Water for us – we for water Erasmus Project

Project Title

Water for us – we for water

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 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Overcoming skills mismatches (basic/transversal); International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; Environment and climate change

Project Summary

Since the world we live in has been undergoing significant changes lately especially in respect with the environment the objective of our project is to draw attention to the problems with water. The globalized world has become very vulnerable place in some respect. The water is a very good example of an element that does not respect any borders or frontiers and thus is a very good issue to be tackled in an international cooperative team of schools from different European countries. The Erasmus + project seems to be a perfect idea to try to teach and to learn young students to understand that the “globalized world” is a place with “globalised problems” which cannot be solved within the borders of one country, but an international cooperation is necessary. We are schools and we should not only provide our students with encyclopaedical knowledge but mainly with skills and competencies which will enable them to successfully live in the upcoming globalised world and to be able to solve its problems. That is how the project “Water for us – we for water” started.
The objectives of the project are several. First of all, as we mentioned above, we want to draw attention to one of the most appealing problems of today’s world and it is environment and its problems with water. Another objective is to show students that communication and cooperation within the European region is necessary for the future problem solving and thus good communication and language skills are needed not only for fulfilling the school tasks but for real life situations. The world communication has changed greatly thanks to the Internet. The project teaches the students to use the tools of the virtual world meaningfully and enables the students to improve their ICT skills for better presentation of their work and communication with special focus on safe use of the Internet.
The project will involve all the students of our school, the project tasks will cover wide range of activities so there will be opportunity to join and enjoy the project for all. It means the students with different approach to school duties and different results in the school process. We want to motivate less and more gifted students, students with specific educational needs, students of all ages from the first graders to the ninth-grade students for cooperation, students from economically weaker and economically richer families, immigrants and native citizens, children, and teachers of different interests and talents.
All the project activities aim to show the importance of sustainable management of water for our future. The variety of the project activities is very wide-some activities show the power hidden in the element of water, some show the beneficial influence of the water presence in our environment, some show water as a natural environment for animals etc. All the project activities lead to one aim, to acquaint students with water more closely – because the first step for being able to protect water is to know water very well. It also shows the students the problems and encourages them to take some action to use their critical thinking to search some solutions. We want the students to realize they have the power and the ability to make changes for our better future and their success in their professional and personal life in the world of work. It can influence the future economic prosperity of our students, region, Europe. It will be our contribution to job creation, economic growth and it should help to avoid the early school leaving.
Since the activities are mainly cross curricular they will be done in various school lessons and the written outcomes and communication will be done in English lessons, which will lead to improving students ́ language knowledge.
The cooperation and interconnection of students and teachers in schools and among the partner schools, involving other family members, local authorities, specialists will be a contribution to social cohesion and developing the awareness of the necessity of dealing with the environmental problems as a value of modern responsible citizenship necessary for sustainable European environment. The whole project process will influence the social cohesion.
The project will be open for all teachers who find the topic applicable in their own lessons.
Mobilities will be for children 11-14 years old and well linguistically prepared. In each mobility the activities will be completely guided by the host but aiming to the whole project objectives. Each country will present their own activities introducing water in their region with some specific aspects typical for the given region. It will help the students realise and understand the differences of the regions but also the things the regions have in common and also the global impact of local actions will be clearly seen. We hope it will change the student’s attitude towards water for the rest of their lives.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 128880 Eur

Project Coordinator

Zakladni skola Chynov, okres Tabor & Country: CZ

Project Partners

• Zakladna skola, Pavilón B, Skolska ul. c. 26, Pribeta
• 3rd Primary School of Pylaia
• SCUOLA SECONDARIA DI I GRADO “ALIGHIERI-PASCOLI”
• Scoala Gimnaziala Pietroasa