THEATRE is in the main focus of this project trusting in its capacity to improve our students’ self-confidence and self-esteem.According to conclusions of OECD analysis about basic skills, current articles of the practitioners and the swot analysis of the chosen partners’ observation on their students, lack of their basic skills and self-confidence affect students mainly in means of success both in education and life. Therefore, we framed this project on boosting basic skills, sense of initiative and entrepreneurship, responsiveness to actual social, linguistic and cultural diversity; improved levels of skills for employability according to defined important priorities of EU Erasmus+ programs. To overpass the weakness of basic skills, we have decided to develop our students’ communicative skills, self-confidence and provide them valuable opportunities to international interaction, participation in multiple educational events and self-expression. Since theatre is an important part of cultural life that presumes many features of art, we aimed to force basic skills go further through the effectiveness of this project. The participants will improve their artistic skills by acting in the educational theatre plays as well as their literacy and writing skills by writing their scripts. In addition, they will also develop their ICT skills by recording and editing. Using English both in writing scripts and performing they will have the chance to improve their language skills. The scripts will entirely be written by the students and these plays will be recorded and disseminated to other schools in the community, to local authorities, to the Directorate of National Education and be shared on EST database. Our main aim is to provide a specific activity for every single student of our school and peer environment apart from ordinary daily school timetable. This project has been designed through negotiation and as an agreement of all partners. The partners are from PL,RO,IT,TR and GR. These partners are chosen among various organizations from different countries from Europe by the overall coordinator as they proved to be the most convenient partners for the project special topic. As partners RO, TR and PL are not so experienced in EU projects and they will qualify because they have more students with special education needs challenges but partner IT is experienced enough also GR has a Erasmus+ experience in EU projects and will provide benefits and conciliation to the other partners regarding their achievement to boost basic skills and self-confidence. OBJECTIVES To: 1.improve our students’ basic skills, self-confidence and self-esteem 2.improve pupils’ social skills and sense of initiative and entrepreneurship 3.practise and perform sketches and two educational plays on the stage 4.boost enthusiasm for theatre among students of all ages 5.encourage the learning of modern foreign languages and ICT skills 6.improve pupils’ international interaction and collaboration, participation in a variety of events, self-expression and social skills 7. support students` school development and their social inclusion. NUMBER AND PROFILE OF THE PARTICIPANTS Students/teenagers: There will be teams of 30 students of 12 to 14 age in each partner organization so 180 in total will take part collaboratively and actively in project activities. We will appreciate that approximately 1200 students/teenagers will indirectly be involved. Teachers/Adults: There will be teams of 5 teachers in every partner organization so 30 in total will coordinate actively the project activities. There will be a teacher of English, a Drama teacher,a psychologist, a psychological counselor, an ICT teacher, and a PE teacher. Approximately 150 teachers will indirectly be involved. Administrative staff: The headteacher and a deputy head and the head of educational department will take part in the project in each organization to supervise all stages and manage organizational stuff. Approximately 36 administrative staff will indirectly be involved. RESULTS AND IMPACTS Throughout this project the very six partners intend to gain both short-term and long-term tangible and reliable results and to achieve the highest possible impact of implementing the projects goals so that students will be able to overcome lack of self-esteem, while setting up the whole frame of the project. There will be designed a website in order to provide continuous access to the general information of the project activities, products made and tangible results, writing newspaper reports and creating on-site panels or leaflets to inform both the target subjects and non-specialist audience about the project’s background and its main results, arranging a multiplier event, increase communication among partners, developing cognitive skills of at risk students, cultivating effective collaboration techniques between students, trainers, educators, and community organizations so as to amplify our impact.
The most important element of the project was the theater. Thanks to the project, it became a driving force for students to expand the range of aesthetic experiences, stimulate the mind to constantly search for references, interpretations, develop abstract thinking, and above all, improve self-confidence and self-esteem. Students acquired the basic skills of a sense of initiative and entrepreneurship, reacting to social, linguistic and cultural diversity. They took part in many educational events, acquiring the ability to express themselves. The participants improved their artistic skills by performing in educational theatrical performances, as well as the ability to read and write scripts. In addition, they developed their ICT skills through recording and editing. Using the English language both in scripting and during performances, they had the chance to improve their language skills. The scripts were entirely written by students and the plays were recorded and distributed to other schools, local authorities and made available on the EST database. Our main goal was to provide a specific activity for each student of our school and peer environment, beyond the usual daily school schedule. The project was implemented through negotiations and agreement of all partners from Poland, Romania, Italy and Turkey. The goals of the project were achieved: 1. improve our students' basic self-confidence and self-esteem skills 2. improvement of students' social skills and a sense of initiative and entrepreneurship 3. practicing and performing sketches and two educational plays on stage 4. stimulating enthusiasm for theater among students of all ages 5. encourage learning modern foreign languages and ICT skills 6. improvement of international interaction and cooperation of students, participation in various workshops on self-expression and social skills training 7. supporting schools and students in their development. In the project, all partners achieved both short-term and long-term tangible and reliable results included in the project objectives. The website has been designed to ensure constant access to general information about project activities, performed tasks and results. Press articles were written and information leaflets (covering both target and non-specialist topics) were created. Events promoting the project were organized. There were many trainings and meetings between the partners on the development of students' cognitive skills, cultivation of effective techniques of cooperation between students, trainers, educators and social organizations.