Questionnaire

1. Do you think that the teachers and pupils who have taken part in this project enrich their knowledge and their experience about the forest and its life, realized its usefulness and learned about the dangers that threaten the forest and its ecosystem?

Yes, that's right, I believe that teachers and children of our kindergarten have supplemented their knowledge of the forest, its inhabitants and vegetation, its diversity, learned about the real dangers that threaten the forest and its ecosystem, and also gained some experience in forest protection and Its inhabitants, realized their usefulness and necessity as friends of the forest.

2. In which way this project helped pupils to develop their ecological awareness and learn how we can protect the forest?

Carrying out various tasks of this project, our teachers emphasized the education of children in environmental education - it is an ongoing process of teaching, upbringing and development of the child, which aims to form an ecological culture, and this manifests itself in the emotionally positive attitude of children towards nature, the surrounding world, in a responsible Attitude to their health and the state of the environment.
This project helped our children develop their ecological awareness and learn ways how we can protect the forest.

3. Do you think that the teachers and pupils who have taken part in this project enrich their knowledge and the experience about the culture and the life of other European countries?

Totally agree! Participating in this project, we not only shared our knowledge about the natural wealth of our country, the traditions and sights of Estonia, the experience with children, but learned a lot about the life of other European countries, cultural values, the diversity of natural places. And all this thanks to the excellent work of the project participants. A huge variety of photos, posters, slideshows, videos, children's drawings and much more ... All this could be seen, heard and even spoken in the languages ​​of the countries participating in the project the word "FOREST"!

4. Do you think that the cooperation between colleagues of the schools of this partnership was qualitative? 

Of course, our cooperation was qualitative and fruitful. It can be seen from a huge amount of project materials, executed in various forms and different programs. We not only looked at the exposed material, but also later carried out their work in new programs that had not previously been used. On page 55 of our project, you can see a list of web tools that we used during the implementation of this project - there are 20. I am participating for the first time in this project, during this time I learned a lot of interesting things, and most importantly, I had new friends.

5. In which way the pupils have taken part and what is your opinion about their participation in this project?

Participating in this project, we organized for children a variety of

- ecological classes, games, trainings, conversations, discussion and playing situations;

- observation, experimentation

- excursions, trips;

- holidays in the forest, dramatization;

- various types of graphic activities (drawings, crafts made of natural material);

- collecting collections of seeds, stones, leaves, etc.

Our children are delighted with participating in this project, we can confidently say that they are the most active participants of the project.

6. In what way did you use the new technologies?

Some programs I knew before participating in the project - I can create presentations and collages. But communicating with partners, getting acquainted with their work done in various programs, I also began to use new forms for creating information. Has learned to make videoclips and has created the account on YouTube and to exchange the works. The creation of electronic books for me was previously inaccessible, but thanks to the project, and especially to Anna Magkiosi, I can do it now. It was very important to communicate with partners, exchange information and feedback on the work of colleagues.

7. Do you think that pupils enjoy their participants in this project?

As I wrote already, our children are delighted with participating in this project!

Here's what our children say about the project:
- I liked to compose a fairy tale about a bear cub ...
- I now know the word "forest" in different languages ...
- I like to draw about the forest ...
- But I liked watching movies about the forest ...
- And I liked everything!

8. In what way the plan has become known to the school and local community?

Our parents were happy to see that their children are participating in different events, and they also began to offer their help. Together we organized exhibitions of drawings, crafts made of natural materials, photographs, and conducted master classes.
They loved to participate actively in the project, and they liked to see what their children were doing, and the children were happy that their parents were with them.
Later, along with the children and parents, they watched the videos on the project.
For the teachers of our kindergarten, students of the University of Tartu, which we had practice, as well as for the parents, I showed a presentation about our project. And in the hall hall was made a photo exhibition.

9. What is your opinion about the role and the behavior of the founders? 

I am very grateful to Anna Magkiosi for organizing this project, for the excellent works and good instructions, as well as for the kind comments on my works and the works of other project participants. It's a really well-organized project. Everything was qualitatively step by step thought out, Anna was always in touch with useful advice.

10. Would you like to add any comment about this programme?

I am very glad that I have been with you all this time. This is the first project in which I participate, and I am very grateful to everyone for their cooperation, my kind reviews. But most importantly, this is how much new we learned through the development of our project!

I hope that our project will receive a quality mark, and we will continue our cooperation in other projects.

Nice to meet you! All my best!

With warm greetings

Veera from Estonia