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6 partners through Europe |
Finland
Keinutien ala-asteen koulu (Keinutie Primary School)
The school is situated in Kontula, one of the eastern suburbs of Helsinki. Kontula neighbourhood is ranked quite low by socio-economic measures with its low incomes and low education level of its inhabitants.
We have grades from 1st to 6th and the age of the pupils is from 7 to 12 years old.
There are 650 pupils and 65 teachers plus other staff in Keinutie Primary School.
Studying the first foreign language English starts at the first grade. Moreover, immigrant pupils get mother tongue/ home language lessons on weekly basis. Nearly half of the pupils have multicultural background, and they speak about 46 different languages.
Home language lessons are given for six biggest language groups.
Our pupils with different backgrounds, special needs and talents are all individual learners and need supported actions in inclusive education. Teaching these heterogeneous groups requires active co-operation between teachers, teaching assistants, other professionals and parents.
We follow our own school-specific curriculum which is based on the national and municipal curriculum.
School days start at 08.15 am and finish by 03.00 pm. The usual length of the school day is about 5-6 lessons per pupil.
We have grades from 1st to 6th and the age of the pupils is from 7 to 12 years old.
There are 650 pupils and 65 teachers plus other staff in Keinutie Primary School.
Studying the first foreign language English starts at the first grade. Moreover, immigrant pupils get mother tongue/ home language lessons on weekly basis. Nearly half of the pupils have multicultural background, and they speak about 46 different languages.
Home language lessons are given for six biggest language groups.
Our pupils with different backgrounds, special needs and talents are all individual learners and need supported actions in inclusive education. Teaching these heterogeneous groups requires active co-operation between teachers, teaching assistants, other professionals and parents.
We follow our own school-specific curriculum which is based on the national and municipal curriculum.
School days start at 08.15 am and finish by 03.00 pm. The usual length of the school day is about 5-6 lessons per pupil.
France
Ecole primaire de La Chapelle Janson
We are a rural school situated in La Chapelle Janson in Brittany, France, not far from Le Mont Saint-Michel.
This is a teaching regrouping with another school. The first school welcomes children from 3 to 6 years old and the second, from 7 to 11 years old. In total, 8 teachers and 7 employees work in the regrouping.
During the years different events are common like the fair, Christmas celebration or the “day of the educational community”.
Each teacher does all the subjects. English learning starts at 6 years old.
Little by little we are trying to open the school to Europe, particularly by e-twinning projects or Erasmus + projects by developing our digital practices (digital whiteboard, computers, communication tool etc.).
Students, families and people who work in the school are more and more sensitive about working with partners from Europe, even if it’s still new for us. Our last E+ KA2 project “ Feel the four seasons beyond the walls” (2017-2019) were a wonderful opportunity for this.
This is a teaching regrouping with another school. The first school welcomes children from 3 to 6 years old and the second, from 7 to 11 years old. In total, 8 teachers and 7 employees work in the regrouping.
During the years different events are common like the fair, Christmas celebration or the “day of the educational community”.
Each teacher does all the subjects. English learning starts at 6 years old.
Little by little we are trying to open the school to Europe, particularly by e-twinning projects or Erasmus + projects by developing our digital practices (digital whiteboard, computers, communication tool etc.).
Students, families and people who work in the school are more and more sensitive about working with partners from Europe, even if it’s still new for us. Our last E+ KA2 project “ Feel the four seasons beyond the walls” (2017-2019) were a wonderful opportunity for this.
Greece
Primary school of Palaifyto
Greece, Macedonia, Pella, Palaifyto (Primary school of Palaifyto)
Our school is located in Northern Greece, in the historical center of ancient Macedonia, 60 Km west from Thessaloniki which is the second biggest city in Greece. It is 20 Km west from Pella which is the birthplace of Alexander the Great, 30 Km from Vergina, where is the tomb of Alexander' s father Plillip II and 20 Km from Mieza where was located the school of Aristotle. The largest city in the municipality is Giannitsa 10 Km away from Palaifyto.
Palaifyto is a small village of 1500 inhabitants. The main occupation is agriculture. The pupils of our school come mostly from Greek families but also 30% of them come from Albanian migrants. Their families came to the territory a long time ago to work in the crop fields and stayed. We must point out that most of the migrants' children are born in Greece.
Our school is a typical six-class public school (90 pupils - 12 teachers) with pupils between 7 to 12 years old. We follow the national curriculum as it is issued by the Greek ministry of education.
The lessons start at 8:10 and finish at 13:15. From 13:15 to 16:00 about 25 pupils stay at school where they are having lunch and do their homework with the guidance of a teacher that stays with them. Most of these pupils are children of migrants. Migrants cannot help their children with their homework, because lessons are not in their native language.
In addition to the six classes of our school there is an accession class for pupils with learning difficulties, where such pupils can meet their needs individually for 4 hours a week. The rest of their time in school they are integrated in their classes.
Our school works with the parents association and the local community in a way that benefits the
pupils. Their help and support in order to reach the project goals is guaranteed. This will be the
second time our school gets involved in such a program and we expect through common activities,
and communication to develop new skills, to discover new habits and attitudes, to make new friends
and to share experiences as we consider all these highly beneficial at a both personal and
professional level.
The team that is currently running the program consists of
1) Elisavet Kansizoglou, School Headmistress,
2) Chrisostomakis Georgios, Teacher,
3) Nikolaos Karapatsas, ICT teacher, coordinator and contact person.
In the case they leave their post in the future there are also other teachers who are interested and could actively accompany the effort.
Our school participated in another Erasmus+ project with the title: “HEART@HEALTHY.LIFE” and it is about the heart and its physical welfare. Our coordinator participated in a project with title “With you With everybody” which is about the integration and inclusion of all students at school.
Hungary
Due to the financial difficulties of the country, many Hungarian schools (primary schools, secondary schools) have already been closed, and some will soon be closed in the near future. In many cases, the Church takes over the management of schools to protect them, and supports these institutions.
Our institute and the other school from the neighbouring village were taken over by the Church in 2012, and they had been united. Their names have been changed to Tápiószőlős-Újszilvás Reformed Primary School and Kindergarden.
Tápiószőlős and Újszilvás are two small villages not too far from Budapest, the heart of Hungary. We educate children from 3 to 14 years old (kindergarten and primary) in total we have about 530 pupils and 46 teachers and 4 special educators. We have some pupils from a foster care home and some from Transylvania. A lot of pupils come from disadvantaged families: single parent, unemployment parents, or living 8-10 people together suffering of the consequences of the CHF bank loans. Some pupils have special needs: language issues, emotional problems, hyperactivity. Almost half of our pupils display different trait problems that we need to help them overcome. Despite of being a religious school we welcome children from all religious, social and cultural background. This project gives a good opportunity to open a window to the world for our pupils. They live in a very closed community and they don’t have too much self-confidence to show themselves to others. We think that taking part in an internationation project is a chance to make our staff and students more aware of the International Dimension to education. Participation in this project will help our students to understand more about our enviroment and while realising that we have much in common that should be celebrated. We have a lot of cultural events in our school like Green Week, Advent Fair, Carnival, Spring Festival. These celebrations are not only for our students, but for the whole village community. In 2017 we managed to join to a KA 2 project: “What’s Your Impact of Earth” connecting to sustainability and protecting environment. This topic is a strong point of our school and we are having a really fruitfull cooperativity with the other project partners. It is inspiring for our stuff and students as well. These kind of cooperations open a window to the world and motivate them to study and learn languages.
Our institute and the other school from the neighbouring village were taken over by the Church in 2012, and they had been united. Their names have been changed to Tápiószőlős-Újszilvás Reformed Primary School and Kindergarden.
Tápiószőlős and Újszilvás are two small villages not too far from Budapest, the heart of Hungary. We educate children from 3 to 14 years old (kindergarten and primary) in total we have about 530 pupils and 46 teachers and 4 special educators. We have some pupils from a foster care home and some from Transylvania. A lot of pupils come from disadvantaged families: single parent, unemployment parents, or living 8-10 people together suffering of the consequences of the CHF bank loans. Some pupils have special needs: language issues, emotional problems, hyperactivity. Almost half of our pupils display different trait problems that we need to help them overcome. Despite of being a religious school we welcome children from all religious, social and cultural background. This project gives a good opportunity to open a window to the world for our pupils. They live in a very closed community and they don’t have too much self-confidence to show themselves to others. We think that taking part in an internationation project is a chance to make our staff and students more aware of the International Dimension to education. Participation in this project will help our students to understand more about our enviroment and while realising that we have much in common that should be celebrated. We have a lot of cultural events in our school like Green Week, Advent Fair, Carnival, Spring Festival. These celebrations are not only for our students, but for the whole village community. In 2017 we managed to join to a KA 2 project: “What’s Your Impact of Earth” connecting to sustainability and protecting environment. This topic is a strong point of our school and we are having a really fruitfull cooperativity with the other project partners. It is inspiring for our stuff and students as well. These kind of cooperations open a window to the world and motivate them to study and learn languages.
Spain
FEDAC PRATS
Our school’s name is FEDAC PRATS. It’s located in a small village called Prats de Lluçanès, one hour far from Barcelona, in the middle of Catalonia, Spain. It’s a preschooler and primary school with one class for each grade from 3 to 12 years old. The morning lessons start at 9:00 and finish at 13:00 and the afternoon timetable is from 15:00 to 17:00. There are 107 students and 15 teachers. Most of the teachers are class teachers but there are also English teachers, Spanish teachers, a Music teacher, a P.E. teacher and a Special Education teacher. All the subjects, less second languages, are taught in Catalan. Our school offers different services such as a morning reception from 8:00 to 9:00, lunch service, extra activities in the midday, psycho pedagogical help… The Association of mothers and fathers of the school is doing a great job organizing activities and helping school with everything it can. Our school has also got an excellent relation with the close environment (town hall, town services, associations…) Every year we work on a different course project, this year’s one is “Music moves us”. All the grades use to carrying out some projects, in a course and cycle way.
U.K
Margaretting C of E Primary School
Our School is called Margaretting C of E Primary School. It is a small village school of around 80 children. The school is a church school but we accept all religions and backgrounds. We have 4 classes and 6 teachers (2 job shares). We are very close to the city of Chelmsford and around 30-40 mins by train to London, so we are close to the London airports (closest is Stansted - around 40-45mins). We are a primary school so have children aged 4-11. The first year is called reception which is a lot of play based learning (this is the class I teach). The rest of the classes take part in more formal style lessons and have 2 years per class. Our school day starts at 8.15am and finishes at 3.15, except on a Friday when we finish at 12. We also provide morning and after school clubs for a small fee. The immediate catchment area is fairly affluent, however, 80% of our intake comes from outside the catchment area so we do have a mixed cohort of children. We also have a few traveller families who attend our school, these are mostly settled travellers so we don’t have too much of an attendance issue with them. We have a few children in our school with additional needs - behaviour, physical and educational needs. We have just joined an academy which means we are linked with other schools nearby and share events/ collaborate/ share a budget.
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