Feedback From Italy for Etwinning

8/10/2019 Feedback From Italy for Etwinning

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Our partners - Italy

School name:

ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO

DAOSTA

Region: OTTAVIANO

Lead teacher:

ANNA-MARIA CALDARELLIx
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The school is situated in Ottaviano, Naples, in the South of Italy, in theVesuvius National Park. It includes INFANTS, PRIMARY and the first yearof SECONDARY SCHOOL. The children live in a disadvantaged area withmany forms of socio-economic problems: unemployment, big and small

scale criminality, low level of school knowledge, a down-grade ambient. (Anight out in old town Naples was an experience in itself! Certainly not eco-friendly and health and safety does not seem to exist.)

Many of the students are migrants from North East Europe, Africa andChina. There are also many students with quite severe special needs.

During the last few years they have had a lot of problems with the disposalof rubbish. Litter was not just in the streets but literally hundreds of sackswere strewn all over the countryside spoiling, what could have been, abeautiful area. The school has total support and backing from the councilbecause they think their children need to be educated to respect nature,finding solutions to environmental problems and to be encouraged torecycle, if they want a better future. They were keen to encourage their

students to learn more in direct contact when speaking English in real lifesituations and to share experiences with students and staff from othercountries. Therefore, the majority of our time was spent with students fromItaly, Spain, Poland, Portugal and Bulgaria.


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The walk to school from the hotel

A view of the surrounding area from above.


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The balloons were a lovely touch. The school

is set in two buildings, this building being an

old monastery.


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The school logo and motto.

Il seme delle parole

or

The seed of the words


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Some very warm welcomes -

The Mayor and the head teacher.


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The training room!

The head teacher was escorted and

supported by the head boy, dressed

as Emperor Augustus, who the school

was named after.


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Nursery

These pencil pots are

made from pop

bottles with coloured

card wrapped

around.

Small classrooms

are used for

focused learning.The children in the nursery welcomed us

with songs in the hall. This was a large

open area with a tiled floor; a large slide

and a ball pool. They loved the balls.

Each of these painted figures

are hand drawn by an adult

making them all original.


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Years 1 and 2

Children sit in rows all

working on the same

thing from a blackboard

whilst the teacher sits ata desk.

Work is often unmarked but

progress can be clearly seen.

Numeracy is

completedin workbooks where

the process is taught

and followed.


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SEN

Children still sit at desks,

just fewer numbers in the

group.

SecurityClassrooms are grouped

according to age. The doors open

outwards into large open spaces.

In each of these open spaces

sits a behaviour attendant who

watches children come and go.


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1stYear of Secondary education

Our first English lesson!

This lesson is about securing a future for the

red squirrel. In England the grey squirrels

create the problems for the red squirrels but,

as yet, this is not a problem in Italy. Simon

devised a game to demonstrate how toprevent the same thing happening in Italy.


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The children responded well

and enjoyed the activity and,

despite their concerns Alan andSimon did not encounter any

language problemsas all the

pupils could speak English!


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The next lesson involved

pupils creating displays to

encapsulate the work

achieved in schools so far.

Children from Heaton

Avenue had drawn

pictures of some of our

endangered animals5

spot ladybird, turtle dove,

natterjack toad, cuckoo,brown hare, hedgehog

and the red squirrel.

These were used, with

drawings from the other

countries.

It was lovely to see work

from Cleckheaton, and

other partner countries,

displayed in Italy.


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Professor Michelangelo Ambrosia,

Nuclear Physicist, visited to discuss

environmental change.

He spoke of the devastating effects

of the 3 major volcanic eruptions,

the multiple volcanoes, the unstable

landscape due to the split in

tectonic plates and the frequent

earthquakes.


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The only way is up!

Time to take in the view

or to take a rest?

1281 m above sea level!


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The long, steep hike was well worth it.

The vapour rising to the left of the first

picture shows that the volcano is still

active. The temperature there is

probably about 35C. The crater hassealed over so when it next erupts the

effects will be as devastating as the one

that ruined Pompeii.


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The

temperature at

this side of the

volcano is

around 100C.

Scientists know

that this is the

side that will

take the brunt

of the next

eruption.

Volcanic action isconstantly being

monitored. Three days

notice will be given for

the evacuation of the

area.

The light

grey/green at

the foot of thevolcano shows

the path the

lava took when

it destroyed

Ercolano, or

Herculaneumas we know it.


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Ercolano or Herculaneum

These photographs show where the

building of the new town stopped

when the ruins were unearthed.


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I might not like the toilets,

but the bathroom floor

thats another matter!


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Sharing gifts and ideas for part two of the project:


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The next steps:

Presentation to staff

Updated newsletter to parents and Governors

Comenius song

Audio Visual dictionary.

Skype

Skype meetings to be held

Planting of seeds.

A Tiny Seed is GrowingGrowing of hollyhocks and sunflowers to be monitored,

measured and recorded in graph format to share.

Comic strip

Sharing of Eco work

Eco Friendly Easter cards and decorations.

Display and presentation preparation for Spain.Gifts for Spain

Lesson for Spanish children

Welcome to Heaton Avenue School. DVD/PP


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The final meeting, attended by the Mayor

and councillors was very formal and took

place at the catering and hospitality school.

And the menu

Octopus and Potato Stack

Seafood Risotto

Spaghetti with Clams

Rigatoni and Sea Bass

Coffee Gateau


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Excellent working relationships

were made, but even better

friendships!

Th fi l db


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The final goodbyes.

Or

Arrivederci!

Thank you very much to Anna Maria

and friends for such an amazing visit.

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