Portugal – Healthy Snack
One of the tasks for the Domestic and Manual Arts Club was to explore healthy cooking. Therefore, Edifacoop suggested to pupils cook a healthy snack: banana pancakes.
Activities
Portugal – Housekeeping
During the January school break, pupils were challenged to help their parents at home and participate in the housekeeping: folding clothes, watering plants, washing dishes, making the bed, dusting down, vacuuming, etc… Then, they summed the chore’s points so they could see how much was got done.
Portugal – Painting Techniques
During the January school break, pupils were challenged to explore and experiment with different painting techniques: poster paint, charcoal, oil painting, dry pastel, watercolor, etc… Then, they showed their creations.
Portugal – Roll a Picasso
To play the game “Roll a Picasso”, pupils needed a dice, the “Picasso Sheet” and a blank page. Then, they threw the dice and draw the corresponding part of the face: eyes, nose, mouth… They ended up with a fun and Picasso-like face in their paper. Pupils also got to know Picasso, his biography, and … Ler mais
Portugal – Dots and Lines
To start the Domestic and Manual Arts Club, pupils made an fun exercise: in a blank page, they placed dots arbitrarily. Then, they connected the dots with lines and imagined different forms. The second part was to replicate the same shape with objects they had at home: sticks, pens, straws, etc…
Portugal – Traditional Games Quiz
In order to assay the research and knowledge acquired by students about traditional games in a fun way, a quiz was created. A carregar…
Portugal – Play Day
During the Christmas break, as a part of the Annual Plan of Activities, the pupils of the Portuguese School had a “Play Day”, a day dedicated to the freedom and joy of playing. Some challenges, games and play ideas were presented in order to enrich the “Play Day”.
Portugal – 5 Marias
In the scope of the exchange of traditional games between the partner countries, during the month of December 2020, the Portuguese school crafted the traditional game “5 Marias”, to offer to each partner school.
Portugal – Traditional Games Museum
The pupils from our school visited and explored the “Traditional Games Museum”, a space in the school’s facility where traditional toys and games are collected and displayed. There, they had the opportunity to get to know and experiment with some unusual and fun games from Portugal and other parts of Europe. Then, during class and … Ler mais
Portugal – Traditional Games
The pupils from our school created, experienced and played with Traditional Outdoor Games from Portugal. These ancient games were played by their grandfathers and were made with reused objects.