Star Seekers

The students in the 2nd year of Bachillerato under the direction of Sergio Saez have shot a beautiful short called “Star seekers” that deals with the topic of environment. The story is about some students who decide to meet at IES El Tablero to participate in the last self-imposed world blackout against climate change. These ten minutes in the dark will change their world.

The English teacher Socorro Victor and Teresa López, a reporter of our blog,  joined the cast of this really original short that will certainly impress  you for its freshness and  sensitivity.

The video emphasizes the problem of light pollution, the excessive amount of artificial light which besides implying a huge waste of energy causes a dramatic reduction of the visitbility of stars.

Besides the above mentioned, the cast of the play includes: Elena Ábalos, Carlos Muñoz, Yolanda Moreno, Antonio Moreno, Cristian Tena, Marina Hidalgo, Alejandra Blancart, J.A. Casillas, Carmen Pérez, Mar, Luis Galán and Belén Jurado.

Watch the short

IES El Tablero for Fair Trade

Our school has become the first school in Andalucia to obtain the certificate of “Schools for fair trade”. This certificate has been achieved thanks to the work that the school has done to spread the idea of the importance of fair trade and the school's adoption of fair trade products.

The school has organized informative sessions with students and a small stall selling fair trade products has been installed once a month during break time.

There was a ceremony on 6^th June were the school headmistress, Consuelo Serrano, received the certificate from the president of  IDEAS (an association working in favour of Fair Trade).

From the Comenius Project we want to express our support of these activities and will contribute to make the students even more aware of the importance of fair trade. 

"Entre Lobos"

On Thursday 8th February the students of 3ºC ESO (my group) watched the movie “Among Wolves” as part of the activities of the Comenius Project. The movie is set in the Sierra of Córdoba. It shows how people lived in the country in the past.

The story is about the life of a child that had to leave his family because they were very poor. The child went to work for an old farmer. The man taught him a lot of things. Later the man died and the child had to live by himself.
One day some men came to bring food to the farmer and they tried to take the child with them but he escaped from them because the wolves helped him. He lived surrounded by the wolves and without contact with other humans for some years. However the men found the child some years later and took him back to civilization.

This movie shows very beautiful natural areas of our province and we can watch a human living by himself in nature. The story is based on real facts.

By paying some money to watch the film we raised a small sum that we gave to a charity.

Sustainable Development Lecture

On Tuesday 15th February we had a lecture about the environment and sustainable development by José Larios Marton, a well-known local expert in environmental problems. The lecture was attended by the third year students and a group of  second year students.

Jose Larios used a very interesting presentation to try and raise the awareness of our students about our serious environmental problems, the high level of pollution, excessive waste and in general the consequences of  a lifestyle in the developed countries that our planet cannot sustain in the long term.