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Shatter the grey!
FunderEuropean Commission
Funder Contribution €250,000.00
Funded underERASMUS+ | Partnerships for cooperation and exchanges of practices | Cooperation partnerships in school education
Project code2022-1-EL01-KA220-SCH-000085994
Open Access mandatePublications: NoResearch data: No
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"<< Background >>We noticed all schools had the same needs and this is the reason why we applied for this project. They were: -a clearer awareness of climate change and the means of energy saving, renewable sources, the 3Rs, endangered species -promoting responsible conducts in accordance with environment sustainability, heritage landscapes and cultural activities and developing individual initiatives to protect and preserve our environment-better acquaintance with their natural and cultural environment-development of appreciation and respect of any kind of diversity and needs, acceptance and inclusion -development of linguistic skills abilities in mother tongue and in English language-strengthening of logical, mathematical, digital, scientific skills-cultivation of European consciousness, awareness of the history, role, symbols and other features of the EU. We identified common needs regarding teachers/schools: promoting extraversion and European cooperation, development of competent design, management, implementation and dissemination of Erasmus+ and etwinning projects, enrichment of educational process with innovative methods, improvement of foreign language and digital skills, development of greener practices and attitude.<< Objectives >>Seven primary schools joined together to help address climate change and environmental damage through education and the ""Shatter the grey!"" project. Project's main goal was all partner students, without exclusions, through pleasant activities to get to know, love and care for the environment, local and wider, and take action to protect and preserve it contributing to our planet´s overall sustainability. At the same time, working together in teams, students would come closer and enhance not only their involvement, creativity but also their self-esteem feeling and being important member of the community. Their European identity would empowered, too, while collaborating with students abroad. Teachers would made lessons more interesting and share best practices with partner schools to achieve great collaborative results by using various Web 2 tools. Also, the project results would be accessible to anyone interested to get inspired or use them as they are.Schools also would come closer to families and the local community helping each other to reach their goals. The Schools European profile would be enriched, too.<< Implementation >>The project was based on interdisciplinary work, innovative with new approaches, working in teams, with the use of digital tools, supporting all pupils without exclusion. Teachers and students took part in workshops, seminars, online and physical meetings, voluntary actions, campaigns, walks outdoors with lessons in nature, creating games with natural and recyclable material or with environmental theme, creating works of art with the same material, recycling, reusing, STE(A)M creations, conducting experiments, Environmental week and Earth Day celebrations, Erasmus Days celebration, participation in Student conference, Christmas event and bazzar with products made by kids, Carnival feast, waste and water management etc. They prodused a book with lesson plans, another one about biodiversity-species in danger, a play with their mascots and environmental theme, board games and digital ones, organised an eco-festival and a environmental conference as concrete outputs.Many dissemination activities also took place in order to make this project and its results wider visible and keep it alive after its completion. << Results >>The main project results were: ""Green Treasure Basket"": a handbook and a digital book which was a collection of green practices-lessons, totally around 72 lesson plans with photos taken during their implementation.""Flora and Fauna's discovery"": a handbook and a digital book about biodiversity, 15 plant species and 15 animal ones from each country, especially the ones in danger, with drawings from students.""Play the Planet"": a theatrical play- book which was built step by step, from meeting to meeting, with a disable kid as the main hero and the mascots of the partners who helped solving environmental problems.""Shatter the grey, playing an eco-game!"": a box-set of 7 board and 7 digital games, one from each country with environmental theme.""Go, go green"" an eco-festival in the school yard of the coordinating school.""Shatter the grey!"" conference in the school hall of the coordinating country, Greece, where all the results were presented.A great number of smaller scale results were produced through the 2 year life of the project. All the project results are available on the internet and free to download to everyone interested in being inspired or using them as good practices."
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"<< Background >>We noticed all schools had the same needs and this is the reason why we applied for this project. They were: -a clearer awareness of climate change and the means of energy saving, renewable sources, the 3Rs, endangered species -promoting responsible conducts in accordance with environment sustainability, heritage landscapes and cultural activities and developing individual initiatives to protect and preserve our environment-better acquaintance with their natural and cultural environment-development of appreciation and respect of any kind of diversity and needs, acceptance and inclusion -development of linguistic skills abilities in mother tongue and in English language-strengthening of logical, mathematical, digital, scientific skills-cultivation of European consciousness, awareness of the history, role, symbols and other features of the EU. We identified common needs regarding teachers/schools: promoting extraversion and European cooperation, development of competent design, management, implementation and dissemination of Erasmus+ and etwinning projects, enrichment of educational process with innovative methods, improvement of foreign language and digital skills, development of greener practices and attitude.<< Objectives >>Seven primary schools joined together to help address climate change and environmental damage through education and the ""Shatter the grey!"" project. Project's main goal was all partner students, without exclusions, through pleasant activities to get to know, love and care for the environment, local and wider, and take action to protect and preserve it contributing to our planet´s overall sustainability. At the same time, working together in teams, students would come closer and enhance not only their involvement, creativity but also their self-esteem feeling and being important member of the community. Their European identity would empowered, too, while collaborating with students abroad. Teachers would made lessons more interesting and share best practices with partner schools to achieve great collaborative results by using various Web 2 tools. Also, the project results would be accessible to anyone interested to get inspired or use them as they are.Schools also would come closer to families and the local community helping each other to reach their goals. The Schools European profile would be enriched, too.<< Implementation >>The project was based on interdisciplinary work, innovative with new approaches, working in teams, with the use of digital tools, supporting all pupils without exclusion. Teachers and students took part in workshops, seminars, online and physical meetings, voluntary actions, campaigns, walks outdoors with lessons in nature, creating games with natural and recyclable material or with environmental theme, creating works of art with the same material, recycling, reusing, STE(A)M creations, conducting experiments, Environmental week and Earth Day celebrations, Erasmus Days celebration, participation in Student conference, Christmas event and bazzar with products made by kids, Carnival feast, waste and water management etc. They prodused a book with lesson plans, another one about biodiversity-species in danger, a play with their mascots and environmental theme, board games and digital ones, organised an eco-festival and a environmental conference as concrete outputs.Many dissemination activities also took place in order to make this project and its results wider visible and keep it alive after its completion. << Results >>The main project results were: ""Green Treasure Basket"": a handbook and a digital book which was a collection of green practices-lessons, totally around 72 lesson plans with photos taken during their implementation.""Flora and Fauna's discovery"": a handbook and a digital book about biodiversity, 15 plant species and 15 animal ones from each country, especially the ones in danger, with drawings from students.""Play the Planet"": a theatrical play- book which was built step by step, from meeting to meeting, with a disable kid as the main hero and the mascots of the partners who helped solving environmental problems.""Shatter the grey, playing an eco-game!"": a box-set of 7 board and 7 digital games, one from each country with environmental theme.""Go, go green"" an eco-festival in the school yard of the coordinating school.""Shatter the grey!"" conference in the school hall of the coordinating country, Greece, where all the results were presented.A great number of smaller scale results were produced through the 2 year life of the project. All the project results are available on the internet and free to download to everyone interested in being inspired or using them as good practices."
