LICEO SCIENTIFICO STATALE Teresa Gullace Talotta Rome Author: Maria Grazia Maglione GENERAL INFORMATION Teresa Gullace Talotta is a secondary school specialised in scientific studies, located south of Rome, in the area of Cinecitt, near the famous studios. It was opened in 1979 under the name of 32 Liceo Scientifico and in 1981 was named Teresa Gullace Talotta after the heroine of Roman Resistance.Teresa Gullace Talotta Teresa was a brave woman, mother of five children and expecting the sixth one, shot by a Nazi soldier during the occupation of Rome in 1944 while she was trying to speak to her husband, prisoner in a barrack in the city centre. The famous film director Roberto Rossellini drew inspiration from Teresa Gullace for the well-known character of Sora Pina interpreted by Anna Magnani in Roma Citt Aperta. SCHOOL LOCATION At present, the school is housed in two different buildings, one located in Piazza Cavalieri del Lavoro, 18 near viale Palmiro Togliatti and the other one in via Solmi, 27, at a short distance. Both sites can be easily reached by underground (see M on the map) and buses (559, 557, 451, 657, 502). The main building The annex building PRESENT ENROLMENT AND CATCHMENT AREA Its present enrolment is about 1,000 students, boys and girls, aged 14-18, coming above all from the densely populated districts of Cinecitt Est and via Tuscolana but also from other suburban areas south of Rome. FACILITIES Each building is equipped with the following facilities: - Multimedia Lab - Physics Lab - Science Lab - Art Lab - Video Lab - Library - Great Hall COURSES OF STUDY The Liceo offers three kinds of courses of study: - TRADITIONAL COURSE in which literary (emphasis on Italian and Latin) and scientific subjects are well balanced - BILINGUAL COURSE (experimental) in which students can go on studying two foreign languages (English and French) - NITP COURSE (experimental) (National Information Technology Plan) including scientific subjects such as Maths, Physics, Natural Science and Chemistry) TIMETABLE FOR TRADITIONAL COURSE Subject1st year 2nd year 3rd year 4th year 5th year Humanities44434 Latin45443 English34334 History32223 Philosophy233 Geography2 Science2332 Physics233 Mathematics54333 Art22222 P.E Religion (optional)11111 Tot. hours per week TIMETABLE FOR BILINGUAL COURSE Subject1st year 2nd year 3rd year 4th year 5th year Humanities44434 Latin45443 English33333 French44333 History32223 Philosophy233 Geography2 Science2332 Physics233 Mathematics54333 Art22222 P.E Religion (optional)11111 Tot. hours per week TIMETABLE FOR NITP COURSE Subject1st year 2nd year 3rd year 4th year 5th year Humanities44434 Latin45443 English34334 History32223 Philosophy233 Geography2 Science2332 Physics33333 Mathematics55555 Art22222 P.E Religion (optional)11111 Tot. hours per week STREAMS There are 46 classes, 26 are located in the main building and 20 in the annex. There are streams from letter A to N. 8 streams (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H) are complete (with five classes each). The others are incomplete (I, M, N). There are only two NITP courses (B, F) and one bilingual course (E), the others are traditional. ORGANISATION OF THE SCHOOL YEAR The school can decide how the school year will be organised. The school year consists of a minimum of 200 school days and generally starts in the mid of September and finishes in the mid of June. The school year is divided in two terms, the former from September to January, the latter form February to June. A six-day week from Monday to Saturday is applied. The school timetable does not change during the year. The school-leaving exam takes place in June and July and is run by a board of school teachers (3) and teachers from other schools (4). ORGANISATION OF SCHOOL TIME Classes begin at 8.30 a.m. Classes may finish at p.m, p.m. or (students of bilingual and NITP courses have six classes once or twice a week). In the morning there is a break from to Each class lasts 60 minutes. The main building is open for extra-curricular activities at least four afternoons a week (in particular for remedial or reinforcement courses, language perfection courses (Spanish, Chinese ESOL certifications), theatre lab and other school projects. SCHOOL ORGANISATION The PrincipalMr. Paolo Massa Teaching staffAssistant Principal Principals staff F.S.P.O.F. (teachers with special functions chosen by the teaching body on the basis of their competences Teachers in charge of Departments (Humanities, Scientific Subjects, Foreign Languages, etc.) Teachers in charge of laboratories Class coordinators SCHOOL ORGANISATION Non-teaching staff General Manager of the Administrative Services Administration Staff Technical Staff School caretakers SCHOOL ORGANISATION Collective BodiesClass Committee (Consiglio di classe) Made up of all the class teaching staff, two representatives of the parents and two representatives of the students; it has a didactic role and makes decisions about the teaching activity, the school trips and the didactic visits. Teaching Body (Collegio dei Docenti) Made up of all the school teachers, it has a deliberative function for didactic matters, in particular it works out the School Education Project (the so called POF). Committes (Commissioni) Made up of teachers whose function is to help run the school (for ex. the Orientation Committee, the POF Committee, the School Trips Committee, etc) SCHOOL ORGANISATION Collective BodiesSchool Council (Consiglio di Istituto) Elected every three years, made up of 19 members: the Principal, 8 teachers, 2 non- teaching staffs representatives, 4 representatives for parents and 4 representatives for students, It is the decision-making body about the general management of the school (POF, school regulations, educational aids purchasing, scheduling of remedial courses, school trips, cultural exchanges) Students Committee (Comitato Studentesco) To help communication between students and their representatives in the school council Parents Committee (Comitato dei genitori) To help parental involvement in school life ABOUT TEACHERS Teachers have 18 classes per week, except Science teachers that have 20 classes per week. They have to take part in Teaching Body Assemblies, Class Committees, Departments meetings. Twice a year there are afternoon teachers-parents meetings to get information about the students performances and establish a collaborative relationship between the school and the students families. Twice a month teachers have to dedicate an extra-hour to meet the students parents also in the morning. At the beginning of the school year teachers have to prepare the educational programming for each class on the basis of the criteria established by their Department. They also have to fill in intermediate reports pagellini in the first and second term. At the end of the school year they have to prepare final reports and programmes for each class. THE MISSION STATEMENT (POF) The School Education Project (POF) is a very important document describing the school identity and providing information on the general objectives and principles of its educational plan. The liceo mission is to provide its students a modern, multicultural, challenging education in order to develop their personality, abilities and attitudes. As a science school, special emphasis is given to the scientific method, at the core of the teaching process. In particular, our school promotes liberty of teaching, collegiality, sharing of choices, respect for diversity, education to legality, receptiveness/openness to the terrritory. EDUCATION OBJECTIVES Our Liceo uses a teaching/learning process based on the four cultural axes so that students can acquire the Lisbon eight key competences for active citizenship: 1. Learning to learn 2. Planning and managing projects 3. Communicating 4. Collaborating and participating 5. Acting autonomously and responsibly 6. Problem solving 7. Identifying links and relations 8. Acquiring and interpreting information These key competences are all interdependent, and the emphasis in each case is on critical thinking, creativity, initiative, problem solving, risk assessment, decision taking, and constructive management of feelings. SCIENCE CURRICULUM 2nd yearBasic Chemistry: the various aspects of the cell 3rd yearMendels Laws, from Mendels genetics to modern genetics Biotechnology Evolution and classification of organisms Anatomy: main systems of human body Sex Education 4th yearGeneral and Inorganic Chemistry 5th yearEarth Sciences: Astronomy, Geology Palaeontology PHYSICS CURRICULUM TRADITIONAL COURSETRADITIONAL COURSE 3rd yearMechanics, uniform rectilinear motion The Principle of Inertia Work and Power, Energy Pressure in fluids, Pascals and Archimedes Principles 4th yearThermology, perfect gas characteristic equation, absolute temperature, changes of state First and second principle of Thermodynamics Acoustics, sound vibrations and their propagation, speed of sound Optics, light and its propagation, reflection and refraction 5th yearElectricity and Magnetism, Coulombs Law, conductors and insulators, condensers, magnet, compass Electric current Magnetic field produced by current Electromagnetic induction, electromagnetic waves PHYSICS CURRICULUM NIPT COURSENIPT Biennio 1st-2nd year Equilibrium and stationary processes Motion Energy Light Propagation Triennio 3rd-4th- 5th year Forces and fields Reference systems and relativity Principles of conservation Reversible and Irreversible Processes Mechanic and electromagnetic waves The structure of the matter The Physical Universe SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL PROJECTS Maths Olympic Games Maths Kangourou PLS (Maths and Physics Labs) PhysicsLa Bilancetta project (The Little Balance), a short treatise by Galileo where he presented his own theory based on Archimedes Law of the Lever and Law of Buoyancy.The Little Balance CLIL units/modules in some classes (Biomechanics project) ScienceYear of Astronomy ROADR project In class with the telescope: lets adopt a constellation DVD about Darwin Alternative Energy Sources Lectures about Environmental Issues THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION Visit our website: