Preschool - Colégio do Sardão

Pre-school

In pre-school education, learning is articulated, allowing for the development of a rich and broad curriculum. Learning spaces are managed flexibly and children are invited to take an active part in planning their learning through active methodologies and project work. They plan their day, taking part in projects, experimenting, creating and integrating their experiences into the learning they do.

Pre-school education is aimed at children aged 3 until they enter compulsory education. The Curriculum Guidelines for Pre-School Education, a reference for pre-school education, is the document that guides educational action in kindergarten. Colégio do Sardão also uses the Identity Profile of the Students of the Educational Centres of the Dorothean Sisters (PACEID) as a reference point.

Instruct

To educate our students, as we have always done throughout our more than 100 years of existence. With quality, dynamism and character. To make known the “Worlds” that surround us today and to raise awareness of respect for their initiatives and creativity. To help them discover and strengthen all their “thinking skills” in order to help them develop critical, inventive and judicious thinking.

Include

To include the “Other” and all others, without exception, in our microworld. Educate for freedom, autonomy, dignity, solidarity and respect for nature. To lead to active learning that involves students in small projects that transcend time and space and serve as a “launch pad” for major life projects.

Investigate

To grow in always knowing more, looking for solutions to problems that arise, in a creative participation that can lead to the realisation of great ideas. To help create a greater awareness that giving all you can of yourself will help change the world. To instil a taste for creating, inventing and investigating. We encourage doubt, criticism, curiosity, risk and the adventure of being a creator.

Internalise

We lead the students to live and cherish the most beautiful Values of Life: Simplicity, Joy, Friendship, Sharing, Fraternity, Kindness and Concord. Virtues that have made the school a place of love and tolerance, where a true and genuine family spirit is lived. We are at our students’ side, giving them the tools they need to grow up serene, joyful and happy.

Innovate

Preparing future citizens for the reality of a globalised, ever-changing, knowledge-centred world where everyone is trying to compete. We want to educate for respect without borders, where the ability to create is a goal for everyone.