Activities and Enrichment

Much more than just learning in the classroom

We supplement the school curriculum with activities that contribute to the children’s physical, artistic, cultural, and social development.

English

English language learning is encouraged from an early age through teaching methods appropriate for the children’s age — in partnership with the Helen Doron Institute

Music

Music fosters creativity, concentration, and self-expression in partnership with Foco Musical

Physical and Artistic Activities

physical education classes

Gymnastics/Physical Education

All gymnastics and physical education classes are held at the Ginásio Clube de Odivelas to ensure the best possible conditions for participating in these activities.

Dance

  • To foster creativity and a love of movement;
  • Develop body awareness, including its possibilities and limitations;
  • Develop spatial awareness;
  • Develop musicality, coordination, and expressiveness;
  • Develop social skills through group work (interpersonal relationships);
  • Create, memorize, and reproduce musical phrases;
  • Acquire an understanding of choreographic structure — beginning, middle, and end;
  • To encourage children's artistic expression.
dance class
taekwondo class

Taekwondo

  • Develops physical and motor coordination, flexibility, balance, and concentration;
  • Fosters team spirit through training with peers;
  • Develops self-defense skills;
  • Teaches immobilization techniques that help develop an awareness of body weight distribution and control over a partner’s body;
  • Promotes discipline.

Swimming

It promotes discipline. Considered one of the most well-rounded forms of exercise, swimming is an excellent choice for children. It improves respiratory function, reducing symptoms of allergic conditions such as asthma and rhinitis, which are very common in children. Swimming also helps strengthen muscles at the same time, which is excellent for children who are still developing and growing.


This sport also helps improve posture, motor development, and blood circulation, and aids in weight management, since muscles work even harder in the water than during land-based activities, resulting in a higher calorie burn than many other sports.

swimming class

Dramatic Expression and Theater

Work on theater exercises and techniques that enhance children’s communication skills, concentration, memory, creativity, and ability to work in groups, while fostering empathy for others.

Theater improves students' academic performance, a benefit that is reflected both in their grades and in their motivation and commitment to their courses.

The work produced will be shared with parents and educators through two public presentations: one at Christmas and another at the end of the school year.

Meet Professor and Actor Miguel Linares

theater apresentation

Piano

Posture while playing the instrument; becoming familiar with the entire keyboard; identifying and playing different rhythms; playing notes in the treble and bass clefs; playing exercises with each hand separately and playing melodic lines with both hands in different intervals.

Sensitivity to the instrument’s sound and timbre; Sensitivity to music; Sound quality; Rhythm; Dynamics; Sight-reading; Form; Musical phrasing; Sight-reading; Performance of a repertoire consisting of works from different eras and styles, with difficulty levels appropriate to the student’s level; Encouraging attendance at concerts and recitals; developing aural and rhythmic skills; Practice of scales, arpeggios, etudes, and pieces.

piano class

Field Trips and Thematic Projects

Throughout the year, we organize educational and cultural activities that enrich learning and help children connect with the world around them.