Kindergarten N 55 “Veselina”
This institution is a state nursery school, attended
by 300 children at age 3/7 years.
The kindergarten in Bulgaria lasts 4 years, but the last
year is a pre-preparatory school for the elementary school. During this last year
the children have to follow a national program, have textbooks and must achieve
sufficient results in order to access the school.
The kindergarten is almost free, but parents have to pay a
monthly fee for the lunch and for some extra-curricular activities.
The extra-curricular activities are many and varied (eg,
gymnastics, folk dance ..), families can choose one of these activities but at
least one is mandatory. The cost of the asset is borne by households. These
courses are less expensive than in the private market, even if is a not insignificant cost for families
considering the average wages in Sofia.
The school is equipped with an indoor swimming pool, which
benefit all children.
The children are divided into classes by age, approximately
30 children per class. Throughout the school there are a maximum of two
children with disability. The proportion of children with disabilities is
determined by the state for each school, analyzing each school and in relation
to the capacity of host institution.
The disability of children is still not serious, because
children with strong disabilities are placed in special institutions and do not
always have access to the school system.
The school does not have to decide if accept or not the disabled child should receive one
sent by the social welfare system.
For children with disability are provided for specific
activities, such as speech therapy, special gymnastics, psychological support, support
teacher.
In the nursery works a team of 27 people, including the
director, a psychologist, speech therapist, support teachers, pedagogical
teachers and assistants.
In each group work two teachers, who are together during the
lunch time, and work disability support teachers in collaboration with the
teachers of the class.
The activities speech therapy, gymnastics etc are carried
out in separate rooms.
The structure is of the seventies, is renewed, bright,
classes are well organized and equipped. Each class has a separate area for
sleeping. Every child has a small closet where leave his clothes when he gets
to school.
Parents of younger children can enter in the structure to
accompany and pick up the kids. From the second year instead of the children
are left at the door and taken over by a teacher. If parents wish, they can enter
to talk with teachers.
The school organizes an annual meeting with parents. For
children with disability, the relationship with the psychologist and teachers
is more narrow and there are many talks during the year to assess the
development of the child.
In the school - as in all the schools of Sofia - this is a
security guard. The school is also equipped with security cameras operate 24
hours on 24.
The nursery school is participating in a Comenius project to
compare experiences and environmental education with other European schools.
Claudia Piovano – PROGETTI Nonprofit kft.
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