Escola Básica e Secundária Fernãodo Pó, Bombarral

Escola Básica e Secundária Fernãodo Pó, Bombarral

Agrupamento de Escolas Fernão do Pó is a school campus with all levels of education from Pre-school to Secondary Level. There are about 1550 students attending the school with ages between 3 and 18 years old. The school also has a department of Adult Education and offers courses in the evening for adults. Most students come from a low social background with economic difficulties. As far as the Secondary Level of Education is concerned, the school offers courses in several fields, either in Regular Secondary Level or Vocational Courses. The areas are: Sciences and Technology, Economics and Languages and Literature. Besides regular secondary level, there are also Vocational Courses in Environmental Tourism, Cooking and Catering and Sports. These courses convey a level 4 qualification (Secondary level of Education + Professional Certificate). As the only VET provider in the town for the past 10 years, this school has been a crucial tool to enhance these students' qualifications and offer real educational and cultural opportunities to minimize the lack of equity usually present in these communities. The Basic and Secondary School has been developing Education and Training Courses and Professional Courses in the Tourism, Hospitality and Catering sectors in a systematic and continuous way for 10 years and, in the present year, also in the area of Sports. The option for the professional areas referred to was derived from the Educational Project of the School, which early identified in a sustained way the training needs of the region and defined the specific objectives with regard to the vocational training offer, having chosen to specialize in the specific offer of vocational courses for the tourism sector.

The long experience in previous projects, both national and international, has enabled the organization with the know how to participate fully in projects. There is a highly motivated group of staff members connected to the project, assuring the quality of the work to be done throughout the process. Our students are very active and eager to get involved in all types of projects and willing to participate actively in this one. We are situated in a rural area, surrounded by orchards (pears and apples), where in the past used to be vineyards. The main economic activity is mostly related to agriculture and services. We have very few industries, but now there is another industry growing fast in this region: tourism. We are located in a privileged area near the ocean and also near a small mountain. We are 45 minutes from Lisbon and we have direct access to the highway to Lisbon or to the north. We have railway connection as well.

So we have facility in accommodating students and teachers and we are willing to organize any type of event.

Our staff at school is mostly middle aged but they are enthusiastic and there are also younger ones. There are about 700 students and 100 teachers.

Members of the project:

Maria Fernanda CARMELO, fernandacarmelo@aefp.pt, Coordinator

Célia FARIA, celia@aefp.pt

Cristina SANTOS, cristina@aefp.pt

Contacts:

School: Escola Básica e Secundária Fernão do Pó

Avenida Dr Joaquim de Albuquerque

2540-004 Bombarral

PHONE: +351262609130

Director email: Emanuel Vilaça, diretor@aefp.pt