Se@ EU

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Small report of the project-meeting in Belgium

19 – 23 January 2005

Program of the meetings

 Welcome

Introduction of the different schools/ make acquaintance with each other

        Everybody gives a short (few minutes) view of their school and themselves

Appoint program and agenda

Information about this visit

1.       Remarks:

        Specific remarks from the participating schools.

        Specific remarks from or about the European Platform.

        Any other business (for instance about the program)

2.       Evaluation first period

        Remarks about the project activities and products from October till now

        Remarks about the aims, the planned activities for this year and the next 2 years and the project calendar

        Remarks about the communication

        Remarks about the appointments of the last meeting in Milan

        Conclusions and appointments

3.       The applications of our project

        The new application of Spain and Finland

        The renewal application of the other countries

        The information of the schools, the aims, the content and organisations, the activities for the next school year and the project calendar

4.       The next activities of the first year: “Se@ing each other”

        How to continue the activities from the ‘basic’ part in the second part of the school year? (Appointments about the practice of the calendars)

        The first experiences with www.think.com and more about our project and www.think.com

        Brainstorm and discussion about the content of the ‘more’ part

        Conclusions and appointments about the ‘more’ part

        Time-scheme 2004-2005

5.       Pupil mobility

        Reports of the pupils on www.think.com and/of on the websites of the schools

        Experiences with the organisation of the pupil mobility

6.       Next meeting

        Place and time

        Pupil mobility 2005 -2006

        Preparation of the second year

7.       Other subjects to talk about

        Reports of the first project-year (also a copy to Hendri please).

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8.       Learn from each other

       We exchange good ideas and/or positive experiences from each school. (each school about 10 minutes, we collect it in a sort of book)

        Subjects for the next meeting

9.       Agreements

10.   Evaluation and conclusion of this meeting.

1. Notes

         Specific remarks from the participating schools:

We are happy that our colleagues from Spain and Finland can enjoy this meeting.

Special thanks to Oracle for the fund of the Finnish team.

        Specific remarks from or about the European Platform

Everybody is responsible for their own contact with their agency and the deadlines for the official forms.

        Any other business (for instance about the program)

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2. Evaluation first period

        Remarks about the project activities and products from October till now

o        Logo

o        Calendar

o        (www.think.com: see point 4)

It was nice to design a logo for the project. Pupils liked this assignment and the ‘vote on think.com’ was exciting.

The calendars are really very good and interesting. We use it at the beginning of the month: we compare the calendars, talk about it in the classrooms and discuss about it with the pupils. The calendars are on a central place in the school, so all the pupils, parents and teacher can see it.

It was hard work in 1 ½ month. It’s good to start with the basic part next year in the beginning of October.

        Remarks about the aims, the planned activities for this year and the next 2 years and the project calendar (see our application)

o        Aims:

        Children from all the parts of Europe learn from each other and each others culture, traditions and customs by exchanging materials, contact by (new) information/communication technologies and arrange exhibitions and discuss about it. They get more conception and respect for the differences and similarities in Europe.  

        Central theme is the project is meeting. Children, teachers, parents and other concerned persons meet each other by our own website, internet, e-mail and real meetings on project-meetings.

        Teachers and the management of the schools increase their knowledge and proficiency by exchanging developments of education en by discussing about main sticking points or problems in the schools during workshops and discussions on project-meetings. 

        Children learn to work with a digital portfolio: they report their own knowledge and tell  what they like to learn; they planned their own learning-process and collect materials and evaluate it. The teacher supervise the pupils, stimulate and support them. Themes and subjects comes from the experience-world of the children. The common language is English: children learn English and improve it. 

        We work with each other as friends: we open minds and hearts to other European countries, by which trust, solidarity and respect are important values.

We add the word digital, because we use www.think.com as a portfolio.

o        Planned activities for this year and the next two years:

The first year: 2004 – 2005  ’Se@eing each other’

’Se@eing each other’ means getting to know the other partner countries and  their traditions. This will be done by means of a calendar followed by portfolio work. In the calendar we mean to include: art pictures made by pupils and special days (national days, Christmas, Easter etc.), for example.

Project meetings will be held twice every year; the first meeting in September and the second meeting in January. The first meeting will involve  the teachers of the participating countries. In this meeting the more detailed planning of the project year takes place. In  the second meeting the new application for the funding of the next project year will be made. The idea is to take some pupils to some of the project meetings, in order to enhance the mobility of the pupils and to get them better acquainted with the different school systems of the participating countries.

The second year: 2005 – 2006 ’ Se@s’

The theme for the second project year is the ’Se@s’., because they are a combining factor between the partner countries. Each country has a connection to a sea and the seas also connect the countries to each other. During this year we intend to study the connecting seas, water and things connected to water eg. water sports, water in everyday life ( the weather, home: taking a shower or a bath, or going to the sauna, preparing food etc). 

The third year: 2006 –2007 ’Se@eing EU’

In the third year we will deepen the knowledge of the partner countries as independent countries and as members of the European Union. What is their role in EU? Does the role of one partner in EU differ from the role of another partner and if  it does, why? We can also discuss energy and environmental issues in the different partner countries.

The construction of a project-year with a theme/subject.

In the basic part all the pupils work together with the theme and make materials: calendar, CD-rom, video, drawings etc. In part ‘more’ children can work alone or together on their own level and plan their own learning-process. We stimulate relationship, self responsibility, independent work and reflection.

o        Project calendar

Planning and project calendar all right! We use it in our renewal application.

        Remarks about the communication

o        Communication between the schools

§         Good, some problems with the e-mail between Annie and Ewa. They are looking for a solution

o        Communication from the coordinated school

§         All right

o        Se@EU news

§         Good initiative. All the schools and Se@EU members (parents, teachers, other interested people) can send messages for it to Hendri: Deadline: the end of the month. Se@EU news will be published at the beginning of the month or when there is some news.

o        Websites of the different schools (Se@EU part)

§         Some schools have got a Se@EU part on the website of the school. Very interesting to look for it: see contact list for the addresses!

o        Contact-list

§         When you’ve got changes, please send it to Hendri

o        Other

        Remarks about the appointments of the last meeting in Milan

o        Collect news from the different countries in the classrooms.

Every school have to do and organize it on his own way. It’s good to be involved with the news of the different countries (see the examples on the schools in Belgium!)

        Conclusions and appointments

3. The applications of our project

         See the attachments of the new and renewal applications

        The new application of Spain and Finland

We look together for every page, change and add some things.

Finland and Spain complete their applications and send it to their agencies.

        The renewal application of the other countries

Also we discuss together about the content of the applications.

We make it complete with all our information.

Our joint application is already. Every country has to be complete the application by their own and send it ot their agency, before 1 February!

        The information of the schools, the aims, the content and organisations, the activities for the next school year and the project calendar

See the application

        Appointments

Hendri send a fax to Spain and Finland, with the certificate of the partner schools