ITLAY. Instituto Comprensivo Villaputzu

  • Villaputzu, Italy

    Villaputzu, Sardinia

    Our school is a public school with  580  students from 3 to 14 years old and 80 teachers. The schools are located in two different villages ( San Vito and Villaputzu) in every village there are1 kindegarten, I primary  school and 1 lower Secondary school.  Our timetable goes from 8.30 a.m to 13:30, without lunch ( we have 20 minutes break from 10.30 to 10.50 from Monday to Saturday. KIndegarten timetable goes from 8.00 to 16.00 fro Monday to Friday ( in Villaputzu Saturday morning also).

    Our curriculum includes:  Italian language, mathematics,  natural  sciences, English, history, geography, art education, music  and physical education; we have Religion as optional subject, pupils can choose a different option instead of Religio and Lower Secondary school curriculum included Freng language also. During PE activities we have some expert for support teachers in implementation activities,  volleyball. Moreover we have  some lab in the afternoon for develop creativity and for ICT, particularly dedicated to pupils whith special needs and social disadvantages.

    Both villages are located in the south east Sardinia. In a rural area, near the sea, 70 km far from the main city. The economic activity of the villages  is based mainly on the  agriculture, sheep farming and the tertiary  sector.

    We have about 100 students in each primary and secondary school and about 45 in each kindegarten. The socio-economical background of the students families is medium or medium-low. The special needs are  varied,  We have some immigrants families from Cina, Poland,Tunisia.

    Our school is statal school.

    • General needs of students, career prospects:

    Improve basic skills;  enhance communication skills in  a second language; enhance digital skills

    • Priorities of students:

    Are related to general needs

    • Students’ level of interest in school and education:

    Our aim is to motivate students with  different approaches and cooperative learning and  to raise their attainment for school

    We are involved in the “National plan for digital school” ( PNSD) by our Ministery of education in order to improve the use of digital resources in classroom( enhance teachers competences; funding for devices and software; introduce innovation in school).

    Our school gained great experience in European projects since 2010 with a Comenius partnership- Erasmus Partnership;   in-service training for teachers under Comenius and  Erasmus plus;the school was appointed for training other schools in implementation Erasmus plus projects. We are also very actively in eTwinnin. One teacher is eTwinning ambassador and take part to different Conference and workshop at European level.

    • NEEDS OF THE SCHOOL:

    Our needs is to innovate teaching/Learning environment taking inspiration by the future lab classroom.

    Improve language competences of students.

    We have a  number of teachers involved in internazionalization of school ( at least 10 teachers) ; two teachers expert in special needs, DSA; one eTwinning ambassador; teachers expert in languages and plurilingual approach; 4 teachers called “master teachers” experts in ICT; a team for digital innovation in school.