School · Day to day
Timetable and everyday life
Throughout the day, children move through different spaces and take part in various dynamics, activities and proposals, which take place in settings designed and prepared to encourage each kind of learning and experience. We are committed to slow education, which respects different rhythms and allows the time needed to go deeper into processes, without an overly fragmented structure. The organisation of the day is therefore flexible and can be adapted over the year according to the group’s needs.
- School hours
- 9 am to 3 pm, Monday to Friday
- Extended hours
- 8.30 to 9 am and 3 to 4 pm (optional)
- 2026-27 year
- 8 September to 21 June
- Summer camp
- 22 June to 9 July, included in the fee
- After-school
- Activities for each stage from 3 pm
Early years
- 9 am
- Relaxed arrival and welcome for children and families.
- 10 am
- Morning meetings in small groups.
- 10.20 am
- Snack.
- 10.30 am
- Mini LAB of Nature observation / Practical life / Sound, mark-making and movement / Construction, depending on the day. In parallel, proposals in the movement room or the playground.
- 12.20 pm
- Tidying up the spaces.
- 12.30 pm
- Second snack.
- 1 pm
- Workshops, quiet games and proposals.
- 2 pm
- Tasks: tidying and caring for the spaces.
- 2.30 pm
- Reading. Storytelling time.
- 2.50–3 pm
- Home time.
- 3 pm
- Extended-hours service or after-school activities (optional).
The timetable is flexible and can be adapted over the year according to the group and its needs. In addition, one day a week we go out of school to explore and inhabit the nearby surroundings, making use of the neighbourhood’s parks and gardens and other spaces in the area.
Primary
The organisation of the primary timetable varies according to the cycle and the needs of the different groups. That is why the lower cycle and upper cycle timetables are not exactly the same. The timetable below is a guide and shows how the day is usually organised. In addition, over the year the timetable can be flexibly adapted according to the rhythms, needs and dynamics of each group.
- 9 am
- Relaxed arrival and welcome for children and families.
- 9.30 am
- Morning meetings in small groups.
- 10 am
- Tools time and work on languages.
- 11 am
- Snack.
- 11.30 am
- Projects at the LAB, activities at the sports centre, a proposal depending on the day.
- 1 pm
- Second snack.
- 1.30 pm
- Quiet games time.
- 2 pm
- Tasks: tidying and caring for the spaces.
- 2.30 pm
- Individual reading / Storytelling time.
- 2.50–3 pm
- Home time.
- 3 pm
- Extended-hours service or after-school activities (optional).
Over the week, children use different spaces depending on the activities and proposals taking place. When projects are done at the Lab, the facilities of the Pedagogical Lab are used, and on sports days the facilities of the CEM Guinardó sports centre are used. In addition, one day a week we go on an outing outside school, which may be to natural or cultural spaces or other places in the neighbourhood and the city, thus extending learning contexts beyond the school.
Outings
Every group goes on weekly outings. In the early years stage, these outings are mainly to nearby spaces, such as the neighbourhood’s parks and gardens. In primary, the scope of outings gradually widens and the learning spaces and contexts become more varied, both natural and cultural, in the neighbourhood and the city. We go on outings to parks and green spaces, to Collserola, to the beach, to cultural venues and to other places considered of interest for the projects and processes developed over the year. In addition, in primary, once a month we visit the Mercè Rodoreda Library.
Calendar
Espai Aigua follows the school calendar set by the Barcelona Education Consortium (Consorci d’Educació). In the 2026-2027 school year, activity begins on Tuesday 8 September 2026 and ends on Monday 21 June 2027.
From 22 June to 9 July there is a summer camp (this service is included in the July fee).
Public holidays, discretionary days and holidays
First term
- 11/09
- Diada de Catalunya (Catalan National Day)
- 24/09
- La Mercè: the city’s festival
- 12/10
- Spanish National Day
- 30/10
- School holiday (discretionary day)
- 7/12
- School holiday (discretionary day)
- 8/12
- Immaculate Conception
- 22/12 to 7/01
- Winter holidays
Second term
- 8/02
- School holiday (discretionary day)
- 22–29/03
- Spring holidays
Third term
- 14/05
- School holiday (discretionary day)
- 17/05
- Whit Monday
- 24/06
- Saint John’s Day
- 25/06
- School holiday (discretionary day)
- 12/07 to 31/08
- Summer holidays
Summer camp
The school offers a three-week summer camp. In the 2026-27 school year, it will run from 22 June to 9 July. The summer camp is included in the July fee.
The camp is organised and run both by Espai Aigua’s teaching team and by external activity leaders who share the project’s approach. This combination keeps familiar reference teachers present while bringing in a team of activity leaders, ensuring a careful handover and continuity in how the children are accompanied. At the same time, this arrangement gives the teaching team time to close the school year and to prepare and plan the next one.
Extended hours and after-school activities
From Monday to Thursday, an extended-hours service is offered for drop-off and pick-up from 8.30 to 9 am and from 3 to 4 pm. How this service is organised depends on families’ needs and may vary from year to year. In addition, after-school activities are organised for the different stages. In the 2026-27 school year, the after-school activities on offer are:
- Monday
- Integrative martial arts (3–4 pm), early years
Integrative martial arts (4–5.15 pm), Years 1 to 3 - Tuesday
- Music combo (3–4 pm), Years 1 to 3
English (3–4 pm), Years 4 to 6 - Wednesday
- Musical play (3–3.45 pm), early years
Drama (3–4.15 pm), Years 3 to 6 - Thursday
- English (3–4 pm), Years 1 to 3
Music combo (3–4 pm), Years 4 to 6
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