001 presentation school g. ferrari

Istituto Comprensivo “Giacomo Ferrari”Parma - Italy

• Supports children personal growth

• Teaches respect for rules, for neighbour and the sense of social solidarity

• Promots the learning of logical, linguistic, technological and operational skills

• Offers to pupils training activities and a curriculum counselling path

Kindergarten

“Sergio Neri”6 classes

Age 3-5

Primary School

“Anna Frank”12 classes

Age 6-10

Hospital School (Primary and

Secondary School)Age 6 -18

Secondary lower School

“G. Ferrari” 17 classes

Age 11-13

NORMAL TIME CLASSES3 days 8.10 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.2 days 8.10 a.m. - 4.30 p.m.

LONG-TIME CLASSES

5 days 8.30 a.m. - 4.30 p.m..

SCHOOL TIME

Primary School

From monday to Friday (no school on Saturday)

NORMAL TIME CLASSES4 days 8.00 a.m. - 1.30 p.m.1 day 8.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.

LONG-TIME CLASSES

2 days 8.00 a.m. - 1.30 p.m.2 days 8.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.1 day 8.00 a.m. - 4.50 p.m.

MUSIC CLASSES4 days 8.00 a.m. - 1.30 p.m.1 days 8.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.2 afternoons per week, 2 tuition modules and 1 module music

theory

SCHOOL TIMESecondary lower

School

From monday to Friday (no school on Saturday)

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

8.00 a.m. – 9.00 a.m.Compulsory

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9.00 a.m. – 10.00 a.m.

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10.00 a.m. – 10.50 a.m.

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10.00 a.m. – 11.00 a.m.

break break break break break

11.00 a.m. – 11.50 a.m.

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11.50 a.m. – 12.40 p.m.

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Compulsory Subject

12.40 a.m. – 1.30 p.m.

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Compulsory Subject

Compulsory Subject

1.30 p.m. – 2.20 p.m. Lunch

2.20 a.m. – 3.10 p.m.Compulsory

Subject

3.10 a.m. – 4.00 p.m.Compulsory

Subject

Subject distribution - CLASSES IN NORMAL TIME

Secondary lower School

NORMAL TIME

Subjects 1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year

Letters 11 11 11

Italian History

Geography

10 10 10

Discussion 1 1 1

Math/Science/Technology

9 10 9

Math/Science 7 7 7

Technology 2 2 + 1 2

Foreign Languages 5 5 6

English 3 3 3 +1

French 2 2 2

Art 2 2 2

Music 2 + 1 2 2

Physical Education 2 2 2

Religion 1 1 1

Total 33 33 33

Weekly TimetableSecondary lower School

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

8.00 a.m. – 9.00 a.m.Compulsory

SubjectCompulsory

SubjectCompulsory

SubjectCompulsory

SubjectCompulsory

Subject

9.00 a.m. – 10.00 a.m.Compulsory

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SubjectCompulsory

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Subject

10.00 a.m. – 10.50 a.m.

Compulsory Subject

Compulsory Subject

Compulsory Subject

Compulsory Subject

Compulsory Subject

10.00 a.m. – 11.00 a.m.

break break break break break

11.00 a.m. – 11.50 a.m.

Compulsory Subject

Compulsory Subject

Compulsory Subject

Compulsory Subject

Compulsory Subject

11.50 a.m. – 12.40 p.m.

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Compulsory Subject

Compulsory Subject

Compulsory Subject

Compulsory Subject

12.40 p.m. – 1.30 p.m.

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Compulsory Subject

1.30 p.m. – 2.20 p.m. Lunch Lunch Lunch

2.20 p.m. – 3.10 p.m.Compulsory

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3.10 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.Compulsory

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4.10 p.m. – 4.50 p.m.Compulsory

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Subject distribution LONG-TIME CLASSES

Secondary lower School

Weekly TimetableSubjects LONG-TIME CLASSES

Letters 15

Italian 11

History - Geography 3

Discussion 1

Math/Science/Technology 10

Math/Science 8

Technology 2

Foreign Languages 5

English 3

French 2

Art 2

Music 2

Physical Education 2

Religion 1

Total 37

Secondary lower School

During their stay at school (three years) pupils learn to play an instrument selected thanks to an aptitude test. They can choose among flute, violin, horn or piano .

During their stay at school (three years) pupils learn to play an instrument selected thanks to an aptitude test. They can choose among flute, violin, horn or piano .

Pupils are eligible to apply only after taking an aptitude test

which evaluates their ability to recognize pitch and tune and to reproduce sounds, their tonal memory and rhythm discrimination and reproduction.

Pupils are eligible to apply only after taking an aptitude test

which evaluates their ability to recognize pitch and tune and to reproduce sounds, their tonal memory and rhythm discrimination and reproduction.

MUSIC CLASSES

Secondary lower School

1. Projects promoting the wellbeing and the readiness to get in touch with

others

AIM:  • To give to children a different mathematical approach• To create apt atmospheres to the development of the

mathematical language 

Activities:• Structured activities in order to learn Natural numbers (amount and largenesses) Relations of order between the numbers Change To coordinate the semeiotic symbols starting from the various

representations. To replace “the more economic” symbol to the realistic

design. To operate examples of equations. To learn the base concepts of traditional geometry.Time : Two hours a week

AIM:  • To give to children a different mathematical approach• To create apt atmospheres to the development of the

mathematical language 

Activities:• Structured activities in order to learn Natural numbers (amount and largenesses) Relations of order between the numbers Change To coordinate the semeiotic symbols starting from the various

representations. To replace “the more economic” symbol to the realistic

design. To operate examples of equations. To learn the base concepts of traditional geometry.Time : Two hours a week

Collaboration with the university of Parma Department of MathematicsCollaboration with the university of Parma Department of Mathematics

Primary School

For students of the first classes (Age 6)For students of the first classes (Age 6)

AIMS: Informing the Primary Schools teachers of the region about the Secondary School System

Activities: Secondary and Primary School teachers‘ meetings

Time : December

AIMS: Informing the Primary Schools teachers of the region about the Secondary School System

Activities: Secondary and Primary School teachers‘ meetings

Time : December

Aim: Making our school known to Primary School students

Activities: Music, arts, ICT, science and history workshops at the Secondary School

Time: December

Aim: Making our school known to Primary School students

Activities: Music, arts, ICT, science and history workshops at the Secondary School

Time: December

Aims: To guide parents in choosing the school that suits their children’s ducational needs explaining the P.O.F. (Academic Plan)Activities: Meetings with the parents of the prospective first classesTimes: December

Aim: Information passage of students data to form the first classesActivities: Meetings between teachers from Primary and Secondary SchoolTimes: May / June

Aim: Information passage of students data to form the first classesActivities: Meetings between teachers from Primary and Secondary SchoolTimes: May / June

For pupils of local primary schools

For pupils of local primary schools

Primary School Secondary lower School

Aims Valorization of the individual resources, (which are not always

recognized by the school); Giving dyslexic pupils the opportunity of a positive curriculum; Support to the teachers.

Activities: Arranging a personalized teaching plan (in order to identify appropriate

compensatory and dispensational tools)

Time: the whole school year.

Aims Valorization of the individual resources, (which are not always

recognized by the school); Giving dyslexic pupils the opportunity of a positive curriculum; Support to the teachers.

Activities: Arranging a personalized teaching plan (in order to identify appropriate

compensatory and dispensational tools)

Time: the whole school year.

Turned to pupils with Specific Learning Disorders and their teachers

Turned to pupils with Specific Learning Disorders and their teachers

Primary School Secondary lower School

Aims: Fostering the habit of boys and girls to recognize the appropriate ways

to protect and promote their welfare; Leading boys and girls to the self-consciousness of the value of their

bodies, to the knowledge of the problems associated with their development and the affirmation of their identity;

Preventing from dependency; Developing the concept of respect for the environment and enhancing

appropriate behaviours

Activities: Talks by experts to discuss about the following topics:

Health and lifestyles Solidarity projects Sexuality and affectivity Local resources Old and new dependency forms Food and environmental education

Time: The whole school year

Aims: Fostering the habit of boys and girls to recognize the appropriate ways

to protect and promote their welfare; Leading boys and girls to the self-consciousness of the value of their

bodies, to the knowledge of the problems associated with their development and the affirmation of their identity;

Preventing from dependency; Developing the concept of respect for the environment and enhancing

appropriate behaviours

Activities: Talks by experts to discuss about the following topics:

Health and lifestyles Solidarity projects Sexuality and affectivity Local resources Old and new dependency forms Food and environmental education

Time: The whole school year

For all pupilsFor all pupils

Secondary lower School

1. Projects to learn how to use all the languages to become citizens of the

world

Aims: •Encouraging interchange between the school and the area;•Pooling resources for research, testing, documentation:,•Collaborating in the provision of courses and teaching strategies •Giving "goals" and "motivation" new and different to the work of students through co-operation

Activities:

Aims: •Encouraging interchange between the school and the area;•Pooling resources for research, testing, documentation:,•Collaborating in the provision of courses and teaching strategies •Giving "goals" and "motivation" new and different to the work of students through co-operation

Activities:

For pupils and teachersFor pupils and teachers

Educational training - Planning and running educational interventions

Cooperation and coordination of working and studying groups

-Learning to cooperate- Managing cooperation

Sharing information and knowledge

-Learning to interact in group- Designing and engineering documents

Primary School Secondary lower School

Aims: Broadening cultural horizons through the direct knowledge of the

cultures whose languages are learned at school; Creating contexts of authenticity through which students are more

exposed to the language they are learning; Creating cooperative learning environments, for specific educational

activities through collaboration between the teacher, the foreign student and heterogeneous groups of pupils in the class

Activities: Lessons with the mother tongue student

Time: from January to May

Aims: Broadening cultural horizons through the direct knowledge of the

cultures whose languages are learned at school; Creating contexts of authenticity through which students are more

exposed to the language they are learning; Creating cooperative learning environments, for specific educational

activities through collaboration between the teacher, the foreign student and heterogeneous groups of pupils in the class

Activities: Lessons with the mother tongue student

Time: from January to May

For pupils of second and third yearFor pupils of second and third year

Secondary lower School

3.3. Complementary ActivitiesComplementary ActivitiesTo complement and enrich the knowledge of

school pupils

Guided tours and educational trips Guided tours and educational trips

Music activity Music activity

Theatre activity

Theatre activity

Primary School

Laboratory history of Parma

Laboratory history of Parma

Sport activities Team games, judo, athletics…

Sport activities Team games, judo, athletics…

Guided tours and educational trips Guided tours and educational trips

Strengthening of laboratories in mathematics and Latin

Aims: Valorizing excellence Stimulating the exploration and the acquisition of autonomy Contributing to the orientation of interests and abilities of

pupils Activities:

Mathematics workshops (with lecturers from the University of Parma - Department of Mathematics)

Latin course (outside expert)

Strengthening of laboratories in mathematics and Latin

Aims: Valorizing excellence Stimulating the exploration and the acquisition of autonomy Contributing to the orientation of interests and abilities of

pupils Activities:

Mathematics workshops (with lecturers from the University of Parma - Department of Mathematics)

Latin course (outside expert) Sport activitiesCross country, athletics, badminton, rugby,

basketball, volleyball, etc

Sport activitiesCross country, athletics, badminton, rugby,

basketball, volleyball, etc

Theatre activity

Theatre activity

Secondary lower School

Participation in events: cinema, theatre (in a foreign language)

Participation in events: cinema, theatre (in a foreign language)

Support in carrying out homeworkAims:

Overcoming school failure by recovering basic skills; Becoming more confident in one’s abilities

Activities: afternoon workshops with volunteers teachers outside the

school

Support in carrying out homeworkAims:

Overcoming school failure by recovering basic skills; Becoming more confident in one’s abilities

Activities: afternoon workshops with volunteers teachers outside the

school

Laboratories of cognitive enhancement through the Feuerstein method

Aims: Promoting a positive attitude towards learning; Experiencing mediated learning

Activities: workshops conducted by experts (first year)

Laboratories of cognitive enhancement through the Feuerstein method

Aims: Promoting a positive attitude towards learning; Experiencing mediated learning

Activities: workshops conducted by experts (first year)

Secondary lower School

Prof.ssa Maria Bedodi Prof.ssa Stefania Carpi