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The Debating and Great Figures Contests, the Science Fair and the Open Day are some of the highlights of the school year, already seen as emblematic marks of the Colégio de S. Tomás.

The Debating and Great Figures Contests

Science Fair

Open Day

Missions

Contest

Debating and Great Figures Contests

Taking on the challenge of building a school as a place of culture, the Debating and Great Figures Contest are moments in which the school gives students the opportunity to develop their capacity for debate and critical analysis.

Great Figures in World History Contest

Great Figures in World History Contest, in which students from years 8 and 9 are challenged to choose a historical character for whom they have to conduct an electoral campaign;

Debating Contest

The Debating Contest, in which the students of Colégio de S. Tomás prepare to argue in favour of or against a particular issue.

The aim of the Great Figures Contest is to open our students up to the world and open up the world to our students, allowing everyone who is part of the school to have a true encounter with man, and with reality.

Bernardo Valle de Castro

Middle Years Teacher

Religion and Drama Teacher

Fair

Science Fair

As part of the experimental method promoted by the school, students are invited to take part in the science fair which takes place at Quinta das Conchas.

Students are given a starting question
This is followed by scientific research, accompanied by a teacher in the sciences department or by their main teacher;
The work is displayed in a large exhibition in the lab, which can be visited by parents and students;
The best projects are announced and students who are deemed to have produced excellent work defend their projects before a panel of scientists

St. Thomas’ Day

Open Day

The Open Day provide an opportunity to experience day to day life at Colégio de S. Tomás. It is held every year on the closest Saturday to St. Tomas’ day, 28 January.

As well as being an opportunity to showcase academic work, the Open Day is a reflection of our way of being, what we believe to be a complete, careful and challenging educational model. This is the time for us to show families and everyone who visits us that life at this Catholic school is a call to everyone to be a part of the good of all.

Missions

What is the St. Thomas' mission? It is an exemplary exercise of what our life is like every single day. It is not an exception, it is an exemplary exercise. Not to be an exception in your life, but to become an example. So; be brave, do it well, do it generously, do it with enthusiasm, do it with joy to get used to doing it always.

Priest João Seabra

Tomás Alvito Mission 2018

In 2016, at the World Youth Days, Pope Francis challenged young people when he told them that the world did not need sofa youth, asleep from reality and asking them to exchange the sofa for a pair of shoes. The Tomás Mission was born out of this provocation.

It is proposed to boys and girls between 14 and 17 years old, students between 9th and 12th year, and to adults who wish to accompany them, to make use of their vacation time to go on a totally free service to the communities that welcome us.

In the different regions of the country where we leave to once a year, we work with children, young people, the elderly and homeless people, visiting homes, hospitals, helping with small repairs and chores, always in collaboration with parishes and social support institutions. The Mission always ends with a presentation/theater for the local community.

It has been a privilege to be able to witness the free, responsible, generous way with which each missionary, over the years, has adhered to this proposal, effectively exchanging the comfort of the sofa for a plunge into the reality, often harsh, of those who most suffer with loneliness and poverty. The experience has been one of gratitude because we find that what we receive is incredibly greater than what we are going to offer.