A second chance of environment Erasmus Project

Project Title

A second chance of environment

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 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Early School Leaving / combating failure in education; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Environment and climate change

Project Summary

A. Project context:
“A second chance of environment” is a project on the theme of the environment reflected and developed by 6 schools.
Our schools have common points:
– strong desire to advance students and teachers through a pedagogy of projects in basic learning
– setting up a climate to motivate and inspire students to take quality training and obtain the highest possible qualification.
– dissemination of the values ​​of the European Union: respect for human dignity, freedom, equality, respect for human rights
– hosting disadvantaged groups for 4 schools
– experience of part of the staff in European projects, such as Comenius, Erasmus +, Etwinning

B. Objectives:
Our goals are:
– improve the acquisition of basic skills in mathematics, science, mother tongue, English, digital tools
– promote student ambition and reduce school dropout
– get to know the different European cultures
– compare and improve pedagogical practices
The choice of the theme of the environment is a theme that can be worked by several disciplines and at any grade level.

C. Number and profile of participating partners : 5
1. French High school in a rural area in the Aude department in the town of Rieux Minervois. More than 40 % of the pupils are entitled to a financial aid from the state
2. Greek Secondary school in the middle sized town of Katerini, the pupils there are aged between 12 and 16
3. School on Lisbon (3-15 year old pupils), with socially mixed pupils and a lot of newly arrived pupils (29 nationalities)
4. British private primary school in Stroud, in a residential rural area, with pupils from well off families
5. Turkish secondary school in the rural region of Aydin in Germencikn with pupils from all social backgrounds, 60% of the pupils encounter economic difficulties.
The Polish school disengaged from the project in 2016.

D. Description of the main activities implemented
1. Activities centred around the environment. Description of an ecosystem. Show the environmental issue encountered on the field. Proposition for solutions. Activities implemented in the sciences, technology, language and arts classes.
2. Communication in English through various media: written, oral, and/or through arts and/or singing, with videos.
3. Mastering IT tools for communication

E. Achieved results
1. All the activities on the theme of the environment have been done, there has been an increased environmental awareness on the behalf of the pupils, who have been thoroughly involved in the project.
2. The project based teaching and stimulation from the teachers have improved the basic learnings of the pupils. Innovative teaching methods have been devised. They have been tested and will be continued.
3. The pupils show more ambition in their choice of career, some have chosen more selective courses, others have chosen to join schools far from their families. In the past two years, school drop out has been reduced, because the pupils are part of a dynamic project, and they feel they are important at school. Thanks to this, the pupils should be better trained. This will bring some added value to the whole territory.
4. A better knowledge of the European cultures, the analysis of the questionnaires submitted to the whole community and the 5 schools show better results.
5. Teaching techniques have been improved. The exchanges have stimulated the teaching staff, leading to pedagogical innovation and/or to the sharing of good practices.

F. Long term benefits
Following these experiments, the benefits will be:
1 for the teaching staff
a. being in a dynamic
– Accepting, recognising and perpetuating innovations and adaptations of pedagogical improvements
– A better professional ambition
– More efficient team work thanks to a better organisation

b Seeing thing differently
– Better acknowledgement of the qualities and difficulties of their pupils
– Awareness of the importance of welcoming the pupils

c Locally anchored activities
– Expertise from the local partners
– Pedagogical activities around the local resources

2 For the schools
– Long lasting relation with the partners
– a better image
– Continuation of European exchanges

3 For the communities
– more ambitious pupils
– a school focused on its local background and opened to the European world
– the dynamic started by this project will be beneficial to the parents who will be more trustful in their children’s training.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 113994 Eur

Project Coordinator

Collège Pierre et Marie Curie & Country: FR

Project Partners

• 7th GYMNASIUM OF KATERINI
• Bussage C of E Primary School
• Zespol Szkolno-Przedszkolny w Sierakowie Slaskim
• Agrupamento de Escolas Patrício Prazeres
• Himmet Condur Cumhuriyet Ortaokulu