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Portugal, Lisbon
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Butterflies School features bright, spacious learning spaces with modern facilities that blend indoor and outdoor environments to encourage exploration and discovery. Classrooms are designed with zones for reading, writing, art, construction, imaginative play, science, and math. The school provides bilingual immersion in Portuguese and English, with English- and Portuguese-speaking teachers in all classes. Outdoor learning is integrated through Outdoor Discoveries and weekly explorations of the surroundings, plus Mud Kitchen, Garden Patch, and Forest School activities. Primary Enriched Curriculum includes Labs program and Aloha Maths Program.
Labs program (Primary) and Aloha Maths Program (Primary) support hands-on learning and mathematical thinking. The Inventors Club (5 years) guides children through creative tech challenges. Reading and writing are formally taught in Portuguese and English across Nursery, Preschool and Primary, with an enriched curriculum that includes arts, science, and project-based experiences. Outdoor activities foster scientific inquiry and care for the natural world.
Outdoor Discoveries — weekly investigations of surroundings; Mud Kitchen, Garden Patch, and Forest School activities. The Inventors Club (5 years) offers creative tech challenges as part of enrichment.
Butterflies School in Beloura, Portugal, is a day school delivering bilingual education in Portuguese and English and following the Portuguese National Curriculum. English is treated as an equal language to Portuguese, with English- and Portuguese-speaking teachers in all classes. The school educates children from Nursery through Primary and blends project-based experiences with the Labs program and the Aloha Maths curriculum to enrich mathematical thinking and scientific inquiry. A German Section has been added as a German curriculum pathway, reflecting the school's commitment to multilingualism. Facilities combine bright indoor spaces with outdoor learning through Outdoor Discoveries, Mud Kitchen, Garden Patch, and Forest School activities. Key enrichment includes the Inventors Club and hands-on labs, plus extensive arts, science, and reading/writing in both languages. In 2024 the school moved to new, dedicated facilities in Quinta da Beloura, expanding its bilingual, child-centered, inquiry-driven approach. The environment supports curiosity, collaboration, and lifelong learning for families.
