Calendar
Lisbon Montessori School academic calendar.
Calendar notes:
- A normal academic year is made of 178-180 student contact days.
- A fall break around Halloween, two weeks of Winter Holidays, one week of Spring Break oriented around Easter, and two days for Carnaval celebrations are permanent features.
- There are two weeks of staff-in-service after school is dismissed and before the new year starts for professional development and environment consolidation.
- Generally the Casa Summer Camp is planned during four weeks in July.
Important: Please note that the information pack for the new academic year is sent to parents one week before the first day of school. Please check the calendar for planning your participation in important events.
Schedules
Lisbon Montessori School schedules*
Casa
09:00 – 12:00 – Three Hour Work Cycle (Half-Day Casa students go home at 12:00)
12:00 – 12:30 – Lunch and Clean up
Elementary
12:00 – 12:45 Outdoor free play
12:45 – 15:30 Montessori Work Cycle** (Portuguese lessons end the cycle)
15:30 Students are dismissed
* This is an example of a ‘typical’ day in our Montessori classroom. Since we practice Montessori approach, we follow the child. Timings may change due to special events and the needs of the children.
** At LMS we respect child’s natural pace and strive to foster their autonomy. Thus, morning and afternoon snacks are made available to children, so that they can serve themselves in their own time during the Work Cycle. During the afternoon cycle elementary students may do sports or team games in the outdoors. Casa students supervised by the assistant staff may visit the gym in the back garden.
After school schedule
Lisbon Montessori after-school schedules*
* Students interested in particular after-school activities must sign up to attend at an extra fee, which will be charged with quarterly tuition payments.
After-school clubs will begin in the third week of September. Trial lessons will take place in the second week of September. Please send an email to miguel@lisbonmontessori.org if you wish for your child to attend any of the activities.
Monday
Elementary and older Casa students (4 years and up)
Play Club with Vanessa and Joana
3:30 – 4:30
Full-day casa students
Gardening with Marta
3:30 – 4:30
Tuesday
Lower Elementary
Lower Elementary Portuguese Language Club with Filipa
3:30 – 4:30
Upper Elementary
Game Club with Glen
3:30 – 5:00
Full-Day Casa Students
Cooking Club with Joana
3:30 – 4:30
Wednesday
Elementary
Taekwondo with Guillermo
3:30 – 4:15
Upper Elementary
Portuguese Language Club with Filipa
3:30 – 4:30
Full-Day Casa Students
Music with Christophe
3:30 – 4:30
Thursday
Casa & Elementary
Sewing Club with Gerda
3:30 – 4:30
Full-Day Casa Students
Cooking with Joana
3:30 – 4:30
Elementary
Chess Club with Lourenço
3:30 – 4:30
Friday
Elementary
The Inventors Gadgets Club
3:30 – 4:30
Full-Day Casa Students
Portuguese Club with Joana
3:30 – 4:30
The MSA-CESS has granted Lisbon Montessori School accreditation based on how it fulfils the standards of the MSA self-study and peer review process which revealed that Lisbon Montessori School is effectively advancing the quality of educational experiences it offers its students and meets its responsibilities to the public and the profession of education.
Lisbon Montessori School CASA level (ages 3-6) has been fully licensed by the Portuguese Education Ministry. We are currently working with the Ministry on licensing our ELEMENTARY levels.
The MSA-CESS has granted Lisbon Montessori School accreditation based on how it fulfils the standards of the MSA self-study and peer review process which revealed that Lisbon Montessori School is effectively advancing the quality of educational experiences it offers its students and meets its responsibilities to the public and the profession of education.
Lisbon Montessori School CASA level (ages 3-6) has been fully licensed by the Portuguese Education Ministry. We are currently working with the Ministry on licensing our ELEMENTARY levels.