Commencement
The moment has finally come. The moment where Prep goes to Reception, Form 4 goes to Upper School (Form 5) and Form 12 leave to the University where they will study to get a Job and be independent.
This is a very special ceremony. There will be songs, announcements, speeches… what a proper commencement should have!
When you´re 2/3 you’ll go to school for first time and you’ll go to Pre-prep, after that you’ll go to Prep. These- are very important years where you will prepare for school , as you can see Prep is there in the word prepare. When you finish Prep you will go to Reception which means you’re prepared for school.
After some years, you will then move to Form 5 which means you’re moving to Upper School, which means you’re almost an adult or you’re preparing to be an adult and go to university. These are very important years as it determines if you’re going to university or not.
Some years have passed and you’re in Form 12 and the year finishes which means UNIVERSITY TIME. Not exactly fun… yes you’ve finally gone out of school…YAY… but it means more work as you need to study to find a Job and be independent and earn your own money.
So… throw your academic cap and you’re ready to GO!
Mariana Abrunhosa - Form 7
This is a very special ceremony. There will be songs, announcements, speeches… what a proper commencement should have!
When you´re 2/3 you’ll go to school for first time and you’ll go to Pre-prep, after that you’ll go to Prep. These- are very important years where you will prepare for school , as you can see Prep is there in the word prepare. When you finish Prep you will go to Reception which means you’re prepared for school.
After some years, you will then move to Form 5 which means you’re moving to Upper School, which means you’re almost an adult or you’re preparing to be an adult and go to university. These are very important years as it determines if you’re going to university or not.
Some years have passed and you’re in Form 12 and the year finishes which means UNIVERSITY TIME. Not exactly fun… yes you’ve finally gone out of school…YAY… but it means more work as you need to study to find a Job and be independent and earn your own money.
So… throw your academic cap and you’re ready to GO!
Mariana Abrunhosa - Form 7
Mr. Davidson's commencement speech
It is traditional for me to use my, short speech, to address the Form 12 students, one last time, and offer them some worldly advice for the next stage in their journey through life. This I intend to do, but due to the uniqueness of this occasion; there are so many of us embarking on a new path, that I think what I have to say will be meaningful for far more of us than we immediately realise.
As you sit here, you have the opportunity to reflect on all that you have experienced over the past years at CLIB, and ponder how the lessons you have learned and the skills you have developed will come into play in the years ahead. Some of you have a pretty good idea what it is that you want to do in life, others, including some of you in Form 12, are as yet undecided.
When you hear politicians, businessmen, teachers, parents, friends, and colleagues talking about the economy, about the prospects of employment, or rather lack of them, you may, understandably, seek comfort in the pursuit of ‘traditional’ career pathways. Becoming a lawyer, an engineer, a doctor or an economist becomes an attractive, safe, proposition. We as educators and parents in a quasi-state of panic might pressure our students and our children to pursue these traditional pathways in order that we can ‘guarantee’ them a secure future.
However, we would be wrong to do so. There is no profession and no career pathway, today, that comes with the guarantee of a successful life. What we know is that the manner in which we travel the path is often more important than the choice of path in the first place.
When I look back at the nine years I have been privileged to work here at CLIB, and when I look forward to the future of all students current and former at CLIB, the one thing I am confident of is that no matter what career path they choose, they will be equipped with the right skills, the right attitudes, the right beliefs and the right personal characteristics that will enable them to achieve success in whichever highly competitive industry or profession they choose.
I am confident of this because I truly believe that we have, here at CLIB, the best philosophy of education, the most dedicated staff, who are real role models to our students, displaying all of the qualities I previously mentioned, and most importantly we have students that want to learn, that want to apply their knowledge, that want to experience new things, that are willing to put in the time and effort required to achieve success and to do so with good character.
We only need to look at the quality of work in and out of the classroom, the emphasis placed on communication, collaboration, problem solving, analysis, evaluation and empathy to know that you, we, are already travelling the path in the right way. The community work done by the school with Banco Alimentar, Habitat for Humanity and in Cambodia, the participation from 10 years old in Model United Nations, in musical productions large and small from the age of 3, in national maths, science and sport competitions, the emphasis on cooperative and problem based learning, and obviously our headlining success in the JAP Enterprise programme, are all proof that what we do here, at CLIB, breeds success.
It is not the academic content that makes us stand out from other schools and educational institutions, as there is a great deal of global standardisation at play. What makes us different, and better, is the way that we deliver it, the methodology we use, the activities we participate in and the great diversity of opportunities that we provide our students, often from a very early age.
In times of change, such as that faced by all of us here, it is human nature to retreat inside ourselves, to embrace the familiar and to be wary of the unknown; essentially to fear the change. But, at CLIB that is not our way, we face our fears, we meet the challenge of change head on, with determination, excitement and vigour, because we know we have the skills and the character needed to overcome any obstacle, allowing us to drive forward to a successful outcome.
Being a ‘CLIBBER’ is all about character and I know looking out at all of you here today that we have character in abundance. I am so proud of what we have achieved individually and collectively, and I know that in the years ahead I am going to continue to be proud of the successes that each and every one of you achieves.
My advice to our graduating class and to all here present, is to accept the inevitability of change, to embrace it, to enjoy it and above all to travel the path in front of you unwaveringly and with character; never giving anything less of yourself than your very best.
Work hard, play hard, love hard!
I wish you all the very best of luck, but I do so knowing that luck will have nothing whatsoever to do with your success, because each and every one of you is now, or will be, when you are, like our Form 12 students, ready to leave CLIB, equipped with everything you need to travel a successful road.
Thank you for being a part of my life! Have a safe and prosperous journey.
As you sit here, you have the opportunity to reflect on all that you have experienced over the past years at CLIB, and ponder how the lessons you have learned and the skills you have developed will come into play in the years ahead. Some of you have a pretty good idea what it is that you want to do in life, others, including some of you in Form 12, are as yet undecided.
When you hear politicians, businessmen, teachers, parents, friends, and colleagues talking about the economy, about the prospects of employment, or rather lack of them, you may, understandably, seek comfort in the pursuit of ‘traditional’ career pathways. Becoming a lawyer, an engineer, a doctor or an economist becomes an attractive, safe, proposition. We as educators and parents in a quasi-state of panic might pressure our students and our children to pursue these traditional pathways in order that we can ‘guarantee’ them a secure future.
However, we would be wrong to do so. There is no profession and no career pathway, today, that comes with the guarantee of a successful life. What we know is that the manner in which we travel the path is often more important than the choice of path in the first place.
When I look back at the nine years I have been privileged to work here at CLIB, and when I look forward to the future of all students current and former at CLIB, the one thing I am confident of is that no matter what career path they choose, they will be equipped with the right skills, the right attitudes, the right beliefs and the right personal characteristics that will enable them to achieve success in whichever highly competitive industry or profession they choose.
I am confident of this because I truly believe that we have, here at CLIB, the best philosophy of education, the most dedicated staff, who are real role models to our students, displaying all of the qualities I previously mentioned, and most importantly we have students that want to learn, that want to apply their knowledge, that want to experience new things, that are willing to put in the time and effort required to achieve success and to do so with good character.
We only need to look at the quality of work in and out of the classroom, the emphasis placed on communication, collaboration, problem solving, analysis, evaluation and empathy to know that you, we, are already travelling the path in the right way. The community work done by the school with Banco Alimentar, Habitat for Humanity and in Cambodia, the participation from 10 years old in Model United Nations, in musical productions large and small from the age of 3, in national maths, science and sport competitions, the emphasis on cooperative and problem based learning, and obviously our headlining success in the JAP Enterprise programme, are all proof that what we do here, at CLIB, breeds success.
It is not the academic content that makes us stand out from other schools and educational institutions, as there is a great deal of global standardisation at play. What makes us different, and better, is the way that we deliver it, the methodology we use, the activities we participate in and the great diversity of opportunities that we provide our students, often from a very early age.
In times of change, such as that faced by all of us here, it is human nature to retreat inside ourselves, to embrace the familiar and to be wary of the unknown; essentially to fear the change. But, at CLIB that is not our way, we face our fears, we meet the challenge of change head on, with determination, excitement and vigour, because we know we have the skills and the character needed to overcome any obstacle, allowing us to drive forward to a successful outcome.
Being a ‘CLIBBER’ is all about character and I know looking out at all of you here today that we have character in abundance. I am so proud of what we have achieved individually and collectively, and I know that in the years ahead I am going to continue to be proud of the successes that each and every one of you achieves.
My advice to our graduating class and to all here present, is to accept the inevitability of change, to embrace it, to enjoy it and above all to travel the path in front of you unwaveringly and with character; never giving anything less of yourself than your very best.
Work hard, play hard, love hard!
I wish you all the very best of luck, but I do so knowing that luck will have nothing whatsoever to do with your success, because each and every one of you is now, or will be, when you are, like our Form 12 students, ready to leave CLIB, equipped with everything you need to travel a successful road.
Thank you for being a part of my life! Have a safe and prosperous journey.
SCIENCE WEEK CLIB 2013
Astronomy Day
1st activity: On Tuesday the 16th of April 2013, CLIB students had the fabulous privilege of an interesting visit into space. Some investigators gave us the excellent opportunity to enrich our vocabulary and knowledge about the universe. These students from Porto University, which is the most well-known Portuguese centre for astronomy and watching the stars, showed us images collected by the observatory Alma, the biggest observatory in the world, which is located in Chile. Those images showed many galaxies’ features, such as a black hole, minor and major planets (Saturn, Jupiter, Pluto, Earth, Mercury, Mars, Venus, Neptune and Uranus), asteroids, comets, satellites, constellations and many other astronomical phenomena. CLIB students showed a lot of understanding about the topic; we became real astronomers!
2nd activity: During the afternoon the classes of the Upper School went to a portable planetarium. There we had an explanation about different components of the universe. This explanation was guided by a student from the University of Porto. It was a very interesting activity in which we learned new things about space, things that we had never even imagined existed. The explanation took place in the planetarium. It is a round space that tries to simulate the universe. It seemed to most form 7 students as if we were in space, but at the same time in the school.
Eco-School Day
During this amazing week, the pupils from form 5 went on a school trip to Braval, which is a multi-municipal company which carries out the recovery and treatment of solid waste in Lower Cávado. When the form 5 students came back from Braval, they went to each classroom showing their hand-made recycling bins, and each class chose one to be their class’ recycling bin. Ideas like this one are worth sharing as we are an eco-friendly school!
Science Fair
Science fairs are designed to encourage students, parents, teachers, and the community to take a more active interest in the study of science. It also allows students to be recognized and rewarded for the effort they have put into their scientific experiments! Every year Clib has a Science Fair, and this year the Science Fair was amazing. All of the students from form 4 to form 9 did an excellent job. There were different experiments done from different scientific areas such as Chemistry, Physics, Biology and Forensics Sciences. It was a wonderful afternoon of talented scientists.
Assembly Presentations
SCIENCE AND SPORTS – by Mr.Sampaio
Mr. Sampaio made this first presentation. A great way to start the Science Week. Mr. Sampaio linked this presentation to football. We looked at a tactic of Barcelona football club, which consisted of constantly passing the ball in triangles. He explained that this tactic focused on the mathematical area of angles and angle properties. We also saw that every sport included mathematics. Sports such as snooker, tennis, ballet, gymnastics, etc… It was a great assembly which we all enjoyed!
OPTIMIZATION OF LIFE QUALITY –by Dr. Miguel Carvalho and Drª.Teresa Petherson
To end Science week in the best way possible, an assembly was given by Dr Miguel Carvalho and Drª Teresa Peterson. Dr Miguel made a very interesting presentation about his career: how it started, his accomplishments and what it consisted of. His company made comfortable but still classy clothes for disabled people. He also showed us apparatus for improving a person’s wellbeing. Drª Teresa Peterson talked to us about what she did for a living. She is a scientist at the Nano-technology Centre in Braga. Her main focus at the moment is finding a cure for cancer by using light. She talked to us about what the procedure was and if it was in any way harmful to the patient. This high-end science inspired us and was a great way of giving closure to Science Week.
Joana Lopes, Form 7
1st activity: On Tuesday the 16th of April 2013, CLIB students had the fabulous privilege of an interesting visit into space. Some investigators gave us the excellent opportunity to enrich our vocabulary and knowledge about the universe. These students from Porto University, which is the most well-known Portuguese centre for astronomy and watching the stars, showed us images collected by the observatory Alma, the biggest observatory in the world, which is located in Chile. Those images showed many galaxies’ features, such as a black hole, minor and major planets (Saturn, Jupiter, Pluto, Earth, Mercury, Mars, Venus, Neptune and Uranus), asteroids, comets, satellites, constellations and many other astronomical phenomena. CLIB students showed a lot of understanding about the topic; we became real astronomers!
2nd activity: During the afternoon the classes of the Upper School went to a portable planetarium. There we had an explanation about different components of the universe. This explanation was guided by a student from the University of Porto. It was a very interesting activity in which we learned new things about space, things that we had never even imagined existed. The explanation took place in the planetarium. It is a round space that tries to simulate the universe. It seemed to most form 7 students as if we were in space, but at the same time in the school.
Eco-School Day
During this amazing week, the pupils from form 5 went on a school trip to Braval, which is a multi-municipal company which carries out the recovery and treatment of solid waste in Lower Cávado. When the form 5 students came back from Braval, they went to each classroom showing their hand-made recycling bins, and each class chose one to be their class’ recycling bin. Ideas like this one are worth sharing as we are an eco-friendly school!
Science Fair
Science fairs are designed to encourage students, parents, teachers, and the community to take a more active interest in the study of science. It also allows students to be recognized and rewarded for the effort they have put into their scientific experiments! Every year Clib has a Science Fair, and this year the Science Fair was amazing. All of the students from form 4 to form 9 did an excellent job. There were different experiments done from different scientific areas such as Chemistry, Physics, Biology and Forensics Sciences. It was a wonderful afternoon of talented scientists.
Assembly Presentations
SCIENCE AND SPORTS – by Mr.Sampaio
Mr. Sampaio made this first presentation. A great way to start the Science Week. Mr. Sampaio linked this presentation to football. We looked at a tactic of Barcelona football club, which consisted of constantly passing the ball in triangles. He explained that this tactic focused on the mathematical area of angles and angle properties. We also saw that every sport included mathematics. Sports such as snooker, tennis, ballet, gymnastics, etc… It was a great assembly which we all enjoyed!
OPTIMIZATION OF LIFE QUALITY –by Dr. Miguel Carvalho and Drª.Teresa Petherson
To end Science week in the best way possible, an assembly was given by Dr Miguel Carvalho and Drª Teresa Peterson. Dr Miguel made a very interesting presentation about his career: how it started, his accomplishments and what it consisted of. His company made comfortable but still classy clothes for disabled people. He also showed us apparatus for improving a person’s wellbeing. Drª Teresa Peterson talked to us about what she did for a living. She is a scientist at the Nano-technology Centre in Braga. Her main focus at the moment is finding a cure for cancer by using light. She talked to us about what the procedure was and if it was in any way harmful to the patient. This high-end science inspired us and was a great way of giving closure to Science Week.
Joana Lopes, Form 7
Cambodia 2012
CLIB encourages voluntary work for its students, and this year for the second time it took students beyond their borders. As has happened in the past, two students from Forum, more specifically Form 11, had the tremendous opportunity to go the Asian continent and help the development of young children.
This year’s group only consisted of two students from CLIB, Inês Jorge and Margarida Marques, however nine more volunteers from outside the school also embarked on this adventure. The main purpose of this trip to Cambodia was to participate in "Teaching English and Helping to Build a Children's School". During two weeks they helped to build a second floor, so the school became bigger, with four more rooms available for teaching, and this will eventually enlarge the number of students, meaning more children from the slums can come and learn English.
The first day was spent repainting the classrooms and the chairs and tables, because it was a public holiday so the children didn't have class. Besides the painting, half of the group started the construction of the second floor. During the two weeks, the group was divided into two. One group would work on the construction of the second floor, and the other group would be teaching the children English. This year our volunteers took with them some computers that were generously donated to the school, so the volunteers could also begin to teach some basic but important information on computers.
In their free time the volunteers visited some important and historical land marks of Cambodia such as the Killing Fields and the Royal Palace. In their last weekend they travelled north to Siem Reap where they visited four of the most important temples.
Next year Dr. Helena will return to Cambodia to continue their hard work.
Ines Jorge e Margarida Marques F11
Building a Brighter Future
In 2013 form 10 and 11 were divided into two groups, each group spent one week, near Barcelos, volunteering for an organisation called Habitat for Humanity. During this week students were part of the finalization of two houses for less fortunate families. CLIB has always been very involved with Habitat and every year this activity takes place for students in this age group.
During the construction, pupils took part in activities such as painting the whole house, varnishing woodwork, laying tiles, digging ditches, sanding and heavy labour.
“During our week we got to know two families. Before working on any of the two houses, the responsible volunteers made sure that we knew the families’ history and why they were being helped by Habitat”- said a CLIB student, working during the first week of Habitat.
This activity is vital so that students understand the importance of charity and caring about others in more challenging circumstances.
Ana Rita Antunes Alves, Form 11
During the construction, pupils took part in activities such as painting the whole house, varnishing woodwork, laying tiles, digging ditches, sanding and heavy labour.
“During our week we got to know two families. Before working on any of the two houses, the responsible volunteers made sure that we knew the families’ history and why they were being helped by Habitat”- said a CLIB student, working during the first week of Habitat.
This activity is vital so that students understand the importance of charity and caring about others in more challenging circumstances.
Ana Rita Antunes Alves, Form 11
CLIB's Thirteen Birthday
It has been thirteen years since CLIB first opened its doors to welcome students. This was a project that started in a small house near the city centre. Thirteen years ago, CLIB was no more than a nursery school a with limited student capacity. But since day one, CLIB was no ordinary school: it was meant to be the first international school in Braga. In 2000, CLIB moved to the suburbs of Braga, to its current location on the top of Gualtar’s mountain, in the street of Igreja Velha. The gorgeous view that the school offers is one of the several advantages of being a student at CLIB.
Needless to say, despite the ambitious educational project, the international school was a success and it managed throughout those years to accomplish many amazing and astonishing landmarks. Even though I have been in this school for no longer than 4 years, this article will look back with hindsight on many of CLIB’s accomplishments.
When CLIB first started, it had a small staff, the owners and very few staff members; one of them was D. Malvina, who has been at this school since its birth. Since the beginning the school was meant to have a family environment, where the teachers, students and staff could feel comfortable. As an international school, the school curriculum is a mixture of both the English and Portuguese curriculum. Therefore, the school has adopted several British traditions and activities. Back in the day, the school used to serve an “English Breakfast”; this was an event where the students would be provided with a typical English breakfast, and this activity was implemented in order to boost the students’ interest in foreign cultures. Since then, the school has engaged in many other activities with the same purpose. Every now and then, the school organizes a multicultural day, like the one that happened in the autumn of this year, organized by the LTR students. CLIB students also participate in the city Roman Week, a week dedicated to remembering the Roman area in the city of Braga, and they also engage in the Roman traditional mathematical games.
Nevertheless, the cultural aspect is only one key ingredient that makes this school great. The willingness of the teachers to help the students in every step of their student life is outstanding. The teachers and staff in CLIB are keen on incentivizing students into thinking outside of the box. A perfect example would be the Junior Achievement Program, where the students are encouraged to create a fictional company. This program was introduced by the Business teacher Amanda Chohfi, and it has proven to be a great success. Another example is the Model United Nations, introduced to the school by the Geography teacher José Horta; it is also one of CLIB’s most successful programs. The CLIB delegates have won several awards for the quality of their debating, which has given CLIB some national prominence in this area. In my opinion, those successes are direct reflections of the great amount of effort and commitment that the teachers, and consequently the students, put into every single project they engage in.
The school’s Performing Arts productions are something that is becoming better and better every day. The first play ever put on in CLIB was the musical “Cats”. According to two original staff members, the costumes and the set were all made in the school. After this first success, the school has held many others great musicals. Under the teacher Mrs. Beck, the students performed plays such as “Guys and Dolls” and “West Side Story”. Furthermore, the students also played well know musicals such as “Into the Woods”, “Mamma Mia”, “We Will Rock You” and “The Sound of Music”. The last two shows were performed in the Theatro Circo. According to Mrs. De Bhaíll, the Lower School Coordinator, “The school’s plays keep getting better and better, and we have achieved a certain standard of quality that is very impressive.”
According to Dr. Helena, the school’s aim is to achieve an all-round, fulfilling education for our students and to ensure that they are well prepared to be responsible citizens. The school finds many ways to achieve its aim. One of those ways is through humanitarian causes such as Habitat for Humanity, Banco Alimentar and Kiva. But also, CLIB supports a school in Cambodia, and organizes for a group of students who are willing to volunteer to go to Cambodia each year, and teach English to those who need it.
I would like to conclude this article admitting that there are many things that I might have overlooked; for example, CLIB has an excellent track record of sporting achievements, and at least one student from each continent. The school has organized (besides its usual field trip to London) field trips to Belgium, China, Spain and Greece. To conclude, I would like to congratulate the school on its thirteen birthday, and add that the only reason why the school has managed to walk so far, was due to the brilliant family environment that the school has managed to preserve during its expansion.
Lane Castro, form 11
Needless to say, despite the ambitious educational project, the international school was a success and it managed throughout those years to accomplish many amazing and astonishing landmarks. Even though I have been in this school for no longer than 4 years, this article will look back with hindsight on many of CLIB’s accomplishments.
When CLIB first started, it had a small staff, the owners and very few staff members; one of them was D. Malvina, who has been at this school since its birth. Since the beginning the school was meant to have a family environment, where the teachers, students and staff could feel comfortable. As an international school, the school curriculum is a mixture of both the English and Portuguese curriculum. Therefore, the school has adopted several British traditions and activities. Back in the day, the school used to serve an “English Breakfast”; this was an event where the students would be provided with a typical English breakfast, and this activity was implemented in order to boost the students’ interest in foreign cultures. Since then, the school has engaged in many other activities with the same purpose. Every now and then, the school organizes a multicultural day, like the one that happened in the autumn of this year, organized by the LTR students. CLIB students also participate in the city Roman Week, a week dedicated to remembering the Roman area in the city of Braga, and they also engage in the Roman traditional mathematical games.
Nevertheless, the cultural aspect is only one key ingredient that makes this school great. The willingness of the teachers to help the students in every step of their student life is outstanding. The teachers and staff in CLIB are keen on incentivizing students into thinking outside of the box. A perfect example would be the Junior Achievement Program, where the students are encouraged to create a fictional company. This program was introduced by the Business teacher Amanda Chohfi, and it has proven to be a great success. Another example is the Model United Nations, introduced to the school by the Geography teacher José Horta; it is also one of CLIB’s most successful programs. The CLIB delegates have won several awards for the quality of their debating, which has given CLIB some national prominence in this area. In my opinion, those successes are direct reflections of the great amount of effort and commitment that the teachers, and consequently the students, put into every single project they engage in.
The school’s Performing Arts productions are something that is becoming better and better every day. The first play ever put on in CLIB was the musical “Cats”. According to two original staff members, the costumes and the set were all made in the school. After this first success, the school has held many others great musicals. Under the teacher Mrs. Beck, the students performed plays such as “Guys and Dolls” and “West Side Story”. Furthermore, the students also played well know musicals such as “Into the Woods”, “Mamma Mia”, “We Will Rock You” and “The Sound of Music”. The last two shows were performed in the Theatro Circo. According to Mrs. De Bhaíll, the Lower School Coordinator, “The school’s plays keep getting better and better, and we have achieved a certain standard of quality that is very impressive.”
According to Dr. Helena, the school’s aim is to achieve an all-round, fulfilling education for our students and to ensure that they are well prepared to be responsible citizens. The school finds many ways to achieve its aim. One of those ways is through humanitarian causes such as Habitat for Humanity, Banco Alimentar and Kiva. But also, CLIB supports a school in Cambodia, and organizes for a group of students who are willing to volunteer to go to Cambodia each year, and teach English to those who need it.
I would like to conclude this article admitting that there are many things that I might have overlooked; for example, CLIB has an excellent track record of sporting achievements, and at least one student from each continent. The school has organized (besides its usual field trip to London) field trips to Belgium, China, Spain and Greece. To conclude, I would like to congratulate the school on its thirteen birthday, and add that the only reason why the school has managed to walk so far, was due to the brilliant family environment that the school has managed to preserve during its expansion.
Lane Castro, form 11
Summer Fête!
We are all very excited about the summer fest, especially this year considering we will have a concert at school! Most of you saw the Clib Band performing at the end of assembly, with Pratik Panthee, Pedro & Paulo Santos, João Acácio and Bradley Aldridge. Our band hasn't chosen a name yet, unfortunately. But the good news is, there will be a concert at the Summer Fest, they will be performing 2 very well known songs, (which still haven't been decided) and also 2 other songs with a different vocalist, "Pumped Up Kicks" originally by Foster the people, but in Late Nite Reading's Version, and also "Go my Own Way" by Fleetwood Mac, by the same vocalist as the previous.
We also expect a performance from two other students, Rojan Aslani & Maria Afonso with their vocalist still unknown as castings for they haven't started yet. For anyone interested, the date is still not settled, but the song will be "Skinny Love" - Birdy. So start practicing! José Manuel from F12 will also be doing a song for anyone interested, please speak to him.
Anyway, we are all excited to see the final work, the band has been practicing during their breaks to achieve a good result for us all in the end!
Coraline Cascailh - Form 10
We also expect a performance from two other students, Rojan Aslani & Maria Afonso with their vocalist still unknown as castings for they haven't started yet. For anyone interested, the date is still not settled, but the song will be "Skinny Love" - Birdy. So start practicing! José Manuel from F12 will also be doing a song for anyone interested, please speak to him.
Anyway, we are all excited to see the final work, the band has been practicing during their breaks to achieve a good result for us all in the end!
Coraline Cascailh - Form 10
Utoping Network Qualified!
Congratulations to Da Vinci Enterprise, UTOPING NETWORK. They were qualified at the feira (il)imitada! We are all very excited to see their website once its done, we will have an exclusive interview in Video here soon enough after they come back from their next business trip!
New Managment?
Apparently, Mr.Horta, Mrs.de Bhaill and Mr.Davidson are leaving CLIB to get new work and life experiences. They will be substituted by Miss.Conde, Mr.Machado and Mrs. Chohfi. We are sure the change will be smooth.
Trip to the University of Minho
On the 20th of January and 2nd of March, some of the students from CLIB went to the University of Minho to see some presentations. The first was about black holes and the second one was about particles.
The talk about black holes was a more theoretical and more advanced talk. However, even though there were some terms that we haven’t learned, we all understood what the professor was saying. The professor explained that for there to be a black hole, we basically need a very high mass in a very small amount of space. In this talk there were few people.
In the second talk, about particles, some of the students went to the University of Minho on a Saturday, at 8am. There, the professor talked about how they find more types of particles. He did asked a very interesting question. The question was: “How many times do we need to cut an apple to get to the size of an atom?” Can you try to answer that question? Some of the people who were there thought that maybe it was 1000 times, but the answer was wrong. The right answer is actually 87 times.
In the afternoon, the students who were there worked on the computers like scientists do in the area they study. After looking at and analysing all the results, there was a video talk with one of the scientists who actually works on the project that was shown to us. In the video talk the students and the scientist discussed the results and what they meant. It was one of the students from CLIB who was talking to the scientists, and representing Braga city. That student was André Roque.
Rebecca Ambrósio Georges - Form 11
The talk about black holes was a more theoretical and more advanced talk. However, even though there were some terms that we haven’t learned, we all understood what the professor was saying. The professor explained that for there to be a black hole, we basically need a very high mass in a very small amount of space. In this talk there were few people.
In the second talk, about particles, some of the students went to the University of Minho on a Saturday, at 8am. There, the professor talked about how they find more types of particles. He did asked a very interesting question. The question was: “How many times do we need to cut an apple to get to the size of an atom?” Can you try to answer that question? Some of the people who were there thought that maybe it was 1000 times, but the answer was wrong. The right answer is actually 87 times.
In the afternoon, the students who were there worked on the computers like scientists do in the area they study. After looking at and analysing all the results, there was a video talk with one of the scientists who actually works on the project that was shown to us. In the video talk the students and the scientist discussed the results and what they meant. It was one of the students from CLIB who was talking to the scientists, and representing Braga city. That student was André Roque.
Rebecca Ambrósio Georges - Form 11
Lower School Carnival
The lower school’s Carnival party was on the final Friday of term 3. Each class had their party in their room. Each person was responsible for bringing something, for example: drinks, sweets, popcorn, crisps… At four o’clock the party started and at 6 o’clock the party finished because there were various shows that were going to happen in the gymnasium. In the gymnasium there were parents, friends and students. Prep, pre-prep, form 4, form 1, form 2 and form 5 participated in these shows. Everyone was very excited not only because of having a party, but also because it was the last day of school.
Maria Teresa Gomes, Form 6
Maria Teresa Gomes, Form 6
Snow, Snow will you come today?
20 YEARS WITHOUT SNOW UNTIL 2009!
In 2009, the snow started falling at 8:00 am making mantles of snow appear everywhere.
This brought children and adults to enjoy the time playing in the snow… and not going to school…
WHAT´S YOUR OPINION?
In 2009, the snow started falling at 8:00 am making mantles of snow appear everywhere.
This brought children and adults to enjoy the time playing in the snow… and not going to school…
WHAT´S YOUR OPINION?
- What do you think about snow?
- When was the last time you saw snow in Braga?
- Would you like it if it snowed again?
- “It´s cool to play in the snow with friends and have an awesome time.”
- “Three years ago.”
- “Sure, because it never snows and it’s fancy.”
- “It´s white and fun to play in it with a snowball fight.”
- “I don´t remember.”
- “Yes, because I would be happy.”
- “É bonita e branquinha é algo que dá para brincar e é muito fria.”
- “5 ou 6 anos.”
- “Sim, porque gostava que os meus filhos assistissem.”
- “Como paisagem é bonita mas como temperatura não é agradável.”
- “5 ou 6 anos.”
- “Sim, porque também gostava que os meus filhos assistissem.”