Acorn House International Bilingual School Rome

A center of excellence Born in 1999, Acorn provides a stimulating dual curriculum programme of study that engages each child through study, exploration and inquiry. With more than 350 students, the school is a center of excellencerecognized by: The Italian Ministry of Education International Baccalaureate World School The Cambridge University The school is also a special partner of the OUP Oxford University for teachers professional development, international curriculum, exam preparation and online learning. Our cutting-edge campus provides science, chemistry, physics and biology laboraotories, libraries, open spaces, 2 sport gyms, 3 sport fields, auditorium an in-house canteen. We inspire our students to be critical, creative, innovative, enterprising problem-solvers and team-workers who are communicative and literate in multiple languages. We challenge our learners to strive for their individual potential and excellence, achieving the “knowledge, values, skills and understanding that they will require through their lifetimes and to apply them with confidence” (UNESCO, 1995). We strive for excellence by aiming at nurturing the personal development of committed, empathic, open minded and responsible global citizens.

From Early Years to the end of Key Stage 3, Acorn House children are surrounded by an acre of parkland to explore and use during free play and PE lessons, as well as during science experiments and theatre rehearsals. Acorn House students are exposed to an environment that stimulates their curiosity and creativity in learning. Since 1999, an inspiring performing arts department has also been established and offered as part of the life of all AHI children. Students participate to international art awards and some of their work has been displayed at the Saatchi Gallery in London. At AHI, our classroom teaching method acknowledges the child's voice, making learning child-centred, activating children's motivation and the learning process. We like to offer them experiences that bring learning to life, during specific cross-curricular projects or by publishing children’s stories in real books and organising Author Day, at the conclusion of creative literature cycles. We also encourage students belonging to upper KS2 and KS3 classes to participate in Bocconi maths games and we are proud of their results.

AHI offers an innovative and dynamic learning programme covering Early Years KS1, KS2 and more recently KS3. The decision to extend the work done in these first 15 years at Acorn House allowed us to cover the learning itinerary progressively and continuously from 2 to 14 years old, in line with the recent Italian National Educational Guidelines, facilitating the link with the second educational cycle.

Acorn House believes that every child has a right to the best education possible. We aim to develop both intellect and character within a stimulating and challenging dual curriculum, nurturing the development of conscientious and responsible global citizens, as well as life-long learners.

Respect for each other and for the world we live in are central values at Acorn House. We teach and celebrate cultural diversity and individual differences. Through our project-based curriculum we study aspects of life and geographical features within cultures other than our own. Through fund raising, the students are encouraged to adopt an endangered animal and donate to charities supporting schools and children in developing countries. We motivate our students to “develop the core competencies which allow them to engage with the world, and help make it a more just and sustainable world.

Acorn House provides a stimulating dual curriculum programme of study that engages each child through study, exploration and inquiry. We inspire our students to be critical, creative, innovative and enterprising problem-solvers and team-workers who are communicative and literate in multiple languages. We challenge our learners to strive for their individual potential and excellence, achieving the “knowledge, values, skills and understanding that they will require through their lifetimes and to apply them with confidence.