WELCOME
Welcome to the Comenius blog for ‘Our
Europe, We Can Make A Difference’.
We are glad to announce that over the
next two years (2013-2015) 4 infant and primary schools from across Europe
will be taking part in a Comenius Project. The countries involved in this
project are UK, France, Spain and Sweden. Over the course of the project the
schools will use this blog to share information and work related to their
project work.
OVERVIEW
Within our project, young children (3-9
years) in all our partner schools will develop a sense of understanding of the
diversity of place - by exploring similarities and differences between the
environments, cultures and languages in all partner countries. The
children's work within the project will centre on 'Learning in the Outside
Environment'.
The children will learn together
through their investigation of the geography, climate, eco-systems and
environmental issues (re-cycling, renewable resources, exploring and developing
animal habitats, growing plants, saving energy, reducing traffic pollution)
which affect their own locality. They will then share their experiences
with each other, using various technologies, (video conferencing, e-mail, power
points, message boards, school websites and blogs). The partnership will
establish a project wiki, within which all the communications technologies will
provide access for all. Children will work together to talk about their
learning, find solutions to problems and establish an awareness of the
importance of conservation, protection and environmental development. By
collaborating with our partner schools throughout Europe we will share
expertise and experiences already in place to enhance the teaching and learning
of all stakeholders in our schools.
Pupils will become aware of how they
can be involved both at home and in school in looking after our world through
eco-education. This will include 'Forest Schools' learning, recycling
projects in school and the local community and joint investigations about
'Saving Energy' in our Schools.
RATIONALE
All the schools involved in the project
want their students to gain a greater understanding of the similarities and
differences in learning in an outside world. In addition to this we wish
the children to explore and investigate their environment and share their
learning amongst themselves and the project community. Communication will
be an important part of the project, and children will learn how to use new
media technologies to support this process effectively. The project will
foster rich opportunities for all children to learn to communicate clearly
across linguistic and cultural boundaries - both in their mother tongue and
learning key words and phrases in the languages of the partner countries.
The project will ensure that there are equal opportunities for all pupils in
planned activities.
Children will become effective
independent thinkers and good team players sharing their learning with other
children in all partner countries.
PROJECT OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGY
To work collaboratively on important
issues which will affect all school pupils in the European Community by
exploring similarities and differences across Europe and to work together and
learn from one another.
The project will be pupil-centred and
allow students to be involved in goal setting, planning and team building
through increased cooperation with partner schools. They will be involved
in decision making, deciding what information is relevant to report to all
stakeholders in the project. They will review progress made within the
project and contribute to evaluations of activities.
Pupils will develop a greater awareness
of eco/environmental issues and solutions through the exploration of habitats
and eco-systems. The project will be fully inclusive and will allow for the
individual needs of all pupils to ensure equal opportunities.
Partners, (including all members of the
school community) will communicate via an intranet/interactive website/ Skype/
email/ blogs with pupils being encouraged to add their own digital images and
comments from school and home to keep the learning environment as active as
possible.
Staff will communicate across different
languages about improving educational practice and pedagogy to enrich the
teaching and learning experience. Staff will work across the union to establish
curriculum objectives regarding environmental issues and outside learning. Develop
good practice in school which is sustainable over time leading to life-long
partnerships.
This project supports the aim of
increasing the understanding and appreciation, particularly among young people,
of the environmental, social, and educational potential of plants and animals
in our local environment. Each school will work within a local
community group made up from the education sector, environmentalists and other
members of the local community who are committed to creating environmental
awareness.
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