The project, entitled "At the Crossroads: Renewable Energy and Trails of History", is scheduled to run for two years. He hired the Collège de Bourbon in Saint-Denis de la Réunion and the IES Eras in Renueva, Spain. Eleven eighth graders from the Collège de Bourbon accompanied by two of their teachers will travel to Leon during the 2019-2020 school year for a period not exceeding two weeks as part of this school exchange. This is the "one-way" trip. Eleven third graders from the IES Eras de Renueva accompanied by two of their teachers will travel to Saint-Denis de La Réunion during the 2020-2021 school year for a period not exceeding two weeks as part of this school exchange. This is the "return" trip. Our objective is to teach foreign languages by combining non-linguistic subjects, for example mathematics. This is an open and innovative practice. We wish to enhance the respective local heritage with a common entry point: roads. Indeed, the city of Leon is at the crossroads of multiple paths that have been migration routes. Reunion Island is also crossed by a multitude of paths crossing the entire island that allow you to understand it. Reunion Island is also, by its history, on a maritime migration route. The discovery of local heritage resources will raise the question of how these same resources will be passed on to future generations. Having addressed the issue of climate change this year, we want to raise awareness of the need for an energy transition for the future of our planet and our respective regions. Each group will prepare a short presentation on its own current climate, in its own region, to be presented during the visit to the other centre. We will use eTwinning to carry out virtual exchanges beforehand, before face-to-face exchanges. During this remote work using digital tools, we will study and enhance the cultural imprint of population movements throughout history. We will compare different energy production technologies in different natural environments. We will highlight the importance of mastering different languages in cultural, scientific and technological exchange. At the end of this work, we hope that our students and their families will become aware of the need for a sustainable civic commitment to limit the foreseeable rise in temperatures and thus protect our common living space, The Earth. For the first time, students will often find themselves at a great distance from their homes. This will be a step towards autonomy for them. During school exchanges, educational outings highlighting local heritage will be scheduled, visits to energy production and recycling companies or part of a sustainable development project may be scheduled. The cooperation of all, parents, students, teachers and institutions will be necessary to introduce guests to the cultural and environmental riches of each region and their particularities. The students will be welcomed by the families. At the end of this exchange, we expect a significant improvement in the level of foreign language skills of our students. We hope that lasting links will be established between the different people involved in this project, students, families and staff.
The project, entitled "At the Crossroads: Renewable Energy and the Paths of History" took place over a period of three years. It involved the Collège de Bourbon in Saint-Denis de la Réunion and the IES Eras de Renueva in Spain. Fourteen pupils from Collège de Bourbon accompanied by three of their teachers went to Leon in Spain during the 2019-2020 school year for a two-week period as part of this school exchange. This is the "outward" trip. Fourteen students from the IES Eras de Renueva accompanied by two of their teachers went to Saint-Denis de La Réunion during the 2021-2022 school year for a fortnight as part of this school exchange. Our objective was to teach foreign languages by combining non-language subjects, such as mathematics, history, life and science studies or documentation. This constitutes an open and innovative practice. We wanted to enhance the respective local heritages with a common entry point: roads. Indeed, the town of Leon is at the crossroads of many paths that were once migration routes. Reunion Island is also crossed by a multitude of paths that cross the whole island and allow us to understand it. Reunion Island is also, by its history, on a maritime migration route. The discovery of the local heritage wealth allowed the question of the transmission of this same wealth to future generations to be raised. Having addressed the issue of climate change in a previous eTwinning project, we wanted to raise awareness of the need for an energy transition for the future of our planet and our respective regions. Each group prepared a small presentation about their own current climate or trail in their own region and presented it during the visit to the other school. We used eTwinning to conduct virtual exchanges before the face-to-face exchanges. In this distance work using digital tools, we studied and valued the cultural footprint of population movements throughout history. We compared different energy production technologies across time. We underlined the importance of mastering different languages in cultural, scientific and technological exchange. At the end of this work, our pupils and their families became aware of the need for a sustainable civic commitment to limit the foreseeable rise in temperatures and thus protect our common living space, the Earth. The students were often away from home for the first time. This was a step towards independence for them. During the school exchanges, field trips were made to highlight the local heritage, visits to old energy production plants or other museums, to recycling companies or to companies involved in sustainable development projects. The cooperation of all, parents, pupils, teachers and schools was necessary to help the guests discover the cultural and environmental wealth of each region as well as their particularities. The Reunionese pupils were welcomed by the Spanish families. The Spanish pupils were accommodated at the Jacques Tessier centre, a structure used to receiving school groups. The Spanish pupils were hosted by Reunionese families during the day on two occasions. The Reunionese pupils hosted in Spain during the 2019-2020 school year were no longer enrolled at the Collège de Bourbon in 2021-2022. For the 2021-2022 school year, other students and families from the college who did not participate in the Bourbon trip to Spain took over. At the end of this exchange, we have seen a significant improvement in the foreign language skills of our pupils. Lasting links were established between the different people involved in this project, pupils, families and staff.