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Groups Unite To Recycle In Europe

CHILDREN TO BE INVOLVED:-

Spain All classes (9) 3 – 12 110 children

UK All classes (6) 3 – 11 175 children

UK All classes (9) 4 – 11 225 children

Turkey (Elif) All classes 6 - 14 1800 children (42 classes)

Turkey (Zumrut) All classes 6 – 14 830 children (23 classes)

Greece Some classes 6 – 12 100 children (6 classes)

2 staff/2 pupils (if possible – for some of the international visits)

1. AIMS

Children in every school to have direct meaningful contact with children from schools in other European countries
Promote early language learning
To learn about and recognise other cultures
To nurture respect, appreciation and care of their own and the environment of others and the impact this can have on the world

2. IMPACT

There will be a direct increase in the children’s knowledge of all the countries involved in the project.

Children will be able to:

Talk about links they have made
Talk knowledgably about the countries, their culture etc.
Recognise basic words from different languages

Children will be aware of the impact their behaviour has on other people in other countries i.e. through sharing recycling habits children will develop their own good practice and understand that it is important for everyone to be taking care of the environment. In addition to this, through the travelling they will do they will be aware of the negative impact this will have on the environment and they will be challenged to counteract this e.g. by planting trees in the school ground.

There will be:

Basic languages displayed in all schools
Practice in all schools with regard to waste reduction and recycling will have changed in every school as a result of information gathering and sharing and related activities

Staff will have:

Worked collaboratively with teaching staff from other countries
Had professional dialogue with teaching staff from other countries
Been offered the opportunity to travel to other countries and during this time visited other schools, experienced education systems and learnt more about different cultures

3. EVALUATION

All participating children will complete a ‘What do we know about’ baseline questionnaire at the start of the project. This will measure:

Their knowledge of the different countries involved in the project
Their grasp of basic language from the different countries
Their awareness of their own and others’ environment
Their current recycling habits

At the end of the project the children will complete the same questionnaire.

Analysis of pre and post project data will indicate the impact of the project.

In addition to this a questionnaire will be given to all teachers involved in the project to measure the impact on their own practice and how the children and schools in general have benefited from the work.

We will be able to measure the success of the project through the following outcomes:

Children in every school to have direct meaningful contact with children from schools in other European countries
Children and staff will have learnt about and be able to recognise other cultures
Early language learning will have been promoted
Staff will have nurtured within children, through the work of the project, a respect, appreciation and care of their own and the environment of others and the impact this can have on the world

4. DISSEMINATION AND USE OF RESULTS OF PROJECT

We will disseminate the project via the following media:-

Email
Web page (developed by project)
Post
Contact Meetings
Display in school and local community
Assemblies
Staff Meetings
Newsletter to Parents
Involvement of local press
Local Authority Meetings

Results of the Project will be used to share good practice within the school and the local community by making well informed, positive life choices. Habits will be changed through this project (across Europe and Turkey) in preserving our environment for both the immediate and long term.

Children will be given opportunities to speak at other local schools and at meetings with parents sharing their good practice with regard to recycling.

5. ROLE AND TASKS

The Co-Ordinator (supported by Partner 4) will be responsible for ensuring that all partners receive regular communication throughout the project. She will ensure that deadlines are clear to all and met by all.

She will liaise with the host school regarding mobility visits. She will ensure all meetings are minuted, the website is updated and a half termly update will keep all partners informed of progress.

The Co-Ordinator and Partners will ensure that all staff and pupils are informed and aware of deadlines, objectives and outcomes. They will be responsible for maintaining contact with the co-ordinator. They will be responsible for disseminating the project within their own school and community.

In Year 1 all partner schools will follow the agreed project plan.

Tasks:-

Travelling Bear – make up a cultural boxes with teddy bear

Music from country – CD (each school can copy this for own use)
Tourist information booklets about your area
Booklet about your school (x1)
Flag of country (enough for every country to keep a flag x1)
Map of school area and map of country (enough for copy for every school x6)
SMALL Bear dressed in traditional clothing
Passport for Teddy
Small coins of country of origin

Movement of bear:-

POSTING DATE - Monday 28^th January 2008

Set up a website for the project (day to set up – day to maintain – £100 (170 euros) per school) (Spring Term 08)

Send to Kay your logo (December 07)

Children to design/ create ‘Project Logo’ logo for each school and to send these to Kay to go on website (Jan 08)

Each school to hold and ‘election’ to vote for the most popular logo which will be adopted as the official logo for the project (email results to Kay by end of Feb 07)

Our school! – A photographic description of your school (5 photos) (Jan 07)

Environmental Walk - A pictorial journey in the area around your school (10 photos)

(March 08)

Promoting Early Language:- (April 08)

Children will take a photo or draw a picture of agreed items and put the name in their native language. This will then be sent to all partner schools.

Project Meeting – 2^nd – 6^th April 2008 – (SPAIN) – Teacher Visit and evaluation of first year/planning for Year 2

In Year 2 all partner schools will follow the agreed project plan.

We will reduce waste and improve recycling in our own schools.

Project Meeting – 15^TH – 19^TH October 2008 – (GREECE) –Planning for Year 2

Update the website (Termly)

What do we waste in school? Each school looks at the paper they waste during a week – making a pile of paper wasted during the week.

Appreciation of why it is important NOT to waste things (October 2008)

Questionnaire (beginning of project) - all schools to complete a questionnaire on the recycling they do in school and at home (January 2009)

Data from all questionnaires to be summarised by children in home school and results to be shared with all schools (February 2009)

Children to analyse data from all countries and answer questions such as:-

Which country does the most recycling? Do you know why?

What can you learn from them? What would you change?

Agree on one area of recycling/reducing waste the school and implement it in school (March 2009)

Each school to make a booklet showing the recycling they do in school – taking pictures/ (May 2009)

Project Meeting – 4^th – 8^th March 2009 – (ENGLAND) – Teacher Visit to complete joint art work

Put together a frieze using recyclable materials – IF POSSIBLE DO THIS ART WORK AS A JOINT PIECE WHEN CHILDREN TRAVEL TO COUNTRY (March 2009)

Questionnaire (at end of project) – evaluation of what do now as a result of work down and looking at what you can do at home – (May 2009)

Project Meeting – 31^ST May – 7^th June 2009 – (TURKEY) – Teacher Visit to evaluate the whole project

EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AND CO-OPERATION

We will communicate by the following methods:-

email
web page
post
contact meetings
regular contact
clear expectations and roles
good planning including dates and deadline

Good relationships have been already formed via the contact seminar. Group members are already communicating with each other in preparation for the start of the project.

ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT

Pupil involvement will include:-

Involvement of all pupils in the tasks as stated above
Visiting partners schools – it is hoped that pupils from some of the countries will be able to take up the opportunity to visit schools in other countries

The activities give the opportunity for the children to be involved in different ways according to their ability and age. These activities will include:-

Analysing data regarding recycling
Agreeing action to be taken on the basis of this data analysis
Evaluating the impact on the school and community
Producing a booklet summarising the findings and the change of habits
Working collaboratively to create a joint piece of art work.

With each stage of the work the children will be consulted and involved in the planning discussions.

8. INTEGRATION OF THE PARTNERSHIP INTO THE CURRICULUM

The project will be a whole school development which will be integrated into the curriculum of all schools as part of their environmental and cultural studies.

Children will work on the project at a level appropriate to them.

10. PROMOTING EARLY LANGUAGE LEARNING

We will promote Early Language Learning through basic work which will be common throughout all schools. Children in their own schools will work together to provide basic vocabulary for their partner schools in their mother tongue.

They will give words in the following categories:-

Colours	Numbers to 10	Fruit	Clothing	Pets	Classroom
Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Pink Purple Brown Black White	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Orange Apple Banana Grapes Pear Peach Melon Strawberries Nuts Almonds Watermelon	Hat Coat Trousers Skirt Dress Shirt Jumper Shoes Socks	Cat Dog Fish Snake Guinea pig Bird Turtle Mouse Rabbit	Desk Chair Table Blackboard Whiteboard Pencil Book Computer Crayons

They will then take a photo or draw a picture of the item and put this with the name.

By end of April 2008

All children regardless of gender, ability (both physical and mental) will participate in all activities. Where necessary work will be differentiated.