Primary School Jana Pawła II in Kleosin together with the partner schools: Ivan Cankar Primary School, I.C. Pacifici Sezze-Bassiano and IES Cantely, are planning a joint 23-month school cooperation project. The CLASSIC AGAIN project has goals common for all the partners: improving communication skills in English among students and teachers, developing reading skills (reading comprehension and the reception of culture texts), increasing students' motivation to learn, improving the quality of school work - the European dimension of the school, attitude of tolerance and openness towards other nations, understanding of social, linguistic and cultural diversity; gaining knowledge in the field of history, culture, literature and customs of the partner countries; improving teamwork skills and increasing social activity, implementing innovative activating teaching methods for educational activities of partner institutions (drama, visual and art techniques, ICT tools); enriching the offer of extracurricular activities, including eTwinning classes. The idea behind the project is a creative approach to teaching language and reading competences using the methods of drama and ICT. The participants of the project (aged 11-15) will choose a literary work whose reading will contribute to the development of their cultural identity. Then, through various forms of expression (music, dance, drama) and ICT, they will develop a new approach to it. Students will create a scenario, develop scenography, music, and acting. The finale will be to organize a spectacle to which the local community will be invited. With the use of new technologies, promotional posters, a film, a photo gallery and a blog of the project: CLASSIC AGAIN will be created. During the exchange of young people (96 students in total) we will creatively and effectively spend time at workshops: from creative writing in Croatia, through drama in Italy, language in Poland and ICT workshops in Spain.The aim of youth exchange will be to improve communication skills in English, learn new skills from each other and get to know the culture of the partner countries. We will use the eTwinnig platform to cooperate and implement the project. We want to show that schools can learn in an interdisciplinary and creative way. We are a part of the European culture and it is worth to get to know other classical works that make up our common heritage. With the changing world in mind, the goal of the school is to create conditions for the student to acquire competences that will enable them to function smoothly and prepare them to meet the requirements of the modern job market. Communication in mother tongue (spoken and written), foreign languages and learning skills, cultural awareness and expression are the competences emphasized by the European Council and the European Parliament, necessary for functioning in a knowledge-based society. To improve the quality of teaching and learning of communication in English, language workshops are planned at each partner school; to develop the ability to communicate in the native language and to improve reading comprehension skills, text editing - creative writing workshops will be organized. Reading is an important element of civilization as well as the most important competence in today's information society. However, the literacy level of many young people is not high enough. Reading is associated with something boring and unnecessary. Computer games, social media and television still win with the book. That is why our project will use modern and effective methods and forms to develop reading interests, which also include the use of modern media. Drama workshops have been planned, important in shaping the individual skills of students. The program, developed with partner schools, is to strengthen learners' language and reading competences, motivate them to learn and contribute to their further self-development. Our offer is addressed to those students who have problems with learning or who are in a difficult family situation. The activities take into account the needs of schools and are used to improve the quality of education and the development of the students' competences. The finale of the school's cooperation within the framework of the project will be the presentation of a work belonging to the classics of the literature of a given nation in a creative way using modern technology in the national language and in English. The exchange of experience between teachers from partner schools will allow to recognize the need for change in the existing learning style and strenghten the teachers' status.Teachers will gain additional skills necessary to work with students in the area of shaping key competences of students and the use of innovative methods and forms of work. As a part of the project, scenarios / lesson plans using new methods and work tools will be developed and will be placed on the school website.
Primary School Jana Pawła II in Kleosin together with the partner schools: Ivan Cankar Primary School, I.C. Pacifici Sezze-Bassiano and IES Cantely, have completed a joint 35-month school cooperation project (oryginally the project was planned for 23 months but it was extended because of pandemics). The goals of The CLASSIC AGAIN project have been reached i. e. improving students and teachers' English communication skills, developing reading skills (reading comprehension, the reception of culture texts), creative writing). Project activities have increased students' motivation to learn and the quality of school work has improved. The mobilities helped to build the attitude of tolerance and openness towards other nations, religions and understanding cultural diversities. Travelling abroad and hosting people from other countries gave the students a unique opportunity to practise their English skills and to gain knowledge of the history, culture, literature and customs of the partner countries.International project activities improved students' soft skills and teamwork skills. Sudents' social activity has increased. The partner schools increased implementing innovative activating teaching methods (drama, visual and art techniques, ICT tools). The schools enriched the offer of extracurricular activities, such as creative writing classes, English Language Communication classes, drama classes and ICT classes. During the project the eTwinning platform was used. The idea behind the project was a creative approach to teaching language,reading competences using the methods of drama and ICT. The participants of the project chose a literary work and through various forms of expression (music, dance, drama) and ICT, they developed a new approach to it. They created modern scenarios, radio recordings, videos and time-lapse photos. During the final project meeting, the students and teachers from the partner countries, together with the local authorities, parents and teachers from other schools, had a chance to watch the presentations about the project activities and the final spectacle ( "Some memories from Soplicowo" - "Wspomnienia z Soplicowa", a video recorded with the use of the 'green screen' technology - by Polish students, extracts from 'Don Juan Tenorio' - Spain,'Hlapic' - an audio from Croatia and 'Divine Comedy' - Italy - online).With the use of new technologies, promotional posters, a film, a photo gallery and a blog of the project: CLASSIC AGAIN were created. During mobilities (84 students in total) students took part in the creative writing workshops in Croatia, online drama workshops - Italy, ICT workshops in Spain and English Language Communication workshops in Poland. The aim of youth exchange was to improve communication skills in English, learn new skills from each other and get to know the culture of the partner countries. We have proved that schools can learn in an interdisciplinary and creative way. We also learnt about literary works of art from the partner countries which are part of our common European heritage. Communication in mother tongue (spoken and written), foreign languages and learning skills, cultural awareness and expression are the competences emphasized by the European Council and the European Parliament, necessary for functioning in a knowledge-based society and the participants of the CLASSIC AGAIN project have become aware of that. The project was based on modern and effective methods and forms to develop reading interests. Drama workshops which were held online sensitised students and let them open to emotions but also showed the strength of teamwork and the possibilities brought by new technologies. The project, developed with partner schools, has enhanced the learners' language and reading competences, has motivated them to learn and contributed to their further self-development. The project was also addressed to those students who had problems with learning or who were in a difficult family situation, and it was them who benefited the most and spread their wings. Taking part in the project has strengthened their self-esteem and motivated them to study.The activities took into account the needs of schools and were planned to improve the quality of education and the development of the students' competences.The finale of the school's cooperation within the framework of the project was the presentation of a work belonging to the classics of the literature of a given nation in a creative way using modern technology in the national language and in English. The exchange of experience between teachers from partner schools resulted in the change of the existing learning styles and strenghtened the teachers' status.The teachers gained additional skills necessary to work with students in the area of shaping students' key competences and the use of innovative methods and forms of work. As a part of the project, scenarios /lesson plans using new methods and work tools were developed and have been displayed on the school website and the result dissemination platform.