Four normal public schools from Romania, Portugal, Poland and Spain, that work with students with SEN and 2 special needs schools from Greece and UK that have in common interests in finding solutions to integrate them, and a number of students on the verge of abandoning school or who left school prematurely, decided to work as a team for a period of 2 years. We will exchange good practices and creative methods for students aged 12-19,to increase school attractiveness and interest in their own education and training. Each partner school shall adapt its currícula according to its priorities and specializations, especially in regard of inclusión and integration as means of approaching the topics of abandonment and skipping classes. Each partner school will promote informing students in terms of high risks misdemeanors, thus offering conditions to upgrade their civic consciousness, cultural and personal development. Fighting against addictions, segregation, vouching for the equal opportunities and rights for disables students, integration of the medically, social and economically challenged ones represent a major priority for our interschool exchange project. B.I.S. project addresses the needs of teachers and students in 6 educational institutions in the European Union, and aims to find a way to integrate efficiently the methods and ideas of non-formal education in everyday classes, in order to make them more accessible and more attractive to students.In "Building the inclusive and creative school for the future! " 59 teachers will attend training courses at institutions specialized in lifelong learning programmes focused to students who have learning difficulties, and 600 students from all partner institutions will be involved in common learning activities, virtual and face to face, using creative and non-formal methods . Objectives of this project are: to increase the interest in school and to achieve a school effectiveness of 30% more for students in the partner institutions, who risk abandoning school or who have difficulties in learning; to reach a 10 % drop in the rate of school abandonment during the 2 years of our project in all partner schools; to train a number of 48 teachers from all partner institutions regarding non-formal methods of teaching and learning for students with SEN or social problems, to integrate in our target group of 120 students with learning difficulties, coming from all partner institutions, in creative non-formal learning activities at the european lavel. To LTT activities will participate 5 students from every school. The 3 activities during 2 years of project will bring together 65 students from different social categories, having different problems who will work together for 6 days. Consequently, due to better use of the means and methods available during class, we expect the beneficiars students in our target group (100 from each educational institution, 600 in all) to become more interested in learning and have better results at national tests. The ultimate aim is to see a decrease in the number of students who abandon school and a lower number of absences from classes.Local activities who involve creative methods esspecially for students who have learning difficulties: creativity with the use of technologies on eTwinning B.I.S project, motivate learning by the use IT&C and open educational. Students create a kind of club and they become tour guides of the local community, with the support of local governments or institutions. Club to rethink methodology at schools: students organize and meet and they think ideas that can improve education and make it more creative, team games, giving the opportunity to some lower ability students to take part, Art creating posters linked with the hometown of each country.Drama activities, such as social stories with different roles, example to be someone else. Working together creating a social story and improving their language. Dance, working together students and teachers, learning 4 traditional dances, such as country dance. The impact of the project for the students in the target group: greater self-reliance, greater interest in school and learning, collaboration and fair-play, new communication skills, in the mother tongue and in English, improved IT&C competences, a new attitude towards school and their own future, raising awareness about the problems their peers face, increased involvement in volunteering and charity work. The final products of the project, the mini- guide and the data bank, will be made available to every person involved in the educational process in the institutions involved.All of us, teacher and students, have the opportunity that by means of the present project, to learn to efficiently integrate the methods and non-formal instruments to increase the appeal of the didactic process both for children risking school abandonment and also for children with various medical or social- economical problems.
For 3 years, 5 European schools worked as a team, with the aim of finding solutions to integrate children with SEN, as well as those who come from migrant families or are institutionalized. Together, 59 teachers and 600 students (120 with SEN), joined by parents and local partners, exchanged good practices and experimented with creative methods outside the curriculum to make lessons more attractive, in the desire to develop students’ creativity. The objectives of this project were: 1. To increase the interest in school and to achieve a school effectiveness of 30% more for students in the partner institutions, who risk abandoning school or who have difficulties in learning. 2. To reach a 10 % drop in the rate of school abandonment during the 3 years of our project in all partner schools. 3. to train a number of 48 teachers from all partner institutions regarding non-formal creative methods of teaching and learning for students with SEN or social problems. 4. To integrate in our target group 120 students with learning difficulties, coming from all partner institutions, in creative non-formal learning activities at the european level. Even if the pandemic changed our plans, with a lot of patience and perseverance, we found creative tools we could use in online learning that student interest in a number of real-life problems. Each partner school campaigned to combat school dropout and early school leaving, through specific integration activities applying non-formal working methods, which put the children and their interests at the center of the activity. We learned together what a priceless gift health is and how education is vital to progress. The activities were focused around two major themes: "Creative methods for developing students' curiosity and the attractiveness of learning" and "The inclusion and non-segregation in non-formal school activities, to fight school abandonment and reduce absenteeism ". During 2 short-term exchange of groups of pupils from Spain and Portugal, 47 students, together with 9 students with SEN, together with 200 students from the host institutions, collaborated in a team and carried out creative and inclusive activities. Their collaboration ended with a book of stories written by them in the "A great adventure!"-creative stories team, the final product which encouraged them to write, read and express their creativity. Within the 3 transnational activities for teachers (short-term joint staff training events) 49 teachers participated in training activities, courses and practical-applicative activities designed to help them face the new educational challenges. At the end, we created a "Teachers' mini -guide of methods and instruments for use in formal and non-formal education". A database with numerous project models, formal and non-formal didactic activities completes the 2 final products made by us in partnership, and is available to the entire educational community.The involved students and teachers participated in the project from which all participants expected an enormous increase in terms of team and peer work, intercultural understanding, boost of their entrepreneurial skills, effective communication and collaboration, creativity and critical thinking, problem-solving, decision-making and learning, personal and social responsibility in order to actively get engaged with their learning process and acquire skills needed to be successful. Local activities : "Apps for Good", "We have won!" Peace Journey,Plastic: 2nd Life had a great impact on the students and focused on increasing the creativity of students with learning difficulties. Theatre activities, dance therapy, horseback riding, boccia and robotics contributed to increasing confidence in their own strength. The Erasmus BIS clubs - organized at the partner schools - aimed to involve students in research, tourist orientation, sports and charity activities. "Inclusive games in our community", " Learning boxes", "Run for other people" are some examples of local activities that emphasized social inclusion. Interesting projects took place on the eTwinning project page: Let's get to know each other!, Developing students' curiosity and creativity, Hand in hand with the Planet!, Our school -an inclusive community!,"FUEL- Future Useful Energy for Living, creative storytelling competition. Through this, students became more tolerant with others around, more empathetic and attentive to the needs of those around, learned to give, create stories and develop their self-esteem. Increasing skills linguistic and communication skills in English, the opportunity to learn in another European school and to collaborate in the creation of final products left a deep mark on the development of these young participants in the project. The development of the digital skills of the students as well as charitable spirit, a new approach to health and collaboration between people are acquisitions that will ensure their success in life.