Mondays

1st semester- 11 sessions= 154 euros

2nd semester- 15 sessions= 210 euros

MS/HS-

1st semester- 10 sessions= 140 euros

2nd semester- 14 sessions= 196 euros

This is for all the parents who haven’t picked up a paint brush in years or can’t make time in the week to be creative. While you are waiting for your child, why not do something nice for yourself? We will spend each hour creating crafts ranging from bookmaking to collage, holiday gifts to painting, jewelry making to pottery, or whatever you want to make. Have fun meeting other parents and creating beautiful things!

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The idea is for kids to enjoy and participate in making simple recipes, each week we will have a different recipe and the children will have their own recipe book, where they can write or draw what we are making for the day. The ideal place would be our school kitchen, baking will happen once or twice a month, so we won’t use the oven often.

Parents who are interested in enrolling their child will have to pay an extra amount to cover the cost of ingredients and recipe book.

Cooking is something I really enjoy doing with my students and I think it would be a great experience for them! We will bake, decorate cupcakes, make holiday food and have fun cooking! Maximum of 10 children.

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Green Thumbs (Garden Club)… Help us to make the garden a beautiful place painting signs and fences, cleaning and maintaining the growing spaces, and making scarecrows. We will learn about what it takes to have a healthy garden and what a gardener should do each month of the year. We can teach other kids how to use the garden space and help them learn how to take care of each plant. We will also work on collecting money to build a chicken coop. Maximum of 10 children.

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BFIS will run an after school mathematics club from October 5^th until mid April to prepare students for the Middle, Junior and Senior Mathematics ISMTF (International Schools Mathematics Teachers Foundation) competition. A multiple of three club members from High School and Middle School will be selected to represent BFIS in the corresponding competition. The club will involve one after school session on Mondays to practice logic reasoning and problem solving strategies. Eleven sessions will be offered first semester to all students.

Students representing BFIS at these competitions will be selected at the end of the first semester. Students involved in the senior competition will have four additional sessions; students involved in the junior one, two additional sessions, and students involved in the MS competition, ten additional sessions in the second semester.

The Senior (12^th grade) competition will be held in Berlin 26-28 February; the Junior (9^th and 10^th grade) competition will be held in Paris 5-7 February. BFIS will host the MS competition to be held April 24 – 25. More information will be sent soon.

The price is 200€ for Seniors, 180€ for Sophomores, and 290€ for 8^th MS students, due to the different number of weeks to prepare for the competition.

Parents and students will be given additional information regarding math club sessions in the second semester. Travel and registration fees will be announced conveniently, prior to the students’ corresponding competition. Students must be in good academic standing to represent BFIS in these competitions.

All students in MS and HS are more than welcome to participate in this activity!

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Dance is as good for the mind and the body as any sport is. Sevillanas is a beautiful and fun dance, and it helps to work on coordination, flexibility and body language, and it is a great activity to socialize with others. 

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The world looks better from a bicycle!  We will improve our fitness and cycling skills by taking weekly rides on the roads up and around Collserola. Students must have a functioning bicycle, a helmet and a willingness to try.

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Come and have fun with us dancing and acting in our class. In this class the sky's the limit! Spontaneity, imagination, humor and creative group collaboration are all the foundation for building improvisational skills. Using props, costumes, literature and music for inspiration, we will create our own characters and build a show from scratch.

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My name is Katia and I' m co-teaching in PreK. This year I'm offering new French classes. If you want to learn a new language having fun, this is made for you! I can' t wait to start this new experience, don' t hesitate and join us!!!

Mondays or Tuesdays depending on the interest.

Tuesdays

ES-

1st semester-11 sessions= 154 euros

2nd semester- 15 sessions= 210 euros

MS/HS-

1st semester-10 sessions= 140 euros

2nd semester- 15 sessions= 210 euros

This is a running club for students in Grades 7 -12 who want to improve or maintain their level of fitness. The goal of the club is to build students' endurance and to help students stay active by gradually increasing the amount of running every week.

The club will meet on Tuesdays on the patio, walk up to the 'via de agua' trail, run, then return to school by 5:20. The club will only run for the first semester (until December). In order to join this club, students must be able to run at least 2 km without any difficulties.  Students should see Ms. Ham for more details. The fee for this activity will be 14 euros per session.

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Through the practice of yoga, we become aware of the interconnectedness between our emotional, mental and physical levels. Regular yoga practice creates mental clarity and calmness, increases body awareness, relieves chronic stress patterns, relaxes the mind, centers attention and sharpens concentration. The physical benefits are countless.

This class is divided into three parts: 10 min. breathing exercises, 40 min. asanas (yoga postures), and 10 min. of relaxation.

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Interested in starting your own business someday?  Do you have a passion for being your own boss vs. working for someone else?  Do you see a problem and have an idea for how to solve it?   Michael Dell launched his first business at age 12.   Bill Gates sold his first computer program when he was 17.  Ben Franklin learned the printing business when he was 12 and had his own company by 22.  It’s not too early to exercise your entrepreneurial skills – skills that will be useful in whatever you choose to do, whether it’s launch your own non-profit organization, push an idea inside a large organization, run a political campaign, or start your own business.  This one-hour/week activity will be led by Verne Harnish and Gary Moon using curriculum from the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) – http://www.nfte.com/news/entrepreneurship.asp

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Activity for students between the age of 6 and 11 years old, in which the students will learn the basic skills of chess and they will acquire experience playing with other players. The chess game stimulates the intellectual and the memory improving the academic development. Chess tournaments will be open to parents and children.

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My name is Katia and I' m co-teaching in pre-k. This year I'm offering new French classes. If you want to learn a new language having fun, this is made for you!

I can’t wait to start this new experience, don’t hesitate and join us!!!

Mondays or Tuesdays depending on the interest.

Wednesdays

ES-

1st semester- 13 sessions- 182 euros

2nd semester- 16 sessions- 224 euros

MS/HS-

1st semester- 12 sessions- 168 euros

2nd semester- 16 sessions- 224 euros

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What is the workshop for?The purpose of this workshop is to be aware of our environmental impact according to the things that we consume everyday, and how we can transform waste into useful and fun objects through art and creativity.

How? By learning about our environment and ecology, as well as our impact and responsibility as consumers. It is also important to examine some artists whose work is based in this subject.In this workshop we use our hands and imagination to transform, with creativity, the daily waste into art objects that we can re-use.

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Animation workshop oriented towards the making of a playmobil short film. For 8 to 12 year old children. They will take part in the whole audiovisual creation process: script, set-up construction, recording, editing, postproduction and sound. Weekly follow-up in the workshop's web page: mipelideclics.blogspot.com

Thursdays

ES-

1st semester- 13 sessions- 182 euros

2nd semester- 16 sessions- 224 euros

MS/HS-

1st semester- 12 sessions- 168 euros

2nd semester- 16 sessions- 196 euros

Practice your painting skills through watercolor, ink, tempera and acrylic.  Every skill level is welcome as we learn more about expressionism, impressionism, realism, and lots of other isms.  We will get a bit messy so please wear proper clothing. Limited to 6 students.

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iMedia is a MACBA and BFIS initiative which provides students with the tools and training to create podcasts of their own interest to be broadcast on www.macba.cat- In the iMedia program, BFIS will create documentary podcasts based on real life stories about themselves and the world around them. They will learn how to conduct and interview, develop a story, craft a script, and create a podcast episode. All finished podcasts will be featured on the BFIS website as well as on the MACBA portal.

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Activity for students from 12 years and up, in which participants will have a place to gather and play with their schoolmates. This class will combine theory and practice depending on the level of the student. The chess game stimulates the intelectual and the memory improving the academic development. Chess tournaments will be open to parents and children.

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My name is Katia and I' m co-teaching in PreK. This year I'm offering new French classes. If you want to learn a new language having fun, this is made for you! However, students who want to improve their French and get ready for 6th Grade are definitely welcome!!!

I can’t wait to start this new experience, don’t hesitate and join us!!!

Fridays

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It would involve choosing a travel destination each semester, one to an urban location and another to a rural, outdoorsy location.  One of the destinations would be within Spain and the other within Europe for a weekend trip.  Students would vote of the locations with regards to budget, time, and feasibility.  Then, students would work together in groups and research the trip starting with the purchasing of airline/train tickets to reserving a hotel, determining the museums we would visit or the hiking itinerary we would follow.  This after school activity would meet on Fridays, however, maybe only 2-3 Fridays a month depending on what needs to be planned. The fee will be determined based on the number of sessions (14 euros per session).

OTHER ACTIVITIES:

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Do you want to - Get a head start on the audition process?  Learn to be a stage manager? Brush-up on your acting skills? Then come out for one or more of the free theatre workshops running from September 22 to October 20:

* Tuesday September 22          Stage Management - What is it and how does it work?

* Tuesday September 29          Acting - Build your skills in performance.

* Tuesday October 6                Harmonizing - Practice singing multiple parts.

* Tuesday October 13               Movement and Dance - Communicate without your voice.

* Tuesday October 20              Audition Skills - Learn to put your best foot forward.

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This year's musical features a rock band, hippies, dramatic games and a flower-child version of Jesus. All students from grades 6 to 12 are invited to audition in early November. Rehearsals will run from mid-November until the performances on April 9 and 10.

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This activity will start in January 2010. You will receive more detailed information in the fall.

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For further information on music lessons after school, please contact the music school A tempo. www.atempo.net , This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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Internationally acclaimed musician is offering private tuition for beginner to advanced students at the Benjamin Franklin School.
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