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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12.40 a.m. – 1.30 p.m.
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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
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9.00 a.m. – 10.00 a.m.Compulsory
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10.00 a.m. – 10.50 a.m.
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Compulsory Subject
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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Compulsory Subject
Compulsory Subject
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Compulsory Subject
11.50 a.m. – 12.40 p.m.
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12.40 p.m. – 1.30 p.m.
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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