The background to this project was initially the desire of teachers in Scoil Shéamais Naofa, Galway, to further advance the inter cultural experience of both teachers and children in the context of shared projects and culture . We felt the children in our school had benefited greatly from our previous project. They found opportunities to interact with children from cultures they might never otherwise have done. They learned a great deal and also thoroughly enjoyed the varied tasks, projects and cultural events that they participated in. Teachers too witnessed teaching styles, methodologies and systems of education that helped them in turn re-evaluate their own styles and planning. We feel that exploration of the theme "Transport,Past Present and Future" is an ideal theme which might interest others. It also is opportune as it fits in with the Irish government's roadmap for future mobility as well the European Commission's Transport 2050 initiative. Through eTwinning we found partners of a like mind who were eager to join in the project, add their suggestions to the theme and put this whole application together. The objectives of the project are to offer both educators and children the opportunity to share cultural experiences, advance cohesion and social inclusion, develop technical /It abilities, foster educational cooperation and promote joyful and meaningful work. We also expect in the region of !!!!!teachers, SNAs, and children will participate in the project. They in turn will become multipliers of this information and hundreds of children will benefit from this project. We have agreed apon many shared transnational activities to date including the following: the design and production of a guide book, building futuristic vehicles, postcard competition, the compilation of songs from each country, a log book, art display projects, questionnaires and surveys, the construction of boats from recycled materials , skype to skype calls for children, an international Kahoot quiz competition, the design of a project mascot and construction of board games. Further activities may also be added to our plan at transnational meetings if time permits. Each partner will work independently on curricular areas to suit the needs and interests of their children. As a group we aim to use a broad spectrum of methodologies to suit transnational projects. Children will have the opportunity to be creative in art projects, creative poetry,music and construction work. Individual work as well as group work will be encouraged. Participation in cultural group events will be important as will research and displays of work. At domestic level it would be expected that children 's work would be recorded and displayed in their own schools, as well as updated and loaded onto school websites. In the context of transnational partnership, all activities will be uploaded onto eTwinning and maintained by teachers with responsibility for this task. Surveys will also be used at the end of the two year project to measure its success in terms of general understanding of transport throughout Europe, our interdependence, our cultural heritages, and the enjoyment having participated in the project. It is hoped that participation in this transnational project will leave long lasting positive cultural, social and even economic attitudes towards our neighbours in Europe. Secondly, by putting our efforts onto the public eTwinning forum, it may be of benefit to other schools throughout Europe who might like to consider similar projects.
The background to this project was initially the desire of teachers in Scoil Shéamais Naofa, Galway, to further advance the inter cultural experience of both teachers and children in the context of shared projects, inclusivity and culture . We felt the children in our school had benefited greatly from our previous project. They found opportunities to interact with children from cultures they might never otherwise have done. They learned a great deal and also thoroughly enjoyed the varied tasks, projects and cultural events that they participated in. Teachers too witnessed teaching styles, methodologies and systems of education that helped them in turn re-evaluate their own styles and planning. We felt that exploration of the theme "Transport,Past Present and Future" was an ideal theme which might interest others. It also was opportune as it fit in with the Irish government's road map for future mobility as well the European Commission's Transport 2050 initiative. Through eTwinning we found partners of a like mind who were eager to join in the project, add their suggestions to the theme and put this whole application together. The objectives of the project are to offer both educators and children the opportunity to share cultural experiences, advance cohesion and social inclusion, develop technical /It abilities, foster educational cooperation and promote joyful and meaningful work. We also expect in the region of 100 teachers minimum to learn and benefit from this project as well as SNAs, and children. They in turn were to become multipliers of this information so that thousands of children would benefit from this project. Furthermore, we agreed to open all our work on the e-Twinning platform for others to learn of our work and ideas. We agreed on many shared transnational activities to date including the following: the design and production of a guide book, building futuristic vehicles, postcard competition, the compilation of songs from each country, a log book, art display projects, questionnaires and surveys, the construction of boats from recycled materials , skype to skype calls for children, an international Kahoot quiz competition, the design of a project mascot and construction of board games. Further activities were added to our plan at transnational meetings. We gave emphasis to the 17 Global Goals and focussed in particular on issues associated with children, education, pollution, recycling, school policies on plastics and clean environment. Each partner worked independently on curricular areas to suit the needs and interests of their children. As a group we used a broad spectrum of methodologies to suit transnational projects. Children will have the opportunity to be creative in art projects, creative poetry,music and construction work. Individual work as well as group work will be encouraged. Participation in cultural group events will be important as will research and displays of work. At domestic level children 's work was recorded and displayed in their own schools, as well as updated and loaded onto school websites. In the context of transnational partnership, all activities were uploaded onto eTwinning and maintained by teachers with responsibility for this task. Surveys were also be used at the end of the two year project to measure its success in terms of general understanding of transport throughout Europe, our interdependence, our cultural heritages, and the enjoyment having participated in the project. It was hoped that participation in this transnational project would leave long lasting positive cultural, social and even economic attitudes towards our neighbours in Europe. Secondly, by putting our efforts onto the public eTwinning forum, it may be of benefit to other schools throughout Europe who might like to consider similar projects.