Elementary school spinut booklet

Elementary school Spinut, Split, Teslina 12

The building, where the elementary school Spinut is situated, was built in 1954. The school uses just one part of the building, while the facilities of the Faculty (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and Faculty od Physical Education) are placed in other part of the building.

Elementary School Spinut School has 521 students in 23 classes. 16 teachers are employed from the 1st to the 4th grade and 30 from the 5th to the 8th. School psychologist, pedagogue and speech therapist also work and are employed in our school.

The school is located near the city centre as well as the Marjan Forest- Park which gives us the opportunity to develop plans for additional activities and field education. The Diocletian's Palace is the town's main attraction being a part of the historical centre of Split, included in the register of World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO. Educational offer: The school gives regular elementary educational programme, according to the national curriculum, set by the Ministry of Education, which lasts for 8 years and it is compulsory for all pupils (age 6-14) Day care programme : One out of three classes chooses this programme. It lasts just first three years of education. It is the programme paid by parents, and it is not offerered in every school in our town. The pupils stay at school to 16:00. The programme consists of classes, lunch, free time and studying. Two teachers work in this programme.

Optional classes: In Croatian schools there is a possibility to choose subjects which are not compulsory and regular according to the national curriculum. It is possible to choose Religious Education in the 1st grade, in the 4th grade it is possible to choose one more foreign language (Italian or German language) to learn (it is compulsory to learn English in the 1st grade). Along with the languages,

Computer Science is also possible to choose. Optional subjects are also assessed as well as other regular subjects.

Extracurricular activities: This form of the classes is the part of weekly teachers’ assignment and it is organized depending on the teachers’ schedule and their competences. These activities make a framework of the school curriculum. The school makes possible to give its students various, inspiring content of higher quality. The students choose one or more activities, the attendance is not an obligatory and the activities are not assessed. In the school curriculum there are numerous activities created for the students to choose: 1-4 grades: drama, dancing, art groups, young volunteers 5-8 grades: school choir, art, drama, young journalists, chess, first aid, Chinese language, students’ council, photo group, school cooperative group, little embroiderers Teachers’ professional development: Our school has always been open to cooperation, professional development and innovations and therefore is regularly participating in projects concerning different areas of education.

Teachers improve their knowledge and competencies regularly, they attend numerous educational trainings and they apply gained competencies to their work. Although Croatian educational system is characterized by traditional classes, a lot of teachers use more modern methods in their everyday work: the projects in classes, research classes, field classes, the experiment in classes, and doing European projects, a part of our teachers uses ICT in classes.

The projects on the school level are planned by the school curriculum at the beginning of the school year.

Education of the students with disabilities: In the school there is a special group of pupils who have lower mental disabilities and they are partly integrated into their class. Apart from partial integration, there is also inclusive class where is an autistic pupil educated and a class where is a highly visually impaired pupil educated. Five pupils have an assistant in classes.

The organized events: Every year, Bread days (October/November) are organized differently. Cooking workshops with students and parents are organized, students visits bakers, go on a road trip to small places in surroundings where they can see the mill and the process of making flour. Other autumn festival activities are also organized, the fruits are collected and the exhibitions are set.

Humanitarian actions At the school volunteering and humanitarian actions are encouraged and cherished . The fund for Caritas is organized as well as collecting food and toiletries for Red Cross and Caritas. The NVO association Most, which takes care of homeless people, is helped also through different actions (making dinners for homeless, collecting clothes, food, items for humanitarian fair). It is especially cherished the cooperation with the nursing home for the elderly Lovret, where students sometimes visit elderly people and spend some time with them playing social games and preparing performances at the holidays period.

Christmas school play

Among class plays, prepared by class teachers with their pupils, the best are chosen and presented at the public show organized at the Archdiocesan seminary. The school choir performs along with dances, school plays, recitations.

The Days of the School It is a week when the Day of the School is celebrated. Different activities for students are organized: sports competitions, concerts, a poetry evening, creative workshops, exhibitions. In cooperation with faculties and associations in local community, the robotics workshops, science school, CSI workshops, modelling workshops are organized. The central event is sales exhibition in the school yard where all classes with their teachers and parents take part in..

Students take part in numerous sports and knowledge competitions.

Various lectures for students, teachers and parents are held at the school.

European projects: 2012-2014 Comenius project. “Let's meet where our cultures meet” The school was the coordinator of the Comenius project „Let's meet where our cultures meet“ which lasted for two years (2012-2014) and it successfully ended. The project included 9 countries and comprised various topics such as: national food, music, dances, traditional children's games and stories. During the project, the school staff proved their organizational and practical skills needed for the presentations and transferring gained knowledge to their pupils and colleagues.

2014.-2016. Erasmus +, KA1 „On the road of innovation“ Nine teachers were involved in various professional training activities in different European countries . With this project we wanted to give a modern approach to learning and to the opening of our students to the fields of cultural heritage. We want to create our students’ identity as citizens of the city of Split ( locally ) and citizens of the European Union, using digital technology . Teachers and management staff are a meaningful resource of the institution and their qualifications should be developed in the direction of developmental needs of the school.

2016. – 2018. Erasmus +, KA1 „ Tracing for quality“ The project contributes to the needs of elementary school Spinut, because by observing the work at all chosen schools, the participants can gain the competences which will improve the teaching, realize curricular and extracurricular projects and increase the quality of the programme of the school Spinut.

The participants will gain these competences exactly through the period of observing the partners’ work and duration of that activity, planned in project, will last for 5 working days.

At the end of job shadowing, the participants will get the certificate of attendance by the host school. By their examples, cooperation, advice, criticism and information the partners will give to the participants and that way contribute greatly to the participants’ trainings. Their role

is important for the school Spinut as well as given opportunity of connecting and creating partnerships of the school Spinut and themselves, as modern European elementary schools.

Moreover, through the activity of job shadowing, it is needed to get the competences for organizing the educational centre and strengthen the competences and knowledge (how to find ideas and transfer them) of the staff who will teach other teaching staff. The staff need to learn how to establish and organize educational centre to get the EU funds and provide selfsustainability. The skills for improving the cooperative refer to the organization of the work as well, finding ideas and work methodology with children within the cooperative.The work methodology is also the basis for improving the curriculum and the way to implement more practically cross- curricular topics into the classes.

A. PARTNER ORGANISATION PIC

948601704

Full legal name (National Language)

Osnovna škola Spinut, Split

Full legal name (Latin characters)

Osnovna škola Spinut, Split

Acronym

Spinut

National ID (if applicable) Department (if applicable) Address (Street and number)

Teslina 12

Country

Croatia

Region

Splitsko-dalmatinska županija

P.O. Box Post Code

21000

CEDEX City

Split

Website

http://os-spinut-st.skole.hr/

Email

ured@os-spinut-st.skole.hr

Telephone 1

+385 21 384 933

Telephone 2

+385 21 387 095

Fax

+385 21 384 155 B. PROFILE

Type of Organisation

Primary school

Is the partner organisation a public body?

Yes

Is the partner organisation a non-profit?

yes

Total number of employees

62

The total number of learners

521

Legal representative Title

Prof.

Gender

Female

First Name

Sanja

Family Name

Čagalj

Department

Polytechnics

Position

Director

Email Telephone 1

ured@os-spinut-st.skole.hr +385 21 387 095

C. ACCREDITATION Has the organisation received/applied for any EU grants?

Yes

European Union granted projects

Year

Comenius project “Lets meet where our cultures meet”

2012.-2014.

On the road of innovation (K1)

2014.- 2016.

Tracing for quality (KA1)

2016.-2018.