take the e+train Erasmus Project

Project Title

take the e+train

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: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; Teaching and learning of foreign languages

Project Summary

We are six European Schools from Spain, Poland, Italy, Slovakia, Lithuania and Greece that have joined together in the Erasmus + project Take the e-Train. Using the theme of trains we have linked our schools, learnt about our different cultures, embraced the concept of European citizenship and promoted social inclusion. We have also developed ecology consciousness and tried to establish a healthy and safe style of living in our communities. Through the use of the new technologies we have developed our students’ academic, social, linguistic and digital skills that will allow them to be future European citizens capable of surviving the constant changes in their social environment.

Families and local and educational authorities have collaborated with our project and we have created synergies with some teaching and non teaching institutions in our communities; train modelling associations, a refugees association, local libraries, universities and train museums have been involved in our project.

Our project has reached younger and older students and we have planned activities suitable for different levels and capabilities spreading the project throughout our schools.
We have designed and built a train track model together, we have written a cooperative story based on two refugee children, Ahmet and Dalia, travelling to all our countries by train looking for their relatives, we have learnt six train songs in six different languages, we have recorded a train songs CD and we have managed to put a choir together for our train songs concert.
Our students were also involved in some ecology activities, like our eco-week, the analysis of the use of the train questionnaire and our advert about the importance of using public transport and its effects on the environment. All the activities have been embedded in our school curriculum and have helped our students to improve and achieve the basic skills in all the different areas.

Cooperation has been one of our aims and the engine of our project. Teachers and students have cooperated in the distance using digital platforms and face to face during our project meetings. Cooperation was also needed in each one of the schools to be able to complete the project products and achieve our aims. As a result of that, the digital and language skills of our students and teachers have improved and cooperative work has been reinforced in all partner schools. The use of the cooperative learning gave also good support and connection to all type of students promoting inclusion an equity in all our schools.

Take the e+ train project had a great impact in our students, teachers, schools and communities. Our communities are a bit more ecology conscious and as a result of our e-train story and the link with a refugees association we have all become more aware of the social inclusion problems in Europe.

During the various project meetings, students and teachers were immersed in the life of all the schools in the partnership. They have gained knowledge of our different cultures and educational systems and they have spread it throughout all our schools and communities helping to break cultural stereotypes and reinforcing the understanding of our different ways.

Teachers in all our schools have seen and shared good practices, they have gained in competence and they are more open to new ways of teaching and learning. Because of the project, they are now eager and willing to take part in other European projects.

Due to their nature, our project products will be able to be used after the project making our project sustainable. Some of our products and the pedagogical documents created during the life of the project will be available to be used by others.

The project has generated changes in all our schools. Changes that we are all willing to keep and develop in the years to come. We are aiming to share our project beyond our partnerships and we hope that by sharing our project products, results and achievements we inspire and encourage other schools to get involved in similar projects in the future.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 98930 Eur

Project Coordinator

Escola Joan Sanpera i Torras & Country: ES

Project Partners

• Jonavos Justino Vareikio progimnazija
• Szkola Podstawowa nr 86 im. Powstancow Slaskich w Krakowie
• Istituto Comprensivo Santa Margherita Ligure
• Zakladna skola Jana Kollara
• 3rd Primary School of New Ionia