portuguese education

PORTUGUESE EDUCATION

Agrupamento Escolas Miguel Torga, Bragança, Portugal

Free and compulsory until the age of 18;

Regulated by the state through the Ministry of Education;

Devided into:

• Preschool (under 6 years old);

• Basic education - 9 years in 3 stages: - 4 years primary school; - 2 years middle school; - 3 years secondary school.• High School Education(3 years);

• Higher Education (University and Polytechnic)

SCHOOL YEAR 3rd week of September - middle of June Three terms:

Holidays: 3 months in Summer – 2 weeks in June, July, August and first

two weeks in September 2 weeks for Christmas and New year 3 days for Carnival 2 weeks for Easter

• 1st – till middle of December

• 2nd – till Easter• 3rd – till middle of June

CONTENT OF EDUCATION National Curriculum for all subjects during compulsory

education; 45 minutes lessons; break every 90 minutes Main subjects:

Portuguese 4-6 lessons Maths 6 lessons English 3-4 Sciences 3 - 7 lessons each Humanities 2/3 - 6 lessons each Sports 3-4 Crafts 2 Art 2 Religion 2 (optional)

FOREIGN LANGUAGES English:

Compulsory: year 3 – 9

Books used: Mainly made in the country or made in the UK but adapted to the NC

French/German/Spanish from year 7 3/2 lessons/week

• Year 3 and 4: 2 hours a week• Year 5 – 9: 2/3 lessons a week

Evaluation: Testing – twice each term (0-100 till year 9; 0-200 from year10

onwards), teacher/school responsibility; Grading: end of each term (1-5 till year 9; 0-20 from year 10

onwards); Final evaluation: at the end of the school year. National exams:

• Year 9 - Portuguese and Maths • Year 11: 2 exams - Physics and Chemistry, Biology, Portuguese

Literature, Geography, Maths Applied to Social Science… • Year 12: 2 exams – Portuguese (compulsory to all students),

Maths, History …

OUR SCHOOL

OUR SCHOOL Level Years Students Classes

Preschool Mixed groups 76 5

Primary school (stage 1)

1 - 4 225 11

Middle school (stage 2) 5 - 6 167 8 * 2 dance classes

Secondary school (stage 3)

7 - 9 119 7

High School 10-12 171 8

Adults 9 and 12 50 2

Alternative Curriculum 9 15 1

Total 821 40

STAFF

Headmaster Deputies - 3 + 1 (Deputy Head) Teachers - 134 (including preschool, special needs and 40

under mobility by specific conditions) Librarian Teacher - 1 Psychologists – 2 (one only for alternative curriculum

students) Office staff – 12 Building management – 31 (cleaning, kitchen, cafeteria)

TEACHERS

Work load - 40 hours/week Headmaster - doesn’t teach Deputy - 1 class minimum Teacher - 22 (permanence at school - 26) Primary teacher (Year 1 to 4) – 25 + 2 Preschool – 25 + 2

OUR PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES Theatre club Sports club (involves competition outside school) Study visits (Porto, Lisbon, Spain, France, the UK…) Music group (tuna) Eco school Health at school Students’ exchanges Christmas supper Easter mass National Reading Project (Ler+) Extra curricular activites for younger students

Etwinning – projects from kindergarden to High School European Projects: Erasmus+ KA1 and KA2

Key Action 1 - Training in Europe for a Successful School - 2015/2017:

20 mobilities: 16 Training mobilities (languages - English and French - Maths, Physics and Chemistry), 1 Job Shadowing Mobility on School Management, 3 Teaching Assignements: Hungary, CZ and Italy

Hosting partners: 2 mobilities from Hungary and 2 from Italy (Teaching assignment and Job Shadowing)

Training

Hosting

Key Action 2:- Super European Reader (2014/2016): Italy, Poland, UK,

Spain);

Think smart – Act Green

Thank you so much for your attention!