PlayPen Escola Cidade Jardim of Sao

Paulo

Daring and innovative, PlayPen Escola Cidade Jardim inaugurated bilingual education in Brazil in 1981, integrating national and international curricula in English and Portuguese, becoming a reference from Preschool to Middle School and will inaugurate the Secondary School in 2020. The proposal at PlayPen is inspired by the social interactionist theory, according to which learning occurs through the contact of man and society. Here, students are the protagonist. Their natural curiosity is preserved and the access to knowledge by means of research is stimulated. PlayPen has a national identity and follows the Brazilian calendar, but always promotes the student's contact with different cultures. The school adopts international curriculums for Preschool, Primary and Middle School: IEYC, IPC and IMYC.  These curriculums, created for students living in various parts of the world, integrate different areas: teaching expectations, multiculturalism and ethical, social and moral development. Besides that, they include projects specifically designed to ensure a process of engaging and continuous learning.