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Portugal, Lisbon
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Astoria International School provides an Educational Project for Nursery through Upper Secondary School, built on Learning to Be, Learning to Do, and Learning to Innovate. The program strengthens critical thinking, autonomy, creativity, and emotional intelligence while developing linguistic, mathematical, geographic, historical, cultural, artistic, and sporting skills. The teaching method uses innovative methodologies and advanced technologies, and is supported by national assessments and international certifications from Cambridge and Trinity.
Learning in Kindergarten and beyond includes music, theatre, and visual and performing arts as part of the curricular activities. The curriculum features activities such as Music Workshop, Theatre, and Creative Dance in the early years, with further arts integration across literacy, culture, and science projects. Extracurricular offerings include the Astoria Choir, piano, ballet, and other arts-inspired programs, supplementing core subjects and fostering creativity and cultural expression.
Astoria International School operates a progressive multilingual program: bilingual English-Portuguese instruction from nursery to the second year of the first cycle; trilingual instruction (German, English, Portuguese) in the third and fourth years of the first cycle; and multilingual instruction (German, French, English, Portuguese) from the fifth year of the second cycle. Multilingual education promotes intercultural awareness and provides a foundation for global engagement. The curricular framework includes English, German, and French language studies, with language opportunities embedded in various levels and supported by Cambridge and Trinity affiliation.
Extracurricular activities span yoga, judo, ballet, piano, football (Figo's School), chess, choir, rugby, and language courses, providing opportunities to develop psychomotor, social, and cognitive skills. These programs aim to build self-esteem, discipline, teamwork, creativity, and cultural exposure while complementing academic learning. The school provides a library, study rooms, and leisure spaces to support non-teaching hours and broader social development.
The school offers a psychology and guidance service to meet student and family needs and to support adaptation and socio-emotional well-being. Vocational guidance helps students plan their academic and professional futures, backed by a multidisciplinary team that focuses on holistic student development.
The educational project emphasizes socio-emotional development and emotional education, supporting positive interpersonal relationships and self-confidence. Facilities include 600 square meters of interior space and 450 square meters of outdoor areas with flexible learning spaces, a library, a laboratory, an arts studio, and sports facilities to balance academic work with creativity, movement, and free time. Extracurricular programs such as Baby Yoga contribute to physical and emotional well-being from early ages.
Astoria International School is a private Lisbon school offering Cambridge Primary and Secondary curricula for ages 0–15. The campus sits in Lisbon with 600 m² of indoor space and 450 m² of outdoor areas, including a library, a laboratory, an arts studio and dedicated sports facilities. AIS emphasises bilingual and multilingual education: English-Portuguese instruction from Nursery to 2nd year of 1st Cycle, then German in 3rd and 4th years, and French from 5th year. The school applies a modern, student-centred pedagogy inspired by the Modern School Movement and Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, with a focus on practical, active learning, autonomy and inclusion. The Educational Project foregrounds respect for diversity, literacy and future skills, delivered through active methodologies, personalised support and language opportunities linked to Cambridge and Trinity assessments. The mission is to form global children prepared for a changing world, within a family environment in Lisbon for life.
