Educational System Our School Cerrione, 10th November Paolo Massara – ottobre 2010 Comenius Multilateral Partnership A rainbow of hands to build Europe IT2-COM

SCUOLE COINVOLTE NEL PROGETTO EUROPEO 10 SCHOOLS Il presente progetto è finanziato con il sostegno della Commissione europea. L ’ autore è il solo responsabile di questa pubblicazione (comunicazione) e la Commissione declina ogni responsabilità sull ’ uso che potrà essere fatto delle informazioni in essa contenute. Comenius Multilateral Partnership A rainbow of hands to build Europe IT2-COM

SHESTO OSNOVNO UCHILISHTE “SVETI NIKOLA “ STARA ZAGORA – BG D LATSIA PRIMARY SCHOOL NICOSIA – CY ZER RIU ONDARA TORNABOUS - ES HAMEENLINNAN YHTEISKOULU/TUOMELAN YKSIKKO HAMEENLINNA – FI ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LA LIE VILLEREST – FR SCUOLA PRIMARIA DI CERRIONE ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO DI CAVAGLIA’ – IT SZKOLA PODSTAWOWA IM. LEONA KRUCZKOWSKIEGO W LINDOWIE LINDOW - PL ESCOLA BASICA DE PRIMEIRO CICLO COM PRE-ESCOLAR DE SANTA CRUZ SANTA CRUZ - PT SCOALA GENERALA NR.5 ARAD ARAD - RO YENI MAHALLE ENVER USTUN PRIMARY SCHOOL YALOVA - TR Comenius Multilateral Partnership A rainbow of hands to build Europe IT2-COM

Schooling in Italy - State-controlled system - Period of transition (since 1997) - Empowerment of each school (Autonomia) - Compulsory and free of charge education (6-16 year-old children) 5 classes  primary level 3 classes  middle school 2 compulsory years  secondary school/vocational training

Age Groups and Educational Institutions First Level  PRIMO CICLO DI ISTRUZIONE 3 to 6 years Pre-primary school  Scuola dell’infanzia 6 to 10 years Primary school  Scuola primaria 11 to 14 years Lower Secondary  Scuola secondaria di 1° grado At the end Oral and Written examination (Esame conclusivo)

Age Groups and Educational Institutions Second Level  SECONDO CICLO DI ISTRUZIONE 15 to 19 years: Upper secondary  Scuola secondaria di 2° grado Liceo system a)artistico, b)classico, c)linguistico, d)musicale e coreutico,e)scientifico, f)delle scienze umane Technical(Tecnica) a)settore economico settore b)tecnologico Vocational(Professionale) 3/5 years State/District Schoools A levels Oral and Written examination (Esame di Maturità) Higher education: 3 to 7 years duration Universities (Università) Laurea 1° livello + Laurea specialistica + Master/Specializzazione just reformed

School Istituto comprensivo di Cavaglià Address: Tel: Fax: Web site: Via Pella Cavaglià – Biella Type of school Educational institution including pre-primary, primary and lower secondary school Children3-14 years old Final degreeAccess to upper secondary education Headmaster prof. Aldo Leonardo Macrì

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Istituto comprensivo di Cavaglià School Units Pre-primary Cerrione Roppolo Viverone Primary Cavaglià Cerrione Viverone Salussola Lower secondary Cavaglià Cerrione Salussola Pre-primary school: 123 children Primary school:439 students Lower secondary school: 300 students

Educational Project developing subject and cross-subject themes introducing new teaching and multimedia technologies developing reading activities through specific workshops increasing the knowledge of EU languages creating an affective and emotional bond to our area developing self-confidence and personal identity recovering from difficulties and bringing out diversity

OUTLINES Project - Self-assessment - Organization Educational Project P1 ENVIRONMENT AND TERRITORY P2 EXPRESSIVENESS AND LANGUAGES P3 CONTINUITY AND VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE P4 CULTURE AND CROSS-CULTURE P5 PROVIDING REMEDIAL WORK AND DEVELOPING EXCELLENCE P6 PROMOTING AND FOSTERING THE STUDY OF EU LANGUAGES P7 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTION ASSESSMENT AND SELF-ASSESSMENT IMPROVING THE ORGANIZATION OF TEACHING ACTIVITIES

What do our students do? from Monday to Friday from September to June at least in a year 891 hours in Primary School 990 hours in Middle School as a maximum 1700 hours in a year in Pre-primary

A typical School Day Pre-primary – 3/6 year old Children enter the school – Teachers lead them into the rooms Activities (altogether): roll call, calendar, songs, conversation, plays and games Snack and WC Peer Activities WC Children go home, if they attend only the morning Dinner (meal service) Free Play Three year-old children sleep. Four and five year-old children have peer activities (school educational project ) WC Children go home

27, 30 or 40 hours in a week  4 hours in the morning and at least 2 in two different afternoons. National curriculum Italian 7 h English2 h (1 in 1st class) Music1 h Figurative arts1 h Sport1 h Hystory and geografy4 h Maths and science 8 h (9 in in 1st class) Tecnology1 h Religious Education (Catholic)2 h Each school offers peculiar workshops (ecology, heritage discovery, local dialect, horse-riding, volleyball, athletics, music, do-it-yourself, ….) A typical School Week Primary – 7/11 years old

A typical School Week Low Secondary – 12/14 years old 29, 30 or 36 hours in a week  5 hours in the morning and at least 2 in two different afternoons. National curriculum Italian 6 h English3 h Second EU Language (French)2 h Music2 h Figurative arts2 h Sport2 h Hystory and Geografy3 h Civics 1 h Maths and Science 6 h Technology1 h Religious Education (Catholic)1 h Each school offers peculiar workshops (landscape study, local history, swimming, team sports, multimedia, Latin, journalism, painting,...)

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