ERASMUS PLUS PARTNERSHIP PROJECT KA2019

II Newsletter

School Year 2017-2018

Portugal

3rd SEM TALK

The 3rd SEM TALK – Strategies21 – New Jobs for a New Future – took place on 9th October 2017, whose objective wasto promote transversal competences among the students.

This way, the students have developed several works within the classroom context. Each team had to

identify and find out a solution for the problem/situation that was given to them. So, during this SEM TALK the

students have presented the proposals they had worked in to a jury with representatives of the Royal School of languages, CATEC, Europe Direct Centre and EPA (Escola Professional de Aveiro).

The winner group, students of the 2nd year of the Communication, Marketing, Public Relations and

Advertising Vocational Course from EPA, presented their project at the Short Exchange in Hungary.

4th SEM TALK

On 14th December, it was held the 4th SEM TALK at Escola Professional de Aveiro under the theme Cultural Heritage, anticipating the chosen topic for the European Cultural Heritage Year in 2018.

The students, in pairs, identified, before a jury, problems re lated to the theme and proposed solutions in

order to revitalize or re-discover traditions, customs and/or the Portuguese cuisine, many of them lost in today’s

society and unknown by the youngest generations.

The winning project presented the tradition “Pãopor Deus” (Bread-by-God) and some proposals to put into practice. As an award, its authors represented Portugal in the following Short Exchange in Ödemiş, Turkey.

5th SEM TALK

Within the communication priority defined by The European Commission “European Agenda on Migration”,

it took place the 5th SEM TALK dedicated to the integration of migrants – Integration of migrants - cross cultural integration.

This way, the group of students was challenged to work on the topic and show their results. The

presentations were evaluated by a jury formed by a representative of both the Local Immigrant Integration Centre

and Europe Direct Centre. The winners presented their results in Italy, in the last Short Exchange of students.

All in all, Strategies21 Project has involved, for two years, all selected students in a very active way! All of

them have developed their soft skills, namely their public speaking skills, creativity, imagination, team work,

initiative, linguistic, cultural and intercultural skills, etc. They are now much more confident and autonomous and

bigger capacity of solving problems following deadlines.

2018 was our last project’s year. We started

with an interesting workshop for students - concerning

mobility opportunities - held by the Eurodesk Office in

Cagliari. The event focused on the topics of Pair work, European Solidarity Corps, Youth Exchange. It was explained

that all these opportunities represent a useful tool for reinforcing working competence, occupability and European Citizenship. Our students were enthusiastic and are even planning to spend a few months abroad in the summer!

Then, all students involved worked on the

preparation of the SEM Talk titled “New Job Opportunities

for the Young”, to be presented in Hungary. In the end, there

was a contest and 3 of our students were chosen to take part

in the mobility. The meeting in Mezőkövesd was interesting,

fruitful and enjoyable: our students are still in touch with

their partner friends and want to meet them again. It was

also very interesting to learn how to use needle and thread

to produce beautiful embroidery! And the visit to Budapest was fantastic…

When back to Italy, our project group organized a

structured activity for students, a “Cineforum” presenting a few

movies about the world of work and the use of soft skills. The

workshop was divided into the following steps: introduction to the

activity and short presentation of the movie; watching the movie;

thinking about the meaning of the story and discussion; filling in a

film analysis chart. The theme of how to use effective

communication, flexibility, teamwork, resilience, problem solving

and creativity (which we had presented in a workshop for students the previous year) always sat at the core of discussion.

After Christmas, it was time to prepare the following

mobility, the meeting to Turkey was approaching! Two of our students prepared their SEM Talk about “How to

Promote our Cultural Heritage”. Working on a presentation has always been a great opportunity to improve our

students’ English, acquire self-esteem, self- confidence and overcome anxiety: most of our pupils had never talked in

front of an audience, this was certainly an important training for them. Also, visiting such beautiful charming places

such as Pammukale and Ephesus was really appreciated by all.

At last, it was time to get organized for our meeting in Italy!

First of all, since there are no dormitories or canteen in our school, we asked our students to give their partners free accommodation. In the end, 14 host families were available and happy to meet their friends!

Soon after, a group of 13 students were actively involved in the meeting organization. In small groups, for 2 months, these students worked on the following:

Choice of hotel and restaurants (on the phone + face-to-face meetings with managers);

Choice and organization of excursions (time schedule, transport, packet lunch, budget etc);

Choice of gifts for partners

Invention of games and socializing activities for partner students, to be held at school

They did a great job, using soft skills to do something which proves to be hard and challenging for adults too!!!

Finally, in May, our partner friends joined us in Sardinia. This time, the SEM talk’s topic was “The integration

of Migrants and Cross-cultural Issues”, consequently a workshop on the integration of immigrants in Sardinia was

held, in English, by the Cultural Associations “Genti de Mesu” and “Gruppo di UmanaSolidarietà”. Also, we thought

that we do not only need to use soft skills in a job: we also need them in everyday life, in social life, at home in the

first place! That is why a cooking competition was carried

out, on a farm, as a workshop for students: all of them

worked in a team, using effective communication, problem

solving and creativity to make a dish of Italian ravioli in

tomato sauce. Food is an excellent tool for keeping people

together, in peace and friendliness, against all division! And

this is what we do every day in our school, which is a real place for inclusion, for the integration of all diversities.

During the week, we took our friends to the beach;

the city of Cagliari; the natural park of La Giara and the

archaeological site of Barumini.

Everybody was happy, above all students, who could

live a unique experience in the homes of their friends, like part of the family! For us, this was the most touching and fruitful outcome of our project, “Strategies 21”.

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I.E.S. DONOSO CORTES Don Benito

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT II seminar and KEY COMPETENCES workgroup II

Our school continued with the new trend we started last year and we went deeper into project

management with teachers and students. As well as this, another group of teachers also attended another

course organized by our local Teachers' and Resource Centre.

On the other hand, we are also continue with a working group, for

the third year in a row, in which we worked on key competences

and how to evaluate them.

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Students of the second cycle of secondary show an exhibition of their projects about the scientific method and how to solve different problems.

TALKS ON CYBER BULLYING

Staff of our local National Police is responsible for

giving a talk to raise awareness among students about

the dangers of the Internet.

In this talk, explanatory videos are shown about real

cases occurred in very nearby destinations, in order that

students perceived as true and actual risk of surfing the net without any control.

DAY OF PHILOSOPHY

On the occasion of World Philosophy Day, established by UNESCO, the Department of Philosophy

convened a contest during the month of November: Images to think consisting of choosing an

aphorism, phrase or philosophical thought and search for an image, drawing ... that complement,

illustrate or explain it. Students can make their own creation or use of all resources, both computing, and graphics needed for this.

During the second year of the Erasmus project "Strategies 21", the students of the Robert Wlérick high school in

Mont de Marsan worked on three topics:

New trades for a new future,

How to value the local heritage to transmit it,

How to promote the integration of migrants through culture.

On each project, the students, organized in groups, developed proposals related about the themes. They worked in semi autonomy to develop the necessary transversal skills in their future professional life: attention, teamwork, autonomy, initiatives, sharing ideas, oral and written communication abilities.... So

many skills to be highlighted.

For the first theme, the students organized themselves into spontaneous groups according to their affinity. They have done research, helped by their different

teachers on the jobs that will appear in the next years, in connection with new technologies or in other areas.

They chose something interesting for them. They made their research more precise to discover the opportunities that could exist one day, the existing

training and what new trainings could be envisaged, the impact of these new trades on society.

They used a slideshow to present their research. The presentation of their work was done in English, in front of a jury composed of teachers and an external participant, a trainer in a CFA. The topics selected by the students were: the new trades related to the development of data processing, the cloud management, the

social networks after the death of a person holding accounts, transport without driver, the breeding and the trade of Insects. The group of students who won this competition presented a work on the possible future

trade of climate controller. These students spent 5 days in Hungary (MEZOKOVESD) to participate to a meeting with their foreign partners. This international meeting enabled our students to put into practice professional and personal skills (autonomy, team spirit, communication in foreign languages, mutual

assistance …,).

In a second step, the students formed groups to think about the concept of heritage and proposed concrete actions to transmit it. One of the challenges was to educate young people about local heritage in an original and attractive way.

Several original ideas have been worked out: - - A rally race in the city presenting the

occupied and free zones during the Second World War,

- an interclass challenge on the discovery of

the course landaise with exhibitions, quiz, workshops, visits...

- The development of the Landes forest through museum visits and an orientation race

- The discovery of the traditional Landes games with workshops.

Then the students presented their project in English in order to be selected and participate in the European meeting in Turkey. The criteria were the quality of the presentation, the coherence of the project and its originality.

Two students were chosen by the jury to present their work at the European meeting in Odemis, Turkey. Accompanied by two of their teachers, the two young people were able to defend their project concerning the universe of the course landaise in front of their European counterparts. With music, films, costumes and

pictures, they tried to give life their presentation.

It was also for them the opportunity to discover for

five days a new country with its local heritage and human relations. This experience was very enriching.

For the last theme and meeting, the students worked on another

topic: the reception of migrants and their integration. First, they made researches on the subject: Definitions, statutes, laws... They also carried

out a questionnaire, interviews, meetings with local associations which help migrants in order to know the population of the department, the town and the school. Then they formed working groups and imagined

activities that would allow migrants to be integrated through culture. Finally, they presented their proposals in the form of a slideshow and

the team that did the best job was selected to go and represent the high school in Decimomannu in Sardinia.

Their proposals focused on integration through sport, gastronomy or local traditions. The project will involve participation in a competition proposed by the League of Human Rights, entitled "Open the door on

which I knock crying", with the participation of Cafémusic, a cultural association.

3rd SEM TALK

The 3rd SEM TALK – Strategies21 – New Jobs for a New Future

During the second year of the project,

3 SEM-talks were organized. The first was

hosted by Hungary covering the topic New

Jobs for a New Future The second one took

place in Odemish, Turkey covering the topic

Cultural Heritage and the third was in

Decimomanu, Sardegna, Italy on Integration

of Migrants – cross-cultural integration.

The 3rd SEM TALK – Strategies21 – New

Jobs for a New Future – took place on 4thof

October 2017. The main aim of SEM - talk

was to promote wide spectre of competences

among the students.The students,divided into groups of two, developed several presentations. Each team had

to identify and find out a solution to the problem/situation that was given to them. They presented their

solution in front of the school committee and their classmates.

The winners became students from 12A grade -RadenaTzoneva and from 12B Martin Bozhilov. They

demonstrated confidence, good topic competence and creativity and were chose n to present our school in the 3rd SEM talks held in Hungary where they won 1st prize.

4th SEM TALK

The selection process for the 4th SEM talks included preparation of PPT covering the topic "Cultural Heritage"

by the students of 11 grade, willing to participate in SEM –talks held in front of school commission where several groups of students presented their view on the aforementioned topic.

The selection of the best presentation was based on several criteria:

1. TopicDomain

2. Attitude, presence on stage and posture

3. Ownresources and materials

4. Creativity

5. Communicationskills

6. Rational and adequacy of the given solution

7. Feasibility of thesolution

Each member of the school committee gave their points from 1 to 5 on each criterion. The team/teams with the

highest number of points won the competitions and

presented 32nd school at the SEM-talks in Turkey and in Italy.

Selection for the 4th SEM –talk was held on 8th of January 2018.

The commission responsible for the selection process

included:

Ms Nelly Kostova – the Principal of 32 Secondary Language School " St. Kliment Ohridski"

Ms Rosanka Gogova – a Geography teacher

Ms Irina Andonova –teacher of Chemistry in English and Physics

Ms Nadia Vaseva – teacher of History in English

Ms Diliyana Filipova –teacher of Philosophy in English

Mr PetarAleksiev – Bulgarian language and literature teacher

Mr IvayloNaydenov –teacher of History in English

10 students, divided into 5 groups presented their

PowerPoint Presentation on the topic "Cultural Heritage". Besides

PPT, each group had shown a material object related to the topic

discussed. One group created a calendar which included photos

of different “KUKERI” – masks. Another group presented an

educational card game invented by them. Each game -card

represents one of the 15 Bulgarian objects included in UNESCO

Heritage list. Two girls showed a presentation on Bulgarian

folklore songs as a cultural heritage and sang a famous folklore song in front of the audience.

Two presentations out of five were chosen by the selection

committee to represent our school on 4th SEM talks in Turkey.

They are as follow:

1. “Bulgarian Architecture” accompanied by a model of an old Rhodopi style house, designed and made by two

boys from 11A grade. 2. “Bulgarian Folklore” – accompanied by a “Bulgarian Folklore Book”.

The book included information about 7 Bulgarian folklore regions – traditions, customs, specific songs and

musical instruments etc. The most fascinating in this book were the embroideries specific for each of the

presented folklore regions, embroidered by the girls presenting the topic, themselves.

Implementation of artistic and very good presentational skills, expert knowledge on the topic discussed

and presentation of handmade products were amongst the main argumentshighlighted by the commission

to choose these two groups.

5th SEM TALK

Selection for the 5th SEM –talks was held on 12 of April 2018.

8 students, divided into 5 groups presented their PowerPoint Presentation on the topic “Integration of

Migrants”. Only one of the groups had an

intellectual product – a magazine written by

the time of two girls, which topics covered

migrants ‘stories, the problems faced

during the process of migration, possible

solutions of those problems and many

other cross-cultural issues. The important

complement to the magazine were small

leaflets with information covered in the

magazine.

The commission decided that it is the best product of all presented in terms of content, which closely

related to the topic of 5th SEM talks, expert knowledge on the topic discussed and presentational abilities of the team.

The second year of the Erasmus+ Strategies21 project

from the Hungarian point of view

During the first year of implementation of project all partners gained solid experiences about

international SEM (Smart Entrepreneurial Mind) Talk contests, because we all have taken part in two

successful contests of these, in France and in Bulgaria, working on topic of the healthy lifestyle and the

digital communication. So there is a lot to learn from them.

The Hungarian short exchange

came next in the second year of the

Strategies21 project with the “New job

opportunities” topic. It is a topic which is

relatively difficult for young people to

fully grasp, before of the local SEM Talk

competition, the numbers of the

vocational department made and shared

via school facebook website1 a detailed

call2, and organised discussions to make

it clear for the students what it actually

means and what kind of presentational

technics can be used (prezi, video,

interview…) To be succeed in the level of the local competition, our idea was to expand the number of the

involved students and not just the vocational students could take part in it but all students in our school.

After our accurate preparation work we could enjoy 8 team’s better and better presentations3 in the local

SEM Talk contest with full of ideas and solutions. Thanks to high level of the presentations we could choose

4 winner teams, which were evaluated based on the soft skills assessment sheet and they could show their

presentations in the international SEM Talks competition what was taken place from 6 to 10 November 2018

in Mezőkövesd with the participation of seven countries.

In addition to the international SEM Talk competition in Mezőkövesd what was won by Radena and

Milan from Bulgaria, we organised many cultural programs4 such as folk dance program5, creating

authentical Matyó folk workshop (drawing and colouring Matyó roses on bookmark, sewing little table

cloth…)

1http://www.szlgimi.hu/index.php/2016-10-25-12-14-42/strategies21 2https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y-D_8B7kbe6KUPRsGEZhkhtHo4aiXkK1/view?usp=sharing 3https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RHDO_hSlhfb4i7tvm3mLDxrGYIU5KdjT/view?usp=sharing 4https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g1mGUwn9Px1-iUrh1fDg74t-6tcZAz-A/view?usp=sharing 5https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BCrwUmzKTrAK2iAacSQR9z1iX32vWEWr?usp=sharing

Due to our topic namely “New job opportunities” we

planned and run a workshop about the job and team building

activities in mixed groups. At each events, the most exciting

and memorable elements were the personal ones for the

students.

Beyond the organised programs at school, we visited Budapest,

Eger and enjoyed the bathing and swimming on the Zsóry Spa. The

project partners really appreciated our work regarding to organizing this

short exchange. Both foreign teachers and students were satisfied with

programs, accommodation and other conditions.

Following the project plan after the Hungarian meeting we also

took part in 3 meetings in spring, 2018, two of them were short

exchanges in Turkey (Ödemis) and in Italy (Sardinia), and the last one

was an extra final meeting in Spain (Don Benito) for only teachers to

evaluate work so far and discuss the opportunities of the collaborations

for the future. Unfortunately, in this last meeting we just participated in

from 4 countries (also with the Spanish team who hosted the event) but it was a very memorable and

enjoyable one.

Looking back, one of the greatest achievement

was the participation in the Strategies21 project that I am

proud of it the most. During the two-year work there

were difficult moments when organizing the events had

sometimes given us unusual challenges. But we stepped

over the obstacles and learnt from our mistakes. The

program caused a change of approach for the whole

school community, which I wouldn’t have imagined

before. In case of the students, the most important

benefit was that the project made them be interested in the given issues such as healthy life, digital

communication, new job opportunities, cultural heritage and migration and payed their attentions to the

importance of collaboration, finding right solution to the problems, developing soft skills like creativity,

communication, team work, assertiveness…etc. what are necessary for them for their successful future life.

We are closing this project as an experienced teacher staff and we are looking forward to such a following

opportunity.

Written by Ildiko Nagyné Szalmási

Events/Activities Numbers Details

1.Participant countries in Strategies21

project7 Bulgaria, France, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Turkey

2.

The number of the international

meetings

(including kick off meeting, short

exchanges, extra meeting)

7 Aveiro, Mont de Marsan, Sofia, Mezőkövesd, Ödemis, Decimomannu, Don Benito

3.

The total number of travelers

(including who have traveled several

times)

170

people

Aveiro:13 teachers

Mont de Marsan:12 teachers, 20 students, total: 32 people

Sofia:11 teachers, 16 students, total: 27 people

Mezőkövesd:13 teachers, 16 students, altogether:29 people

Ödemis: 14 teachers, 18 students, altogether:32 people

Sardinia:13 teachers, 15 students, altogether:28 people

Don Benito:9 teachers

4.

The total number of traveling teachers

(including who has traveled several

times)

85

teachers

Aveiro:13 teachers

Mont de Marsan:12 teachers

Sofia:11 teachers

Mezőkövesd:13 teachers

Ödemis:14 teachers

Szardínia:13 teachers

Don Benitó:9 teachers

5.

The total number of traveling students

(including who have traveled several

times)

85

students

Aveiro:-----

Mont de Marsan:20 students

Sofia:16 students

Mezőkövesd:16 students

Ödemis:18 students

Szardínia:15 students

Don Benitó:-------

6.

The total number of Hungarian

teachers who have traveled/

The number of Hungarian teachers

who has traveled only once

13

teachers

/

3

teachers

Portugal: Juhász jánosné, Nagyné Szalmási Ildikó

France: Dósa Annamária, Diményné Kiss Katalin, Nagyné Szalmási Ildikó

Bulgaria: Fügedi Dóra, Nagyné Szalmási Ildikó

Turkey: Barnóczky Lászlóné, Nagyné Szalmási Ildikó

Italy: Nagyné Szalmási Ildikó

Spain: Juhász Jánosné, Diményné Kiss Katalin, Nagyné Szalmási Ildikó

7.The total number of Hungarian

students who have traveled

9

students

France: Ambrus Liliána 11.D, Bukta Bence 12.D, Murányi Natália 12.D

Bulgaria: Bacsi Alexandra 12.E, Juhász Veronika 10.E

Turkey: Berecz Antónia 9.A, Katyina Boglárka 9.A

Italy: Bozsik Enikő 10.E, Fehér Veronika 10.E

8. The number of the visited towns

(by the Hungarian team)27

Portugal:Lisbon, Porto, Aveiro

France: Paris, Bordeaux, Arcachon, Mont de Marsan

Bulgaria: Sofia, Plovdiv

Turkey: Istanbul, Ödemis, Izmir, Birgi, Pamukkale, Sirince, Kusadasi, Ephesos

Italy: Rome, Cagliari, Decimomannu

Spain:Madrid, Sevilla, Merida, Caceres, Trujillo, Don Benito, Medellin

9.The number of the visited capitals

(by Hungarian team)5 Lisbon, Paris, Sofia, Rome, Madrid

10.The number of the visited airport

(by the Hungarian team)11

Budapest, Porto, Lisbon, Paris, München, Sofia, Istanbul, Izmír, Rome, Cagliari,

Madrid

11.

The number of the airlines we

traveled with

(by the Hungarian team)

5 Wizzair, Air France, Lufthansa, Alitalia, Turkish Airlines

12.

The number of the nights we spent

abroad

(by the Hungarian team)

43

nights

Portugal: 7 nights

France: 8 nights

Bulgaria: 8 nights

Turkey: 7 nights

Italy: 7 nights

Spain: 6 nights

13.

The number of international SEM

Talk presentations made by

Hungarian students

12

France: 1 Promotion of healthy lifestyles

Bulgaria: 1 Digital communication: an anti-social threat?

Hungary: 8 New Job Opportunities

Turkey: 1 Cultural Heritage

Italy: 1 Integration of migrants

Strategies21 project in numbers from the view point of the Hungarian partner

This Erasmus+ Project is a two year project. We

finished the first year and published 1st Newsletter. In

the second year of the Project, we also studied very hard

and produced very fruitful outputs. We produced bulletin boards before each mobility.

In November 2018, we visited Hungary with 3 teachers

and 2 students. The SEM Talk topic in Hungary was ‘New

Job Opportunities’. 2017-2018 School year started in

September in Türkiye, so didn’t have a lot of time to be

ready for SEM talk in Hungarian school. We organised a

competition to choose the best team. Ezgi ŞAHAN and

Damla Suzan KABAK were chosen to represent our school in Hungary. Both students and teachers had unforgettable moments in Mezőkövesd, Hungary.

The second mobility in the second year of the

project was to our country- Türkiye. We hosted 18

students and 14 teachers from our 6 different

partners. We visited our major Mr. Mahmut Badem

with the whole group on the 8th March. The 8th

March is celebrated the women’s day in Turkey so

the major gave carnation as a gift to the lady

teachers in the group.As the topic of the SEM talk

was on ‘Our Cultural Heritages’, we organised

several cultural trips (Ephesus and The White Travertines) to introduce Turkish cultural heritages to our

partners. We arranged two workshops: 1- Interactive group workshop (We aimed to increase students’ soft

skills and English speaking abilities.) 2- Making headband flower from silkworm cocoon. (As local people

produced silkworm cocoon in the past, we wanted to show something about our ancient culture.)

The third mobility was to Decimomannu, Italy. Before

we visited Italy, our students worked very hard and tried

to prepare their presentation. The SEM talk topic in Italy

was on ‘Integration of Refugees’. In Ödemişwe have some

refugee families from Syria. The participant students of

Italy- SudenazÖzcan and SılaOvalı visited ‘Çapacızade

primary school’ and had an interview with students from

Syria.

The last meeting was organised in Spain as the final meeting of our Project. The meeting was just for

teachers. We represent our country with four teachersfrom our school. We were all delighted at visiting

Spain and getting to know something about Spanish culture.

All mobilities were well prepared in each country and our teachers enlarged their teaching techniques,

methodology during the whole project process and can adapt them in our school and our teachers own life

as well. On the other hand, our students learned a lot from different cultures, improved their soft skills,

self-confidence and speaking their foreign language.