ITALIAN TERRITORY

AND

SCHOOL SYSTEM

ORGANISATION

Our town, Montebelluna is very close to the Montello hill and Prealps mountains.

The river Piave flows through our province, Treviso.

Venice, the capital of our region, is situated at approximately 50 kilometres from our town.

INCLUDED:

2 INFANT SCHOOLS (age:from 3 to 6)

4 PRIMARY SCHOOLS (age: from 6 to 11)

C.T.P. LONG LEARNING CENTER

( only adults)

SCHOOL CALENDAR 2008/2009

PRIMARY SCHOOL CAONADA:

101 PUPILS

PRIMARY SCHOOL PEDERIVA:

66 PUPILS

PRIMARY SCHOOL BIADENE:

93 PUPILS

PRIMARY SCHOOL

SAN GAETANO:

203 PUPILS

INFANT SCHOOL PILASTRONI FELTRINA:

103 PUPILS

INFANT SCHOOL MERCATO VECCHIO:

79 PUPILS

C.T.P:

2000 ADULTS ENROLLED IN A YEAR

Teachers and parents Only teachers Only parents

Institute committee Single School CommitteeSpecific commissions that deal with all the school’s needs

Teachers meetings Single School Committee Planning teamsCommissions

 Parents committee Parents assembly

 

Institute Committee (Consiglio di Circolo)

•

General Teachers Committee (Collegio dei Docenti) 

Organise educational and didactic planning.

 Interclass Teachers Committee(Consiglio di Interclasse)

Propose and share the educational and didactic planning.

Establish general criteria, school regulations and extrascholastic activitiesTake part in management and administration.

SCHOOL’S STRUCTURES

At the school,teachers and parents collaborate inside of the Collegial Body of the Institute   

PUPILS

HEADMASTERDIRECTOR

ADMINISTRATION DIRECTOR

REPRESENTATIVE TEACHERS

SCHOOL COORDINATORS

TERRITORIALENVIRONEMENT

SCHOOL CARETAKERS

ADMINISTRATIONSTAFF

TEACHERS

PARENTS

He is the manager of the Institute

He supervises and coordinates all the didactic services

He is the guarantor of the educational and didactic proposals

He carries out functions of public official .

He is the legal representative of the Institute

He Presides the Executive Committee, the College of the

teachers and the Council of Interclasse/Intersection

TEACHERS’ AREAS OF COMPETENCE INCLUDE:

DISCIPLINARY COMPETENCE

EDUCATIONAL COMPETENCE

COMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE

keep contacts with the headmaster and the administrative director

Receive and give indications to the teacher of new nomination and to the substitutes

Keep relationship with the Communal Administration for the specific problems.

Support and coordinate the activity of programming and didactic organization

GATHER IDEAS AND TAKE CARE OF PEDAGOGICAL AND DIDACTIC SUGGESTIONS FROM THE COLLEAGUES

He is in charge of and coordinate administration and financial accounting

CARRY OUT PRACTICAL ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL DUTIES.

RECEIVE AND WATCH OVER THE PUPILS

CLEAN SCHOOL SPACES AND TAKE CARE OF THE FURNITURES

They participate in school activities through class assemblies and meetings (organi collegiali) as well as in an individual way

Treviso is often compared to Venice, the capital of the Veneto region, for its numerous canals.

Venice rises on the Veneta lagoon into a harmonious bay and it is situated at approximately 28 km from Treviso and 30 from Padua

Piave river is a sacred place for the local population because of the historical events that happened during the first world war: it became the line of defense against the Austrian and German armies who, after many attempts, failed to cross the river . The line resisted until October 1918 when, as a result of the battle of Vittorio Veneto, the adversaries were defeats and an armistice was signed immediately after.

Infant SchoolThe Infant School, addresses to all the children from 3 to 6 years of age.

It is not a compulsory education, but a free choice from the families.

It has its origins in the municipalities and around the churches.

This school start as local attendance, but now most of them are public.

The children can stay at school for 40 hours.

They are working in small groups, making workshop activities according to selected items

PRIMARY SCHOOLThe primary school addresses to the children from 6 to 11 years of age.

This cycle of studies is compulsory and in Italy ends at the age of 16.The primary school attends to fundamental knowledge and abilities.

The primary school is organized on two models:

• full time system with two teachers for class.

•" Moduli“system , introduced ten years ago, with three teachers for two classes of children at the same age.

•There are eleven compulsory subjects. Only religion is the parents’ choice.Children stay at school for 27 hours every week. Some of them can choose to attend the optional workshop for 3 additional hours.

Most children who attend our school are Italian, especially from the local community, but some come from different parts of the world.

Children with special needs are included in our school, they work inside the class with special planning and are supported by specialised teachers.

SCHOOL SUBJECTS WEEKLY TIME TABLE 

  

1 class 2 class 3 class 4 class 

5 class 

LINGUISTIC TOPIC italian

 9 

8 

7 

7 

7 

english 1 

2 

3 

3 

3 

music 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

art

 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

sport 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

HISTORICAL- GEOGRAPHICAL TOPIC 

history 

2 

2 

2 

2 

2 

geography 

2 

2 

2 

2 

2 

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL TOPIC

maths 

6 

6 

6 

6 

6 

science  

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

ICT 1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

    

  

  

  

 

religion 

2 

2 

2 

2 

2 

FOR THE CHILDREN THE OBLIGATORY TIME IS TWENTY-SEVEN HOURS EVERY WEEK.SOMETIMES THE PARENTS CAN CHOOSE THREE HOURS MORE( 30 HOURS) FOR OPTIONAL WORKSHOP.IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOL THE WEEKLY TIME TABLE IS THE FOLLOWED :

CTP – eda: Educational courses for adultsThe Permanent Territorial Centre for Adult Education (CTP - eda) is a national entity that was created with the purpose to offer educational activities for the adult population. The centre provides the necessary instruments to generate knowledge in specific areas, particularly as a result of the complex issues surrounding multicultural and technologically advanced societies.

Our centre offers the following subjetcs:

YEARLY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

ITALIAN

ENGLISH

FRENCH

GERMAN

SPANISH

CHINESE

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

S C H O L A S T I C C A L E N D A R

a.s.2008/2009

PRIMARY SCHOOLS

LESSONS START: Monday:september 15th

LESSONS END: Tuesday june 9th

COMPULSORY FESTIVITIES:november 1st, december 8th ,april 25th,may 1st

June 2nd

Local festivity: february 14th

School holidays: october 4th

Christmas holidays: from december 24th to january 6th

Carnival holidays: from february 23rd to february 25th

Easter holidays: April 9th to april 14th

May 2nd