Alternatura a l'Escola closes fifth edition with record participation
Sagunto City Council's nature and inclusion programme reached 1,583 participants in the 2025-2026 school year, with 33 outdoor excursions and 37 awareness sessions.
The Alternatura a l'Escola: Inclusive Project, run by Sagunto City Council's departments of Sports and the Environment, wrapped up its fifth edition with more participating schools than in any previous year. During the 2025-2026 school year, 37 awareness talks reached 1,293 pupils and 76 teachers, while 33 outings into natural surroundings involved 1,583 people in total, including fifth- and sixth-year primary students, pupils with functional diversity, and teaching staff.
The programme's inclusive design follows the mandate of Spain's LOMLOE education law, which requires mainstream and special-education schools to participate jointly in activities. The inclusion coordinator of CEE Albanta (a local special-education centre) contributed to every session. This fifth edition also marks the first time the programme extended beyond Sagunto's borders: schools from Petrés and Benifairó de les Valls, two neighbouring municipalities in the Camp de Morvedre comarca, joined for the first time, which accounts for the record school count. Educators from the Sierra de Espadán Natural Park interpretation centre and a municipal police officer specialising in mountain biking also contributed, according to Sagunto City Council.