International School of Madeira

✨ Magia na nossa escola! 🐋📚

Tivemos a alegria de receber .storyteller autora do livro Guardiã das Baleias, na nossa escola.

Este livro tem servido de inspiração para o projeto dos nossos alunos do 3º e 4º ano, desenvolvido em parceria com o Museu da Baleia. 🌊🐳

Foi um momento muito especial para os alunos, que tiveram a oportunidade única de conhecer a autora que deu vida à história que estão a explorar nos seus trabalhos. ✍️📖

Expressamos a nossa sincera gratidão à Leda Pestana por esta visita tão inspiradora. 💙

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Hoje, os nossos alunos do 4.º ano tiveram uma oportunidade fantástica! 🎉
O programa Assembleia Legislativa da Região Autónoma da Madeira – “Parlamento Vai à Escola” visitou a nossa escola e trouxe uma experiência muito especial para as salas de aula.

De forma divertida e interativa, os alunos aprenderam mais sobre o governo regional, a democracia e o que significa ser um cidadão ativo. 🗳️✨ Houve perguntas, curiosidade e muito entusiasmo enquanto descobriam como funciona o parlamento e como as decisões que afetam a nossa região são tomadas.

Foi realmente uma grande experiência educativa — o parlamento veio diretamente para a nossa sala de aula! 👏📚
Do Parlamento para a nossa escola… e dos nossos alunos para o futuro! 🌟

🎩🌈 Dr. Seuss Week was a BLAST! 📚🐾

Last week, our Early Years children stepped into the wonderful world of Dr. Seuss! From The Cat in the Hat to Green Eggs and Ham, the classroom was full of rhymes, colours, creativity, and laughter.

✨ Colour-themed outfits, fun arts & crafts, storytelling, and playful learning made every day magical!

We loved seeing our little learners explore, create, and shine! 💛💚💙❤️

🌟 Learning at age 5! 🌟

In our Reception class, children (age 5-6) learn through the Stage 1 Cambridge Primary Curriculum where play, exploration, and discovery build on the Early Years foundations — giving our students the best possible start for the future 🌱
Children develop their love for reading, writing and mathematics whilst gaining further curiosity, independence, and confidence - all of which form the foundation for future academic success.

Through engaging activities, hands-on learning, and caring guidance from our teachers, we ensure that every child feels safe, valued, and excited to learn. These early years are not just about preparing for school — they are about preparing for life.

🌱 A strong start today creates confident learners for tomorrow.

📚 Why We Start at 5 🌟 At ISM, we follow Cambridge Stage 1, a curriculum designed especially for 5–6 year olds — a powerful age for building learning foundations.

It focuses on:
• Phonics consolidation and reading
• Number sense and problem-solving
• Speaking, listening and vocabulary
• Confidence, independence and thinking skills

Children learn through:
✔ play
✔ discussion
✔ stories
✔ hands-on activities
✔ guided discovery

This approach allows children to:
✨ develop strong literacy and maths skills
✨ build confidence and curiosity
✨ fall in love with learning

At ISM, we don’t rush childhood —
we give it the strongest possible start.

🌱 Start your child’s educational journey at the International School of Madeira! Our Cambridge Early Years programme nurtures curiosity, creativity, and confidence for children aged 3–5.

✨ Play-based learning
✨ Strong foundations in literacy & numeracy
✨ Focus on social, emotional & physical development

📚 A secure, happy, and inspiring start to school life.

Our Pre-School class are magnificent! 🌟⭐️✨💫

The Pre-School students are learning about the correct way one should brush their teeth and why we need to brush our teeth.🪥😊

The Pre-School students are learning about TIME 🕰️

Our Primary 1 and 2 are learning during the week how to use different materials to create a magic effect with wax crayons and paint.

Well done to our budding little 👩‍🎨

Today our Pre-school went to Quinta
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