What was Guernica?
LISTEN UP: In this new section, Wendy Andersen gives a potted history on Spain’s most famous painting, which was inspired by the bombing of Guernica
Seussical the Musical takes San Roque by storm!
Students from Sotogrande school perform in Seussical the Musical, based on the Dr Seuss children’s stories
Mind the gap
Swans pupil Guillermo Fernandez (year 13) on why taking a year out between school and university may not be the best idea
Bronze medal for young Estepona figure skater
Bobbie Holgate-Pope, 11, wowed judges at Blackpool Ice Festival
Hey, big(ish) spenders!
Spanish schools are above OECD averages when it comes to school spending... and even beat the UK
A wonderful way with words
Sotogrande International School embraced World Poetry Day by asking its pupils to pen a few lines
But will we fit in?
Parents more concerned that other families are ‘people like us’ than about discipline
Fine schools for illiterate kids
Schools could be punished if children remain illiterate when they move to secondary schools
Bittersweet victory for OPX writing competiton winner
It was a classic mistake that any newcomer to Spain could have easily made
OPX writing competition runners-up
Elena Peel and Jasper Kettell's accounts of Cadiz and Via Verdes
Have parents gone soft?
One in five American parents has stopped reading their children the classics because they are 'too scary'
OPX writing competition winner (11 and under)
Queenie Molly Argent compares two very different Andalucias in her winning piece
What a novel idea!
Do you feel like you don’t fit in? Here’s a collection of our favourite books to help outsiders understand themselves
British lingo king
Student Alex Rawlings speaks 11 languages!
Last call to win flights
Up to 16s can enter our writing competition to win flights or book tokens. Deadline March 15!
Fun and games at the British School of Marbella
Ash Bolton looks back on an action-packed few weeks
Students take to streets as education cuts begin to bite
Hundreds of thousands of teachers and students have protested around Spain
It’s such a perfect day
A typical day in the life of pupils at Sotogrande International School
Changing allegiance in Spain
Supporting a football team is a great way to meet other kids, and make friends at school. Nicholas Andersen (age 13), above, gives his advice
Write to fly
Great prizes on offer in the Olive Press' junior writing competition
Graffiti: Art or vandalism?
No other form of art has ever divided people so strongly
Dreaming of top grades in Spain
Kids in Spain tend not to get enough sleep
Expat author goes back to school in Spain
High school pupils in Nerja have made an expat's book the object of study