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In Primary School, our students have a wide range of age-appropriate activities in the arts and other areas of creativity like making paper airplanes, designing mosaics, or creating original art with recycled materials. 

In the visual arts, our past activities have included ones focused on learning new skills or refining existing talents (such as drawing, colouring, and using paper and pencil). In addition to our general art club, we’ve had specific clubs around shape art, animals, or Brazilian Art, for example.

In the performing arts, our students enjoy dance and choreography, with some opportunities to participate in specific kinds of dance, like ballet or Egyptian dance. They also enjoy drama and theatre and putting on productions such as ‘The Lion King' with its choreography and choir. Meanwhile, our music activities have included playing in a rock band.

By Secondary School, our students dive deeper into their love for the arts and creative expression, with activities ranging from producing the BCB Gazette to participating in Film Club. They explore a huge variety of art, music, and drama. Within music, they’ve focused on classical guitar, rock bass, and electric guitar.

In Primary School, our students can become young scientists who ignite exciting ways of thinking through hands-on experiments. We also have an environmental club that explores ways to support and improve our environment. 

By Secondary School, our students have a rich variety of STEAM clubs and activities to choose from. Past activities have included our STEAM Projects Competition, chemistry, maths, science, IBDP physics, IBDP biology, science vlogs, and geography support.

Our students practice their academic skills in fun ways beyond the classroom at The British College of Brazil. They can enrich their talents and discover abilities they might not know they have. 

In Primary School, some of our past academic boosters have included book club, math, Portuguese comics, Portuguese grammar, and handwriting.

By Secondary School, our students become even more advanced and may explore new areas, too. Past activities have included Portuguese writing, creative reading, ICT Practical, Japanese for beginners, Spanish reading, map drawing, and French.

Through the São Paulo Athletic Club, our students can participate in a great range of sports and athletics.

In Primary School, students can explore and choose from different ball games like football, basketball, dodgeball, volleyball, handball, or rugby, to name a few. They can also learn racquet sports, get active with Zumba, or further their stretching and mindfulness with yoga. 

By Secondary School, our students can participate on a variety of organised sport teams. Past ones have included boys’ football, table tennis, volleyball, girls’ basketball, girls’ football, rugby, and running club.

Our House System
Our House System is a traditional part of British schooling that encourages our students to work together in a team across year groups, while having fun through competitions. They can also earn points through their individual progress in all aspects of school life. Students belong to one of our four Houses – Tigers, Panthers, Lions, or Jaguars – and strive for their best among their House, especially on sports days, through swimming galas, and in poetry and music competitions.

Student Council
Our Student Council builds their leadership skills by representing the voices of their peers. They advocate for student views and interests, enhancing communication and strengthening relationships between students, teachers, school leadership, and parents. Our council shapes our positive culture of mutual respect.

The Student Council also builds relationships with our local communities through fundraising projects. They build their time- and project-management skills through these projects.

Model United Nations
Our Secondary students can participate in Model United Nations (MUN), stepping up into diplomatic leadership roles that empower them to be world-changers. They can share their thoughts and ideas on pressing global issues and become ambitious in how they can make a positive impact in the world.

Through MUN, our students build their understanding of global affairs through a variety of skills – practicing research, public speaking, teamwork, negotiation, and effective writing.

In Primary School, some of our past clubs and activities around hobbies and interests have around the library, outer space, Lego construction, bullet journaling, games, pen pals in English or Spanish, healthy food, emotions, sewing, puzzles, and cookery.

In Secondary School, our students have gotten involved in the Student Bulletin, Model United Nations, chess club, literary club, social impact, the environment, and business.