“Heal the Sea” is an Erasmus+ K229 project between schools from Italy, Portugal, France, Romania and Turkey. The project offers the possibility of carrying out ecological education activities through which we cultivate the interest and love of the students for the surrounding world and the protection of the sea. It aims to make students accountable for the importance of protecting the marine environment, shaping their skills and attitudes to value and respect it as well as to help learners become responsible and active global citizens. Entering this project gives the school and its students intellectual, educational, moral, affective and practical benefits that will be reflected later on in their attitude of the local community. The involvement of the students in the life of the community, through the ecological activities, will lead them to acquire an Eco protective behavior which will definitely be used in the development of responsible future European citizens. The project’s objectives are: - to increase the level of information and awareness on the issue of selection, collection and recycling of waste among students and their responsibility by actively engaging in a positive competition - to promote ecological education in school and developing the ecological spirit of young people - to improve students communication skills by fostering their oral and written skills in English and in their mother tongue and using ICT into everyday learning situation - to create links between the school, parents and the wider community developing synergies with local organizations. The target groups are pupils from 10-16 years old, teachers, pupils' families, NGOs, local authorities and communities members. The final results of the project will be: Project’s e-magazine “Small steps for a clean ocean”, brochures, leaflets, calendars, posters, murals and graffiti with educational messages, TV spots about recycling and free Plastic Ocean, Movies, Eco-song and flash mob and DVD “Colors, sounds, tastes and rhythms of the ocean “a collection of poems, legends, riddles, myths, folk songs, folk prayers, fish recipes dealing with the sea. The tangible results will be disseminated through the Project Website, Blog, Facebook project page, Instagram account, eTwinning documents, Press articles to publish on the school magazine and local newspapers, Project Corner for the dissemination of the activities within the school, International seminar and exhibitions and Plastic Cap Recycling Campaign and Cleanup Beach Campaign. Activities and methodology Activities will be developed by curricular activities and through various formal, non-formal and informal activities such as Volunteering activities, International Seminar, Exhibitions, Celebrations, advertising campaigns performed in common by all the partners’ students, teachers, parents, local authorities, community and NGOs members. - There will be 5 short-term exchanges of groups of pupils and 1 Short-term joint staff training event. Of these mobilities will benefit 160 persons (110 pupils and 50 teachers) - In the project activities will participate students, teachers, parents, local authorities and communities members for a better impact and dissemination. Results and impact Project's benefits will be recorded on individual, school, partnership's and local community levels: Students will - increase their communication in English and other foreign languages by working with their European colleagues -foster their ICT skills and build new friendships based on value behaviors - improve their ecological knowledge, get to know about the management of European project by participating at the project’s stages - preparation, implementation, evaluation, dissemination and follow-up The project’s staff will improve their ICT and English skills, will exchange good educational practices with foreign colleagues and increase their knowledge of non-formal education; The parents and local community (authorities, NGOs) will help the school during LTTA. Dissemination and Follow-up We will provide long lasting information by the presentation of the reports in Erasmus+ dissemination platform, in Mobility tools, eTwinning platform, project's Website, Blog, Facebook, in project’s DVD, movies and brochures and e-magazines. We will elaborate a project’s Sustainability plan which will contain the ways ofthe project dissemination results in at least 10 local schools in the 2 years aftermath of the project.
“Heal the Sea” has been an Erasmus+ K229 project carried out by schools from Italy, Portugal, France, Romania and Turkey. The project has been developed through ecological education activities to raise students’ awareness about ecological issues and the need for sea protection. Students have experienced the importance of protecting the marine environment, shaped their skills and attitudes to value and respect it, and, generally speaking, become responsible and active as global citizens. Working in the project has given the students, and the whole school, intellectual, educational, moral, affective and practical benefits that will be reflected later on in their attitude of the local community. The students have been involved in the life of the community, through the ecological activities, have acquired a protective attitude towards environment and have developed a fully European citizenship strongly responsible for the future of the planet. The project’s objectives have been: - to increase the level of information and awareness on the issue of selection, collection and recycling of waste among students and their responsibility by actively engaging in a positive competition - to promote ecological education in school and developing the ecological spirit of young people - to improve students communication skills by fostering their oral and written skills in English and in their mother tongue and using ICT into everyday learning situation - to create links between the school, parents and the wider community developing synergies with local organizations. The project has involved pupils from all the five countries raging from 10 to 16 years old. Teachers, families, NGOs, local authorities have been involved as well, with the effect of raising the school communities awareness of the importance of the seas and waters protection. The final results of the project have been: Project’s e-magazine “Small steps for a clean ocean”, brochures, leaflets, calendars, posters, murals and graffiti with educational messages, TV spots about recycling and free Plastic Ocean, Movies, Eco-songs, flash mobs and DVD “Colors, sounds, tastes and rhythms of the ocean “a collection of poems, legends, riddles, myths, folk songs, folk prayers, fish recipes dealing with the sea. The tangible results have been disseminated through the Project Website, Blog, Facebook project page, Instagram account, eTwinning documents, Press articles to publish on the school magazine and local newspapers, Project Corner for the dissemination of the activities within the school, International seminar and exhibitions and Plastic Cap Recycling Campaign and Cleanup Beach Campaign. Activities and methodology Activities have been developed by curricular activities and through various formal, non-formal and informal activities such as Volunteering activities, International Seminar, Exhibitions, Celebrations, advertising campaigns performed in common by all the partners’ students, teachers, parents, local authorities, community and NGOs members. - 5 short-term exchanges of groups of pupils and 1 Short-term joint staff training event have been . Of these mobilities will benefit 182 persons (129 pupils and 53 teachers) - Students, teachers, parents, local authorities and communities members have been involved to the project activities for a better impact and dissemination. Project's Results: Students have developed their ICT skills as well as their communicative skills in English and other foreign languages by working with their European colleagues. They have also established new relationships based on friendship and mutual confidence. Furthermore they improved their ecological knowledge, got to know about the management of European project by participating at the project’s stages - preparation, implementation, evaluation, dissemination and follow-up. The project’s staff have improve their ICT and English skills, exchanging good educational practices with foreign colleagues and increasing their knowledge of non-formal education. Not less important as a result parents and local community (authorities, NGOs) have been commited in helping the school during LTTA. Dissemination and Follow-up: Long lasting information have been provided by the presentation of the reports in Erasmus+ dissemination platform, in Mobility tools, eTwinning platform, project's Website, Blog, Facebook, in project’s DVD, movies and brochures and e-magazines. A project’s Sustainability plan has been elaborated to illustrate the ways the project results will be dissemination in at least 10 local schools in the 2 years aftermath of the project.