(it) Istituto Comprensivo Cantù 1
BACK TO OUR FUTURE — SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ACTION PLAN
SCHOOL ”Chiara and Francesco d’Assisi” Primary School - ITALY
This sheet should be used to encourage reflection and discussion on the project work. It is designed to look at how your school will improve through the two years of the project work. It should enable you to engage the school community in active discussions around the main theme, ie, connecting the past with the future.
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KEY AREAS |
KEY STRENGTHS |
AREAS FOR DEVELOPMENT |
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Is developing European Citizenship, including this particular Project, a part of your school improvement plan? (The EU would like to encourage this.) |
List how you implement the project across the school community: -Knowledge, for children, of other European countries in terms of geography and culture -Pupils are encouraged to use the English language and have the chance to view authentic material created by other children. -Parents, during class meetings, are always informed and involved about the project |
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How do you aim to connect the learning about the past to the way that our (local) communities should live in the future? |
-be aware of the damage caused by some incorrect attitudes of consumerism -recover the good habits of the past (recover, repair, produce on its own ...) |
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How will you use the project to encourage awareness of how to develop healthy active lifestyles? |
The theme of the project allowed the reflection on the importance of recycling. It is important to avoid waste and take care of what you have. |
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How will the project develop exciting ‘bigger learning experiences’ and enterprise? |
In primary school is privileged the creativity, especially with the recycling of objects with other functions (for example: carnival costumes with old clothes of parents or grandparents ...) |
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How do you plan to use the project to engage pupils in learning a foreign language? |
Teaching / learning of simple English vocabulary and structures for a real and effective communication |
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How do you plan to use ICT to enhance and improve the project experience? |
The ICT are used for communication and the exchange of the materials we produced |
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BACK TO OUR FUTURE — SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND EVALUATION — REFLECTION TOOL FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
NAME: 5 students of class 4 A and class 4 B of “Chiara and Francesco d’Assisi” primary school, Cantù (Italy)
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This sheet should be used to encourage reflection and discussion on the project work. The copies should be kept by the teachers and students ready for completion at the end of year two. Pupils can be given the support that teachers feel is necessary and a whole class discussion would be recommended prior to completing the form to engage the children with the main ideas.
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REFLECTIVE QUESTIONS FOR PUPILS |
Start of the project responses |
End of the project summary |
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What skills do you already have that would be considered traditional skills?
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Kitchen garden at school Traditional games: skipping rope, it… Paper recycling (we use paper on the both sides to make photocopies, to make a whatsit, to play tic tac toe, battle ship….or to draw). |
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What skills do you have that you think are useful these days?
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It’s very important to recycle paper, plastic and glass. It’s important to collect food to make “compost”. |
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What traditional skills does your family and your neighbours have?
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family: separate collection of waste “Humanitas” is an association that collects clothes and shoes for poor people. neighbours: separate collection of waste “Humanitas” is an association that collects clothes and shoes for poor people. |
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List some things that you think could be changed for the better in the world today.
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If we waste less things we will have less pollutuon. If we recycle paper we will save trees. Don’t waste water (having a shower instead of having a bath…). |
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What traditional things would you like to learn or to find out about?
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We’d like to learn to create using wood and to sew or make Cantù lace. We'd like to learn how to cook. |
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What could we do in our project which could change things for the future?
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We can involve people around us (families and relatives, friends, communities) to reflect about their own behavior to save our future: recycling things, avoid the waste… |
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BACK TO OUR FUTURE — SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND EVALUATION — REFLECTION TOOL FOR TEACHERS
NAME: teachers from “Chiara e Francesco d’Assisi” primary school - ITALY
This sheet should be used to encourage reflection and discussion on the project work and how it impacts into your school and teaching. The copies should be kept by the teachers ready for completion at the end of year two. It may be useful to ask your school project colleagues to also complete this.
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REFLECTIVE QUESTIONS FOR TEACHERS |
Start of the project responses (Year One) |
End of the project summary |
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How does the project add to your teaching and learning experience in the school? |
More attention to the workshop activities. More " Learning by doing " teaching/learning methodology. Vertical sharing of teaching and educational content (from class 1 to class 5). |
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How do you share the project work with your colleagues? How does this involve them in the work of the project? |
Dissemination and sharing of mail received from the coordinator school. Agreements (between teachers) on how to produce results with the school partners. Each class prepares the work for the project. |
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How does your school benefit from your European work?
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Comparison with other European schools. Visibility of the school on the local area. Family involvement. Interdisciplinary projects. English language practice. |
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How does the project encourage pupils’ a)confidence, b)motivation c)responsibility? |
a) confidence: Possibility of more practical activities / reinforcement of self-esteem b) motivation: involvement of all students, including those with special needs / they can see the realization of the products / many children from different countries are working together to develop environmental awareness. c) responsibility? develop corrected behaviors and attitudes for environmental awareness |
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How do you ensure that the quality of the pupils’ project work is robust? |
We work, step by step, with observation in the pipeline, to develop positive attitudes towards environmental awareness and recovery. |
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