CHOOSE YOUR CHARACTER, WEAR YOUR MASK Erasmus Project

Project Title

CHOOSE YOUR CHARACTER, WEAR YOUR MASK

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 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Creativity and culture; Access for disadvantaged; Health and wellbeing

Project Summary

This project will be a bridge between European countries and generations
Its aim is to provide students and teachers with a learning approach beyond the classroom constraints, in a non-formal learning context based on active learning. We will share good practices to encourage direct student participation to their own learning and personal development. In this adventure of knowledge, they will discover, under supervision, the treasures of their national and European literature. Understanding how to make masks, how to create and use puppets for Shadow Theatre, and how to write and act in a Drama play. To integrate their language skills and ICT skills. They will discover all of these using the internet and books and the most important resource: their grandparents, parents, and elderly from their local community. The puppet theater is the most accessible artistic genre in which all human types, all levels of society, all crafts and occupations are easily found. It helps the child to understand himself, and develop communication and social insertion skills.

It is related to 2015 Paris Declaration on promoting the common values of freedom, tolerance and non-discrimination through education, as the strategic framework in Education and Training 2020. Making lifelong learning and mobility a reality. Improving the quality and efficiency of education and training. Promoting equity, social cohesion, and active citizenship, enhancing creativity and innovation. Including entrepreneurship, at all levels of education and training.

Our Project gives equal opportunities to boys, girls, and students with special needs. It is designed according to all kind of intelligence: linguistic, emotional, logical-mathematical, musical, rhythmic, visual-spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, naturalistic, intrapersonal, and interpersonal. Students from 5 partner schools will become more confident and proud of their success.

Our Project should be funded for the benefit of our students. They will collaborate for 2 years with their European peers. The 2 short-term exchanges of groups of pupils will ensure a better language competence, especially in English as this language will be a very important tool for our Project. Getting in contact with natives is a great opportunity for pupils and staff. All of them will become more confident in using it.

Our Project’s objectives are:
1.To teach 30 teachers from 5 partner schools from Greece, UK, Romania, Spain and Turkey the 30 effective methods of interactive teaching during 2 short-term joint staff training events in Turkey and Greece between 01.09.2018-31.08.2020;
2.To explain to 50 students from the 5 partner schools new insights into what it means to be a citizen of Europe through Projects activities and 2 short-term exchanges of groups of pupils between 01.09.2018-31.08.2020;
3.To improve language competences and relationship skills among 3000 pupils from 5 partner schools from Greece, UK, Romania, Spain and Turkey during the Project’s activities and during 2 student exchanges in the short term between 01.09.2018-31.08.2020
4.To develop among 3000 students and 150 teachers from the 5 partner schools the sentiment of European identity between 01.09.2018-31.08.2020;
5.To strengthen the international dimension of 5 partner schools from Greece, UK, Romania, Spain and Turkey by participating on this Project between 01.09.2018-31.08.2020

The methodology includes project based learning, critical thinking, emaze presentations, team works, surveys, observation forms, , evaluation forms after each LTT and the final report.

Tangible results will be Project’s website and TwinSpace, Drama Clubs in all 5 partner schools who will remain even after the Project ends. Online events and webinars on etwinning, an integrated optional curricula “ Superheroes with superpowers”, a guide of good practices, articles in media, workshops, wooden toys, karagoz Turkish characters, flyers,postcards,a book containing common myths/ legends/ tales and characters in English and mother tongue with photos made by pupils,2 calendars, lapbooks, playscripts, Project’s poster. Intangible results will be: leadership, practical abilities, ability to relate to others, public speaking and self-knowledge, increasing self-esteem, improved ICT skills, as literacy and language skills.
Our students will gain socio- cultural knowledge of the partner countries. Teachers from 5 partner schools will improve the quality of the educational act for a relevant 21st century education and to implement new educational approaches that would match the student of the 21st century. Teachers will exchange good practices, through short term joint staff training events will become innovative and adaptable.

Our Project will internationalize the schools and create a European dimension in curricula

Project Website

http://5ccf1c8110b22.site123.me/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 59540,5 Eur

Project Coordinator

Germoe Community Primary School & Country: UK

Project Partners

• TUZLA DEDE KORKUT ORTAOKULU
• SCOALA GIMNAZIALA NR.1 BRANESTI
• 2nd Primary School of Iraklia