The project was founded by Flemish eTwinning ambassadors since in the spring of 2024, Belgium will hold the Presidency of the Council of the European Union receiving the presidency from Spain and it will be passed it on to Hungary. In 2024 for the first time students of 16 years old can also vote for the European elections.
They thought it was the ideal moment to put the European Union in the spotlight, also in our education. During the 2023-2024 school year, they wanted to put extra effort into connecting and cooperating with other European countries through eTwinning. That is why they planned to participate in the city festival Construct Europe 2024 organised in Mechelen, Belgium. In that context, they set up a large eTwinning project with European partners around this theme. All activities would be divided into the 4 pillars of the city festival: imagination, debate, celebration and future .
Goals:
• Foster European cooperation and communication between young people and teachers.
• Gain insight into cultural differences and similarities.
• Collaborate on themes related to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
• Collaborate with other learners in Europe about subject-oriented objectives within all educational levels.
• Establish cooperation around 4 pillars:
- Imagination
- Debate
- Festivities
- Future
• Specific goals of the schoolcurriculum
• Collaborate on themes related to the different key competences.
These are the partner schools in our project.
Belgium
France
Greece
- 1 ΓΕΛ ΚΑΤΕΡΙΝΗΣ
- 2nd primary school of Volos
- 3ο ΓΥΜΝΑΣΙΟ ΥΜΗΤΤΟΥ
- 4th Gymnasio Irakliou Attikis
- 5th General Senior High School of Aigaleo
- 9th Kindergarten of Kalamaria
- Geniko Lykeio Neou Skopou
- Primary school of Pelopio
- Primary school of Ancient Olympia
ΔΗΜΟΤΙΚΟ ΣΧΟΛΕΙΟ ΛΑΛΑ - ΓΕΩΡΓΑΚΗΣ ΠΛΑΠΟΥΤΑΣ
Portugal
Romania
- Centrul Scolar pentru Educatie Incluziva - Cluj Napoca
- Gradinita Cu Program Prelungit Nr.4 Caransebes
- Liceul Tehnologic Special Pelendava
- Școala Gimnazială "Dumitru Popovici" Șerbănești
- Scoala Gimnaziala Nr.1, Slatina
Slovakia
Spain
It was time to start working.
Activity 1: SIGNS OF EUROPE
Students had to look for signs of Europe in their community and neighbourhood. Then they had to take pictures and describe the influence they have within our lives and our future.
They shared their pictures and commented on their partners'.
Activity 2: DEBATE ON EUROPE
Using Flip, several topics related to living in Europe were suggested and the students could upload videos giving their opinions and answering others'.
We worked in pairs to choose the topic we liked the best and prepare our videos.
TOPICS:
- More checks of travelling people in the EU's Schengen zone
- A single European minimum wage
- Regulating asylum by the European Union
- A European army
- The EU's need of power to fight against pandemics
- The need of admitting more countries in the EU
- Migration
- Limiting the volume of music in festivals
- Strictly guarded borders
- Motorway speed limit
- Investing in climate and renewable energy
- A common minimum age for alcohol consumption
- The cost of the EU
- Compulsory voting
- Same driving test across the EU
- Whether the EU is democratic
- Online ordering and delivering a parcel
- Compulsory fingerprints on an ID card
- We introduced ourselves
- Some students spoke about Europe and what it means for them
- We showed presentations / videos about our schools
- We played a KAHOOT ABOUT ALL THE COUNTRIES INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT made by our Greek partner