The School Cluster Martinho Árias, Soure (AES) is a public school in the municipality of Soure, NUT III in the Coimbra Region. The AES is made up of 171 educational staff (educators and teachers), 66 non-teaching staff and 1445 students, distributed across an educational offer that includes pre-school education; 1st, 2nd and 3rd cycles; secondary education with scientific-humanistic courses and vocational education and training; adult education with courses that promote professional certification. Since 2009, AES has been developing eTwinning projects. It currently has 6 projects underway.
Since 2013 that we have been awarded the National and European Quality Labels and for two years in a row, one of our ERASMUS+ projects was awarded the European Language Label. Since 2018, AES has belonged to the Eurodesk multipliers network with the aim of promoting the Erasmus+ program among young people and relevant stakeholders. Since 2014 it has been a partner of a local NGO that develops youth projects funded by the Erasmus+ programme, namely international youth exchanges and training courses for youth workers, and developed activities within the scope of the European Youth Week 2017.
AES has a very solid experience in local and national projects, developing activities within the scope of the Youth Parliament, promoted by the Assembly of the Republic; EcoEscolas developed by the Foundation for Environmental Education/Association Blue Flag of Europe; Entrepreneurship in Schools, developed by CIM of Coimbra Region; it has been
financed by the Ilídio Pinho Foundation in addition to having a European club and several language clubs that promote European citizenship and multilingualism through activities with children and young people.
Activities and experience: our school has long been involved in Etwinning projects tackling environmental problems and for the last 12 years we have been awarded the Eco-Schools flag. Sciences clubs and their activities have been common and this very month our school is involved in a national forum called “Planet Mission 2030”. We are also finishing an
ERASMUS+ project called ECO-LOGIC. There is also an aquaponics greenhouse sponsored by a national environmental project. Some lesson plans and good practices have also been shared online, namely by Europeana and Scientix. The team involved in the project has extensive experience. Luisa Pereirinha is the school principal and the contact person is an awarded EFL teacher, with experience in eTwinning and Erasmus+ projects.
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