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Summer 2022 beach volleyball

Dates set for 2023-2024 TY Intensive Courses

28th February 2023

We are now taking bookings for our 2023-2024 Transition Year courses. The dates are as follows: October 7th to November…

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CSS welcomes ATS Ireland members to Valencia

22nd February 2023

We were delighted to welcome four Spanish secondary school teachers from Ireland over to Valencia last week. Lorna Hosford, Kelleyanne…

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Riverbed in Valencia

January 2023 Spanish Transition Year intensive begins

9th January 2023

Our January-February TY intensive course started today. 10 students on the course flew over with Karen last night on the…

January 2023 Spanish Transition Year intensive beginsRead More

Spanish replaces German as second most popular foreign language at Leaving Cert level

9th November 2022

It’s time for our annual look at the number of students taking Spanish in the Irish State examinations. Following on…

Spanish replaces German as second most popular foreign language at Leaving Cert levelRead More

TY Intensive October 2022 group

October 2022 TY Intensive Spanish course comes to an end

30th October 2022

Our October TY Intensive course has just finished, and what a time we had. The mix of morning classes with…

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Summer 2022 beach volleyball

First Transition Year Spain course starts in October

14th September 2022

Our first Transition Year Spanish course starts in less than 3 weeks. CSS course director Karen will fly over and…

First Transition Year Spain course starts in OctoberRead More

Summer 2022 certificate presentation

Summer 2022 course over as students return to Ireland

28th June 2022

What a three weeks we have had. The time flew by, and everyone seemed to enjoy the course. This week…

Summer 2022 course over as students return to IrelandRead More

Summer 2022 fallas workshop

Two weeks over – just one to go

20th June 2022

Another busy week for our students. Our Leaving Certificate students are getting very used to exam practice with María and…

Two weeks over – just one to goRead More

Summer 2022 making paella

First week of 2022 summer course over

13th June 2022

What a great first week we have had! Classes are going well, and the afternoon activities are keeping the students…

First week of 2022 summer course overRead More

Summer 2022 group photo

Summer 2022 course underway

7th June 2022

3 years after our last secondary school summer course in Valencia, we are back underway! Students started classes this morning…

Summer 2022 course underwayRead More

Plaza de la Reina Valencia

Two weeks to go until Summer 2022 course starts

21st May 2022

Two weeks to go before we start our Summer 2022 course and we are all getting very excited! We have…

Two weeks to go until Summer 2022 course startsRead More

Reiltin and host family

Latest TY group enjoy Las Fallas festival

24th March 2022

Las Fallas is the biggest festival in Valencia, and takes place every March. The five main days celebrated are from…

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Marketing material posted out to 500 schools in Ireland

15th February 2022

We’ve been hard at work over the past few days. We have just sent information flyers and brochures on our…

Marketing material posted out to 500 schools in IrelandRead More

2022 Summer Course class details

8th February 2022

We are getting ready for our biggest and best summer course program. This year, we will have three different classes:…

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2022 Summmer course (June 5th to June 26th) flight details

27th January 2022

Students attending our Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate Spanish summer courses in Spain will travel directly from Dublin to Valencia.…

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First group of 2022 TY students arrive in Valencia

10th January 2022

There was great excitement on Saturday evening at Valencia Airport. 2 years since our last Transition Year students came to…

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French v Spanish comparison 2021

Irish secondary schools: Spanish continues to increase in popularity

6th October 2021

Following on from our 2017 and 2018 blog postings on the growing popularity of Spanish as a secondary school subject…

Irish secondary schools: Spanish continues to increase in popularityRead More

We are back

We are back!

16th September 2021

18 months after Covid-19 led to a suspension of all our courses, we are delighted to say CSS Valencia is…

We are back!Read More

Coronavirus update April 2020

COVID-19 update: April 24th, 2020

24th April 2020

Centre of Spanish Studies (CSS) update: April 24th 2020. In response to the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, we have…

COVID-19 update: April 24th, 2020Read More

CSS attends Transition Year TPN Conference in Athlone

6th March 2020

We are now back in Valencia after attending the Transition Year TPN Conference in the Sheraton Athlone Hotel. We had…

CSS attends Transition Year TPN Conference in AthloneRead More

Transition year airport arrival Feb 2020

Transition Year students arrive in Valencia

28th February 2020

Our first arrivals for the TY Programme 2020 arrived in Valencia airport last night. Our Spanish Transition year course gives…

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Information leaflets posted out to all schools in Ireland

28th January 2020

Our information leaflets go out in the post to all schools in the Republic of Ireland & Northern Ireland this…

Information leaflets posted out to all schools in IrelandRead More

PADPA conference 2019

Limerick and Kilkenny conference

4th December 2019

We were at The Lyrath Hotel Kilkenny at the NAPD Conference, and we also attended the Principal and Deputy Principals’…

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Classroom posters prove a big hit at the ATS 2019 conference

15th October 2019

We had a great day at the Association of Teachers of Spanish in Ireland AGM on Saturday. Spanish teachers from…

Classroom posters prove a big hit at the ATS 2019 conferenceRead More

Alba and Marta at 2018 ATS Conference 2018

CSS to attend 2019 Association of Teachers of Spanish in Ireland AGM

7th October 2019

The Association of Teachers of Spanish in Ireland is having their Annual Conference and AGM on Saturday October 12th, 2019.…

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CSS Valencia open 2019-2020 TY Study in Spain programme

19th September 2019

We have just opened our 2019-2020 TY Transition Year Study in Spain programme. We started our TY programme in 2017-2018,…

CSS Valencia open 2019-2020 TY Study in Spain programmeRead More

2019 summer students

Vlog 2019

23rd August 2019

Check out our Summer 2019 Vlog to get an idea to what we do every July in Valencia! Our 3…

Vlog 2019Read More

TY students arrive in Valencia

Last group of TY 18/19 students land in sunny Valencia

7th May 2019

Valencia Airport was busy last night with a welcoming committee of host families there to meet the last group of…

Last group of TY 18/19 students land in sunny ValenciaRead More

The first TY students of 2019 arrive

14th March 2019

Our first groups of TY students for 2019 have been arriving to Valencia during the last few weeks. On Saturday,…

The first TY students of 2019 arriveRead More

Transition Year Teachers Professional Network Conference

CSS attends the Transition Year Teachers Professional Network Conference in Athlone

8th March 2019

We’re back in Valencia again after attending the Transition Year Teachers Professional Network Conference in Athlone last Saturday. We’ve been…

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Spanish Classroom Decoration Packs

25th February 2019

We prepared and sent a few Classroom Decoration Packs – posters, maps and flags – for Spanish teachers all over…

Spanish Classroom Decoration PacksRead More

Marketing Campaign 2019

CSS posts out course information to 492 schools all over Ireland

23rd January 2019

We’ve been busy at the Centre of Spanish Studies in Valencia over the past few days, getting our marketing material…

CSS posts out course information to 492 schools all over IrelandRead More

Transition Year students all set to study Spanish in Valencia

10th January 2019

Although at the Centre of Spanish Studies we run immersion courses to secondary schools in Valencia throughout the academic year,…

Transition Year students all set to study Spanish in ValenciaRead More

Irish secondary schools: Spanish continues to gain ground on French

15th December 2018

Following on from our 2017 comprehensive blog posting on the growing popularity of Spanish as a secondary school subject compared…

Irish secondary schools: Spanish continues to gain ground on FrenchRead More

Niamh Galvin visits Valencia

Niamh Galvin, Spanish teacher at Bandon Grammar School in Cork, visits us in Valencia

13th November 2018

Niamh Galvin, Spanish teacher at Bandon Grammar School in Cork, won our Trip to Valencia Competition at the Association of…

Niamh Galvin, Spanish teacher at Bandon Grammar School in Cork, visits us in ValenciaRead More

ATS Conference 2018

Association of Teachers of Spanish (ATS) Conference 2018

8th October 2018

CSS attended the 2018 Association of Teachers of Spanish (ATS) Conference at the Green Isle Hotel in Clondalkin, Dublin last…

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Our team will be in Dublin in October – would you like to meet us?

12th September 2018

We are delighted to announce that we will be attending the 2018 ATS Ireland (Association of Teachers of Spanish) conference…

Our team will be in Dublin in October – would you like to meet us?Read More

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Last 2017-2018 group of Transition Year (TY) students return to Ireland

12th June 2018

Our 2017-2018 transition year programme to study Spanish in El Drac Secondary School was a great success. Last Sunday, Georgia…

Last 2017-2018 group of Transition Year (TY) students return to IrelandRead More

French v Spanish: State exams in Ireland

13th March 2018

At CSS Valencia, we spend a lot of time talking to Spanish teachers in Irish secondary schools, language fairs, transition…

French v Spanish: State exams in IrelandRead More

CSS exhibit at 2018 TYTPN conference

27th February 2018

We met transition year teachers at their annual TYTPN conference in Athlone last Saturday, February 24th. There was interest in…

CSS exhibit at 2018 TYTPN conferenceRead More

CSS Valencia at the Transition Year Teacher Professional Network conference

21st February 2018

We will be attending the Transition Year Teacher Professional Network conference in the Sheraton Hotel in Athlone, Ireland on Saturday…

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First group of 2018 TY students arrive

19th February 2018

Our first group of TY students for 2018 arrived in Valencia on Sunday, February 18th. Leon, Rebecca and Ross were…

First group of 2018 TY students arriveRead More

CSS Valencia at the TY Expo

8th September 2017

Come say hi to us at the TY Expo in Punchestown, Co. Kildare. Alba ana Liam will be there to…

CSS Valencia at the TY ExpoRead More

Back to Ireland

24th July 2017

We said our goodbyes yesterday at Valencia airport as our students returned on the direct flight to Dublin. Our blog…

Back to IrelandRead More

2017 Summer Course underway

3rd July 2017

Our course participants arrived late last night to Valencia airport and this year’s programme is well and truly underway. Check…

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Summer 2017 Course about to start!

27th June 2017

Our CSS representatives Alba and Vero are looking forward to welcoming our course participants in less than a week!

Summer 2017 Course about to start!Read More

Easter in Valencia

6th April 2017

The residents of Cabañal, Valencia’s seaside neighbourhood, are practising for the big parades which take place in that barrio during…

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Las Fallas is building to its climax

15th March 2017

The rest of Spain is looking to Valencia this weekend as Las Fallas leads up to its culmination on the…

Las Fallas is building to its climaxRead More

Nigel the Parrot

8th March 2017

Will you come back from Valencia speaking Spanish as well as Nigel the parrot?

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Las Fallas Fiesta

1st March 2017

Valencia’s biggest fiesta of the year, Fallas, starts today, 1 March 2017 and builds until the final day, San José,…

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Snow in Valencia!!

19th January 2017

Snow in Denia, just south of Valencia yesterday !! – ¡nieve en Denia ayer, al sur de Valencia! Don’t worry…

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Happy New Year

9th January 2017

¡Feliz Año Nuevo! Happy New Year to everyone from CSS Valencia! We’re in 2017 now and we are just 6…

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Early Bird Special

22nd December 2016

Don’t forget about our great early bird booking special for our three week summer programme – €1799 if deposit paid…

Early Bird SpecialRead More

The weather’s better in Valencia!

21st November 2016

It’s getting cold in Ireland and there’s talk of snow – reserve your place on next summer’s CSS programme in…

The weather’s better in Valencia!Read More

Ilaria Dore – winner of Trip to Valencia competition – confirms dates

10th November 2016

Our lucky winner from the Association of Teachers of Spanish AGM, Ilaria Dore, Spanish teacher at Larkin Community College in…

Ilaria Dore – winner of Trip to Valencia competition – confirms datesRead More

European Language Fair 2017

20th October 2016

All set up and ready for the European Language Fair information night at the Institute of Education in Dublin, organised…

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CSS at the European Language Fair

19th October 2016

Come and talk to us about studying Spanish in Valencia next summer at the European Language Fair in the Institute…

CSS at the European Language FairRead More

Trip to Valencia competition winner

18th October 2016

Congratulations to our lucky winner Ilaria Dore, Spanish teacher at Larkin Community College in Dublin, who has won a trip…

Trip to Valencia competition winnerRead More

Association of Teachers of Spanish AGM

16th October 2016

CSS Valencia were at the Association of Teachers of Spanish AGM in the Clarion Hotel in Dublin last weekend.

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2017 Summer Course details on the way to all secondary schools

25th September 2016

We have been getting our marketing campaign for this year ready and will be sending out a pack to all…

2017 Summer Course details on the way to all secondary schoolsRead More

All-for-One voucher winner

19th September 2016

Here is the draw for the lucky winner of our TY Expo Facebook competition, who wins an All-for-One voucher.

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TY Expo 2017 recap

15th September 2016

We had a great time at the TY Expo 2017 at Punchestown Racecourse last week. We got to talk to…

TY Expo 2017 recapRead More

Video at TY Expo 2017

12th September 2016

The TY Expo has been very busy – here’s a video of our first day out at the fair. We…

Video at TY Expo 2017Read More

TY Expo 2017

6th September 2016

Liam, Verónica and Lorcan will be at the TY Expo 2017 on the 11th & 12th September at Punchestown Racecourse…

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Sample Week Schedule Transition Year Secondary School Course

MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
09.00Spanish language support classSpanish language support classSpanish language support classSpanish language support classSpanish language support class
10.00MusicPhysical EducationArtITPhysical Education
11.00BreakBreakBreakBreakBreak
11.30TechnologyEconomicsTechnologyEconomicsArt
12.15ArtCivic StudiesMusicGeography & HistoryIT
13.00LUNCHTheatreLUNCHLUNCHTheatre
14.00LUNCHLUNCH
15.00Biology & GeologyArtSport activitiesBiology & GeologyGeography & History
16.00Civic StudiesPhysical EducationPhysical EducationMeeting with tutor
17.00Home time
17.30Sport activitiesSport activitiesSport activitiesSport activities
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