PORDATA

Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation
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Our class has gone to the school auditorium to attend a conference on demography in Portugal. We were invited to this conference because half of the students attend Geography and Demography is one of the components of Geography. 

This conference was presented by Maria João Valente Rosa, a demographer and professor in Universidade Nova de Lisboa. She also directs the Project PORDATA - Foundation Francisco Manuel dos Santos.

The conference was based on the presentation of graphs from the 2011 census. With these charts we can observe, discuss, make comparisons and draw conclusions.

For me, this conference was very helpful because I've been thinking in following this career in the future and I realized how the work of Pordata is quite helpful in our society.

Mariana Guerreiro

Nelson Mandela 1918-2013

QUOTES

“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” 

― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” 

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” 

“Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.” 

“Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like Slavery and Apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. Sometimes it falls on a generation to be great. YOU can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom.” 

 “It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.” 

REMEMBRANCE DAY 1918/11/11

Poppies

OPEN DAY - April 18, 2013

UM DIA COM LUÍS VAZ

traduções britânicas de Camões  ilustradas por André Sá, Bernardo Dinis e Marta Azinhais, 10º B

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by Daniely Santos, Pedro Silva and Susana Gamito, 11th year, class H

WORLD DAY OF POETRY

Songs Of Innocence (1789)

Little Lamb who made thee?

Dost thou know who made thee?

Gave thee life & bid thee feed

By the stream & o'er the mead;

Gave thee clothing of delight,

Softest clothing, wooly, bright;

Gave thee such a tender voice

Making all the vales rejoice?

Little Lamb who made thee?

Dost thou know who made thee?

 

Little Lamb I'll tell thee,

Little Lamb I'll tell thee:

He is called by thy name,

For he calls himself a Lamb:

He is meek & he is mild;

He became a little child:

I a child & thou a lamb,

We are called by his name.

Little Lamb God bless thee.

Little Lamb God bless thee.

The Lamb, by William Blake (1757-1827)

Songs Of Innocence and Of Experience - Showing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul (1794)

William Blake, Poems and Prophecies, J.M. Dent & Sons, LTD

Semana das Profissões

The professional life of José Nunes Liberato and Paula Soares

On February, 14 my class was invited to the Old Library to attend a presentation by the economist José Nunes Liberato and the lawyer Paula Soares.The two guests came to our school to talk about their present work and their professional careers.

The first one that took the floor was José Nunes Liberato. He told us he was very glad to be in our school because he was also a student here more than forty years ago. He informed us about some of the teachers that had a particular influence in his life at that time and told us about his journey since the time he left Lyceu de Camões until his current work as Head of the Civil House of the President of the Republic. Before his present functions he was in the European Parliament, in the Government and had other important jobs.

The second guest, Paula Soares, was not a student in Lyceu de Camões. She talked about her work as a lawyer and told us some stories about particular cases she has had.After their presentations, the two guests answered the questions made by the students.

These presentations were part of the so-called “Week of the Professions” where some well-known people from the portuguese society were invited to come to our school to talk about their professions.

by Marcelo Teles, 10º G

 

photos by José Alvega