This document provides information about the Maria Mazzini Primary School in Genoa, Italy. It describes the school's location in Genoa and participation in the "New Horizons" multilateral project from 2012-2013. Key details about the school include that it was built in 1893 and located near the old port of Genoa. It is a state school that is part of the larger Istituto Comprensivo Castelletto network of schools, with approximately 550 students attending the primary school. The document outlines the teaching teams and hours at the primary, secondary, and infant levels.

1. ComeniusComenius
multilateral projectmultilateral project
“New Horizons”“New Horizons”
Our City – GenoaOur City – Genoa
Maria Mazzini Primary SchoolMaria Mazzini Primary School
Genova ItalyGenova Italy
2012-20132012-2013

2. This is our country, Italy and this is our
region, Liguria …
In the middle there
is the city where we
live in, Genova
here we are

3. Our cityOur city
• Genova is a beautiful city in the north-west of Italy,
it is in the middle of the Gulf of Genova. It is one of
the most important ports of Italy. It is famous for its
Riviera, situated all along the coast of the Region
Liguria. The climate is warm in winter and windy
and sunny in summer.
TypicalTypical dishesdishes are Pesto Sauce, main ingredient basil,
Farinata, main ingredient chickpeas,
a particular kind of bread called Focaccia, that
Genoese people use to have as a snack.
Besides many different dishes of pasta, as pansoti,
ravioli and trofie, and fish & meat as you can enjoy.

4. A glance of Genova

5. Genova was founded in the 6 th B.C. by Ligurians, maybe
its name comes from an ancient hero, called Janus,
escaped from Troy, landed on the Ligurian coast.
In the early seventhies Genova was a very important
industrial city, but in the last decades is going to change
its economy.

6. Walking around Genova you can find the old buildings
coming from its golden age of commerce, since the 16th
century.

7. You can enjoy visiting the aquarium and the Expo area
designed by Renzo Piano …

8. … or you can swim in the sea or sunbathe …

9. … or go trekking along the paths, among the fortresses, up
to the hills.
You can visit the old town and its narrow streets and
monuments or take a lift to go up, where you can have a
sight of the landscape around and where our school is.

10. OurOur schoolschool
M. Mazzini Primary School was
built in 1893. It is located at the
foot of the route to the hill, over
the city centre and the ancient
port
This is our school how it
appeared in the early 19’

11. • It is a state school, part of the “Istituto Comprensivo
Castelletto”, which consists of two kindergartens
(Bertani and S. Paolo), another primary (S. Paolo) and a
secondary school (S. Paolo)
• The primary schools have three different courses,
which have 5 classes each: 28 hours per week, 40 hours
per week and a Maria Montessori course (27 hours per
week)
• The infant schools ( 8 classes) last 40 hours per week,
the secondary school 30 ( 9 classes).
• There are nearly 550 pupils who attend M. Mazzini and
nearly 1150 in the whole institut.

12. Our teaching teamsOur teaching teams
• In the secondary school, teachers teach 18 hours per
week, the same subjects or group of subjects, like
maths and science or Italian and history/geography in
different classes.
• In the primary school teachers teach 22 hours per
week and work 2 hours more for planning. In 40 hours
classes there are 2 or more teachers, who share the
subjects. In 28 hours classes and M. Montessori corses
there’s just one teacher teaching most of subjects and
one or two teachers to complete.
• In the infant school there are two teachers per class,
they work 25 hours per week.