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Forum: Italy

Oct 19th 2014, 2:51 pm

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Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

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Posted By Sylsmum

Re: Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

As an Early Years teacher, what makes me laugh is that the Italians have never heard of the so - called 'Reggio system' so hyped up amongst educational professionals in the UK ! People in the UK...

Forum: Italy

Oct 19th 2014, 2:41 pm

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Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

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Posted By Sylsmum

Re: Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

My experience is that Materna & Elementare (Nursery & Primary) are fine, my son learned a lot & was happy. However in 3 years of Media (11 - 14) he has been happy socially but has learned very...

Forum: Italy

Jul 10th 2014, 10:50 pm

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Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

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Posted By Sylsmum

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Great to hear other people's experiences, thanks ! What I now need to know is whether we are likely to encounter similar negative experiences in Superiore, know it's hard to generalize, or is the...

Forum: Italy

Jul 9th 2014, 8:40 pm

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Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

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Posted By Sylsmum

Re: Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

Thanks for the helpful reply. I know a bit about how it all works and have several Italian friends who are teachers. Is your son British & was he born in Italy or at what age did he come ?
My son...

Forum: Italy

Jul 5th 2014, 10:17 pm

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Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

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Posted By Sylsmum

Re: Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

Has anyone had experience of the followings 'scuole superiori' : linguistico, artistico or alberghiera ?
My son is going in 3a media but we need to start investigating.

Forum: Italy

Apr 25th 2014, 7:11 pm

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Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

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Posted By Sylsmum

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Have to say, my son prefers the Italian swim caps as they don't hurt his hair / scalp ! We have even taken some to the UK for cousins !
Just found a cheap and not bad clothes shop ( for whole...

Forum: Italy

Sep 16th 2013, 4:06 pm

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Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

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Posted By Sylsmum

Re: Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

Ok, in England you don't have to buy books etc, but do you know what your kids are actually doing ? No ! So I'd rather buy the books and have an overview of what they're learning. Also, uniform,...

Forum: Italy

Jul 16th 2013, 7:45 pm

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Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

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Posted By Sylsmum

Re: Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

My son came to Italy age 9 in 2010. The most important thing was to be able to speak, read & write Italian as quickly as possible, so I suggest you concentrate on that. He got a lot of support from...

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