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Number of students |
300 |
Number of nationalities represented in the school |
30 |
Most common nationality |
Portuguese followed by english and brazilian. |
Ratio of local students to international students |
Although we have many differente nationalities, I would consider them all local as they are families that live in Portugal and intend to stay here |
Max. number of students per class |
16; since we are now opening a 2 nd class per grade, in the grades where we still have one class this number can go till 22. |
Average number of students per class |
16/22 |
Does the school employ teaching assistants? |
In some grades yes |
Native English and Portuguese speaking teachers |
Yes. Most of them are bilingual. |
Language support for students not fluent in English and Portuguese |
We offer portuese for foreigners to all our foreign students. Besides these group classes they can for an extra chagre have individual portuguese classes |
Additional language classes offered by the school |
Spanish and French |
Use of technology in the classroom |
Laptops and Projectors are present in every class; notes are handwritten; Microsoft teams is used for homework |
Is the school ready to use virtual classrooms when needed? (e.g. teaching lessons online if the school is closed, e.g. during COVID-19 closures) |
Yes, we use Microsoft Teams |
Do teachers assign homework to their students? |
Yes |
Approximate hours of homework given |
This depends a lot on the grades; in primary years normally 1 or 2 a week and no more than 20'; from 5th till 8th grade it increases gradually but usual is twice a week and no more than 45'; starting IGCSE homework 4/5 times a week and around 60'. |
Uniform required |
Yes, upper parts |
Waiting list |
Yes, but it is renewed yearly. We dont keep a waiting list from one year to the other |
Entry evaluation for students |
Only for students starting IGCSE, when we apply an english assessment |
Brief description of entry evaluation required |
An english assessment for IGCSE or A Level |
Deadline for registration (new academic year) |
Registrations start in March |
Students can join after academic year begins |
Yes |
Percentage of students who pursue further education post-graduation |
We dont have this data yet as we only started secondary education last year. |
External examinations or assessments available |
Cambridge international |
Results in these examinations |
We dont have this information yet |
Do students practice religion at the school? What religion? |
No |
School bus service available |
Yes |
Dedicated staff/programs for students with special learning needs |
Yes |
Learning support offered |
We have a therapeutical team with psychologists, speach therapists, psycopedagogical support and occupation therapists. We support by creating individual support plans according to the students special individuals needs. |
The school supports gifted, able and talented students |
Exactly the same way. Creating an individual plan. |
Student access to education psychologist |
Yes |
School start time |
9:00 |
School finish time |
16:00 or 16:30 depending on the grade level |
Supervised care before/after school |
Yes |
Extracurricular activities or clubs offered |
Creative dance, piano, guitar, drums, bass and singing, karate, swimming, tennis, soccer, outdoor activities, inventors, arts |
School provided lunches |
Yes |
Food alternatives for special dietary needs (ie. vegan, kosher, halal etc) |
Yes. All our food is organic, everything cooked daily and fresh in the school's kitchen, 2 a week fish, 1 meet and 2 vegetarian. |
Sports activities included |
PE and Yoga |
Sports facilities at the school |
Playground; sports fields; our gym is under construction |
Sports teams or sport competitions available for students |
Not yet, as we were a smaller school with no sports facilities |
Qualities and characteristics best defining the school |
Aprendizes is an inclusive active learning school in Cascais, Portugal.
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Teaching approach of the school |
Ous aprroach is an active learning one, meaning that we are a not a curriculum based scholl. We develop the student as a totalitty.
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