Project duration can range from an intensive day to a month/2 months.

The first two project presentation days are organised in the school calendar in order to present projects and good practice to the rest of the teaching team, during specific Inset day, scheduled in the school calendar. The final project is a school project, aimed to discover and appreciate other cultures in the world, exploring food, habitats, habits, traditions and legends from other countries or continents. It always ends with a cultural day based around the area of interest.

• 30/10 – 1st project presentation
• 13/2 – 2nd project presentation
• April/May – whole school cultural day

Project presentation days

During inset/project presentation days all teachers present their project using power point and present their classroom displays connected to the project. This is an opportunity to share the work of each other and give constructive feedback on areas of good practice and targets for further development.

Becoming an adult is not a task; it is a process that comes through everyday life experience. Giving students the opportunity to live experiences such as the Journalism Project allows them to act and work as adults.

This three-year-cycle project aims to support our students in developing their writing and creative skills, enhance their knowledge about democracy and politics and facilitate their entrance into the world of work.

Thanks to the creation of some TV news reports, our students won second place at the 2015 international competition Giornalisti nell’Erba with a two-language news report (English and Italian). In May 2016, the first school newspaper was printed under the name of Acorn Standard.

The three-year-cycle project has been developed in the following way: