“Let’s EAT together, Everybody Around the Table “ Erasmus Project

Project Title

“Let’s EAT together, Everybody Around the Table “

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 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills; Health and wellbeing; Creativity and culture

Project Summary

Our Project “Let’s EAT together, Everybody Around the Table” has united six European nursery schools from France, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Latvia, Greece, who had chosen to work together , to give their school a European dimension and to improve their practice.
This project has leaded to develop in children and strengthen in those who educate them, the culture of healthy eating habits as part of the healthy lifestyle that they will carry throughout life .
The project has allowed a better knowledge of the specific culture and an enrichment through the discovery of the diversities of traditions in healthy food nationally and locally. It has given the opportunity to young children and teachers, to enforce their European identity, by introducing the participants to other European culture of healthy attitudes.
It also has built an active european citizenship. The manner in which the project has been carried out, required the pupils with the knowledge, attitudes and skills they need to become happy, healthy and productive adults for tomorrow’s world of integration, able to cooperate, collaborate with other generations and societies, in the future European context.

The programming of activities spreading over the time has given the opportunity to pupils and teachers from different countries to cooperate in the construction of knowledge and common and assessable skills refering to the European base .
Working on eating habits has allowed to adopt an interdisciplinary approach that provides a real life context . The activities such as cooking, shopping, growing plants hl provide wonderful opportunities for learning and will develop a lot of skills in vital curriculum areas : mother tongue, sciences, foreign language , arts, literature.
Some complementary activities have been planned to learn more about healthy ways of life through songs, games, competition, poems, stories, pictures, drawings, role playing, meetings with doctors, nurses, dentists etc.
Pupils and teachers have worked in subjects, with goal to build together project products. Exchanging ideas, has been the opportunity to discover one another, develop positive attitudes in every situation, develop friendships and come to an understanding of the differences and similarities in the field of healthy eating habits and food .
Working in team with planned objectives has allowed to develop other important citizenship skills helping them become sociable, tolerant, responsible, confident .

Each of the participant schools has :
– developed the project’s common website by using web2.0 tools to publish and share products such as recipe book, calender, story book, brochure…all individual and common works, project meetings and evaluations,
– drove a quantitative and qualitative evaluation trough a questionnaire about eating habits for typical breakfast, lunch and dinner.
– organised seminars and events such as health day, exhibitions which will be held by engaging the local community .
– created a photo album collecting cultural materials during the mobilities and activities in different countries to allow to our young pupils to see Europe through the eyes of a mascot, as our children were too young to travel .

Reached benefits for pupils :
– pay more attention to the food they eat .
– be aware of consumption, buy fair trade , resist to advertising , learn to choose what to buy on the market and be responsible.
– be aware of once body and well care it through good eating habits, sleeping, doing sport and physical activities .
– acquire good eating habits and avoid bad eating habits as much as they can .
– discover how the children in other countries are eating and exercising .
– establish a positive approach to cultural diversities among teachers, students and parents by creating a team spirit among all partner countries by means of full cooperation and effective communication .
– improve their skills in all the compulsary subjects such as Mother Tongue, Foreign Language, Sciences, Physical Education, Arts .
– develop especially communicative skills and ICT skills .

Impacts on teachers :
– the discover of other European countries and cultures.
– the development of their awareness and knowledge about how to lead a healthy life.
– the effective professional development and curriculum enrichment.
– the development of their knowledge in the specific field of early teaching and young pupils education .
– the practice of sharing knowledge and dissemination of good practices .
– the increment of the use of foreign languages .
– the increment of the use of ITC and medias education and improvement of their skills .
– the discovering of different teaching methods, in pedagogical approaches and school management .

Effects on our related partners and the whole community in our local context :
– improvement of the quality and the image of our school given them a European dimension .
– open mindnes

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 120203,57 Eur

Project Coordinator

Ecole maternelle Carle Vernet & Country: FR

Project Partners

• 60o Nipiagogio Irakliou
• Apes pirmsskolas izglitibas iestade “Vaverite”
• Sincan Lale Anaokulu
• GRADINITA CU PROGRAM PRELUNGIT NR. 2 HUSI
• CELODNEVNA DETSKA GRADINA “VESELA”