My school is cool Erasmus Project

Project Title

My school is cool

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills; Teaching and learning of foreign languages

Project Summary

The main aim of the project „My school is cool” is equalizing educational opportunities in mother tongue, English, mathematics and science of students 11 to 13 years old through improvement of the relations between students with high educational abilities and students with low educational abilities and the lack of work motivation.
The most important priority is supporting students with gaining and developing knowledge as far as basic abiliies and key competences are concerned. We put a lot of effort on engaging to all the planned activities students that come from immigrant families, students from low status families and students with different disfunctions. High educational and social value of this project is made by drawing from European cultural heritage. Each of the project partner offers customs, traditions and historical value of his country. This way the pariticipants of the project broaden their minds and learn tolerance towards different cultures.
The schools from five countries participate in the project: form Poland, Latvia, Bulgaria, Turkey and Romania. All these schools are state. Although situated in different countries they face similar problems as far as building proper interpersonal relations are concerned. Solving the issue of intolerance towards the students from poor families and those who have school problems is one of the main goals of all the activities to be taken by the participant schools. Therefore the preferred form of work is pairwork or teamwork, which assumes cooperation of gifted students and those who have difficulties in absorbing knowledge and acquiring new abilities.
To achieve these goals different innovative methods and forms of work should be also used in order to make all the activities
more attractive for involved students. The workshops, shows, scavenger`s hunt, exhibitions and many more events have been planned. We are working with the use of problem based learning method, total physical response method, flipped lesson and drama method. We are using ICT tools and educational games prepared also by students themselves. We are organising theme konwledge parks, chemistry labs, art atelier and tourst offices saloon. Theme trips have been arranged too. The aim of all these events is to broaden the knowledge and abilities in mother tongue, English, maths and science fields.
All the activities are being implemented in the class engaged in the project. There are two or three chosen classes per school. Their representatives are taken part in short term international meetings organised in every single country.
The students paticipating in the project are learning various means of both acquiring knowledge and organising their own educational process. It will raise the learnig motivation as well as the level of learning outcomes. The teamwork and integration activities will lead to better class consolidation, since the students who weren`t engagaged in their class and school life will gain self confidence and will be more open to new ideas. They will convince themselves that the school is not only the place to study, but also the space to make friends and spend time in a pleasant way. They will see that the learning does not have to be associated with tedious and monotonous process but it can be fun too.
The teachers’ ideas and experience recommended during the visits in each partner school will become the inspiration for their colleagues to enrich their teaching abilities and to complete their school curricula. New teaching and learning forms will influence the quality of education. Due to innovative methods, mathematics, science, languages and other subjects will become much more appealing to students.
The permanent cooperation of the schools from different countries, personal contact and via the applications and platforms will raise English communication competence. It will also increase internal motivation, the need of better and better knowledge of English in order to develop friendship started during meetings and to be open to new international events.
The strengh of the project „My school is cool” lies in comrehensive development of the students, their active participation in school life, which prepares them to be engaged in innovative activities of wider perspective.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 109530 Eur

Project Coordinator

Szkola Podstawowa nr 38 & Country: PL

Project Partners

• 51 Secondary and Primary School “Elisaveta Bagryana”
• SCOALA GIMNAZIALA IOAN BAN-DASCALU POIANA SIBIULUI
• darica tevfik ileri imam hatip ortaokulu
• Zentas Maurinas Grobinas novada vidusskola