History and Mission Statement

Sevilla Reggio Emilia School emerges from the evolution of the nursery school El Castillo Mágico, which was born in 2019 as an alternative to conventional Spanish schools. El Castillo Mágico emerges as an early childhood education center for children from 0 to 3 years old whose families are looking for a second home where children are accompanied in a respectful and friendly way. It has progressively evolved to incorporate students from 3 to 6 years old and later Elementary School. When you try a school like El Castillo Mágico, it is difficult to find another school that you like, so its creators, families and students have been growing together.

At Sevilla Reggio Emilia School, the role of the arts and music is central to the teaching, learning and cognitive, expressive, creative and physical development of its students. It is the first bilingual school that bases its entire educational and care program on the arts. That is why its team is made up of fabulous artist guides, among other professionals. In this way, language and music are emphasized in a fluid context that respects the child’s individual and natural development. In addition, the emotional education and the accompaniment in the upbringing take preponderance. The role of music as a non-verbal language that radiates directly to the heart is remarkable in this respect.

It is also an open-door school, which families can access at any time during the school day without asking for permission. In order for this to happen safely, families have an accreditation and access control system. The aim is for them to feel the school as their home, to be part of it, to feel the school as a safe place that takes care of the needs of attachment and, most importantly for us, provides educational transparency. When you enter Seville Reggio Emilia School you see and feel what is happening at every moment and the children do not feel abandoned at a gate after which they no longer see their main attachment person and vice versa.

Another relevant feature of El Castillo Mágico is that it works from reality, it connects with the city, with the people who live in it and with nature. School and outdoor life walk together. This is especially relevant from 3 to 12 years of age at Seville Reggio Emilia School, as the children from the age of 3 do their weekly breakfast shopping, observe the sunrise outdoors (the weather, the climate, seasonal changes, meteorological phenomena), visit the stores (they learn the professions in an experiential way), organizations, libraries, museums, theaters, parks and local squares and discover in community (together with their schoolmates) the world to which they belong.

In short, the mission of the Sevilla Reggio Emilia School is to offer a daycare center, a preschool, an elementary school, and a secondary school that everyone wants to attend. Beautiful, aesthetically pleasing, comfortable and providing quality alternative education in both Spanish and English simultaneously. Coherent with the contributions of neuroscience in the 21st century, psychology, positive discipline, active methodologies and movements that promote personal and educational development through the arts such as Art Thinking or Invisible Pedagogies, to achieve a fairer, more sensitive and better society.