A VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE WITH LOTS OF FOOD FOR THOUGHT!

ARRIVEDERCI ITÀLIA!!

Libert’aria library és una associació cultural liderada per en Venedetto, ara mestre jubilat, i 5 persones més del poble d’Aielli. Trets importants de l’associació:

1. L’Associació es va fundar fa 7 anys.
2. L’Ajuntament els cedeix l’espai.
3. Fons bibliogràfic: donacions.
4. OBJECTIU: compartir i agrupar persones de diferents edats amb diferents interessos a través de la lectura.

ACTIVITATS:

1. MARATÓ DE LECTURA (de les 16 fins les 20h): 133 persones, des dels 8 anys fins els 88, cadascú va llegir una part del llibre FONTAMARA (publicat l’any 1933 per Ignazio Silone que parla sobre una rebel·lió contra el Feixisme).
2. PRESENTACIONS DE LLIBRES AMB ELS AUTORS: berenars i sopars amb autors locals o de la zona que presenten les seves obres.
3. CAFFÈ LETTERARIO: 31 octubre per celebrar Halloween es van escollir 12 llibres per comentar i relacionats amb la por i el misteri
4. LETTURA DEL BAMBINI: lectures amb els nens i les nenes del poble.
5. BIBLIOTECA VOLANTE: apropar els llibres a les places. Hi ha una secció per a nens.
6. CAMINATA FILOSOFICA: a través dels murals es tracten temes filosòfics amb l’objectiu de parlar sobre la història i les arrels dels pobles i carrers d’Aielli.

FONTAMARA A LA PARET

It is a new school with 7 classes that start at 08:30 and finish at 16:30 from Monday to Friday and, 2 classes that start at 08:30 and finish at 14:00 from Monday to Saturday.

A total of 64 students can eat in the Canteen but right now, due to Covid, only 50 students eat there. The rest of the students eat in class.

The Government has given them several Aircares to check the quality of the air.

In each class there are no more than 20 students. In some of them, there are 12 and 13 students.

The classes do not have fixed whiteboards because the schools are made of wood in order to resist earthquakes better. Instead, they have movable digital boards.

The principal also told us that the gym and the library will be built next year. Meanwhile, the students bring books from home and exchange them among them. Moreover, the Digital library is very powerful as through Teams and One Note the students can have access to all materials and resources.

They do not have a theatre but they use the one in the village. Three years ago, they read “L’orologio e l’incantesimo del tempo”, a book about the Amatrice earthquake that took place in 2016, The students represented the play in the theatre of Amatrice and gave the funds to the school so that it could be rebuilt.

La directora explica que contaron con la colaboración de asociaciones de gente mayor para montar la escenografia y la ropa.

Pel que fa a la línia pedagógica, intenten fer treballs cooperatius i projectes a partir de lectures, com per exemple, “Gulliver’s travels”.

El nostre segon Job Shadowing va tenir lloc a la biblioteca de l’escola Collodi- Marini que té com a objectiu treballar per la inclusió, tant d’alumnat com de les families. L’horari d’aquesta escola és de 08:15 a 14:00 hores. Fan una pausa de 10 minuts de 09:50 a 10.00h. No van a fora al pati, sinó que esmorzen a l’aula. Com que dinen a casa, a la tarda venen a la biblioteca a fer activitats.

Many years ago, the school library was located upstairs. However, due to Covid, it has moved to the ground floor allowing a safer access. With this change, families from different cultural background not only keep on participating in the learning process of their children, but also spend more time with the Italian language.

Simona, the person in charge, dedicates most of her school hours to organize and carry out projects and activities. The school teachers and Simona are the ones who decide which books to buy.

Regarding the library book catalogue, they have a great variety of examples in different languages. For example, they have a multicultural reading corner with special books in Spanish, Arabic and also translated into Italian.

Concerning the digital resources, the school library has program called MLOL (Media Library OnLine). The community has access to international press as well as an extensive book catalogue. This allows the community to reduce prejudices about immigration and other cultures.

Some activities opened to the community are: concerts, yoga classes, reading with a cup of tea and movie forum.

The school library is also involved in different activities and programs:

• “Letture Altavoce”: the teachers read aloud an hour a day to their students “It’s the pleasure of reading and listening”.
• “Giornata della lingua madre”: each student reads a book in his/her mother tongue.
• Librogame tournament: this project consists on reading 3 different books. There are questions and activities designed by different teachers. The class that answers more correct questions about these books wins a school trip. About 30-40 classes participate in the project.

También visitamos el nuevo edificio de la escuela de primaria situado en las afueras de Avezzano. Es importante destacar que en 2016 la región del Aquila sufrió un fuerte terremoto. Actualmente aún se pueden ver algunos edificios dañados y cabe destacar que muchas de las escuelas visitadas son nuevas y se han construido teniendo en cuenta la nueva legislación para prevenir nuevos terremotos.

Our first Job Shadowing started Monday morning in the Scuola Primaria “Agostino Persia”. Veronica, the teacher in charge of the library, told us that the school library participates in 2 main national projects promoted by the Government and a regional one:

• “Read aloud”: an important and known person from Avezzano comes to the school and reads a book out loud in order to promote reading, especially intonation, rhythm and stress.
• “Leggo Perché”: it started 7 years ago and it allows the library to acquire more books.  First, families buy a book in local bookshops for the school library. Moreover, publishing houses donate books as a gift to all the schools that participate in the project. These books come from a wish list made by the entire faculty.
• “Patto locale per la lettura”: public and local libraries work together with all schools of the area, approximately 30-40 to create and share activities to foster reading skills.

Durante la visita de buenas prácticas Verónica explicó el libro “La mágica medicina” de Roald Dahl. Durante la lectura pudimos observar como los estudiantes de quinto curso escuchaban atentamente las una parte de la lectura. Además, para captar la atención de la clase, la maestra les hacía preguntas sobre cómo se imaginaban algunos personajes. Después de la lectura, los alumnos se agruparon en 3 grupos para desarrollar las “after reading activities”:

• GRUPO 1: La maestra reparte un dibujo con una caldera en donde los alumnos deben enganchar las palabras clave del sobre. A continuación, cada alumno debe redactar su poción mágica.
• GRUPO 2: el grupo tiene una bolsa con diferentes objetos. Cada alumno escoge un objeto y escribe una pequeña historia conectada con el libro que ha explicado la maestra.
• GRUPO 3: “Dorsal Poetry”. La maestra reparte varios libros y cada alumno escribe un poema a partir del lomo del libro. El poema debe de estar relacionado con la historia contada por la maestra.

El govern italià destina una part important del pressupost amb l’objectiu que l’alumnat italià no només adquireixi uns bon hàbits lectors, sinó que descobreixi el plaer per la lectura.

Hi everyone!

We are very excited to announce you that we have finally started our mobilities. The first mobility is going to take place in Italy and we are going to spend a week visiting different school libraries in the region of Abruzzo (l’Aquila province), in the cities of Avezzano, Aielli and Pescina.