Almancil’s Oxford candidates
Oxbridge interviews are not easy to achieve, but three students from the Almancil area have done so. Simply to be invited to attend an interview is a prestige in itself.
Brightening up the city
Lisbon primary school children were on hand to help Lisbon Câmara President, Dr. Carmona Rodrigues, plant some winter flowers to cheer up Avenida da Liberdade recently. The clusters of red
A cracking Christmas fair
St Dominic’s welcomed the start of the Christmas festivities recently, with their annual Christmas Fair. As ever, the event attracted a large number of visitors, all searching for that special
A roaring performance
Co-produced by Stepanie Duarte and Monica Coburn, the recent production of The Lion King at St Dominic’s School has been hailed as a huge success. This outstanding and adventurous performance
Deutsche Schule celebrates
The recent feast of S. Martinho, which is celebrated both in Portugal and in Germany, inspired the Deutsche Schule Kindergarten section of the Estoril-based school to put on an entertaining
A musical evening
Intensive rehearsals begin soon for the first of the Christmas series of concerts given by St. Julian’s School in Carcavelos. First off the block will be ‘A Musical Evening’, on
Fun filled festive fair
Once again the Escola Internacional São Lourenço in Almancil, is holding its ever-popular annual Christmas Fair on Saturday, November 27, from 11am until 4pm, to raise funds for the new
Floodlit football competition
By Bob Hughes Last Saturday evening saw the first of what may well become an annual event on the school sports calendar – the inter-school’s floodlit football competition. Richard Dunn,
Arsenal FC in Lisbon
The first Arsenal football academy in Europe opened earlier this year in Carcavelos, in the grounds of St. Julian’s School. It was set up as the SoccerPro Football Academy in
New rules spark school outrage
Wearing miniskirts, shorts, flip-flops, showing cleavage and using swear words are expressly forbidden for students at Escola C+S Colares in Sintra. In addition, pupils at the school are now to