The Four Parts of Learning Spanish

Some tips on different ways to practise Spanish

Cadiz, the City next door

Spark is fairly close to many amazing cities, such as Cadiz. Here are some of the city’s highlights.

Spanish Public Holidays

The Spanish celebrate many different public holidays through the year, some of which are unique to Spain.

El Puerto, the Home of Spark Spanish

For teachers considering a school trip to El Puerto de Santa Maria, here are a few facts about the beautiful town that Spark calls home

Spanish and sports: GCSE in context

New GCSE content in context: Sports

With the updated GCSE Spanish syllabus that is starting in September 2016 for the 2018 exams, we are looking to put the content into context. Another topic in the “Free Time” activities theme includes “Sports”. One of our… Read More

Spanish Tapas: some highlights

When on a school trip to Spain, make sure to eat plenty of authentic Spanish food – it’s too good to miss! Here is a guide to some highlights.

Spanish school tours for year groups

Spanish school tours for Year Groups

Spanish school tours for an entire year group or otherwise big group can be incredibly fun for the students and their teachers as it provides a unique cultural and linguistic opportunity 

New GCSE content in context: Food / tapas

With the updated GCSE Spanish syllabus that is starting in September 2016 for the 2018 exams, we are looking to put the content into context. The Topic “Free time activities” includes the subtopic “Food and eating out”. One great… Read More

Tapas tasting in El Puerto: our top 5

If you ask us, any visit to Andalucía should absolutely involve a tapas night out. El Puerto is well-known for it amazing food, so a tapas tasting evening is something you really don’t want to miss out on! More difficult than… Read More

Christopher Columbus and El Puerto

When Christopher Columbus left on his second voyage to the Americas, he left from El Puerto de Santa María. He even lived in the Castillo San Marcos in the centre of El Puerto for a while! Nowadays, this… Read More

School Tours in Spain

2015/16 school trips: stats, photos + quotes

Academic year 2015/16 was a great one for us here at Spark Spanish. We had so many fantastic schools who entrusted the organization of their school trips to Spain to us and we have loved every minute of it. Here are some… Read More