Project We Europeans

The title of the project is “ We Europeans”, whose main aim is to work on the development of tolerance, learning about other cultures, knowing and respecting differences and looking for similarities of the life styles in partner countries. The project we propose will be a good opportunity for our children to establish links with pupils of the same age in other schools at European level and work together on topics of interest. The main themes of the project are: 1.Let's introduce ourselves! 2.My school 3.My home town,my region 4. My country, part of the European home (national customs and traditions) During the project our children will gain knowledge and understanding about the daily life experiences of the eight other partnership schools.

Pupils will create products with which they express aspects of their lives. These products will be distributed among all partner schools. Pupils will work with the partners‘ products learning about their lives, comparing and discussing information, discovering similarities and differences. Thus, we aim at the development of an attitude of curiosity, mutual understanding, appreciation of differences and tolerance. We would like to contribute to a shared understanding of being a European citizen. Inter-cultural relationships, the development of English language skills (since English is the main language for communication), and the improvement of ICT skills are the basis of the project. Children are the main protagonists of it, because activities are based on their knowledge, capacities, level and their world in general.

The second visit of the project took place in Poland, in Primary School in Cianowice from 25 th to 28 th February. Our school was visited by 24 teachers and 23 students from all partner countries.
The meeting started at the school gym where our guests saw a special performance prepared by Polish children about the trip around Europe, they also visited our school with the students as guides, observed the lessons and some of the time was preoccupied by the project work. We swapped the project  materials prepared by pupils about their families, presented the results of the first questionnaires completed by children.
The foreign students had their activities with Polish peers and teachers. They learnt some Polish words, watched a legend about the Wawel’s dragon, made some art and craft connected with the legend and the places they had seen in Poland.
Beyond the school activities both teachers and the students participated in several trips. They visited Ojców, the smallest National Park in Poland, which is situated near our school, had a short walk around the Main Square  in Cracow with the Cloth Hall and Mariacki Church, the Wawel Castle with Royal Apartments  and the Salt Mine in Wieliczka with its underground lakes and excavations, chapels carved in salt.
We spent a wonderful time together. The visit will stay for long in our memories.