The European approach must enable our students to show tolerance, cooperation and collaboration with each other. One of our main goals will be to make our students acquire the rights and responsibilities so that they feel full citizens of the world they will build. In the course of lifelong learning, students will have to find their place regardless of age, gender, ethnic group, cultural background or social level. In this project, we want to make pupils, teachers, school actors and families aware of the importance of building a generation that wants to create, produce and feel responsible. They will have to make sense of their lives according to their wishes and abilities. In order to do this, we must promote diversity and cultural wealth, offer our students the benefits of communication technologies through digital use, better understand foreign language learning, help students in difficulty or in a situation of disability. We will discuss our professional practices, taking particular account of the innovative pedagogical actions. We will also seek to improve the content and pedagogical evaluation of learning so that all pupils can progress at their own pace according to the proposed tool thanks to a confrontation of ideas between all the teachers involved in this project. Membership of European citizenship will also be a driving force behind the project. European construction has enabled and will enable our students to actively participate in the work around memory and the transmission of democratic and republican values. The project will cover many areas, so that students will increase their artistic skills, learning, motivation, entrepreneurship, creative thinking, digital skills, active citizenship ... Children from all countries will co-operate in common activities, assist each other in activities that will help respect cultural diversity and develop empathy. Children will have many advantages as this project will have a common goal. The intention of the project is to share and celebrate best practices in all partner schools. All participants will appreciate cultural differences and will see that each country has different approaches to teaching and learning. The project also aims to promote tolerance and respect for other cultures.
This BLEND project was a great success for the students who were able to take advantage of the digital resources offered to them, as well as the educational, sports and artistic activities. The feeling of belonging to the European community took on its full meaning through all these exchanges with our Italian, English, Spanish and Romanian partners. For the teachers who knew nothing about European exchanges, perplexity quickly gave way to enthusiasm. During these 3 years, teamwork developed in each of our schools. We learned from our partners and were able to transmit our civic and republican values. The place of our students with disabilities or in difficulty has been taken into account by each of the partners thanks to their effective participation in each of the proposed activities. The BLEND project has improved their situation because their motivation for school activities has been much greater. The tasks accomplished required organization, coordination and teamwork. Thanks to observation and discussion, language teaching has become much more fun. Access to new technologies has transformed the work of many teachers. Participation in tasks and mobility has brought about a change in attitude among participating teachers. They became more receptive to the actions to be developed and encouraged implementation in the groups. Teacher motivation increased with the implementation of projects or teaching or training activities (formal or non-formal) after each mobility. The immediate benefits observed are: Motivation of the students Development of language skills in foreign languages Discovery of new teaching methods and other educational realities Contribution of the work and shared equipment, each one contributing to the group in each task This motivation of the teachers is measurable through the participation rate in the meetings concerning the project. The teachers asked for regular meetings to share their ideas and to follow the progress of the project The pedagogical practices and the exchange of resources during the mobility encouraged them to want to learn differently The participation of the teachers in the "training activity" motivated and enriched the concept they had about participating in this type of projects. The observation of situations in each of the countries visited questioned and impacted our teaching practices. Thanks to the observations of the visits, it was possible to apply other teaching methods interviewed during the mobilities, to adopt and apply new work organizations, to pool resources especially for the teaching of English, to serenely evaluate our pedagogical practices This project also made it possible to promote several important actions of the project around the duty of remembrance around the centenary of the armistice. Children were able to participate in the official ceremonies, others were filmed by a television channel, others were broadcast on the radio. The parents accompanied their child during these 3 years and were always interested in this European exchange. People coming from associations or local elected officials (the farandole association and elected officials of Paris) were able to bring their expertise for the realization of artistic and sporting activities.