The Bilingual School of Monza

The Bilingual model of education and the programme design we offer is based on scientific research and world-wide studies and on an internationally recognised curriculum. Our approach to education does not limit itself to only creating knowledgeable learners, but considers the needs of the whole child. We aim to develop internationally minded life-long learners who through their learning experiences will acquire critical and higher order thinking skills, become effective communicators in two or more languages and develop a flexible mind and approach to life so that they can appreciate, adapt and perform efficiently within a variety of contexts and situations.

Our school aims to provide a learning environment where pupils’ innate curiosity becomes the focus of learning; we strive to transform this innate curiosity into a passion for learning, a passion which will instil itself both during the years of their school life and beyond. We are committed to providing an education which facilitates the development of every pupil’s strengths and potential.

Research findings on the effects of Bilingual Education have shown that children who learn in a bilingual program will, in both linguistic and academic performance domains, outperform their monolingual counterparts, provided they have had uninterrupted attendance of a minimum of four to a maximum of seven years in the program. Our school offers this continuity by proposing a school model which caters to ages 3 to 14 (i.e. PreSchool to Middle School).

We take immense pride in the regular feedback we receive on our ex-pupils’ outstanding ability, once they have left our school, to integrate and adjust to different national or international school systems where their levels of performance and preparation seem to match those of excellence. The Bilingual School of Monza/Play English offer a Dual Language Immersion model of Education in English and in Italian through which young learners can acquire a second language while developing and maintaining their mother tongue.
 Our program of studies and model design are based on sound constructivist educational theories and scientific research.

We believe that students best learn in an environment where they feel emotionally secure and safe and therefore we place particular importance at establishing caring environments and relationships amongst adults and children.
 ​We consider the student’s family as partners in the educational process and as such we encourage them to be active members of our learning community.
 We believe that all students have equal rights to the curriculum and as such we aim to differentiate our instructional and assessment practices in order to cater for the diversity of students’ learning styles, needs and levels of competencies.

We believe that every child has the right to an education which lays the foundation for a world of peace. Bilingual Education provides an academically rigorous educational model which embraces human communication, understanding, empathy and appreciation of diversity. Our School will nurture the qualities of global citizenship as we prepare students to face the demands of an ever-changing world.