Approx. starting date

Activity/ mobility

Description

Destination country (for mobility only)

Which partners involved

September /2008

European Day of Languages

Forming of Comenius team at school (teachers and students)

Shared ‘hello’ messages from each partner in their native tongue.

Partners to send a brief message to each other so that it can be shared with the school saying hello in their native tongue. Children and staff to practise a welcome in each of the partner’s language.

Exchanging of e-mails of students involved in the project

All partners, staff and children

October 2008

Launch project.

World Food Day

Inform all persons involved about the project.

Start a display board. Set up a Comenius corner

Find out about food from partner countries, and send information to partners about a favourite dish. Taste food from a partner’s country

All partners, staff and children

November/ 2008

Website is available or forming Comenius page in each school’s webpage

Assess prior knowledge and views about partners and their traditions and country.

This activity still must be discussed at our first meeting

Students and teachers work together and discuss what do they know about each partner country (works in the form of the poster, collage, stories etc.)

All partners, staff and children

December/ 2008

Produce a ‘Welcome to our school and country package’ for each partner.

It should include photos and other items which will enable partner schools to get to know each other. This will be given to partners at the first partner meeting.

All partners, staff and children

January/ 2009

1^st partnership meeting

Decide on Logo, discuss website other organizational questions regarding the project

Exchange ‘Welcome Packages’ through country’s and school presentation (students involved)

Teachers’ forum on actual educational questions

Latvia

All partners, staff and children

February/ 2009

Updating Websites

Traditional children’s games in each country

Update displays with partner information, and share memories of the first partner meeting with the school

Investigate, collect and practice and report on own national games at school (events, presentations etc.)

All partners, staff and children

March/ 2009

Produce and share materials with partners

Share results with partners through Email, web cams, photos and the web site.

All partners, staff and children

April/2009

2^nd partnership meeting

Evaluate and discuss the project. Update web site

Share information with school and update displays.

Make plans to celebrate Europe Day.

Present national games at partner school (students presentations)

Teacher forum on educational questions

France

All partners, staff and children

May/2009

Introducing partner countries’ games into own schools

Europe Day activities

Teaching students partner countries’ games exploring similarities and differences

All partners, staff and children

June/2009

Publishing and evaluating the second meeting and first year

Writing reports of the first year activities

All partners, staff and children

September/2009

September/2009

European Day of Languages - Activities with partners

Traditional children’s games in each country

Students learn new phrases in partners’ language by exchanging e-mails Update displays and web site

Students and teachers research, collect and report on own national games and prepare presentations for partnership meeting

All partners, staff and children

October/ 2009

3^rd partnership meeting

World Food Day – Activities with partners

Inform school about the visit, share memories.

Evaluate, discuss and plan activities. Update web site.

Exchange traditional games- presentations,

Try out games with partners.

Teacher forum on educational questions

Reports about the mobility

Poland

All partners, staff and children

November/ 2009

Introducing partners’ games into own school.

Try each others games Children report on and review each game. Children decide on their favourite. Share results with partners.

Introduce neighbouring educational institutions with the project and the games

All partners, staff and children

December/ 2009

Traditional childrens’ games in each country

Students and teachers research, collect and report on own national games and prepare presentations for partnership meeting

All partners, staff and children

January/ 2010

4^th Partnership Meeting

Evaluate, discuss and plan activities;

Discuss format of final brochure

Update web site;

Exchange traditional games- presentations;

Teacher forum on educational questions.

France

All partners, staff and children

February/ 2010

Share information about the visit with the school.

Prepare and collect information for the final brochure

Share experiences of the trying of the games and discuss favourites;

Decide on the games, photos, drawings to be included in the brochure

All partners, staff and children

March/ 2010

5^th partnership meeting

Assess children’s knowledge and views about the partners;

Decide the questions about the final brochure

Exchange traditional games- presentations;

Poland

All partners, staff and children

April/ 2010

Assessing the acquisition of the project

Compare and evaluate how the knowledge may  have changed from the initial assessments of views and knowledge done in November 2008

All partners, staff and children

May/2010

6^th partnership meeting.

Europe Day- activities with partners.

Final Party

Discuss results of assessments and how successful the project has been. Finalise and collect information for the final brochure. All partners agree on the content and to contribute equally to it. Produce final brochure.

Latvia

All partners, staff and children

June/2010

Developing final product and reports about the project

Publish results on the website;

Publish results in own school and inform press;

Final brochure made available to everyone.

All partners, staff and children