Our school with indulgence :) - film entirely made by our students.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B25BjANPaW7NbmhZbDdOdW9ubDQ/edit

Collège Marie Mauron Fayence France

Our school is a mixed secondary school of about 580 pupils aged between 11 and 16 years old. Our school is a state school which follows the curriculum set by the Education Nationale Minister who is our referential authority. The pupils study compulsory subjects such as French, Maths, Physics, Biology, History and Geography, Civics, Technology, Physical Education, Art, Music and languages as well as optional subjects such as Latin, regional languages and European Sections with extra classes in a chosen European language. Our school is located in a semi-rural area located around 30 km from larger cities including the famous seaside resorts of Nice and St Tropez. Our pupils come from various social and cultural backgrounds but we can say that they are quite privileged as compared to their mates living in the city. Indeed, they can enjoy a peaceful life in the countryside and they can enjoy a great variety of sport and hobbies. Yet, as some of our pupils have never had the opportunity to leave their hometown, they are somehow ignorant of different way of living elsewhere in Europe.

-  At each level our pupils are encouraged to attend optional classes referring to social issues such as tolerance, freedom of expression, violence…

-   In the official curriculum in Civics, they are taught the basis of our constitution, the basis of the International Convention for the rights of children.

-  All pupils aged 12 and above are taken to a court to attend a trial and therefore realize the functioning of our judicial system.

- Classes are organized around the issue of domestic violence.

-  For the elder, information meetings are organized to let them know about the need to get effective protection as far as their sexuality is concerned.

-  All pupils also take part in group works showing the dangers of the Internet and the necessity to get protected against any kind of abuse.

      - Classes are organized around the issue of domestic violence.

- For pupils who are likely to drop school before the passing of their final exam, sessions are organized to get an academic preparation for a basic exam called CFG (Certificate of General Studies) including a few notions of the rules on a workplace. 

- Pupils from the age of 14 are also encouraged to take an optional exam in first aid assistance called PSC1. 

Nice to meet u!!

We are 9th grade students from Los Realejos and hope you like the video we prepared for you! OOOoops, and sorry for the mistakes!!!!!

Los Realejos, Children Friendly Municipality

Our town has been proclaimed "Children Friendly Municipality" by the UNICEF for the nine years project on Children's Rights "CHILDRENLAND". The video is in Spanish but you can see some of the activities done by the students and  schools involved in it

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=647214985314860&theater

Best regards from the sunny side of Europe!

   Our secondary school is located in the centre of Los Realejos, a middle- sized town ( about 37,500 inhabitants) in the north  of Tenerife island. We offer compulsory secondary education ( for students aged 12-16), baccalaureate ( two years of schooling),  basic vocational training and middle-level and higher- level training cycles on Commerce and Marketing to about 770 students. Our students' parents work in tourism and construction sectors as well as in agriculture, most of them working class. Our municipality is strongly concerned about Children’s Rights and is currently a partner in a regional programme on this issue.

   As a result of the economic recession we have a lot of unemployed families and therefore an increasing number of pupils at risks of social exclusion who have low expectations in what concerns to school success. Apart from this, we have a significant number of migrants and also pupils with special needs who have learning, behavior and light mental disorders in our institution. These concerns are real and our school tries at least to minimize these striking problems.

   The first foreign language at the IES Realejos is English as for the second language the students can choose between French and German. The school has three computer classrooms, three Science labs, two Technology classrooms, a gym, a library and a cafetería. It is financed by the Regional Education Bureau. We educate children for being responsible, supportive, critical, tolerant, socially active, respectful towards diversity , and healthy adults.

   

We develop several crosscurricular projects ( Maths and Arts) and belong to several school networks concerning health education, ITs, sustainability, coeducation, cultural heritage and cooperative work. Our students are also offered to join several exchange programmes with German and French schools. We have also participated in several regional, national and international projects. From 2010 to 2012 our school was involved in a successful Comenius multilateral project and, students and teachers are eager to participate to other such activities which proved to be an important part in developing the abilities of communicating and socializing, of making friends and discovering and respecting the culture and values of each country and individual. Our students and our school board are very eager to work in the project for best outcomes and will have very creative and important contributions for this successful project.

Ord.Prof.Dr.Cahit Arf Primary school

We are a primary school in Istanbul Tuzla.Our school is called Ord.Prof.Dr.Cahit Arf Primary school.We have about 600 students and 40 teachers.The ages of our students are between 5 and 11 and we give education to 3 pre-school classes, 1 otizmclass,and 1 class with students withspecial needs.The rest of our classes are classes of first graders up to fourth graders.
Our school has experience in international projects like Comenius and is still very interested in taking part in other experiences to widen the horizons of both our students' and also to develop our school vision by new exchanges between other partners abroad.
We,as the members of Cahit Arf Primary school give our best to make our students taking part in social activities where they can show their talents and interests such as writing, poetry , sports and art and these efforts are praised with some prizes they achieved.
Most of our students come from the Anatolian part of Turkey for economical or social reasons.As Tuzla is an industrisl zone, it gave home and working places to these families.But still it's not enough and Tuzla is going on developing in this aspect.Especially our region is famous for its ship yards and leather industry.New investments like the Tuzla Marina, will increse Tuzla's popularity and economy.

Gimnazjum nr 2 z Oddziałami Integracyjnymi im. ks. prof. Józefa Tischnera w Woli, Poland

Our junior high school is an integrated school. The school is situated in Poland. We have 140 pupils aged 13-16 and 26 teachers.

 The school concept assumes that school is open to the needs of each student, is integrative and therefore we attach great importance to tolerance and understanding of other human differences. Teachers and employees of the school adopt a friendly attitude towards students; make specific demands adjusted to the student abilities. Development needs of students are satisfied by an organisation of education process (work of integrated classes, extracurricular work), development and realisation of 26 individual educational and therapeutic programmes, rehabilitation classes, team education projects. The school cooperates closely with local institutions.

The specificity of work of the school is integrated education which is proved by the organisation of yearly Integrated Sports Competitions “Sport for Everybody” with participation of disabled and non-disabled competitors from all primary and junior high schools in the municipality. The competitions are accompanied with organised by the school municipal art contest – each time on sports theme promoting understanding of the situation and needs of the disabled. Promotion of sports activity in our school is very important and we are trying to engage other local institutions. The school is strongly engaged in actions for protection and idea promotion of human rights, Amnesty International Letter Writing Marathon is organisedeach year. The school participates in actions for the global South spreading the attitude of tolerance and differences towards other cultures. In the school there is a missionary voluntary service (JaninaTischnerowa Well in Chad built owing to the cooperation of Tischner schools; we also helped the school in Ndijm in the Central African Republic). 

The students are willing to engage in charity actions which awakens sensitivity to social inequalities in them. The school undertakes a number of actions promoting learning foreign languages.

Karamzin school in Espoo, Finland

Our school is situated in Espoo, Finland. Espoo is the second biggest city in Finland and situated next to Helsinki. We are a primary school and we have 480 pupils (age 6-12). Our staff includes 30 teachers and 4 school assistants.

In our school we are committed to following the national KiVa (antibullying) programme. KiVa gives tools to prevent and to tackle the cases of bullying effectively.

Our school is involved in many projects in addition to KiVa:

• recycling
• Liikkuva Koulu (a project that encourages pupils to exercise more also during the school day)
• school library
• student body
• collaboration with Art House Pikku Aurora (art school for children)

Základní škola Velké Němčice, the Czech Republic

Základní škola Velké Němčice is situated in the south of Moravia, near Brno, which is the second biggest city in the Czech Republic. Students from many villages from the surroundings of Velké Němčice go to our school. The school cooperates with parents and is open to the public. We organize many workshops and events for them (Christmas and Easter workshops, concerts, adaptation day for new students and their parents, parent's meetings, sports events and many others).

Our staff is 20 teachers, one of them with physical disability. The present number of our pupils and students is 220. They are in the age 6 - 15. In our school there are 34 students with special needs, three of them have individual educational programme. We provide special educational support to our students and pupils with special needs.

Our school is involved in many projects; besides other things we have the title "Eco-school". In our educational programme we make efforts to show children how to keep a healthy life style.

Among the subjects taught in our school are Environmental education, Education to health, extra English lessons (English conversation). Most of our students are communicative, open-minded and interested in new experience. In our former Comenius project 17 of students had the opportunity to visit our partners and to live in their student's families. This improved their English and their feeling of European citizenship obviously. We would like to enable this experience to some other students too.

www.zsvelkenemcice.eu 

10 Amazing Things You Didn’t Know About Bulgaria

"Bulgaria? Why visit Bulgaria? Bulgaria is a beautiful country, with majestic mountains, sandy beaches, picturesque villages, good food, and hospitable people. And, it’s incredibly affordable. If you don’t know anything about Bulgaria, here are ten reasons you should visit."

http://erodopi.eu/10-amazing-things-you-didnt-know-about-bulgaria/

Lyceum Artis - arts and languages

"Artis" is a private school of arts and foreign languages. It was found in 1999 and it is a member of the Bulgarian Association of Private Schools - which is a guarantee of quality education. "Artis" provides training in foreign languages and in arts, in on line with the latest trends European education and among schools working on European programs. Òhe diploma after completing the 12th grade is equivalent to a diploma of high school in language and arts high school. By achieving a synergy between art and education, learning by using the creative process , we want to make the school a desirable and attractive place for students, " Artis " also wants to develop as an attractive center for the expression of young people, to keep students in the school and educate them in the values of the new European society, building them both as citizens of the new Europe and maintaining Bulgarian identity. 
http://www.lyceum-artis.eu/about/

As its mission  " Artis " focuses on: The formation of individuals with high intellectual training and general culture, with a strong civic consciousness and behavior capable of effective public and personal fulfillment;

As its main priorities the private school "Artis" define: Raising the quality of training to the level of training students in accordance with European standards; introduction of interdisciplinary programs and strengthen the motivation of teachers and students. The school team creates a caring environment where students are encouraged to show their best. The aim of  "Artis" is that students learn in a creative classroom  by the method "Learning by experience". The team focuses on promoting the principle of lifelong learning . From 2014, in its elementary school , Artis introduces suggestopedically teaching method created by Prof. Georgi Lozanov which is improved as a result of long work of team of specialists which are known by Research Institute of Suggestology . From 2014 the new leadership of the school is working to train its staff in new trends and methods of teaching and training , updating of key competences, digitization of the educational process .

Our school seeks to achieve a higher level of competence of its school team, like:

• implementation of innovations in terms of school policy;

• facilitate the school to transition to digitization of the educational process;

• the introduction of technology in education, for better teaching and learning;

• organization and pre-job training of employees, and online through MOOC (massive open online course) - online courses given by the EU;

• a comparative analysis of best practices that could improve the level of academic work;

• ensuring the quality of new projects as well as their relationship with the curriculum;

• stimulating and improving curricula with elements of innovative character;

• successful implementation of grants under the Erasmus program plus ;

• communication and cooperation with European partners for sustainable development of educational innovation ;

• introduction of new, unconventional methods to create a European awareness among students, the parents and the public space.