our Community Wellbeing Director (CWD) throughout the day who has extensive experience in dealing with all sorts of problems and issues that arise with children of all ages and who is always happy to involve parents as and when it is appropriate.

Our CWD is also happy to speak to any parent on either school or unrelated matters whether personal or those involved with moving and living in Spain.

Sustainability

It is our belief that as educators, we have a social and moral responsibility to teach the consequences of man-made pollution, our responsibility to mitigate it’s effect on the environment and the importance of sustainability as custodians of the planet for future generations.

The students are immersed daily into ecological values by a building of sustainable timber construction and ecofriendly materials. It is also a Net Zero Carbon building by in corporating renewable energy sources including photovoltaic technology, wind generation and a ground heat p ump. The design of the schoolhouse utilises maximum amounts of natural day-light and ventilation. Single use plastics are not permitted and the majority of teaching resources and household items are recyclable.

Sustainability forms one of the 4 pillars of our educational programme with all children learning awareness and how to care for our planet .

The students learn through the use of project based learning, practical life activities, how to plant, grow and cultivate food to prepare in the school kitchen or to sell in our market or coffee shop. Guest speakers and experts are invited into school to discuss environmental related issues and to interact with students on related projects. Participation in local initiatives including beach cleans, tree planting and creation of wild life habitats also form an important part of the sustainable curriculum.

The Eco Hub, which is overseen by the student -led eco committee, enables the m to partake in community waste management programmes, col lecting recyclables and using them either in design ideas and products or to send them to the local recycling centre. There is also an opportunity for students to undertake eco initiatives and presentations at other schools and to the wider community.

Mont21school will is becom e a member of the Eco Schools organisation, the largest sustainable schools program in the world.

We aim to provide a close community of similar minded parents and mentors to support our students in all that they do whether intellectually, creatively, entrepreneurially, sustainability or sport.

This is achieved through arranging educational, social and sporting events, student-led project initiatives and presentations, exhibitions, assemblies, open doors and parent evenings. The maximum number of children attending the school will be 300 to ensure a sense of community.

As we are principally a paperless school, communications with parents is achieved by:

• Regular daily contact with the class mentors

• Easy appointment system for parent meetings

• Regular update emails

• Weekly e.newsletters

• Class Dojo

• Parent Zone on website

• Parent and mentor mornings

There is a coffee shop next to the reception area which parents and visitors are free to use and a school market place selling hand-made crafts, baked products and organic fruit and vegetables grown on the premises. These are managed and operated by the students themselves.

We also have a Parents Association - Friends of Mont 21 - who arrange fundraising and social events throughout the academic year.

It is through the positive interaction between staff and parents that students learn respect, politeness, collaboration and social awareness.

In addition to our own school, we also reach out to the local and wider community through student initiated social, environmental and charity projects.

The students enter into sport and other competitions with local and international schools.