RESULTS OF OUR MEETING:

The visible results of the project meeting are documents shared on our project websites (Facebook, eTwinning). Outcomes were presented on a display at school and in a concert for pupils and parents.

The Czech teacher prepared a presentation for her 8-hour workshop on Czech traditional dances.

TASKS FOR THE 5th AND 6th PROJECT QUARTERS:

- International Children’s Day is celebrated at 20.11. We are planning activities concerning this special day. 

- Topics for the project work and workshops in the Czech Republic should be about architecture and sculptures. The idea is to look at our history in an artistic dimension. We will organize a photo contest in project schools. The Topics/categories will be about Architecture, 3 pictures, Nature, 3 pictures, Urban Art; graffiti, or similar 3 pictures. Photo Contest is being organized in the schools in our own countries and 3 best pictures will be brought to Ostrava where there will be an Art Exhibition. All the pictures will be downloaded to Google Drive.

- The next cultural entity (Thematic Month) is about Paintings, painters, and architects. Participants will prepare presentations about famous painters of the Project Countries. All will send information about their famous painters and others will produce a painting with this style. For example, the Spanish team will send us a sample picture of Dali and we will paint a painting of Finnish Landscape using this technique.

- Valencia Meeting (LTT) will be in May 13.5.-17.5., ti will be a Cultural Week of different Arts.

MOBILITY TOOLS: In the document below you can read the Czech school description of the meeting

The original program of the hosting school:

PHOTOGALLERY

a)  Job shadowing: Crafts, Music, Art, Maths, English, Woodwork

b)  Workshops and their outcomes at an evening concert:

traditional dances from Romania, Poland, Czechia, Orchestra led by Italian and  Czech teacher played an African song, Croatian workshop with writing a rap and preparing fashion show used multimedia, Finish pupils played on traditional instruments, Spanish teacher prepared dramatization, Czech teacher brought dolls in hand made national folk costumes with embroidering

c)  Finish school Erasmus corner and breaks full of movement outside when pupils are responsible for lending vehicles and sport equipment

Feedback:
I'm really happy and proud that I could participate in events in Mutala school last week. 
As first I must say that I enjoyed your hospitality very much. Thank all of you. 
The organization was perfect and I think that we got the most of Finland in such a short time as much as we did a lot four our project. 
Feeling so well and welcome, inspired by work in your school, and with the energy of all of us, we could be creative in finding new ideas for our work in the project. 
The folk evening showed how art may be a connection between people who speak different languages and live in different cultural surroundings. 
By giving us (me) the opportunity to do also a job shadowing you and your colleagues inspired me to develop more my work. Yesterday I wrote a new project for my school about School in the move. I would like to go, little by little, following your steps and do something to get children off the chairs during school time. 
I think that you are doing a really good job in your school.
Thank you! Sanja 

First of all, I´d like to thank you and to all your colleagues for their hospitality, kindness, and willingness to answer all of my questions. Thank you for showing us more than what we expected and that you accepted us as a part of your educational team even for just one week.
In my work as the school librarian and the Erasmus+ project coordinator, it is also very important to promote sustainable development. I notice that your school truly transforms the theory of sustainable development into practice. You care for children, the elderly, the environment, and the entire local community. You try to develop trust in each other and demonstrate your sincerity by allowing everyone to evaluate your work (pupils, parents, local authorities, international teachers). 
The Folk evening was very successful because all pupils participated and learn a lot about different kinds of theatre, music, dance, movie, painting…Some of our performances have connected modern styles and traditional heritage. It is also very good that some of your parents have been allowed to support your evening.
Best greetings, Antonija Lujanac
 

Hello, here are some words, sorry for spelling the names and I also did not visit all your teachers so I cannot mention them. 

1) Jurki - Crafts, workshop, Math lesson (I studied for teaching woodwork) - We saw part of the lesson, I liked the game they were making, and then he took us to the cellar to see what materials he can use and where pupils paint their products, he showed us also what other products pupils can make, it was going through the curriculum in 5 minutes. He was very helpful to one pupil and I could see that he loves his work and his pupils.
The workshop was great, he translated only when needed but he became my real partner by clapping the rhythm and explaining the movements which he learnt by watching me during the workshop. He was involved in it.
Math lesson - I could see the whole normal lesson, how he revises, explains, uses IT teaching material and how pupils work, He took the time to show me everything. I felt welcomed in his lesson and your school because of all the little things he has done. 
2) Hanna-Kaisa - 2 English lessons + the project + the reset
I loved your lessons and that you explained the methodology and in your little free time that you had in those days you also took the time to answer my questions and showed me the visuals and other things you use in your lessons. The same applies to the reset, thanks a lot.
3) crafts the first day, I forgot who was it (half of the class) - job shadowing
A great teacher and I like the way how pupils plan their work, progress is photographed and the final assessment is made - this is what I am taking from her lesson. She is also very creative, we some products pupils can make.
4) Owe - math teacher - he was solving a problem with the class so he did not want me in the class at first but later he went back to the teacher's room to find me, explain and invite me back to the Math lesson which was very nice of him. I could see the textbook for class 6 and I could compare it with the staff we teach. 
5) Risto - when I came I saw the magic man in his class and then he took me to the teacher's room to see it for the second time and it was still great and I still do not know how the tricks work. 
5) Tarja - display 
I watched her when she was preparing the picture display when the others were going home, she was very helpful to me with the little dolls which I brought for this display even though she was so busy.
6) the trip to Koli and dinner in our cottages and Botania were great moments, I felt very welcomed because they were devoting their free time and asking questions about my culture and sharing the time.
7) The cook in your kitchen worked overtime on Monday to feed Marek who was late. The food was delicious.
8) Thanks for the refreshments in the teacher's room, I do not know who provided it but it was nice to have it there :-)
Alena
 

Hello!

Thanks to Hanna-Caisa and Finnish teachers for the beautiful days spent in your school. Thank you for sharing time with us, that you have shown us a little of your culture and experience, that you have made us feel great in your country, in your city, in your school. You were wonderful, teachers and children and that's why we thank you!
Romanian team: Axene Ionica + Mititelu Mioara + Istudor Aurelia

Me and Stefano,

we would like to thank you and all your school staff for the great work you did in organizing and leading the Joensuu meeting, which has been for us a wonderful experience. Adapting to your school organization has been so stimulating for us, coming from a different system. The workshop for me was exciting. Teaching ensemble music, and doing it in English, is my favorite, and having a live performance as the final target has been useful for a productive job, as I think we all did. Also, Stefano is very happy with his workshop. Seeing children not leaving their work even during breaks has been so satisfying, meaning they were enjoying the activity. I feel that after this meeting we’ll go on planning the next activities with even more enthusiasm. Very good job then, and thanks a lot for thinking and organizing these days! Also, the lodging was great, the cottage was comfortable and relaxing, and the personnel was so kind.nIt would be fantastic if I could always go to school by bike! I hope we’ll be able to be as perfect as you were in organizing our 2020 meeting, I don’t know how we’ll manage to do it, but I know that this meeting has been a wonderful example to follow.
Kiitos! Speak and hopefully see you very soon. A big hug to you and all the school staff! Alberto and Stefano

Transnational Project Meeting in Finland, September 2018 

The purpose of the meeting was to present all the work that we had been preparing for co-operation with other project countries. The meeting included two job shadowing days, Monday and Friday, where the participants were able to get acquainted with Finnish curricula, Finnish Schools on the Move –a project which we apply in everyday basis, Positive Pedagogy in action and learning and teaching methods (Project-based learning and pupils’ participants, Flipped Classroom -methods, Place-Based Pedagogy) used in Mutala School. We shared our expertise with all the teachers in this project. These days were optional but our project teachers were extremely motivated to observe our work, discuss our methods, and participate in our school's actions. It was useful to a great degree to share, co-operate, and discuss the variety of methods and pedagogical strategies with all the teachers.
We organized art-related workshops for Mutala Schools’ pupils on Tuesday and Wednesday. On those days, the project teachers were able to share their knowledge, expertise, and cultural specialties with our pupils. On Wednesday, we organized a Folk evening for our staff, teachers, and parents to present our work. We had contacted the local media about this event and notified our local government. Finnish pupils performed traditional dances from the Czech Republic and Romania, created art with Sustainable Development methods using recycled materials, learned about Italian art history and painted wonderful pieces of art, learned music, songs, English, created our rap about Arts Talk About Us and created a VR/AR music video for it, learned about the project countries and crafted artistic national flags, learned about Croatian cultural history and created T-shirts using Glagolitic letters and created a movie and learned about Japanese culture with our Japanese Cultural Ambassador.
This Project Meeting in Finland was a holistic dive into Arts in general. It involved all our staff, teachers and pupils and their parents. However, it was also much more. To share pedagogical views, cultural features, expertise, and knowledge with these teachers are indispensable. The effect on our pupils was immense. They experienced a whole lot this week. Not only did they communicate with English, but they also communicated through the language of art, they felt they were a part of Europe sharing cultural specialties with European teachers. They used Art as a way to communicate and share.

Mutala School Staff, Hanna-Kaisa Malinen, Risto Kilpeläinen, Miriam Taberner Vidal, Teresa Gomez, Marek Pabjan, Alena Buroňová, Ionica Axene, Anna Rosinska, Miora Mititelu, Aurelia Istudor, Stefano, Alberto Delle Piane, Sanja Skreblin, Antonija Lujanac. We agreed on the details about Valencia Meeting and Czech Meeting that will take place: Transnational Project Meeting: from Friday (Auschwitch) (Saturday) until Sunday 23.3.-31.3. 2019. Teachers will prepare Workshops in Ostrava and job shadowing. A Concert in Ostrava will take place on Thursday. Topics for the workshops should be about architecture and sculptures for instance. The idea is to look at our history in an artistic dimension. We will organize a photo contest in project schools. The Topics/categories will be about Architecture, 3 pictures, Nature, 3 pictures, Urban Art; graffiti, or similar 3 pictures. Photo Contest is being organized in the schools in our own countries and 3 best pictures will be brought to Ostrava where there will be an Art Exhibition. All the pictures will be downloaded to Google Drive. Valencia Meeting (LTT) will be in May 13.5.-17.5. Will be a Cultural Week of different Arts. All the details will be discussed in Ostrava Meeting.
International Children’s Day is celebrated at 20.11. We are planning activities concerning this special day. 
Their next cultural entity (Thematic Month) is about Paintings, painters, and architects. Participants will prepare presentations about famous painters of the Project Countries. All will send information about their famous painters and others will produce a painting with this style. For example, the Spanish team will send us a sample picture of Dali and we will paint a painting of Finnish Landscape using this technique.

Hanna-Kaisa Malinen, English Teacher, MEd., International coordinator, Mutalan Koulu

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