15th Primary School of Rethymno

Our school is located in an urban area, near the centre of the town of Rethymno. There are 245 students in six grades and 30 teachers of various specialties: primary education teachers who teach language, maths, science, history, geography/environmental studies, social studies and religious education, four teachers tutoring students with learning difficulties, two teachers of English as a foreign language, two teachers of Physical Education, a Drama class teacher, a Music teacher, an Art teacher, an ICT teacher and in the last two grades a German and French teacher. As a school, we are environmentally concerned, and the last few years we have been involved and awarded in environmentally -friendly projects. We have also been involved in projects concerning bulling and raising respect among students, teachers and parents.

We have been involved in a Comenius programme in years 2010-2012 with thirteen other European countries.

A picture of the school from the upper yard.

 

The students of our school get ready for the Treasure Hunt organized in the school as part of the Carnival festivities.

During the Sports Day the students formed anti-racist and anti-bulling messages with their bodies...

…and played a game called “the balloons of friendship”

And a few words about our town...

Rethymno is one of the four bigger towns on the island of Crete, located in the middle of the northern coastline of Crete. Its population is about 50.000 people. The University of Crete is in Rethymno and its campus inlcudes Schools such as the School of philosophy, the School of Education (Primary and Preschool) and the School of Social, Economic and Political Sciences...and it has a great circular building for a library. The people of Rethymno are mainly involved in the tourism business. Rethymno has a beautiful old town with architectural influences from the Venetian and Turkish occupation years. From the top of Fortezza, the Venetian fortress, the visitor can enjoy the view of the sea and the 15km long beach - one of the longest beaches in Europe and home of the endangered species of Caretta-Caretta sea turtle. Additionally, the visitor can visit many picturesque villages near the town of Rethymno, where one can taste the delicious Cretan food and wine.

This is an aerial view of the old town with Fortezza overseeing the Cretan Sea…

…and the old Venetian harbor.

We are all looking forward to meeting you.

Greetings from Rethymno and the 15^th Primary School

Ukmergės Užupio basic school in Lithuania

Uzupio basic school is in the town of Ukmerge which is 70 km from Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. Our school is one of the oldest schools in Ukmerge, near 400 pupils learn here.

Everyone is very friendly, helpful and supportive, so if you need any assistance you can definitely turn to them. Teachers are very professional and always eager to help their students acquire knowledge.

You can always find delicious and cheap meals in the canteen of our school.

The council of pupils is working to make sure the process of learning is not draining or mind-numbing, but fun too. There are unlimited possibilities to do sports and stay fit because we have a superb basketball court and football pitch and lots of various equipment.

There is also a wide range of after school activities and clubs to choose from, so you will never be bored. Besides, our school always celebrates different occasions and organizes various events or actions, so everyone is involved.

While carrying on the project only traditional ways of communication and learning would be used. There would be a try to communicate innovatively: using the language of acting, dance, part tools, organising video conferences and briges. It is planned to have a project diary which woulds be filled by countries - partners and which would be public for the others to use it in their future projects. ( the diary, would be public).

It's been 10 years since our dancing club is a constant participant in National Songs festival. We have participated in a project "The Impulses of high culture at schools(AKIM)" - the lessons were conducted by famous Lithuanian people: poets, painters, language experts, singers.

Interesting and useful projects are for raising of the career. The school is a member of national project "Why do we need it?"

The activity of prevention is increased in school. We take part in competitions "Temidė", " Non smoking class" regionaly and nationally. Various actions take place which are for the prevention of crime, drug usage and bullying. The school has been taking part in a continuaes project "Sportiad" for 5 years.

Festive concerts at school and otherwhere are not held without a joint team of songs and dances of the teachers and the students.

Last year we play "Bears cabin" was held where the parts were played not only by the students and the teachers but also their parents. This year play "The land of tales" has been held where the students, the teachers and the parents have taken part.

For the last few years we have taking part in competition "Clear mind - clear language" which is sponsored by the President of lithuanina Dalia Grybauskaitė.

Our school website: www.uzupys.ukmerge.lm.lt

More about our school: Užupietis

Poland, Primary School number 82, the city of Gdańsk

School 82 is located in Gdańsk – Klukowo, in the north of Poland, very close to the Baltic Sea.

There are 210 students (aged 5 till 12) in our school and 20 teachers.

There are only 11 classes in our school. Wee have only 7 classrooms, the library, one computer lab, the gym and the regional classroom (with some Kashubian objects).

Our lessons usually start at 8 o'clock in the morning and they finish at 3 p.m. Of course some children have less classes a day.

We always start the school year at the beginning of September (usually it is the 1^st Sep) and we finish school at the end of June (the last Friday of June).

We have two terms in our school. The 1^st term is till January and then we have 2 weeks winter break. We have Christmas break in December and Easter break in March or April.

We teach general subjects as: Polish, Maths, English, Art, PE, RE, Music, Science. After classes we play chess outside ;).

Our children like trips, so we try to take them to many interesting places:

Our school's website:

http://www.sp82.internetdsl.pl/

Our school's facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/sp82gdansk?ref=hl

Portugal - Luz, Mourão

Our school is situated in the south of Portugal, in a village called Aldeia da Luz. It´s  a small school with primary and preschool . We have 21 students, aged 3 to 10 years old and two teachers.

Belongs to a group of schools with about 300 students (aged 3 to 18 years old), and 40 teachers, with headquarters in the town of Mourão.

Aldeia da Luz is a very peculiar place. It is a location newborn, located next to the largest artificial lake in Europe - Alqueva. Due to the rising waters, the ancient village was submerged.

It is a typical Portuguese village surrounded by strong cultural roots.

Our school - Luz

Our school headquarters - Mourão

Mourão - Castle and Alqueva Lake

web site from the main school

http://aemourao.weebly.com/

my school blog

http://jiluz.blogspot.pt/

library website

http://bibliotecaescolarmourao.weebly.com/

library Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/bibliotecaescolar.mourao?fref=ts

Évora - city ​​district, Google maps

https://maps.google.pt/maps?q=evora+portugal&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0xd19e4d1c497b627:0x9e61852f6dae8c43,%C3%89vora&gl=pt&ei=qiB4UrOTJK6O7Aa02IG4CQ&ved=0CMoBELYD

Mourão  - city from the main school , Google maps

https://maps.google.pt/maps?q=mourao+portugal&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0xd10cdb9b444b43f:0x397acc09e207901b,Mour%C3%A3o&gl=pt&ei=GCB4Upb1O6yg7AaH2YDwDA&ved=0CMUBELYD

Aldeia da Luz - our school, Google maps

https://maps.google.pt/maps?q=aldeia+da+luz&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0xd10c96bc6219fa7:0x500ebbde490b110,Luz&gl=pt&ei=YiB4UsakBc_b7AbR-oHADA&sqi=2&ved=0CKYBELYD

Alentejo Tempo para ser Feliz - Alentejo Time To Be Happy

Start to know our region - Portugal - Alentejo, where our school is situated.

Istituto Comprensivo Viale Adriatico

Istituto ComprensivoViale Adriatico Rome

The Istituto ComprensivoViale Adriatico was founded in 2000 and is located in the third town hall of the city of Rome, which has 200,000 inhabitants. There are about 1182 students (from 3 to 14 years) and 112 teachers. Most of the students live near the school, which has trhee locations. In the institute there are Italian language courses for foreigners and experimental courses for pupils with special needs. Our teaching method is based on respect for the learning ability of each pupil , and promotes the exercise and the development of skills through an active construction of knowledge. In our school we help pupils to create their own experiences, as we believe that through the experience in the first person can develop their personality .

http://www.ic-vialeadriatico.gov.it/

Our school

Students from one of our classes

A video of the most beautiful places of the Eternal City, where is our school.

Click above to view it

Project activities

Project activities

The world is round -The symbol of the circle in our life - Complex developement of student's basic competencies and teacher's key competencies

I. The circle and circular processes in nature – forms and shapes, cyclical movements,

rejuvenation

• Searching for rounded shapes through the body frame and body surface of flora and fauna (flowers, leaves, crops, annual rings, shapes on animal skin, cells. Drawing and taking photos of what we have seen.
• Examining circular process in nature! (Cycle of the water, changing the stages of water – liquid, snow, ice, etc., changing of seasons, changing of light, phases of the moon, the solstice, proportion of day and night, the equinoxes, the cyclical activities in life of living organism, rejuvenation in nature). Observing a concrete habitat or a concrete part of a forest, observing a tree in different seasons. Creating a “Season Tree” using different techniques of arts and crafts (painting, drawing, glueing, montage).

II. Culture – The circle is an element of our cultural environment - (architecture, arts and crafts, tradition)  

• Searching for rounded shapes in the place where we live on buildings (windows, cupolas, spiral staircases, swimming pools, temples and churches), circuses, roundabouts,  merry-go-rounds in parks. We draw, take pictures or/and make models of what we see using different techniques.
• Examining rounded tools in everyday life (pots, plates, cups, glasses, cooking utensils, coins, stamps, seals). Analysing forms, use and function.hű Utilisation of circular processes in our nature: producing or re-generating energy (windmill),  learning about renewable energy sources, observing and making models in art and crafts lessons.
• The cyclical process in our artificial environment, e.g. water and wastewater in our buildings, water analysis, recycling of waste/organic waste, making objects from waste.
• Observing and analysing works of art. Activities: painting mandala, creating different wreaths (Advent wreaths, bridal wreaths, front door decorations in spring and autumn), basket weaving, making felt balls, balloons, rings, bracelets, necklaces, Christmas decorations, pottery, weaving, knitting -crochet.
• Analysing and writing different kinds of literature (poems, rhymes, tales).
• Songs, rhythms and tunes, using and getting acquainted with different round-shaped hű musical instruments.
• Traditions all year round  (Easter, Christmas, Ramadan, Bayram …),
• Showing  and comparing the results to the partners

III.  The way of life – The three main concentric circles: unity of body, soul and mind

• The circle of human life – observing different stages of life. (birth, childhood, youth, adulthood, old age and death)
• Nutrition: healthy nutrition, the circle of aliments, cooking and baking round-shaped dishes ( bread, cakes, dumplings, pies,..).
• The health of our soul: balance, the significance of a partner and a circle of friends , love, traditions, festivities, popular customs – getting acquainted with them and realize how important they are in our circle of life. Creating a “Soul Bird” and usingusing relaxing techniques.
• Showing  and comparing the results to the partners.

IV. The PRODUCTS  

• Informational website: we are going to design a website to document our work and products during the whole project.
• Methodological basket
• ............

Erasmus + project plan

The world is round 

The symbol of the circle in our life

When you look up to the sky in the morning and see the rising sun there is an ancient symbol just in front of your eyes. The CIRCLE; that symbolizes the endless, the eternal revival, the circulation, the completeness, the original perfection and harmony. According to the ancient interpretation the circle symbolized the disk of the life-giving sun and the existence of people depended on the light of the sun, therefore they looked at it as God. For this reason the circle became the symbol of the absolute, endless unit and perfection. If we open our eyes; we can find it everywhere around us, in the cup holding our tea in the morning, in the flowers decorating our windows, in our children’s circle games, and nearly everywhere.

We are inviting you for an interesting discovery and adventure. Let’s examine our world from the point of view of this ancient symbol. Let’s look for the common points in our environments and cultures, let’s work together in a common school project!

The aims of the project are:

·         to discover our surrounding world through the symbol of the circle (our bigger and smaller natural and built environment and our cultural values)

·         to develop students’ key competencies through the project work (communicating in our mother tongue, communicating in foreign languages, maths competencies and the basic competencies in the field of nature and technical science, digital competencies, the acquisition of study skills, social and citizen competencies, cultural consciousness and expressive skills, the environmental and lifestyle choices competencies)

·         to allow our students to develop connections with the students of our partner schools. They will get to know each other, the results of the completed work, the countries and cultural values of the partners.

·         to share and recognize the applied pedagogical methods with each other

·         to try out each other’s good practices and if it is possible, insert them in our school program.

Duration of project:

2 years - from October 2015 to September 2017

Type of project:

Erasmus + (Comenius school cooperations)

Type of cooperations:

Multilateral project with participations of 4-5 partners 

Type of school, the age of students:

Elementary school, age 7-14

Language:

English

About our school - Templomdombi Primary School - Szentendre

Our school was founded in1989, as an independent 8-grade institute with one class on each grade. The building is relatively small, but also that's why it is intimate. It is situated in the historical centre of Szentendre, one of the most beautiful parts of the town. The building contains 8 classrooms, 5 special rooms, 1 gymn, a small library, a teachers' room, 3 office rooms and convenience rooms. Using the adventages of the building we work on strengthening the intimate character of our school, to provide an athmosphere of collective spirit for our students. 

The basic principle of our pedagogical programme and activity is child-centredness, on which we mean empathy, encouragement, trust, raising self-confidence, helping to success and love.

We try to do our best to achieve that children would go to school with pleasure, they would enjoy themselves here, they would acquire necessary knowledge thoroughly enough, they would consider learning important, their skills and abilities would develop and that they could reach self-realization. In the centre of our methodological culture we have placed the procedure of experience-like teaching-learning. At first its feasibility was confirmed by our experience, then we chose the topics of our in-service trainings more and more consciously. Each member of our staff has participated in a forest school preparation project, the Gordon teacher's efficiency developing training and a learning strategy methodological course. In 1996 we participated in the trainig of Soros Foundation for self-developing schools. This training has contributed to the consideration of our activity, the well-founded and circumspect completion of our pedagogical programme. We focus on eco-friendliness way of thinking in our school.

Environmental education in our school

Our aim is to form our students  environmental knowlegdes, to develop their skills of problem solving and to frame their  emotional approaches  skills by pedagogical methods. All this is a process which affects to the whole person and personality and we can realize this only, if we doing our job in the name of i tat every field of our school life. In the course of our 25 years working, amongst others at first place we have won  „ECO-SCHOOL” title.

Manual skills development

We interpret the manual skills development in a complex way. This involve the subjects, the free time activities, namely the whole of our tutorial and educational system. The tasks/lessons/duties will be broadened concentric(a)ly and reach all students int he school. Important thing is to strenghten the unity of vision-touch-thinking-action, and with the help of this unity we would like to educate students work’s of high standard. The manual skills development – the best of our belief – help to form the habits of learning and working, help to follow the role of procedures/actions, support the practical use of tools and implements, the basic/elementary habits of working (correct posture, share of working, punctuality, economy, to avoid accidents, etc.) and the right/correct pace.

Foreign languages

Nowdays we feel the need and the importance of learning languages. We have decided that teaching foreign langugages will be one of the main direction in our school. Knowing a foreign language helps to get acquainted with other cultures, to be interested in other folks. Through learning a foreign language our students start to appreciate their native language, they honour their own cultural values and learn easier other languages. We are intent on focusing on  -taking notice of our students age specialities -  to strenghten our students self confidence, to dvelop their self-knowledge during learning a foreign language.

www.templomdomb.hu