Kelmės „Kūlverstuko“ lopšelis-darželisKelmes “Kulverstuko“ nursery-kindergarten

“Our mission is to call children to greet the morning, to notice the beautiful change of seasons and to unriddle secrets of simple things.

We believe that our invisible efforts will not be lost...“

OUR STAFF

MAIN FACTS

Nursery-kindergarten “Kūlverstukas” was established in 1982. In 1992 it was reorganized into kindergarten-primary school. Due to decrease of children, the school was reorganized again into nursery and kindergarten from September 2013.

At present 201 children attend our kindergarten. There are:- 1 nursery group (children aged 1,5-3 years old),- 6 pre-school groups (children aged 3-5 years old),- 2 pre-primary groups (children aged 6),- 2 social day care groups for disabled pre-school age children (1,5-7 years old).

26 teachers work in our nursery-kindergarten.

OUR PRIORITIES

Development of our school at all levels (teachers‘ professional development, improvement of material facilities, etc.);

Innovations, project work; Fostering creativity integrated education; Close communication with local community and parents; Supporting teachers and parents communication and

cooperation, involving parents into different educational activities.

WE PROMOTE INTERINSTITUTIONAL COOPERATION

Education ↔ Social support ↔ Health care ↓ ↓ ↓

Department of Education

of Kelme Municipality, Adult Education Center

of Kelmė District, Nurseries and

kindergartens of Kelme and other districts.

Local Department of Social Care,

Child Rights Protection Service,

Ministry of Social Security and Labour.

State Health Care Accreditation Agency under the Ministry of Health,

Hospital of Kelme, Kelme Department of

Šiauliai Public Health Center,

Kelme Public Health Bureau.

OUR LATEST PROJECTS

Our school successfully hosted Comenius assistants three times – in 2011-2012, 2012-2013 and in 2013-2014.

Hosting a Comenius Assistant was a free, flexible and simple way to bring the European Dimension to life for both staff and pupils in our school. While the assistantship offered the Comenius Assistant the opportunity to gain teaching experience in another European country, the school benefited from a new perspective to teaching in school:teachers could learn about and compare with another European school system;pupils enjoyed fun new activities and benefited from extra support where needed;the extra-curricular life of the school was enriched where the assistant had shared their skills and interests;pupils, staff and the local community could develop a deeper understanding of another European language and culture;assistant is a great way to establish European school links to develop or implement future projects.

“HOST SCHOOL FOR COMENIUS ASSISTANT”

MAREN MÜLLER (GERMANY), 2011-2012

THE GOETHE-INSTITUT‘S CONTEST „BREMEN TOWN‘S MUSICIANS IN YOUR TAWN”, 2011-2012

EVALUATION OF ASSISTANT‘S PRACTICE

In 2012 Education Exchanges Support Foundation awarded our school for the highest Quality activity by school, hosting the Comenius assistant in 2011.

LUCIA GABRIELOVA (SLOVAKIA), 2012-2013

AYŞE NURSEL BORA (TURKEY)2013-2014

COMENIUS MULTILATERAL PARTNERSHIP PROJECT “HEALTHY

JOURNEY”, 2011-2013

Aim of the project – pupils’ health promotion by instilling healthy eating habits and physical activity: current problems and their solutions.

Project parts were 7 preschool institutions from EU countries. 21 teacher from our school visited partner schools.

Moments from the activities, promoting healthy lifestyle

PROJECT “HEALTHY LIVING IS A LIFESTYLE FROM THE CHILDHOOD“

In 2013 we successfully implemented a locally financed project “Healthy lifestyle is a lifestyle from the childhood“. During the project much attention was paid to diversity and forms of activities as well as to educational environments.

Project activities:

“Days of bare feet “,“Creation of Mandalas“,“Day of Olympic games“,“Healthy nutrition days and food production workshop“,“When healthy lifestyle and traditions meet“,“From grandmother‘s larder“,“Vitamin in a glass of juice“,Final event “I am healthy because I know“.

“HEALTHY LIVING IS A LIFESTYLE FROM THE

CHILDHOOD“

Morning exercises indoors and outside

Food workshops

Mandala creation

PROJECTS AND PROGRAMMES 2013-2014

Since September 1, 2010, our children participate in Zippy's Friends. This international programme promotes the mental health and emotional wellbeing of young children. It teaches them how to cope with everyday difficulties, to identify and talk about their feelings and to explore ways of dealing with them.

All kindergarten groups willingly participate in annual Eco project “Lidmania“

EXPERIENCE SHARING DAY “NOTICE ME“

Every year in December we celebrate International Day of People with Disability in our kindergarten. That day we invite parents of the children attending day social day care groups, also colleagues special educators and speech therapists from other preschools of Kelme and other districts. We observe and discuss the activities of our children and exchange ideas and knowledge about how to improve our work with children with disabilities.

eTWINNING ACTIVITIES

In December 2013 consultants of eTwinning support service organized training for our teachers about features and capabilities of work on the European school community platform in our school.

eTWINNING PROJECTS

Our preschool teachers and their children joined the projects „Carrot party“ and “All animals talk“. Social, communication, ICT competence of teachers and learners is developed through the projects. This is an opportunity to find partners from different EU countries for long cooperation projects.

The “Carrot party“ project was awarded a Quality label. Teacher Neringa participated in the International eTwinning Professional Development Workshop in Prague in May 2014.

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SUPPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CHRISTMAS CHARITY BAZAAR

In June 2013 the kindergarten applied to the International Christmas Charity Bazaar for support to obtain a massage tube for disabled children. The application was approved and the kindergarten was granted with a support in amount of 15000 Lt after the Charity Bazaar.

The members of the organizing committee of the Bazaar came to make sure the grant has been used for the right purpose.

We are the only educational institution in our district that provides education and day care service for disabled pre-school age children. There are two groups of disabled children aged 2-7 years old in our kindergarten.

WHAT DOES DIFFER US FROM OTHERS?

REGGIO EMILIA

Under the Reggio Emilia system, the child's intellectual skills are being developed by developing of his/her expression, perceiving the characters, enriching ethics, logic, and visual "language".

Teacher‘s mission is to create the environment that promotes child‘s self-expression and self-development skills as well as to observe each child's unique abilities.

We are interested in innovations in educational process. Since September 2011 we use Reggio Emilia elements during our activities using light tables.

WE CHERISH OUR TRADITIONS

Each second year we organize the Kaziukas fair where we present and sell our hand made things and food. We invite our local folk craftsmen to present the children old traditions and crafts. We also invite our parents, grandparents, ex-pupils and other our next to attend the fair.

... Let’s help our children

from all the things around to set up their FACE, VOICE, SOUL...

J. Marcinkevičius

Our website:

http://kulverstukas.webnode.com//

Thanks for your attention

“Whenever you go, despite the weather outside, take your own sun"(Anthony J. D'Angelo)