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The Local Government Committee this morning approved the assignment of temporary use of the old school of Tallante Ermita, a social cooperative comprising several families interested in starting the following September an innovative educational project where training is enhanced active and respectful to the development of children.

As stated by the Councillor for Education, Joseph Marotta, this is good news because it is a pioneer project regional and national levels, having a similar experience in the Asturian town of Gijón.

Maroto explained that the college Mood The Hermitage, located in a privileged natural environment, closed last year for lack of pupils and this initiative has the support of the residents of the area to see how the activity is recovered in the center and even the arrival of new families to the area attracts.

The transfer was carried out for two years, renewable for another two: enough to start the project and see if child and primary Education curdles as Councilwoman time.

The social cooperative has no profit and is made ​​by a group of families living in the city of Cartagena and surroundings, they want to educate their children and families who wish to join an active and respectful child development .

Most are people with backgrounds in education, psychology or teaching, and some have experience in educational practice.

The project is based on pedagogical approaches and educational experiences as developmental theory of Jean Piaget, Maria Montessori Method, New School of Celestine Freinet, the Pestazzoli Rebeca and Mauricio Wild Education Center, the Sudbury schools created by Daniel Greenberg, the Summerhill school founded by Alexander Neill, Emmi Pikler theories and educational experience in Gijo n Andolina College, among others.

These experiences are characterized by support active education where children learn by interacting directly with a prepared environment;

education by proposing a respectful with the individuality of each person, the level of development, the pace of learning and the interests and needs of each child;

and to present an open and flexible curriculum with which to achieve the full and harmonious development of the individual in their different levels of development.

Also aim to create a relaxed environment free from external pressures, such as Tallante natural setting in which children have opportunities to learn about themselves and discover their deeper motivations vital;

and ultimately that children do not lose their innate curiosity to learn and discover all that interested them going throughout his life, as stated in your application developers.

GRANTS

The Local Government has approved the grant on the other hand the annual subsidy of 20,000 euros granted to the Federation of Neighborhood Associations and District of Cartagena Fernando Garrido for operation.

It has also been approved for an amount other than 36,000 euros for the Association of Housewives, Consumers and Users of Cartagena: specifically for legal advice;

decentralized OMIC office serving Los Dolores;

for the maintenance of their premises;

and a draft consumer education activities in schools.

Finally others have been awarded grants amounting to 14,000 euros to Cartagena clubs handball, basketball, volleyball and aesthetic group gymnastics, partly intended to cover travel expenses for the ascent phases dispute championships in Spain and the world.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena