Les jardins de Babel / Babel’s gardens Erasmus Project

Project Title

Les jardins de Babel / Babel’s gardens

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: Environment and climate change; Early School Leaving / combating failure in education; EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy

Project Summary

Our project Erasmus + “The gardens of Babel” is finished. Our minds are full of memories and positive energy.

Our first aims where :

– Valorize the European dimension of our work and facilitate the communication between every contributor to promote mutual enrichment. Meeting the Other permit to expand our students curiosity for an other language and, through the practice, develop their own mind. The aim was to enhance the importance of exploring and communicating in foreign language. Family accomodation and foreign language courses enable the acquisition of new linguistic skills, essential for the good stay of the trip. The number of mobilities allow us to say that the goal is reached or even exceeded.
– Concerning sustainable development education, every establishment created its own environmentally friendly gardens (vegetable gardens, sensory experiences, different climates, etc). Mobilities have been organized around these gardens to allow students to realize what have been made and then report to their establishment, on project progress. During these mobilities, class observations have been organized as well as visits of iconic natural parks close to each establishment.
– The third line of work was to simulate an international conference of the parties (COP), as part of the fight against global warming. During the second year of our program, we performed, with our partners, this simulation in our french middle school. It has been a real success, supported by all contributors. A pedagogical kit has been created. It is attached to this folder. Once more, the European dimension has been combined with sustainable development.

Students abroad Students welcomed
France 73 70
Italie 24 25
Espagne 32 61
Roumanie 13 13
Suède 30 34
Total d’élèves 172 203

Global total : 375 students participate in mobilities, much more than 100 mobilities planned by the project.

So, It is really with emotion that this partnership completes, rewarding experience becaming fundamental in our teaching practices, which will be done again during other european partnership.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 73612 Eur

Project Coordinator

COLLEGE GUY DE MAUPASSANT & Country: FR

Project Partners

• Liceul Teoretic “Dimitrie Cantemir” Iasi
• Istituto Comprensivo Pollina San Mauro Castelverde
• Henåns skola
• NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL CARMEN-SAN VICENTE PAÚL