“GIOCHIAMO CON LA LINGUA DEI SEGNI”, SCUOLA PRIMARIA a cura dell'Insegnante Valentina Gruppi

Bienvenidos a Murcia!!
by Ilaria Vasarri

Nuestra Señora de la Fuensanta JM is a private school which belongs to a worldwide Catholic congregation and it is situated in the centre of the town. The school participates to lots of European exchanges.

There are 700 hundred students. It’s well equipped with canteen, pitches, labs and a big garden.

Inclusion in class aims at improving cooperation and citizenship; out of the class it is focused more on language skills, autonomy and self-control. “Tailleres” for children are sort of laboratories to reach personal outcomes, such as writing a shopping list, counting money, going shopping and then cooking. The older students with similar diseases prepare the labs for the younger ones.

The school praises students with high intelligence, too. During the schoolyear they prepare a role-play to be done in June (for example Escape Room). The winners are those students who get the solution as soon as possible.

At primary school, we have observed children working in teams and learning through games and songs. They have worked in groups and reported to the class what they have done.

Regarding inclusion, we have observed an activity for eleven teenagers from other countries and three girls with autistic disease. They had to solve a logic problem and felt free in the division of groups and in working together. They had to reach learning outcomes established by the government, improving language skills.

What the nursery concerns, we were struck by the connection with the primary school. A project called “My big friend” is about 5 year-old-pupils tutoring 3-year-old ones: in October they help their come to school and leave school and they play with them. Meanwhile, the teachers report the activities through pictures posted live on the blog of the school.

During our mobility, we have visited the school San Juan, too. It is a small public school located in a borough with lots of immigrants. It has got 90 pupils of nursery and primary school.

We have observed only nursery pupils. They have school from nine to two p.m. In the first class there were fourteen pupils of three and four years of age. They followed scheduled activities, focus on reading and writing. Activities were planned according to the age. 5 years old pupils worked on phonemic.