We teach in English and then, in Portuguese. We teach mostly in English because of ACCESS. English means more ACCESS to publishings, books, up to date information, opportunities later in life, sociability highly increased at an early age, besides all the advantadges of bilingualism to a child's brain. 

 

Most of our students are Brazilians. Therefore, we teach mostly in English from ages 2 to 6, because their second language  needs to be well developed before other language skills as reading and writing are acquired. 

Our resource center will work individualy  with students who do not have Portuguese as their native language in order to achieve academic success in the Brazilian curriculum. 

We teach Math, Science, Social Studies, English, Arts, Physical Education, Coding & Robotics, in English.

We teach Portuguese, Literature and Social Studies in Portuguese.

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As you walk through our gates, English is in the air. Our teachers and teacher assistants, except for our nursery,  are bilingual and bearer of proficiency certificates of the English Language. The language of instruction is English and we take every opportunity during play time to help them acquire a better understanding of English during their first year at school and throughout their routines here.  

 

The environment sets the  tone for cultural pluralism and that is key to global access later in life. 

In most cases, Portuguese will be the mother tongue as our students come from Brazilian homes, but the acquisition of a second language in a bi-lingual environment happens naturally at young age and the instructional language grows on them because of "how" and "how often" they are exposed to it. The comprehension comes first and they start to speak back to us in English around the 2nd year at school. That is not dependent on which grade level. 

 

As from GRADE 3, once doors are shut, only English is spoken during subjects where instruction happens in English. 

Students can easily transfer  skills they develop to any area of knowledge and the original instructional language places little value to the learning process. They will transfer what they have learned to every language they speak in the future. 

 

Time percentages for each Language are as follows: