Presentation of the jigsaw about human rights

Written by Gregorio U., Sebastiano V., Asia M., Angelica P., Sebastiano V.

Yesterday, 27th May 2024, we organized an event to commemorate the convention UN about the rights of children and adolescents where each class of the school prepared a jigsaw about the rights: 1. Right to physical and psychological upbringing 2. Right to protection from violence, exploitment, abuse 3. Right to education 4. Right to family 5. Right to opinion 6. Right to freedom of thinking and religion 7. Right to nationality 8. Right to protection from war, macis, discrimination 9. Right to free time, playing A small group from each class presented the jigsaw on the basketball court. As you can see in the photos we created a frame joining our hands and we listened to “All together” song and “We are the world”. We presented the jigsaw on the 27th May because we commemorate the event of the signature of the convention in Italy which happened on 27th May 1991.

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Lesson concert held by Ms Nastasi and Pietro Piva

 Written by Daniel C., Ikhlase L., Alessandro S., Lorenzo S., Flavio A., Domenico G.

On the 27th of March we went to a ex Church to assist a concert lesson held by Pietro Piva, an ex student at our school and Elena Nastasi, a music teacher at IC Sestri Levante. In this lesson we learned about trumpets and the varius types of them. To attend this lesson were a lot of different classes, and of each class 1 student could try to play it. Pietro Piva explained the different components of a trumpet. They also played some songs. This lesson help us further under stand this instrument.

Concert lesson about string instruments

 Written by Alessandro S., Lorenzo S., Ikhlase L., Domenico G., Flavio A., Daniel C. 

On 4th March Davide Mocini, a guitarist and lutenist, came to an ex monastery in Sestri Levante to tell the students of our school the history of string instruments and to explain the evolution and development in the last four centuries. 

The musician explained the various differences and how the technique of approaching the performance has changed, the different ways of plucking the strings, proposing, for each of them, some pieces and also exposing very particular curiosities, such as the different writing of the notes on the scores . “It is clear that the instrument that attracts  most of the attention” – he added – "is the electric guitar, which is nowadays language  and it is a completely different instrument from the other three on which we are carrying out important work to revive them. Getting into these repertoires is very difficult for a person who has never heard them before. It takes a lot of patience and a lot of listening education to enter this type of world."

Davide Mocini has a diploma in classical guitar and lute, plays in a Renaissance trio and continues further in his studies on the baroque lute. He composes songs with the Renaissance lute which he often combines with the electric guitar, contaminating, without altering, the original atmosphere of that distant world.

Astronomy at school

Written by Daniel, Ikhlase, Alessandro S., Lorenzo S., 

Another activity we have done is that of the astronomer who is passionate about taking photos of celestial bodies.He brought us several images and knowledge to us, helping us better understand how our galaxy is formed.We have conducted ulterior studies on the history of the moon, on the stars, how they are classified, on our galaxy and on nebulae. If another galaxy existed that is ten million years ago and if people went there, they would see how are planet would end.

First attempts with Scratch

Written by Gregorio, Gabriele and Asia.

Our science project: scratch

A few weeks ago, our science teacher proposed a new programming project. The goal of this project is to end up being able to create our own videogame about celiac diseases.

We started by pasting a pre-made flowchart into our very first script. Our teacher explained that we needed to add a background to our “videogame“. She also explained to us that we needed to create a new character and modify the project to our liking. We went to the IT lab so many times to perfect it. Our classmate, Angelica is so good at it. 

In the next science lesson we will eventually finish this project and the teacher will give us a grade.

This will be part of our civic education program. 

You can play with the videogame we created and shared. The character is celiac so it mustn’t eat gluten!

Bancarellino literary award

 BANCARELLINO 2024

Written by Sebastiano and Angelica, with the collaboration of our schoolmate, Janko.

The “Bancarellino” is a competition to encourage the kids to read books.

The goal of this competition is to read 3 books in 3 months. Students become literary critics and vote the best one.

In our class 8 students  took part because we like reading, then 2 teachers came to our class with 8 class books and distributed them. 

Each class has a number of books based on the number of participating students. On 25th of May we’re going to Pontremoli in Tuscany to rate the best book, which will be awarded.

Progetto di Elena Piazze

Geogebra

Written by Lorenzo S., Alessandro S., Domenico G., Ikhlase L.

In our school there were various activities that impressed us, for example a work with geogebra that really impressed us. Geogebra is a virtual platform in which you create geometric figures, our Maths teacher gave us an outline (we had to make a kite exactly). A few days before carrying out this work we attended a short lesson where they told us how to use the platform. The same day we attended a short lesson where he said that mathematics is not created but discovered therefore it existed before we existed in nature. The majority of the class managed to do the exercise successfully. It made us more aware of the world of geometry and competent. The organisers congratulated us.

Safer Internet Day

 In our school we are celebrating Safer Internet Day and we are talking about cyber bullying and the consequences and implications on teenagers’ minds. Unluckily it is still a too common phenomenon among young people.

We produced a short video and a presentation that we will publish here.

Everyone grows up only if they were dreamed

 Written by Sebastiano V., Gregorio U., Gabriele T., Asia M., Angelica P.

Davide Cerullo

 On  Tuesday 13th February, we met Davide Cerullo, an ex member of the camorra, who came to our school and taught us his story.

He was born in Scampia, a quarter in Naples, that is not well seen since it’s full of criminals. He had exactly 6 sisters and 8 brothers, this is also one of the reasons he never felt loved. Since he was young he used to work for the camorra by delivering narcotic substances without even knowing. He would get paid by member of the camorra since he couldn’t get punished legally. When he was really young he was already dreaming of having a gun; now he dreams of being a kid again.

One of the biggest reasons he joined the camorra was that he didn’t get any education and wasn’t able to stand up for himself. Camorra is an illegal criminal organisation based in Campania, a region in the South of Italy.

The aim of the meeting is that every child grows up with good worths only is their parents, school and environment help them to have good roots and he underlined the importance of education in this process.

When he was 14 years old he got control of a drug dealing square and also got his hands on a gun; he felt like God and earned 900.000 lire a day (about 4500 euro a day).

When he got arrested for drug dealing he was 17, and found a small copy of the Bible on his bed and started browsing it till he got to one of the last pages and he saw that his was repeated 3 times, from this point forward, he understood that there was still a chance for him to change and become a better person.

He changed his lifestyle and when he grew up he founded an association named Albero delle storie (The Tree of Stories) to help the kids of Scampia.

Now he has about 42 nephews, and he is finally happy..

“Con lo sguardo di Nella” – “Looking with Nella’s eyes” Shoah commemoration theatre performance

 Written by Gregorio U., Gabriele T., Sebastiano V., Asia M., Angelica P.

Every year in our  school in February there is a show performed by students. They act and read stories of people who had lived during the Second World War and the Shoah.

On the first of February 2024 we went to the cinema and we watched this performance, named “Looking with Nella’s eyes”. At the beginning the actors got expelled from their school in Genoa, and they got deported to the concentration camp in Calvari, a small town in Fontanabuona in the province of Genoa. They lived in slums and life was really hard because they were prisoners and hardly got fed. After that they were taken to Milan and then to prison. Later they were deported to Auschwitz Birkenau from platform 21 which was the platform the trains left towards the concentration camps. 

When they arrived there they divided people: they tattooed a number on an arm to recognise them, they shaved their heads, they got dressed as prisoners and the weakest ones were taken to gas chambers and when they died they were burned. This is the first story we were told.

The second story is about Andra and Tati and their cousin Sergio, at the beginning Sergio said that they moved from Naples to Rjieka but there they were arrested and taken to San Sabba concentration camp. They were taken to milan where they found their grandma and they left to Auschwitz. When they arrived they were divided and their grandma was killed while Andra, Tati and Sergio were led to a kinderblock. Once the lady who looked after the children told Tatiana that one day someone will ask them whether  they wanted to see their parents again and they should have answered that they don’t. they were exchanged for twins and for this reason they survived.

The third story was about Liliana Segre who told that she was deported to Auschwitz at the age of 13 but since she looked older, she was divided and went with the women and they cleaned the slums and worked. At the end there is a flashback about the first story of Nella’s life who died in gas chambers a month before her sixth birthday. 

In our opinion it was touchy and it is important in their life. By Gabriele T., Gregorio U., Sebastiano V., Angelica P. and their classmates

Wishes from IC Sestri Levante

 IC Sestri Levante students added their Christmas virtual postcards to a Collaborative Christmas tree and to a Genially escape Christmas room...

And now have a look! And decorate your own Christmas tree if you manage to go out from the escape room!

Collage arbol de navidad minimalista aesthetic blanco di Ma Carmen Serrano Yáñez

Christmas means solidarity at IC Sestri Levante

 In the past three years our minds evolved due to many projects in social studies which made us more respectful. 

In 6th grade we made a table clothand its corners there were 4 objectives from the "Agenda 2030". In the front we made a drawing which symbolised peace. On the back side we wrote a letter for people to sensibilize them towards peace and respect. They were graded and exchanged.

In the second year we built a pen holder from a jar and we had to decorate it however we liked it. In it we had to put a pencil and a letter addressed to a fictitious friend. Then we had to bring them to school and they were showcased, they were graded and we got a random one back. 

In the third year we built a time machine with recycled materials. We also had to write a letter to our grandparents in which we re-lived the happiest moments. The time machine will be brought to school, showcased, graded and exchanged. While the letter will be graded and we will give them to our grandparents on Xmas day. 

In these three years we are very happy informed about what is happening in the world and I created a lot of memories. 

Every year we give some euros in charity during these events where we exchange presents and the school donate this money to associations  and local hospitals.    

By Flavio, Domenico, Ikhlase, Lorenzo, Alessandro, and Daniel

Commemoration of violence against women 25th November

[Dimensioni originali] Presentazione senza titolo di IC Sestri Levante

Our school took part in a project of commemoration and raising awareness of violence against women and we decorated our school and  had some debates in class.

Presentation of our town - Sestri Levante (Italy)

[Dimensioni originali] Beige Scrapbook Geography Presentation di Elena Piazze