1. Comenius project 2012/2013-2013/2014

2. If we say Italy what do you think to? 3. Good food 4. Good wine 5. The land of fashion 6. The country of famous cars and scooters 7. The nation where famous actors and actresses were born 8. important sailors, scientists and discoveres 9. once called caput mundi 10. The Alps 11. situated in the south of Italy, in the heel of our famous boot 12. Taranto The town of the two seas 13. Taranto was founded in 706 BC by Greek immigrants as a Spartan colony. 14. The Partheniae arrived in Apulia, and founded the city, naming it Taras after the son of the Greek sea god, Poseidon, and of a local nymph, Satyrion. Taras is the founder of the Greek colony of Taras (Tarentum, modern Taranto), in Magna Graecia. 15. On the coins of the ancient city of Taras, the son of Poisedon is depicted on a dolphin, sometimes with his father's trident in one hand; the same image is depicted on the modern city emblem. 16. with the production of oil, wine, cheese and other natural products. 17. Taranto is also the origin of the name of the Tarantula spider family, Theraphosidae. In ancient times, residents of the town of Taranto, bitten by the large local Spider, Lycosa tarentula, would do a long vigorous dance. This was done in order to sweat most of the poison and thus survive the spider bite. The dance they did became known as Tarantella. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i4 18. Curiosity The website Wikipedia includes, among all the other languages, the dialect of our town called tarandine. 19. Our school is situated here 20. Comprehensive institute: nursery, infant school, primary school, secondary school, centre for the formation of adult people. N. of buildings: 5 N. of students: more than 1.000 N. of teachers: 150 N. of classes: 87 21. N. 1 Aula Magna N. 4 tech laboratories N. 1 gym N. 1 music room N. 3 theatres N. 1 science room N. 1 art room N. 1 library 22. The Headmistress and the teachers work to offer all the educational tools to students of different ages. 23. The secondary school follows the standard Italian curriculum with a focus on music, with the possibility to choose the teaching of musical instruments such as violin, guitar, flute, piano. 24. Chorus and orchestra Trinity courses Comenius projects Sport activities Education to the respect of the environment Education to legality Courses of ICT 25. The school is also a Territorial Centre for the Education of Adults (CTP). It includes a huge variety of courses addressed to students from 16 years old onwards. 26. The socio cultural context of the adult centre is characterized by a low cultural level, the search for a job, the search for new competences in order to improve their personal curriculum. 27. Different rehabilitation projects and laboratories are held in prison. A project for adults called Sirio, the possibility to attend two years in a secondary school. 28. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au7o72JfDc8