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COMENIUS PROJECT 1. 1
YOUNG PEOPLE, ACTIVE CITIZENS OF EUROPE
THIS IS OUR SCHOOL
Project Meeting - From the 11th to the 13rd of April – Taranto - Italy
THE HISTORY OF OUR SCHOOL
The School was founded in the beginning of the 1970s. It was located
in a public place named Casa do Povo, where students were offered
vocational courses in Mechanics, Agriculture and Feminine Formation,
that provided them with equivalence to the current 9th form.
After the implantation of the democracy in Portugal, in 1974,
students started to attend the 7th, 8th and 9th forms. In 1977/78
the school classes took place in the present building, and the
beginning of the school year changed from October to September.
There were only three blocks (A, B and C), the others (D, E and F)
hadn’t been built yet. The Agriculture Course changed to a vocational
school 2 km away from Serpa, and the students went there on foot.
THE HISTORY OF OUR SCHOOL
The school located in Casa de Povo closed and the new school building
had Primary and Secondary Education simultaneously. The
construction of three new blocks (D, E and F) occurred in the
eighties.
Nowadays, the Secondary School with 3rd cycle of Basic Education is
the only entity of the council that assures the regular Secondary
education. There are 24 classrooms, 4 laboratories, 2 Art rooms and
2 Computing rooms). We also have the Resources Centre and the
Library, as well as a total of 85 computers. There are 12 rooms for
the teachers to meet and work together.
There are large spaces for leisure and a pavilion for the practice of
sports. The meal service is assured internally by the canteen or the
bar.
School Rooms and Facilities
Stationery - where the students can buy
some school material, load the magnetic
card that identifies them as students of
the school, buy their meals in advance,
among other things. It opens at 9:00 o’clock
in the morning, closing for lunch at 1pm. In
the afternoon it‘s opened again until 5pm.
Canteen - where the students can have
lunch, being also a space for socialising.
The ticket is bought through the students’
magnetic card and the students have to
buy it in advance. The canteen opens at
12:45 and closes at 2:00 pm.
School Rooms and Facilities
Library the students have
access to specialised books and
to the Internet, there are four
computers with access to the
Internet.
There are also two DVD
readers where the students
can watch some movies. The
library service is available
from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm.
School Rooms and Facilities
Resource Centre – The students can use the computers for work or for
leisure. The Centre is divided in 3 zones: one where the computers
without access to the Internet are; other one that is just for leisure,
where the students can go wherever they want, having access to the
Internet; and finally a third zone that is for doing work accessing
computers with the Internet.
There are 85 computers, being 21
without access to the Internet and 64
with access to the Internet. The
Resource Centre is available from 9:00
am to 5:30pm with a break for lunch.
Teachers can teach practical lessons
there, but they should book the space
in advance to avoid confusion and lack
of computers available.
School Rooms and Facilities
Sports Pavilion – This pavilion was inaugurated by the Secretary of
State, Domingos Fernandes, in 2002. The pavilion is where the students
have Physical Education classes. Inside the pavilion there are two rooms
for the classes, a suitable space for games and a room for the practice
of gymnastics.
There are also two bathhouses, one for the girls and other for the boys.
And each one has two cloakrooms. In the outside there is a sports field.
School Rooms and Facilities
Classrooms – where the students attend different classes. There are
six blocks A, B, C, D, E, F. In block F we can find the room for TIC,
Information and Communication Technologies and a large room for
general meetings and representations.
School Rooms and Facilities
Non-teaching staff room – where the
auxiliary personnel can rest whenever
there is a break, and where they can
have their meetings.
Teachers’ rooms – where the teachers
can rest and work. There are 2 rooms,
one for the non-smokers and other for
the teachers who enjoy smoking. It’s
also the place where the classroom
keys and the different classes register
books are. There are some placards
with important information for the
teachers, too.
EXTRA- CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES - CLUBS
Drama Club – They learn some representation techniques and perform
some interesting plays regarding different themes (comedy, for
example). The club team also accomplishes some travels for enriching
their knowledge about drama. The club has several students enrolled,
belonging to different classes and grades. They have already been
invited to perform in other schools and did it with success.
Cinema Club – It is new at school, but already popular. Our school
integrates a project in partnership with other foreign schools, mostly
French, and they are learning some cinema techniques in order to make a
short movie to be presented in Paris at the end of the school year.
There has already been a first meeting among the partner schools to
show the work done and it was a success. The project counts on the
cooperation of two professionals and two teachers from our school, who
have been instructing and supporting the students along the whole
process.
EXTRA- CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES - CLUBS
Club of Journalism – Three teachers and a few students are
responsible for the edition of a school journal. The journal has some
years of existence, but this year it was printed here at school for the
first time and it has a larger number of pages, too. It spreads the
news about what has been going on inside and outside school and it
publishes some interesting works the students have accomplished in
different areas.
Photography Club - Besides learning different techniques, the
students enrolled in the club travel a lot to take photos of different
subjects and places and are always present in school celebrations and
festivities.
Sports Clubs – The school provides the practice of different sports
for the students. The sports available are: Tennis, Table-Tennis,
Footsal, BTT and swimming. The best students have participated in
several competitions at national and international level.
THE EDUCATION PROVIDED - BASIC EDUCATION
In relation to this education level, there are 7th, 8th and 9th form
classes. This education is compulsory, giving access to all courses of
secondary education. When students finish the 9th form, they have to
decide which course they want to follow.
At this level of education they have to attend these subjects:
Portuguese Language; Mathematics; Geography; Physics & Chemistry;
English, French or Spanish; Physical Education; History; Art;
Technological Education; Religious Education (optional) and ICT (only in
9th form).
SECONDARY EDUCATION
HUMANISTIC AND SCIENTIFIC COURSES
Sciences and Technologies
These courses prepare
the students to follow
up their studies to a
superior level.
Students can take a
degree
in:
Health
Science,
Medicine,
Pharmacy,
Veterinary,
Nursing,
Engineering,
Physics and Natural
Sciences,
Exact
Sciences (...).
Formation
Components
Specific
Subjects
 Mathematics
 Physics & Chemistry
Biology and Geology
Weekly Blocks
(90 min. per block)
10th
11th
12th
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Options:
 Biology
 Chemistry
Physics
 Geology
 Descriptive Geometry
 Geometry
3
 Project Área
2
SECONDARY EDUCATION
HUMANISTIC AND SCIENTIFIC COURSES
Human and Social Science
These courses prepare
the students to follow
up their studies to a
superior level.
Students can choose
among: Law, Political
Science, Education and
Formation
Science,
Journalism (...).
Formation
Components
Specific
Subjects
 History
 Matemathics
for Social
Sciences
Geography
Weekly Blocks
(90 min. per block)
10th
11th
12th
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Options:
 Geography
 Sociology
 Phylosophy
 Psychology
Project Área
3
2