TODAY’S READERS,FUTURE LEADERS Erasmus Project

Project Title

TODAY’S READERS,FUTURE LEADERS

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 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Teaching and learning of foreign languages; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills

Project Summary

Reading is a starting step of many things, which build a more solid stairs for pupils to climb up achieving something big out there. Children must have a solid foundation in reading skills at an early age in order to read more complex books later and be proficient in their understanding of them. Reading is essential in any school subject, as textbooks and other written media are used to convey the majority of information being taught.

EuroStats says, that In 2009, approximately one out of five 15-year olds in the European Union had reading difficulties. EU countries have therefore agreed to reduce the share of poor readers to less than 15 % by 2020. In only Belgium (Flemish Community), Denmark, Estonia, Poland, Finland, and Norway was the number of low achievers 15 % or less.

These statistics forced us to make a reading project because we are growing the future of Europe in the schools. We aimed through this project knowing the work of selected creators of literature, making students to be able to learn foreign language by reading, making students to develop interests in literature of other nations, making students to develop curiosity about book by a literary – theatrical, art and trips fun, making students to develop knowledge about the diversity of European cultures and languages, showing students peoples, histories, lifestyles and lives through reading, raising pupils’ efficiency of reading and other basic skills, integrating the group through our project in common – together study, work and play and developing the children’s level of achievement in English and ICT in all of the partner schools.

Eight schools from six counties were involved in our project – three schools are primary, four schools are secondary and one high school. Despite the different age of our students we had the same idea and reached it through the different level of activities.
To achieve this aims, we read a book for each month and students did quizzes about those books, so we followed improvement at the students. We read, wrote, translated from and to the English language, discussed, illustrated, published and acted. The first year, we read common national books with students. At the end year, we made a performance about the books we have already read. The second year, we read classical international books Anne Frank Diary and “The little prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Again, some schools made a performance at the end of the project, some of them – presentations or expositions. Each month, when we finished reading books, we discussed those books. We prepared Parents days at school they came to read at the school for the youngest learners. We invited also some writers to our schools. We visited libraries, books fairs in each country so as to strengthen the link between students and books.We prepared outdoor activities so as to motivate our students who work in the project.

The main aim of this project was to increase students’ reading skills at each partner school. In the end of the Project raised reading fluency and comprehension. To achieve this aim we made different attractive activities and reached some more results such as achievement of ICT, project website, e-story books, handmade paper and bookmarks, efficient teams of teachers, the greatest integration of school environment, handmade and digital posters, increased student’s knowledge about the diversity of European cultures.
Students improved their communicative skills using both foreign and their native language, they had information about other cultures and their people. This project also motivated students to read books. Teachers gained more self-confidence. They are able to share the experience, new teaching methods and possibilities to integrate different school subjects, to develop further a cross-curricular approach to teaching and learning. The school community gained more strength and better relationships. Parents are involved in the school life. They had and still have an opportunity to visit the school to introduce a book, tell to the pupils their experience (reading the book) when they were a child.
All products we had created have free-access so as all community can have benefited from them. We created a website and it will stay online for 7 years.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 99675 Eur

Project Coordinator

Raseiniu r. Girkalnio pagrindine mokykla & Country: LT

Project Partners

• Szkola Podstawowa im. Marii Konopnickiej w Chrzachowie
• Klostermarksskolen
• Sucikagi Pasa Karaca Ortaokulu
• Scoala Gimnaziala Nr.16
• Sucikagi Pasa Karaca Ilkokulu
• 16 I.C. “S. Chindemi”
• Iskenderun Kiz Anadolu Imam Hatip Lisesi