It is sometimes said that children can be the harshest whilst expressing themselves towards other children. These encounters lead regularly to a situation of exclusion. Unfortunately we notice these harsh comments are often culture-based, which we don’t approve of. Our aim is to let our pupils gain more knowledge on the effect of exclusion in order for them to be more careful in their future reactions. We made a partnership of four schools who all are located to a site related to WWII, where social exclusion was at his highest. By taking the topic to extremes, it is much easier to discuss this with pupils and therefore promote positive social inclusion. During the project we break the topic in small pieces in order for pupils to apply the learned knowledge on their own lives. We have an affiliated partner in this project, namely Anne Frank House. Their international department is involved in the preparation and execution of this project. Lentiz worked with them before in a previous project, where we built experience with hosting the traveling exhibition of Anne Frank which will be part of this project as well. This exhibition will travel to all four schools. During the hosting periods the exhibition will be in the school which is visited. In preparation of the travelling exhibition, students will be trained by the Anne Frank House to be a guide of the exhibition. Part of the training is talking (and experiencing) prejudices. First a safe environment is created after which students will have to face prejudices based on their looks. These are intense workshops, but very rewarding. Products of these workshops are videos (like these https://www.dropbox.com/s/oux2h5r63mf1n6a/Sequence%2001.mp4?dl=0) and panels which are added on to the exhibition. Next to the exhibition we treat WWII as a main topic and visit related sites in each country (see timetable for more specifics). Our pupils work together on- and offline in order to fulfill joined assignments. During the first session we will make an anti-bullying protocol, which will be revised each time we meet, based on the additional knowledge that is gained. By conducting this project we will achieve the following objectives and concrete results and how they are assessed: Objectives: A1: Awareness of pupils regarding prejudices --> questionnaire is made at the end of each year to assess the level of awareness amongst involved pupils A2: Awareness of pupils regarding bullying --> questionnaire is made at the end of each year to assess the level of awareness regarding bullying and how to handle situations amongst involved pupils A3: Knowledge gaining of pupils regarding Anne Frank’s life and the life of Jewish people during WWII --> common test will be made by involved pupils to test knowledge A4: Increased capabilities of teachers on how to tackle bullying and promote social inclusion --> report amongst involved teachers on their view on what are do's and don'ts in the classroom concerning bullying. Results: A5: Format Anti-Bullying Pact (ABP) --> definitive format for European Database for other schools to download A6: Developed assignments as addition to the guidance training and travelling exhibition of the Anne Frank House. Other schools will be able to use these projects in their own schools --> definitive assignments uploaded in European Database A7: Video’s regarding prejudices from the guidance training of Anne Frank House --> four videos from the workshops of Anne Frank House There will be four exchanges: March 2019: Belgium; June 2019: Netherlands; March 2020: Portugal; June 2020: Poland 10 pupils will travel each time per partner. They will be selected by a teacher team, who are working on the project. Selection takes place based on motivation and level of English). Pupils will have to write a motivation letter and when they are eligible they are interviewed by the teacher team. The chosen 10-student group will start exploring topics related to WWII and are prepared by their teachers on what they are going to do during the exchanges. Dissemination - partnership: newsletters intranet and presentations in the teams/ target group= teachers of both schools - local community: news paper articles, website both schools in which we incorporate a special piece on this project for interested persons to follow our progress/ target group= community related to partnerschools. We will also use social media tools which are already related to the school (Instagram and Facebook). - visitor of the exhibition. Exhibtions in the schools for participating pupils and teachers. They will invite the community. Pupils are prepared to be gu
We are very proud and satisfied regarding the progress and results of our project. The aim of the project was to let our pupils gain more knowledge on the effect of exclusion and the importance of social inclusion in order for them to be more careful in their future reactions. We made a partnership of four schools who all are located to a site related to WWII, where social exclusion was at his highest. By taking the topic to extremes, the project had a deep emotional impact on the participants, this helped to discuss the topic of exclusion with pupils and therefore promote positive social inclusion. The broader topic of social exclusion/inclusion was divided in smaller subsubjects being: prejudice, bullying, the Jewish situation and the exclusion during WWII. This helped pupils to apply the learned knowledge in their own lives. In this project we have closely worked together in the preparation and execution of this project with the international department of the Anne Frank House. There were four exchanges planned however due to the Covid-19 situation, the LTTA in Portugal had to be cancelled. This LTTA was planned in March 2020 and all arangements and preparations were already made. LTTA in Belgium took place in March 2019, LTTA in the Netherlands in May 2019, LTTA in Poland in October 2019. Students who participated in the LTTA's were selected by writing a motivation letter and following interview by the teacher team in their own school. During the learning, teaching and training activities we have visited WWII related sites in each country (for example:castle of Jamoigne, Bastogne – War Museum, Auschwitz and the Jewish Quarter in Cracow, Anne Frank House) and met people or have learned about people who were affected by social exclusion and are key persons in promoting social inclusion. The travelling exhibition of Anne Frank has travelled to all four schools. In preparation of the travelling exhibition, students were trained by the Anne Frank House to be a guide of the exhibition. During the LTTA's students and teachers worked on the theme of prejudice and bullying with workshops by employees from the Anne Frank House. Our students have worked together on on- and offline assignments. - Logo Competition - Assignments to get to know everybody involved in the project - Anti bullying protocol - Reading Anne Franks diary - Assignments in preparation of the LTTA's (for example: interview questions for survivors of WWII, photo's of Rotterdam before and after WWII) - Reflection on the LTTA's through making of a movie, writing a diary, making a game and a quiz. - When the LTTA in Portugal was cancelled we made a Social Lockdown assignment for our students to express themselves and stay in communication with each other. They were asked to share photo's of the view of the room / the ways they were dealing with distance learning, write a story about someone they regarded as a super hero or share a comfort food cooking recipe. All assignments and results were shared on our E-twinning page: https://live.etwinning.net/projects/project/178458. All four schools received an E-twinning quality label for the project. Belgium also received a special eTwinning prize within the yearly E-twinning competition. Information about our project, news articles and results were also posted on our project website: https://anne-frank16.webnode.pt/. By conducting this project we have worked on achieving the following objectives and concrete results: Objectives: A1: Awareness of pupils regarding prejudices A2: Awareness of pupils regarding bullying A3: Knowledge gaining of pupils regarding Anne Frank’s life and the life of Jewish people during WWII A4: Increased capabilities of teachers on how to tackle bullying and promote social inclusion Results: A5: Format Anti-Bullying Pact (ABP) A6: Developed assignments as addition to the guidance training and travelling exhibition of the Anne Frank House. Other schools will be able to use these projects in their own schools A7: Video’s regarding prejudices from the guidance training of Anne Frank House Dissemination All partners have shared information, skills and knowledge gained in the project within their own school community in school newsletters, staff meetings and parental meetings. The local community has been informed by our project website and school websites/social media pages. Our project has been mentioned in (electronic) community newsletters and local newspapers. The exhibtions in the schools have attracted visitors from the local community and even dignitaries like the Dutch Ambassador in Poland and the planned visit of the Ambassador of the Netherlands and the Consul of Poland during our LTTA in Portugal.