Activities and experiences

The world is a classroom, too.

Hands that create. Eyes that investigate. A whole body ready to learn.

Art room with white tables, colourful stools, sinks, students' drawings on display and painted mandalas on the floor. — Art room

Students' work in the art room
Music room

01Arts

Give shape to what you feel.

Materials and experiments in the studio open ways to express and interpret. Arts and music support different forms of communication.

Connecting forms of expressionArtistic expression and music are part of the Early Childhood learning centres.

In practice

Tiles painted by students are part of the art room floor.
The campus has an art studio and a music room.
Sphere Arts and Music is one of the Sphere Plus projects.

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Design Lab with workbenches, tools on the wall, wooden blocks and 3D-printed pieces. — Design Lab

Experimental kitchen

02Design Lab

An idea can go a long way.

The Design Lab connects technology, Design Thinking and projects. A space to imagine possibilities and put ideas into practice.

Thinking with purposeResearching, producing and creating responsibly are among the school’s educational objectives.

In practice

Science, technology, engineering, art and maths from age 3.
Blocks and building sets for the youngest; robotics and computational thinking in Elementary School.
Students made eco-building bricks to put up a small house in the school woods.
In the experimental kitchen, recipes become weights, measures, chemical reactions and maths.

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Water circuit between planted beds, with colourful arches and the geodesic dome behind. — Water circuit

03Nature

Learn to look a little closer.

Our surroundings invite observation and care. Sustainability, responsible use of materials and field studies connect learning to everyday life.

Learning in contextCultural visits and field studies follow curriculum planning and communication with families.

In practice

Vegetable garden, composting, worm farm and recycling centre.
Pau-brasil and araucaria woods, a sensory garden and a ladybug garden.
A water circuit to touch, observe and investigate.
Recycling for Fun: ongoing collection of materials reused in school projects.

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Students playing on the covered sports court. — Sports court

Indoor playground
Outdoor playground

04Movement

Discover your own movement.

Playing, exploring movement and taking part in physical activities also build knowledge. Playgrounds and the sports court are part of that experience.

Growing as a wholePhysical development goes hand in hand with intellectual and social-emotional growth.

In practice

A covered sports court, a sand court and a gymnastics complex.
A skate lane, a dance studio and playgrounds for every age.
Sphere Sports is one of the Sphere Plus projects.

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The geodesic dome seen past the tree house, the garden and the campus trees.

Play time

Break time goes by another name here.

During play time, playing is not a gap between lessons. It is part of growing up. Staff in each space suggest games, and children choose what they want to do.

Where it happens

Geodesic dome
Tree house
Courts
Woods
Water circuit
Library

What children play

Stories
Chess
Puzzles
Ball games
Hopscotch
Skipping
Table tennis
Table football

Sphere Plus

Projects that connect school to the real world.

A programme unique to Sphere, with projects that develop creativity, collaboration, critical thinking and communication. They are organised in three strands.

Global Citizenship

Community Project

A yearly project led by students in which mixed-age groups build interventions and actions.
International Party

A tradition that celebrates cultural diversity through students’ artistic performances, with yearly themes aligned with multilingualism and international-mindedness.
International Lunch

Once a month, our students experience new smells, spices and flavours at a themed lunch linked to a country around the world.
Festa Junina

Valuing Brazilian traditions, we celebrate this popular festival and place its historical origins in context, enjoying a day of arraiá with family members and guests.
Clean Up

A project that encourages Early Childhood and Elementary School students to look after their classroom through simple everyday actions.
Assembly

Every month, all classes come together to discuss topics that matter to the school community, developing a spirit of responsibility, citizenship, ethics and respect for the collective.

Academic

Semana de la Hispanidad

A project led by Middle Years students, in which they present learning products to the school community that show the development of their third language.
Student-Led Conference

It develops autonomy and leadership in the learning process. From Y2, students present to their parents, with their teachers’ support, an analysis of their own development, creating action plans and improving their communication and self-management skills.
Tech Day

An event focused on projects involving technology, especially those developed in the Design Lab.
Bookworm

Every week, our students go to the library to exchange the books they will take home. The aim is to cultivate and value the reading habit.
Book Fair

To celebrate World Book Day, at the end of the first term we hold a literary fair, sharing with families the development of the learning projects linked to literature.
Action Project

At the end of Y5 (Year 5), our students lead a research project that culminates in an effective action to transform local and global reality.