Agrupamento de Escolas
Carlos Gargaté
(Carlos Gargaté School Cluster)
Piraeus - Athens 2018

PORTUGAL
We are here.
The place where we live is near the sea (Atlantic Ocean).
Our school is in Charneca de Caparica, Almada.
On the other side of the river we can see LISBON – the
capital of PORTUGAL.
Where we come from...

Charneca de Caparica
Aerial view of our home town

Aerial view of Almada

The 25th April Bridge in its way to
Lisbon.

AECG - Agrupamento de
Escolas Carlos Gargaté
 Kindergaten –
• School education - It lasts 9 years in 3 cycles:
• 1st cycle – lasting 4 years
• 2nd cycle – lasting 2 years Basic
• 3rd cycle – lasting 3 years
 secondary, vocational and professional education
(2nd chance) - lasting 3 years
 higher education (university education and polytechnic
education)
since 3 years old until the start of basic education (6 years old)

AECG - Agrupamento de Escolas Carlos Gargaté
Schools/School Clusters –
organization and management
School Council;
Director
(Establishment Coordinator);
Pedagogical Council;
Administritive Council
Curricular Departments Coordination;
Class Council Coordination
Class Council teams;
Projects Coordination Team;
School Library Coordination Team;
Internal Evaluation Team;
Special Needs Coordination Team;
Exams Coordination Team
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Our School Cluster - AECG
AECG - Agrupamento de Escolas Carlos Gargaté
EBLA – Escola Básica Louro Artur
EBCG – Escola Básica Carlos Gargaté

AECG - Agrupamento de Escolas Carlos Gargaté
Our School Cluster
Carlos Gargaté School Cluster
(1120 students)
EBCG
Lower Secondary
(2nd + 3rd Cycle)
EBLA
Kindergaten +
Primary (1st
Cycle)

Guiding documents at School
 Autonomy contract since 2007
 PE – Educational Project
PAA – Annual Activities Planning
 RI – Internal Regulation
AECG - Agrupamento de Escolas Carlos Gargaté

The years ahead…
Identity
Globalization
Innovation
Training
Thinking
Assessment
Social
Responsability
School
Succcess
Health and
Welfare
AECG - Agrupamento de Escolas Carlos Gargaté

In the 5th grade:
• To know the first Mediterranean
peoples who have contacted the
people of Iberian Peninsula.
• To establish relationship between
the natural resources of the
Iberian Peninsula and the
foundation colonies by that
peoples of the eastern
Mediterranean.
AECG - Agrupamento de Escolas Carlos Gargaté
How we teach Ancient Greece

In the 5th grade:
• To recognize the marks left by
Greeks in the Iberian Peninsula for
the enrichement of peninsular
cultures.
• To know the relations with the
populations of the Iberian
Peninsula, locating archaeological
vestiges of these interactions.
AECG - Agrupamento de Escolas Carlos Gargaté
How we teach Ancient Greece

How we teach Ancient Greece
In the 7th grade:
- The heritage of the Ancient Mediterranean and the
Hellenic World
• Know and understand the process of formation and
affirmation of the original Greek city-states (8th to 4th
centuries BC).
• Know and understand the economic, politic (Athenian
democracy), and social organization in the Greek world.
• Compare the Athenian polis with Spartan polis.
AECG - Agrupamento de Escolas Carlos Gargaté

AECG - Agrupamento de Escolas Carlos Gargaté

How we teach Ancient Greece
4. Know the Greek world by culture and art.
5. Know the relationship with other civilizational spaces.
6. The contribution of Ancient Greece to the later evolution
of human societies.
AECG - Agrupamento de Escolas Carlos Gargaté

Portugal for you…
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• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm5M8t
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• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWcO
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AECG - Agrupamento de Escolas Carlos Gargaté
Ana Paula Vaqueiro
Maria José Monteiro
Maria Céu Oliveira 2018