Festa Junina na APSoL

 

 

On Saturday 26th June, we would like to welcome our families to APSoL for a celebration of the Festas Juninas. The event will last from 2-4pm. The children will be doing a march with arches and singing songs. The Friends of APSoL will then be selling refreshments. We look forward to seeing all our current and new families at the event.

After-school provision offers exceptional value

We are proud to offer a variety of fantastic, value-for money after-school provision, run by C STARS. These include gymnastics, dance, sports and arts and crafts clubs and each session costs just £7 (4:00pm – 6:00pm), or £42 per half term (6 weeks). This price also includes snacks!

The school day at APSoL begins at 9:00am and ends at 4:00pm with wraparound care available from 7.45am – 6.00pm.

It’s not too late to apply for a Reception place at APSoL for this September. If you are looking for a broad bilingual education, please contact us and we will help with all the transition arrangements. You can also arrange a tour of our phenomenal school site with our Principal Marta Correia – please contact us on 020 3417 0905 or info@angloportugueseschool.org.

Less than four weeks until opening!

As we move closer towards opening our doors to our first cohort of Reception children on Monday 7th September, we are delighted to share this adorable photo of Noah modeling his new school uniform! We can’t wait to welcome all of our new starters in September.

We still have a limited number of Reception places available. If your child is due to start Reception in September and you are looking for a broad bilingual education, please contact us and we will help with all the transition arrangements. You can also arrange a tour of our phenomenal school site with our Principal Marta Correia. Contact us on 020 3417 0905 or info@angloportugueseschool.org – we look forward to hearing from you!

Visit our phenomenal school site!

As we progress towards welcoming our first cohort of Reception children in September, we are delighted to offer personal tours of our phenomenal school on Wandsworth High Street.

APSoL has taken the eastern wing of South Thames College’s Wandsworth campus, which is being further redeveloped for the purpose of our primary school creating a cutting-edge, exceptionally spacious and bright learning environment featuring a multi-use games area, sheltered informal play areas and tiered play decks. Read more about our school building.

The site boasts excellent transportation links with access via Wandsworth Town or Clapham Junction train stations, East Putney tube and numerous buses and we welcome applications for children across London of all language abilities.

We have a limited number of Reception places still available for this September. If you are interested in seeing our school and finding out more about our bilingual approach and curriculum, please contact us on 020 3417 0905 or info@angloportugueseschool.org to arrange a tour with our Principal Marta Correia. Please note that in light of Covid-19, school tours are strictly by prior appointment only.

Our Principal is excited to show anyone interested around the new and impressive facilities!

The Ambassador of Portugal to the United Kingdom talks about APSoL

We are excited to share a recording of the Ambassador of Portugal to the United Kingdom, Manuel Lobo Antunes, talking about APSoL and the benefits of a bilingual education.

View the recording

This session is in Portuguese and an English transcript can be viewed here.

It is an honour to have the support of His Excellency as we move towards opening in September. In addition to the Portuguese Embassy in London, APSoL has the backing of Camões Institute and the Portuguese Ministry of Education.

We are proud that APSoL will be England’s first primary school to provide a bilingual curriculum in English and in Portuguese and welcomes children of all language abilities, whether they have never been exposed to Portuguese language before or they have spoken Portuguese at home since infancy.

Please help spread the word that APSoL has a limited number of Reception places available for this September. Please contact us on 020 3417 0905/ info@angloportugueseschool.org for more information on our bilingual approach and curriculum. We’d love to hear from you!

Hear from the Portuguese Ambassador about our exciting new school

We are absolutely thrilled to have the support of the Ambassador of Portugal to the United Kingdom, Manuel Lobo Antunes, as we move towards opening in September. His Excellency will be talking about APSoL and the benefits of a bilingual education, which will be added to our website and social media channels on Thursday 16th July. This session will be in Portuguese and an English transcript will be made available.

APSoL will be England’s first primary school to provide a bilingual curriculum in English and in Portuguese and welcomes children of all language abilities, whether they have never been exposed to Portuguese language before or they have spoken Portuguese at home since infancy.

In addition to the Portuguese Embassy in London, APSoL has the backing of Camões Institute and the Portuguese Ministry of Education.

We look forward to sharing this session with you, and in the meantime, please spread the word that APSoL has a limited number of Reception places available for this September. Please contact us on 020 3417 0905 or at info@angloportugueseschool.org for more information on our bilingual approach and curriculum. We’d love to hear from you!

An inspector calls

We are pleased to announce that we have had our pre-opening Ofsted inspection. This inspection is a standard aspect of opening any new school and is organised to check that we have completed the wide range of tasks required to be carried out during pre-opening. It also exists to ensure that Ofsted is content that we have all the policies and procedures in place to help us deliver a high-quality education to the children of the local community from September.

While Ofsted does not publish the results of the review, both our Principal, Marta Correia and Lead Proposer for the project Regina Duarte were delighted with the feedback and are fully confident that we will continue the excellent progress we have made to date through to opening and beyond.

First free live event a great success!

Tuesday’s ‘Ask the Expert’ Zoom event on bilingualism proved extremely popular. Dr Patrick Rebuschat covered some common misconceptions on bilingualism and addressed some frequently asked questions.

If you missed the session, you can watch the recording here: https://vimeo.com/434358685

Our non-fee paying school will welcome children of all language abilities, whether they have never been exposed to Portuguese language before or they have spoken Portuguese at home since infancy.

It’s not too late to apply for a Reception place for this September. Contact us for more information on our bilingual approach and curriculum. We’d love to hear from you!

FREE live English/Portuguese storytime with Miss Alexandra

Following the success of the recent storytime session we held for APSoL children, we are delighted to announce that we will be repeating this event for the wider public. Our FREE live storytime session will take place from 4:30pm to 5:00pm on Thursday 9th July with Miss Alexandra, APSoL’s Portuguese language teacher, who is a fabulous storyteller!

This session will be in Portuguese with a short introduction in English and is aimed at pre-school children.

The Zoom meeting ID and password will be emailed to you ahead of the event. Please note that this event will be recorded and live streamed to our Facebook page.

Miss Alexandra will keep your little ones entertained whilst they discover the excitement of another language!

All are welcome! Places are limited so please book by completing the short form.

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First FREE live event on Tuesday 30th June / 1º evento ao vivo na terça-feira, 30 de junho

We are excited to announce that APSoL will be hosting a series of FREE online live events in English and Portuguese for parents and children living in London!

On Tuesday 30th June, from 5:30pm to 6:00pm, Dr Patrick Rebuschat will be hosting an ‘Ask the Expert’ Zoom event on bilingualism. During this session, some common misconceptions on bilingualism, as well as frequently asked questions, will be covered. This session will in both English and Portuguese.

Dr Patrick Pereira Rebuschat is a Professor of Linguistics at Lancaster University and directs the Heritage Language Consortium. Having grown up bilingually, speaking German and Portuguese as native languages, his research focuses on bilingualism and second language acquisition.

Places are limited so please book by completing the short form. The Zoom meeting ID and password will be emailed to you ahead of the event.

Although participants will be able to ask questions live during the session, we encourage parents to send in their questions at the time of registering, or by Friday 26th June at the very latest.

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É com grande entusiasmo que anunciamos a apresentação de uma série de eventos GRÁTIS online, em português e inglês, para pais e crianças que vivem em Londres!

Na terça-feira, dia 30 de junho, a partir das 17.30h, o Doutor Patrick Rebuschat irá apresentar, numa sessão Zoom, o evento bilingue “Ask the Expert”. Durante esta sessão serão explicadas conceções erradas comuns acerca do  bilinguismo, bem como perguntas frequentes. A sessão será em inglês e em português.

O Doutor Patrick Rebuschat é Professor de Linguística na Universidade de Lancaster e dirige o  Heritage Language Consortium. Cresceu como bilingue, falando alemão e português como línguas nativas  e a sua pesquisa centra-se no bilinguismo e na aquisição de uma segunda língua.

Os lugares são limitados pelo que pedimos, por favor, que reserve um lugar, completando o formulário.  

O ID e a senha da reunião Zoom serão enviados por email com antecedência.

Apesar de os participantes terem a oportunidade de colocar questões durante a sessão, aconselhamos que nos enviem questões com antecedência, através desta ligação, para que possamos assegurar uma resposta:

https://lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4IsJRNA9rkoyspT

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