A Travel Log
GITA ALL'OASI DI "CA' DI MEZZO"
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ARRIVO
LABORATORI CLASSI SECONDE
LABORATORI CLASSI PRIME
PAUSA E RISTORO
Cultural exchanges
05/03/2015 - BIRDWATCHING
WE WORK AND PLAY - WE PLAY AND WORK
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PIOVE DI SACCO: The programming of the Comenius Project for the new
scholastic year is beginning to take shape.
TEACHERS AND STUDENTS “WITHOUT FRONTIERS”
190 students and about twenty teachers of the Primary School Dante Alighieri are
involved. Exchanges with France, Sweden and England.
A school without frontiers in Piove di Sacco, thanks to the Comenius
Project.
Yesterday a meeting between teachers and students of the Project and the
local government, represented by the deputy mayor Lucia Pizzo, was held at
Palazzo Jappelli.
This project, realized by the Primary School Dante Alighieri, which is
part of the Comprehensive Institue 2,
began last September 2013 and will continue until June 2015. It includes 190
school children and about twenty teachers.
“The work we have planned this week is the programming of the project
activities that will be realized in
this scholastic year”, says Alberto Chieregato, the teacher in charge.
”The theme of our Project”, continues
teacher Alberto Chieregato, “concerns the study of migratory birds that
move beyond all European borders, as do human beings to know other worlds”. The
Project involves different scholastic subjects with an exchange of materials
produced by the children of the different European schools involved in the
Project, with the help of the teachers.
“The study of English and the use of technology are the guidelines of
the project with the exchanges of didactic experiences among teachers from
different countries: a Swedish school, two French schools and an English
Primary school”, concludes Alberto Chieregato.
Moreover five students from the Institute of Tourism in Piove di Sacco
have worked as touristic guides accompanying the foreign teachers around the
town of Piove di Sacco.
“It is a useful experience for a deeper professional knowledge between
teachers and for the development of the use of the English language and
technology for the students. This was possible thanks to the collaboration with
the territory and the local administration”, declares the Headteacher Caterina
Rigato.
This year our school has a project work with the title "Travel
logs: Eco-Migratory birds" and subtitled "On the Wings of Friendship",
we also produced a drawing as a symbol of the work we are doing.
Each class adopted as its symbol a migratory bird, a story was read by
every teacher in his class in which the protagonist was the bird taken as a
symbol of the class:
Class I
Duck
“The Ugly Duckling”
Class
II
Robin
“The robin and the magpie”
Class
III
Crane
“The Peacock and the Crane”
Class
IV
Swallow
“Thumbelina”
Class
V
Swan
“The eleven wild swan”
Leather each class has developed a work on its own symbol:
I
The illustration of the fairy tale.
II
Puzzle; flag; bird house with recycled material.
III
Illustration of the fairy-tale with balloons in English and other activities
collected in a digital book; a bookmark.
IV
Collection of scientific information on swallows and production of the poster.
V
Illustration of the fairy-tale.
Compulsory
school in Italy
Compulsory
school education (*) lasts for 10 years:
5 years
of primary school
3 years
of middle school
2 years
second phase of specialization in preparation for high school
Nursery:
ages from 0 to 3
Infant
school (Kindergarten): ages from 3 to 6
Primary
school (*): ages from 6 to 11
Middle
school (*): ages from 11 to 14
2 years
specialization in preparation for high school (*): from 14 to 16
High
School: ages from 16 to 19
Compulsory
school is free of charge.
PRIMARY
SCHOOL
At primary
school books are given free of charge; families have to buy notebooks, pens and
pencils, paints...
SCHOOL
HOURS
In many
schools the parents can choose between two possibilities:
1) 40
hours per week from Monday to Friday from 8.00 am to 4.00 pm with school
dinners.
2) 27 or
30 hours per week from Monday to Saturday, with home times in the afternoon
determined individually by each school.
Lessons
begin at 8.00 am
WHAT DO
THE CHILDREN LEARN AT SCHOOL
The
Italian language.
A
foreign language: English (1 hour in first class; 2 hours in second class, 3
hours in third, fourth and fifth class)
Mathematics
Science
technology
(general science and computer)
History
Geography
Social
studies
Art (art
activities and art education)
Physical
Education
Music
An important
characteristic of our school is that a special attention is due to children
with specific needs. Some children who have a certification are followed by a
teacher who is specialized in treating with these kind of problems.
In
Italian schools teaching of the Roman Catholic religion is optional. Therefore
at the time of enrollment the parent has to declare whether they intend for
their child to have:
●
Teaching of the Roman Catholic religion.
●
Educational group activities
●
Individual study and/or research activities with the assistance of a teacher
● Leave
the school.
Our
school
The name
of our Primary school is “Dante Alighieri”.
It has
got about 187 pupils who are from 6 to 10 years old.
Our
school has got a great number of foreign students: 37 %. Most of them are
Moroccans, Chinese, Albanian and Romanian.
In our
school we have 30 weekly hours of lesson.
Lessons
begin at 8.00 am and finish at 1.00 pm.
Each
class generally have a teacher of Italian and art, a teacher of Mathematics,
Science and Physical Education, a teacher of technology, History, Geography.
In our
school one teacher teaches English in all classes and one teacher teaches Music
in all classes.
Our school has got a big garden where the children
can play during break time and when the weather is fine.
We have
got a computer room, a library, a gym, a LIM in each classroom.
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