Mindfulness and Wellbeing in European Schools Erasmus Project

Project Title

Mindfulness and Wellbeing in European Schools

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 : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Health and wellbeing; Early School Leaving / combating failure in education; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

Schools are becoming increasingly complex as they mirror the current socio-economic landscape driven by rapid demographic and technological changes and by changing family structures and demands. As a result, children now seem to be quite unhappy, perhaps due to too much pressure and an overemphasis on academics, tests and competition. This concern led six schools to join together during Malta TCA meeting in November to collaboratively embark on a programme to address it. Immediately, an eTwinning Project was formed during the meeting among the participating schools to facilitate the introduction of the schools, where we are sharing the students’ work in order to get to know the situation through the eyes of the children. A WhatsApp group was also formed among the school coordinators to facilitate communication and coordination of this project. Should the project be approved, a common survey for parents, teachers and students will be conducted in all schools to better identify what is hindering the wellbeing of the students. The results will be collected from all participating countries, evaluated and analysed. Based on the results of this survey, educators will get an informed understanding and discuss how to address the issues of the students. At the end of the project there will be the 2nd survey where the analysis and findings of the both surveys will be compared and establish the progress and success of the questionnaire and to discern the improvement and the impact in the attitudes of the students. Thus, we will determine the effectiveness of the project. As described in the Timetable section each partner school will start raising awareness on these issues among its community. As part of the partners’ responsibilites and roles, various means of social media, specifically, FaceBook Page and Blog Page will be set up to promote the importance of the project. Each school will set up a noticeboard to promote the project work and activities. Monthly updates and findings will be presented on the board to the students and all the educators in the school. A logo contest will be held among all students in participating schools to choose the project’s logo. The coordinating school will ensure effective communication, collaboration and cooperation between the participating schools for the success of the project. Together we will carry out the duties and responsibilities for each partner school. Each school will work on topics related to ‘Mindfulness and Wellbeing’. They will address these issues by tackling their assigned topics as explained in detail in the application and will organize talks by professionals for students, educators and parents. Specific activities and lessons plans will be prepared and implemented with the students and shared among the schools. Class teachers and subject teachers will plan and involve children in the project through work, events and activities. Besides, parents will be involved in the project through cooperation and interaction throughout the events, activities and questionnaires.They will also be updated about the project via Facebook page, Blog page, the schools’ websites and regular parental meetings that are held throughout the scholastic years. Children will take part in the project activities held on both eTwinning and Erasmus+ project.
Throughout the project we will have six mobilities. Members from the project team will help to organise various events and activities during the mobility with the support of school authorities and staff. Training events and workshops in line with LTT activities will be held during each mobility which will help all educators to widen their perspectives to learn from them and adopt effective practices used in the partner schools. The work & lesson plans about the Topics which the teachers prepared and worked out with the students in their school will be shared between the partners. They will be assessed and implemented for two weeks in the project partners’ schools.
After each mobility an evaluation sheet will be given to the participating teachers, collected analysed and evaluated. The findings and results will be uploaded on the projects blog and on the eTwinning platform. As a mid-project outcome teachers and students work will be exhibited in all partner schools.These will be shown between partners via Exhibitions which can also be watched in partner country school. With this activity, students will visually express what they have learned during the project. All the planned activities, material and products which will be used throughout the whole project will be gathered to form an educational toolkit for the use of educators, children, parents, stakeholders and experts, play therapists, counsellors, psychologists, Education Welfare Officers and authorities which offer specific support such as to students with autism and ADHD. It will also be shared with entities on National level and help the society in general.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 134590 Eur

Project Coordinator

St.Francis School Cospicua & Country: MT

Project Partners

• Os Vladimira Becica Osijek
• Agrupamento de Escolas Marinhas do Sal, Rio Maior
• Tipperary Education and Training Board
• Lasnamäe Gümnaasium
• Istituto Comprensivo Marconi Oliva