In Harmony with Nature Erasmus Project

Project Title

In Harmony with Nature

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 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Teaching and learning of foreign languages; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Natural sciences

Project Summary

Taking into account our conditions, location and previously mentioned difficulties and social risks we would like to implement the new, innovative for most of schools synergy. In every school we will expand our ICT knowledge using new tools to create final products or communicate to each other. For instance we are going to create multimedia presentation with Emaze, Prezi, films, a kind of electronical books, lexicon, logo using new technology and specific sites with modern tools which haven’t been used yet in our schools. The next component will be environmental education from visits in our local woods, national parks, companies connected with carpentry, forestry or yachts building to practical way of education like planting trees. Researches, documentation ( photos, films, recordings, juxtapositions) will be presented in different forms – in electronic and traditional way. The last point of our synergy will be connected with social exclusion and the risk of leaving school early. We will organize lessons devoted career counselling. There will be meetings with people who occupy this topic and workers in national parks, shipyards, carpentry companies, foresters an work markets promoting the jobs in the nearest area. We would like to show young people possibilities of workplaces in their own areas, the ways of education in secondary schools and universities.
Better learning and teaching are the main objectives of this project. Every activities planned will be a part of the curricula disciplines and teaching but with a different and original point of view and new perspectives. We can assert that all activities planned during the different mobilities are designed as learning activities in themselves and the results will be achieved:
Ice breaking activities – we are going to make multimedia presentations and films about schools , regions and countries, show traditions during whole year connected with fests . Students and teachers will use Skype , Twinspace or chats to lead video-conferences; multilingual vocabulary with names of plants will be created , labels with QR codes consisting of names of plants. After visiting local companies using wood as a raw material : discovering careers, economic elements, management of a companies -the reports will be presented on school and eTwinning sites. Teachers will organize meetings with forresters ( as a possible job in the nearest area). Woods and forests as a source and the resource of life- National Park and Natural Reservation visits, Nature museums. These educational/recreational activities of the forest heritage will mainly take place during the mobilities – reports illustrated with photos or videos will be published online in order to share with the others still at home. The International Day of Forests will be devoted to outdoor activities for students e.g. trees planting, taking photos etc. Photo and art competitions with the exhibitions as a result will be motivating isse for weaker students to show their strong capabilities. Final questionnaire for all participants (management of the schools, teachers, pupils, parents, local. Writing reports about the different and publishing them on the Internet : developing language and ITC skills.
Sharing the life of a family inthe foreign country will favour mind openness, cultural discoveries and develop language & communication skills. Teachers as well as students will also discover new ways to live at school, different kinds of relationships between pupils and adults and other teaching methods.

Project Website

https://twinspace.etwinning.net/93908/home

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 147020 Eur

Project Coordinator

Zespol Szkolno- Przedszkolny w Wieliczkach & Country: PL

Project Partners

• Istituto Comprensivo
• Rigas Imantas vidusskola
• 6o EPA.L IRAKLIOU
• OOU Petar Pop Arsov