Learning for 21st Century: skills for the future
The school is situated in an urban area close to Torino; it has a lot of pupils with socio-economic
disadvantages and migrants especially from Romania, Moldavia, North Africa and a lot of pupils with
special needs, too . The total number of students from the age of 3 to 14 is 1073 (kindergarten 237,
primary 553, middle school 283). In our school there are about 48 pupils with special needs and 18
disabled. There are 21 teachers in the nursery school, 61 teachers in the primary school and 39
teachers in the middle school. Because of the variety there are a lot of inclusive projects and labs
such as cooking, painting walls, music, handmade instruments, dancing, acting and organisation of
sport events. The area is highly populated so it brings typical social problems. We have a highly
skilled and experienced team who are committed to ensuring the highest standard of education. All
children at 1 Istituto Comprensivo are treated as individuals and we value links with home, the local
community and parents. A good school cannot exist without these. Children are taught in year groups
which are mixed ability. We provide a well organized and stimulating curriculum using lots of different
learning and teaching strategies according on national indications. These includes the use of
interactive whiteboards ,videos , visit ,visitors. This project has been designed in order to: - Insert the
schools in a European context and intercultural relations. - Discover more about others countries
cultures and life-style and improve the respect, comprehension and ideas of other cultures. -
Encrease student motivation and make school more attractive, particularly for migrants and
socioeconomic disadvantaged people. The Italian school has finished a Comenius project about
science and CLIL : it has been awarded with European Label for languages. The school collaborate
with a teacher who is responsible for European projects and international relations .
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