St Agustin said ‘Do you want to rise? Begin descending’ so if we want committed adults and citizens ‘to rise’ in our society … Why don’t we start from the foundations helping young children gain a sense of citizenship?

But what does the word ‘citizenship’ mean to them? How can this ‘abstract’ concept make sense in “their little world’ when even some of them can’t even pronounce the word properly?  Is it something ‘boring’ to teach or can we also explain it though ludic engagement and digital creativity? Let’s create our own idea of citizenship and discover what the future and our project ‘eTwinning noticias TV’ (Valladolid/Grangetown) can “rise!

From the 21^st-23^rd September teachers and school leaders from different European countries attended the conference: ‘Citizenship a new ethic for the 21^st century’ in order to learn more about the impact of eTwinning on our children towards the achievement of this goal. However, if children are the key why don’t we make them part of this experience since the beginning? Get ready ‘eTwinning noticias TV’ because we are going to start working together as active and committed citizens!

Children learn best from experiences so we are going to start this ‘first steps into  Citizenship’ experimenting simple activities, concepts and ideas about ourselves (`My world’/ Your World’) in order to acquire, little by little the knowledge, skills, tools and competences needed to success and express their own ideas and points of view in relation to more complex issues around the world:  (‘Our World’)

1^st Term: My World ‘I am an active and digital  citizen-journalist'’:​

• 1. September: ¿Qué es eTwinning noticias TV? What is eTwinning noticias TV?

                  1.1 eNews: Valladolidd is coming soon

                  1.2 Challenge: Answering What is eTwinning Noticias TV

                   1.3 Special celebration Italia #eTwCitizenship16

• 2. September-October:  I am an active journalist: Knowing each other

                    ​2.1. Kids save livesEuropeans Restart a Day 

• 3 October: I am a super digital citizen

                    ​3.1 Miniminci: International cinema week (Valladolid, Spain)

                    3.2  Twinspace Online safety. Be safe on the internet

• 4. November: Sustainable cooking . Our Sustainable Xmas recipe
• 5. December: Xtmas sustainable recipe / skype citizenship conference

​               5.1 Assessing our 'Sustainable recipe'    

                5.2 'eTwinning Xmas tree puzzle exchange

                 5.3. Special eTwinning Xmas menu exchange          

2^nd -3rd Term: Our  World (I am an active citizen in my School and Community):​

• 6.1 January: Share our sustainable recipe with the community (collaborative newsletter)
• 6.2 February:  Celebrate Safer internet day (7th February)
• 6.3 February:  Celebrate Friendship day (14th February) by creating a bracelet according to sustainable cooking and  Global goals
• 6.4 March: Global goals to everywone. What can we do?  
• 6.5 Abril: 'A very global Easter'
• 6.6 May We go green!
• 6.7 June: Assessment

 

At the end of each section, a conference via skype will be carry out in order to give childrne the chance to discuss ideas, activities future improvements.