We got the European Quality Label!

 Congratulation everybody!

I am also posting our national quality label and wishing to all of you a good school year hoping to work together again .💞

 

Stories to heal - Quality Label

Dear Partners, I have good news from Hungary! :-) I am happy to announce that our project has received a Quality Label in Hungary. Thank you all for the great collaboration and adventures in the realm of books! Hugs, Mónika and class 3, Szeged

Let's play together! :-)

Dear Partners, Would you like to play with us? If your answer is yes, (what we hope :-) ), just click on the link! Words are hidden in a letter grid. Find them as fast as you can! Hugs from Hungary, Mónika

Dissemination activity - Szegedi Orczy István Általános Iskola, Hungary

On June 28, 2024, we gathered with children, parents, and librarians at the library for an important event. We met to talk about our reading adventures and experiences we shared throughout this school year. It was a great occasion for us to share the story of our "Stories to Heal - Reading for Wellbeing" project and its steps. We revisited important information related to the project, talked about our partners, the steps taken in the program, stories we read, online meetings, the anniversary of the eTwinning program, the common products, and the discovery of the path towards ourselves and our peers. The meeting was a great success. We thank our partners for great eTwinning experiences.

STEP 4 - Hungary, Szegedi Orczy István Általános Iskola

STEP 4 - Me and the future Me and the Future - What an Exciting Topic! The future holds so many secrets, yet we have had the opportunity to uncover a tiny piece of it. We talked with the children about the chosen passage from the book "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban." The orb can also show us glimpses of the future. Where will you be in 10 years? Who will surround you? What will you be doing? Three questions that prompt reflection… The children also received their own orbs, where they could draw what they envision for their own futures. How wonderful that our project provided this opportunity for this imaginary journey!

STEP 4 - THE ORB: collaborative work

 A group of students from the partner school realized this video with MovieMaker. 

Not all of the orbs are in the video of course, but this product represent our reflection: we notice that in our future we see similar things even if we come from different countries. 

These things have to do with what we found in our readings and during the steps of our project: personal fulfillment, relationships, hopes and... travels. As adults we dream of being European citizens or better, citizens of the world.

STEP 4 - me and my future, IC2 Arnolfo di Cambio, primary and secondary

As well as the "boomerang" activity, we worked of course on the common reading chosen by the partners (Harry Potter, the orb).

We decided to introduce the topic of "what I see in my future" starting with a reflection on the importance of memory. For this reason, we watched the video "A message for my grandchild. And for the rest of Europe" by the European Parliament.

We then discussed the topic, having the students reflect on the importance of knowing and understanding the past in order to build a better future.

We then read the chosen passage from Harry Potter and had the students draw their orbs.

Then, one by one, we discussed what we see in our orb.

We eventually compared our orbs to those of our partners and shared our dreams and hopes for the future in the STEP 4 forums.

You can see in this videos some of our orbs!

June the 6th, online meeting Hungary - Italy (IC2 Arnolfo di Cambio primary and secondary classes)

 On June the 6th, the partner classes of Hungary and Italy (IC2 Arnolfo di Cambio) met to celebrate the end of the project and of the school year.

It was a fun, colorful, chatty (and pretty noisy!) meeting. We sang in a choir the national anthems of the different countries, we sang some popular songs about friendship, we danced, waved our flags (...and even discussed our readings, of course).

It was definitely one happy moment of reading & wellbeing at school.

Thank you everybody.

STEP 3 - me and others: Have you filled a bucket today?, IC2 "Arnolfo di Cambio" secondary - Italy

 As well as working on the fable "Friends", together with our Twins of primary school, we also reflected, with the help of our English Teacher, on  HAVE YOU FILLED A BUCKET TODAY?, another of the stories that we chose together with our partners (see here).

Here's how we worked on the story:

- we read the story (in English)

- we watched the video on youtube

- we discussed it (in English): how can you fill somebody elses's bucket?

- we exchanged ideas

- in groups of three, we chose one common idea and eventually created a poster

our poster

- we discussed our ideas and reading with our partners in an online meeting with Hungary and Sant'Andrea primary school.

online meeting Italy - Hungary

Carol McCloud, Have you filled a bucket today?

DISSEMINATION - OŠ RUDOLFA STROHALA LOKVE

 The pinboard just outside the English classroom often offered up to date information about the project "Stories to heal - reading for wellbeing" to the teachers, students and visitors of our school. Here are two examples of recent collaborative activities on Step 4 of the project and the Day of Europe project:

I introduced our international project to all the teachers during one of our conferences and my students from classes 3-7 did the same to non-participating students of our school.

A detailed info about the project can also be found on our school website. Here is the link..DISSEMINATION CROATIA

INTERNET SAFETY - OŠ RUDOLFA STROHALA LOKVE

The students did my Wordwall quiz on internet safety and discussed the dangers of unsafe use of the internet. They also compared their experiences so far with internet use and came up with some additional ideas about how to take precautions when using it.

STEP 4 - ME AND MY FUTURE (OŠ RUDOLFA STROHALA LOKVE - CROATIA)

 My students and I embraced the idea of Harry Potter as the starting point on their work in Step 4 of the project: thinking about their own future in ten years from now and then trying to express their wishes and predictions into words. In the end we put our work on the "Orb" on the pinboard in the hall just outside the English classroom for other students and teachers to see and read.

E-Twinning "Stories to heal": Dissemination - IC2 Poggibonsi - Class 3C/D (Italy)

This has been my first time, I mean I had never taken part in an E-Twinning project before.We have worked hard throughout all the school year, but it was worth!!The title was "Stories to heal" that means it was focused on reading and on the importance of reading in the students' lifelong learning process. 

Students were given meaningful stories and short  extracts to read and discuss. This has been very engaging and stimulating.

The project has been divided into 4 steps:

- STEP 1: "WHO AM I?" Students read "The Sorting Hat" chapter from Harry Potter; this is when studens at Hogwarts magic school are sorted into the four different houses Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Slytherin. Each house represents values and qualities which should match students’ personalities. My aim was to offer students a good range of useful adjectives to be used to write their  introductions on the blog page.

- STEP 2: "WHAT IS INSIDE ME? MY FEARS AND HOPES" : Students were asked to write down their fears and hopes. We even had the possibility to arrange on line events and share them with our partners in Greece and Croatia.

- STEP 3: "ME AND THE OTHERS": Students read a meaninful story with the missing ending. They had to write down the missing final sentence and share their ideas on a shared presentation.

- STEP 4: "ME AND MY FUTURE": Students were given an empty orb to be filled in with three pictures representing their future in 10 years' time. 

Working on this project has had a profound impact on my students:

1. Cultural Awareness: Students have engaged with peers from different countries, learning about different cultures, traditions, and lifestyles.

2. Language Skills: Communication with international partners has improved their language skills since students had the possibility to practice conversational skills and gain confidence in using foreign languages.

3. Collaboration: E-Twinning has encouraged teamwork, problem-solving, and project-based learning, where students could use their creativity and immagination.

4. Digital Skills: Participants has used online tools, platforms, and communication channels and have developed the digital skills essential for the modern world.

5. Friendships: E-Twinning has created friendships. Students and teachers have been connected beyond borders, sharing experiences and building lifelong relationships.

I can definitely say that E-Twinning has been an enriching educational experience which has conncetd students and teachers from all over Europe. Through online collaboration, we all have been engaged in joint projects, cultural exchanges, and shared learning. 

STEP 4: Me and my Future - IC2 Poggibonsi - class 3C/D (Italy)

Step 4 was about future. As suggested we read a short extract from chapter 15 of "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" and we watched the short clip on Youtube. 

Then each student was given an empty orb to be filled in with 3 pictures representing their life in 10 years. 

Next we collected all their drawings in an ebook and we converted it in the following video.

Enjoy watching and reading!!

In the end I asked my students to write their own ideas and hopes in the collaborative forum section on the blog.

This was a good opportunity to share everything with their partners from all over Europe and wish all of them the best for their future!

STEP 4- ME AND MY FUTURE - SAINT JOSEPH PRIMARY SCHOOL-PEFKI**GREECE

After reading the text and watching the extract of the film with Professor Trelawney and Harry, they coloured and drew their orbs. 

On the 31st of May our school had an OPEN HOUSE where there were a lot of events and one of them was our opportunity to show our European projects. Our 6th graders had made a lot of posters and crafts on European countries and afterwards a big march with the European flag. Please enjoy our parade!

DISSEMINATION

My three Greek colleague teachers made their own presentation about the European countries and then marched around the playground and showed all the European flags.Afterwards they enjoyed the treats their parents had brought  and danced traditional Greek dances with their teachers and parents...

We also posted our project in our Facebook school page and ETWINNING GREECE page and I was very happy that many fellow colleagues saw our beautiful work.

Our school website is under construction but when it is fixed our Etwinning project will be available too.

Online Safety - IC2 "Arnolfo di Cambio", Italy

In our school, IC2 Arnolfo di Cambio, all the Lower Secondary students have regular meetings with Polizia di Stato. The Policemen help the students understand the correct use of the web and how to avoid and report episodes of cyberbullying. Class 1°B had the meeting with Polizia di Stato in March.

At the end of the school year, we usually reflect on eSafety referring to the activities of our eTwinning project. This year, we played the esafety games created by our partners. We had lots of fun!

 

Online Safety - IC2 Poggibonsi - class 3C/D (Italy)

Tuesday, June 4th 

Today we decided to dabate about the advantages and disadvantages of using the Internet. 

We all agree there are many benefits to connecting online, but are students and teenagers in general, aware of its potential harms? 

Class 3C/D took two quizzes to find how how much they know about E-Safety Rules.

STEP 4 - Me and my future: a boomerang for my future (primary and lower secondary classes IC2 Arnolfo di Cambio)

 May, Monday the 20th

Class 1° B (secondary) and Class 5° B primary met in order to work together on STEP 4 of our project: we were ready to read for our future!

We started the reflection reading the poem below. Then, the students where paired (do you remember? each secondary student paired with a primary student at the beginning of the project). They draw and painted a boomerang writing on it the words or sentences they wanted to throw to their future.

We eventually shared our words and made a poster out of our boomerang.

Another beautiful eTwinning day!

I throw in the future something new, 

so when the future comes, I'll find it. 

I throw in the future something good, 

something mine, 

so when the future comes, I'll be there.

Internet Safety-Aydanur Ay

 From kids to grandparents to business professionals, online threats can affect anyone. Knowing the rules of the internet should be a top priority.From this point of view, we worked on e-safety rules.

Here are some of our works

First,we watched a video about e-safety

https://youtu.be/GgdK2rdJTrE?si=krvsCstzOJqQfXDb

Then we had a quiz to check what we've learned.