Project Reunion, organized by Laniteion Gymnasium, Limassol, CYPRUS 1st-5th November 2010

Our  team :

 1. Chivărean Delia, Psychology  teacher - member of the project work team

 2. Cioc Niculae, Chemistry teacher-school manager, member of the project work team

 3. Creţu Ana-Maria, English teacher - member of the project work team

 4. Koncz Magdalena ,PE teacher – leader , project coordinator at school level

 5.Tudor Adrian- Florin, Religion teacher  -  member of the project work team

 6.Vakulovski Carmina,Civic Culture teacher - member of the project work team

 Sunday, 31st October 2010 -The journey from Brasov to Limassol.

Monday, 1st November 2010

The first day of the reunion was opened by the meeting of all project members, school management, the parents and students committees.It  continued with information materials exchange, a summary presentation of participants and the opening speeches, then with the school tour and the presentation of all the schools involved in the project.

Tuesday, 2nd November 2010

We worked inside and decided on Face-book as the main communication channel for the students in the project, clarified some organizing matters and details related to the first year of the project and  the activity ’Workshop-local challenges-the domain of future analyses.’

In the evening our hosts invited us to ’Mageireio Tavernaki’ a traditional restaurant where we experienced local food and music.

Wednesday, 3rd November 2010

We studied the Biotope ecosystem of our host school and chose the logo of the project in a fair competition. We also created the impact study questionnaire on school community, prepared the reunion from Norway and draw conclusions on the reunion and the activities unfolded.

Thursday 4th November 2010

 Research and study trip to Akrotiri, Kolossi and Kourion.     

In the evening we had a formal reunion in the school garden where the participation certificates were handed in.

Friday, 5th November 2010

After a morning meeting with our host on the research and study trip impact and conclusions we visited the capital city of Nicosia and the Botanical Garden from Trodos Mountains

Saturday 6th November 2010

    On our way to the airport we stopped at Stavrovouni Monastery and in  Larnaka we visited St Lazarus Church. We flew back to Bucharest and arrived in Brasov at night.

Students involved in the project activities

Form	Number of the students involved in the project activities
	Girls	Boys	Students
IA	8	7	15
IB	11	11	22
IIA	10	10	20
IIB	11	11	22
IIIA	9	14	23
IIIB	11	7	18
IVA	8	6	14
IVB	11	9	20
VA	11	12	23
VB	9	4	13
VIA	2	5	7
VIB	9	2	11
VIIA	1	6	7
VIIB	7	3	10
VIIIA	10	3	13
VIIIB	6	8	14
IXF	11	2	13
IXN	10	7	17
IXR	3	4	7
XF	7	1	8
XN	9	4	13
XR	10	2	12
XIF	17	2	19
XIN	3	2	5
XIR	0	2	2
XIIF	5	1	6
XIIN	1	1	2
XIIR	7	7	14
	217	153	370

Nominal list here

Beginning the e-mail communication between students and teachers involved in project (google groups)

     The action of collecting E-mail addresses from the students eager to be involved in the project was developed in October 2010 . Pupils from every class of the High School answered the request, by providing the necessary information and expressing interest in the topics to be discussed in the future inside the Google-groups. A data base of over 150 student E-mail addresses was created, through which the students will receive information about the project and will be able to contact pupils from the other schools involved in the project.

 

The creation of the project logo

Activity developed by every partner for the logo competition

Coordinating teacher: Iudit Mihai

Description of the activity

The logo-designing action was advertised randomly among the students of ‘Andrei Mureşanu’ High School,Braşov.

The pupils interested  were asked to work in groups of four and think of an effective logo for the Comenius Project ‚A Path to Sustainability’, on the protection of the environment.

The coordinating teacher of the activity suggested that students finalize and improve the work started at school as well as present their ideas in electronic format. In the end ten suggestive logos in electronic format were collected and the jury selected the three most impressive and original ones. The criteria for the selection were originality and agreement with the theme of the project.

Project information

“A PATH TO SUSTAINABILITY”

Comenius multilateral partnership for schools project, part of Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP), financed by the European Commission .

Theme of the project : Protection of the environment

Aim of the project

This multidisciplinary and cross-curricular project entitled ’A Path to Sustainability’, has appeared from the definite intention to change the attitude towards the environment of each partner’s pupils and school community.

Wisdom is built gradually through experience. Thus, by means of this project we want to educate/to make the school community aware of a practical attitude that could make a difference for our planet, stimulating the development of the initiative, opening our minds towards change, preparing all those involved to reflect  and become environmentally aware. Our means? Environmental education!

Partners:

• Agrupamento de Escolas de São Roque e Nogueira do Cravo (EB 2,3 Comendador  Ângelo Azevedo), São Roque - Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal - coordinating school;
•  Hoeggen skole, Trondheim, Norway;
•  “Andrei Muresanu” High School, Braşov, Romania;
•  Laniteion Gymnasium, Limassol, Cyprus;
•  Agrupamento de Aradas (EB 2,3 Aradas), Aveiro, Portugal

Objectives and strategies of the project:

• To increase the concern for the protection of the environment and ecological balance;
• To raise the students’ awareness about the need to use alternative sources of energy;
• To promote the active intervention of the pupils in the conservation of biodiversity;
• To develop an active civic attitude for the protection of the environment;
• To develop the ability of the pupils to take initiative in protecting the environment;
• To raise common European awareness on environmental issues;
• To make students and teachers aware of the importance of studying foreign languages and new information technologies in achieving communication;
• To motivate teachers to introduce the project activities ( activities related to the environment) in current teaching activities and the curricula if possible;
• To ensure cooperation between schools and local authorities;

Length of the project: 2 years (Sept. 2010- Jun.2012)

Project Reunions Planning:

November 2010 - Laniteion Gymnasium, Limassol,Cyprus 

June 2011  - Hoeggen skole, Trondheim, Norway

Octobre 2011 - Liceul “Andrei Muresanu”, Brasov, Romania

June 2012 – Agrupamento de Escolas de São Roque e Nogueira do Cravo (EB 2,3 Comendador  Ângelo Azevedo), São Roque - Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal

Programme (sequent)/ Expected results:

1 NOVEMBER 2010 –Logo - choosing project logo

2 FEBRUARY 2011 –Recycling station –Creation of an animated recycling stations (recycle and decorate a structure)  

3 JUNE  2011 – First Festival – pupils from the different countries involved in the project present artistic creations on the theme of the environment   –creation of the Festival Film

4 DECEMBER 2011- Calendar – production of an illustrated calendar promoting responsible environmental attitudes and behaviour          

5. APRIL 2012  Town of the Future – each country makes a model of a  town from 2060-with renewable energy sources

6. APRIL 2012 T-shirts/slogan - Each country chooses slogans and drawings illustrate the T-shirts with the logo of the project

7. JUNE 2012 -Second Festival – pupils from the different countries involved in the project present artistic creations on the theme of environment  - creation of the Festival Film 

8. 2010-2012 - Blog– each country creates and keeps a blog.

Dissemination of the Comenius Multilateral Project ‘A Path to Sustainability’ and Identification of Its Impact on School Community

The activity scheduled for September 2010 consisted of the dissemination of ‘A Path to Sustainability’ project to the teachers and students of ‘Andrei Mureşanu’ High School from Braşov.

The stages of this activity were:

1. Translating of the project from English into Romanian;
2. Designing the Power Point presentation of the project;
3. Drawing up the questionnaires taking into account the age characteristics of the students (1^st grade, 2^nd-4^th grade, 5^th-12^th grade);
4. Presenting the project to the teachers and students of the school according to the timetable
5. Applying the questionnaires to the teachers and students present at the dissemination;
6. Centralizing the data provided by the questionnaires;

The coordinators of this activity are the principals of the school: Niculae Cioc and Dorina Ercuş.

The team members are: Delia Chivărean, Ana-Maria Creţu, Vakulovski Carmina, the students and teachers of the school present at the dissemination.

Questionnaire for 1^st grade