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On 11 June 2022, the Polish school organized an Erasmus Family Picnic, during which the results of the project were disseminated within the local community. The highlight of the event were European dance workshops.
On May 16-20 2022, teachers from the Netherlands, Ireland, Greece, Turkey and Poland took part in the fifth, final teachers' training week. The meeting took place in Turkey, in an Aegean resort of Kusadasi. As it was the last meeting of our whole project, a lot of time was dedicated to evaluation activities. School coordinators had a special meeting to discuss different sections of the final report. Traditionally, there were classroom visits dedicated to sharing cultural heritage of the project's countries and these were conducted with the Turkish students by the visiting teachers. The teachers also took part in cultural visits to the Turkish UNESCO heritage sites, such as Ephesus, Hieropolis and Pamukkale. They also visited the museum of oil production Oleatrium and the National Park, Denizli Archaeological Museum, an old Greek village of Sirince, a mosque in Selcuk and the city of Izmir. They learned to paint ceramic plates during traditional art workshops. At the end of the meeting,ideas for a new, follow-up project were discussed.
On 28 March - 1 April 2022 teachers from the Netherlands, Ireland, Greece, Turkey and Poland took part in the fourth teachers' training week. The meeting took place in Greece, in a hospitable town of Ptolemaida. Classroom visits were dedicated to sharing cultural heritage of the project's countries and these were conducted with the Greek students by the visiting teachers. The teachers also took part in cultural visits to the Greek UNESCO heritage sites, such as Vergina and Meteore. They also visited Thessaloniki, Emborio and Kastoria and learned to make mosaics. During a project conference, project activities were evaluated and details of the following project tasks were discussed.
On 2-5 March 2022 teachers from the Netherlands, Ireland, Greece, Turkey and Poland took part in another teachers' training week, this time in Roscrea in Ireland. Classroom visits were dedicated to sharing cultural heritage of the project's countries and these were conducted with the Irish students by the visiting teachers. The teachers also took part in cultural visits to the Irish UNESCO heritage sites, such Brú na Bóinne and the Cliffs of Moher and visited Dublin, Roscrea and Lahinch. During a project conference, this year's activities were evaluated and details of the following project tasks were discussed.
On 4-8 October 2021 teachers from the Netherlands, Ireland, Greece, Turkey and Poland took part in a teachers' training week in Boxmeer. The participants had a chance to get to know the Dutch teachers and students and meet them during classroom visits dedicated to sharing cultural heritage of their countries. They also took part in cultural heritage visits to Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum, where they learnt the ways Dutch students are taught about the arts and history, to the open-air museum in Arnhem or Sluis Sambeek. The teachers also visited some places from the UNESCO Cultural Heritage list, such as the Maasheggen bio-reserve, where they had a chance to admire traditionally weaved hedges. Also, two conferences were organized and details of this year's activities were discussed, including the pandemic-related changes to the project's structure and timeline.
In June 2021 a series of events took place in our partner schools. Children from Ireland, the Netherlands, Greece, Turkey and Poland prepared and recorded national and regional dances and songs for their foreign peers to watch and enjoy.
Have a look at how we dance and sing in our partner group!
Check the Erasmus Days section on this website!
On 4 May 2021 all coordinating teachers met online to evaluate the project work conducted so far in 2020/2021. New adjustments were made according to the prolonged pandemic situation in all partner countries. It has been agreed that the teachers of all partner schools will meet in the Netherlands in October 2021 and then the plans for student training weeks will be made. Right now some more work on stages one and two needs to be done.
On 11 November, 2020 and online project meeting took place. Coordinators of all partner schools discussed the adjustments to the project work caused by the pandemic. It was also decided that spring 2021 will be the time of online Skype meetings for groups of our students. The next online conference is going to be held in February 2021.
To All Who Celebrate Christmas - a musical Christmas card from Poland.
On Tuesday 26 November an international webconference, called "LogoVision" took place. During the online meeting students - representatives of all partner schools - presented the results of their schools' voting and thus chose the project's official logo, designed by a student from the Netherlands.
In October and November 2019 students in all partner school designed and then voted for the project logo. First, three best logos per school were chosen and then these were voted for in the partner schools.
On 21-24 October 2019 a large group of teachers from the Netherlands, Ireland, Greece, Turkey and Poland took part in a teachers' training week in Katowice. The participants had a chance to get to know the Polish teachers and students and meet them during classroom visits dedicated to sharing cultural heritage of their countries. They also took part in cultural heritage training sessions organized by the experienced trainers of the Museum of Silesia and visited some places from the UNESCO Cultural Heritage list, such as the Millennium Hall in Wrocław, the Auschwitz extermination camp in Oświęcim and the Old Town Main Square in Kraków. Also, conference was organized and details of this year's activities were discussed in detail.
Our project is approved! Schools from the Netherlands, Ireland, Greece, Turkey and Poland are now beginning their fantastic two-year-long adventure in the world of cultural diversity and heritage.
