We met the President Since the Belém Palace is in close proximity to the school, it has been very interesting to formally and informally live the Presidency’s initiatives. Here’s a poem our students wrote on poetry day: Dia da poesia Caro presidente, Foi nosso grande prazer visitar o seu palácio, e principalmente o conhecer! Ficámos
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Mind and Body in Motion To keep a moving body and mind while doing active learning is one of psychomotricity’s main goals. In Raiz, our psychomotor practitioners contribute to this balance, provide tips, and reflect with the team to balance both body and mind’s effort and exercise in a dynamic equilibrium.
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Over 50 years of HighScope – our school is different from others The HighScope approach upholds that children learn by doing and by interacting with materials, people, and situations. Students build their knowledge at all times. We support students’ cognitive development for a balanced growth, with the best results and creativity and with the
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+ Daily Moments As specialists say, reflecting on positive moments increases our Happiness! Therefore, our challenge for everyone: to select the three best moments of the day, every night. In a Mindful school, daily experiences are very important. At Raiz, there is always time and room to share the best of the day. And since
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The Neighborhood is Our School There is as much to learn inside the school as there is outside it. With our local Council, we created nature classrooms available for anyone in the neighborhood. Our daily routine is lived inside and outside the gate, every week, rain or shine! To observe, to act, to reflect, and
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To Live vs To Memorize – we are a Mindful school We are not interested in “injecting” content into children. On the contrary, we are interested in learning the curriculum and learning about life. For instance, our 5 th and 6th graders publicly presented a Project “Our Water of Every Day” in an impressive demonstration
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English as a Second Language – Bilingual School Portuguese and English are an integral part of all our children’s daily lives. We follow the Portuguese Curriculum and have several subjects worked in both languages so we can expose children to a greater number of hours in English than what is planned in the Portuguese
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Let’s go to MAAT? To experience Art, Architecture, and Technology there is nothing better than to visit inspiring places. With this in mind, our students explore local museums and monuments, for instance, they have classes at MAAT, where they interact and become inspired to develop their artistic and creative abilities. Throughout the school year, there
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Local food is the best –this is our kitchen’s motto To guarantee that we serve the best recipes to our students, everything starts with raw ingredients and with local and fresh produce – our motto. All our food is cooked at the school, with recipes adapted to current nutritional knowledge. The goal is to
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