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Activities and experiences

The world is a classroom, too.

Hands that create. Eyes that investigate. A whole body ready to learn.

Art room with white tables, colourful stools, sinks, students' drawings on display and painted mandalas on the floor.
Art room
  • Art room with masks made by students on the wall, shelves of materials and tables with colourful stools.
    Students' work in the art room
  • Music room with instruments on the shelves, guitars on the wall and a small round stage.
    Music room

01Arts

Give shape to what you feel.

Materials and experiments in the studio open ways to express and interpret. Arts and music support different forms of communication.

Connecting forms of expressionArtistic expression and music are part of the Early Childhood learning centres.

In practice

  • Tiles painted by students are part of the art room floor.
  • The campus has an art studio and a music room.
  • Sphere Arts and Music is one of the Sphere Plus projects.
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Design Lab with workbenches, tools on the wall, wooden blocks and 3D-printed pieces.
Design Lab
  • Experimental kitchen with a granite worktop, hob and utensils, seen through the glass wall.
    Experimental kitchen

02Design Lab

An idea can go a long way.

The Design Lab connects technology, Design Thinking and projects. A space to imagine possibilities and put ideas into practice.

Thinking with purposeResearching, producing and creating responsibly are among the school’s educational objectives.

In practice

  • Science, technology, engineering, art and maths from age 3.
  • Blocks and building sets for the youngest; robotics and computational thinking in Elementary School.
  • Students made eco-building bricks to put up a small house in the school woods.
  • In the experimental kitchen, recipes become weights, measures, chemical reactions and maths.

Cooking is not a timetabled subject, but the kitchen is a space for learning through cooking.

Claudia AlvarengaPedagogical Director, to Revista Circuito (translated from Portuguese) (opens in a new tab)
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Water circuit between planted beds, with colourful arches and the geodesic dome behind.
Water circuit

03Nature

Learn to look a little closer.

Our surroundings invite observation and care. Sustainability, responsible use of materials and field studies connect learning to everyday life.

Learning in contextCultural visits and field studies follow curriculum planning and communication with families.

In practice

  • Vegetable garden, composting, worm farm and recycling centre.
  • Pau-brasil and araucaria woods, a sensory garden and a ladybug garden.
  • A water circuit to touch, observe and investigate.
  • Recycling for Fun: ongoing collection of materials reused in school projects.
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Students playing on the covered sports court.
Sports court
  • Playground with a sand area, tube slide, safety netting and a track painted on the ground.
    Indoor playground
  • Wooden playground with slides under a colourful glass canopy, with trees behind.
    Outdoor playground

04Movement

Discover your own movement.

Playing, exploring movement and taking part in physical activities also build knowledge. Playgrounds and the sports court are part of that experience.

Growing as a wholePhysical development goes hand in hand with intellectual and social-emotional growth.

In practice

  • A covered sports court, a sand court and a gymnastics complex.
  • A skate lane, a dance studio and playgrounds for every age.
  • Sphere Sports is one of the Sphere Plus projects.
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The geodesic dome seen past the tree house, the garden and the campus trees.

Play time

Break time goes by another name here.

During play time, playing is not a gap between lessons. It is part of growing up. Staff in each space suggest games, and children choose what they want to do.

Where it happens

  • Geodesic dome
  • Tree house
  • Courts
  • Woods
  • Water circuit
  • Library

What children play

  • Stories
  • Chess
  • Puzzles
  • Ball games
  • Hopscotch
  • Skipping
  • Table tennis
  • Table football

Sphere Plus

Projects that connect school to the real world.

A programme unique to Sphere, with projects that develop creativity, collaboration, critical thinking and communication. They are organised in four strands.

Global Citizenship

  • International Lunch
  • International Party
  • Field Trips

Academic

  • Book Fair
  • STEAM Festival
  • Y5 Exhibition
  • Bookworm

Extracurricular

  • Tech Day
  • Sphere Sports
  • Arts and Music
  • Sphere Carnival
  • Family Day
  • Festa Junina

After School

What about after school?

Extracurricular activities develop physical, social and intellectual skills, individually or in groups, with the support of specialist teachers.

Recently offered activities

  • Drama and film
  • Robotics
  • Capoeira
  • Judo
  • Music
  • Circus
  • Ballet

Activities, age groups and participation arrangements vary each term.

Ask about this term's activities

  • Information and Communications Technology

    Technology and communication.

  • Skills, Coordination & Movement

    Skills, coordination and movement.

  • Creativity, Arts and Expression

    Creativity, arts and expression.

Field trips

The city teaches, too.

Field studies and cultural visits take place throughout the year, following the curriculum and teachers' planning, and are always shared with families in advance.

Destinations mentioned by the school

  1. Museums and cultural venues
  2. Water treatment plant
  3. Planetarium
  4. Farm
  5. Botanical garden

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There is so much to discover here.

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The glass geodesic dome surrounded by garden, with a nest swing in the foreground.