18 October 2026
At the blackboard, recording the videos for the syllable theory course
These days I have been recording my explanations of «La teoria de la síl·laba®» at the blackboard. These videos will complete the online course that comes with the Workbook.
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12 October 2026
Selected for the UAB micro-credential on reading
I have been selected for “Formem lectors competents: repensar la pràctica lectora a l'aula i al centre”, a micro-credential run by the UAB's Institute of Education Sciences with the Catalan Department of Education. There are only 25 places.
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6 October 2026
Stop giving away the Catalan C1: a pilot test and a manifesto
DocentsCAT is running a pilot test this school year to find out what level of Catalan pupils really have when they finish compulsory secondary school (ESO). And the Professors de Secundària (aspepc·sps) union is collecting signatures so that the C1 is no longer awarded automatically with the ESO certificate.
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5 October 2026
I'm taking the CDL's course on the new Catalan grammar
This school year I'll be taking «Nova gramàtica catalana per a filòlegs i per a no filòlegs», an online course run by the Col·legi de Doctors i Llicenciats (CDL) and taught by Núria Martín Comes. The first part runs from 5 October to 27 January.
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5 October 2026
Step by step: the Xarxa de Docents per la Llengua
Through the teachers' groups I belong to, I've received the poster of the Xarxa de Docents per la Llengua, a network that wants to bring together teachers who are worried about Catalan in schools. And the Assemblea Educativa de Catalunya has made a video to get more schools to join Treu la llengua.
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5 October 2026
I support Treu la llengua and the Repte per la llengua
Two teacher-led initiatives want Catalan to be the language of the classroom again: Treu la llengua, from the Assemblea Educativa de Catalunya, and the Repte per la llengua, by teacher Ester Vilà. As a Catalan teacher, I support them and I'm sharing them here so they reach more schools.
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4 October 2026
I am joining Escola Pia Online as a Catalan teacher
I am the new Catalan teacher for Batxillerat (upper secondary) and university entrance exam (PAU) preparation at Escola Pia Online, the online school of Escola Pia de Catalunya. All classes are taught remotely.
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4 October 2026
We painted the feminist classroom lilac (and our hands, too)
My students and I have painted the feminist classroom lilac. It is in the school basement and its walls were white and full of holes: we filled them, got the rollers out and, along the way, flowers, hearts and stars started appearing on the walls.
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4 October 2026
Invited to the opening of the UAB academic year
As a UAB mentor, I was invited to the opening ceremony of the 2026-2027 academic year, which the university is devoting to Catalan culture. It took place on 2 October at the Rectorate and opened the year for the whole Catalan university system.
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19 September 2026
The school year opens with syllables on the board
At the start of term I taught «La teoria de la síl·laba®» to my Year 9 and Year 11 groups. These are the boards and the notebooks that came out of it.
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6 September 2026
The official C1 and C2 results are out (and the phone didn't stop)
On 2 September the results of the official Catalan exams from the Direcció General de Política Lingüística came out. I'll tell you how that day went.
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4 September 2026
The last September university entrance exams: from 2027, the second sitting moves to July
This week I am sitting on a PAU examination board in Barcelona, and it is a historic session: there will be no more September sittings. From 2027, the resit will take place in July.
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29 July 2026
Online Catalan classes: how they work and how to get the most out of them
All my classes have been online, one-to-one and tailor-made for years. Here is what they look like from the inside, who they work for, and what you should demand from any online Catalan class worth paying for.
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29 July 2026
How to prepare for the Catalan C1 exam: a guide from an official examiner
Eighteen years teaching Catalan and years examining the three official C1 tests in Catalonia have taught me what separates a pass from a fail. This is my honest guide.
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27 July 2026
Sara appointed to the September 2026 PAU exam boards
Official appointment to invigilate and mark this September's university entrance exams.
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30 June 2026
The UB Faculty of Education, first in Spain
The University of Barcelona's Faculty of Education ranks first in Spain in the QS World University Rankings.
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30 October 2019
A mother's birthday
Today, my first birthday as a mother! A different sort of birthday, too. The first year of my baby's life, who has gone from embryo to foetus to baby to child.
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30 October 2018
A very special birthday
Today is my birthday, but not only that: I am also celebrating new motherhood, only just begun. A new life my body watched grow day after day.
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30 October 2017
Today I turn 36 and… 10 years teaching in secondary school!
Another year, another birthday. Today I turn 36. On a day like today, ten years ago, I started teaching in secondary school.
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30 October 2016
I'm 35 now!
Hello everyone! A birthday post. I don't tend to write many others through the year. I was born on a day like today, and thanks to my parents I am here.
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30 October 2015
One more birthday!
We started classes at 8 this morning. The sixth-form group came in fancy dress, as did every other group I taught today.
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12 December 2014
Who am I?
I am someone in love with words, with nature, with animals and with sport. I like my work — teaching — above all when I have students who…
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30 October 2014
Another birthday of mine
Dear all: this year I am celebrating another birthday. I have turned 33! And I am celebrating it at work (today from 9 a.m. to 7.30 p.m.). This year I teach Catalan, Spanish and Spanish history.
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5 August 2014
The blog now has 132 documents!
I have been adding to the blog, and it now holds 132 documents — with more to come before long.
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30 October 2013
On my 32nd birthday
Another year. Another birthday. I always think a birthday is your one day to be special — and so far none of mine has failed to be. This year I spent it working.
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23 February 2013
Taking part in the «VII Premio Espiral de Edublogs 2013»
Dear readers: I am glad to tell you that this blog will be taking part in the «VII Premio Espiral de Edublogs 2013», in the individual category for blogs written by teachers.
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25 December 2012
When teaching is always a vocation
Christmas has arrived and, happily, one more pause in the busy lives we all lead. A hard term for everyone, students and teachers alike.
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30 October 2012
On my birthday
Today, 30 October 2012, is my birthday — and the curious part is that I share it with a twin sister, who is also a secondary-school teacher, though of art rather than Catalan.
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6 September 2012
A new school year begins!
After a well-earned holiday, a new school year starts. But don't think I did nothing this summer! Besides resting, I have prepared more material that I will soon add to the blog.
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21 June 2012
A grant to study in Belgium and improve the blog
I have been awarded a Comenius grant for secondary-school teachers, to learn every technique I can for improving the blog — and to improve my English along the way, since the course is taught entirely in English.
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24 March 2012
Catalan Blog Awards 2012
This year I entered the Premis Bloc Catalunya 2012 for the first time, organised by the STIC.
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20 December 2011
La Viquilletra: teaching and learning to read in Catalan (for secondary teachers)
My Year 9 students at Institut Vila de Gràcia have won an award in the 2011-2012 Viquilletra for «the activity that went deepest into the character».
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6 October 2011
A summary of «In the Sea There Are Crocodiles», by Ennatu Domingo Soler
Today I have added to the «My students» section a very fine piece of work by a Year 9 student, Ennatu Domingo Soler: a summary of Fabio Geda's book «In the Sea There Are Crocodiles».
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