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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!