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INFORMATION ABOUT ITALIAN SCHOOL

Multilateral School Partnership Project

"We all smile in the same language“

2013-1-IS1-COM06-02723-5

Pre-primary school “Paola Guarneri”

Palazzolo sull’Oglio – Brescia - Italy

In Italy live 60.7 million people. Rome is the capital of Italy Lombardy is a region of northern Italy with 9.95 million people.

Brescia is one of the nine provinces of Lombardy.

Palazzolo sull'Oglio

is in the province of Brescia .

In Palazzolo live 20,000 people.

THE LOCAL TERRITORY

1 Milano Orio al Serio Airport - Palazzolo S/O

(20 minutes by car)

2 MILANO Malpensa Airport you have two

possibility:

-Bus from Malpensa to Milano Centrale and

another bus from Milano centrale to Orio al

Serio.

- Bus from Milano Malpensa to Orio al Serio

(directly)

AIRPORT

They come from:

Albania, Pakistan, Serbia, India, Senegal, China, Tunisia, Morocco, Romania,

Ukraine, Argentina, Germany, Bosnia, Ghana.

IN OUR SCHOOL THERE ARE

37 FOREIGN CHILDREN: 35%

Morocco - Tunisia - Egypt - Albania - China - Serbia -

Romania - Ghana - Senegal - Argentina - Ukrainian -

Pakistan - Kosovo - India - Ecuador - Croatia –

Dominican Rep - Poland - Russia - Burkina Faso, Germany,

Bosnia, Sierra Leone, Venezuela

IN OUR INSTITUTE THERE ARE 294 FOREIGN

CHILDREN: 35%

They come from:

ITALIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM

• Pre-primay school (age 3-6 years – not

compulsory, attended by 99% of children);

The first cycle includes the primary and

secondary school levels (age 6-14 years);

• The second cycle includes the system of high

schools and vocational training (age 14-19).

The 1°Institute of Palazzolo sull'Oglio consists:

• 2 pre-primary schools

• 3 primary schools

• 2 secondary schools

SCHOOL TIME

The pre-primary school

begins on September 5 and

finish on June 30 .

It is open from 7:45 to 16.

The Primary and Secondary

schools begin on

September 12 and finish onJune 8.

The pre-primary school

"Paola Guarneri"

consists of 4 sections

marked by a color:

THE PRE-PRIMARY SCHOOL "PAOLA GUARNERI"

RED (26 children) YELLOW (26 children)

BLUE (26 children) GREEN (26 children)

7.45-8.30

Free activities (All together in one section)

8.30-900

Free activities (in their own sections)

9.00-10.15

Calendar, Assignments, Format “Hocus and Lotus”, Conversation,

Animated songs, Break with fruits

10.30-11.45

Educational teaching divided by ages

11.45-12.00

Hygienic rituals - preparation for lunch

12.00-12.45

Lunch

13.00-14.00

Free activities

14.00-15.30

Reading stories, activities section

15.30-16.00

Snacks and exit

TIME TABLE

Teachers n° 8+2

Assistentship n°1

Educational assistants n°4

School emploees n°2

Cooks n° 2

PEOPLE WORKING IN THE SCHOOL

The building has:

• 4 classrooms

• 1 gym

• 1 painting space

• 1 big garden

THE PRE-PRIMARY SCHOOL "PAOLA GUARNERI"

2 additional classrooms;

• 1 office for teachers;

• 1 lunchroom;

THE PRE-PRIMARY SCHOOL "PAOLA GUARNERI"

Individual interviews:

November for children 3 years

February for children 4 years

April for children 5 years

RELATIONSHIPS WITH FAMILIES

Meetings with parents:

November

May

Meetings with representatives of the class

November

February

May

- dentity (learning to be comfortable with themselves)

- autonomy (to find out and to know for themselves)

- competence (knowledge about interpersonal skills)

- citizenship (the ability to welcome

and communicate with others)

THE SCHOOL’S GOAL FOR CHILDREN IN

PRE-PRIMARY SCHOOL PROMOTE THE

DEVELOPMENT OF:

- Promote interpersonal relationships to know children and

their stories;

- Facilitate a social context where all the stories converge

and the differences are compared and integrated;

- Stimulate physical and emotional autonomy of children as a

privileged way to manifest and implement the strategies of

thought and action of each;

- Considere the activities as a means to strengthen the

autonomy and individual identity.

OUR PRE-PRIMARY SCHOOL AIMS:

1) The Self and the Other

The big questions, the moral sense, living

together

2) The body in action

Identity, autonomy, health

3) Languages, creativity, expression

Art, music, multimedia

4) The speeches and the words

Communication, language, culture

5) Knowledge of the world

Order, measurement, space, time, nature

THE MAJOR TARGETS FOR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, AS INDICATED

BY THE ITALIAN MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (2012) ARE:

EUROPEAN PROJECTS

European Partnership

In our project titled:

"We smile with the same language”

Comenius Assistant

The assistant will be included in our educational activities for

16 hours per week. The section will support teachers talking

to children in English to improve their learning.

Comenius Assistant will be present in our school from

February to May 2014

LABORATORY FOR CHILDREN 3 YEARS OLDER:

"Play to be,

to know, to do“ Time: October-November

WORKSHOPS FOR CHILDREN 3 /4 /5 YEARS OLDER:

Cook

Music

Art

Dances

(Time: January – May)

Games in the world

Clay

Psychomotor

The math game

A story for ...

CATHOLIC RELIGION

The ministerial regulations are designed to

include the teaching of the Catholic religion:

1 hour and 30 minutes per week.

Pre-primary school’s aim is to promote:

-knowledge of the essential elements and

gradual reflection about religion;

- dialogue with different religious beliefs.

ALTERNATIVE ACTIVITIES

For children who don't want to do Catholic

religion, for different reasons, there is an

organized alternative activity, with the teacher

of the section they belong.

After evaluating the interests and the needs of

children, teachers organize language activities,

art, physical education etc. ..

Celebration of wishes December 21, 2013,

Christmas concert

Carnival party February 28, 2014

School is over party

May 30, 2014

Welcome celebration October 10, 2013:

at the end of the first period of entry of new

members to start a new school year together

Saint Lucia December 13, 2013

The saint who brings gifts to

children in the night

CELEBRATIONS AT SCHOOL: