Tag: Montessori School Lecce

On the occasion of 19th International Energy Saving Day, ,’International House Oxford Group Lecce actively participated in the project “Earth Hour 2023”aimed at demonstrating individual and collective commitment to the environment.

There are many initiatives related to energy saving and sustainable lifestyles being implemented in public bodies and schools: switching off lights, environmental education lessons, anti-waste lunches in school canteens, and bike-to-school initiatives.

The Oxford Institute, with the practical collaboration of teachers Salvatore Papa and Anna Maria Rosato, wanted to actively involve families, inviting the pupils' parents on the day of Thursday 16 February to walk or cycle with their children, and take a group photo at the entrance to the school.

Later, during the day Friday 17 February, always in the shadow of choices favouring the Environment, our school hosted the Coastguard Carabinieri of San Cataldo for the planting of plants and shrubs, belonging to our Mediterranean scrub, in the school courtyard.

Great work has been done in the school garden beds, which have always been lovingly tended by all the staff, and by the children and young people accompanied by their teachers.

Starting from our small part to help the environment, this is the right way to interpret how to be part of a bigger..." Project for the protection and care of our surroundings.

A rich afternoon of emotion was spent by the Fourth and Fifth Primary Class students of the International House Oxford Group of Lecce.

The boys, together with the headteacher, Anna Grazia Buttazzo, welcomed [them] in the School Auditorium Antonio Ferrara, an established children's author, illustrator, cultural operator, and lecturer in creative writing techniques. Accompanying them is Italian teacher Marianna Calogiuri, who prepared the students for the meeting, organised with the practical collaboration of teacher Teresa Romano, who worked hard to bring Ferrara to Oxford School.

The author (dubbed “a real joker” by the little ones) immediately managed to capture the attention of the special audience and their teachers, through An intense dialogue, lively, rich in simple words, slang expressions, jokes, gags, and direct questions to the boys who in turn interacted with him, responding with enthusiasm and curiosity.

Antonio Ferrara, reading short excerpts from his books (including The Teacher is a Captain (which was met with considerable success among those present) led the young people to reflect on the importance of reading and writing, activities capable of promoting a powerful and necessary processing of their emotions in young people, guiding them towards positive paths of self-knowledge, redemption and free affirmation of their own person.

After answering numerous questions, Antonio Ferrara congratulated the students on their participation and the enthusiasm with which they approached the meeting, which concluded with a long and thunderous round of applause and a lovely group photo as a memento of the good times spent together.

In una video-call il ricercatore e dottore Federico Capone del Max Delbruck Center per la medicina molecolare di Berlino ha incontrato gli alunni della classe V primaria dell’Istituto Internazionale Montessori Oxford.

“E’ un piacere avere come ospite speciale a scuola il dottor Federico Capone – ha dichiarato la direttrice Anna Grazia Buttazzo – Nonostante la giovane età, è già medico all’ospedale di Padova e si è trasferito a Berlino per diventare visiting researcher. È uno specialista in malattie cardiovascolari ed è originario di Lecce”.
Si è parlato di prevenzione delle malattie cardiovascolari e altre malattie nell’ambito degli argomenti che i ragazzi hanno trattato a lezione.

“In 5th we have had the pleasure of meeting a very special guest: Dr Federico Capone. He works as a researcher at Max Delbruck Center for molecular medicine in Berlin. As a specialist in cardiovascular disorders, he delivered a presentation about heart diseases and how we can prevent them conducting a healthy lifestyle” ha spiegato la docente di inglese presente in aula con i ragazzi.

Il dott. Capone laureato a Roma e specializzatosi a Padova, era tra i medici in prima linea nel contrasto al Covid all’ospedale padovano. In quell’occasione durante un’intervista dichiarò «La professione medica è un equilibrio tra competenze ed esperienza. Fare squadra è la combinazione vincente».

Un incontro estremamene interessante per i ragazzi che si sono dimostrati attenti ed hanno posto tante domande al ricercatore leccese.

I bambini delle classi III A – IV A – IV B della Scuola Primaria, hanno avuto l’opportunità di incontrare la scrittrice e poetessa Giovanna Politi con il suo libro “Lalla e la ricerca della felicità” edito da Kimerik.

Un incontro bello e coinvolgente in cui la scrittrice ha avuto modo di innamorarsi della Scuola Internazionale Montessori Oxford, approfondendo con la direttrice Anna Grazia Buttazzo le principali caratteristiche del metodo Montessori messo in atto nella scuola di via Adriatica da più di 40 anni.

Il tema del dialogo con gli alunni è stato la felicità, un tema difficile a affrontare, per quanto rappresenti l’aspirazione di tutti noi.

“La Felicità va circumnavigata, come ogni manifestazione di Grazia, essa provoca, seduce, sollecita e solletica e talvolta sfida. Si manifesta al limite, sulla Soglia del Vuoto, sul bordo della vertigine, lì dove la Bellezza appare. La Felicità per Giovanna Politi è Rischio, esige il Coraggio e la Responsabilità del Cambiamento. Non tutti hanno il coraggio di essere felici” è quanto afferma Giovanna Politi.

Al termine dell’incontro la possibilità per i bambini di scambiare due chiacchiere con l’autrice, con la promessa di ritornare per un nuovo incontro dedicato al firmacopie.

In the tour of the schools in the municipal area, the mayor of Lecce, Carlo Salvemini, on Tuesday, 11 October 2022, paid a visit to the International Montessori School of Lecce, accompanied by the Councillor for Education Fabiana Cicirillo.

The pupils, from the youngest in Kindergarten to the boys and girls in lower secondary school, via the children in Primary school, welcomed the mayor with emotion and enthusiasm, intonando l'Inno Montessori.

Then the floor is given to the school's head teacher, Anna Grazia Buttazzo, who along with the head teacher, Carmen Indirli, played host, alluding to the history of the Oxford School. “You need no introduction – the mayor entered – Your 40 years of history in the Lecce area speak for themselves. You are an excellent school and this is undeniable.”.“In these years of Covid – Salvemini continued – We had to suspend these appointments, but today we can finally resume them.”

The reception of the children

Afterwards, the boys took turns reading some Highlights of the books that have struck their sensibilities the most, and which were suggested to them by teachers always attentive to the educational and personal development of their students, along with the most vivid and touching phrases:

We were happy. Everyone was happy. We were ashamed of how happy we were. And we knew well that we had become so because of the books and the voice that smouldered inside us, which sometimes saved you...

I took a few steps, I entered the cool water, I opened the book and began to read aloud by myself, and it seemed to me that I was reading, at that moment, at that hour, with that light and with that water, not just one book but all the books together, and all the people and cities, and the whole world, and the days past and those yet to come, all of life.

But where I live, surfing is as safe as walking blindfolded through a pack of lions. Last Saturday, there was a guy. He was catching waves on a surfboard he’d made himself. Like mine. He’s Israeli. His name is Samir. Samir and I were waiting for the same wave. But I wondered: will this wave we’re waiting for be Israeli or Palestinian?

“Now I was pedalling, pedalling harder and harder, towards a life that was entirely to be written. The bicycle was the inkwell with which to do it, and its ink my desire to start everything from scratch.”
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. (Jimi Hendrix)

I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings. My wisdom flows from the highest Source. I salute that Source in you. Let us work together. For unity and peace. (Mahatma Gandhi)
Non c'è una via per la pace, la pace è la via.

A joyous meeting which took place in the garden of the Oxford School in Lecce, which enlivened the start of the school day.

Mercoledì 1 giugno i ragazzi della classe prima della scuola Secondaria di I grado Oxford di Lecce , hanno partecipato alla premiazione del miglior libro per la categoria 12+ dell’edizione 2022 del premio di letteratura per ragazzi “la Magna Capitana” riservato ai libri in lingua italiana pubblicati da gennaio a dicembre 2021.

Sono stati due degli studenti Oxford di Lecce a premiare, alla presenza di Mauro Marino e di altri studenti della provincia di Brindisi, l’autrice e illustratrice Malusa Kosgran (pseudonimo di Giustina Chiara Porcelli) con il suo romanzo “14” edito da Lapis.

Il libro e i suoi protagonisti

Un romanzo che ha visto gli studenti impegnati nella lettura e nell’analisi del testo e ha entusiasmato tutti per il linguaggio fresco e per la capacità di entrare nel mondo degli adolescenti attraverso le figure di Manuela e Walery, le due protagoniste, destinate a diventare grandi amiche nonostante la distanza che le separa.

La giuria dei giovani lettori delle province di Brindisi, Lecce e Taranto, ha incontrato la scrittrice nell’auditorium del Museo Castromediano di Lecce. Un incontro che ha visto protagonisti gli studenti Oxford che hanno avuto la possibilità di ascoltare l’autrice, dialogare con lei ed entrare nelle pagine del libro, con il loro carico di domande sui personaggi, sull’ambientazione, sulle varie tematiche affrontate.

L’incontro si è concluso con il firma copie. Così la scrittrice ha messo il suo autografo non solo sul libro, ma anche su cappellini, magliette e persino scarpe.
Sono stati momenti emozionanti per i ragazzi che si sono sentiti parte attiva nella scelta del libro vincitore e protagonisti di un momento di scambio culturale e di arricchimento personale.