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PLASTIC CAPS AND CORK STOPPERS COLLECTION CONTEST: RESULTS

Now that the day has come to close the competitions to collect plastic bottle tops and cork stoppers, it’s time to publish and report the results.

Before that, the Eco-Schools Club and its coordinators would like to congratulate and thank everyone who took part in this activity, because more important than the prize is the cause we’ve joined and the fact that each of us is doing a little bit to protect the environment.

As of today, around 1,000 jugs of plastic caps have been delivered to Lipor and 950kg of cork to Continente as part of the ‘Green Cork 2023/2024 cork stopper collection campaign’ promoted by Quercus and Continente.

In terms of results, the big winners are: the NA3A class from the Navais Elementary School, in the plastic bottle cap collection competition, with 444 bottles collected, and the NA1A 1st grade class from the Navais Elementary School, in the cork stopper collection competition, with 300 bottles delivered.

Thus, on 14th June, during the Interculturality Festival – Escola Viva: Ciência em movimento, the students from these classes will receive a diploma recognising their fantastic work, and on 4th June they will receive the grand prize, a study visit to Lipor where they will be able to visit its facilities and enjoy the adventure park.

We would also like to take this opportunity to thank the operational assistants for their involvement and excellent collaboration in the logistics of these competitions, especially the assistants in Hall B, Mrs Delfina and Mrs Rosana.

Although the internal competition is over, this is no reason to give up. We’ll continue to collect and deliver the caps and corks to the school for the good of the environment and our future!

The Eco-Schools coordinators

Filipe Santos and Sandra Pinheiro

Aver-o-Mar School celebrates “Blue School Day”

Aver-o-Mar School celebrated Blue School Day on 20 May with a series of activities dedicated to sustainability and environmental preservation. The celebration was attended by 121 students and 12 teachers, who came together for a beach clean-up with the support of the League for the Protection of Nature (LPN) and the Circular Seas project. Together, they managed to collect around 50kg of waste, contributing to the conservation of the local coastline.

As well as cleaning the beach, the school organised the exhibition ‘The Sargasso: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow’, with the support of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Marine and Envi

information on the historical and ecological importance of sargassum, highlighting its relevance to the marine ecosystem.

To mark the date in an even more special way, a commemorative mural was created. The students used the Canva platform to create posters depicting their memories of the projects and activities developed over the three years that the school has been part of the Blue School programme. The initiative not only celebrated past achievements, but also encouraged the continuation of sustainable practices for the future.

The event was a success, reinforcing the Aver-o-Mar Primary School’s commitment to environmental education and the training of citizens who are aware of and active in protecting the oceans.

Graça Pinheiro

THANKS POLICE FORCE-SAFE SCHOOL

The Aver-o-Mar School Group took part in SprinFest24, which took place in the City Park on 15 May. According to the press release, this year 182 pupils from the 3rd cycle, 14 teachers and the school psychologist travelled on foot to the venue (around 3km), and this walk to and from the event has been accompanied by the PSP-Safe School.

The organisers of the activity, which involved almost 200 people from the main school, under the responsibility of teacher Margarida Salazar, sent a thank you note to the Board of Directors, which we would like to share and also send to the security forces involved, as the success of the activity is the result of these partnerships:

‘I’d like to let you know how the security forces played their part in accompanying Spring Fest’24. Both in the morning and in the afternoon, the officers were elegant, careful and extremely professional. They were extremely careful with the whole group and very friendly. For this they deserve praise and my personal thanks.’

We would like to thank the Police Officers of Póvoa de Varzim, mainly the Safe School Segura officers involved, ‘Thank you very much!’

MEETING WITH PARENTS: “THE TRANSITION BETWEEN CYCLES”

This was a meeting highlighted by the presence, attitude, interest and respect that, once again, the Parents/Guardians of the students in this school group showed when they took part, on 23 April, at the Head School, with the EMAEI (Multidisciplinary Support Team for Inclusive Education) and the SPO (Psychology and Guidance Service) in promoting and raising awareness of the change that involves students from pre-school education to the 3rd cycle.

EMAEI’s goals are to stimulate and share practices, thoughts and information in order to promote, in a single and specific direction, more and better actions among educational agents, in this particular case, Parents/Guardians. It will be between the school structures and others responsible for the teaching-learning process, in what is known as collaborative work, that the most hoped-for results will be achieved.

So, with a booked room, we tackled some of the issues that most concern parents/SENs, summarising the intervention in one main question – how to deal with children/students in the face of change? Almost all parents/EEs anticipate, along with their children, the embarrassment and discomfort of finding themselves in a different space, with different agents and different models of action. There is also the uncertainty of the decision to be made in the face of choices of schools, subjects, timetables, etc., and in some cases, the lack of legal knowledge of actions, with difficult choices to be made, but which will be their final decision.

The attentive and motivated audience asked questions, clarified doubts, put forward proposals and participated in the suggestive discourse to support work and routines, both at home and at school, embarking on more than an hour of sharing that pleased and enriched the meeting!

A big congratulations to all those who took part and collaborated in making this dynamic a reality, which fosters the rooting and growth of an active, responsible and inclusive school culture

EMAEI and SPO are delighted with this meeting and remain available to continue collaborating with all those involved in the teaching-learning process of each student.

Thank you

Aver-o-world outer doors: students showcase their countries at the Aver-o-Mar Occupational Centre

The foreign student integration plan at Agrupamento de Escolas de Aver-o-Mar includes, in some cases, introducing their country to their classmates. The activity, supervised by Social Worker Andreia Teixeira, has been much appreciated by the immigrant students’ classmates, providing additional knowledge of cultural, gastronomic and linguistic aspects, as well as being an excellent lever for interpersonal relationships.

As a result of this extremely positive experience, and with the permission of the parents, who have positively registered this rapprochement and involvement of the students with the local community, this initiative moved from the school to the community, with the first session taking place yesterday, 29 April, out of doors! The venue chosen was the Aver-o-Mar Occupational Centre, already a partner in other events, and two students from Aver-o-Mar Primary School came along: Akeelah Augusto Mendes, an 8th grader from Mozambique, and Ritika Mahato, a 6th grader from Nepal.

In addition to a geographical presentation of the countries, supported by maps and images and some iconic places in their native countries, there was also a presentation of cultural and gastronomic aspects, which was a source of great curiosity. The dress worn by Ritika was also a source of attention, allowing the dozens of elderly people present to come into contact with this new reality, as they were surprised by the 25 national costumes.

Many of the users still remember the expression “Namastê”, because this intergenerational meeting also encourages people to learn words from other languages, so that they can say hello and goodbye, for example.

In the end, as well as lots of hugs, there was a promise to return in a fortnight’s time to explore other aspects, such as dance and music, in this effective process of interculturality, which will be extended to other institutions in the school’s catchment area.

We share some of José Carlos Marques |CMPV’s photos with students Akeelah Mendes, Ritika Mahato, social worker Andreia Teixeira and dozens of users of the Aver-o-Mar Occupational Centre and their carers, whom we thank for their willingness to receive us.

SOLD OUT  THE PLAY “THE TURNBACK PRINCE”

The AverTeatro group performed Ilse Rosa’s play “The Turnip Prince”, adapted by Andreia Teixeira, in the school auditorium on Friday 12 April. The show was very well attended and completely filled the auditorium, nearby corridors and outside windows!!! Three more shows are planned, two on Friday 19th for the students and the final one on April 24th at 2.30pm for the community, with the participation of users from the Aver-o-Mar Occupational Centre and the Aguçadoura Parish Social Centre, in this inter-operational work that has guided many of the Group’s activities, from pre-school education to the 3rd cycle.

Congratulations to everyone who helped out, with special thanks to the props provided, which gave the performance an even more special atmosphere, especially the coordination of the wardrobe by Mrs Ana Cândida, using clothes belonging to the school (work by the History Club). The poster is the responsibility of Fátima Cunha and the adaptation and staging of the multifaceted social worker, Andreia Teixeira, who also plays, along with this very worthy group of students: Diana Dias, 6F; Letícia rigor 6F; Diana Rigor 8D; Sara Santos 9C; Gabriela Dias 9E; Inês Loureiro 9B; Matilde Eusébio 6C; Leonardo Rodrigues 9A; Matilde Salgado 9A; Catarina Pereira 5D; Bruna David 6C; Francisca Neves 6C; Mariana Silva 9B; Marta Silva 9B; Inês Santos 9B; Marisa Gonçalves 5B; Giovanna Valier 6D; Diana Eusébio 6F; Cristiana Moreira 6B; Diana Neves 6B; Ângela Neves, 6th C; David Marcelo 7B; Lucas Silva 6A; Daminik Butsen 9A; Tatiana Fernandes 5F; Laura Costa 5E; Gonçalo Pinheiro 8D; Rodrigo Silva 5B; Margarida Carreira 5E; Inês Canelas 5E; Anna Oliveira 6D; Luna Medeiros 5C; Lara Moça 5F; Samuel Cavalheira 5D; Lia Malta 5F; Matilde Valentim 9A.

Congratulations to the AverTeatro Group, who will dedicate themselves after this play to preparing their end-of-year work, a staging alluding to the 25th of April.

Some photos from the session on 12 April.

Aver-o-Mar school group at the Póvoa de Varzim at Global Action Days | – Eco-Schools

Aver-o-Mar School Group is taking part in the Global Action Days | Eco-Schools, taking place from 22 April to 3 May, and is the only school in the municipality taking part.

The FEE’s Global Action Days (GAD), which involve 44 municipalities, are a stimulus to demonstrate how individual actions, however small they may seem, can have a big impact. The actions that the schools will carry out, in association with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), will be published on the globalactiondays.abaae.pt page. This sharing of good practice is very important, as it demonstrates how Eco-Schools work with the 17 SDGs on a daily basis, which is one of the focuses of the action carried out in our Grouping.