Internacional News
April 2025 edition
Calendar and Events
Interhouses Teens
We are delighted to announce the first stage of InterHouses 2025! InterHouses is a competitive event between the school’s four Houses (Bears, Eagles, Jaguars and Sharks). Students from all grades of Teens, and their teachers, are divided into these Houses and represent them throughout their school life! Throughout each school year, students participate in sports and academic activities – cheering, playing, celebrating victories and supporting defeats. Points accumulated throughout the year determine the HOUSE champion of each year!
The sports for this stage will be rugby for Teens 6 and 7 and basketball for Teens 8 and 9, two of the sports worked on in Physical and Health Education (PHE) lessons in the first quarter.
The boys’ and girls’ teams are formed with students from different year groups within the Teens section, promoting greater interaction among participants. This means that, for the boys’ matches, teams will consist of students from Teens 8 and Teens 9 – and the same applies to the girls’ matches. The same structure will be used for Teens 6 and 7, ensuring diversity within each team.
In addition, sportsmanship is consistently encouraged by the PE teacher and the House leaders. The aim is to ensure that the competition is held in a healthy, respectful, and empathetic environment, promoting fair play and providing a positive sporting experience for all involved.
Núcleo de Estudos Olímpicos (NEO)
Agenda
The Núcleo de Estudos Olímpicos (NEO) of Escola Internacional de Alphaville announced this month the opening of the following registrations:
20ª Olimpíada Brasileira de Matemática das Escolas Públicas e Privadas (OBMEP)
A OBMEP (Brazilian Mathematics Olympiad of Public Schools) is a national project aimed at Brazilian public and private schools, carried out by the Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada – IMPA (Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics) and promoted with funding from the Ministério da Educação – MEC (Ministry of Education) and the Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação – MCTI (Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation).
The main objective of OBMEP is to encourage the study and teaching of Mathematics through problems that stimulate students’ logical reasoning and creativity.
Target audience: students from Teens 6 to High 3
Preparatory classes for registered students with the Math team: Mr. Carlos (Teens 6 & 7 and Teens 8 & 9) and Mr. Ricardo (High School).
28ª Olimpíada Brasileira de Astronomia e Astronáutica (OBA)
A OBA (Brazilian Astronomy and Astronautics Olympiad) is held annually by the Sociedade Astronômica Brasileira (SAB – Brazilian Astronomical Society) in partnership with the Agência Espacial Brasileira (AEB – Brazilian Space Agency), involving students from all grades of elementary and high school throughout the national territory and abroad, as long as they are in Portuguese-speaking schools. OBA aims to foster young people’s interest in Astronomy, Astronautics, and related sciences, and to promote the dissemination of basic knowledge in a playful and cooperative way.
Target audience: students from Teens 6 to High 3
Preparatory classes for registered students with the Physics and Math team: Mr. Carlos (Teens 6 & 7), Mr. Caio (Teens 8, 9 & High School).
19ª Olimpíada Brasileira de Foguetes (OBAFOG)
The Brazilian Rocket Olympics (OBAFOG) is the new name for the Brazilian Rocket Show (MOBFOG). OBAFOG is an entirely experimental Olympics, as it consists of building and launching rockets from as far away as possible. Rockets and launch pads must be built by students individually or in teams of up to three.
Target audience: students from Teens 6 to High 3
Rocket-building workshops with Mr. Anderson (STEAM/Design).
3ª Olimpíada de Português (OP)
The main objective of the OP is to help strengthen students’ interpretative and expressive skills by promoting the standard use of the Portuguese language, interpreting classic texts of excellence and also reflecting on the various linguistic aspects of Portuguese.
Target audience: Teens 6 to Teens 9
Single stage
Preparatory classes for participants with Portuguese language teachers: Mr. Thiago (Teens 6 and 7) and Ms. Juliane (Teens 8 and 9).
In the NEO+ range, exclusively for multi-award-winning students and students with exceptional academic performance, at the invitation of the subject teachers for each Olympic competition:
4ª Olimpíada Mirim – OBMEP
The Olimpíada Mirim – OBMEP is an initiative of IMPA – Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada (Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics) and receives support from B3 Social. It also receives funding from the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.
The main motivation for the creation of the Olimpíada Mirim – OBMEP is to ensure that younger students, from the 2nd to the 5th year of elementary school, from public and private schools in the country, can experience the Olympic experience in the same way as students taking part in the OBMEP (6th year of elementary school to 3rd year of secondary school), taking advantage of the fact that the target audience of the Olimpíada Mirim – OBMEP does not yet harbor any prejudice towards mathematics, and is naturally more open to the discipline and its challenges.
Target audience: students in Juniors 4 and 5
Preparatory classes for participants with the Mathematics team: Mr. Carlos.
41ª Olimpíada de Matemática da UNICAMP (OMU)
The Olimpíada de Matemática da Unicamp (Unicamp Mathematical Olympics), or just OMU (pronounced “ô-mú”), created in 1985, aims to contribute to the development and mathematical training of those students in basic education who wish to deepen their knowledge and are willing to learn through mathematics to solve challenges that require creativity and perseverance.
Target audience: students from Teens 8 to High School 3
Preparatory meeting for participants with the math teacher: Mr. Matheus.
17ª Olimpíada Nacional em História do Brasil (ONHB)
The Olimpíada Nacional em História do Brasil (National Olympics in Brazilian History) is an extension project of the Universidade Estadual de Campinas – UNICAMP (University of Campinas), developed by the Departamento de História (History Department) through the participation of teachers, postgraduate and undergraduate students.
Target audience: High school students
Preparatory meeting for participants with History teacher: Ms Juliana.
10ª Olimpíada de Literatura (OL)
OL aims to contribute to students’ literary education in a way that is both enjoyable and reflective through a series of competitions with questions and challenges about literary works. In OL, readers have the opportunity to test their knowledge and understanding of a particular book, compare their performance with other readers and even win rewards if they are among the best.
Target audience: high school students
Preparatory classes for participants with Portuguese teacher: Mr. Gilliale.
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