The schools IES Antonio Machado, from Soria - in the category of 1st ESO-, IES Eras de Renueva, from León -2nd ESO -, IES Lucía de Medrano, from Salamanca - 3rd ESO- and the school Blanca de Castilla, from Palencia - 4th ESO-, have won the final of the Castile and León Entreredes Olympics, held today in the Monasterio Nuestra Señora del Prado, headquarters of the Regional Ministry of Education of Castilla y León. The schools will represent this autonomous region in the national final, to be held on 6 June in digital format.

Castilla y León has been participating in the Entreredes Olympics since 2017 thanks to the collaboration of the Regional Ministry of Education. In this edition, it brought 11,240 students from 54 schools, of which 144 from 23 schools have reached the final. 

The competition entailed team games of Entreredes, the video game created by Red Eléctrica (the company responsible for transmission and operation of the electricity system in Spain to teach younger generations in a fun and interactive way how the Spanish electricity system works and to review content taught in the classroom.

The event was attended by Luis Domingo González, Director General of Innovation and Teacher Training of the Regional Ministry of Education of Castilla y León; and Antonio Calvo Roy, Director of Sustainability of Redeia, parent company of Red Eléctrica.

Blanco López pointed out that "school should be a fun and effective place. And that sums up the digital game Entreredes, which is effective because it makes it possible to review, in 3D, the curricular contents of the whole ESO in a fun and interactive way, while working on topics such as sustainability, efficiency and energy saving, as well as practising English. And fun because it uses active methodologies such as collaborative learning, challenge-based learning and gamification, as well as enhancing social, communication and civic skills.

Calvo Roy thanked the Junta for its participation in the Entreredes Olympics for so many years, providing the educational centres of Castilla y León with access to this tool to support teachers in their classes, as a revision tool for students at home and as a fun tool to be shared with family and friends.

Throughout the country, almost 54,000 ESO students from eleven communities, together with the autonomous city of Ceuta, have used the game and participated in this edition of the Olympics.