Living and discovering together Erasmus Project

Project Title

Living and discovering together

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: Disabilities – special needs; Teaching and learning of foreign languages; EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy

Project Summary

Collège Henri Bourrillon (Mende, Lozère, Occitanie, France) and Colegio Cristo de la Yedra(Grenade, Andalousie, Espagne) are secondary schools which have been forging relationships since 2009, they became « twinned » in 2012, and their pupils have already done many exchanges. The project was crowned thanks to the three-week immersion of 6 pupils preceding exchanges for the rest of the group.

The bearer of this project is Collège Henri Bourrillon. It is located in a rural area. It has 67 teachers and 745 pupils who get general or specific needs teaching.

The project aims at sharing and discovering together by :

-Promoting skills development.

-Meeting, getting to know each other and longing to see each other again.

-Accepting social and cultural differences.

-Developing, improving and boosting language skills (speaking and understanding) between the students and their families.

-Discovering another culture, another school system, another approach of disabled pupils in both schools.

-Knowing and recognizing the cultural reality of another country, a region, a town through History, legends and modernity.

-Opening up to Europe and to future mobility prospects.

The project involves 90 participants : 82 fourth year pupils and 8 teachers (litterature, language, biology and P.E teachers)

The activities dedicated to “living and discovering together” aim at stimulating initiative, creativity and involvement :

-Activities will be balanced to leave time for exchanges between students

-Moments for exchanging will be set up through workshops (drama, music, songs, outdoor activities)

-Cultural visits (connected to History, legends and modern life) will be proposed

-Students will learn typical dances from each country

-The students will be welcome at the town hall to enhance the riches of the exchange

-Common activities will be planned during school time

Communication between the two schools and expected impact :

-Cultural and personal enrichment

-Discovering, sharing, knowing, accepting differences

-Communicating in a foreign language

-Creating links that will last overtime

-Awakening a cultural sensitivity

-Improving language skills

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 109925 Eur

Project Coordinator

COLLEGE HENRI BOURRILLON & Country: FR

Project Partners

• COLEGIO CRISTO DE LA YEDRA