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Thursday - 01 . 16 . 2024 - 9:00 AM

Open Day 2025

We invite you to come and explore our Primary Years Programme (PYP) for children aged 3 - 11, attending our Reception - Grade 5 Classes

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+ 275 Enrolled With Us

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We would love to welcome you!


Sincerely,

Janecke Aarnaes

Head of School

Welcome
​from our Head of School

I am delighted that you are curious about the International School of Bologna (ISB). Since our inception in 2004, we have been serving a future-oriented community of local and international families in Northern Italy.

Our mission is to develop students who make an active contribution as they take their place in our ever-evolving global society. We are preparing students not just to cope with a changing world, but to lead the change.

Celebrating 20 Years of excellence in international education

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We Also Teach Italian

​Our primary language of instruction is English, but we value our host country's culture and language. All students learn Italian, from Grade 1, with classes in either Italian mother tongue or Italian language acquisition.

Learning Technology

ISB is a proud Google Reference School, integrating technology purposefully across all grades. We balance fine and gross motor skills, and tactile and sensory learning with age-appropriate digital mastery.

Drop - Off And Pick - Up Time

Our garden opens at 08:30, and the school day runs from 08:50 to 15:20 (EY) / 15:30. Early Years children can join supervised care from 08:15 and after-school care until 17:00, included in the tuition fee.

Play is central to the network of learning, and not merely recreation for learning. Play integrates the child's learning, making learning deep, broad, relevant, thorough, and imaginative. Play and first-hand experiences enable the child to struggle, manipulate, explore, discover, and practice, thus becoming highly competent in a variety of ways.  Through play, children understand and express their thoughts and feelings about the world cognitively and effectively. Our approaches to learning and teaching place the child in the center and offer a balance between teacher-led activities and collaborative inquiry opportunities where the children choose what they would like to do with the materials in the classroom.

Play Is Central

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Our Campus

Via della Libertà 2, 40123 Bologna, Italy

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Meet Our Staff

We are more than sixty-five people working at ISB

Here are some of our principal figures:

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Rachel Burgess

Primary Principal & PYP Coordinator

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Helen Exler

Secondary Principal (G6-9)

& MYP Coordinator

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Nazanin Nikanjam

Secondary Principal (G10-12) & DP Coordinator

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Olivia Cremin

Admission Director

Open Day 2025

The Schedule

We'll talk with the Head of School to explain the school

as a whole

We are going to explain academic programs (IB) with an emphasis on the IB PYP

We'll walk around the school to show our facility & staff

We Are Proudly Accredited by

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  • ISB Bologna Open Day 2025
    ISB Bologna Open Day 2025
    01 dic 2025, 09:00 – 13:00
    Bologna, Via della Libertà, 2, 40123 Bologna BO, Italy
    01 dic 2025, 09:00 – 13:00
    Bologna, Via della Libertà, 2, 40123 Bologna BO, Italy
    We invite you to come and explore our Primary Years Programme (PYP) for children aged 3 - 11, attending our Reception - Grade 5 Classes
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