Enseñanza bilingüe en matemáticasMaths in help of the crisis

Abstract

Our school is located in an area known as La Vega de Granada, a relevant agricultural extension close to the capital. It was opened in 2003 as a section attached to IES Federico García Lorca in Churriana, and it became an independent school the following year. Cúllar Vega has a diverse population, so are our students. In general terms, we can say that our families are middle class and that many of them have been seriously affected by the recession to such extent, that some are in a serious risk of exclusion. In addition, we would like to highlight the fact that we not only have students from different nationalities whose families are making their living in the fields in La Vega, but also the high percentage of Romani students attending our school. Some of the coun- tries of origin are Morocco, Bolivia, Russia, China, and Ivory Coast. Taking this into account, we can consider our school as an intercultural space, very sensitive and worried about the social inclusion of our students. Since 2006 our school offers bilingual education in English in some areas such as Geography and History, Biology, Art and Technology, which makes our school rather international.