Município de Monchique, Education

ATL (Day Care Center)

Monchique/Casais Playrooms and Study Room

In the municipality of Monchique there are two playrooms created by the Parish of Monchique - Ludoteca de Monchique and Ludoteca de Casais (temporarily closed) - with the purpose of providing the interaction and occupation of free time for children ages 4 to 16.

The Monchique playroom works in the vicinity of the Parish of Monchique and has a games room, a library and audiovisuals room, a covered space for workshops, a multipurpose room, a kitchen with a support room, and also an Outside Space for outdoors activities.

This intends to be a meeting place, to improve interpersonal relationship, but also a place where children and youngsters may develop their skills in different areas, namely artistic expression, music (ex: guitar classes), theater, reading, sports (ex: "capoeira") and several games, thus contributing to a better social adaptation.

The Study Room, installed in the vicinity of this playroom, has the main purpose of helping children with their school homework and all young people from the Municipality in study activities, always with the presence of a support teacher for any help needed.

Working Hours:

Monday to Friday: From 2 to 7 p.m.

Jardim de Infância de Monchique

Address: São Roque
8550 – 446 Monchique

Telephone: 282913925 (Call to national fixed network)

Email: info@eb1-monchique-n21.rcts.pt

Portal: www.eb1-monchique-n21.rcts.pt

Jardim de Infância de Marmelete

Address: Escola E.B 1 de Marmelete
8550 - 145 Marmelete

Telephone: 282 955 469 (Call to national fixed network)

Email: info@eb1-marmelete.rcts.pt

Portal: http://www.eb1-marmelete.rcts.pt/

Escola EB 1 Marmelete

Address: EB 1 Marmelete

8550-145 Marmelete

Telephones: 282 955 469 (Call to national landline network)

Email:info@eb1-marmelete.rcts.pt

Portal:http://www.eb1-marmelete.rcts.pt/

Escola EB 2,3 de Monchique

Address: Estrada de Sabóia

8550 Monchique

Telephone: 282 912 161 (Call to national landline network)

Fax: 282 912 198

Escola EB 1 N.º 1 de Monchique

Address: Rua de S.Pedro

8550 – 373 Monchique

Telephones: 282 913 772 (Call to national landline network)

E-mail: info@eb1-monchique-n1.rcts.pt

Portal: http://www.eb1-monchique-n1.rcts.pt/

School EB 1 No. 2 Monchique

Address: Alto de S. Roque
8550-206 Monchique

Telephone: 282 913 925 (Call to national fixed network)

Email: info@eb1-monchique-n21.rcts.pt

Portal: http://www.eb1-monchique-n21.rcts.pt/

School Transportation

The municipality provides transportation service between the residence and the schooling facility to all students in 1st, 2nd and 3rd cycle of basic schooling residing more than 3 or 4 km from the schooling facilities and co-pays the transportation for secondary school students. This co-payment amounts to 100% in the case of students with A ranking, 75% for students with B ranking and 50% for students with no ranking. Besides the co-payment of transportation for secondary school students, the municipality also grants a housing subsidy to those students whose address in the region doesn't allow them to have access to transportation.

School Meals

The meals are cooked at the school's canteen, a municipal facility, and supplied to all basic and pre-schools, except for Marmelete School, where the meals are supplied by a third-party entity.

About 300 meals are cooked every day.

Every year the municipality of Monchique organizes a new edition of the Free Time Occupation Project, called "Sports Holidays". For children and youngsters ages 6 to 16, year after year this program has been very well received by the participants and their guardians who, during summer holidays, see this initiative as an excellent opportunity for free-time occupation. Canoeing, boomerang, target shooting, surf, golf and several visits to places of interest are some of the attractive sports activities which delight youngsters, every year.

Creche O Ouricinho

6 rooms with capacity for 74 children in the Nursery and Daycare areas.

Address: Rua Nossa Senhora da Conceição
Monchique

Telephone: 282 912 466 (Call to national fixed network)