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A project of social inclusion and communitydevelopment in Health Promoting schools

located in a multi-ethnic neighbourhood

The 4th European Conference in Health Promoting SchoolEquity, Education and Health

Odense, 7 october 2013

WELCOME - a three year project financed by the CARIPLO Foundation ended in June 2013.

The project was born in 2010 to answer the needs of the Third School Complex in Pioltello. WELCOME was conceived and developed by the School and the Social Cooperative MILAGRO which collaborated as a partner.

The social cooperative MILAGRO has been working in an area east of Milan. Its main purpose is to create new social services for the young and their families and manage them in collaboration with local government and other voluntary or non-profit  organizations.

“THE WELCOME PROJECT MEANS ...

ENJOYING WORKING TO MAKE THE SCHOOL GROW”

THE WELCOME PROJECT MEANS...

A SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT SUITED TO EACH CHILD

PIOLTELLO is a town of 37.000 inhabitants. 23% of the local population is from 88 different countries.

WELCOME was set up in the Primary school and Kindergarten of “E. Bontempi” School Complex located in a neighbourhood called SATELLITE.

800 students attend this School Complex every year. 83% of them are foreign nationals.

CULTURAL PROMOTION SOCIAL INCLUSION

SCHOOL DROP OUT

INDIVIDUALS

THE MAIN IDEA

A NEW INTERCULTURAL CONTEXT

PEOPLE

The STUDENTS

The TEACHERS

The FAMILIES

THE MAIN CHARACTERS

STUDENTS

CREATIVE LEARNING LABS for kindergarten students to aid a sense of identity.

WELCOME ACTIVITIES TO INTRODUCE PRE-SCHOOLERS to Primary School

EXTRA-CURRICULAR SCHOOL ACTIVITIES for Primary School Students

(Monday to Friday : 16.30 – 18.30.)

GAMES AND PUBLIC EVENTS WITH PARENTS:

Snacks in the Park ,Carnival Party, Christmas Party,...

WELCOME PACKInformation on activities

Stationary

WELCOME HOLIDAYS: extra opening days during Christmas, Easter

and summer breaks

“THE WELCOME PROJECT MEANS...

DOING THINGS TOGETHER”

“THE WELCOME PROJECT MEANS ...

GETTING EXCITED!”

FORCOURSES ON “The rights of foreign students and school

practice”

COURSES for kindergarten teachers IN WELCOMING THE WHOLE FAMILY

into school

COURSES to help THE NEWCOMERS INTEGRATE into first year of kindergarten

and primary school MAKING HOME-SCHOOL COMUNICATION MORE

EFFECTIVE

WELCOME ACTIVITIES for students and their families

WITHTEACHERS

“THE WELCOME PROJECT MEANS...PROVIDING TIME AND SPACE

TO MEET AND EXCHANGE EXPERIENCES”

“THE WELCOME PROJECT ... CAN HELP PREVENT

STUDENT DROP OUT”

MULTICULTURAL AND MULTILINGUAL PARENT SCHOOL GROUP TO:

- introduce parents to the school, its staff and its culture;- organize creative activities led by parents and teachers;

- promote a parent sewing and needlework workshop;- organize information meeting for parents.

FAMILIES

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“THE WELCOME PROJECT MEANS...

FEELING USEFUL”

“THE WELCOME PROJECT MEANS …

HELPING MY CHILDREN'S SCHOOL”

Set up an active, close-knit, multicultural Parent Group with

people from different parts of the world

.Strengthen the Multicultural

Parent Group and increase the number of parents involved

Improved family participation in school life helped the children

feel more at ease at school and experience it as a more welcoming environment

Students’ improved moral should help them to give a

positive welcome to newcomers

ACCOMPLISHED GOALS NEW CHALLENGES

“THE WELCOME PROJECT IS...PLAYING WITH FRIENDS

IN THE GARDEN”“THE WELCOME

PROJECT MEANS...FEELING AT HOME”

Share effective integration practice with colleagues from

other schools, in Pioltello and the surrounding area.

Effective sistems for integrating foreign students and preventing

drop out.

Improve the network by involving new local institutions and

organisations to consolidate and empower the social services the

schools already provide.

Build up a local network of schools, cultural associations,

the public library, the family counceling centre (ASL Mi 2) and the counseling service for

foreign citizens.

ACCOMPLISHED GOALS NEW CHALLENGES

“THE WELCOME PROJECT IS … LIKE AN AROMA WHICH PERVADES

ALL THE SUBJECTS”

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!