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KA2 – Schools Only Strategic Partnership

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UE CROATIA GREECE FRANCE ITALY LITHUANIA POLAND SPAIN UK

FIRST TRANSNATIONAL PROJECT MEETING

Collège Georges Pompidou 1 avenue Georges Pompidou 92390 Villeneuve-la-Garenne - FRANCE

01 47 98 08 66 01 40 85 82 18 0921543c@ac-versailles.fr

From Monday 23rd to Friday 27th November 2015 included.

National coordinators and Head Teachers / Principals from Croatia, France, Italy, Poland, Spain and UK

attended the meeting.

PROGRAMME OF THE MEETING

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VISIT OF THE FRENCH SCHOOL

The principal warmly welcomed the visitors and explained how enthusiastic teachers, pupils and parents, were about

the project.

Then, the visitors were guided by the principal and visited the school buildings and some classes where they could

exchange with teachers and pupils.

On Tuesday morning, 24th November 2015, the visitors planted one tree each in the hosting school’s future citizen

garden within the event “One tree for the Planet” organized by Georges Pompidou school.

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PROJECT MEETINGS

During the first meeting the project coordinator made a general presentation of the partnership and insisted on the

importance of collaborative work. He also reminded partners that the partnership is meant for pupils who suffer from

learning and behaviour difficulties and who easily give up when they face difficulties. To meet their needs and

expectations, the coordinator urged partners to apply the appropriate methodology so as to help them learn by doing

and stimulate them to become active, inventive, cooperative and responsible for their learning.

Then, he asked national coordinators to present what they have done in their schools so far.

All the national coordinators confirmed that:

they had build their team, they had translated the project in their national language, they had disseminated the project in their schools and local communities they had built their target groups according to the selection criteria agreed on during the preparatory visit in

France (pupils who are at risk of school dropout), they all confirmed they had got the required equipment to undertake all scheduled activities.

During the following days, partners worked together and planned the activities, shared tasks amongst themselves, agreed on the procedures and fixed the deadlines:

1. Each partner school agreed: to create a special page on their school website dedicated to the dissemination of the project as soon as

possible. A link to the official project’s website will be put on it; to prepare an Erasmus corner in their school and will update it through the three years of the project; to integrate two extra teaching hours into the school curriculum to be able to implement the project. to start organizing selective collecting of waste by pupils and have them make posters to promote the activity

from 1st December 2015.

to organize 2 study visits for pupils before end of June 2016. After each visit pupils will organize a photo

exhibition and write an article and upload it on the project website. Then, they will have a videoconference

with another European group.(see the planning table further down)

to have pupils adopt a small parcel of land inside or outside the school and turn it into a citizen garden.

2. The ICT workshop will be organized in Lithuania from the 18 th to 22nd January 2016 included. Three teachers from

every partner institution will attend it. It is meant to help teachers become familiar with various digital and ICT

teaching materials and learn how to incorporate them into their daily pedagogical practice.

3. The Croatian partner will write a report about this short-term joint staff training event (ICT workshop) and upload it

on the project website.

4. The first common questionnaire will be submitted to learners from the 1st to 5th February: pupils involved will fill in

the questionnaire online via Google Forms. Then, an over–all synthesis table will be made and uploaded on the

project website by 1st March 2016.

5. Green glossary: Pupils will search internet for vocabulary related to active citizenship and sustainable

development in English, translate it into their national language and upload it on the project website for 30 th January

2016. Then, start making quizzes, crosswords and puzzles to be inserted in the magazine of the project later.

6. Learners in each partner institution will prepare a quick e-presentation in English about their school and city and

uploaded it on the project website before 29th February 2016.

7. By 15th March, each partner institution must have finished the local logo contest in their school and sent their two

best logos to the Italian partner who will organise the final logo contest at the European scale from Monday 21st to

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Friday 25th March 2016. The results of the contest will be given during the CLCC in Italy. Lithuania and Greece will

cooperate and make the prize to be given to the winner.

8. Every partner country should suggest a melody and some lyrics when possible (two or three verses which highlight the values of ERASMUS+ and the partnership such as tolerance, friendship, respect, interculturality etc.) by 5 th April at the latest. Pupils who will attend the camp will examine all suggestions and a melody will be chosen so that pupils can start writing lyrics for the Erasmus + song during the camp in Italy.

9. The first language camp will be organized in Italy from 4 th (arrival date) to 15th (departure date) April 2016. Pupils in each partner institution will do a research on internet about the region where the camp will take place. They will also be given linguistic support ahead of the camp to help them overcome their anguish and shyness and be able to engage the other European pupils in conversation more spontaneously.

On the first day of the camp, before starting activities, pupils will be split up into eight international colour groups of

ten pupils each (group will be invited to choose their favourite colour). Then, teachers will organize a brainstorming

about the rules of behaviour in the camp place and invite pupils to write them and hang them at the main entrance of

the camp. Afterwards, pupils will be invited to work in groups and draw a logo for their team.

During the language camp, teachers will give foreign language classes (English, French and Spanish). Eco classes

will also be organized in open space: pupils as well as teachers will participate to practical Eco activities.Creative

workshops, sport competitions, excursions and cultural visits to the surroundings areas will be organized to show

visitors Italian culture, customs and traditions.

Evaluation of pupils’ social and oral communication skill during the camp: teachers will evaluate five pupils each on a daily basis (they will evaluate 2 to 3 oral communication and social competencies per day). Then, they fill in the results of the evaluation online using Google forms. A grid of assessment for each group will be online before the camp. Half an hour before dinner, while pupils communicate with their friends and families over social networks, the project coordinator and national coordinators will meet and evaluate the day activities, changes and improvements will be made when necessary. Travelling booklet: 45 minutes will be scheduled daily so that pupils can fill in their travelling booklet. An intercultural evening will be organized: pupils will present traditional dances, sing folk songs and improvise

sketches on different topics.

A European culinary evening will also be held: every national team, pupils and teachers, will organise a cooking

workshop in the afternoon and prepare some of their traditional food. All dishes made will be shown and introduced

by pupils. Then, all participants will taste the food and party together.

A farewell party, including a campfire, will be organized the last evening.

Pupils’ feedbacks about the language camp: During the last day of the camp, pupils will be invited to give their

opinion about the camp by filling in a Google Form online. The questionnaire will them an opportunity to give their

points of view on the camp: the activities, the organisation, the rules inside the camp, the relationships with teachers

and other European pupils, the things they enjoyed or disliked, the impact of the camp on their communication skills,

personal self-esteem and self-confidence, the things they missed etc. Their opinions will be taken into consideration

to improve the organisation of the following camps.

Pupils who will attend the camp must be aged 13 to 14 years-old. By 15th March 2016, partners should send the

Italian partner a list of their pupils who will attend the camp, with their names, age, ID pictures, allergies if any and all

necessary information that could be of any interest for the organisation of the camp.

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10. The Lithuanian and the Polish partners will cooperate with Italy and make the programme of the camp, including

roleplay lessons, drama, theatre, art and sports activities, visits and excursions. The final version of the programme

should be uploaded on the project website by 15th March 2016.

11. The Spanish and Croatian partners will cooperate and make the travelling booklet to be used by pupils during the

camp and a questionnaire to be used to get the pupils’ feedbacks about the camp.

12. The British partner will cooperate with everyone else and build an assessment grid to be used. The final version

should be uploaded on the project website for 29th February 2016.

13. The Greek partner will write a report about the language camp in Italy and upload it on the project website.

14. Each partner institution should organize two video-conferences between pupils before end of June 2016 according to the following table:

CROATIA FRANCE GREECE ITALY LITHUANIA POLAND SPAIN UK

CROATIA VC VC

FRANCE VC VC

GREECE VC VC

ITALY VC VC

LITHUANIA VC VC

POLAND VC VC

SPAIN VC VC

UK VC VC

* EP stand for e-presentation * VC stands for video conference

15. Other Eco events such as cleaning the school with pupils and parents, a “Day without plastic bags”, “Earth day”

etc., should also be organized punctually throughout the school year.

16. Each partner institution will organize an Erasmus Day in May 2016. Pupils and their families will be invited to take

part in the activities organized by the teachers during this day. Pictures taken during activities should be uploaded by

each team on the website of the project by 15th June 2016 at the latest.

17. Video conferences between partners and the coordinator will take place via Skype every second Tuesday of the

month at 9:00 pm Paris time so as to follow up the implementation of the project.

18. The second transnational project meeting will take place in Greece from Monday 27 th June to Friday 1st July

2016. During this project meeting, visitors will learn about Greek school system and discover the work that has been

accomplished in the host school so far. Then, the project coordinator and the national coordinators will evaluate the

first year activities and the camp in Italy and plan the activities for the second year. Changes and improvements will

be made if necessary.

19. The Italian partner will write a report about the second Transnational Project Meeting in Greece and upload it on the project website.

20. The project coordinator will write the first mid-term evaluation report and fill in the Mobility Tool by 30th June 2016.

During this project meeting, the project coordinator presented all details and information related to the budget

management and its control and answered partners’ questions related to this point.

He also invited partners to widely disseminate the project via all possible means.

The Italian team presented the website of the project to the partners and showed everyone how to upload their

outputs any other material related to the project. Each national coordinator received a username and a password so

that we can all begin to disseminate the project. The consortium has rent a domain for five years in order to assure

free access to the outputs until 2020. http://www.ac4sl.eu

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CONCLUSION

During this first Transnational Project Meeting in France, all participants were involved enthusiastically in the

scheduled activities and meetings. The relaxed atmosphere created a trust climate that enabled all partners to ask

questions about all aspects of the project and its implementation. The project coordinator answered promptly all

questions and clarified all aspects of the partnership.

Lahachmi MECHKOUK,

Project coordinator

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