{"id":6614,"date":"2026-09-15T15:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T13:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brissago.ch\/?p=6614"},"modified":"2026-09-16T16:23:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T14:23:47","slug":"dalla-lentezza-allascolto-dei-ritmi-la-scuola-di-brissago-riparte-dalle-domande-dei-bambini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brissago.ch\/en\/news\/dalla-lentezza-allascolto-dei-ritmi-la-scuola-di-brissago-riparte-dalle-domande-dei-bambini\/","title":{"rendered":"From slowness to listening to rhythms: the school of Brissago starts from the questions of the children"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mayor Veronica Marcacci Rossi: \u201cOurs is a collected, non-dispersive and above all inclusive school\u201d.<\/strong> Director Alexandra Lanini: \u201cEducating about participation means enabling every child to discover that their voice counts.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new school year 2026\/27 opens in Brissago with an institute project dedicated to the theme of rhythms<\/strong>. A common thread that will accompany 79 students<\/strong>, distributed in five overall sections from kindergarten to primary school, together with 16 teachers<\/strong> between holders, teachers of special subjects and specialized teachers. A relatively small school, that of Brissago, with all the values and advantages that derive from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSmall is beautiful \u2013 points out the mayor Veronica Marcacci Rossi<\/strong>, which is also responsible for the Dicastery for Education \u2013 it is a slogan in which I believe deeply and which describes our school well. Its size allows us to follow children more closely, to pay more attention to their needs and to offer special activities, such as school in the woods and school days. It is a collected, non-dispersive and above all inclusive school, capable of teaching children to look also at those who are more fragile and live in situations other than their own.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another issue that is particularly important to the mayor is the role of the teacher, who in his opinion must return to be recognized and respected. \u201cToday too often teachers are held accountable for pupils\u2019 educational or behavioural difficulties and become the target of family frustrations. In fact, their task has become even more complex: It requires preparation, sensitivity and a strong ability to understand children and accompany them in their growth. Teachers are crucial for the new generations and, very often, they are a second family for children.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A concept that is confirmed in the words of the director, Alexandra Lanini,<\/strong> We asked her to tell us about the project that will be the leitmotif this year. A project that represents a continuity with the work carried out during the last school year, when the Institute had chosen to question itself on the value of slowness<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stopping, observing, waiting and spending time on reporting and listening were some of the central themes. But the children themselves questioned the starting point: \u201cYes, but it's not always easy to slow down. It's not always good. You run the risk of being late, of being left behind<\/em><\/strong>\u201d.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A seemingly simple consideration, but capable of changing the perspective of adults and orienting the new project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf we want boys and girls to be really involved in the educational paths that concern them \u2013 explains Lanini \u2013 their words cannot be just an interesting conclusion to collect and preserve. They can become a point from which to start again<\/strong>, capable of modifying adult questions and orienting new experiences\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is where the theme chosen for the New Year comes from: from slowness to listening to rhythms<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reflection starts from a precise principle: the school is not only the place where disciplinary knowledge is acquired, but also a space where one gradually learns to understand reality, to develop autonomy and responsibility<\/strong> and to participate in the life of the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the director, participating does not simply mean being involved in activities already established by adults. It means being able to observe, ask questions, express a point of view, compare it with that of others and contribute, according to one's age and possibilities, to the construction of the educational path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The transition from slowness to rhythms stems precisely from this setting. It is not a question of teaching that going slow is always better or that speed is necessarily negative. Life is made of different times<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are times \u2013 explains Alexandra Lanini \u2013 when we need to stop and others when we need to act; moments to wait and others to make a decision; moments in which we need others and others in which we seek space for ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Educating to listen to rhythms therefore means helping children to recognize their own time, but also to understand that it cohabits with that of others<\/strong>. There are rhythms of relationships, body and emotions; the time needed to learn, which is not the same for everyone; and the rhythms of nature, often different from those imposed by the habits and models of society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From this perspective, seemingly simple questions can arise, but capable of opening broader reflections. How long does it take a zucchini to grow? Why do we expect to find it at the supermarket throughout the year? How long do we use a plastic object and how long will it take for it to deteriorate? Do we all need the same time to learn?<\/strong> Does the desire to speak always coincide with the need of the other to listen?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are questions that allow even the youngest to get closer to the concept of interdependence<\/strong> and to progressively understand that individual and collective choices produce consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project thus forms part of the general training provided for in the Ticino Study Plan and in the perspective of theeducation for sustainable development<\/strong>. Not as an additional topic to be added to the disciplines, but as a way to put boys and girls in a position to question reality, understand its relationships and progressively assume an active and responsible role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The theme will accompany the entire institute, without, however, imposing the same path on everyone. Each group will be able to explore it starting from the age of the students, the experiences lived and above all from the questions that will emerge<\/strong>. For some, the rhythms of the body, emotions and relationships may become central; for others those of nature and society, or the measurement and representation of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA common theme \u2013 points out the Director \u2013 does not necessarily mean that everyone does the same thing. Rather, it means sharing a framework within which they can develop. different routes<\/strong>, capable of accommodating the particularities of groups and of leaving room for the initiative and thought of children\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Words, questions, photographs, drawings, observations and discoveries will be collected during the year. The documentation<\/strong> It will not only serve to keep track of the work done, but will itself become a tool for learning, participation and evaluation. It will allow children to return to experiences, discuss them, recognize what has changed and decide together which aspects deserve to be deepened or told to others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, this work will lead to aInstitutional agenda<\/strong>. It will not simply be the final product of the project, but the collective testimony of a year of research, built through the many voices that inhabit the school. The experiences, questions, discoveries and representations of children will progressively determine their contents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The educational challenge is therefore not to offer preconceived answers, but to create the conditions for boys and girls to learn to observe, question, choose and participate<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLearning to listen to our own rhythms, those of others and those of the world \u2013 concludes Alexandra Lanini \u2013 also means learning that we live in relationships of which we are a part. And educating about participation means, from the first years of school, allowing every child to discover that Your voice can help you understand and progressively transform the world you live in.<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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