The United Lisbon Blog

On December 6th, our school hosted its beloved annual Tree Lighting Ceremony, bringing together families, students, and teachers to celebrate the start of the Christmas season.

Relocating to Lisbon: Finding Home Away from Home Are you and your family thinking of embarking on the journey of relocation to Lisbon? The prospect of moving to a new country, embracing a different culture, and settling into a new neighbourhood can be daunting as it is exhilarating. Here at

Positive Discipline: understanding the why of challenging behaviour In the journey of nurturing young minds, educators and parents often find themselves at a crossroads between discipline and encouragement. The conventional methods of discipline, often rooted in punishment and authoritarianism, are gradually giving way to a more empathetic and constructive approach

Unleashing the Power of Artificial Intelligence in Education!

On November 4th, the 9th and 10th grade Student Council members had the honor of having the opportunity of going to Web Summit- the world’s largest technology event.

Last week, the Model United Nations club had the pleasure of getting together and participating in its first ever (virtual) MUN conference (IMUN)

Families move to another country for a wide range of reasons. Although this type of global movement is becoming more common, it still is a hard process.

Learning implies a cognitive effort and requires willpower and dedication. To learn, the human mind needs to be interested, it needs to be challenged to understand new information.

It is amazing to see how many things we have achieved and how many new frontiers we have explored through the Computational Thinking classes

It is interesting to note that there are currently more multilingual people than
monolingual people in the world and, with globalisation and easy access to
information, multilingualism is increasing significantly.

We conducted an inauguration ceremony in April and had the honor to receive the Mayor of Lisbon’s City Hall, Fernando Medina for this special occasion

“When we listen to music, observe someone playing a musical instrument or remember a theme that marked us in our teenage years, the whole body vibrates and this vibration gives an immediate well-being sensation, the brain triggers the release of endorphin and oxytocin that circulate in the blood stream, reducing anxiety and balancing the emotional state. Music is part of our lives.

In the Early Childhood and continuing into the Elementary we value playful inquiry and incorporate a play-based learning approach. Play-based learning is child-led and open-ended play, it honors the child as a learner and our embodies our ULIS Ownership Principle, Everyone can learn how to learn, and has the right and responsibility to do so. We all learn differently and we own our own learning.´ Play is important at all ages, even for adults.

We are honoured to have had United Lisbon International School officially inaugurated by the Mayor of Lisbon, Fernando Medina, on Wednesday 14th April 2021. Our world-class and innovative International School, United Lisbon International School proudly opened its doors on September 14, 2020 with more than 150 students from 21 nationalities.

Minecraft in the classroom is redefining learning and the way learning can be demonstrated, in thousands of schools around the world, as well as building stronger relationships between teachers and their students.

Should Early childhood engage in Virtual Learning? Virtual learning in an Early Childhood program is focused on supporting families to integrate learning concepts into their home environment and continuing the students’ excitement for learning. When preschoolers are learning from home, the majority of their daily interactions and learning opportunities take