The track at the Alcobendas (Madrid) Athletics Stadium bore witness, on this occasion, to Retamar achieving the Madrid Championship title in track and field events for the 34th time since we first won the Championship in 1979.

Carlos Herrero-Tejedor and Juan Tamames reached the finals of the essay Competition in the latest edition of Philosophy Today. Their work was chosen among the best 30 of a total of 228 texts sent in from Spain and Latin America. Moreover, Carlos Herrero-Tejedor received a runner-up prize, having finished among the top ten in the competition. His work was entitled La tiranía del pensamiento único. (The Tyranny of Unique Thought)

This year we will be holding our seventh Summer Camp in Ireland, details of which can be found on our Website. The camp is open to pupils from Years 5, 6 and 7 and enrollment has already begun. This year the Camp will last one week more than other years, meaning pupils can take further advantage of this activity. Video of previous years here.

In the final round of the Schools Madrid Region Cross Country Running Competition, held in the Las Rozas district outside Madrid, Retamar claimed victory in each one of the categories in which some 3,000 athletes took part. Stepping on to the podium were Miguel Sánchez in the U11 and U12 category, Santiago Poblet y Guillermo García in U15 and U16, as well as Javier Regidor y Enrique Álvarez de Toledo in U17 and U18. The grand final will be held in the Vicálvaro district of the Spanish capital.

As you will have read recently, some of our Year 5 and Year 6 pupils represented Retamar in the Public-speaking in English contest organised by the region of Madrid. This video will enable you to see the effort put in by pupils and teachers alike and bears witness to the high level attained.

With the idea of encouraging children to read, the Anaya Publishing House set up a puppet theatre for our Year 2 pupils. The script for the acting is based on a novel written by Don Ignacio Rodríguez, a member of our teaching staff here at the School, entitled "La maldición del hombre bobo" (The Curse of the Simpleton). All of the pupils had read the book with their Spanish Language teacher during the first term in preparation for the puppet show.

This coming Friday, February 6th at 6 pm, will see the first game of the 2015 College Cup, which will bring our team up against El Prado College. Everyone is welcome to lend their support along with the Knight from Retamar.

Throughout this week, our School will play host to the Classic Concert Chamber Orchestra from the USA. Before beginning their tour of Europe, our Music School invited the orchestra to set up rehearsals at Retamar and offer our pupils daily concerts. Yesterday, February 2nd, our Year 3 pupils and three classes from Year 1 were treated to a fantastic musical session.

Following a huge effort by pupils and teachers alike, our Year 5 and Year 6 teams have made it to the final round of the public-speaking in English competition organised by the Madrid region. Competing with another 61 schools, our Year 6 team won a place in the final by finishing third and our Year 5 team came in fifteenth. In the photo the Retamar Year 5 team. Ver clasificación completa.

Our Year 11 pupils are spending a few days away together in Pamplona. As an example of how they are learning and enjoying themselves at the University of Navarra, we were able to listen to them in their very own radio show, which they produced at the Faculty of Communications and which was broadcast on 98.3 Radio Navarra at 2 pm.