“ We care about our planet “ units six schools from Turkey as a coordinator, Greece, Poland, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Romania ( who have worked on a Twinning Project together and now whose aim is to give their school a European dimension ) strengthening the profile of teaching profession by collabarating in promoting cultural exchange and environmental values of the participating countries. Our project aims to make students deal respectfully and in a responsible way with their environment and its problems with regard to care about the planet they live on through exchanging information with their European partner schools. Our target group consists of about 1,500 students , 3000 parents and 70 teachers from the participating organizations. We all live on the same planet, and we all share the same natural resources. A clean environment is very necessary to live a peaceful and healthy life. But our environment is getting dirty day by day, thousands of species of animals and plants are disappearing because of some negligence of human beings. All we need is to how to take care of our planet . The aims of the partnership are as follows: Awakening an environmental awareness in students at the early age, in local and European communities; making students deal respectfully and in a responsible way with environment activities related to its preservation and protection developing close and purposeful links between the staffs of the project schools leading to opportunities for effective professional development, curriculum enrichment in all partner schools, and the promotion of good teaching methods, in pedagogical approaches and school management Creating a European understanding of environmental problems and the value of the preservation of nature among students, teachers and parents with the activities in and out of the school and other people with LTT Project meeting activities. promoting our students' and community’s creativity,responsibility and innovation for a sustainable future The objectives will be achieved through a methodology based on activities for a better environment: Through the exchange and comparison of educational activities among the schools, all the planned activities will be included in the curriculum related to the school subjects such as : Science, Math , Art, Music, Physical Education,ICT, Language etc. Celebrating two festivals involving local community,parents ,teachers and students *Earth Day in April 2019 (organising Happenings against pollution for the residents of settlement, then for the whole city); *Clean up the World in September 2019(collecting rubbish) Planting trees, writing ECO codes towards 2020, Learning by doing will be the cornerstones of our methodology;Preparing and writing leaflets, diary book , guide book, lapbooks, artworks,memory card game, common E-story book etc. Exploring and observing other countries environments by visiting, communicating through media and studying on Internet Caring the animals and plants to raise awareness to environment Through slogan, poster ,photo competitions By recycling different materials, decorations ( using bottles, paper, old clothes to make new ones) , using the reusable items to create masterpieces,composting Motivating the students involved the project to make them self- confident, responsible, self- assured in their ability to use their skills and competences for their personal development and socialisation Trip to local recycling centre/ natural habitat/farm Cultural Exchange through LTT Project meeting activities held at the organization/Schools, mascot travel diary IMPACT Students will; increase their respect for their environment and they will learn the culture of the participating countries improve their English and reinforce their knowledge of different subjects create awareness of today’s environmental problems and the necessity to find solutions when they become responsible citizens in the near future learn to take responsibilities, interact, interpret and reach conclusions through group work, discussions and debates develop their creativity,responsibility and innovation for a sustainable future Teachers will; include European dimension in their teaching and adopt cooperative teaching. gain more knowledge of participating countries and improve their professional development exchange numerous methods of teaching and information about a number of educational systems. Schools and communities will; gain maximum benefit from the partnership. exchange good practises, take advantage of different skills that each partners brings into the project with multinational activities and to develop a more integrated curriculum, extend ICT skills and to foster reflective practices transfer best practices of primary school approaches. expand the horizons of their students and teachers, allowing them to value themselves as citizens of their own country and also of Europe. Let's build a better planet together!
"We care about our planet" with six partners , we worked together and aimed our school a European dimension by strengthening the profile of teaching profession by collabarating in promoting cultural exchange and environmental values of the participating countries. Our project based on protecting our environment and taking part in activities related to its protection to leave a cleaner world to a future generation. Teaching our children and helping them to start early to care for the environment was the most important contribution we can make toward preserving our planet. We encouraged students to become aware of their responsibilities, improving their creativity and innovation skills with regard to care about the planet they live on through exchanging information with their European partner schools. Project activities such as recycling,production of crafts ,objects using recycled materials, composting waste, planting, searching of images and information about environmental issues , promoting field research, endangered animals,endemic plants,organizing educational field trips,posters,slogans, games,songs, social events etc stimulated students’ environmental curiosity and creativity and helped them build a sound knowledge of nature and environmental values, enhanced the quality of students education, , and increased their sensitivity awareness to the environment. Our Aims were : Awakening an environmental awareness in students at the early age, in local and European communities; making students deal respectfully and in a responsible way with environment activities related to its preservation and protection developing close and purposeful links between the staffs of the project schools leading to opportunities for effective professional development, curriculum enrichment in all partner schools, and the promotion of good teaching methods, in pedagogical approaches and school management Creating a European understanding of environmental problems and the value of the preservation of nature among students, teachers and parents with the activities in and out of the school and other people with LTT Project meeting activities. promoting our students' and community’s creativity,responsibility and innovation for a sustainable future The objectives were achieved through a methodology based on activities for a better environment: Through the exchange and comparison of educational activities among the schools, all the planned activities will be included in the curriculum related to the school subjects such as : Science, Math , Art, Music, Physical Education,ICT, Language etc. Celebrating two festivals involving local community,parents ,teachers and students *Earth Day in April 2019 *Clean up the World in September 2019 (collecting rubbish) Planting trees, writing ECO codes towards 2020, Learning by doing; Preparing and writing leaflets, diary book , guide book, lapbooks, artworks,memory card game, common E-story book etc. Exploring and observing other countries environments by visiting, communicating through media and studying on Internet Caring the animals and plants to raise awareness to environment through slogan, poster ,photo competitions By recycling different materials, decorations ( using bottles, paper, old clothes to make new ones) , using the reusable items to create masterpieces,composting Motivating the students involved the project to make them self- confident, responsible, self- assured in their ability to use their skills and competences for their personal development and socialisation Trip to local recycling centre/ natural habitat/farm Cultural Exchange through LTT Project meeting activities held at the organization/Schools, mascot travel diary. We did our last two LTT activities online because of the Covid 19 pandemi. IMPACT Students increased their respect for their environment and they will learn the culture of the partner countries improved their English created awareness of today’s environmental problems learnt to take responsibilities, interact, interpret and reach conclusions through group work, discussions and debates developed their creativity,responsibility and innovation for a sustainable future Teachers ; developed European dimension in their teaching and adopt cooperative teaching. gained more knowledge of partner countries and improve their professional development exchanged numerous methods of teaching and information about a number of educational systems. Schools and communities gained maximum benefit from the partnership. exchanged good practises, take advantage of different skills that each partners brings into the project with multinational activities and to develop a more integrated curriculum, extend ICT skills and to foster reflective practices transfered best practices of primary school approaches. We believe that we have built a better planet together!