Dear partners,

When designing the Learn Civic&Act project, I wanted to use participative methods like educational drama and developmental bibliotherapy to make Civil Education more interactive for my students and all the partner schools. However, as important as it is to learn about the rights and duties of every citizen, it is even more important to ACT in your own community.  That is why I am inviting you all to think of a way you can participate actively in your own community (school, local community, city), whether it is by volunteer work or by passing your knowledge on to others. I hope you will enjoy this activity even more than the others we did in this project!

 

Students from the School of Midwifery and their teacher Konstantina Božak organized educational workshop Learn about your bones  at Archaeological museum in Zagreb for elementary and primary school children. Everyone enjoys.

 

Comment: Very nice work, dear girls! Congratulations!

                                                                             Portuguese Team

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Dear partners,
Regarding the action of Portuguese students in the community it will be in participation of a large Convention Multidisciplinary Education to be held on 30th April and 1st and 2nd May  at the Multipurpose Hall of Gondomar: http://www.cme-gondomar.pt/

In that Convention, the students, accompanied by teachers responsible for the project, invigorate a stand where they´ll disclose the project "Learn & Civic Act" and also the previous project, "Express Yourself" (which won the national award eTwinning 2014), so promoting the inclusion of children and young people with Special Educational Needs, to show their commitment and their ability to work as part of European projects. Also they ´ll disclose the eTwinning students and teachers of all schools of our county that will visit the stand, showing its potential and benefits

 

Comment: We think you April 30 awaits a big deal, you and us, because you represent yourself, us ,the importance of active participation, but mostly because you show how ideas are realized .Good luck ! We keep our fingers crossed! (OŠ dr. Vinka Žganca, Zagreb)

 

And here we are on the first day of the convention. This is our stand.

Some opinions of visitors about our work:

"Congratulations for your excellent projects which have been awarded prizes ("Express yourself!" - eTwinning Project 2013-14). I'd like also to thank your participation in the Multidisciplinary Convention of Education - Perspectives on Special Education which enhanced this event contributing therefore for its success.The local authority is attentive to all projects which have been developed by local schools. We try to create synergies thus enabling access to all different projects." -  Luís Lobo                                                                                                                                

"We paid a visit to your booth fact that  aroused curiosity. It compels us to know more about your project that stimulares and brings new projects to life. We 're taking your idea into consideration and who knows if we don´t join you  in the future. We hope you keep motivated so that you can come up with different ideas. We 'd like you  to share them with us." -  Berta Oliveira

 

Another moment of the convention...               

                                                       Portuguese Team

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Comment: Both are great ways to ACT. You have both chosen a very good way to get many people involved - insiders and outsiders. Congratulations!!! Käthe-Kollwitz-Schule, Issum

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DEAR PARTNERS,

we also ACTed!  We went out to the village and cleaned all the corners where people - and not only pupils - tend to just drop their waste.

Near bus stops we picked up dozens of cigarette butts. In the beginning it felt a bit strange to go round and pick up waste, especially as it is often used as a punishment for youngsters who are punished for minor offences. Of course a lot of people noticed and wondered what we were doing and why. An elderly lady who went by with her wheeled walker stopped and thanked us for our efforts, she was very impressed that we did it voluntarily. That was really encouraging!

Have a look at all the pictures in our album "German Team"!!!!

Käthe-Kollwitz-Schule, Issum-Sevelen