On the penultimate Tuesday (7), the Jardim Primavera Municipal School in Santa Fé concluded the “Beautiful Portuguese Language” project at the Vereador Emílio Pedrazzani Municipal Auditorium Library. Led by teacher Sérgio Batista de Macedo for the 4th and 5th grades, the course had 13 classes. According to him, the main goal was to make the student feel part of the vast universe of more than 260 million speakers of the Portuguese language around the world. “By learning to sign their name correctly, they also discover that they are part of an infinite universe and assume their responsibility in taking care of our planet, which is everyone’s home,” says the teacher.
According to Macedo, the topics covered were related to the Portuguese language. “We studied everything from the historical formation of Portugal to the configuration of the community of Portuguese-speaking countries, always trying to make the student question the reasons for things.”
In this way, the students were presented with a list of content that had been worked on during the project and each student had to choose one and then write a text. “I myself classified the six best texts for each class and then passed them on to the school’s teaching team, who chose the three best. From these three places per class, the education secretary Conceição and Márcia chose the winner for the fourth and fifth grades,” he emphasizes.
For Education Secretary Conceição Scandelai, the project brought good results. “We wanted to achieve the goal of writing correctly, reading and understanding what was written. The students were writing very incorrectly, we were shocked when we saw the tests we do every year. When we went to correct these tests, their names were spelled wrong, they wrote in lowercase letters, and the spelling part was very outdated.”
Sueli Romanato is a 5th grade B teacher and participated in the classes with the teacher. “There were many things that even I didn’t know about. When something new is taught, they pay more attention. It was very useful, they really enjoyed it,” she says.
Rosilaine Matias is a seamstress and mother of Gabriel, who received an award for his effort and dedication in school and in the project, and despite the difficulties, he did not give up. “The project encourages the Portuguese language and a greater desire to study. With the project, it is possible to open paths for them in reading and knowledge. My son had to be absent from school for a while and still studied at home”, she says.
Maria Eduarda de Lima Carvalho, 11 years old, is a 5th grade student and came first in her class. “I thought the idea for the project was very creative, I really liked it, Portuguese is one of my favorite subjects. We learned a lot of new things. I loved the experience. I was happy to come first, I had never come first. When I went up on stage, picked up the paper and saw that it said first place, I started shaking with joy. It was a great feeling.”
