Using School’s yard for ALL child’s wellbeing and development Erasmus Project

Project Title

Using School’s yard for ALL child’s wellbeing and development

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 school education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Disabilities – special needs; Early School Leaving / combating failure in education; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

The first years in life are of critical importance to develop cognitive and non-cognitive skills, but also to develop civic attitudes towards others, so to invest in this stage of development is crucial to ensure an inclusive society. For a real social inclusion of children with SEN we need to promote more social contact between pupils with SEN and pupils without impairments. This project is focused on bringing together children with SEN and children without impairment, in a context of formal and non-formal education, offering innovative methodologies to enable the success for all learners as well as a sense of belonging. The main goal of the project is to invest on the qualification of teaching & learning, setting up a network of inclusive schools and inclusive community organisations. This will be set up and tested by a consortium of 3 schools, 2 universities, 3 NGOs, 1 foundation and 1 enterprise.

The project foresees the below objectives:
1) to improve the learning quality of children, using non-formal learning and teaching environments to: promote more social contact between pupils with SEN and pupils without impairments; develop innovative learning processes guided by flexible curricula
2) to strengthen professionals’ attitudes, skills and abilities, providing them training opportunities aligned with national- and local-level policy goals for and understandings of inclusive education
3) to use an alternative learning environment – school yards – to create an innovative methodology to develop ALL CHILDREN mathematics, science and other competences (e.g. entrepreneurship and creativity)
4) to build on the existing resources following the principles of permaculture in the economy of hydric resources, soil conservation, activation of the microbiological fauna and plague protection.
5) to increase the parents’ and community’s participation by organizing local fairs of agro products in order to raise financial resources for the sustainability of the project (sell seeds and products, implementing principles of the Fair Trade).

The objective is to use the yard of the school as a tool to increase teachers skills and bring all children together. This is an opportunity for formal (STEM) and non-formal education as well as quality and inclusive education.

The intellectual outputs will be:
IO1: Open digital platform
IO2: Child-to-child peer support model
IO3: Business Marketing Guide for children
IO4: Guide for using mathematical concepts on school yard
IO5: Guide to develop science concepts on school yard

The project methodology starts with the creation of an Open Digital platform (IO1).. It will then focus on creating a child-to-child support methodology and test it (IO2). 3 guides regarding science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) will then be set up and tested in a innovative and though playing. Teachers capacities will be secured with short-term trainings and regular exchanges among the partners and associated partners.

The project will increase the opportunities for all children and reinforce teachers capacities while having an impact on the entire community. It will create tools such as an open digital platform, a child-to-child peer support model, a business marketing guide for children, a guide for using mathematics on school yard, 1 guide to develop science concepts on school yard. It will also reinforce teachers skills with training and training material: 1 training curricula for school project leaders (ENG + PT; ES; RO; HU;FR), a national training courses (pilots), training 30 teachers, 1 transnational training course for school project leaders, 3 short-term trainings. The project will be evaluated for all of its duration and results will be shared in a final evaluation report. A positive impact is sought not only for teachers, but also for all children (with SEN and without impairment) and stakeholders such as the parents as well as the community.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 349080 Eur

Project Coordinator

AGRUPAMENTO DE ESCOLAS D. CARLOS I & Country: PT

Project Partners

• ASOCIATIA EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR SOCIAL INOVATION
• APROXIMAR- COOPERATIVA DE SOLIDARIEDADE SOCIAL, CRL
• FORMACION PARA EL DESARROLLO E INSERCION, SOCIEDAD LIMITADA
• NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU
• AFEJI HAUTS-DE-FRANCE
• KEZENFOGVA OSSZEFOGAS A FOGYATEKOSOKERT ALAPITVANY
• Scoala Gimnaziala Nr.28