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Objectives and Rationale

We want to become schools that support comprehensive environmental consciousness. (Addition to our school profiles) Europe and the idea behind it are part of our schools’ programme: We have to work permanently for this idea. More Europe is coming into our schools..... The new project will help our pupils to become active European citizens through learning about their and their partners’ system of education. Encouraging pupils autonomy: pupils will work on their own in Comenius teams guided by coordinator/teachers/teacher trainees and in their regular lessons. //It will enrich our students creativity and talents and improve their foreign languages skills in music, art, ICT, literature and drama fields as well as communication skills. Since the students are of different age, we feel that they will get an opportunity to help and tutor each others in different areas.// All will contribute to the final product, a mosaic. Pupils will create products, organize exhibitions/actions, communicate with partner schools. Specific tasks (e.g.logo competition): all pupils of the schools will be able to contribute. They will be creative and put their own ideas into the project.

We also will involve partners from outside our schools into this project and have already successfully started looking for some.

It's only the first version ===

D 3. PROJECT OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGY -What are the concrete objectives of the partnership? - Explain what subjects or problems you intend to address. - What approach will you take to achieve your objectives? The concrete objective is the promotion and inculcation of lifelong style of learning from an early age. "Unity in diversity" is the motto of the EU. Our children attend various schools in Europe. More and more parents decide to change the country to settle down so some children have to change not only school but also an educational system. Even if it the opposite takes place, the school should prepare children for further education at universities in EU or for taking vocational courses. The international project CC will help children to focus on their and their partners’ system of education. Using a mascot students will present their everyday life and their schools – not only school subjects but also the entire school environment - a physical situation of a building in their location, schools’ customs, traditions, rules and human supportive factors – how other people than teachers participate in the school life during talent finding and develloping. Comparing their schools students will cooperate to create their vision of an European school on the Wiki. A Comenius Cat will help them to realize how important is to struggle for good education. ??? At the same time presentation of their own schools/educational systems should: build their self-confidence …. //enrich our students creativity and talents and improve their foreign languages skills in music, art, ICT, literature and drama fields as well as communication skills. Since the students are of different age, we feel that they will get an opportunity to help and tutor each others in different areas. The project will provide them with a common goal to build up their self-expression and self-confidence. Broadening their education in different fields to express their talents plays an important role in motivating young people to study beyond their core school subjects. Our project is a teacher/student commitment to develop meaningful activities related to key competences for lifelong learning. Teachers will also be facilitators for exchanging their knowledge and creative abilities with specific objectives and end-products in sight. We have set up realistic goals that can be achieved through ICT and other modern gadgets.//

J: Comenius Cat bounds the forms of mascots. It makes children think of cats. If we gave the name: Comenius Candy/Catty/Cohort/Compy/Chummy or anything like that children would feel more freedom with designing it/him/her. The notion of Mr. Comenius’ Cat should help children to understand the education is a permanent process which will last through their life. Comenius cat (a kind of a link between the past and the present situation in education fields) will remind the how the children in their countries were taught for centuries and how it is going now. Despite of the school they are presently attending, students should be prepared to continue their education in any country of EU. The project should teach students and their teachers how to cooperate on the international level using ICT and foreign languages. ===

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Simple – CC visit every school. Children show him the building, lessons, events –= a few photos, pictures Measurable – each school has an image how partners’ school look like – how some – chosen by us educational activities are carried out Achievable – children can take photos, can draw, can write simple texts, can use ICT Relevant – it gives them insight in other country school problems and teach them cooperation Timely defined – the time of setting up Wiki and completing it with information can be precisely described.

=== drf: Adaptation of time table. The planting of the trees in Comenius Alley would be impressive??? What about Conference at the end of the project.

Competition Hidden Treasure stories on local and international level published on the wiki – //The CC’s Adventure in….// || ‘
 * 09/12 || Exhibition about the partner schools and the CC project. Competition of mascots designed and made by the children on a local and an international level ||
 * 10/12 || Adaption of project calendar, coordinator introduction of school system of each country. ||
 * 10/12 || Setting up the Wiki – Students present themselves ||
 * 10/12 || Teachers would learn about and experience a new pedagogy for teaching children of different ages as well as gifted children in England ||
 * 12/12 || International picture dictionary in partners' language written and designed by children for children on the wiki – the topic school vocabulary(objects, building, people) Promotion of less-used languages ||
 * 02/13 || School subjects – subject international competitions on the wiki what is it? ||
 * 03/13 || Teachers would learn about and experience a xxx for teaching children of different ages as well as gifted children in Romania ??? – must be agreed ||
 * 04/13 || Art / drama - DVDs of shows recorded and burnt ready for other partners ||
 * 05.13 || Teachers would learn about and experience a xxx for teaching children of different ages as well as gifted children in Poland ||
 * || Comenius Day at school ||
 * 06/13 || Evaluation of the first project year ||
 * 09/13 || Re-opening ceremony. Exhibition about the partner schools and the activities that we have done so far. Update about the CC project ||
 * 10/13 || Teachers would learn about and experience a xxx for teaching children of different ages as well as gifted children in Hungary ||
 * 11/13 || Photo, drawing competition, story writing more ideas here
 * 12/13 || Ideas – performance – writing a song???? In all our languages??? ||
 * 12/13 || Teachers would learn about and experience a xxx for teaching children of different ages as well as gifted children in Germany ||
 * 02/14 || Hidden talents – Got talent show???? ||
 * 03/14 || Illustrations of the stories using different media by the children. ||
 * 03/14 || Teachers would learn about and experience a xxx for teaching children of different ages as well as gifted children in Croatia ||
 * 04/14 || International exhibition of books, fanfolds, pictures compiled by the children. ||
 * || Teachers would learn about and experience a xxx for teaching children of different ages as well as gifted children in Slovakia ||
 * 06/14 || Comenius Day – WIKI as a final product of the collaboration, Evaluation ||