Our Culture and Heritage Erasmus Project

Project Title

Our Culture and Heritage

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: Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning; Creativity and culture; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

The project planned meets priorities highlighted in the Erasmus+ Programme Guide. International educational approaches and ICT-based methodologies with be focal points of the project. The local communities will also share their culture and enjoy learning about our exchanges. During mobilities, local people may come to share their knowledge e.g. on the first mobility to Wales an archaeologist known to school will share her knowledge with our visitors. Through our project we will address the Welsh curriculum’s and Spanish local authorities’ demand for international, caring, knowledgeable and culturally aware pupils. We will encourage the pupils to learn some of the language of our partner schools, thus opening doors for the children now and certainly in their adult years. Co-operating with and respecting others will develop the holistic child and support them into a co-operative and employable future. There will be four schools involved in the project. Two of those are primary schools in Wales, and two are in Spain.

School work, to take place over the 2020-2022 academic years:
-Nov 2020- Culture boxes to be created by each school. The culture box will be 10 items that best describes the locality we live in. These boxes will be exchange in person on the first mobility. During this term we will also create and send language mats introduce each other to our languages. Opportunities to develop relationships will be in place by schools e-twinning/ emailing. Schools could also send half termly newsletters to keep in touch and share the good practice that has been taking place.
-Feb 2021- Myths and Legends of our area. Each school will explore the stories told in their regions for many a year. These will then be made into small story books, a selection of which could be sent to our partner schools to share and explore. During the creative process each school may want to plan and enjoy a ‘myths and legends creative that should be planned by each individual school.
-May 2021- Food week- Children can explore and cook using their own local recipes and then exchange recipes for partner schools to cook and enjoy.
-Nov 2021- We will explore the history of our localities as a heritage week. Each school will exchange an ICT project such as a film or a presentation to help partner schools delve into the times gone by. Traditional dances- share films and instructions with our partner schools.
-Feb 2022- Eisteddfod (cultural festivals) taking part in festivals and celebrations of our culture. Partners will share information about our cultural celebrations and there will be an opportunity to explore the arts and poetry in our own country as well as our partner’s country.
-May 2022- Exploring our own environment through photography with each school taking a selection of photographs and making them into presentations to share around the time of our last mobilities as a way of celebrating the project.

Mobilities for teaching staff, to take place over the 2020-2022 academic years:
1) Mobility from Wales to Spain (Valladolid) – November 2020, C1.
After the first project coordination meeting, there will be a presentation of the activities and a school visit. Activities for teachers will involve pupils in that school and will deal with gastronomy in the area, wine-making craft, traditional songs, dances, history and games. Job-shadowing experience for teachers of different age groups.
2) Mobility from Spain to Wales (Mold)- Feb 2021, C2.
After a coordination meeting there will be activities for teachers and pupils, involving a geology talk, Welsh history including visits to Conwy castle and historic places such as Llandudno, Erddig (a victorian stately home), Llangollen, job-shadowing experiences and participation in an inter-school cultural festival: Eisteddfod.
3) Mobility from Spain to Wales (Mold)- Oct 2021, C3.
During the mobility there will be a coordination meeting plus job-shadowing experiences. School themed activities will deal with the Iron age in Wales and Spain, more recent history including the close-by Beatles, Welsh folk dancing and local visits.
4) Mobility from Wales to Spain (Cádiz) – March 2022, C4.
Our last exchange will be a collection of digital art which can be exchanged as a last exchange and celebration of the area, together with a wrap-up project meeting. All pupils in school will take part in producing a piece of digital art to share. There will be also job-shadowing and work on the Spanish language and cultural heritage of the area.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 50340 Eur

Project Coordinator

Ysgol Rhos Helyg School & Country: UK

Project Partners

• CEIP RAIMUNDO DE BLAS SAZ
• C.E.I.P. La Inmaculada
• Ysgol Bryn Gwalia