Our beautiful Europe-open youe eyes and see our home and friends Erasmus Project

Project Title

Our beautiful Europe-open youe eyes and see our home and friends

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: Social dialogue; Inclusion – equity; Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning

Project Summary

With our project theme “Our beautiful Europe – open your eyes and see my home” the participants should get the opportunity to revive joint activities and cooperation.All Students and teachers from Czech, Polish, Turkish and German schools were involved in our project. A large percentage of the students´ families had a low income or were on the dole. As a consequence, the interest in events of daily life (on a national, European or global level) and their environment declined. This resulted simultaneously in a certain “lack of drive” and demotivation. This situation often led to gradual dissolution of the everyday family life. This involved communication deficits, isolation of our children and inappropriate behaviour or attitudes, especially towards different nationalities and refugees. Through our project we wanted to motivate students and parents to develop or regain a positive attitude towards life. To create a guidebook for kids, we needed to take a look at the interests of our children and young people.It was necessary to take the accessibility and financial aspects into account to reach the concerned classes. This was how the implementation of the project is stimulated. The excursion destinations were chosen and tested by students and parents. The proven ones is filtered and embedded in a Power Point Presentation as well as a brochure is accessible to those who were interested. Beside the creation of a guidebook for kids there were special smaller projects. Here, the students dealed with national characteristics, culinary specialities, religions, specific landscapes and sights as well as ordinary traditions. We wanted to use all events to communicate, inform and help those who were in need. We wanted to counteract the influence and radical ideas of right-wing extremist groups. According to their age, the students presented results via posters, Power Point, smaller models or creative craft work. Thus, their work were accessible to interested persons in school or supporting public institutions. Working on the project was motivation for our students to deepen their way of dealing with information- and communication technology.The planning, implementation, evaluation and presentation of our project were mostly carried out by the students themselves. Teachers and parents had only a supporting role. Activities, results and special events were made available to the public via press, flyers, internet or regional exhibitions.With our project we wanted to lay the foundation for a positive spirit of community. Families were shown possibilities to find a way out of their current situation and to live an active life full of perspectives. This was the basis for a promising personal development of our children and adolescents. Furthermore, we wanted to encourage the participants to development transnational interests. This included dealing with special characteristics of different nationalities, overcome prejudices and xenophobia, understand the necessity of integration of people in need and to shaped their lives consciously and full of different perspectives.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 88910 Eur

Project Coordinator

Staatliches regionales Förderzentrum “An der Salza” & Country: DE

Project Partners

• ALANYA INONU ORTAOKULU
• Masarykova zakladni skola, Stara Paka, okres Jicin
• Zespol Placowek Specjalnych