The project "Let's salvage from oblivion" will be implemented by four partner countries: Poland, Portugal, Bulgaria and Cyprus and will last 24 months.Teachers from the partner schools met in the eTwinning platform and after many conversations have concluded that they face similar problems: a decline in interest in the cultural heritage of their own country and Europe - school folk groups, traditional, regional dishes, heritage objects are becoming forgotten. The partners conducted surveys at schools and finally came into conclusion that in such an important topic as the protection of cultural heritage one can not be indifferent. They proceeded to write the above-mentioned application. The project will be attended by 46 students and 9 teachers from partner countries. The coordinator will be the Polish school and the partners will support it. The partners have defined the achievement of the following objectives: - arousing respect for the cultural heritage of its own region and appreciating the value of European cultural heritage - developing citizenship and a sense of European identity based on common values, history and culture - promoting folklore and cultivating old traditions and folk crafts - creating the culinary traditions of EU countries - acquiring practical skills of folk dances of EU countries - recognition of cultural heritage objects under UNESCO protection thanks to mobilities to partner countries - supporting the recognition of European linguistic diversity and the awareness of the importance of learning European languages - supporting the acquisition of language skills - innovative approach to learning foreign languages (CLIL and tandem method) and IT competences - extension of gastronomic competences - supporting students in enriching their skills regardless of their ability and willingness The main result of the project will be the pedagogical innovation "Let's salvage from oblivion" implemented by all partner countries, which will be divided into four parts: I Folk dances as a way to get to know the culture of Europe II Regional cuisine as an important aspect of European culture III Objects of the European cultural heritage IV Foreign languages - the key to getting to know the cultural heritage of Europe Each part will be included in the compulsory curriculum of: physical education, food technology, geography and history with the use of tandem method. The CLIL method will also be implemented. Other results are indirect results that will lead to the achievement of the main objective, which is the pedagogical innovation. To achieve the objectives, we plan the following activities: - organising meetings with interesting people arranged by all partners in their regions in order to cultivate and restore culinary traditions, to gather recipes and place them in the book "Regional tastes". - organising short-term exchanges of groups of students in order to acquire key skills and competences, such as learning foreign languages and preparing for the European festival of tradition, culture and national rites planned in Poland, - short training programs for teachers to develop the program of activities in the field of European cultural heritage - implementing projects in the eTwinning platform together with peers and teachers from partner schools - organising of multi-generational meetings and talks in all partner schools (grandparents, parents, grandchildren, etc.) on various topics: cooperative cooking of randomly selected dishes from the partner country, common dance of the partner country, finding and presenting the five most important objects covered by the special UNESCO protection - placing photos in the eTwinning platform (historical places worth seeing in the partners' regions), - implementation of the pedagogical innovation "Let's salvage from oblivion" including physical education, geography, gastronomic technology and history (with the use of tandem method), incorporated in the schools' curriculums - teaching English with the use of CLIL method - comparing the results of the monthly analysis of the project course with its assumptions in the scope of set goals, - six-monthly evaluation of the project, - conducting evaluation of selected issues upon completion of activities (especially local activities in individual partner countries related to learning, teaching, training and projects implemented through the eTwinning platform). Due to the implementation of this project will benefit not only direct participants, but also students, school teachers as well as the socio-economic environment of partner schools. Gaining the competences of cherishing the European cultural heritage and implementing pedagogical innovation will be widely used after the end of the project as effective tools in protecting heritage, combating barriers, restrictions and prejudices or increasing social inclusion. The partner schools will become inspiration for other schools to establish such partnerships.
The project "Let's salvage from oblivion" was realised by 3 partner countries: Poland, Portugal and Bulgaria. Teachers from these countries met on the eTwinning platform and after many discussions came to the conclusion that they are facing similar problems: a decline in interest in the cultural heritage of their countries and Europe - school folk ensembles, traditional regional dishes, heritage sites are being forgotten. The partners conducted surveys at schools and began to write the application. The Polish school was the coordinator, and the partner countries supported it in selected areas. At the application stage, the project was supposed to involve 46 students and 9 teachers from the partner countries, but the plan written in the application was changed with regard to mobility to Cyprus, because before the signing of the grant agreement, the partner from Cyprus resigned. The partners decided to change the mobility from Cyprus to Portugal. This change did not disturb the achievement of the project results, all the activities carried out were as planned in the grant application. Due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the project duration was extended by another 12 months (from 24 to 36 months). The following objectives were achieved: - fostering respect for the cultural heritage of one's own region and appreciation of the value of European cultural heritage - developing citizenship and a sense of European identity based on common values, history and culture - promoting folklore and cultivating old traditions and folk crafts - recreating culinary traditions of EU countries - learning the folk dances of EU countries - learning about cultural heritage sites protected by UNESCO through trips (some virtual) to partner countries - supporting the recognition of European linguistic diversity and raising awareness of the importance of language learning - supporting the acquisition of competence skills in innovative approaches to language learning (CLIL and tandem method) and digital competence - enhancing gastronomic competences, - supporting students in enriching their skills regardless of their abilities and wishes. The main result of the project is the pedagogical innovation "Let's salvage from oblivion" implemented by the partner countries. Each part was included in the curriculum of: physical education, catering and nutrition technology, geography and history teaching. The CLIL method has been implemented. As part of achieving the above mentioned goals and their evaluation, the following activities were carried out: - a series of meetings with interesting people in their regions was organised by partners in order to cultivate and recreate culinary traditions, to collect recipes and place them in a book "Regional Tastes" - pupil exchanges were organised to Portugal (virtual mobility took place in Bulgaria and Poland due to the COVID-19 pandemic) to acquire key skills and competences: learning foreign languages in a multilingual school environment - short training programmes for teachers to develop a curriculum on European cultural heritage - an eTwinning project with peers and teachers from partner schools - multi-generational meetings (grandparents, parents, grandchildren, etc.) were organised in schools on various themes: cooking a dish drawn together from the partner country, dancing a dance together from the partner country, finding and presenting the five most important UNESCO protected sites - photos were uploaded to the eTwinning platform depicting historical sites worth seeing in their respective regions - a pedagogical innovation "Let's Salvage from Oblivion" was implemented in all partner schools. It consists in including in the curricula for Physical Education, Geography, Nutrition and Catering technology and History individual parts of the curriculum developed by the partners, as well as teaching English using the CLIL method - the results of periodic analysis of the project were compared with its objectives - project evaluation was conducted - evaluation of selected issues upon completion of activities (especially local activities in partner countries, related to learning, teaching, training). The project benefited not only the direct participants, but also other students and teachers of the schools, as well as the socio-economic environment of the partner schools. Through the attitudes of the young people educated in our schools, the model of developing competences for the respect and preservation of heritage and the implementation of the pedagogical innovation are widely used as effective tools in the protection of cultural heritage, in the fight against barriers, restrictions, prejudices and in building a culture of inclusion.