Inclusion in Motion Erasmus Project

Project Title

Inclusion in Motion

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: Disabilities – special needs; Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

CONTEXT/BACKGROUNDS OF THE PROJECT AND THE GROUP OF COOPERATION
The project planning started at the Contact seminar in Belgium 2015,our language was English.The name of the project was Inclusion in Motion. In this project 4 different schools worked together;a Primary School from Germany;Grundschule Neuenkirchen in Schwanewede,where all the pupils are included,a Primary School from Finland;Kirkonkylän koulu Hämeenkyrö,where are mainstream classes and 4 classes for SEN pupils and they work a lot together and two Special Schools for handicapped pupils from Estonia;Porkuni Kool and Poland;Specjalny Osrodek Szkolno-Wychowawczy we Wschowie.Number and profile of participants 736 pupils,207 adults= 943.The movement was a great extent suited for the support of inclusion.Movement exercises supported the process of learning and the pupils ability of remember.Pupils with and without special needs learnt with all senses.They increased the ability of social learning by the means of movement games, dances, sports, arts and music.They also increased their ability to pay attention for a longtime.Movement included in as many learning processes as possible.
THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF OUR PROJECT
1.Improve and deepen inclusion in our schools to cooperate together with special schools and mainstream schools.
2.Improve the skills and the competence of our teachers.
3.To teach ways of self expression and language skills.
4.To learn through all senses (arts,dances,music,sports).
5.To enhance social competences.
6.To practice how to be an active citizen.
7.To enhance a zeal to work with interesting aims.
8.To give a lot of good experiences and good unforgettable memories.
DESCRIPTIONS OF MAIN ACTIVITIES
We had mobilities for the pupils (learning,teaching,training activities) in every school of our partners.We had transnational project meetings for teachers and school assistents, where we had also lectures from the good practices from supporting system for pupils in Finland/Estonia/Poland and Germany. We had also compared our school systems, their good and bad things.We combined the specific knowledges and competences from the several different schools for achieving a higher level of inclusion at the end of the project.
We had a lot of functional working and team working. We had arts, music, dances, sports, outdoor education in every season of the year.A big number of participants were special need pupils (who had learning difficulties or other kind of problems).They needed extra support. In this project all pupils (not only mainstream or special needs) worked together and were involved equally.
RESULTS
1.Poster, which presented (poster about school/surroundings and the book about the country) by the school children + mascots;they traveled to every partner school and stayed there until next meeting.
2.Video diary related active methods.
3.Newspaper;students wrote interviews and made introductions about history/culture of their own country and some same things, which were written in real newspapers.
4.Questionnaire for the pupils-what did you know about partner countries in the middle of the project.In the end of the project – the most favourite things.The results of questionare;pupils had learnt:the flags and capitals of each countries and some other facts of our countries.
We also asked,what did pupils like about our Erasmus+project and remarkable was the school visits.These visits remembered also those, who didn’t take part of the school mobilities.Those who took part in school mobilities themselves liked very much about Erasmus+working.
5.Presentation or written manual about support system in every school.
6.Recorded folk dance or manual to teach to other children,one dance each country.
7.1 whole lesson or event or outdoor activity- photos and description.
8.A little book,a flyer,a cd,where every country told, what kind of Christmas habits do we have.
9.A Calendar 2018-2019.
10.Our projects own web pages: www.inclusion-in-motion.eu
IMPACT ATTAINED AND LONGER TERM BENEFITS:
1.The international working has became a normal way of work in our schools.We all are planning new Erasmus+ project and in some schools they have already began a new Erasmus+work.
2.The attitudes for different kind of people has changed;Nowadays it’s easier for our pupils to accept diversity.
3. A lot of friendships between our pupils in every school.Pupils have kept in touch with letters,emails,Whatsapp,Messenger,phonecalls.
4.The cooperation working is easy to our pupils.During the project many classrooms wrote letters to another classroom.These pupils weren’t with in school mobilities.
5.The motivation to learn languages has increased.
6.The cooperation with the schools has continued after the project.
7.The other teachers and school assistents are thinking more openly to Erasmus+ work in our schools than before the project.
8.Our parents relate more openly to Erasmus+working than before.
9.Our municipality shows the green light to new Erasmus+work.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 113910 Eur

Project Coordinator

Kirkonkylän koulu Hämeenkyrön kunta & Country: FI

Project Partners

• Grundschule Neuenkirchen
• Specjalny Osrodek Szkolno – Wychowawczy
• PORKUNI KOOL