English kids in Portuguese school? How did we manage?

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[@opnspa55]

You've got a new subscriber. I am African living in Germany and married to a Portuguese. Soon we will relocate to Portugal and this is a good video we needed. Obrigado.

[@HyggeJourney]

Sounds great! Glad it was helpful ;-) Stay tuned!

[@dariojodat5891]

My wife and I have been zealously watching your truly super informative videos for the last several months. Thank you so very much for all your kind efforts in informing your audience. Kindest regards and all the best. Dario & Michele 🇨🇦

[@HyggeJourney]

Glad you enjoy them 🙏

[@owenh4950]

very good info on how to think about looking at schools in Portugal, thank you

[@HyggeJourney]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@HEAVY1524]

Love your channel great content ! we are new fans now as we are also on the fence about our move

[@HyggeJourney]

Sounds great! Thanks for following!

[@isabeloliveira2165]

If you go the public school they give to the no native students support for Portuguese language .

[@wren1718]

Thank you!!

[@HyggeJourney]

Your welcome 🙏

[@eduardovasquez85]

Great video guys! especially for parents who are looking and have the same values as yours. Couple of questions: Where're you living and what's your children school?

[@HyggeJourney]

Hi Eduardo Glad you like the video :) We have decided to share lots of information on KZbin but unfortunately we can’t share those personal details on the public internet. :) But we live roughly; at the north side of Lisbon - towards the silver coast

[@eduardovasquez85]

@@HyggeJourney Thank you for your quick response I'm actually considering moving to Porto with my family. Nice videos I'll keep following you guys!

[@HyggeJourney]

Porto is also great. We love the city. But it’s all down to what you are looking for :)

[@eduardovasquez85]

@@HyggeJourney I could say that we consider ourselves ramblers or nomads around the world. We've been in many places looking for a place to call home. We're actually in China we've been living here for almost 4 years. And thinking about where to go next we talked with a friend who's living there and since then we have been searching about and it seems to be a wonderful place to rise our boy.

[@HyggeJourney]

Portugal is definitely stable, calm to raise kids in. Only down side is distance from family as I see it.

[@arturjcrebelo3275]

Be aware that one survey in 2018 find out the kids in a public school with PNML (is the law to kids that dont are fluent in Portuguese) the kids there in less than 6 months are fluent in Portuguese. Public schools are very very good in Portugal lots the best presidents, prime ministers, lawyers and politics come from public schools for there entire academic learning and maybe there are some public schools with lower grades of their students but they are the exceptions and come from some the poorest neighborhoods. But if you live in a good place of the city for sure the public school is very good.

[@HyggeJourney]

Thanks for your comments. I’ve heard many good things about the public school system here😀

[@idrisali9156]

Hi thank you for sharing a very informative video. I would like to know how old was your son when you moved to Portugal. Our son shall be 15 years old at the end of this year when we intend to move to Portugal and we were a bit concerned how he will adjust in a school over here. Thanks

[@dufreine]

Hi, thanks for this helpful viode. My kid is 8 years old and we'll move to Lisbon this summer. His English is A2 level and nowadays we have been looking for international school for him. But We are undecided about which school to choose, our main question is what should be the primary language in school, English or Portuguese. I want him to learn Portuguese and be able to go to public school after 3-4 years. I have already talked with some schools which use English in primary and I'm not convinced they teach portuguese. Is there any school which use English as primary language and teach Portuguese well?

[@HyggeJourney]

Hi Erdal, If you intension is to get him in Portuguese Public school, then starting in Internation school is probably not the best help. What we did worked really well, online tutor 1-2 hour a week and 18 months in, he reads better than some of the native kids. The earlier they get on with it the better chance they have. But the kid have to be motivated for it :-) Otherwise it's going to be a struggle. Personally, I prefer the Portuguese Private schools as at least for us, we have been treated really well and very welcomed. I can't talk about the Public schools really, I just don't know enough.

[@HEAVY1524]

we are in the same situation please let us know what you decided and worked best for you

[@Karen-vq5jz]

Hi really like your videos.I am currently living in the uk but looking to relocate to Portugal with my 6 year old daughter and of course need a school for her.Do you mind mentioning the name of the school your kids go to?

[@HyggeJourney]

Hi Karen, Thank you for your message. I'm glad you enjoyed the video! We have decided from the beginning that if we were going to share all of these things on KZbin, we would never share the name of where our kids are in school or exactly the area we live in. Simply down to that we want to always feel safe and there can be many internet trolls. Luckily nothing we have felt or seen, but we try to keep it that way :) So the short answer on this is that even if we did share the school name, you couldn't use it for much :) There is hundreds of private portuguese schools and you have to find one local to your area. Each child is very different and have different needs. We took our kids to different schools and one of them just felt right for the kids; we could barely get them out - and that gut feeling on top of our large list of questions we also have; then we felt very good about that. And here over a year later it still feels like the best choice we have made for our kids. If you want more information, feel free to connect on Facebook - the link is under each video :)

[@kim_dian4944]

Thank you so much you helped me alot, But unfortunately I'm not from Portugal so, I am wondering if I would be admitted or not.

[@HyggeJourney]

Glad you like the video. Unfortunately we can't really speak about immigration as we haven't had to go through that ourselves being EU citizens.

[@kim_dian4944]

@@HyggeJourney Thank you so much you replied 😊

[@mazstar82]

Hi, thanks so much for all the info. We’re looking into moving in 2 years. My son will be nearly 9 by then. I can’t seem to find private schools on Google as when I do a search it takes me to international schools. Do you have a link to a website that has a list of schools in Portugal so I can research? We haven’t figured out where to move as of yet, depending on the school really. Any help would be much appreciated.

[@HyggeJourney]

Hi Maria, Search something like: Escola Privado + area So if you want Mafra then: Escola Privado Mafra As you are looking for 9 yrs old, that would be "basico escolar" or "privado basico escolar" Alternatively look for eco-schools. Remember none of these schools have an English website, so when you try to look for them by searching in English you won't find much. Hope it helps!

[@mazstar82]

@@HyggeJourney that’s for the reply. I’ll look into that. Thank you.

[@aftabsarwar2938]

I'm passing through same kind of dilemma. My kids are grown up, 9 and 10 years old and they are used to English medium. International schools are way too expensive. So I was looking for any private school with hybrid medium of instruction. Will be grateful for any pointer. Thanks.

[@studyadventure715]

@@aftabsarwar2938 have you found some good option for hybrid school please?

[@aftabsarwar2938]

@@studyadventure715 Nop, basically all the public and private schools teach in Portages. Only international schools teach in English which are way too expensive and also do not aim to connect the kids with society.

[@meyroakabigrem1679]

Anyhow got experience or thoughts on the German school in Lisbon?

[@HyggeJourney]

We don’t have any first hand knowledge so it’s hard to provide value for you here :) But stay critical. Normally international schools are not under the same standards as the local. Then they have a lot harder attracting relevant talent where some schools end up hiring people without relevant education. However i can’t talk about the specific school as I simply don’t know it :)

[@sravanivootukuri4861]

Hi thanks for the video. We are also planning to move from uk to Portugal and I am looking into schools and I am looking for Steiner/ waldorf/ Montessori school. If you have any suggestions on this please let me know. I really appreciate any help. My kid is 4 year old.

[@HyggeJourney]

Hi there Thanks for watching. We can’t recommend schools etc. it’s simply a too personal choice. The most specific we get is the video where we describe how we have managed to find ours. But you have to get on ground and do your research and find something you will find right for your child :) Good luck

[@MrJayLale]

Hi thanks for the video. Would you mind sharing the name of the school?

[@HyggeJourney]

The specific school or location of our kids school we are not going to share due to safety reasons. But you get a general sense from the video of how to go about it in your local area

[@123callaham]

Hello! We are looking for schools and we are interested to know the name of the school you are talking about?

[@HyggeJourney]

Hi Nancy, We are not able to disclose the name of the school for 2 primary reasons. It's a school with a very rural location so the likelihood for that anyone would benefit from it is low. The second reason is - we have had well over 100.000 people watching these videos - and we simply can't with good faith publicly on the internet disclose where our kids are at school. Maybe one day, if they no longer attend there we can publish that information. However, that's why we share the process of finding a school, as there is almost a private Portuguese school in each neighbourhood we have done our research in. Good luck.

[@sahajdave8301]

Hi ,Can you please tell me the school name as I am looking for my son. Thanks

[@HyggeJourney]

Sorry we don’t share the actual school name for privacy reason. Find out where you want to live and do the school research locally from there :)

[@R17890]

Can you please privite College And school names

[@HyggeJourney]

Hi Ayesha, We have unfortunately not made that level of research... There is A LOT of private schools, probably one every few miles in the city areas... So just find you area first and then see what schools there is available.