Rhythm is Life, it Helps You Survive Erasmus Project

Project Title

Rhythm is Life, it Helps You Survive

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 : Strategic Partnerships for Schools Only

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

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

Project Summary

“Rhythm is Life, helps you survive” project helped us meet the European Commission’s 2020 strategy in terms of improving the basic skills of the new generations for a better future for the European Union. It developed the fundamental skills necessary in social work, entrepreneurship, in a participatory spirit, in artistic, linguistic and digital skills. As a project team and coordinators of partner schools, we have worked to improve the lack of basic skills in foreign languages, music and ICT. During the project work we focused on practical training. Since music is a matter of great importance in the participating schools we put music at the center. By bringing our students into music within the schools, we have engaged them with education, we have increased their motivation and developed their basic skills.
In this project the English and ICT clubs have supported our project work as students in developing the foreign language and digital skills, thus favoring their future employment.

The working methodology was based on the conception and development of extracurricular activities by establishing 3 student circles. In these clubs, students studied music, English and technology. In each of these clubs the teachers worked with the students and produced real materials, activities and situations. The teachers developed the club work program and supervised the students. The school’s administrative staff supported the teachers in all activities.

Preparatory activities
Meetings were held before all the mobilities to define the intent and purpose of the project, we carefully chose the participants, prepared the mobility agreements and with commitment to quality, we defined the various initial, intermediate and final activities. These meetings were held by the project coordinators and chaired by the school directors. Computer tools were used to improve and qualify the digital skills of the participants. (web platforms, insert images, documents, comments, online forms, …). Communication between the project representative and the participants took place throughout the duration of the project, even in a mixed way. Language preparation took place via web applications. Furthermore, useful presentations were created for participants before, during and after each mobility. All the preparatory activities have been evaluated and monitored with online questionnaires before and after each mobility using paper forms and Google forms.

We had 6 meetings with the following contents:

5/8 November 2017 HUNGARY
During this opening meeting the koordinators met personally, the details of the project work were discussed and the preliminary organisations started.

26 FEBRUARY / 2 MARCH 2018 GREECE
As for ICT we created the project website, organized web game competitions, started e-twinning accounts and managed a partnership. We chose the project Logo.

14/18 MAY, 2018 ITALY
As for the main topic, that is MUSIC we have created school hymns; re-elaborated popular traditional songs; performed a singing competition, which was rather a folk songs show; visited higher-level musical institutes the Music High School in Sorrento and the Music Conservatory; organized concerts: one at the church in Massaquano and one at the end of the meeting in Moiano school.

12/16 NOVEMBER 2018 ITALY
Regarding the topic ENGLISH LANGUAGE each partner have prepared a theatrical work in English; performed a singing competition in English; acted role plays, listened to songs in English, invited famous people to school

16/23 MARCH 2019 HUNGARY
With regards to the main topic, that is MUSIC, we concluded the activities planned with the students: sang school hymns and project anthem in the languages of the partner countries, as planned; re-elaborated popular traditional songs; performed our songs; organized concert at the end of the meeting.

24/28 June 2019 TURKEY
Closure meeting when we evaluated the results and the impact; and discussed the final report.

Dissemination (within the school, on other schools, on the territory) has been carried out since the beginning of the project on different levels:
We held meetings with families and some press agencies based on the presentation of the project; The project was presented to the teaching staff in the schools; For every mobility we met the local Mayor, deputy Mayor and councilor for education; Brochures, flyers and posters were created to publicize the meetings.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 84645 Eur

Project Coordinator

Jászsági Apponyi Albert Általános Iskola és Alapfokú Müvészeti Iskola & Country: HU

Project Partners

• Istituto Comprensivo Statale “Vico Equense 2 Filippo Caulino”
• ticaretodasiilkokulu
• 17o OLOIMERO DIMOTIKO SHOLEIO SERRON
• Szkola Podstawowa Rzerzeczyce