COMENIUS 2011-2013 TRAVELLING THROUGH THE SEAS OF EUROPE

INDEX
1. - DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT SUMMARY ISSUES / PROBLEMS 2 .- OBJECTIVES APPROACHES 3 .- RESULTS EUROPEAN ADDED VALUE IMPACT 4 .- MAIN FOCUS PROJECT TOPICS EDUCATION / TRAINING CAMPS KEY SKILLS 5 .- PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION DISTRIBUTION OF TASKS COOPERATION AND COMMUNICATION PARTICIPATION OF THE PARTICIPANTS EVALUATION DISSEMINATION AND USE OF RESULTS 6 .- PARTICIPANTS AND ACTIVITIES

1. - SPAIN. - MANY SEAS AND ONE EUROPE 2. - NETHERLANDS. - A SEA OF LIFE 3. - FRANCE. - A SEA OF STORIES AND CULTURES 4. - GERMANY. - A SEA OF EDUCATION 5. - ITALY. - A SEA OF LIGHT 6.- POLAND.- A SEA OF MUSIC

1. - DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT SUMMARY With this project, Travelling through the seas of Europe, we try to educate our students about the importance of our seas and encourage them to think of different ways that we can appreciate and protect our seas for the future. The project involves learning about the various seas of Europe: history, geography, legends, the influence of the sea, resources, communication, environment, living things and their relationships, problems and precautions relating to the pollution of these valuable treasures, culture, music and more. At the same time we need to create a consciousness that is sensitive to the formation of, and contribution towards, a sustainable environment with the seas ... in the end bring the sea to our schools and utilize it as a motivating element in education. We will use an education line based on the story of the sardine traveller "ENIDRAS" who wants to learn many things about the seas of Europe and who will teach us, on each imaginary trip, a variety of fun sequences. Several schools in Europe, near the coast, have come together in this project to encourage students from 3 to 12 years old to work and learn together, utilizing new technologies to obtain information for the project, and looking for improved communication through English, ultimately finding similarities and differences through the comparison and exchange of information. Each country will focus on one of the thematic blocks which will comprise the various activities carried out by all of the countries: 1. Many seas and one Europe, 2. A sea of life, 3. A sea of stories and cultures, 4. A sea of education, 5. A sea of light ,6. A sea of music. Furthermore, the project also aims at improving the communication skills of students and teachers to promote educational exchanges between schools in Europe. When students realize the importance of our oceans for the future of Europe, it will help to promote tolerance and understanding amongst nations. The project will also focus on "best practices" with the incorporation of habits, attitudes, behaviors , etc. For a better European education, with the participation of all elements of society and the educational community, seeking cooperation and exchange of good practices in education in order to improve its quality. ISSUES / PROBLEMS We intend to address several issues: Knowledge of the diversity of our seas; facts which are common knowledge for each country but which are experiences that need to be shared in order to improve the skills that the students acquire in their earliest ages. Including the sea as part of our education and creating awareness that our future and the future of the seas should be linked, thereby seeking to improve any socio-economic opportunities that the seas can provide us. The environmental concern for European seas in the future; an area in which humans have made transformations and changes, making it necessary to create a consciousness regarding the care and maintenance of our seas for future generations. We want our project to provide an authentic and stimulating forum for the use of English within the communicative abilities of our similarly situated European friends. Good manners, at school, within the family, with friends, at home, in public places, taking care of our environment and our cities, in transportation ... it is definitely a good idea, as a general idea, to be courteous. The use of new ICT technologies in education,

2 .- OBJECTIVES

Our interest is to work in a Comenius multilateral partnership to achieve the following objectives: Improve the quality of the school, in its educational aspects, through the achievement of objectives which improve educational performance of students and which improve initial and continuing training of teachers, trainers and managers of our education centers. Promote educational efforts to reinforce the values of equality, solidarity, non violence, non discrimination, and training for Peace and for the improvement of educational behavior, good manners and civility to the project "Good Education", increasing awareness that a good education in attitudes, habits and behaviors are necessary for life in society. Improve the quality and participation in school activities for students with special needs: immigrants, and students unmotivated by school life. Improve understanding of European social reality we live in, cooperate with the environment, and acquire a set of values and attitudes which promote key basic skills through education and training system. Create intercultural dialogue through the experience of each individual discovering new knowledge, promoting the improvement of the environment and promoting a positive atmosphere in the classroom, school and the European contexts. Seek cooperation between education and the world related to the sea that can contribute to improving the focus of studies and the professional orientation of our students in the future. Promote the use of computers as a teaching tool, reinforcing the use of technologies in school. Promote measures for learning English as a second language as a communication tool, with skills to seek, obtain, process and communicate information by encouraging students to come into contact with other cultures through oral and written language. Eliminate communication barriers caused by language differences, bringing to perfection the techniques and working methods that contribute to the development of social skills among students Develop various contents related to the knowledge and interaction of the physical world, in this case the sea, within the primary education curriculum. Create a communicative approach by the implementation of various educational activities along with the teachings of our mascot, the sardine "ENIDRAS," which he will bring when we go through all the seas of Europe, learning something new every day. We can achieve these objectives through the use of interactive multimedia lessons, group work in different subjects: science, environmental education, first language, music education. Artistic education, games and more, ...

APPROACHES

The focal points will be six thematic blocks which encompass the diverse activities assigned to each country: 1. Many seas and one Europe, 2. A sea of life, 3. A sea of stories and cultures, 4. A sea of education, 5. A sea of light , 6. A sea of music. These activities and resources will be presented at the various meetings held in the mobilization of participating teachers, who will submit the work done by the students and the activities proposed for each thematic block. Our intention is to improve communication between students through regular mail, email, blogs, and videoconferences, where the results will be documented on the project website. ICT will play a vital role in the development and presentation of project results. The project should leave an indelible impression on the participants, being able to bring the sea to the school through permanent murals, the development of a European aquarium, the development of a digital book with the teachings of the sardine "Enidras," editing a school song dedicated to "The Seas of Europe, and through various other innovative school activities. We would also want to achieve maximum exposure for our project in those communities which are located nearest to the sea, which should be most familiar with our goals and should be best able to participate and take advantage of our results.

3 .- RESULTS PowerPoint presentation: School and seas The bulletin board Build and disseminate the pets Exhibition of travelling pets The collection of each school (shells, corals, etc.). The Digital Photo Album A small dictionary The project website Christmas cards An album with seafood recipes The digital book of short stories: of the Sardine Enidras Crafts over the sea PowerPoint Presentation: The history, navigation, the boats. Europe Day Exhibition Curricular teaching aids Murals of the sea Videoconferencing Multicultural Festival of the sea PowerPoint presentation on good manners Collection of materials from the sea. Teaching Jobs Presentation of various traditional games PowerPoint Presentation: Sport in the sea Diverse audiovisual material Song of the seas of Europe, European aquarium with the faces of students During the meetings parents prepare healthy food to members

EUROPEAN ADDED VALUE It is essential that students begin to learn about their European friends at an early age, in order to obtain positive development of their basic competencies. This project offers an ideal opportunity to develop communication skills, and the use of ICT, to transcend cultural, linguistic, and geographical barriers within a European framework and, accordingly, prepare students to work together as European citizens in the future. Knowledge of the diversity of the seas of Europe, and environmental concern for our common waters, will help to create a European consciousness of respect and maintenance. First-hand experience, involving the participation of European partners, is very enriching especially in the context of these educational endeavors and cannot be adequately replaced with mere academic learning about Europe. This is the kind of experience that the project will provide to our students. Apart from the added value of the professional experience for our teachers who will serve as agents for this exciting European project. For students Learn about their European friends Positive development of core competencies Development of communication skills Improving language skills through the use of English Get forming an European awareness and maintenance of respect. Meet other European countries and other lifestyle Activities related to the sea Share games, sports habits ... with children from other countries. To improve the welfare on a personal level, class and school For teachers Exchange information and broaden their horizons Improving curriculum objectives and professional experience Observe good educational practices Improve our teaching techniques Share experiences, strategies and materials Visit other European countries Understanding the European cultural variety

IMPACT This project will help teachers and students to expand their horizons regarding European citizenship in general (similarities and differences). It will assist teachers in improving curriculum objectives. Students will gain experience with lifelong learning skills such as teamwork, improving the environment, and the utilization of new technologies. It will promote creativity and a sense of entrepreneurship among students. It will help to develop a greater and pro-European knowledge in the participating schools and their local communities.

4 .- PROJECT MAIN FOCUS Environmental problems, care of the seas and natural elements common to all, climate change (European, world) make it more important than ever to promote and enhance the theme of the seas of Europe in the curriculum our schools From different regional communities environmental activities are undertaken to bring the school to the sea, our project aims to expand and bring even more to students and educational communities regarding the interesting world of the sea in all its aspects. This is the focus of our project. At the same time, increased opportunities for mobility within the EU underlines the need for education to inculcate skills, attitudes and skills in students seeking a stake in improving their foreign language, their native language and ICT skills. The project will also focus on "Good manners" with the incorporation of habits, attitudes, behaviors, etc. For a better European education, with the participation of all elements of society and the educational community, seeking cooperation and exchange of good practices in education in order to improve its quality. This project provides an exciting and authentic environment for the development of students and teachers and for the creation of a special interest in order to start this process at an early age. TOPICS Knowledge of the environment: through the different areas of the curriculum work the themes of knowledge: the seas, living, environmental education and sustainable development, intercultural education, learning about other European countries Geography: European countries will meet, seas, hydrography, climate Foreign language (English): Teaching, Learning and Communicating in foreign languages Mathematical competence and basic competences in science and technology Music: the song seas of Europe. Arts : elaborate pet, crafts, shell collecting ... Physical Education: Games, sports marine-related New technologies: communication with other European students. Digital Competition Social and civic competences: Good education in habits, attitudes and behaviors Learning to learn Cultural awareness and expression

5 .- IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT DISTRIBUTION OF TASKS

The coordinating school of the project will oversee the work and promote the participation of each school by maintaining permanent contact with the other partners. Each school will record the activities undertaken during the project meetings: CDROM, DVD, Video, and PPS ....,. There will be a bulletin board where we will publish all information received from the partners and prepare a pet traveling exhibit that will be exchanged at each meeting and which will travel through Europe. A digital album of each meeting will be developed. The host country will deliver 10 natural elements from their own sea to every school library (shells, coral, etc ....) The creation of a Website project will be the digital workspace for the collection of all information and materials as provided in the draft

1 .- SPAIN .- OCTOBER 2011 .- MANY SEAS AND ONE EUROPE In Spain, each school will bring PPS presentations about their own school and the characteristics of the sea of each country. We`ll organize all project activities. Presentation of the finished pet. Exposure at each school. Educational resources. Making an alphabet of the sea in different languages. Small dictionary. Each school presents the work in their schools on pets, with material collected by students for permanent exhibition. The theme of the seas of Europe is working in school until this meeting. It will work the story: The sardine "Enidras" learns to.... PowerPoint presentation about the school and the characteristics of the sea of each country The bulletin board, where they publish all information received from partners Build and disseminate Pet .- Each member made a pet project-The sardine Enidras goes traveling, knowing all the seas of Europe and learning. Are exchanged at each meeting and are part of the permanent exhibition in each country. Travelling pets exposition, which is exchanged at each meeting to travel to Europe The collection of each school (shells, corals, etc., the host country will provide 10 natural elements of sea itself to develop a collection together. The Digital Photo Album. - It is a component of dissemination of the project. Each country produces and sends it to each member with the images of the meeting, showing the major activities and becoming part of the permanent exhibition at the school. A small dictionary will be built with words in all languages of the association and will be completed at each meeting with input from partners. The school, family, greetings, sea, fish, beach, food, etc.. The project website should be initiated at the beginning. - to enable communication between all and to complete the different sections and project folders. We will agree the process of building our Web At Christmas, there will be different Christmas cards to be sent to each school for exhibition at the bulletin board and prepare typical food recipes with seafood.

2 .- NETHERLANDS.- MARCH 2012.- A SEA OF LIFE

In the Netherlands each school presents their work in schools on the theme of the stories through legends, songs, traditions of different countries on the sea and bring the album of recipes developed to show students. An instructional guide to find your own sea: Geography. Living things. The Sea as a source of wealth. The culture of sea craft to the sea, fish,

An album of recipes with foods made with seafood in each country and are prepared in the students' families, known and practical dishes. The album is also exchanged at each meeting. The digital book stories: BLOG Enidras sardine begins at the start of the project is completed with input from students OF different countries, telling the story of this little sardine travelling through Europe's seas learning. Crafts over the sea, so that smaller schools can receive a didactic our project will be made various craft related to the sea,

3 .- FRANCE.- MAY 2012 .- A SEA OF STORIES AND CULTURES In France, the participating schools present various casual games in the playground, and the celebration of Europe Day with a small dossier on PPS. The project will be evaluated and organized activities for the second year. Present the murals in schools over the sea. Writing: poems about the sea: Editorial. Exhibitions on the sea. Ecology: Let's take care keep the ocean clean sea campaign and Videoconferences

PowerPoint Presentation: The history, navigation, the boats. Europe Day Exhibition: Writing: poems about the sea: Editorial. Exhibitions on the sea. Ecology: Let's take care keep the ocean clean sea Campaign Curricular teaching aids. Each thematic comes with a set of flash cards to be drawn for students of all countries to achieve the goals outlined in the project Murals on the sea. Should be in every school a memory that lasts over time, you make several murals in each school, during our project, and visualized through the different presentations Videoconferencing with the use of new technologies, will do some video conferencing between different partners, consistent with the age of the students and using English as working language

4 .- GERMANY .-OCTOBER 2012 .- A SEA OF EDUCATION In Germany, each school will work activities of theater, drama, movement, taking as argument the seas of Europe. In a "Multicultural Festival on the sea" Here are these activities have been undertaken in recent months of work. Also good education activities and improved behavior

Multicultural Festival on the sea, Europe's culture and all culture related to the world near the sea, can be developed in the Multicultural Festival, to organize each country, and presented in audiovisual format. PowerPoint presentation on good education and improving the behavior Collection of materials from the sea. Each country would provide a number of elements and materials in your own sea in each of the meetings to be leaving each school, a reminder of Europe's seas to serve for the study of the students.

5 .- ITALY MARCH 2013 .- .- A SEA OF LIGHT

In Italy, present the didactic work made in classes each country on issues related to the conservation, care and improvement of the seas. Sport in the sea. Educational activities: typical games.

Work related educational aspects that are working, especially the sports world and the sea. Presentation on various traditional games PowerPoint Presentation. Sport in the sea Develop diverse audiovisual material on DVD, CD or video, to allow dissemination to teachers of different countries, each meeting is provided in the work on computer. Each school prepares the song "Seas of Europe" as a hymn in their own language

6 .- POLAND .-MAY 2013.- A SEA OF MUSIC

In Poland the children will sing songs and listen to the other schools that show on DVD, they will construct a large mural of fish "European Aquarius" with pictures of all the participating students as a permanent reminder of the project. Songs about the sea, popular children's exchange seafood.

Song of the seas of Europe, music plays an important role in the education of students in Europe. We will create a song dedicated to the seas of Europe and will be the students themselves to interpret it,. At the end there will be a compilation CD. European aquarium. To mark the end of our large project, each country would provide various elements of construction paper each of the seas, to build a large aquarium in each European country with photos of participants

COOPERATION AND COMMUNICATION

Spain will be the coordinator of the Association and will maintain an overview of the project maintaining the schedule and encouraging participation through a systematic follow-up of the web page created for our project. We have already created a project which is being made by TwinSpace with the cooperation, communications and the participation of all the members and the teachers from different countries. The main objective to prepare materials that will be useful in the future of our project; moreover we want to open this space to all the countries which have the influence of all the European seas Each national coordinator will be responsible for presenting the project to their own schools and will disseminate information throughout the school and the community by maintaining bulletin boards up to date with the projects activities. Each school will ensure that all students participate in prescribed activities; Completing the final projects and meeting each deadline; following the project and transmitting information and materials to other participating schools on the dates agreed. All participating schools will communicate by mail, telephone, fax, email and ICT, the English-language Website, and when agreed on they will also hold videoconferences. Spain will host the meeting in October 2011 and Poland will host the last meeting in 2013. During the meetings, the calendar scheduling the different work projects will be prepared for the future stages involving the interaction between the participating countries.

PARTICIPATION OF EUROPEAN PARTNERS All students and teachers will be able to participate in the activities at each school. The skills required for their implementation are present in every school by sharing our talent and resources relating to: ICT resources, the English language, the digital media and technology, art, music and more. ... Students should discover the similarities and differences through the exchange of information. In addition to improving communication skills as a result of cultural exchanges between schools in Europe, students will be made to understand the importance of our seas for a European future and will promote tolerance and understanding among nations. The active participation of all partners will be ensured by: The ongoing participation of the project within each school through the curricula and annual action plans With a quarterly monitoring of the activities provided through internet communication and the exchange of crafted materials. The project is planned so that each school will participate in all activities mentioned above; the host country must organize and supervise the work performed, as well as develop the assessment and conclusions

EVALUATION The evaluation plan of the project would be grounded on 2 main pillars: Pre and post evaluation questionnaires are the main tools for the self-evaluation to understand the degree of the pupils awareness before the project and after the project implementation. Also interviews and keeping portfolios related to the project themes are another evaluation tools for self-evaluation. Keeping the minutes of project meetings, questionnaires of project meetings prepared by the coordinating institution and interim evaluation reports submitted by the project partners are the internal evaluation activities to understand whether the project is making any progress so far and what might be the next steps. Collation of project activities to include curriculum, pupil activities and extended school activities. Impact will be measured through pupil, teacher and where possible parent surveys. Impact will also be measured by analyzing work and activities planned and the actual work produced.Evaluation will be continuous through the communication among participating teachers, improving and expanding the planned activities, suggesting the appropriate improvements as they may arise with the contributions of all participants. At each meeting of the project, the coordinator will remind the group of the objectives of the project. There will always be a prior agenda, sent in advance, notes will be taken of the resolutions adopted, creating a document which will reflect the conclusions and proposals for improvements. Discussion will be held regarding each section and there will be a review of progress and achievements. Future action to deal with obstacles encountered will be adopted to fit the needs identified. Surveys and self-assessments will be conducted at each joint meeting in order to discuss the results as a group, creating graphics for a better understanding between the educational community members of each country The project's objectives will be displayed on the walls of each group or class and will encourage students to participate in the activities proposed.

DISSEMINATION AND USE OF RESULTS

An electronic newsletter would also be prepared in seven languages and will be spread among the schools, district provincial directorates and education centers in the partner countries. There will be a space, accessible for the partners teams and pupils of participating schools to share the documents. Also we will give links to web-sources related to the project topics to be known by the other institutions. The results of the work of the project questionnaires, reports, recommendations and feedback of the pupils and partners will be made available to the project partners through that web-space. The project meetings will be a very good forum for having discussions with project members and sharing the results and experiences in this project with our European Colleagues. Accordingly, all the project partners will be responsible for publicizing the project events in local and national media. So the outcomes of our project enable to provide the mobility and exchange of information among people. It would be amiable to expect the pupils and teachers seeing the outcome of ENIDRAS activities to share their experiences with their colleagues, friends and parents in their own setting or the pupils involved in the project

The improvement of the environment and the care of the seas will be shared by all the members through email, videoconferences, the blog and the website. The materials produced will be used by teachers beyond the end of the project, since teaching on the same issues will continue in the following years and will also be disseminated to other schools in partner countries through Web links, institutions and national faculty organizations. Dissemination through the press and television in the local communities will get the attention of society on the goals outlined in our project. Millions of European citizens live near the seas of Europe; they will be the aim of the outreach efforts of our project through digital networks. A unique badge for the project will be developed and will be placed in an easily visible site as a distinctively European emblem for participating schools; just as there will include participation in the celebration of Europe Day in May with a wide range of activities. Specific attention will be given so that all manufactured products, incorporated designs and communications, documents, folders, etc., comply with all the regulations that exist in order to maintain a clear and concise visualization of the project.

6.- PARTICIPANTS . ACTIVITIES

MOVILITIES Spain Netherlands France Germany Italy Poland 24 mobilities 12 mobilities 24 mobilities 12 mobilities 24 mobilities 12 mobilities 20.000 18.000 25.000 18.000 20.000 15.000 21 Teachers 30 Teachers 15 Teachers 20 Teachers 94 Teachers 56 Teachers 286 Pupils 472 Pupils 287 Pupils 100 Pupils 702 Pupils 702 Pupils

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Participating Organization CEIP MAESTRO MANUEL APARCERO CBS DE WISSEL ECOLE JEAN MOULIN KITA AM BLUMENACKER DIREZIONE DIDATTICA D. ALIGHIERI SZKOA PODSTAWOWA NR 1 IM. JZEFA WYBICKIEGO

Total number of pupils/learners 286

Number of teachers 21

Total of participants 307

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472 287 100 702

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MATERIALS
1.- SPAIN .- OCTOBER.- MANY SEAS AND ONE EUROPE PowerPoint presentation. School and seas The bulletin board Build and disseminate the Pets Traveling pets Exposition The collection of each school (shells, corals, etc.). The Digital Photo Album A small dictionary The project website Christmas cards

2.- NETHERLANDS .- MARCH .- A SEA OF LIFE An album with seafood recipes The digital book of short stories: of the Sardine Enidras BLOG Crafts over the sea

3.- FRANCE.- MAY .- A SEA OF STORIES AND CULTURES PowerPoint Presentation: The history, navigation, the boats. Europe Day Exhibition Curricular teaching aids. Murals on the sea Videoconferencing

4.- GERMANY .- OCT0BER .- A SEA OF EDUCATION Multicultural Festival on the sea PowerPoint presentation on good manners Collection of materials from the sea.

5.- ITALY .-MARCH .- A SEA OF LIGHT Teaching Jobs Presentation on various traditional games PowerPoint Presentation: Sport in the sea Diverse audiovisual material

6.- POLAND .-MAY .- A SEA OF MUSIC Song of the seas of Europe, European aquarium with the photos of students