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DAILY LIFE 

Summer party 2025

The Swiss School of Rome warmly invites families, friends, former students and supporters to celebrate together the end of the school year and the arrival

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Class 3 art project. Liceo

During art class, we prepare for the presentation of our project. Everyone decided on their own project: painting, drawing, architecture, sculpture, performance, photography, installation, dance

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Rock music

We are in the middle of the 1950s, when this style of music was spreading rapidly among the new generations. Our students introduce two of

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A bell for Ursli

To celebrate the ‘Enma Rumantscha’, the week of the Romansh language, Switzerland’s 4th official language, the Swiss Embassy invited our two primary school classes to

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RUN ROME THE MARATHON

Day of truth! On Sunday 16 March, after weeks of hard training, our teachers Yann Bauer-Savelli, Pascal Steiner and Gianni Talarico tackled the 42.195 km

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SUN 2025

After several months of intensive work, our efforts finally paid off and we had a wonderful and unforgettable experience in Geneva. We had the opportunity

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Fiesch 2025

Keeping tradition, this year again a large group of students from our school had the privilege of spending and students from our school had the

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Volunteer project 5 PS A

Before Christmas, class 5 A of the primary school undertook a wonderful project with the Sant’Egidio community which ended on Friday 31.1. 2025. Pupils read

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Music Project

Our minds can be a prison, but also a wonderful place to cultivate dreams, love and longings. Starting from magazines and newspapers that spread painful

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Visit to Senate

On Friday 29 November 2024, the fifth grades A-B had the opportunity to visit Palazzo Madama, seat of the Senate of the Republic. The theme

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Night of tales

Once again this year, the much-loved Swiss Storytelling Night took place at the Swiss School in Rome. Teachers and students from the high school and

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Exchange project

This year, the second class B of the primary school of the Swiss School of Rome is participating in a small exchange project with the

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Sport Day

As every year, a sports day took place this week. The children tried their heads and bodies at orienteering. Among other games and a lot

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Artists in Rome

As part of their art lessons, the 3rd grade class visited the exhibition ‘Women artists in Rome’ at Villa Torlonia. More than 100 works by

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PROJECT SUN

The SUN project returns with the new year. With enthusiasm and curiosity, our new delegations from the 3rd and 4th years of secondary school are

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My Masterpiece

Today, Year 2 A and B secondary school pupils have started a project called ‘My Masterpiece’.The students are asked to create a real work of

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Maturity Celebration

The traditional Maturity Celebration took place on Friday 24 May 2024. Once again this year, the premises of the German Academy Villa Massimo worthily hosted

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Swiss Read Aloud Day

Almost 8,000 readers participated in this year’s ‘Swiss Read Aloud Day’! Countless children, young people and adults experienced stories together at various locations in Switzerland…

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Community Project Week

In the week of 13-17 May, the entire school building of Villa Malpighi implemented the project week on the theme of ‘Community’ (primary school) and

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Exhibition Ukiyoe

In the art course, the 2nd grade pupils will intensively study Japanese art and learn the techniques of calligraphy, ink painting and watercolour. Oriental art

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Cultural exchange

Last week, the second high school class of the Swiss School of Rome held its traditional class exchange in Heerbrugg with the most modern high

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Fiesch 2024

Once again this year, the traditional SRG SSR ski camp saw 60 middle school and high school students descend the magnificent slopes of Fiesch. Apart

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Music project

During the project week, pupils from the middle school participated in an interesting music workshop during which they all had the opportunity to experience recording

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SUN 2024

After intensive preparation by SRG SSR pupils together with partners from the French school Lycée Chateaubriand and a large number of speeches to be delivered,

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Carnival

Like every year, the Swiss School celebrated carnival. Young and old enjoyed the traditional parade in the garden of Villa Malpighi where they could show

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Advent Market

On 1st December, the traditional Advent Market was held at Villa Malpighi. It was nice to see, through the various activities proposed, the commitment and

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Cosmo di Luci

At the end of November, the children from KG group 4B went to the Korean Cultural Institute to visit the ‘Cosmos of Lights’ exhibition. There,

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Die Patenkinder

Once again this year, the teachers of Classes 1A/B and 5A/B organised meetings between the girls and boys, whereby the older pupils look after the

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Parade of lanterns

Once again this year, we celebrated the lantern festival with the kindergarten pupils. First, we carved turnips with the parents. The next day, the children

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Visit to the Fao

This Thursday the two fifth classes were fortunate enough to be invited to the YUNGA assembly that takes place annually at the FAO. The idea behind this

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Sports Day

The field trip to the Merla Park in Poli was a unique and beautiful experience for all the pupils of primary classes 1, 2 and

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Sommerfest 2023

At the end-of-year party, SRG SSR said goodbye to long-time teachers Regula Zürcher, Nina Kolb and Desirée Metzler. Once again, a heartfelt thank you for

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Aufenthalt in Rom

Hallo! Ich bin Christina und besuche hier in Rom ein Semester lang die Schweizer Schule. Ich komme aus dem Kanton St. Gallen und gehe dort

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Ostia Antica

Together with guests from the Kantonsschule Heerbrugg, the 2nd High School visited Ostia Antica. To recreate the experience of the ancient Romans in the baths,

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Matura art exam

After an intensive art year, the students were able to exhibit their works, created for the Matura art exam. Each artist developed his or her

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Sports Day 1. 2. PS

Last Thursday, the primary school classes in the first cycle dedicated themselves to sport. The whole day was dedicated to running, jumping and playing. On

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Villa Medici

Last Friday the students of the 3rd and 4th liceo visited Villa Medici and The Keats Shelley House.  At Villa Medici, guided by the expert

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Climate Zone Project

As part of their geography lessons, seventh grade pupils intensively studied the different climate zones and their landscape types. They also reflected on how these

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Yoga Course

The children’s yoga course at the Swiss School ended last week. Through the extracurricular course meetings, the children were able to learn the different yoga

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Zöpfe

Braiding bread plaits is not so easy! In the course of their German lessons, 3a baked typical Swiss plaits with our new teaching aid “Hoppla”.

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Reading Day

The two primary school ‘Patenklassen’ 1b and 5b met on Reading Day to read poems to each other. The poems were also read to the

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School newspaper

Some pupils of the fifth grade of the primary school published a school newspaper for all classes. It contains reports, puzzles, cooking recipes, quizzes, comics

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MATURAFEIER 2023

On Friday, 26 May 2023, the baccalaureate ceremony took place at the German Academy Villa Massimo. Congratulations to our graduates! After the words of welcome

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Urbino excursion

Our 1st and 3rd grade pupils A and B finally arrived in Urbino, tired from the journey but happy. They finally feel free, in the

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Sports Day 2023

On 15 May 2023, the traditional sports day for classes 1 to 4 was held at the Circolo Parco dei Pini. The students competed in

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The chicks hatched

The eggs of Natascia Kistler’s hen Picki have been ‘hatched’ in the incubator of the kindergarten. The chicks have finally hatched and the children are

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Scuola InCanto

This school year, the two second classes of the primary school participated in a music project, ‘Scuola InCanto’, on Mozart’s Magic Flute. This week we

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WWF Run

March 31, 2023 was an ideal day to implement a WWF run in our school. The two fifth-grade classes in the elementary school were very

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European Conference 2023

The heads of Swiss schools in Europe gathered in Rome for their annual conference. Barbara Sulzer, administrative director of educationsuisse, was also present. The schools

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Father’s Day

The kindergarten invited all fathers for their party. Dads were able to spend an afternoon with their child. Playing with play dough, painting, doing puzzles,

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Class exchange

The 2nd Liceo class is doing a class exchange with the Kantonsschule Heerbrugg. The students were warmly welcomed by their host families, the visit program

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Carnival parade

Huge compliments to the balloonist, chess piece and french fries – the three winning masks at the carnival parade of kindergarten and elementary school at

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Learn cursive writing

Nel nuovo semestre, alunne e alunni della scuola primaria hanno ripreso il corso extrascolastico di scrittura in corsivo con la signora Daniela Marsili e sono

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Grittibänze

The two partner classes 1 PS B and 5 PS B had great fun making the traditional Swiss recipe for Grittibänze together

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Partner class

On Friday afternoon, the children were finally able to meet their partner class again. They spent an exciting afternoon playing together and, by observing the

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The first day at the SUN

We started with an excellent right to the floor from Argentina – Luis Kränzlein and Maya Pacifici (Lycée Chateaubriand).All is well, and the students are

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SUN Preparation

Together with the pupils of the Lycée français Chateaubriand, our third-year students are finalising their preparations to attend the United Nations of Students (SUN) in

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Chess Tournament

On Tuesday 31 January, at the conclusion of the extracurricular beginners’ chess course, the final tournament took place. We congratulate all the young participants! We

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Memorial Day

Friday, 27 January marked the International Day of Remembrance to commemorate the many victims of the Holocaust. The 4th and 5th High School also addressed

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Raclette 10/1/2023

After the conference at the beginning of the year, the Swiss Club invited the entire faculty and staff to a raclette in our gymnasium. Table

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Cartoons

The first three-month cycle of the afternoon cartoon course came to an end. The children were able to make their own short film through all

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Cats – Teatro Sistina

Die Urenkelin des Gründers der Schweizer Schule Rom, Veruschka B. Wirth, organisierte eine Wohltätigkeitsveranstaltung im Theater Sistina. Sie führt damit die Mission ihres kürzlich verstorbenen

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Guest pupils

Article by guest pupils Sena and Lorenzo V. from the Pestalozzi School in Lima, Peru. — Sena and Lorenzo Hello! We are Sena and Lorenzo

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To the museum!

Not only does Rome have an impressive history… in conjunction with the reading of the children’s classic ‘Stella volante’ (Flying Star), class 4b spent a

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Movie night

On Friday 2 December the 3rd grade B class organized a cinema evening for the two 3rd grade classes and for the high school. After

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Playing with Heidi

With a visit from Switzerland by Vera Müller (pre-school teacher and master’s degree in theatre pedagogy), the children interpreted the story of Heidi with elements

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Senate visit

Venerdì 18 novembre, le due classi della quinta della scuola primaria si sono recate a Palazzo Madama, sede del Senato dove hanno potuto parlare in

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Räbelichtli-Umzug

Am Donnerstag, 17. November 2022, fand der stimmungsvolle Räbelichtlein-Umzug im Garten der Villa Malpighi statt. Die Eltern hatten mit den Lehrerinnen schöne Räben geschnitzt, welche

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Räbe schnitzen

Mit grossem Engagement haben die Kindergarteneltern den Nachmittag vor dem Räbeliechtli-Umzug damit verbracht, die Räben zu schnitzen, die die Kinder im Umzug tragen werden!

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Erzählnacht

Impressionen der zauberhaften Erzählnacht, die am 11. November in der Villa Malpighi stattgefunden hat. Die Schulgemeinschaft war spürbar, auch Schülerinnen und Schülern von Media und

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Besuch Schulklasse Graz

Am 7. November 2022 hat das 4. Gymnasium in der Villa Torlonia Schülerinnen und Schüler des Lichtenfels-Gymnasiums empfangen. Nach einem gemeinsamen Picknick präsentierten die Gymnasiasten

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“Il nostro ambiente”

“Il nostro ambiente” progetto sull’economia circolare della Scuola Svizzera di Roma con Retake Roma. La Scuola Svizzera di Roma ha dedicato una settimana del programma

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