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We favor balanced growth, respecting the natural rhythm and world of each child. We value education through art, nature and a strong teacher-student bond.
Our educational project promotes values such as equality, freedom with responsibility, collaboration and critical thinking. In a welcoming environment, we encourage a consistent routine and active learning, placing the child at the center of the educational process.
"Know all the theories, master all the techniques, but when you touch a human soul, just be another human soul"
Carl Jung
As a school, we believe that the multidisciplinary approach is an asset, with all the members of the teaching team contributing to building an inclusive school.
Focused on personal values and the quality of essential learning for all our students, our main objective is to respond in the best way to the needs of each student, promoting a positive and enriching experience for all the children who pass through here.
We value communication and active articulation between all the significant contexts of each child: the family, the school and external technicians.
We hope that this interaction will result in the implementation of procedures, the sharing of strategies and that, together, they will promote mental health and contribute to sowing the seeds of values in childhood so that, at every opportunity, it will be possible to make the world a little better.
What Sets Us Apart
More than just fluent English
An immersive program in which English is integrated into all areas of the curriculum—math, science, the arts, and nature. Fluency develops naturally because children live the language.
Real immersion.
Not a translation.
The bilingual program at Príncipes de Aviz is integrated—not parallel. Children do not learn English separately: they think, create, and collaborate in two languages from day one. The result is genuine fluency and a natural openness to the world.
Pre-school
Age group
3–6 yearsold
Primary language of instruction
Portuguese
Bilingual program — English integrated into all areas of the curriculum
Curriculum enrichment
Music, Yoga, English, Physical Education, Vegetable garden, Robotics
At the Príncipes de Aviz Preschool, English comes before the rules. Before grammar, before writing—it comes through music, through stories at storytime, through play, and through daily routines. That’s how children learn their native language, and that’s how they learn their second language.
From the very beginning, English is present in a natural and integrated way: in morning songs, in Physical Education and Robotics instructions, in thematic projects, in yoga, and in music. There is no translation, no forced memorization—there is immersion, there is context, there is meaning.
The methodology is playful by nature and intentional by design. Each activity in English is designed to help children build a positive relationship with the language—developing vocabulary, listening comprehension, and oral expression with the confidence that comes from learning through play.
We respect each child’s pace, because we know that fluency can’t be forced—it develops naturally. And when they reach the 1st Cycle, they’ll be ready: familiar with the language, enthusiastic, and equipped with a solid foundation to delve deeper into the bilingual program.
Primary
Age Group
6–10 yearsold
Primary Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Secondary Language of Instruction
English
Enrichment Courses
Music, English, Physical Education, Robotics
We follow the Portuguese National Curriculum, ensuring a solid foundation in Portuguese, Mathematics, and Social Studies. At the same time, subjects such as Physical Education, Music, Drama, and Robotics are taught in English, and Social Studies is progressively integrated into the bilingual program over the course of the four years.
English isn't taught—it's lived. Children don't translate: they think, solve problems, create, and collaborate directly in the language. That's how true fluency is born.
All of this takes place through Project-Based Learning (PBL), where each child takes the lead in shaping their own learning. The projects are interdisciplinary, bilingual, and connected to the real world—fostering critical thinking, collaboration, and curiosity in two languages.
By the end of the 1st Cycle, our students communicate confidently in English in both academic and everyday contexts—without losing touch with their culture, language, and identity.