Arena 21 nursery school

Manager: Annalisa Gabetto

Segreteria: 02 884.40436/40437/40438/40439/40440

ED.UE01@comune.milano.it

Municipality 1 – Educational Unit 1

Milan - Via Arena, 21

The Arena Nursery welcomes girls and boys aged between 3 and 36 months and is located on the first floor of a structure which also includes a nursery school.
The 2 sections are organized in such a way as to accommodate groups of "small" children (children up to 12 months) and "medium-large" children (children between 13 and 36 months) in balanced numbers that respond to the specific needs of the age group. age.
In addition to the sections, girls and boys access various educational experiences in the common areas of the nursery: laboratory/atelier space, manipulation space, library/reading space, garden, terrace.
Il Nido has an internal kitchen managed by Milano Ristorazione. Lunch is administered by the educational staff who accompanies girls and boys on their journey of self-knowledge and sensorial experimentation.

The educational college, coordinated by the Manager, is responsible for the planning and implementation of the educational paths promoted during the year. In the presence of girls or boys with disabilities, the presence of educational support staff is expected.

The auxiliary staff ensures the care and cleaning of the nursery spaces.

The section represents the space where girls and boys spend the moments of greatest emotional involvement during the educational day: educators take care of girls and boys and support their growth path through the design of spaces and the setting up of experiences educational.

Our sections are called Tulips and Sunflowers.
For each section there is a space dedicated to resting for girls and boys, a space for lunch and a space for care and hygiene. The educators, in preparing these spaces and these moments, guarantee an organization of the educational day that is careful to encourage the child's actions, the exploration of spaces and materials and self-care, with the presence and constant accompaniment of the adult. 

The sections directly overlook both the school garden and the terraces that are part of the structure.

The section: description and photos
The section: description and photos
The section: description and photos

The common spaces are designed as places to welcome adults and children and are designed to accompany girls and boys in exploring, gradually over the course of the year, contexts and places even "beyond" their own section. The common spaces are designed to promote motor, sensory and laboratory experiences consistent with the developmental stages of girls and boys and gradual over time.
In our nursery, there are laboratory spaces dedicated to decanting with yellow flour, to discovery, to the use of material for graphic/pictorial activities and to experimentation with unstructured material. There is a library on the ground floor, alternating with the nursery school, for reading activities. 

The common areas: description and photos
The common areas: description and photos
The common areas: description and photos

«Going out», living in larger spaces than the space of the section, gradually exploring the garden or courtyard means expanding the possibilities of discovery and experimentation and offering educational paths that are gradually more and more articulated and complex.
In the nursery there are 3 terraces and the possibility of using the nursery school courtyard, both alternately and simultaneously.

The outdoor spaces: description and photos
The outdoor spaces: description and photos
The outdoor spaces: description and photos

Milan, via Arena 21

Updated: 26/02/2024