1. Is There Anyone Hearing Me?!
Newsletter
November 2008 „TUDOR ARGHEZI” HIGH SCHOOL, CRAIOVA, ROMANIA
Volume 1, Issue 1
LTTA Is There Anyone Hearing Me?!
Summary
“Is There Anyone Hearing Me?!” is a solving method to environmental
multilateral partnership school project, education, we will have achieved the
approved and financed by the European aim of this partnership.
Commission within LLP, the Comenius Moreover,partners will see each
subsectoral programme, and brings others’ countries,people,cultures and
Contents
together six European schools from eleminate their bias towards one
“Is There Anyone Hearing
Me?!” Turkey, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, another and brotherhood will be
Spain, and Greece. established among partners. Of
Summary 1
course, we are six partners and each
Objectives of the Project 2 The variety of schools involved in the
of us has different life
Partner Schools 2 project reflects the diversity within the
styles,economical and educational
Website 2 European Union.
advantages and so the lower ones will
Program Activity 3 It is a clear fact that there is nowhere to
take examples from the upper
Kirikkale meeting 4 live but Earth and the careless human
ones.The last but not the least
beings have severely depleted the world
important area of our concern with
of its natural resources. We,the partners,
this partnership is that each country
know this fact. Earth calls for our help,
has a chance to see their partners’
and our partnership will give an answer
educational curriculum,and if there
to this call. Thanks to this partnership,
are differences and plus points,they
Events we can reach a lot of people from
can use them in their syllabuses .
different cultures, from different countries
♦ First project Shortly, our partnership sets up
meeting at Ismail and raise their awareness of
bridges among different cultures and
Üstüner environmental problems. And by using
shows the world that we are similar
Ilköğretim education and applying the problem
and we all need to do something for
Okulu,Kirikkale,
our world.
Tukey
♦ Project blog
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Objectives of the Project
1.We regret to say that our world has 4.The next objective is to promote the
become a rubbish dump. World needs most efficient measures that can be taken
our help! It is calling us .Through this in order to protect the environment, the
project we want to answer back to this reduction of pollution levels both at the
wake up call and to let the people know local level and at the international level.
about it. In short, we want to make These measures will lead to the
people pay attention to us. This waking maintainance of the best quality of life and
up will begin with us, then spread to as the fostering of health.
many people as we can reach. 5.Moreover, thanks to this Project, we can
(From class to world) get to know other cultures and others can
2.The second aim of our Project is to learn about ours. We can discover “the
raise people’s awareness of the team spirit” and show how different
existence of severe environmental cultures work together for their future. In
problems and, by getting involved in the short, we want to be an example for other
project activities, to let young generation nations.
struggle for their world and their future. 6.Promoting the study of the English
That is,we will have shown that we language is another objective. The
cannot be silent to environmental cooperation between the students and the
contamination, pollution and depletion. teachers involved in the project will lead to
3.The third aim is to ensure access to the improvement of both the productive
Tudor Arghezi High information on the protection of the and receptive skills;
School environment and thus the students will 7.Another aim is to foster learning through
be more concerned and preoccupied cooperation and to improve knowledge
Str. Bucovina , No.5 with this burning issue. concerning the computer skills and the
200026 Craiova, Dolj, ability to use the internet.
Romania
Tel. 0040 251/ 433227 Partner Schools
Fax 0040 251/ 433227
website: 1. Ismail Üstüner Ilköğretim Okulu – KIRIKKALE , TURCIA
email: 2. Ies Fonts del Glorieta – Alcover, SPANIA
arghezicv2004@yahoo.com
3. Szkoła Podstawowa Starym Kurowie – Stare Kurowo , POLONIA
4. Liceul Teoretic „Tudor Arghezi” – Craiova, ROMÂNIA
5. Joan Ekzarh Language School -Vratsa –BULGARIA
6. 6th Primary School of Volos -Volos -GRECIA
WEBSITE
Information about our project and about the advancement of our work can be seen
on the website of our project.
http://www.environment-comenius.blogspot.com/
We will also publish a Newsletter after each important event such as a project
meeting or the completion of an end product.
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Program activity
Approx. Activity/mobility description Destination Which partners
starting date country (for involved
mobility only)
13th S Turkey, Spain, Poland,
september 2008 Announcement of the project in schools’ Romania, Bulgaria,
boards. Greek
15th Applying “Pre-test” in schools in order to Turkey, Spain, Poland,
September 2008 make the initial evaluation Romania, Bulgaria,
Greece
25th Turkey Turkey, Spain, Poland,
October/2008 Reconstruction of school environment. Romania, Bulgaria,
(Planting) Greece
30th Turkey, Spain, Poland,
January 2009 Planning competitions of drawing up Romania, Bulgaria,
posters about pollution, rubbish, ecology Greece
etc.
15th Spain Turkey, Spain, Poland,
March 2009 Visits to industrial areas and transformation Romania, Bulgaria,
systems Greece
10th April Evaluation of the first term of the project Turkey, Spain, Poland,
2009 and presentation of the activities with a Romania, Bulgaria,
video film and a web page. Greece
30th Turkey, Spain, Poland,
April 2009 Having the pupils draw pictures and Romania, Bulgaria,
organizing brain storming activities on the Greece
things they can do for their environment.
10th June Visiting Bulgaria ( a visit to a natural park). Bulgaria Turkey, Spain, Poland,
2009 Organizing an exhibition displaying the Romania, Bulgaria,
works of the students involved in the Greece
project.
30th Having the competition of picking up Turkey, Spain, Poland,
August 2009 rubbish in nature. Romania, Bulgaria,
( Benefiting from a scout camp ) Greece
15th Turkey, Spain, Poland,
September 2009 Having students prepare a project about Romania, Bulgaria,
transformation Greece
15th Romania Turkey, Spain, Poland,
October 2009 Competition of magazines with the subject Romania, Bulgaria,
“Save the Future of Earth” Greece
15th Turkey, Spain, Poland,
January 2010 Presenting seminars on environmental Romania, Bulgaria,
problems, health issues and the future of Greece
the world to pupils and their parents.
15th February Staging up events on protection of the
2010 environment and each of the country Turkey, Spain, Poland,
present their materials. Romania, Bulgaria,
Greece
19th Applying Post-test Greece Turkey, Spain, Poland,
April 2010 Have students write or draw what they Romania, Bulgaria,
should do about environmental problems. Greece
31st Presentation of the Website and the final Poland Turkey, Spain, Poland,
May 2010 video film. Romania, Bulgaria,
Evaluation of the results obtained, of the Greece
impact, of the quality of the products and
of the partnership.
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Ismail Üstüner Ilköğretim Okulu, Kirikkale, Tukey
Kirikkale Meeting
Turkey
Our first project meeting took place between
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Turkey
26th and 31st October 2008 at Ismail Ustuner
Ilkogretim Okulu, Kirikkale, Turkey.
It was a great opportunity to meet peers from S
Spain
all six partner schools, share ideas, plan our
future work in detail, visit our Turkish partner
school and learn about their local culture.
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Poland
Our partners welcomed us warmly and offered
us a wonderful staying there.
We met the Turkish pupils, talked together, Romania
sang together, attended some classes in order
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to get to know about their educational system.
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