The number of children treated in Spain for accidental poisonings after ingesting hand sanitising gels has soared during the pandemic, the government said Wednesday, urging parents to keep the products out of reach.
Pupils across Spain are heading back to school this week and next after a hiatus of six months and as the nation is gripped by a second wave that is sending the number of new cases of Covid-19 soaring.
The start of the school year is here but are you ready to be hit by concepts and words particular to Spanish school life? Lisa Sadlier provides the survival guide for parents with kids in school in Spain.
With coronavirus cases surging as a new school year begins, many Spanish parents are refusing to send their children back to class despite the threat of sanctions.
Madrid has had to rethink plans to give all teaching staff coronavirus antibody tests ahead of the new academic year after crowds made social distancing impossible.
It’s back to school for Spanish children after a break of six months but with a surge in coronavirus outbreaks across the nation, the resumption of classes is not straightforward.
Children above the age of six in Spain will be required to wear face masks at school at all times, the government said Thursday, as it seeks to restart lessons despite a surge in coronavirus infections.
With all manner of social distancing measures being studied for the reopening of schools in Spain next month, balancing family and work responsibilities could become an even more complicated juggling act for working parents, writes Graham Keeley.
Smaller class groups, lessons outdoors and coronavirus delegates are just some of the measures being discussed in Spain for children to be able to make a physical return to their classrooms next September.
Spain's National Police have arrested a Madrid teacher, accused of hate crime and crimes against moral integrity after she reportedly called her students "drug addicts" and insulted a Latin American student.
It's hot in Spain, so much so that over-heated students near Madrid were transferred from their school to a cooler place... which turned out to be the local air-conditioned funeral home.
A school in the Madrid suburb of Alcorcón is being investigated after it emerged that while boys were offered an extracurricular trip to the Real Madrid stadium, female pupils were offered crochet classes.
It could have been an incredible act of generosity or a misguided attempt to win friends but it certainly tested even the most doting of grandmother’s love.
For many parents, the thought of letting their offspring walk to school alone is source of much angst. But the Spanish city of Pontevedra has decided to advocate giving children their space.
Children have long complained about homework but parents in Spain are now joining in and have decided to go on strike against their offspring's school load for the whole month of November.
A young Muslim woman told she could not attend classes in Valencia unless she removed her headscarf will now be able to take her courses after a decision by the local Education Ministry.
The parents of an eleven-year-old boy who was driven to suicide by school bullies have published his heartbreaking goodbye in a bid to highlight the case.
