RElationships, Society, TOlerance and REspect 4U Erasmus Project

Project Title

RElationships, Society, TOlerance and REspect 4U

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 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Inclusion – equity; Early School Leaving / combating failure in education; Civic engagement / responsible citizenship

Project Summary

At the beginning of the project, the partner members assessed, by observation, the climate of the schools and came to the conclusion that a good school climate leads to good academic results.
This was verified with questionnaires and surveys that both teachers and students filled out. These questionnaires offered us very valuable information that was our starting point for work.This improvement in the atmosphere of coexistence within our schools has been the main objective of our project. But not the only one, since the inclusion of those students with more difficulties, the development of linguistic and digital competences in our students and the teaching staff, as well as the knowledge of other cultures, traditions and ways of life have also structured development. of our project.
Based on the four values ​​that are the pillars of our project: relationships, tolerance, society, and respect, various activities were developed that invited members of our educational community to reflect on our environment and our way of acting with other people. indifferent situations. These values ​​have also been the axes and justification of the mobilities proposed for the project. The mobilities were fundamental in a project in which social relations were fundamental to show that tolerance, that respect, that knowledge of society, etc.
During the mobilities, the students, in addition to sharing a coexistence with students from other centers and their families, participated in activities that involved local organizations and associations. In this way, spreading the ideology of our project and the essence of European projects.
Unfortunately, and due to the pandemic that we have experienced, the last physical mobility to Cyprus could not be carried out. However, we did not want to leave a gap in our work and, as far as possible, it was replaced by three-day virtual mobility in which we involved a greater number of students, ensuring that the impact on our schools was greater.
Once we have put the antecedents of the life of our project, we will say that the tangible products of our project are: a digital magazine and the etwinning space.
The digital magazine has been the voice of our work, the space in which we have made visible the activities, events, etc. that each school separately and in the mobilities together, have carried out.
The etwinning space has been the brain of our organization, a space to share, debate and organize each and every one of the activities that have been carried out.
The celebration of commemorative days that we have considered essential for our work has also been fruitful, since it has been the starting point for research on this event, why it was celebrated, what is usually done, what our emotions tell us that we can do . And so it has been transferred in the activities carried out.
Through theater, music, writing, the body and the word, our students have been able to express what they felt and channel those emotions in a positive way.
During these three years, our schools have participated and collaborated in different social activities to support entities that helped and gave support to the less fortunate. Solidarity concerts, food collection, toy collection, work support in organizations, accompaniment of the elderly, etc. are some of the activities we have developed. We have given voice to colleagues with difficulties, people with disabilities, people in social, economic and intellectual disadvantage through interviews, visits, articles, etc. Coexistence improvement techniques have been developed that have been positive and their assessment has reflected that the objectives have been achieved. These work dynamics inside and outside the classroom in our schools will be maintained over time as a tool to improve the school climate and will be evaluated and modified as necessary.
The good collaboration between our schools has sown the seed for future collaborations.

Project Website

https://restore4umagazine.home.blog/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 98300,4 Eur

Project Coordinator

Cossío Sociedad Cooperativa Madrileña & Country: ES

Project Partners

• Gymnasium Aradippou
• EVDOMO GYMNASIO IOANNINON
• Agrupamento de Escolas Abade de Baçal