Spring Session 2009
The spring session of 2009 involves 8 teachers coming from 6 municipalities. Below you will find the list of the participants:
3rd May – 16th May in Italy
24th May – 06th June in Sweden
Camilla Andersson from Vänersborg to Bertinoro and
Diletta Ravaioli from Bertinoro to Vänersborg
Anna Marie Olofsson from Mölndal to Meldola and
Annamaria di Cicco from Meldola to Mölndal
Agneta Bjurström from Trollhättan to Parma and
Carla Lommi from Parma to Trollhättan
Anna Hermansson from Trollhättan to Parma and
Erica Catelli from Parma to Trollhättan
Camilla Andersson

Hosting Institution: Scuola
dell'infanzia Mariele Ventre -Fratta Terme (Bertinoro Municipality)
Hello! My name is Camilla Andersson. I´m 39 years old and live in Vänersborg
with my family.I have 3 children, Alfred, Wilma and Tova. I have been a
teacher for 16 years and I'm very interessed in how children learn and play.
I´ve had the opportunity to start one school and two pre-schools. Our pre-school
is called Dalaborg and the children are between one and five years old.
In my spare time I like to spend time with my family. I also like reading,
outdoor life, orientering and travelling. I like to learn new things and
to meet new people from diffrent cultures.
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Anne Marie Olofsson

Hosting Institution: Scuola dell'Infanzia Monsignor Achille Lega- Meldola
Municipality
Ciao, sono Anne Marie Olofsson, però mi chiamo AMO di soprannome.
Hello, my name is Anne Marie Olofsson, but my nickname is AMO. Since I
was a child, I´ve always liked my nickname. Now, that I know the meaning
of “amo” in italian, I think it´s nice that my nickname has more than one
meaning! (Amo = I love)
I´m 33 years old and I live in Västra Frölunda, Sweden. I work as a pre-school
teacher in Mölndal. The children at my pre-school are between one and five
years old. I love working with children, and I´m so glad that I´ve been
given this opportunity to join the Sern project. I hope that my future experiences
in Italy will give me new angles of approach to develop my work with the
children.
In my spare time I like to take photographs, practise “step up”, and make
glass beads jewellery. This autumn, my sister gave birth to a little girl,
and I´m very happy for her. I try to see my sister and her daughter as often
as I can. I don´t have any children of my own, but I have two brothers,
one sister and my parents, that I care about a lot. My mother is norwegian,
so Norway has become a “second home” for me.
One day a week I study basic italian at Folkuniversitetet in Göteborg. I
intend to learn as much italian as possible before my trip to Italy next
year.
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Agneta Bjurström

Hosting Institution: Asilo Bosco Incantato- Noceto (Parma Municipality)
My name is Agneta Bjurstom. I am 56 years old. I have been working as a
childminder since 1983. I have also studied Pedagogic at a University
at an A-level I have studied a course of childrens creativity as well.
The children at my pre-school are between 3-5 years old.
I love to work at the pre-school to take part of the devolpment of
the learning tasks.
My ambition is to be aware of the Italian pre- schoolsystem and to see for
myself difereces and similarities from different focuses and I am going
to take my experience to my pree-school and I hope that I will be inspired
to continue to develop the pedagogical and the methodes to my pre-school.
This experiense is to take care of.
At my spare time I go to a gym and I am also a member of a choire
We get together and sing once a week we play the uckelele together
And we are giving some small concerts just for fun.
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Anna Hermansson

Hosting Institution: Asilo Bosco Incantato- Noceto (Parma Municipality)
My name is Anna Hermansson, and I am a 25 year old teacher. I live and
work in the city of Trollhattan, Sweden. I work in the pre-school “Lillegarden”
with children of the ages 1-3. I have been working as a teacher in 2,5 years
and I must say that I really love my work! To be a part of the development
of children is fantastic.
In my spare time i like to work out, I am a instructur of water aerobics.
I also like to meet my wonderful family and friends.
The Exchange with the pre-school of Il Bosco Incantato in Parma is great.
I learn a lot of stuff and everyone is very kind and help me out vert well.
After three days I have already knowledge about the pre-school history of
Italy and of Parma, which is interesting. I have also visited different
types of pre-schools and have had a lot of information from my tutor about
her pre-school and their work with the children. When I come back to Sweden
I will speak about the exchange with my colleges. I will also show them
and the children some pictures from the pre-schools of ParmaInfanzia.
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Diletta Ravaioli

Hosting Institution: Dalaborgs
förskola - Vänersborg Municipality
My name is Diletta Ravaioli, I’m 51 and I have been a play school teacher
for 28 years.
Our school, which is in Fratta Terme, a village between Bologna and Rimini,
is called Bertinoro.
We gave our school the name Mariele Ventre because she was a music teacher
and the founder of the Coro Antoniano in Bologna and we belive that music
and singing are important parts of a child’s life.
I am a qualified teacher, specialised in children aged 3 – 6, speech therapy
and psychology-movement for children of this age.
I play the guitar, I love reading, art, visiting museums, outdoor life and
learning new things.
I chose to devote my life to children and I have founded a half-way house
for children ( max. 6, aged 0-12) where I live. We take in psychologically
damaged children and during their stay with us, we do everything we can
to help them recover, with love and a stable “family”, using music, psychotherapy
etc...
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Anna Maria di Cicco

Hosting Institution: Bifrosts
förskolan - Mölndal
City
My name is Anna Maria di Cicco.
I was born on 28th oct. 1979 in Lauropoli, a small village in Calabria.
10 years ago i moved to Meldola, in Emilia Romagna, where 7 years ago i
became coordinator-teacher at private nursery school dedicated to Monsignor
Achille Lega.
Ireally enjoy my occupation which is very stimulating.
I love reading and being in contact with nature, but most of all Ilove travelling:
I spend my summer holidays globetrotting. I’m enthusiastic about the direct
experience of different cultures and this makes me feel a real citizen of
the world
I am very fond of good food, good wine and i believe i am a good cook.
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Carla Lommi

Hosting Institution: Lillegarden förskolan - Trollhättan
Municipality
I am 41 years old, I'm married and I have three daughters. I live in Noceto
and I work in the nursery school of Noceto - Parma - "Il bosco incantato".
I have been working in this and other pre-schools in Parma since 15 years.
I love my job with the children and I like comparing and learning from the
colleagues and from new experiences.
I think this exchange could offer me and my colleagues the possibility of
reflection and improving the quality of the everyday educational practices.
In my spare time I like going to long walks on mountains, in the country
and in the forest. I like also gardening -above all vegetables- and I like
cooking pasta and vegetarian meals.
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Erica Catelli

Hosting Institution: Lillegarden förskolan - Trollhättan
Municipality
My name is Erica Catelli, I’m 32. I’m educator and I work in the pre-school
“Girasoli”, in Parma.
I work with children that are one year old.
I love to work with small children because the relationship that I build
with us is based on the emotions.
I’m very curious and I always try to improve my pedagogical competences.
I hope this experience can extend my point of view through the comparison.
In my spare time I like running and to stay outdoor because I love nature.
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