The future of our students and those in Europe is increasingly becoming associated with fear and insecurity, in a society marked by selfishness, misunderstanding and intolerance. Responsibility is passed on and the students/ children feel overwhelmed and left alone with their concerns about their future. This makes it all the more important for students to develop an awareness that they are not alone with their concerns and that there are many people who feel similar. Our project "Dream a little dream" aims to show young people ways to get out of this lethargy. Every student has a voice and needs to learn to use it and use it wisely. Together we can make a big difference and be strong. We just have to reach out to people, exchange ideas, listen and understand each other views. Our partner schools from France, Portugal and Spain will together with us work on a theatre play that shows the student how strong they can be together. With eight students and at least two teachers that are actively involved from each school, we will produce a theatre play. This will require creativity, discipline and personal responsibility and an interest in exchanging ideas. The play will begin with each country independently depicting a scene in which a youngster is heavily influenced (also by the media).The student will listen or watch the news and start to ask questions about his future. The fear of the future is at the forefront. The respective students come together in their dreams and find support and solutions in the community that reduce their Insecurities. All fears are ejected from the Stage and the future prospects are put into focus and highlighted. The youngsters will presente, that the fear of unemployment, loneliness, illness or pollution can be melted. They have their own voice, their right to vote and their say. It's them who can decide and regulate, how the world evolves. Our working Language will be English and there will be five meetings between the partners involved. In the mean time, each school will prepare individually, but with constant interchange with each other (eTwinning), covering the individual work phases. At the beginning of the joint work is a localization of the ist-state in the sense of "What scares me?" and "What will burden me for the future?". The first meeting of teachers at the coordination school in Rheinberg prepares this registration and plans the closer organizational course of the project, which has a term of two years. The first interim will be about the development of the introductory scenes, which should be prepared by each national group of students. The second meeting with all project participants will take place in Móra la Nova, Spain. There, the input sequences are listed, compared and set the impulses for further work. Parallel to the common exchange about eTwinning, social media and the direct encounter, the main part of the production, the joint meetings of young people of different origins in a dream, develops conceptually. This is flanked by encounters in Almada, Portugal and Bordeaux, France. There, the end part of the play is then developed and rehearsed. Concluding with a grand performance which will be scheduled in front of an audience this will strengthen and motivate students in their social responsibility and democratic awareness. The entire project will be continuously documented by video and photo, so that all stages of the project are transparent. The evaluation of the project is based on interviews and research at the beginning of the project, and then compared to the experience gained at the end of the project, these will also be documented. The project promises a stronger implementation of the European idea into school life, because the cross-border experiences of those involved in the school community are regularly shared. It should become clear to all those included and also to the spectators how important it is to get involved in order to help shape life itself. It is also intended that the participants continue to maintain contact and the teachers to exchange professionally. In school life, the project could generate ideas for elements of participation and social responsibility (eg in the student representation or peer group education). In the area of the public, the project shines, if it leads to the establishment or maintenance of cooperations (eg by supporting scenic games at neighboring elementary schools or by the inclusion of the extra-curricular learning place "theater").
The future perspective of our students and those in Europe is just as much associated with fear and uncertainty as in other European countries. The society is marked by selfishness and incomprehension. Responsibility is passed on and the children feel overwhelmed and left alone with their future. The corona pandemic has also caused a great deal of uncertainty, especially among teenagers. All these experiences do not make it easy for young people in Europe to look into the future without being scared. This makes it all the more important that the students develop an awareness that they are not alone with their worries and that there are many people who feel similarly and that they are respected and valued for their consideration and actions. Our project "Dream a little dream" is intended to show young people ways to get out of lethargy. Everyone has a voice and should learn to use it and use it sensibly. Together you can make a big difference and be strong. You just have to get in touch with people, exchange ideas and empathise with each other. Our partner schools from Portugal and Spain worked together with us, the project team of the Europaschule Rheinberg, on a performance that showed the students how strong they are together. We designed a play with 10 directly involved students and usually two accompanying teachers from each school. This required creativity, interest in exchange, discipline, personal responsibility and resilience. At the beginning, scenes about fears were developed. In the second part of the performance, the pupils showed their proposed solutions. They proved that they are reliable citizens who see democracy as the basis of their actions. They protested, shouted their opinions to the crowd and called on the audience to actively participate in political events in Europe so that something changes and the fears do not escalate into frustration and violence. Thereby it was fundamental that the young people themselves incorporate their ideas into the performance and recognize that the solutions apply not only to their home country, but also to the other countries of Europe. Only together transboundary you can make a difference, was the perception. Our working language was English that was used in three meetings of the involved partners and a virtual workshop as well as the communication between the AUL. In the meantime between the mobilities , the individual school groups prepared themselves individually, but in constant intensive exchange with each other (eTwinning), for the individual work phases. The first meeting of the teachers at the coordination school in Rheinberg planned the closer organizational course of the two-year project. The second meeting with all project participants took place virtually due to the corona pandemic. Via the Zoom platform, the partner students get to know each other and found common ground. Parallel to the joint exchange via eTwinning, social media and direct encounters, the parts of the production developed conceptually. These were flanked by our meeting in Almada, Portugal in February 2022. In March, all participants met in Rheinberg, Germany. There, the final part of the piece was developed and rehearsed. At the end, there was a large final performance for the public, which strengthened and motivated the students in their assumption of social responsibility and their democratic consciousness. Photo and video documentation made work accessible everywhere, for example on the school web pages. The evaluation of the project is based on surveys and research work at the beginning of the project. In the end, these were compared with the experiences made during the project work; also this development of one's own values and attitudes was included in the documentation. The project promises a stronger implementation of the European idea in school life, because the cross-border experiences of the participants in the school public were regularly shared. To all participants and also to the public it was illustrated how important it is to get involved in order to help shape life itself. Beyond the project it appeared that the participants continued to maintain contact and that the teachers exchanged professional information. In school life, the project was able to give ideas for elements of participation and the assumption of social responsibility (e.g. in the student council). The method of improvisational theatre and scenic representation was also to be disseminated. All in all it gave all participants the opportunity to implement the theme of future orientation in Europe very close and haptic, virtual to develop the personal European dream.