Gaztelueta School is a government approved private school, situated in Leioa, on the outskirts of Bilbao (Spain), which was founded in 1951 by a group of concerned parents who wanted for their sonss an education that would focus on individual attention, respect for freedom of choice and the development and promotion of personal responsibility as well as a Christian outlook on life.
Innovation at school
Educational Innovation has been a constant at Gaztelueta for the last 65 years.
Trilingualism
Spanish, English and Basque: three languages that represent our reality, which students master when they finish school.
Personalized Education
We aim for the highest development of intellectual and social skills of each student, so they can reach the goals the mark for themselves.
Solidarity
We promote meaning of responsibility and solidarity to cooperate to the common good of society and to social progress.
Environment education
We raise students’ awareness on environmental issues and promote measures that help creating a sustainable environment.
Christian values
We carry out an educational programme based on humanitarian, intellectual and Christian principles, which contributes to improving the society in which we live.
Greenpower Challenge
Classroom changes into a cooperative space linked to real life. This new way of learning encourages the capacity of implementing knowledge to new situations and skills considered essential in a world in constant change. Students value positively this methodlogical change because facilitates their motivation and learning.
Aims. STEAM education
Science: explore consequences that scientific creative progress has had on social thinking and behavior.
Technology: Implement knowledge about materials and production processes to design innovative products.
Engineers: exchange developments and common knowledge between nearby disciplines.
Arts: Explore the impact of ideas and its implementation to new designs.
Mathematics: Identify and simplify problems so it can be mathematically represented, using factors, numbers, symbols, diagrams and other appropriate models.
Competences
Key competences
- For verbal, non verbal and digital communication.
- Learning to learn and learning to think.
- Living together
- For initiative and entrepreneurial spirit
- Learning to be.
Specific competences
- Linguistic communication
- Mathematics
- Scientific
- Technologic
- Social and civic
- Artistic
Environment
Define viable projects that reconcile the economical, social and environmental human activities.
Conserve the environment to preserve the fauna and flora.
Empower the renewable energies to substantially improve the ecosystems.
Seek for built-in innovating alternatives to achieve a healthy and ecological environment
Sustainable development
- Cooperative learning
- Metalearning
- Cognitive Disequilibrium learning
- Meaningful Learning
- Flipped Classroom
- Learning based on projects
- Gamification
- Problem based learning
- Competence based learning
- Kolb cicle
Documents
- Greenpower Challenge F24 kit-car
- Assembly Guide
- Formula 24 Steering Geometry
- Greenpower Formula 24 kit-car body
- Greenpower steering wheel proyect
- Greenpower Goblin Mk2
- Introduction to Finite Elements Analysis
- Mechanical Systems
- Introduction to surfacing
- Siemens education
- Scheme of work Greenpower Challenge
- Assembly
- Body Design
- Steering Geometry
- ICB – IPMA Competence Baseline