Our Cambridge Lower Secondary English encourages a life-long enthusiasm for reading, writing and spoken communication.

LIS students learn how to communicate effectively and respond to a range of information, media, and texts to become confident communicators, able to apply all four skills effectively in everyday situations; see themselves as readers, engaging with a range of texts for information and for pleasure, including texts from different times and cultures; see themselves as writers, using the written word clearly and creatively for a range of different audiences and purposes.

LIS aims to create opportunities for its students, and therefore, despite it not being part of the Cambridge Lower Secondary Programme, the curriculum for these years will also include First Language Portuguese.

In this subject, LIS will follow the Portuguese National Curriculum and will place a firm emphasis on the development of oral expression, vocabulary, reading skills, writing skills including spelling, grammar, and language structure.

At LIS we offer a Second Language Portuguese Programme for children that are not native Portuguese speakers or who have not previously been taught in a Portuguese-medium school.

During our Mathematics Programme, LIS students develop a holistic understanding of the subject, focussing on principles, patterns, systems, functions and relationships. They will become mathematically competent and fluent in computation, which they can apply to everyday situations.

‘Thinking and working mathematically’, a unique feature of the Cambridge Mathematics Curriculum, encourages students to talk with others, challenge ideas, and to provide evidence that validates conjectures and solutions. When students are thinking and working mathematically, they actively seek to make sense of ideas and build connections between different facts, procedures, and concepts. This supports higher-order thinking that helps them to view the world in a mathematical way. Students will develop skills in: Numbers, Algebra, Geometry and Measure, Statistics, and Probability.

Students will think scientifically and develop practical skills alongside knowledge and understanding, which is vital for explaining the world around us. Improving students’ awareness of Science in the world around them develops their sense that ‘Science is for me’, helping to connect themselves to the subject.

This approach provides them with the knowledge and skills they require to excel at Science in later stages of education and to make informed choices, including considering sustainability issues and meeting the challenges facing our environment.

The programme develops the skills of research, analysis, evaluation, reflection, collaboration and communication. It strengthens the links across English as a first or second language, Mathematics, Science and ICT.

Research says that the earlier students start to develop and practise their skills, the greater the impact on their learning. Making Cambridge Global Perspectives available to younger students will develop and embed cross-curricular skills at an earlier age, supporting them in their studies as they progress to Cambridge Upper Secondary and beyond.

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