At a time when more and more people do not believe in Europe anymore, we want this project to show how Europe is important to us and help our pupils to project themselves as European citizens. To do so, we want them to report on their past and investigate their future. We want them to make links between European past and European future from a historical, cultural, architectural and political point of view. For example, they will have to report on our historical heritage, on our « movers and shakers », on the main historical landmarks which helped building an European identity; but also cultural whether it is art or architecture. We would like them to make plans for the future. Where will they be in 10 years. What does the future look like for Europe? As far as archtecture is concerned, the objective is to work on industrial buildings and their rehabilitation. We will then move into the future and ask ourselves how can historic buildings be used in the future. About 150 pupils will be directly involved in the project but we also intend to the whole schools for the major events in some way or another. Our main objectives are to engage students in becoming better global citizens,help them have a better understanding of their own culture, of others’ cultures, to improve their skills wether it is in languages, ICT, public speech, communication. We would like to prepare them for life beyond school. The ultimate objective is to make pupils who are doubting their abilities realize that they have many skills. This challenging and motivating european project will further enhance the qualities they already possess and it will teach them new skills and broaden their minds. It is a highly motivating project for our student because their work will be put into relief and they’re not only young to work for themselves but also for others as part of one team. We will make the most of the the e-magazine, the blog, the etwining platform and our different partnerships outside of school to achieve these objectives.
First of all; we were four and not five partners; due to the fact that the UK resigned after application and before approval of the project. At a time when more and more people do not believe in Europe anymore, we wanted this project to show how Europe is important to us and help our pupils to project themselves as European citizens. To do so,they reported on their past, investigated aspects of their future and created links between European past and European future from a historical, cultural, architectural and political point of view. For example, they reported on our historical heritage, on our « movers and shakers », on the main historical landmarks which helped building an European identity; but also cultural whether in art or architecture. Our students made plans for the future. Where will they be in 10 years. What does the future look like for Europe? As far as archtecture is concerned, the objective was to work on industrial buildings and their rehabilitation. We moved into the future and asked ourselves how can historic buildings be used in the future. About 150 pupils were directly involved in the project but all students of the hosting schols had the possibility to attend the major events. Our main objectives were to engage students in becoming better global citizens, help them have a better understanding of their own culture, of others’ cultures, to improve their skills whether in languages, ICT, public speech, communication. We tried to to prepare them for life beyond school. The ultimate objective was to make pupils who are doubting their abilities realize that they have many skills. This challenging and motivating European project further enhanced the qualities they already possess and taught them new skills and broadened their minds. It was a highly motivating project for our students to be part of one team. We created a mutual e-magazine, the blog, the etwining platform and our different partnerships outside of school to achieve these objectives.