United Colours of Creativity for Learners’ Future Erasmus Project

Project Title

United Colours of Creativity for Learners’ Future

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: Creativity and culture; Access for disadvantaged; Disabilities – special needs

Project Summary

The present project was continuation of the previous Erasmus+ partnership project “United Colours of Creativity”, which was realised in 2014-2016.
The partnership institutions were Narva Vanalinna Riigikool and Ahtme Kool (Estonia), Agrupamento de Escolas Gardunha e Xisto (Portugal), Gimnazija Brezice (Slovenia), Janina Porazińska Special Education School Complex in Ignaców (Poland), Tarsus Mehmet Akif Ersoy Ortaokulu (Turkey).
The project was focused on solving the challenges we faced in the previous project: necessity for individual learning plans for the project participants, bigger responsibility of older students and more complicated tasks, which would require longer preparation of youngsters. We used the similar (but adjusted and renewed) programmes we had developed in the previous project but worked more on their individualization (so that they would provide more challenge for students of different age and abilities) and flexibility. We concentrated on priorities of inclusion, employability and active citizenship and helped our youngsters to develop 21st century competences by means of individual learning plans, reflection, self-assessment and record of achievement.
The project measurable objectives were:
1. To develop a form of individual learning plan and record of achievement for international integrated programmes
2. To exchange best practices in using learner-centred approach
3. To arrange international learning experience for 64 students from 5 countries
4. To support students in acquiring skills in techniques of the following kinds of art: music, painting, paper art, theatre, dancing
5. To develop the project participants’ creativity, skills of communication, team work, organisation, decision making, their intercultural competence, fluency in English, etc
6. To strengthen teachers’ profiles through arranging 4 international learning programmes, getting experience of teaching multicultural miltilevel groups, realising learner-centered individual plans (at least 100 plans are made and realised during the project totally: for participants of mobilities and local students, who take part in international programmes)
All the objectives were fully achieved.
The project participants were teachers and students of the partner organisations:
1. The project coordinators: they were selected on the project application stage according to their own wish to continue or start working in the present project (we have a balance of 3 “old” and 3 new coordinators).
2. Teachers of the partner schools, who took part in international mobilities. They were the teachers of arts, handicrafts, music, English and extra-curricular activities (theatre). They were selected according to their motivation, previous experience, knowledge of English and readiness to learn and work using learner-centred approach.
3. Students of the partner schools. Students in the age of 12 – 18 were involved in local and international project activities. They were both mainstream and with special educational needs (various mental disabilities, down syndrome, autism spectrum, deaf-mute, etc.).
4 students from each partner country took part in the project mobilities (the total balance of students with and without disabilities was 50/50).
The project met the priorities of social inclusion, strengthening the profile(s) of the teaching profession and supporting schools to tackle early school leaving (ESL) and disadvantage.
The project activities and results can be followed at eTwinning: https://twinspace.etwinning.net/58323/home
New memories, discoveries, teamwork and challenges we met would be with us all our life and they influenced our values, views, way of teaching and working in general.
Once again we realised that arts, love, respect, support, openness, trust and good will can make our students and ourselves more educated, kinder, more tolerant, better and happier people, who take care of their society and the world.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 125890 Eur

Project Coordinator

Narva Vanalinna Riigikool & Country: EE

Project Partners

• Agrupamento de Escolas Gardunha e Xisto
• Zespol Szkol Specjalnych w im. Janiny Porazinskiej Ignacowie
• Gimnazija Brezice
• Ahtme Kool
• Tarsus Mehmet Akif Ersoy Ortaokulu