CONTEXT We are 6 schools from different European countries. We each have our own peculiarities, but also similar issues to face, such as finding new strategies to improve motivation and ability in reading. OBJECTIVES We aim to improve reading levels across the school, and develop a love of reading, by engaging pupils in reading for pleasure. At present our results tend to show that many students are reluctant to read for pure pleasure and our statistics show that this is an area in which all we partners’ schools need to improve. The main objectives of the project "Tell me More", according to the horizontal priority we have chosen are in the macro areas of: A) BASIC SKILLS AND KEY COMPETENCES B) TEACHERS' DEVELOPMENT C) SOCIAL INCLUSION D) CULTURE (for objectives’ list, see “Project description”) PARTICIPANTS The project will involve students from 6 to 14 and teachers of different subjects: around 800 pupils and 50 teachers from the 6 partner schools will participate in the project. An important support will be provided by the families of the students. Collaborations with experts, non-profit associations, local libraries will be promoted; the local press will be fundamental for the dissemination of the results achieved and, therefore, will be sent articles for publishing in the local newspapers. The language of the partnership will be English, used in all communications. METHODOLOGIES Storytelling, Animated Lectures, Learning by doing, Mastery Learning, Cooperative learning, Use of Internet, Team teaching, Strategic-Motivational approach, Maps. ACTIVITIES The following activities will allow pupils and teachers to achieve the project's objectives: (along the 2 years of the project) “Videoconferences” on selected topics related to reading.(OBJECTIVES: A1-A2-D1-D2) Postcards exchange: “Greetings” for Christmas and Easter.(OBJECTIVES: A1-A2-D1-D2) Competition to design the project logo (OBJECTIVES: A6-D2). The “Erasmus Corner”; the “Erasmus+ Book Club”. (OBJECTIVES: B2-A4) A digital locality books for exchange. (OBJECTIVES: A1-A2-D2-D3) Celebrate the European Language Day, Erasmus Day, Europe Day, World Book Day along the 2 years of the project.(OBJECTIVES: A1-A2-A5-B3-D2) Discussion on the activities. Exchange of pupils works. Workshops for teachers (methodologies and teaching techniques) Teamwork to focus what teachers have learned and to produce the “Rubrics for Assessment” (along the two years of the project). (OBJECTIVES: B1-B2-B3-B4-B5-B6) “Drama Club”: reading a book, write a screenplay and perform. (OBJECTIVES: A1-A2-A6-C1-C3) Visits to local libraries for storytelling activities. Motivational posters (mother tongue and English) encouraging others to use the library. (OBJECTIVES: A1-A2-A5-A6-C1-D2) - “One book-one movie”. (OBJECTIVES: A1-A6-B2-B5-C1-C3) - Motivational sentences by famous authors to display around the school - The “One Pagers” in mother tongue and English (displayed in the Erasmus Corner, in the school Libraries. in the local libraries. (OBJECTIVES: A1-A2-A3-A6-C2) -The “Silent Book” methodology (OBJECTIVES: A1-A2-A3-B1-B2-B5) -“Beyond the words”: a book of “emoji” (OBJECTIVES: A1-A6-B2-C1-C3) -Create “A board game from a book”. (OBJECTIVES: A1-A2-A6-C1-C3-C4) IMPACT The project will have an impact on literacy skills in mother tongue as the main focus will be on reading. Pupils and staff will gain an overview of children's literature and this will give children the opportunity to put their ideas into practice and to solve problems and evaluate ideas. Pupils will actively be involved in the planning and the development of the project in both years: they will learn to work collaboratively with their peers and new friends in partner countries. By reading stories and books they can learn to understand themselves and their feelings , the world and their role in it. Students will develop their research skills and their ability to present information in a different and creative way, integrating learning in literacy, ICT, art, music and design. RESULTS Through participating in this project and raising standards in literacy, long term benefits will provide evidence that by taking part in a variety of ways, the results will show a positive impact on teaching and learning of literacy for all pupils. Community links with parents, grandparents, libraries, associations, volunteers will all have been strengthened as a result of this project which will give the school a higher profile within the community. Staff and pupils will have gained skills and confidence to be able to work with others across Europe and the EEA in an enjoyable way developing their global dimension. Mobility visits will take place each half term, where monitoring, evaluating, and exchange of work will take place. Staff will experience different education systems to improve their own continuous professional development and share best practice with specific links to raising their own pupils levels of reading.
CONTEXT In 2020 2 schools from Denmark and United Kingdom left the project. The two schools from Denmark and UK participated to LTTA in Portugal and Turkey. At the end we were 4 countries left in the project: Italy, Poland, Portugal and Turkey. The pandemic has affected many activities that we have not been able to carry out due to social distancing or closure and we need to re-organize some activities, but the managed to reach the following objectives that we put in the application form. OBJECTIVES - BASIC SKILLS AND KEY COMPETENCES To improve communication in mother tongue and linguistic and expressive competences To motivate students to approach subjects such as foreign languages and mother tongue To improve foreign language skills for teachers and pupils To develop skills like teamwork, resilience, mental agility, problem solving and communicative To acquire tools of knowledge and reading of the contemporary world with particular reference to the European Community To learn through a variety of different styles - TEACHERS' DEVELOPMENT To work through a variety of learning styles To promote the exchange of ideas, sharing best practices in the systems of education and training of partners’ countries To implement changes, modernization and internationalization of partners’ schools To increase motivation and satisfaction in daily work To offer the teaching staff the opportunity to exchange experiences and information with teachers from partners’ schools, to elaborate together methods and strategies responding to each other’s training needs To expand the potential of social networks for teaching, sharing and learning - SOCIAL INCLUSION To experiment diversified methodologies and manifold communicative channels to make knowledge accessible to everybody To create alternative educational approaches ACTIVITIES “Videoconferences” on selected topics: books, Europe facts Postcards exchange: “Greetings” for Christmas Competition to design the project logo The “Erasmus Corner” The “Erasmus+ Book Club. A digital locality books for exchange. Celebrate the European Language Day, Erasmus Day, Europe Day, World Book Day along the 2 years of the project. Exchange of pupils works. Workshops for teachers during LTTA's: different methodologies and teaching techniques related to reading, literacy, motivation to read, "Multisensorial approach to children with special needs", "Developing reading skills for blind pupils. The braille alphabet" “Drama Club”: reading a book, write a screenplay and perform. Recording and share the performances. Visits to local libraries for storytelling activities. Motivational posters (mother tongue and English) encouraging others to use the library. - “One book-one movie”. - Motivational sentences by famous authors to display around the school - The “One Pagers” in mother tongue and English (displayed in the Erasmus Corner, in the school Libraries) -The “Silent Book” methodology -“Beyond the words”: a book of “emoji” IMPACT The project had an impact on literacy skills in mother tongue as the main focus was on reading. Pupils and staff got an overview of children's literature and this gave children the opportunity to put their ideas into practice and to solve problems and evaluate ideas. Pupils have been involved in the planning and the development of the project : they worked collaboratively with their peers and new friends in partner countries. By reading stories and books they have learned to understand themselves and their feelings , the world and their role in it. Students developed their research skills and their ability to present information in a different and creative way, integrating learning in literacy, ICT, art, music and design. RESULTS Pupils showed a more confident attitude for reading. They improved their results in National tests (such as INVALSI, in Italy) in literacy and mother tongue reading Community links with parents, grandparents, libraries, associations, have been strengthened as a result of this project and the school gained a higher profile within the community. Staff have gained skills and confidence to be able to work with others across Europe and the EEA in an enjoyable way developing their global dimension. During LTTA teachers have experienced different education systems to improve their own continuous professional development and share best practice with specific links to raising their own pupils levels of reading.