Our school
is in Ferrandina, a small but nice village in Basilicata, a region in the South
of Italy. It is 36 km from Matera, the capital of our province. Its population
is about 9,000 people.
Ferrandina
has got ancient origins, first Hellenic, then Roman and Norman. Its name comes from Ferrante,
Federico D’Aragona’s father. There are a
lot of ancient churches with beautiful paintings inside, such as the Cathedral,
St.Domenico’s church and so on.
Today Ferrandina
is known for its production of excellent olive oil ; it is extracted by the
majatica olives whose trees can be found only here.
The school
is a comprehensive one, includind a nursery school, a primary school and a lower
secondary school. There are about 770 students and 78 teachers.
Students
and teachers are involved in different projects concerning health and food,
environment, recycling and so on.
The lower
secondary school has got a music course so some students can play four
different musical instruments: piano, violin, clarinet and guitar. We have got
a school orchestra which won different competitions in the past years.
We took
part in a Comenius project from 2012 to 2014 and we are taking part now in
Erasmus Ka2 and Erasmus Ka1 European projects.
Primary school is also involved in E-Twinning projects.
A CLIL
project in cooperation with The Oriental University in Naples also started in
2016 and it is still going on; some of our teachers are involved in this
project where subjects such as music , geography and history are taught
using English.
We firmly
believe that taking part in this Erasmus project , “Art Links Borders”, will
give our students the chance of meeting and discover different people, way of
lives, cultures and attitudes. They will be able to go abroad ,to speak English
in real contexts and to come really into contact with foreign people; so they
will understand that being "different" doesn't mean being better or
worse than somebody else. They will gain the awareness of being part of
"an only various world " where people can communicate by speaking an
only language and sharing their own traditions.
