A memorable journey to London

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During the first week of September, between the 4th and the 9th, the 11th grade students of Escola Básica e Secundária Ferreira de Castro had the amazing opportunity to visit some of London's most iconic attractions and places. They were accompanied by their teachers Ângela Costa, Isabel Moutinho, Júlia Lopes, and Marta Pinho.

On their first day, after leaving their luggage at the hotel, they learned how to take the underground and headed to the Madame Tussauds Museum. There, they were excited to see wax replicas of various people ranging from actors to musicians, the British Royal Family, Princess Diana and iconic movie characters and franchises. In the evening, they experienced an amazing musical theatre production of Mamma Mia! by the theatre company Delfont Mackintosh Theatres.

During the morning of the second day, they visited the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum. Some students even got to visit the Victoria and Albert Museum, had that been their preference. All three museums offered an enriching experience, allowing the students to expand their scientific vocabulary in a fun, entertaining way. During the afternoon they walked around London, visiting parks, Buckingham Palace and the Big Ben. In the evening, they explored Piccadilly Circus and Chinatown freely, enhancing their conversational English.

On the third day, and arguably the most tiring day, they walked around Camden Town during the morning, learning more about the local culture and, in the afternoon, they had the opportunity to walk the Millennium Bridge and see St.Paul's Cathedral and the Shakespeare's Globe as well as the Tate Modern Museum. After dinner, they observed the London Eye and the Big Ben at night with their lights lit up, taking in the beautiful view.

During the fourth day, in the morning, they saw the Tower Bridge before travelling to Greenwich and, during the afternoon they saw a breathtaking view of London while inside the London Eye. After what felt like a couple of minutes in the London Eye they visited the London Dungeon, an immersive story-driven horror experience that left some excited and some scared to continue the journey inside. After leaving, they visited the famous Leake Street Arches, observing various graffiti.

During what should have been their last day, the students visited the British Museum and the Covent Garden Market. Some students also visited the National Art Gallery, expanding their knowledge on art from the 13th to the 20th century. After lunch, they headed towards the airport to catch their flight and, upon arriving at the check-in, found out that their flight had been cancelled. After tiring hours of waiting they discovered that they would have to spend the night at the Gatwick Airport until their flight in the afternoon of the following day. The night was unforgiving as the students and teachers slept on the cold floor of the airport, barely having any news about their situation.

Overall, even though they had that problem at the airport and walked a lot during the day, this was an enriching and fun experience, where the students had the opportunity to learn more about a different culture and country as well as practice their English skills and make new friends through an experience that a textbook could never provide. It was a remarkable experience that they will always remember and cherish.


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No passado dia 24 de março os alunos da turma E do 10º ano, do curso Científico- Humanístico de Artes Visuais, acompanhados pelos professores Ana Correia, Pedro Rocha e Mário Luís Ferreira, participaram na visita de estudo interdisciplinar à cidade de Abrantes.

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"O grupo de alunos na Galeria Municipal, com o pintor Pedro Gouveia."


O grupo de trabalho foi inicialmente recebido na Galeria Municipal, onde pôde desfrutar da exposição ”Pedro Gouveia e os outros”, exibindo exemplares artísticos de várias expressões, como pintura, desenho, escultura, cerâmica e arte africana. O artista plástico Pedro Gouveia realizou a visita comentada a algumas das suas obras e de autores aí representados, entre os quais alguns nomes sonantes do panorama artístico nacional e internacional, como Helena Vieira da Silva, Arpad Szenes, Mário Cesariny e Paula Rego, entre outros.


Seguidamente os participantes percorreram o centro histórico em direcção à colina do castelo, tendo aí desfrutado da visita a uma fortaleza que integrou a Linha dos Castelos do Tejo no período da Reconquista, e que voltou a merecer importante protagonismo na Guerra da Restauração, na transição dos séculos XVII para o XVIII, nomeadamente fruto da sua particular localização estratégica no território do reino de Portugal.

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"Aspeto da visita ao Panteão dos Almeida"


No recinto do castelo teve lugar ainda a visita à antiga igreja de Santa Maria, hoje designada Panteão dos Almeida, importante família local que ao longo de séculos gravitou em torno da corte. A musealização deste espaço mereceu o recente prémio internacional “People´s Choice Award 2022” e “Interior | Exhibition & Museum”. Aí foi possível visualizar e analisar expressões arquitectónicas, pictóricas, escultóricas e de artes decorativas respeitantes a um arco temporal expressivo, passando pelo gótico, gótico flamejante, manuelino e classicismo, bem como debater o processo de adaptação criteriosa de um exemplar patrimonial a espaço museológico.

 

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"Aspeto da visita guiada ao Museu Ibérico de Arqueologia e Arte."


Finalmente, da parte da tarde decorreu a visita ao Museu Ibérico de Arqueologia e Arte, recentemente distinguido com o Prémio Nacional de Reabilitação Urbana de Edifício de Equipamento. Aí os alunos puderam desde logo desfrutar da análise comentada à adaptação do antigo convento de S. Domingos, edificado no século XVI junto ao Rossio da Vila, a espaço museológico, através de um interessante projeto concebido pelo renomado arquiteto nacional João Luís Carrilho da Graça.
Para além disso os alunos puderam ainda usufruir da visita comentada a um acervo muito completo e variado, abarcando desde diversos artefactos provenientes das várias etapas da pré-história até obras vanguardistas de arte abstracta e outras expressões produzidas no século XXI.
A visita de estudo saldou-se assim por um dia muito enriquecedor e pedagogicamente relevante, para o qual muito contribui também o empenho inexcedível do município, que tudo fez no sentido de proporcionar o maior proveito possível a todos aqueles que integraram este evento, contribuindo assim igualmente para que todos os objectivos propostos tivessem sido plenamente alcançados.

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