Our Ethos
FROM THE EARLIEST YEARS TO LOWER SECONDARY | BILINGUAL EDUCATION BASED ON THE CAMBRIDGE CURRICULUM |
The Values That Shape Our School Community
AIS presents a curriculum that seeks to respond to the educational needs of each child, favouring learning in a bilingual context and pedagogical innovation, which privileges contact with Nature and the exploration of individuality, the environment, as well as digital media. A curriculum built with the happiness of our children in mind.
We implement active learning methodologies, through a set of educational experiences that focus on the students, depending on their responsibility/ autonomy and involvement. These processes are achieved by working on projects, conducting experiments, solving problems, responding to challenges, and mobilizing other approaches that allow children to make sense of what they learn, placing new acquisitions in context, and integrating them with other knowledge.
By promoting this collective work, interpersonal intelligence, principles, and practices of collaboration and communication are developed. In this way, the values and dynamics of the community, the principles of sharing, equality, respect, and cooperation are also instilled.
Active Methodologies
We promote active learning through meaningful, student-centred experiences that build autonomy, responsibility, collaboration and a deep understanding of learning.
A child-led space, where practitioners observe children rather than direct them. This allows children space and time to play, reconnect with nature and their environment, learn to take risks, and have adventures.
AIS Nature & Farm
Nature & Farm fosters curiosity, independence and learning through meaningful outdoor experiences.
We are a Cambridge candidate school and we hope to offer IGCSEs followed by the IB DP programme. With this, we will provide our students with different paths to suit their personal ambitions for the future.
International Curricula
Our international bilingual pathway opens doors to a global future, offering recognised international curricula.
Of the Physical World: Children’s socio-emotional development skills will be encouraged, as well as communication, collaboration, perseverance, and critical thinking skills, among others that are essential for children to grow harmoniously and confidently.
Of the Digital World: Innovation in educational practices, using the immense opportunities opened up by the use of technology, will be a constant support and will improve learning. Always taking into account the characteristics, age, and development level, in enriched and stimulating environments, students will be challenged to take advantage of the digital world, programming, computational thinking, and robotics.
Reflection and Awareness
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Happiness
We place children’s happiness at the centre of their growth, supporting their physical, intellectual and emotional development with care and purpose.
Our goal is to develop all the dimensions of the child together with the ideals and values of each family. In all age groups, our students will always have both native English speakers and Portuguese native speakers in class, with the exception of additional languages classes, where the language of the course will be spoken.
Bilingualism
Bilingual education nurtures linguistic confidence and intercultural awareness within an international learning environment.
Artistic Expressions
Artistic expression nurtures creativity, imagination and the confidence to communicate through many forms of art.
