COALA GIMNAZIAL NR.

1
BRNETI,
ILFOV COUNTY,
ROMANIA

LA VREMURI NOI, DASCLI NOI

NEW TIMES, IMPROVED TEACHERS
2017-1-RO01-KA101-036582
Best Practices Benchmarking in Finnish schools Course
HELSINKI
03RD -07TH OF SEPTEMBER, 2017
 NICOLETA TONE
- Manager of the school since 2010;
- Teacher for primary school from 1996
until 2010;
- Actively participated in 3
Transnational Project Meetings as a
member of the Romanian
management team/ Erasmus + KA
219 ,, EUROPEAN FOLK TALES: HIDDEN
TREASURES" ( 2016-2018) where the
school I manage is a partner;
- Actively participated in 1
Transnational Project Meeting as a
member of the Romanian
management team/ Comenius BE UN
EURO-ECO CITIZEN ( 2009-2011)
where the school was a partner.
 Scoala Gimnaziala nr.1 Branesti is a primary school, located in a
disadvantaged area in a rural suburb of Bucharest. Some of the elderly in
Branesti are Bulgarians and they keep their traditions. The school and the
School students are all involved with this traditions.
Our school consists of approximately 450 students of which 12 are
profile special needs, supervised by 32 teachers . Our special needs teacher is
a speech therapist. The majority of the families have a low income and a
& low level of education . Many families and students are in a tough social
and economic situation. The school develops the European school
curriculum in order to grow the students' knowledge.
culture
 The management team desires to turn the school into a
European one. Teachers are trained and eager to keep up with
what's new in didactic teaching school subjects. Our
extracurricular activities are carried out to a high level Quality,
attended with great pleasure not only by the students, but also by
their parents and grandparents.
We value the uniqueness and importance of every student and
will seek to help them form a sense of their own worth through
developing self confidence, self expression and the ability to
relate with peers and others, while at all times making allowances
for diversity among people.
Our students are open to everything new, showing great interest
in language learning, the use of ICT, exploration and discovery,
the arts, music, dance, sport activities, literature and cultural
activities. They recorded good results at school competitions and
Olympiads ( Romanian, English, mathematics, art education,
music education, physical education and sport) .
Our school is very important for the local community. Having
the support of the Mayor and other local authorities, regionally,
the school is involved in numerous educational projects,
promoting the non-formal learning. Nationally, school students
and teachers participate in various competitions and
extracurricular activities and educational projects.
- Erasmus+ partnerships and projects;
- E-twinning projects;
- Little scouts Club; School Best Practices
- Drama Club;
- Reading Club;
- Maths Club
- Footbal ( girls and boys) teams;
- Moden karate team;
- Tae-kwon-do team;
- Wrestling team;
- Folk dance club;
- English Conversation Club;
- Choir Club;
- Volleyball Club;
- Projects- environment, culture, traditions
etc.;
- Olympiads and contest awards at
County, National and International level
 CLASSROOMS
BEFORE AFTER
BEFORE NOW
 Schools Library

BEFORE AFTER
 FESTIVAL HALL
BEFORE AFTER
SCIENCE LAB
 POSITIVE RESULTS
Our school meets students' needs and expectations and we
work all together to develop their cognitive and social skills,
to adopt a favourable attitude to school, to improve their
school results at the national tests, to increase their
engagement in learning, to make them proud of themselves,
to become active citizens, to have better relationships with
their colleagues, parents, grandparents and teachers, to
stimulate creativity and motivate them to succeed, to reduce
behaviour problems, to have motivation and find satisfaction
in daily school life

Strong connection with the parents and local community

 IMPACT
increasing number of students participating in
extracurricular activities;
our school became more opened to the local community;
increasing number of collaboration with other schools at
national level;
lower drop out rates ;
enriching the students' creative skills;
happier students
HOW CAN IT BE REPLICATED?
Lectures, workshops, seminars for all interested
parties ( schools staff, NGO's general public).
Through the sharing of good practice with other
schools in the area.
Internet access ensures information is available for all
with websites detailing our activities and products.
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