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ONE-OF-A-KIND GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES
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LEARNING THAT COMES ALIVE IN THE WORLD

At The British College of Brazil, we offer one-of-a-kind global opportunities that don't exist anywhere else in our country. 

From the moment your child sets foot on our campus, we begin nurturing their global mindset with our international curricula and hands-on approach. We make all our activities directly relevant to our complex world and keenly felt by our students, so their shared experiences become memorable for life.

Whether your child builds their passions through our world-class collaborations with Juilliard, MIT, and UNICEF or goes on eye-opening expeditions, these countless international activities – among our diverse community will shape them as a global citizen ready to succeed anywhere.
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OUR WORLD-CLASS COLLABORATIONS 

Our collaborations with world-renowned organisations of arts and creativity, STEAM, and social impact have all been designed to inspire and model for your child exciting ways they can contribute their talents like creativity, collaboration, resilience, and other skills – to our world.

The Juilliard School
Our collaboration with the world’s most renowned arts institution enriches our students’ love of dance, drama, and music.
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The Juilliard School

Performing arts are so much more than what is seen on stage. They encourage self-expression and self-awareness, as well the development of empathy, confidence and cultural exploration. Our collaboration with Juilliard, the world-renowned performing arts school, combined with our outstanding dance, drama, and music programmes, inspires our students’ creativity, team-work and resilience.

The Juilliard School is recognised around the world as a leader in the performing arts; our exclusive collaboration with them harnesses their expertise and experience to create an arts programme that both inspires our students and sparks their passion to pursue their talents and interests.

MIT
The MIT-Nord Anglia STEAM programme helps our students to develop their creativity and problem-solving skills by tackling interdisciplinary challenges facing the world today.
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MIT
Our global programme inspires students to look beyond individual subjects and harness the benefits of an interdisciplinary, practical, hands-on approach to learning guided by the world’s leading STEAM institution. Our students are encouraged to solve problems creatively, to embrace curiosity and to learn from world-leading experts at MIT. It also gives our teachers the chance to learn and receive professional development from inspiring figures in the world of STEAM and pass on their passion for learning to our students.
UNICEF
Students are challenged to make a difference locally and globally by tackling the Sustainable Development Goals.
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UNICEF
We want to give both our students and our teachers the chance to make a meaningful, positive impact on the community around them. This includes embedding the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in all aspects of teaching and learning across our schools, using materials developed by UNICEF.
OUR COLLABORATIONS
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DISCOVERING TALENTS. IGNITING PASSIONS.

Our extracurricular activities take learning outside the classroom. They give numerous ways for our students to open their minds, try something new, or sharpen a skill set around their growing passion. 

Our activities change every term, allowing students to choose a new one from great variety in our programme.
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CREATIVITY AND THE ARTS
Across Primary and Secondary School, our students discover a variety of ways to unleash their creativity and express their ideas through the visual and performing arts. They can make something new or learn how to refine skills they’ve already been growing.
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CREATIVITY AND THE ARTS
In Primary School, our students have a wide range of age-appropriate activities in the arts and other areas of creativity like making paper airplanes, designing mosaics, or creating original art with recycled materials. 

In the visual arts, our past activities have included ones focused on learning new skills or refining existing talents (such as drawing, colouring, and using paper and pencil). In addition to our general art club, we’ve had specific clubs around shape art, animals, or Brazilian Art, for example.

In the performing arts, our students enjoy dance and choreography, with some opportunities to participate in specific kinds of dance, like ballet or Egyptian dance. They also enjoy drama and theatre and putting on productions such as ‘The Lion King' with its choreography and choir. Meanwhile, our music activities have included playing in a rock band.

By Secondary School, our students dive deeper into their love for the arts and creative expression, with activities ranging from producing the BCB Gazette to participating in Film Club. They explore a huge variety of art, music, and drama. Within music, they’ve focused on classical guitar, rock bass, and electric guitar.
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STEAM
We have a huge world of science at The British College of Brazil! Through a full array of STEAM activities, our students advance their analytical and problem-solving skills while expanding their understanding of the fascinating world around us.
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STEAM
In Primary School, our students can become young scientists who ignite exciting ways of thinking through hands-on experiments. We also have an environmental club that explores ways to support and improve our environment. 

By Secondary School, our students have a rich variety of STEAM clubs and activities to choose from. Past activities have included our STEAM Projects Competition, chemistry, maths, science, IBDP physics, IBDP biology, science vlogs, and geography support.
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ACADEMIC BOOSTERS
Learning doesn’t end with class time. Our students love to explore their academic interests beyond the classroom, too, so they can really put their language skills into practice with peers – or enhance their reading and writing with Portuguese comics.
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ACADEMIC BOOSTERS
Our students practice their academic skills in fun ways beyond the classroom at The British College of Brazil. They can enrich their talents and discover abilities they might not know they have. 

In Primary School, some of our past academic boosters have included book club, math, Portuguese comics, Portuguese grammar, and handwriting.

By Secondary School, our students become even more advanced and may explore new areas, too. Past activities have included Portuguese writing, creative reading, ICT Practical, Japanese for beginners, Spanish reading, map drawing, and French.
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SPORTS AND ATHLETICS
Sports and athletics keep our students healthy and active. They may build or strengthen their physical fitness while also nurturing their well-being. They can especially build invaluable skills in leadership and teamwork and boost their confidence.
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SPORTS AND ATHLETICS
Through the São Paulo Athletic Club, our students can participate in a great range of sports and athletics.

In Primary School, students can explore and choose from different ball games like football, basketball, dodgeball, volleyball, handball, or rugby, to name a few. They can also learn racquet sports, get active with Zumba, or further their stretching and mindfulness with yoga. 

By Secondary School, our students can participate on a variety of organised sport teams. Past ones have included boys’ football, table tennis, volleyball, girls’ basketball, girls’ football, rugby, and running club.
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TEAMWORK AND LEADERSHIP
Whether your child is discovering how to collaborate with their team through our House System or is taking the lead in Model United Nations, they can learn how to solve problems and thrive through challenges that prepare them for the real world.
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TEAMWORK AND LEADERSHIP
Our House System
Our House System is a traditional part of British schooling that encourages our students to work together in a team across year groups, while having fun through competitions. They can also earn points through their individual progress in all aspects of school life. Students belong to one of our four Houses – Tigers, Panthers, Lions, or Jaguars – and strive for their best among their House, especially on sports days, through swimming galas, and in poetry and music competitions.

Student Council
Our Student Council builds their leadership skills by representing the voices of their peers. They advocate for student views and interests, enhancing communication and strengthening relationships between students, teachers, school leadership, and parents. Our council shapes our positive culture of mutual respect.

The Student Council also builds relationships with our local communities through fundraising projects. They build their time- and project-management skills through these projects.

Model United Nations
Our Secondary students can participate in Model United Nations (MUN), stepping into diplomatic leadership roles that empower them to be world-changers. They can share their thoughts on pressing global issues and become ambitious in how they can make a positive impact in the world.

Through MUN, our students build their understanding of global affairs through a variety of skills – practicing research, public speaking, teamwork, negotiation, and effective writing.
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OTHER INTERESTS AND HOBBIES
We encourage students to explore every interest that fascinates them or hobby that excites them. They can work together with peers who share the same interests, so they’ll also exchange and learn from each other.
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OTHER INTERESTS AND HOBBIES
In Primary School, some of our past clubs and activities around hobbies and interests have around the library, outer space, Lego construction, bullet journaling, games, pen pals in English or Spanish, healthy food, emotions, sewing, puzzles, and cookery.

In Secondary School, our students have gotten involved in the Student Bulletin, Model United Nations, chess club, literary club, social impact, the environment, and business.
Outdoor Education

AMAZING EXPEDITIONS in Switzerland

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EXPLORATIONS NEAR AND FAR

Our one-a-kind international events and local trips have been shaped to increase our students’ awareness of what’s going on in the world. Our students see different realities and encounter approaches and perspectives different from their own.
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THE TANZANIA CITIZENSHIP EXPEDITION
Our annual trip to Tanzania, alongside peers and colleagues from Nord Anglia schools throughout the world, is an unforgettable, mind-expanding opportunity for students. As they build their understanding of a different culture, they also discover how to make a difference in others’ lives with hands-on service.
The Tanzania Citizenship Expedition is an eight-day service trip in the Arusha region of Tanzania, close to the Maji ya Chai and Usa River at the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro. Each student discovers the diverse and vibrant culture of Tanzania while significantly contributing to the communities of Kitefu and Imbaseni, giving their hands to building, gardening, and sustainability work – alongside international peers from other Nord Anglia schools.

The expedition is an opportunity to expand our students’ worldview with an experience that will shape their futures as leaders and global citizens. Students build their confidence, resilience, independence, and leadership skills while helping others.
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OUR CULTURAL AND UNIVERSITY TRIP TO THE UK AND FRANCE
In Secondary School, students in Years 10–13 can go on an eye-opening trip to the UK and France, where they’ll discover the histories and cultures of these two countries and the cities of London and Paris. They also visit Cambridge University and Sorbonne University to gain insights to these top global institutions.
On this exciting trip to the UK and France, our students get to visit museums, parliaments, art galleries, theatres, historical buildings, and landmarks in London and Paris. They learn more about the two countries and cultures, while also visiting two top global universities. 

At Cambridge and Sorbonne, our students gain an exciting sense of what higher education may look and feel like. These two institutions role-model academic excellence for our students.
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GLOBAL CAMPUS
On Global Campus, our students expand their understanding of the world through challenges and competitions that they participate in alongside peers from other Nord Anglia schools worldwide. While they exchange and learn from each other on Global Campus, our students build vibrant cross-cultural friendships.
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TRIPS WITHIN BRAZIL
In Upper Primary School and Secondary School, our students go on residential educational trips in Brazil. Trips to museums, cultural sites, or event or activity centres make learning come to life.
During trips within Brazil, our students gain a better understanding of the environment and their country, while building a sense of responsibility among a team of peers.

Our trips are designed to enhance learning that’s happening in the classroom and to build important qualities beyond the classroom, too – like independence, confidence, leadership, and teamwork.
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TRIPS WITHIN THE AMERICAS
Through different in-person events and festivals, our students have exciting opportunities to meet, collaborate, and compete against their peers in other Nord Anglia schools across the Americas.

These one-of-a-kind global opportunities inspire your child to grow their own unique talents and to share them on the world stage.

Every year, our students participate in:

  • The Performing Arts Festival with Juilliard in Miami, Florida
  • The ‘Global Games’ sporting and athletics competition at one of our sister Nord Anglia schools in Florida or Costa Rica 
  • Nord Anglia’s STEAM Festival with MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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PERSONAL, SOCIAL, AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING

NURTURING WELLBEING AND RESILIENCE

At The British College of Brazil, we put students' best interests at the heart of everything we do. Pastoral care and safeguarding are at the core of our students’ success. Within our small classes, we nurture your child's personal, social, and emotional well-being throughout our curricula and alongside all their activities beyond the classroom. 

From a young age in Primary School, your child will learn about global and local issues and build a sense of their identity. This encourages them to realise their potential impact in the world, as they nurture a growth mindset, international mindedness, resilience, and empathy. 

By Secondary School, we especially take a holistic approach of weaving social and emotional health with academics, so your child can always feel comfortable and confident to take charge of their education and ask for help whenever they need it.
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RESPECTING DIFFERENCES

EMBRACING OUR DIVERSITY

Another important part of nurturing our students’ well-being comes from how we shape a supportive, inclusive community. 

59% of BCB students represent over 38 nationalities and enrich our community with their different cultures and perspectives. We encourage their cross-cultural friendships, life-long connections, and opportunities to learn how to become a better global citizen. 

Our caring staff lead our EDI (Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion) programme, which fuels daily open-mindedness and discussions. This might include ways to include others more, respect our differences, recognise stereotypes, and embrace gender equality.
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OUR SOCIAL PURPOSE

PURPOSE THAT DRIVES ACTION

How can our students see their impact in the world? Becoming a global citizen at The British College of Brazil also means connecting with communities beyond our school, where our students can make a difference. Whether they’re leading debates for the Model United Nations, going on an expedition abroad, or fundraising for a charity, their vision starts at school and spreads from there.

Our students’ awareness begins even in its simplest terms among our youngest. They learn about our environmental footprint and the associated impact to our planet. Then, responding to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, they create initiatives, like stopping the use of plastic at BCB, for example.

By the time our students reach the IB Diploma Programme, they participate in ‘CAS’ (Creativity, Activity, Service), which builds their social responsibility, both locally and globally. We weave CAS goals throughout all trips, service, and charity projects, so students can build these real-world skills that make them fit for success.
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OUR VIRTUAL SCHOOL EXPERIENCE (VSE)

At The British College of Brazil, we take pride in delivering an outstanding education to every student, tailored to their individual learning needs and inspired by the global best practice from across our family of Nord Anglia schools.

Through a safe and secure platform, our virtual school experience (VSE) is available to inspire your child with innovative lessons, unique learning opportunities, and high-quality teaching in a blended approach of online and offline learning from home.
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CARVING OUT AN AMAZING FUTURE

At The British College of Brazil, our social purpose is driven by the belief that education changes the world. Guided by our outstanding teachers and exceptional opportunities, our students use their inspiring start in life to go on and make a difference in the world.

ABOUT US
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