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São Martinho Assembly
We had a special Portuguese assembly to celebrate São Martinho 🐴🇵🇹 Well done to the children for a fantastic retelling of the story and song. The children have also taken home some tasty castanhas 👍...
Cake Sale School Fundraiser
A huge thank you to everyone for all the delicious and wonderful treats that were brought in for the cake sale! 🙏🙏 It was a lovely, sunny and busy afternoon. Thanks to everyone who came 🥰 All funds...
Erasmus+ visit from St Joseph’s school in Cork, Ireland
KS2 had a special morning with students from St Joseph’s school in Cork, Ireland who are part of the Erasmus+ program. We had a welcome assembly to learn about both schools, we then completed a...
Halloween fun!
The children had a brilliant day with lots of Halloween fun! We started with a Halloween parade to see the fantastic costumes with Winnie the Witch, then we were treated to a Halloween performance...
Sporting Tournaments
We had an energetic finish to a busy first half term with our Key Stage 2 Field Hockey Tournament! So lovely to see such great team work. Well done everyone 👏🙌. Barlavento Football Academy also...
KS1 train ride to the beach in Lagos
What a brilliant trip out for Pearl and Coral classes! We took the tourist train around Lagos and then finished up on the beach for snacks and games. Lots of time for bonding and building...
KS2 trip to Parque Aventura
KS2 classes had a great day out at Parque Aventura! Moonstone and Amber class showed so much courage, bravery and support towards each other! Well done everyone! Very proud of all of you 🤩😍🙌 ...
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Play in the Parque report
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End of Term 7th July
What a busy end of term we had. All the children have worked so hard throughout the year and received a certificate congratulating them! 🌟🌟 We also said a sad farewell to some children and staff and...
The start of a new year!
We had a fantastic start to the term. A good mix of excitement, nerves and happiness as the children have spent time settling back into school life, making friends and having fun 😎🥳🙌 ...
Forest trip
The children had a fantastic time in the forest. They played a variety of games as well as hunting for crystals and building some amazing dens. They showed real team spirit and great resilience....
Sports Day 2023
Wow! What a great Sports Day we had. The children demonstrated great sportsmanship and experienced so many sporting skills. The event started with a lively Zumba warm -up followed by an impressive...
Pearl Class Assembly
It was such a delight to see how our youngest children have grown up so much since the beginning of their schooling. They sang beautifully, performed their mini play with confidence and did the most...
Year 6 Leavers Assembly
Congratulations to our Year 6 pupils on completing their primary schooling and putting on a fantastic show. It's always a special moment when pupils demonstrate their growth and development over...
Football news (June 23)
Last week we had great football news. ⚽Barlavento Football Academy played against Portimonense and Ethan, Seb, Mané, Otis, Lua were invited to practice with them.⚽ ⚽Also Kai has been selected to...
Athletics Tournament 2023
Today the KS2 children demonstrated their great athletics skills in the in-house school tournament. They then had a talk from José about the Olympic games and the Olympic association that Barlavento...
Science Fair
What a fantastic Science Fair, our third one.The pupils came up 'trumps' with their amazing experiments and presentations. Such a wonderful variety of activities. Well done you super star...
Overnight camping
Our Year 6 had a great time camping with the Year 7 students on an overnight trip to Vale da Lama. Fun was had by all. Well done everyone.⛺👍⛺👏
International Children’s Day 2023
Barlavento children had a great day celebrating International Children's Day. They had fun activities and homemade ice cream. We would also like to thank Dance de Lagos for the wonderful dance...