Spanish narrows gap on French in 2024 Irish state exams
Every year, the CSS team analyses Department of Education figures on the number of students taking Spanish, French and German…
Spanish narrows gap on French in 2024 Irish state examsRead More
Transition Year 2025-2026 courses now open for bookings
We have officially opened registration for our 2025-2026 Transition Year Intensive Spanish Courses, offering Irish secondary school students an immersive…
Transition Year 2025-2026 courses now open for bookingsRead More
Bush Secondary School Students Enjoy Enriching Spanish Trip to Valencia
Eighteen Leaving Cert students from Bush Secondary School in Co. Louth had the incredible opportunity to attend a Spanish Leaving…
Bush Secondary School Students Enjoy Enriching Spanish Trip to ValenciaRead More
January 2025 TY course reaches half-way point
Our first Transition Year course in 2025 is well underway. Students flew over with Edel on Sunday January 12th and…
Our Transition Year Intensive Course enrolment is now open
September is here and we have been very busy planning for the year ahead offering a total of four Transition…
Our Transition Year Intensive Course enrolment is now openRead More
Intensive Summer Programmes in Valencia
Our Summer Spanish courses offer an exciting opportunity to immerse yourself in the language and culture. These programs are designed…
May 2024 Transition Year course students arrive in Valencia
The Centre of Spanish Studies in Valencia extends a warm welcome to students arriving for our May 2024 Transition year…
May 2024 Transition Year course students arrive in ValenciaRead More
April 2024 Transition Year Course in Valencia
The Centre of Spanish Studies in Valencia recently concluded its highly anticipated April 2024 Transition Year course. This immersive program…
Over 10,000 students sat the 2023 Spanish Leaving Certificate exam
It’s time for our annual look at the number of students taking Spanish in the Irish State examinations. Every year,…
Over 10,000 students sat the 2023 Spanish Leaving Certificate examRead More
ATS Ireland members win trip to visit Css Valencia
We were delighted to welcome three Spanish secondary school teachers from Ireland over to Valencia last week. Angela Hughes, Dáire…
2024-2025 Transition Year Intensive Courses now open
We have just started taking bookings for our 2024-2025 Transition Year courses. The dates are as follows: November 3rd to…
2024-2025 Transition Year Intensive Courses now openRead More
January 2024 Intensive course students arrive to Valencia.
Our first course of 2024 has begun with our students arriving from Cork & Dublin airport on Sunday 7th January.…
January 2024 Intensive course students arrive to Valencia.Read More
Goodbye 2023!
We have had a wonderful year welcoming so many Irish students to study in Valencia. Students have been kept busy…
Why Centre of Spanish Studies Valencia is the ideal Choice for Leaving Certificate Students from Ireland
Are you a Leaving Certificate student in Ireland looking to enhance your Spanish skills with an immersive experience? Look no…
Hello September.
Summer has sadly come to an end, but bustling September is here and we have been very busy planning for…
In the blink of an eye, our June 2023 Summer course has come to an end
Our June course has just come to an end, we cannot believe how quickly the 3 weeks have passed! Week…
In the blink of an eye, our June 2023 Summer course has come to an endRead More
Our June 2023 Summer course has begun
Landing in on a very late flight from Dublin, our summer course group were full of nervous excitement and couldn’t…
Goodbye Valencia – April 2023 TY Intensive course comes to an end
And just like that our April/May intensive course has come to an end. We are so sad to say goodbye…
Goodbye Valencia – April 2023 TY Intensive course comes to an endRead More
April 2023 Intensive Course students arrive to Valencia
Bienvenidos a Valencia! Our April course students arrived today accompanied by Karen & Edel on their flight from Dublin. Host…
April 2023 Intensive Course students arrive to ValenciaRead More
Dates set for 2023-2024 TY Intensive Courses
We are now taking bookings for our 2023-2024 Transition Year courses. The dates are as follows: October 7th to November…
CSS welcomes ATS Ireland members to Valencia
We were delighted to welcome four Spanish secondary school teachers from Ireland over to Valencia last week. Lorna Hosford, Kelleyanne…
January 2023 Spanish Transition Year intensive begins
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
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
October 2022 TY Intensive Spanish course comes to an end
Our October TY Intensive course has just finished, and what a time we had. The mix of morning classes with…
October 2022 TY Intensive Spanish course comes to an endRead More
First Transition Year Spain course starts in October
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 course over as students return to Ireland
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
Two weeks over – just one to go
Another busy week for our students. Our Leaving Certificate students are getting very used to exam practice with María and…
First week of 2022 summer course over
What a great first week we have had! Classes are going well, and the afternoon activities are keeping the students…
Summer 2022 course underway
3 years after our last secondary school summer course in Valencia, we are back underway! Students started classes this morning…
Two weeks to go until Summer 2022 course starts
Two weeks to go before we start our Summer 2022 course and we are all getting very excited! We have…
Latest TY group enjoy Las Fallas festival
Las Fallas is the biggest festival in Valencia, and takes place every March. The five main days celebrated are from…
Marketing material posted out to 500 schools in Ireland
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
We are getting ready for our biggest and best summer course program. This year, we will have three different classes:…
2022 Summmer course (June 5th to June 26th) flight details
Students attending our Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate Spanish summer courses in Spain will travel directly from Dublin to Valencia.…
2022 Summmer course (June 5th to June 26th) flight detailsRead More
First group of 2022 TY students arrive in Valencia
There was great excitement on Saturday evening at Valencia Airport. 2 years since our last Transition Year students came to…
Irish secondary schools: Spanish continues to increase in popularity
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!
18 months after Covid-19 led to a suspension of all our courses, we are delighted to say CSS Valencia is…
COVID-19 update: April 24th, 2020
Centre of Spanish Studies (CSS) update: April 24th 2020. In response to the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, we have…
CSS attends Transition Year TPN Conference in Athlone
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 students arrive in Valencia
Our first arrivals for the TY Programme 2020 arrived in Valencia airport last night. Our Spanish Transition year course gives…
Information leaflets posted out to all schools in Ireland
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
Limerick and Kilkenny conference
We were at The Lyrath Hotel Kilkenny at the NAPD Conference, and we also attended the Principal and Deputy Principals’…
Classroom posters prove a big hit at the ATS 2019 conference
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
CSS to attend 2019 Association of Teachers of Spanish in Ireland AGM
The Association of Teachers of Spanish in Ireland is having their Annual Conference and AGM on Saturday October 12th, 2019.…
CSS to attend 2019 Association of Teachers of Spanish in Ireland AGMRead More
CSS Valencia open 2019-2020 TY Study in Spain programme
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
Vlog 2019
Check out our Summer 2019 Vlog to get an idea to what we do every July in Valencia! Our 3…
Last group of TY 18/19 students land in sunny Valencia
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
Our first groups of TY students for 2019 have been arriving to Valencia during the last few weeks. On Saturday,…
CSS attends the Transition Year Teachers Professional Network Conference in Athlone
We’re back in Valencia again after attending the Transition Year Teachers Professional Network Conference in Athlone last Saturday. We’ve been…
CSS attends the Transition Year Teachers Professional Network Conference in AthloneRead More
Spanish Classroom Decoration Packs
We prepared and sent a few Classroom Decoration Packs – posters, maps and flags – for Spanish teachers all over…
CSS posts out course information to 492 schools all over Ireland
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
Niamh Galvin, Spanish teacher at Bandon Grammar School in Cork, visits us in Valencia
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
Association of Teachers of Spanish (ATS) Conference 2018
CSS attended the 2018 Association of Teachers of Spanish (ATS) Conference at the Green Isle Hotel in Clondalkin, Dublin last…
Association of Teachers of Spanish (ATS) Conference 2018Read More
Last 2017-2018 group of Transition Year (TY) students return to Ireland
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
CSS exhibit at 2018 TYTPN conference
We met transition year teachers at their annual TYTPN conference in Athlone last Saturday, February 24th. There was interest in…
CSS Valencia at the Transition Year Teacher Professional Network conference
We will be attending the Transition Year Teacher Professional Network conference in the Sheraton Hotel in Athlone, Ireland on Saturday…
CSS Valencia at the Transition Year Teacher Professional Network conferenceRead More
First group of 2018 TY students arrive
Our first group of TY students for 2018 arrived in Valencia on Sunday, February 18th. Leon, Rebecca and Ross were…
Summer 2017 Course about to start!
Our CSS representatives Alba and Vero are looking forward to welcoming our course participants in less than a week!
Easter in Valencia
The residents of Cabañal, Valencia’s seaside neighbourhood, are practising for the big parades which take place in that barrio during…
Las Fallas is building to its climax
The rest of Spain is looking to Valencia this weekend as Las Fallas leads up to its culmination on the…
Nigel the Parrot
Will you come back from Valencia speaking Spanish as well as Nigel the parrot?
Las Fallas Fiesta
Valencia’s biggest fiesta of the year, Fallas, starts today, 1 March 2017 and builds until the final day, San José,…
Snow in Valencia!!
Snow in Denia, just south of Valencia yesterday !! – ¡nieve en Denia ayer, al sur de Valencia! Don’t worry…
Happy New Year
¡Feliz Año Nuevo! Happy New Year to everyone from CSS Valencia! We’re in 2017 now and we are just 6…
Early Bird Special
Don’t forget about our great early bird booking special for our three week summer programme – €1799 if deposit paid…
European Language Fair 2017
All set up and ready for the European Language Fair information night at the Institute of Education in Dublin, organised…
CSS at the European Language Fair
Come and talk to us about studying Spanish in Valencia next summer at the European Language Fair in the Institute…
Trip to Valencia competition winner
Congratulations to our lucky winner Ilaria Dore, Spanish teacher at Larkin Community College in Dublin, who has won a trip…
Association of Teachers of Spanish AGM
CSS Valencia were at the Association of Teachers of Spanish AGM in the Clarion Hotel in Dublin last weekend.
2017 Summer Course details on the way to all secondary schools
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
Here is the draw for the lucky winner of our TY Expo Facebook competition, who wins an All-for-One voucher.
TY Expo 2017 recap
We had a great time at the TY Expo 2017 at Punchestown Racecourse last week. We got to talk to…
Video at TY Expo 2017
The TY Expo has been very busy – here’s a video of our first day out at the fair. We…
TY Expo 2017
Liam, Verónica and Lorcan will be at the TY Expo 2017 on the 11th & 12th September at Punchestown Racecourse…