festa junina and our see you soon!

Dear Students and Parents, 

It was a year full of learning and joy. 

We truly appreciate your continued support throughout this year. Don´t forget to check out our lovely Festa Junina dance.

click here for the video: Balanço da Peneira 

We hope you have a great holiday.

Alpha Team

Click here for another video: 

A glimpse of the year.

Alphas' Journey! part II

Alphas' Journey!

It has been a wonderful year and we cannot believe it is coming to an end...

Alpha children have learned and accomplished so much throughout 
the year and the most important, they had a lot of fun!

We are so proud to see their growth and honored to be part of it.

We happily share some of their most enjoyable moments:

Alpha Sigma

Alpha Omega

Our Journey

Our Journey throughout the year

It has been a fun, exciting and 
full-of-learning year!

As a school, we are proud to see children's accomplishments and glad to be part of such an important stage of their lives.

This week Alpha Beta and Delta are sharing some of their most enjoyable moments:

Pictures Alpha Beta

Pictures Alpha Delta

Stay tuned for next week's post, featuring Alpha Sigma's and Omega's memorable moments!

Developing skills in early childhood

Developing cognitive skills in early childhood

Young children are learning all the time. 

They learn while playing, experimenting, moving... 

It's important that learning is fun at this age and about doing things that they like.

Alpha children explore Maths in many different ways, so being 

exposed to numbers, shapes and patterns will help them understand

 their new world and concepts; they need to see, hold and touch.  

Have a look at some of these precious moments! 

Theo fitting shapes on a frame puzzle.

Helena following a two element pattern using popsicle sticks.

Lucas working with numbers and quantities.

Isadora and Ana Teresa exploring shapes.

Messy play

As part of sensorial exploration, Alpha children have been manipulating 

different materials and exploring different textures:

Adding some special ingredients

As messy as can be! 

                                                             Foam hands

Mixing ingredients

Busy hands!

 

 

 

Fun filled days with lots of new sensations!

PE in Alphas

PE lessons

In PE, Alpha students sometimes have the chance to play with 'Kit Jabu' (wooden playground modules) to further work on their gross motor skills.

 

Pupils have chances to climb, slide, balance and jump throughout the preset circuit.

We also talk about safety procedures while playing.

Pupils explore their skills with courage and enthusiasm. These lessons are always engaging and full of challenges.

Sensorial

Sensorial Exporation

Sensory play is an essencial part of child's development. It helps build connections in the brain’s pathways, supports language development, cognitive growth, fine and gross motor skills, problem solving skills, and social interaction.

It is also great to help calm children down when they are feeling anxious. Through their five senses, children experience various sensations, such as hot, cold, sticky, dry, rough, 
soft, bitter, sweet, spicy, among others.

Here are some snapshots of sensorial activities children have been exploring with:

Alpha Beta

Tomás and Ana Teresa working on our sensorial box.   

Pietro, Laura and Tomás exploring paint when decorating our sensorial box.

 Felipe, Julia, Ana Teresa and Isadora exploring our sensorial box.

  

Rafael, Manoela, Maria Helena, Manuela, Laura, Felipe and Leonardo painting bubble wrap.

 Isadora, Yuri, Tomás and Ana Teresa exploring different ways of painting bubble wrap.

Alpha Omega

Alpha children exploring the sensorial board.

Carolina feeling the softness of the cotton.

Cecília and Isabella 

Pedro Barchese manipulating gel bag.

 Pedro Belli and Laura tasting salt.

Alpha Delta

 Painting our sensorial box: Otto, Mariana, Gabriel and João Pedro

 Maurício 

Maria 

Mariana 

 Helena 

 Maria, Helena and Stella, smelling coffee.

Catarina

Alpha Sigma

                                        Manipulating gel: Julia,Bernardo,Manuella e Lucca

Exploring our sensorial box: Alice and Beatriz

       Touching cornstarch: André, Felipe and Theo.

Paiting our sensorial box: Beatriz, Theodora, Lucila, Julia, Manuella, Lucca and Bernardo.

We would like to take this chance to thank parents for the material donated for our sensorial exploration. 

It has been a great success!