Gurilândia International School - Federação

Av. Cardeal da Silva, 1451, Federação, 40231-250 Salvador - BA, Brasil, Brazil

In short: Gurilândia International School - Federação is a private, secular, co-ed international school in Salvador, Brazil. It offers the IB. Stages: nursery, preschool and primary (ages 1–11). Taught in English and Portuguese.

Type: Private · Secular · Co-ed
Ages: 1–11 · Nursery to primary
Curricula: IB
Languages: English, Portuguese

Awards & accreditations

IB World School PYP

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Fees

Fees on request

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Curriculum & results

Gurilândia is an IB World School authorised in 2014 to offer the Primary Years Programme, and was the first school in northeastern Brazil to do so. The PYP is taught from age 3 through Grade 5 and is combined with the Brazilian national curriculum. Early Years also draw on the Reggio Emilia approach, and Ensino Fundamental incorporates Singapore Maths and the Columbia University Reading and Writing Workshops. Together with Land School, which offers the IB Middle Years and Diploma Programmes, Gurilândia forms an IB continuum in Bahia.

Stages · ages 1–11

Approach · General Curriculum

Gurilândia's mission is to prepare students for life, forming critical citizens with a sense of community, ethical values and multicultural awareness through a world-class education. Its vision is to develop generations of change-makers able to achieve personal and professional fulfilment with ethical and social responsibility. Its values are Knowledge, Integrity, Respect and Responsibility. The school also emphasises emotional skills, with a weekly emotional intelligence programme led by its psychologists from the early years.

Languages

Gurilândia is bilingual in English and Portuguese. In Early Years, instruction is given in both languages and, from K2, children spend the same amount of time learning in each language; from Group 5 onwards they are expected to communicate only in English during English-taught lessons. In Ensino Fundamental, all subjects are taught in both languages in a complementary way. A language assistance programme helps new students who arrive with a lower level of English.

Programmes & accreditations

IB World SchoolAuthorised to teach International Baccalaureate programmes

IB Primary Years ProgrammeInternational Baccalaureate

Open Days

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Location

Av. Cardeal da Silva, 1451, Federação, 40231-250 Salvador - BA, Brasil, Brazil

Facilities & services

Facilities

The Federação campus covers 4,200 m², with extensive green areas and 2,000 m² of recreational space. Facilities include a swimming pool, sports courts, rooms for visual and performing arts and music, an auditorium for performances, a Maker Space for technology projects, a library, large playgrounds including a covered playground for rainy days, a school cafeteria serving daily meals planned by a nutritionist, and three secure car parks.

Services

Learning support

After-school activities

The Federação campus offers after-school activities for Early Years and Ensino Fundamental, including guitar, jazz, musical theatre, ballet, rhythmic gymnastics, volleyball, judo, capoeira, futsal, swimming and coding (Happy Code). Scouting is also listed among the school's activities. For Ensino Fundamental, after-school sessions run from Monday to Friday after classes, and the curriculum itself includes music, drama, visual arts, physical education, innovation and emotional intelligence lessons.