SPORT AND SCHOOLSports are considered a very important part of school programs for many reasons. We started our work asking ourselves some questions:

WHY SPORT?

SPORT CAN IMPROVE OUR LIVES IN SO

MANY WAYS

PLAYING SPORTS WILL KEEP YOU IN SHAPE AND

PREVENT OBESITY

PEOPLE WHO PLAY SPORTS FEEL BETTER ABOUT THEMSELVES

PEOPLE WHO PLAY SPORTS DO BETTER IN SCHOOL

AND IN WORK

TEENS PARTICIPATING IN SPORTS OFTEN HAVE

HIGH SELF-ESTEEM AND SEE THEMSELVES IN A POSITIVE LIGHT

SPORT GIVES CHILDREN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO

MEET AND INTERACT

IT DEVELOPS SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY, SELF DISCIPLINE, PATIENCE, COURAGE, RESPECT OF RULES, COOPERATION,

LOYALTY

IT CAN CONTRIBUTE TO HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES

IT ALLOWS YOU TO EXPERIENCE SUCCESS BUT ALSO FAILURE

WHEN …AND …WHERE

Sport has been practiced since the second half of 700 B.C. when the Greeks organized the first Olympiad. Here’s a map of the place where games started. One of these places is Sybaris, where we live, THE MAGNA GRECIA.

PAST AND PRESENT

INTERVIEW TO GRANDPARENTS

• WHAT DID YOU PLAY WITH• WHO BOUGHT THE TOYS• HOW MANY TOYS DID YOU

HAVE?• HOW DID THEY WORK?• WHO DID YOU PLAY WITH?• WHERE DID YOU PLAY?• DID YOU HAVE ENOUGH TIME

TO PLAY?

OLD GAMES AND TOYS

CHILDREN FOUND OUT:

• THEIR GRANDPARENTS PLAYED ALMOST ALWAYS OUTDOORS, ON THE STREET IN THE COUNTRY

•  THE CARS WERE VERY FEW

• PEOPLE KNEW EACH OTHER AND THERE WERE NOT SO MANY DANGERS

HIDE AND SEEK

PLAY THE ROPE

GRANDPARENTS ALSO PLAYED WITH SIMPLE OBJECTS AND

TOYS THAT WERE OFTEN MADE BY THEMSELVES

TODAY LIFESTYLES HAVE PROFOUNDLY

CHANGED. CHILDREN AND BOYS SPEND MOST

OF THEIR TIME PLAYING WITH VIDEOGAMES, COMPUTERS.

THEY MOVE VERY LITTLE SPEND HOURS WATCHING TV,

EATING TOO MUCH AND GETTING FAT.

PUPILS OF THE FIFTH CLASSES HAVE ALSO INTERVIEWED

THEIR FRIENDS OF THE FIRST CLASSES TO FIND OUT

WHETHER CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN 6 AND 10 YEARS IN

CORIGLIANO PERFORM PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

IN OUR SCHOOL SPORTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT, BUT THERE’S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL

PRIMARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL

1 HOUR A WEEK 2 HOURS A WEEK

GENERALIST TEACHERS SPECIALIST TEACHERS

IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL THEY USUALLY

PLAY VOLLEYBALL, FOOTBALL, DO

ATHLETICS.

BESIDES THE NORMAL HOURS INCLUDED IN THE CURRICULUM, EXTRACURRICULAR

ACTIVITIES, ORGANIZED AND SUPPORTED ON THE INITIATIVE OF REGIONAL, LOCAL,

NATIONAL AUTHORITIES AND ASSOCIATIONS, TAKE PLACE OUTSIDE THE

TIME NORMALLY DEVOTED TO THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM, EVEN FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS. THESE COMPETITIONS PROGRESS

FROM SCHOOL, LOCAL AND REGIONAL STAGES TO A FINAL NATIONAL LEVEL.

OUR SCHOOL HAS ALWAYS BEEN INVOLVED IN SPORTS EVENTS AND

OUR STUDENTS ARE OFTEN WINNERS AS YOU

CAN SEE FROM THE PHOTOS