‘Well-Being – At the Heart of Every School’ Erasmus Project

Project Title

‘Well-Being – At the Heart of Every School’

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 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Health and wellbeing; Access for disadvantaged; ICT – new technologies – digital competences

Project Summary

The project will focus on improving the well being of staff and pupils in schools in Wales, Romania, Poland and France. Altogether there will be over 600 children and their families, over 65 teachers and teaching assistants and a number of specialists in various fields (doctors, psychologists, artists, people from the community, school counsellors) involved in the project.
The main aims of the project are to open the world up to children where travel is not always possible, many of the pupils come from low income families with high levels of unemployment. Without the Erasmus+ money the children would not be able to experience life in other countries first hand.
The project will add an international dimension to the school curriculum and develop an international outlook of the pupils, staff and families. The project will develop digital citizenship, provide the opportunities to share, develop and transfer innovative practices between schools. It will also enhance pupils’ and teachers’ intercultural awareness and understanding.

The range of projects planned will focus on improving pupils’ well being whilst also developing ICT, literacy and numeracy skills. During short-term joint staff training events the different programmes to promote and well being already been used in the schools will be shared and impact discussed. The effectiveness of emotional support and any systems or programmes in the schools will be assessed and plans put in place to address shortcomings. During planning meetings the learning environments of each school will be scrutinised and evaluated, action plans will be put into place identifying how they can be improved and how pupils can be involved in these improvements.

There will be four short-term joint staff training events for teachers. It is important that one of these are held at each of the partner schools so that full evaluations of each environment and the systems in place can be observed first hand. Each lead teacher will be present during the short-term joint staff training events to plan each thematic project with well being at the heart of each one. Following these planning meetings each school will run a project with the children. Each project will be planned with a focus on well being and will focus on addressing areas for development raised at the staff training events. These will be shared using a wide range of digital technologies. Pupils and staff of each school will be continuously developing friendships and strengthening relationships with staff and pupils of partner schools. These activities will be shared demonstrating how digital technology can be used effectively to share information around the world, increasing the skills and competences among all staff.They would be discussing the projects and constantly sharing their work through eTwining, SKYPE, powerpoints, E books, I Movie etc.

In the second year of the project short-term exchanges of groups of pupils will take place. Visits to partner schools will provide groups of pupils with first hand experiences to immerse themselves in the culture of other countries. This will give children who have never been abroad the opportunity to experience different countries and cultures first hand. During these visits pupils will create blogs to share their experiences and new knowledge with all other pupils and their families back home.

We envisage the results and impact will be positive. Through analysis of baseline activities progress in attainment made of targeted groups ICT, literacy and numeracy skills will increase significantly. Pupils will have made positive developments in their cultural awareness.
The lives of children, many from deprived areas where travel is not possible lives will have been enhanced by the project.
Levels of well being, self esteem and self worth will improve and their socio-emotional skills will have improved.
Programs aimed at personal development of pupils, their self-knowledge and their well-being at school will have a positive impact.

There will be long term benefits. The strong links made with other schools will continue, using digital technology schools will be able to continue joint partnership working and pupils will be able to continue to communicate and share work. Lesson resources planned and used would be uploaded on a platform so all schools can deliver and develop them in the future.
The sharing of good practice and innovative teaching methods will have provided teachers with new ideas and skills to use in their future teaching. Teachers involved in the planning and delivery of project will disseminate their findings, the good practice and new skills learnt with other teachers in their schools.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 34845 Eur

Project Coordinator

Brynteg C P School & Country: UK

Project Partners

• Scoala Gimnaziala Nr. 4 “Elena Donici Cantacuzino”
• Ecole Primaire Publique