The project ''Our heritage is our treasure'' is school partnership in which six countries, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal will work together on exploring European cultural heritage, traditions and customs. During the project time, partners will compare their traditions, find differences and similarities, find diversity in European unity.

While exploring different cultures, pupils will learn new songs, basics of new language, collect traditional recipes, learn about traditional, clothes, monuments, photography, dances, famous people, create photographs and postcards, celebrate special days, make traditional objects, explore World Heritage Sites, illustrate traditional songs.

Teachers will also learn about different educational systems.

By using different web tools and ICT we will connect old with new.

AIMS

•  learn about partners culture and traditions and promote our own culture;

•  develop language competences and learn basic words of partners' languages;

•  improve English language cometences;

•  improve ICT skills, social competences, presentation competences, confidence;

•   work on understanding different cultures, accepting differences, being more tolerant.

Teachers: learn about different ecucational systems and strenghten teachers profile.

WORK PROCESS

November 2018: Let's meet each other - videos and presentations about our schools, places, countries
November 2018 : Mascot's diary
November2018: Educationaly system in my country
December 2018: Christmas activities, sending postcards
January 2019: Photography and tradition
February 2019: Traditional meals
March 2019: Easter customs
March 2019: Postcards
April 2019: Traditional clothes
May 2019: Famous people from each partner's country
October 2019: Traditional games
December 2019: Christmas traditions
January 2020: Traditional instruments
March/April 2020: Legends, traditional stories
Traditional handicraft workshops –during the project time
Special days – during the project time
Dictionary - during the project time

EXPECTED RESULTS

Project website, public TwinSpace, ebooks, presentations, videos, photographs, postcards, collection of traditional meals, collection of traditional handicraft workshops, booklets about traditional clothes, instruments, games, illustrated legends, audio dictionary.
Increased language and ICT skills and competences, intercultural awareness, understanding and tolerance.