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“Outdoor learning and sport activities”

Partinico 8th-12th May 2017 Istituto Comprensivo “Cassarà – Guida”

Our school is located in Partinico, a town on the north-west coast of Sicily, with a population of about 30.000 inhabitants.

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Italy Sicily

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Our school is a comprehensive institute which includes different education levels: Kindergarten, from 3 to 5, Primary school, from 6 to 10 and Scuola Media (Middle school) with Music Course, from 11 to 13.

Our school is attended by 210 students and 20 teachers at kindergarten, 420 students and 34 teachers at primary school 356 students and 57 teachers at scuola media.

Every year the number of students increases.

The school has four school buildings: COLLODI MAGGIORE GUIDA NINNI CASSARA’ DANILO DOLCI

Kindergarten–Primary school ‘DANILO DOLCI ‘ Kindergarten-Primary school ‘MAGGIORE GUIDA’ Kindergarten COLLODI Scuola media ‘Ninni Cassarà’

This school is entitled to Collodi. He was a children’s writer, he wrote the world-renowned fairy tale novel THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO.

The ‘MAGGIORE GUIDA’ school is a Kindergarten and a Primary school.

MAJOR VINCENZO GUIDA WAS A YOUNG HERO OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR.

This school is entitled to Danilo Dolci (1924-1997). He was an Italian social activist, sociologist, popular educator and poet.

Kindergarten–Primary school ‘DANILO DOLCI ‘

This school was built by Danilo Dolci in 1972 an it is located in the countryside. In this school students can study and do several activities in contact with nature. Every autumn children can do the olive harvest. Then there is a celebration called “Sagra dell’olio” that involves children and their families.

SAGRA DELL’OLIO

This school is entitled to Ninni Cassarà, a symbol of honesty, legality culture and struggle against mafia. Ninni Cassarà was a chief of Police and was killed by mafia in 1985 at the age of 37. He worked in the staff of the well known judge Giovanni Falcone killed by mafia in 1992.

Scuola media Ninni Cassara’

NINNI CASSARA’

The first committment of our school is promoting democracy values, starting with refusing to accept the equation: Sicily =mafia.

In our school students can do several different activities such as: Drama, Choir, Pottery to enlarge and improve their education. .

Children also study the area they live in and its traditions.

Our mission is to involve people considered “different” (foreign students, disabled, disadvantaged pupils), being aware that each member

• f the community

has his/her own value.

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The school is the seat of territorial resources centre for pupils with special needs (CTRH) and Support centre (CTS)

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Sicily

Sicily has a rich and unique cultural heritage, expression

• f the many

civilzations

• f its long

history.

It has a rich heritage

• f biodiversity

in relation with various natural ecosystems . Mountains, volcanoes, hills, coasts, little islands, form a mosaic of landscapes with a lot of different products. .

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chestnuts, pistachios, hazelnuts, almonds, wood fruit and prickly pears

Sicilian mountains are not very high: wheat, cereals and fodder plants are widely cultivated.

. Sicily has the largest concentration of vineyards in Europe. Autoctone and international varieties of grapes grow on its hills, producing good and appreciated wines.: whites, reds, sparklings, sweets, grappas.

. Olive trees produce different varieties

• f olives

and fragrant

• ils in relation

with the different environments.

Along the coasts sandy beaches take turns with rocks.

In the ancient little towns

• f fishermen

lots of tourist activities are now developing.

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