2006-2009

• Type of the project:Comenius life-long learning.Multilateral.

• Theme:Gastronomy,Healthy food.

• Title:Healthy Youth in a Futute Europe

• Schools involved: from 5 countries:France,Holland,Hun-gary,Malta, Norway.

• Number of SS’s and TT’s involved :15-20 from each country

• Working language:English

• Personal contacts.• Comenius Partner-

base.• Contact among

schools.• Preparatory visit

in Hungary (January 2006).

• The use of ICT as a tool for networking and communication between European citizens. • To promote positive attitude towards healthy way of life

and healthy diet.• Increasing both students’s and teachers’s motivation to use English through direct contacts with other

cultures.• To create innovative methodologies in the teaching of

English.• To improve team-work and collaboration.• To exchange experiences and explore different

aspects of European culture.

• Making Comenius workplan.

• Incorpotating school subjects into the project:(English,ICT, Gastronomy,Health Education, PE).

• Defining resposibiliti-es of coordinators coordinators,TT’s and

SS’s involved.

• Support of the school management

• Enthusiastic teams with an enthusiastic coordinators

• Collecting and sharing materials

• Division of tasks /responsibilities among partners

• Keeping/respecting deadlines!

• Writing reports , monitoring and evaluation

• Time management

• Mobility of SS’s and TT’S• (about 24-30

mobilities/country)• Learning about the

countries and regions involved

• Promotion of active citizenship

• International meetings exhibitions/presentations

• Communication via the NET

• European days,forums

• 3 food festivals –TASTE OF EUROPE (Malta,Hungary, Holland).

• Writing diaries and blogs.• Making interviews with

grandparents ( about eating habits).

• Making short films (DVD), posters ( about meals)

• Making a recipe book with present past and future recipes.

• Creating Troll board game .• Visiting markets and

restaurants.

• Frequent and good quality of communication (ICT techniques,common e-platform:itslearning)

• Means of communication:e-mail,net meeting, msn,its-learning

• What can be done to make communication even more successful and effective amongst partners and with other Agencies?( NA, European Commission)

• Using innovative methodology and effective new techniques( see: above )

• Varied range of creative approaches.

• What? Project information/result/product

• How? LMS platform /school magazine / Tv / local press / forums.

• When? As often as possible. After mobilities.

• Why ? To inform schools, Stakeholders (parents, municipalities),media.

• WHERE? Within school - local level / national level and international level

• HOW? Questionnaires ,interviews ,informal talks,self-evaluation.

• WHAT? Activities,methods,results,outcomes.

• WHY? To see if the aims and objectives of the project are attained?

For teachers• Cross curricular teaching.• New methods,materials• Respect of other cultures. • Project methods.• Improving social skills and

cooperation(Taking turns,problem solving,decision making,to explain, ecouraging partners).

• Developing organisational skills.• Better use of ICT techniques.

For students• To host visitors.• Compare different lifestyles

and cultures.• Appreciate and understand the

other cultures,traditions.• Working in groups.(negotiating

skills).• Better use of ICT techniques.• To be aware of the importance

of healthy way of life.

• Handling with organisational things

• Timing, paperwork, planning, implementation, keeping record.

• Being familiarised with new pedagogical tools and methods.

• Using new, innovative methods and effective ICT techniques.

RESULTS• Improved learning in the

subject areas:English,History,Ga-stronomy,ICT,PE.

• New skills aquired by the participants

• Opening to diversity of European countries.

• Food making and tasting festivals

PRODUCTS• Brochures ,films,posters• Multi-media presentations• Recipe book• Logo of the project• Troll board game• Exhibitions,photo albums• Blogs,interviews.• Joint diary about Trolls’s

experiences.

• Having done something valuable.

• Proud of being a member of a nice team.

• Feeling of improvement in several skills.

• Appreciation from local authorities/communities and National Agencies.

• Happy teachers, happy students and happy parents !!!