CEIP L'OmLa Canalosa
Among mountains, almond trees and country paths lies La Canalosa. And here, a little school accompanies great discoveries.
Our story begins very close to home.
The landscape comes into school too: going out, observing and asking questions is part of learning.
Small, almost hidden. We care for it, we water it, and we leave room for everything it might become.
Curiosity is a beginning.
At L'Om, playing, touching and exploring open the door to the very first discoveries.
Beneath the soil, the first roots search for their place. There is growth you cannot see yet — and it holds up everything to come.
Feeling cared for. Daring to explore.
Trust, bonds and gentle guidance give every child a safe place to learn from.
The earth opens and the first leaves appear. A small step, at its own pace. Like the moment something that seemed difficult starts to make sense.
Try. Get it wrong. Try again.
With materials you can touch and transform, learning happens through the hands and through experience.
The sprout becomes a young trunk. It grows on its own roots: what we discovered yesterday helps us take the next step.
Learning is also built on the inside.
In Primary, individual work plans accompany each learner. Reading, writing and reasoning are built step by step.
From the trunk grow branches reaching for the light in different directions. Every discovery takes us a little further.
Creating is a way of thinking, too.
Art, woodwork, the school garden and the radio offer different ways to investigate, express yourself and work together.
✋ Tap the fruits on the branches to see real moments.
The crown fills with life. Every leaf has its place, like every child at L'Om. We learn from each other and bring something of our own.
Discover our five communities.
Llavors, Arrels, Tronc, Branques and Fulles: five communities that give a name to the way we grow together.
✋ Tap the wooden discs on the tree to meet them.
This is our school: a white façade, blue windows and a playground full of possibilities. L'Om, the public Infant and Primary school of La Canalosa.
The story continues every day.
From the classroom to the playground, from the playground to the village paths: learning is part of life.
The tree has its roots now. Step inside our school: a place to touch, try, ask and discover the world in good company.
Touch.Montessori inspiration has its place at L'Om: hands-on materials, autonomy and respect for each child's rhythm. It blends with other approaches, with play and with project-based learning.
We learn with our own materials and without textbooks. In Primary, individual work plans help accompany each child's process.
Some learning begins with a handful of soil, a piece of wood or a path waiting to be walked.
Observe · Care · Wait
Preparing the soil, planting and caring. In the garden, change is watched up close and caring becomes a shared task.
Observe nature's cycles, take on small responsibilities and discover where food comes from.
Soil, water, light… and someone to care for it. We check every week in the garden — just like in the elm's story.
Imagine · Measure · Build
An idea starts taking shape on the workbench. Wood invites you to measure, try, build and try again — with an adult close by.
Give shape to an idea, explore measurements and materials, solve little problems and work together.
A game, a lantern or a gift for the village charity market — here, ideas really get built.
Walk · Listen · Discover
La Canalosa's paths, the almond and olive trees and the mountain keep offering new questions. Our outings connect what we learn with the world nearby.
Look closely, find our way, notice changes in the landscape and care for our surroundings.
Tracks, insects, almond blossom… Infants go out every week; Primary heads out whenever the landscape calls.
Express · Listen · Share
Drawing, inventing, listening to a tale or sharing a story. Art, the library and the school radio open different doors to expression.
Find a voice of our own, listen to other views and enjoy creating something together.
Every answer counts. In the art room, a drawing can carry a real umbrella.
From the first discoveries in Infants to the end of Primary, the names of our communities remind us that growing up is a journey we share.
We share questions, little victories and new ideas. The team accompanies the children; families take part in school life and bring their own perspective.
The essentials, right here. To ask about places or clear up any doubt, just talk to the school directly.
We are close by ↓From 9:00 to 14:00 between October and May, and from 9:00 to 13:00 in September and June. Each community has its own entrance: Leaves and Branches through the white gate (9:00–9:10), Trunk through the social centre (9:00–9:10), and Seeds and Roots through the blue playground gate (9:00–9:15).
The 2026/27 school year runs from 9 September to 18 June, with local holidays on 7 December, 5 February and 3 May.
Lunch is run with the Servirest catering service from September, at €4.35 per day, with standard, halal and ovo-lacto-vegetarian menus (allergies with a medical certificate). From October to May, pick-up times are 15:00, 15:30 or 16:30–16:45.
Children can stay every day, on fixed days or on occasional days (booked before the Thursday of the previous week). Payment is by bank transfer between the 1st and 5th of each month, and lunch grants are notified by the school itself. This month's menus ➜
Come and visit: you can book an appointment at any point in the year, and open days are held before the admission period. Admission is processed each spring through the regional education portal, using school code 03005999.
Day-to-day news travels through the “CEIP L'Om” Telegram channel and Web Família; for important matters, each teacher's official email (they reply within their working hours). Family meetings are on Thursdays from 14:00 to 15:00, in private and by appointment.
The families' association (AMPA) organises workshops, celebrations, a families' school and improvements around the building: €18 per family plus €12 accident insurance per child (2026/27). Write to them at ampacanalosa@gmail.com.
When you join, both sides also sign the educational commitments charter: the agreement between school and families.
Transport information is handled together with the lunch service, on the school's official page. For your specific case, ask the school directly.
A healthy mid-morning snack (fruit, a baguette sandwich, nuts from age 6…) — no plastics, processed juices or sweets. Plus a wash bag with labelled toothbrush and toothpaste, an optional smock, and a change of clothes for Infants.
Sweets, soft drinks, phones, toys, money and valuables stay at home.
Inland Alicante, in the municipality of Hondón de las Nieves. A village among mountains, almond and olive trees, where our school has its roots.
Spain → Valencian Community → Alicante → La Canalosa