Murcia town
I.E.S. Aljada
Erasmus + 2019 - 2020
IES ALJADA
Secondary school
Puente Tocinos - Murcia España ( Spain )
Murcia is a city in south-eastern Spain the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia and the seventh largest city in the country. It had a population of 672 773 inhabitants in 2020(about one third of the total population of the Region). The population of the metropolitan aerea was 1.517.938 in january of 2021. It is located on the Segura River, in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula. It has a climate with hot summers, mild winters, and relatively low precipitation.
Murcia was founded by the emir of Cordoba Abd-ar Rahman in 825 with the name Mursiyah (arabic: مرسية). It is now mainly a services city and a university town. Highlights for visitors include the Cathedral of Murcia and a number of baroque buildings, renowned local cuisine, Holy week procession, works of art by the famous Murcian sculptor Francisco Salzillo, and the Fiestas de Primavera (Spring Festival).
The city, as the capital of the comarca Huerta de Murcia is called "Europe's orchard" due to its long agricultural tradition and its fruit, vegetable, and flower production and exports.
Puente Tocinos
The first district of Murcia in terms of number of inhabitants. Located on the left bank of the Segura river . It has a population of 16 655 inhabitants (INE 2019) and an area of ​​5,335 km².
It is located 2.8 km from the capital.
Puente Tocinos, called the Cradle of Bethlehem , has a tradition of Bethlehem artisans, whose fame gives glory to such a beautiful district.
Agricultural activity was of fundamental importance in the past, but is currently in sharp decline. The most important economic sectors are industrial and services, which share the largest contingents of assets.
Formerly, agriculture was the main economic source of the families of the Puente Tocinos garden. In it, a great variety of crops proliferated, among which the mulberry plantations predominated, due to its relationship with the silk industry. Today it is in decline.
Lemon, orange and fig trees spread through the district, especially on the banks of the terraces and on the way to the orchards. The fig plantations were maintained in connection with the raising of the pigs and their fattening. Potatoes, bell peppers for paprika, corn and wheat, as well as alfalfa, were other crops that were abundant, as well as tomato and zucchini. With the contamination of the Segura river, the pepper plantations were disappearing, since the plants dried easily.
Throughout the second half of the 20th century, the cultivation of orchard lands ceased to be profitable. The huertano has been forced to combine the garden with other jobs, such as construction and services. Agricultural activity throughout the Huerta de Murcia has been relegated to the background and is in clear decline. With the arrival of artificial fibers in clothing, the silk industry was also disappearing and with it almost all mulberry trees.
Erasmus +
Our school´s task in the project is promoting SDGs number 12 and 13. We focus on all kinds of pro-sustainable, responsible consumption and climate action initiatives. We work with local organizations like LIGA DE LA EDUCACIÓN, and some regional government´s programs like EDUCACLIMA.
To ensure sustainable consumption and
production patterns.
" By 2050. the equivalent of almost three planets could be required to provide the natural resources needed to sustain current lifestyles "
Taking urgent action to tackle climate
change and its impacts.
" Global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) have increased by almost 50 per cent since 1990 "
Erasmus Activities
Short-term Exchanges
Augsburg - Germany
Monday, 25th November - Sunday, 1st December 2019
Development Goals 11 and 17
Putignano - Italy
Tuesday, 4th February - Monday, 10th February 2020
Development Goals 3 and 12
Rodez - France
Friday, 15th - Friday, 22nd October 2021
Development Goal 4
Spanish team does not participate.
Contingency local measures COVID-19:
Local health and education authorities advise against activities and/or trips that involve the possibility of mixing up with other groups of pupils or schools.
Fowey - United Kingdom
Sunday, 3rd - Sunday, 10th April 2022
Development Goals 3 and 12
Murcia - Spain
Sunday, 3rd - Sunday, 10th April 2022
Development Goals 3 and 12
Events:
Monday - 23rd May
Tuesday - 24th May - Sustainable energy
Documents:
Wednesday - 25th May - The water of life - Flamenco dance & Multicultural dinner
Documents:
Thursday - 26th May - Regeneration and recovery of the environment.
Monte Cenizas, Roman road & Cala Cortina Beach.
Documents:
Friday - 27th May - Workshop "Citizen Science" - Gran Finale: Jorge Rey & Let it bee
Evaluation survey of the week
REDMETEO
Through this experience, we try to work on the Sustainable Development Goals. These development goals must be the guiding thread to make our society progress. Working on these SDGs is the basis for obtaining not only a critical but also a demanding society and thus to keep on advancing.
Besides, we intend to establish a network of interconnected centres with a common link. Raising the awareness of the new generations in defence of our world. This experience aims at the comprehensive education of the new generations, designing, studying, creating and evaluating our environment.
Technology is the starting point, but it is not the end.
The weather station we started with is installed at the IES Aljada in Puente Tocinos.
The complete information: hardware, 3d parts, files, software, electronics, explanatory videos, ... is available in the repository.
Teachers meeting
Brussels - Belgium
Wednesday, 23rd - Saturday, 26th March 2022
Lyrik Kabinet Workshop - October 2020-February 2021
Erasmus Proyect in IES Aljada
Local News Paper - May 2022
T-Shirt Design Workshop - May 2022
Students design their own T-shirts using the materials provided, including paints and templates.
The templates show pictures of seahorses and logos claiming help to save the Mar Menor.
In this way, students give old, discarded T-shirts a new life and contribute to the protection of the environment.
SDG - 12 & 13 - 27th May 2022
Different activities with a large participation focused on Sustainable Development Goals 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production) and 13 (Climate Action).
- Sustainable Consumption Video
- Exhibition of the Mar Menor
- Recycling Workshop
- Paper Recycling Workshop
- Sustainable Market
- Climate Change Exhibition
- Batucada
- Sustainable Business Activity
SDG - 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions - March 2022
Collection of food, clothes, medicines, ... for the Ukrainian people.
SDG - 13 Climate Action - February 2022
The European Environment Association promotes in Spain and in the Mediterranean region the performance of actions aimed at creating the necessary social awareness to help reduce the amount of waste that reaches the sea.
The European Environment Association considers that indifference to the growing problem of marine debris represents a serious danger for present and future generations.
SDG - 1 No Poverty - Dicember 2021
Food donation collection to fight against poverty .
SDG Mural - 1 No Poverty - Dicember 2021
Creation of a Mural focusing on SDG-1 No Poverty. The mural was placed at the entrance of the school and the pupils of the school participated in it. The mural has several activities: literary creation, creation of a banner, artistic creation and completion of a form with questions about this goal.
MeteoAljada web - November 2021
Creation of a website where data from the meteorological station is collected.
Conference about Education and Pandemic with GIRES-Global Research Institute - April 2021
Global Institute for Research, Education & Scholarship
Video-conference organised by IES Aljada students COVID - March 2021
Conference: "How did our Erasmus partners in Italy, France, Germany an UK manage the coranovirus?"
Effects of pandemi on the SDGs - February 2021
Analysis of the influence of the pandemic on the Sustainable Development Goals
Exchange of experiences during COVID - November2020
Conference: "How did our Erasmus partners in Italy, France, Germany an UK manage the coranovirus?"
Erasmus Day - October 2020
Situation of Education during the COVID organised by Liceo Majorana-Laterza
Meteo Aljada - January 2020
From the Erasmus+ Project , we want to encourage our students and teachers to participate in activities related to environmental education to, in that way, promote the achievement of a series of sustainable development goals (UN SDG).
One of the activities which are being developed during this academic year with the collaboration of not only the Technology Department but also the students of the second year of Upper Secondary School who are studying the subject “Tecnología Industrial II” is the building of a weather station whose main goal is to collect and analyze the data obtained, to compare them with those of the rest of the countries of the association (Italy, Germany, England and France) and to use them as a reference in order to, following the movement “think global, act local”, promote the social movement to raise awareness of the so-called climate emergency.
In the following video made by the students members of the programme, an attempt is made to briefly explain what the weather station project consists of, better known as” Meteoaljada”.
MeteoAljada - March 2020
This is a weather Station which provides a lot of data related to climate issues such as temperatures or natural phenomena.
The IT Department together with some students who are studying the subject called “ Tecnología Industrial I”, are working on the implementation , performance and development of this project. Besides, they have decided to present this work to the contest "Ingenio y Diseño de Proyectos Tecnológicos” organised by the University of Navarra.
The goal of the contest above mentioned is to enhance creativity and the development of ideas, to promote teamworking, to discover and use technologies related to the electrical area, telecommunications, electronics and engineering relating the theory to the practice.
It consists of two phases: the elaboration of a preliminary project and its development.
On 14th February , once the resolution had been published, out of 30 projects presented ,we have been one of the 11 chosen proposals so we are highly proud to state this fact because this “Meteoaljada” was born from Erasmus + programme so that they could be carried out before May, 15th.
We will inform you about the development of Meteoaljada project and the results of the second resolution which will be held on May31st.
ECO CHRISTMAS TREE - Dicember 2019
On Tuesday December 17th , several students who belong to the group of the environmental ambassadors in our school, put a Christmas tree in a park in our town ( Puente Tocinos) but this tree is quite different to what we are used to seeing and enjoying. What makes it different to others is that the ornaments used, are made with recycled materials.
To carry out this tree successfully, there has been previously a lot of work; we were talking about it in a meeting several months before and we have been collecting different materials from other schools, High Schools and Universities in the area to be able to make the Christmas decorations.
Written by: Marta Jimenez Perona.
PICK UP MATERIALS IN THE SEGURA RIVER - Dicember 2019
Last December 15th, the students from IES ALJADA attended a waste collection in the Segura river together with Greenpeace and an association called “RESIDUO CERO”.
The aim of this activity was to pick up all the possible waste , split them into different bags according to its material and take them to the corresponding containers . Apart from cleaning the river up and the surroundings, we also tried to make people aware of the serious and huge problem we are facing today, the Climate Change and all what this variation in the climate means for us and our future.
Written by: Diana Bernal.
