About school

I.C.Pascoli is in Matera,in the South of Italy.Our school is the house for 1.507 students aged between 3-13.It is successfully taking part in many regional, national and international projects and partnerships.There are:a computer lab, three courses 2.0 classes with IWB.One course is musical learning.English,French and German are also taught.Students and parents are encouraged to be involved in all aspects of school and community life. Students attending our school come from different social environments and ethnical groups.There are also special needs students.All our students are well integrated in the school life.There is a school orchestra and our students take part in sport activities and athletic contest.We want our "Finding Our Roots" project to equalize the chances of unprivileged students,giving them the opportunity to learn about the cultures of other European nations and to develop their communicative skills.All our students dream of travelling and meeting young people.Our headmaster is a skilled archaeologist,an expert in budgeting plans, as well as sharing tasks among teachers according to our abilities, skills, and national directives.He speaks Italian, French and English.Since he came to manage our school, this has grown becoming the biggest in our area. He has also succeeded in integrating our school with the local society,promoting our project activities in the local media. One of the four English teachers is the first who started international school partnerships and school trips to the UK.In January 2013 she participated in the preparatory visit in Bulgaria. Unfortunately, the Bulgarian National Agency didn’t approve the Comenius project. Later, in July 2016,she organized a two-weekschool trip in England with 16 students and a colleague.In addition, she started a school partnership with the 18° School in Thessaloniki,in Greece, giving our last year students the opportunity to learn about the Greek way of life from March 31st to April 7th,when they attended the school in Thessaloniki, and were hosted by the Greek host families.They also visited important archaeological sites and museums. There is also a school coordinator of the eTwinning projects. This lady had the chance to go to Liverpool from May 27th to June 4th 2017 for an Erasmus+ project called "Tapswipe - pinch in English" aimed at improving the use of tablets in teaching English.She was a part of the team of the Big CoderDojo, an activity of coding held in our school involving 1.000 students; she usually works with her students on eTwinning projects. The teachers involved in our project are hardworking, gifted and can encourage students to take part in our project actively. We support each other when one of us is in need or does not know how to manage with a particular task. Most of us speak English, but some of us does not. Nevertheless, with the help of the four English teachers, things come easier.