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At United Lisbon Academy, we offer students access to training in a range of extra-curricular skills and fields of study that represent the best of what Lisbon has to offer – all in the Academy.
The choice of our partners was made in a careful way, where we take primacy over quality, because all of them are recognized nationally and internationally, so that our students can have a quality offer and be a complement to our school program.
Venture Tracks is an exclusive program tailored for ULIS students, aimed at providing a comprehensive and hands-on experience in the world of entrepreneurship. We believe that every great journey starts with a single step, and Venture Tracks is designed to be that first step for your child’s potential startup dreams.
In this program, students will be exposed to a dynamic curriculum that covers the entire spectrum of entrepreneurship, from identifying exciting opportunities to crafting and validating innovative solutions. It’s a chance for them to dive deep into the realm of business, harness their creativity, and gain a practical understanding of how to leverage their ideas into successful ventures.
THE JOURNEY AHEAD
Venture Tracks culminates in an exciting Investor Day, akin to the popular “Shark Tank” show, right here at ULIS. This event will bring together investors, mentors, and our student startups. It’s an opportunity for your child to showcase their innovative ideas, pitch their startups to potential investors, and receive valuable feedback from seasoned professionals.
Who knows? The next big thing, the next Spotify or groundbreaking tech company, might just emerge from this very group of talented ULIS students!
HOW TO JOIN
If your child is enthusiastic about exploring the world of entrepreneurship, Venture Tracks is the ideal program for them. Sign them up here and embark on this exciting journey of learning, collaboration, and innovation.
The creation of the ULIS Sporting CP Soccer Academy came from a partnership between Sporting Clube de Portugal and United Lisbon International School, and its main objective is to provide all children with a high-quality sports training through the practice of football, as well as contributing to their training in all its aspects, developing healthy lifestyle habits and a taste for regular sports.
The academy is open to boys and girls aged between 4 and 15 years.
The academy’s technical team has adequate training and the professional experience considered necessary to exercise their functions in the sports training of children and young practitioners. The training sessions are based on and evaluated according to the methodological guidelines defined by Sporting Clube de Portugal. In this way, the methodology of training and teaching football implemented allows children and young practitioners to develop continuously and progressively their technical-tactical, physical, psychological and social skills and competences.
Pre-K4 to Kindergarden
1 Lesson per week:
Curricular program of Sporting CP Soccer
Grade 1 to Grade 9
2 Lessons per week:
Curricular program of Sporting CP Soccer Academy ULIS
Associação Desportiva Parque das Nações – ADCPN was founded in 2017. Since its Foundation it has won several titles in acrobatic gymnastics, at all levels of competition. From which stand out several titles of national Champions, having this course culminated with the conquest of four medals in the European championship, in September 2021 in Italy.
Partner teacher Mariana Vieira has a degree in Physical Education from the Faculty of Human Motricity. Grade III coach of Acrobatic Gymnastics for the Portuguese Gymnastics Federation, she has been a coach for the National Team since 2005 and a trainer for the National Plan of Coaches since 2013. Mariana was also an acrobatic gymnast between 1990-2004, having won several titles in both national and international competitions.
Gymnasts work in partnership, forming female, male or mixed pairs, female groups (3 gymnasts) and male groups (4 gymnasts). They perform Balance exercises (static elements of strength and flexibility) Dynamic exercises (jumps, pirouettes, flips) and Combined (balance and dynamic elements) always choreographed with musical accompaniment. The result is an harmonious combination of difficulty, technical and artistic execution that amazes judges and the audience.
Training Acrobatic Gymnastics requires discipline, confidence, teamwork, coordination and body language.
The classes from the age of 3 follow a philosophy of Fun, Physical Fitness, Fundamentals, Friendship. They consist of games and challenges, development of physical skills, patterns of gymnastics movement and beginning of group work, taking alternate positions of Top and Base.
From K3 until Grade 1
The Inventors is a Portuguese company dedicated to the development of activities in the areas of Engineering, Arts and Creativity. It has already
collaborated with more than 200 schools in Portugal and the United Kingdom and has more than 2700 students per week in its extracurricular classes.
The Inventors methodology, based on hands-on projects, motivates children to learn and promotes interest in topics that seem complex and intangible to them.
From K until Grade 6
A young team, energetic and ready to make you try your best, turning you into the best tennis player possible. Rodrigo Freitas, Antonio Rosinha, Jose Campos, Bruno Pedrosa e Eduardo Lameiras are our tennis teachers. All of them share characteristics that we are proud of. They started to play tennis at ages of 3 to 5, and competed in the national circuit with top rankings, and internationally reached ATP (Association of Professional Tennis Players) points.
These 5 teachers, taught in a couple of prestigious national clubs, such as Felner Academy and Caldas da Rainha. It is mandatory at LRC to have the tennis coach course approved by the Portuguese Tennis Federation. They are all fluent in English and are always keen to help their students.
At Lisboa Racket Centre, you will find an amazing outdoor space and safe for the whole family, surrounded by nature. With over 20 years of experience in racket sports, we are the paddle tennis pioneers in Portugal. We are committed to social tennis, and we have the largest number of squash players nationwide.
Lisboa Racket Centre was the first club in Portugal with padel courts. The padel school has over 10 years of experience and with international experience. It counts with teachers that are part of the national team and tournament winners. The team offers a personalized service adapting to the player’s needs by helping on improving their skills, technique and winning their games. Over the past decade, it has been possible to watch in our court, extraordinary competitions such as: the World Padel Tour, American Padel Tour, and European and National Championships, where Fernando Belastegin, Juan Martin Diaz, Diogo Rocha, Diogo Schaefer, Uri Botello, Willy Lahoz, Fede Quiles, Carolina Navarro, Ana Catarina Nogueira and Sofia Araújo participated.
Tennis is a healthy way of living. Help improving concentration and physical characteristics. It helps to encounter challenges and overcome them. Learning, fun and discipline is where our tennis team focus on. At Lisboa Racket Centre, tennis has been played for 28 years long and several ITF and national tournaments have taken place. João Sousa, Frederico Gil, Maria João Koehler, Lloyd Harris, Fred Silva where some of these tournament’s participants.
Lisboa Racket Centre was the first club in Portugal with padel courts. With a padel school with over 10 years of experience, with international experience, and teachers that are part of the national team and tournament winners, our team adapts to players needs by helping on improving their skills, technique and win their games.
Over the past decade, it has been possible to watch, in our court to World Padel Tour, American Padel Tour, and European and National Championships, where Fernando Belastegin, Juan Martin Diaz, Diogo Rocha, Diogo Schaefer, Uri Botello, Willy Lahoz, Fede Quiles, Carolina Navarro, Ana Catarina Nogueira and Sofia Araújo participated.
Andreia Azevedo is a viola and violin teacher at the Music Academy.
She graduated from the National Superior Academy of Orchestra (Portugal) and has perfected her studies in Spain, France, Germany, England, Ireland, Switzerland and USA.
She puts into practice the traditional and suzuki methodology.
Andreia has been teaching children and young people for twenty years besides playing in orchestra.
She is a founding member of the FazMúsica quartet.
At the United Lisbon Academy your child will learn to listen to, enjoy and create music through singing and playing a musical instrument. Music at the Academy complements the curriculum.
Your child will develop the ability to listen to a musical work and recognize it in terms of its characteristics, styles and contexts. In individual and group classes, the students develop vocal and instrumental practice. In a more practical or theoretical context, the student also develops the ability to create and improvise.
Music is an essential language and form of expression that helps a child to become a well round person. Many studies prove that musical education fosters the development of auditory, affective and tactile memory, as well as logical reasoning, persistence and concentration, among many other cognitive aspects.
Individual instrument lessons are for students from the age of 5 years old and aim to teach how to play an instrument. Students must have their own musical instrument to train at home and in the classroom. Only the piano and drums are available in the classroom.
The student can attend the Academy in the free teaching modality or in the complete program. By participating of the Individual Instrument, Musical Training and Ensemble classes, the student has a complete training that will be certified with an exam and a diploma by the Music Teachers Board.
Please note that participation in music at the Academy is a full semester commitment.
Musical instruments available:
Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano and Guitar
Ensemble Class
– One group lesson per week – 45 minute lessons
– Minimum of 4 students
– Ensembles: strings, guitars.
Full Music Programme
– Individual Instrument Lesson
– Ensemble Class
– MTB Certification
( This International Certification implies annual attendance of both classes and an exam at the end of the year that will be paid on the day of the exam)
Musical instruments available: Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano, Classical Guitar, Electric Guitar, Electric Bass, Saxophone, Drums, Side Flute, Trumpet, Voice.
Ensemble Class
– Ensembles: strings, guitars, combo.
Musical Training – individual lesson
(the prices are the same as for the 45′ instrument class)
Full Music Programme
– Individual Instrument Lesson
– Ensemble Class
– Musical Training
– MTB Certification
( This International Certification implies annual attendance of both classes and an exam at the end of the year that will be paid on the day of the exam)
Musical instruments available: Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano, Classical Guitar, Electric Guitar, Electric Bass, Saxophone, Drums, Side Flute, Trumpet, Voice.
Ensemble Class
– Ensembles: strings, guitars, combo.
Musical Training – individual lesson
(the prices are the same as for the 45′ instrument class)
Full Music Programme
– Individual Instrument Lesson
– Ensemble Class
– Musical Training
– MTB Certification
( This International Certification implies annual attendance of both classes and an exam at the end of the year that will be paid on the day of the exam)
STAT Martial arts was founded in 2008 by Pedro Tanger, who decided to follow his mission to “Empower people through martial arts”.
Master Tânger realised that each class could serve not only to teach Martial Arts but also to develop core life-skills such as Attitude, Self-empowerment or Leadership skills.
13 years afterwards, STAT Martial Arts counts with more than 800 students, 5 academies and has trained European and World champions in Songahm Taekwondo.
STAT Martial Arts teaches Life Skills through martial arts. Discipline, Self-Esteem and Confidence are only a few of the skills thought through this road to Black Belt. The purpose is to empower students so they become mentally, physically and emotionally stronger. So, by improving the Songahm Taekwondo techniques, we expect to help our students to improve their grades, their attitude and self-worth.
Speakwell, founded in 1995, is a language school, specializing in language teaching for adults, young people and children, developing adapted courses to each student or group.
It is a certified school, an exam preparation center, and a Cambridge Learning Partner, which allows teachers to receive the best possible training in the field of foreign language teaching.
Our teachers are native or bilingual, experienced and qualified, with the possibility of teaching a variety of languages.
Speakwell is based on the following ethical principles: Quality, Professionalism, Vitality, Enthusiasm, Dynamic Performance, Cooperation, Productivity.
Each student is unique, as such, Speakwell is flexible in its approach to language study and learning.
We build tailored programs and develop our own materials when necessary, in line with the Common European Framework of Reference (SECRF).
Our pedagogical practice is based on native or bilingual teacher interaction, with adequate training and experience in language teaching.
We use an interactive teaching method and a communicative and practical approach, with interesting activities such as role play, discussions, games, use of audio and video to maximize student participation and facilitate language learning.
Each student will have to take a non-binding assessment test, free of charge, before starting the course. Learning a language is an asset, motivating and fun!
Learning a language is a motivating and amusing asset!
Language courses available in 2021/22 are Spanish, French, German and Mandarin, courses in other languages pending on request.
All courses consist of two, fifty-minute weekly lessons, except for Mandarin which consists of three fifty-minute weekly lessons.
Companhia das Agulhas was created in 2015 as a sewing and knitting school. In 2018, we saw our training activity certified by DGERT and, alongside the school, we opened a fabric, yarn and haberdashery shop. Currently, the school and store are located next to Praça de Espanha, in Lisbon.
We have sewing, knitting, crochet, embroidery, macramé, weaving and felting classes, courses and workshops.
We seek to bring the arts of yesterday to today, promoting a handcrafted lifestyle in harmony with the environment. Integrating children in these arts is one of our goals and for this, we created Sewing Holidays, where we have taught, during the last years, hundreds of children and teens, the various arts we have at school.
At Companhia das Agulhas, we believe that makers are happier and have a superpower that will never be lost..
Over the course of several classes, we’ll learn the basics of sewing and get acquainted with the sewing machine. We will start by making simpler projects, such as accessories, so that each student gains confidence in using the sewing machine and that there is an immediate feeling of accomplishment. As that confidence builds up, we will increase the level of difficulty for each project by introducing new techniques such as macramé, embroidery, and knitting and crochet.
The objective will be to provide participants with skills that allow them to make and customize clothes and accessories, working not only on creativity, but also on team spirit, promoting mutual help and training fine motor skills.
Classes
In Swimming, children learn through observation and socialisation to develop autonomy in water. The stimuli received in lessons contribute to a good physical, mental and emotional development, preparing children for a more complex cognitive reasoning.
At United Lisbon International School’s swimming will be carried out according to a model of “Recreational Play”. This is an adjustable and versatile method in which adaptation to the aquatic environment (for beginners) and elementary learning is developed in a playful and recreational perspective, working very well for small or medium sized groups.
Sporting CP’s skating section is one of the most historic with more national and international titles.
David Pereira has a degree in Human Motricity, a Master’s in Sports Training and a vast experience in teaching roller skating.
About Sport
Roller Skating has as its main benefits the increase of resistance and muscular strength, the development of agility, balance, reaction capacity and motor coordination.
In addition to these physical benefits, roller skating strengthens the self-esteem and self-confidence of children and young people, with the first approaches, the acquisition of static and dynamic balance and the correct placement of supports.
Roller Skating also favours the development of skills that can prepare children and young people for mastering other disciplines such as snow skiing, water skiing, windsurfing and others where balance is present.
Founded in 2011, Jazzy Dance Studios is today one of the most influential dance school in our country, with schools in Lisbon (Santos, Saldanha, Entrecampos, Parede) and Porto (Trindade). Classes from the age of 2 years old, Jazzy believes that dance is a tool that allows children to grow up happier, working on their energy and innate curiosity from an early age. Starting with plays and activities that appeal to rhythmic movement, dance stimulates brain activity and develops body expression. Over time, this process of individual discovery gives way to collective knowledge, with the social side being highly valued during pre-adolescence and adolescence years.
Including some of the best and most experienced teachers, the Jazzy Dance Studios is collaborating with United Lisbon International School for the first time, creating a class program capable of working the creative, artistic, emotional and social aspects, through a plurality of styles designed for each age group:
The classes are carefully thought-out, and all the work is developed according to each class, with the objective of acquiring dance skills that will increase the learner’s confidence and help to develop autonomy in the studio as well as on stage.
Ana Cabral holds a degree in Physical Education from the Faculty of Human Motricity. Master of Fencing at the 3 Weapons by the Italian Academy of Masters of Arms of Naples.
Ana was a high-competition fencing athlete between 1995 and 2010 and was an Athlete of the Olympic Project – Athens 2004, participant in the European and World Fencing Championships representing the National Team, medaled in National and International Championships.
She is a Coach of Fencing – Grade II, having been coach, among others of the Athletes of the Olympic Hopes Project of Portugal and Trainer in Training Actions for Teachers and Coaches.
Fencing is an elegant modern sport practiced by people around the world since the Middle Ages. It is a physical and tactical challenge, a combat sport between two athletes using weapons called foil, epee, and saber. It is one of the fastest and most elegant Olympic sports. An opposition sport that strives for respect and cordiality towards the opponent. The manipulation of a fencing weapon gives the student great responsibility and self-control. Fencing is an innovative, pedagogically rich sport that performs a cross-cutting and interdisciplinary work, contributing to greater reaction speed, more flexibility, development of general and specific coordination and favouring lateralization.
The practice of fencing also brings pedagogical benefits to its practitioners.
• The face-to-face in a limited space, as well as the restricted visual field, favour the development of cognitive abilities concentration and attention.
• Each planned or unforeseen situation leads to an adapted response, developing the analytical and decision-making skills.
• Eye-hand coordination is developed by driving the blade tip in the direction of the valid surface, developing the accuracy.
• The use of the mask allows the student to express himself/herself more freely, contributing to self-confidence
• The need to constantly control their actions and to frame the opponent’s reactions force the student to control his emotions such as impulsivity, anger, abatement, and excessive enthusiasm, developing self-control
• The Ceremonial is the outward sign of a tactical commitment of respect for the adversary. At the end of the round after the salutations, the handshake recalls the fair play you express to your opponent, whether stronger or weaker, strengthening courtesy and loyalty.
Plastic mask
Plastic sword
Gloves
Mask
Electric Sword
Gloves
Body Wire
Breast protection (girls only)
High socks
Half protection
Fencing jacket
Fencing pants
All extra-curricular activities in the Academy will be reviewed every term so please check with our Admissions Team during the Admissions process what the latest list of activities offered is and whether there is space for your child.