Exploring and Enjoying the Natural and Cultural Heritage

The five participating countries have many and different cultural and natural beauties because of that we want to take advantage of this circumstance to involve our students, teachers, authorities, parents, public institutions and communities in preserving our Cultural and Natural Heritage. Two partners are newcomers to the action and want to gain experience, three partners are very experienced so will learn one from each other.Our main objectives are:1. Strengthen the feeling of being a European citizen and develop the feeling of having a regional and cultural identity which is part of the European Union and that we are responsible of preserving it. 2. Develop positive and responsible attitudes and behaviour in our pupils as future European citizens. Elements of DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION in the project - active involvement of the students in decision making in various stages of the project.3. Language learning. One of the project’s main goal is to show the participants the benefits of the ability to use the foreign language to communicate in a transnational setting. 4. Integrating ICTS. Open virtual learning and digital contents during the process teaching - learning as usual resources so that they contribute to develop the student’s key competences in a context that responds to digital reality of society.ACTIVITIES AND METHODOLOGY:The activities will be done during preparation,execution and dissemination.- Erasmus Plus Corners- Publication of the strategic partnership - local, national, international- eTwinning- website- blog- Youtube- Facebook- Intercurricularity: It combines several school subjects, especially History, Biology, Geography, ICT, Citizenship, and Foreign Languages. DISSEMINATION- Work on the project products that will let disseminate our project: guide, photos, leaflets for Tourist Information Centre, workshops, lectures, etc.- Get in direct contact with real nature “outside” of classrooms, computers and homes: The students will speak to the locals about the natural beauties they live in, they will create materials “on the go” , they will get absorbed in the issue of preservation and will involve more people in this issue. - Exchanges of students with other European students: The pupils will have the opportunity to learn something new together, to compare themselves and to motivate each other. The idea of interdisciplinarity and mixed European groups makes students learn with joy.RESULTS AND IMPACT:Students:- Increasing awareness on the issues of Environment and climate change - Cultural impact as it will open up the pupils to other cultures, values and languages- Pedagogical impact as this project will improve different skills such as those of ICT, communication in English, understanding nature and its potential for our future way of life, creative and expression skills and understanding scientific information.- Enhancing students' sense of initiative, autonomy, cooperation as well as their sense of responsibility.Staff:- Getting experience in the field of managing and controlling projects that involves partners f from other countries.- Developing personal experiences, forming personal contacts and learning new pedagogical methods and practising English. - Broadening their intercultural, pedagogical competencies.They will gain new stimuli for their everyday work. This project will be an exciting challenge for teachers so that they will create activities, manage different situations and recognize and rectifying mistakesSchool:- Bringing changes into the organizational system of the schools regarding foreign language teaching.- Getting popular scientific school subjects, to emphasize their importance and usefulness. - Raising the institution to a higher status and prestige. New partnerships will be created and reinforced, innovative ideas will betransferred.Education community:All the work will be subsequently transferred on the school environment, parents, school partners and the public.Parents, together with other organizations (environmental associations, local authorities, Tourist Information Centres, libraries) will be involved in organisation of the meetings and evaluation, so the local community will undergo a positive change.