Kategoria: Italy

Virtual mobility

After agreeing on the date and length of the meeting to suit each of the partner schools, we decided to organize a video conference. Each school gathered a team of 8 – 12 students eager to meet their friends from other countries. Google meet platform was used to get in touch before and set up all the details and for the meeting itself, taking place on 20thof May 2021. The schedule of the video conference looked as follows: 

Schedule of activities 

  • Introducing teams
  • Taking group photos by the padlet 
  • Healthy habits – brainstorming 
  • What do you know about the country the wheel decide picked for you 
  • Name 5 – a team contest 
  • What have you got for breakfast? Interviewing partners.
  • Kahoot – a general knowledge quiz (each country prepared the questions) 
  • Draw your lunch and breakfast using Jamboard 
  • Healthy tips – how important are they for you – discussing ideas and uploading them on Mentimeter 

Unfortunately, due to technical problems and safety regulations at schools we were unable to let our students interview each other as we had planned before. Nevertheless, students could see each other, take part in games prepared together. They could confront their conceptions of healthy lifestyle, find out what they knew about their partner countries, compete in quizzes. We could compare what we conceive of breakfasts and school lunches as all the participants were expected to draw them and label them on the common virtual board. First of all, however, it was a two-hour distraction from the school routine and a chance to ties bonds between the partners. 

Christmas is coming!

It was strange Christmas this year. Socially distanced, with masked Santa, without older relatives, without meeting friends or singing carols together. We did what we could do in these specific circumstances – we designed Christmas cards and shared them together on one board wishing each other health, peace and coming back to reality soon.

The link to the board where all the cards were uploaded: https://padlet.com/tambelli_sylwia/v4hdqb44r5ex0hvd

We organized also A Christmas gift fundraising and prepared presents for families in need living in the neighborhood.

Say No To Cyberbullying

Is online bullying more damaging and upsetting than usual bullying? Both may be destructive but because it’s usually anonymous and difficult to trace it can me even more harmful than usual calling names and having fun at someone’s expense. It’s also hard to control, and the cyberbullies person has no idea how many people have seen the harmful photos or posts. Moreover, it doesn’t finish at school, as usual bullying used to. Living under the constant threat of being bullied online can lead to anxiety, state of upset or fear, eating disorders and insomnia.

What can cyberbullying involve?

Students discussed the reasons for which some people bully others, they decided which forms of bullying we can categorize as bullying, which can be on-line bullying and which are both. They provided some examples of bullying they know from books and TV shows. Students also searched for the data, checking how many people are traced down and punished for their misbehavior on the Internet. They took part in the anonymous survey answering questions about their own misdemeanors. We brainstormed for solutions and ways of reacting to the crimes like these. Italian students Set up their own anti-bully committee and prepared their publications – manifestos on how to deal with bullying. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZaaR8RgydGVbaoeIgb7X4kHDGkBkJ4oy/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-WwvgbwkCv487LdcAvYWRFZV5W6uHESW/view?usp=sharing

‚Best friends are the people in your life who make you laugh louder, smile brighter and live better’

What is a good friend like?

Who is your good friend?

What does a good friend never do?

What does a good friend always do?

Who are your favorite pair of friend from a book , a film or TV show?

Why is having a friend so important?

We discussed all these issues, made word clouds, described how the best friend should behave and what behavior disqualifies one’s as a friend. We shared all our thoughts and ideas on the padlet.

https://padlet.com/tambelli_sylwia/iqu6rlgohuytcqsf

Italian students presented also ourselves in the video showing how important friendship and being a part of the team is and they prepared their own impressions of the idea of friendship.

Communication – help adolescents get stronger

Fostering relationships we have to talk to each other. Communications skills can be learned. No matter how well we know and like each other, we are unable to read other people’s minds. We need to get across our message to avoid confusion that may result in hurting one’s feelings, anger and bitterness. We have to learn how to communicate effectively and it does require practice and hard work.
Whenever we talk to others we should bear in mind that:

You may learn how to communicate while playing:

  • be concise
  • care for other participants’ feelings
  • work a team
  • respect and follow the rules

Here is the game, the rules of which were designed by the students. Laws do the same for society. Laws exist to protect our rights and freedoms and create a safer society.

https://www.sutori.com/story/taboo–UVw48JDnSWp1GxDmKDg9zL7a?fbclid=IwAR2xYEoCwgqk_3L42-k_iG3VpeJHYb2BQMxsYP-qL_l7LHD-nM81yylbaPY

Have a Nice Day

Starting the project we thought about counteracting the typical amount of stress we live with. Nobody expected a worldwide crisis like the one we have been experiencing since the epidemic outburst. It is difficult to maintain a healthy lifestyle when we are in the middle of a havoc like this. The uncertainty, feeling alone, deprived of social contacts and family worries disrupt our routines, our lifestyles, motivation and mental health. The flow of disturbing information from all over the world increases our sense of anxiety. Stress is a normal response to these types of situations. In order to maintain the contact and give a sense of going through the same difficult situation, as we share the same need for support and belief it is going to be better one day, we decided to design card reminding us of those basic human needs – kindness, affection, good will, warmth and finding pleasure in petty things.

Erasmus+ Days

The event we created to showcase the impact of our project and the experiences of us, as the beneficiaries of the Erasmus+ Programme, was an online partners meeting, during which we summed up the activities and results of the first year of the project and adjusted the previously planned actions to the Covid 19 sanitary requirements.

Another event we organized was a video conference for teachers from the neighbouring schools, who also coordinate Erasmus+ projects. We exchanged views about online solutions we have been applying to perform our activities in the changed circumstances, we discussed the benefits of mobilities; displaying photos, products and films we highlighted our projects’ achievements, and showed the impact of Erasmus+ funding. We also discussed the benefits which sharing good practices brings to schools and how life long learning shapes us, teachers, making us more effective.

The presentation displayed by our school:

The first year of the project – the summary

As to sum up all the activities performed this year we made a film highlighting all the most important events and undertakings which have taken place. We started from the first meeting of the teachers, during which we got familiar with each other, established the rules of the cooperation, and made a schedule of the activities. Next, the first exchange of students followed and afterwards, since no meetings could be organized due to the Covid 19 regulations we present in this video some of the tasks which we were trying to do online.

Use sport to relieve your stress

Regular exercises cause remarkable changes to our body, our metabolism, our spirits and well being. It has a unique capacity to boost one’s stamina and rest at the same time, as it provides both stimulation and calmness. In order to promote sports each of the school prepared a dictionary of sports. Each of the team was in charge of one specific area, Italian – olympic sports, Spain – water sports, Portugal team sports and Poland – winter sports. Students had to brainstorm for terms, after that they had to design their dictionaries, find photos illustrating the disciplines, places where these sports are performed, name athletes and provide the examples of the necessary equipment. Next they swapped their dictionaries letting other students provide the words in their native languages. It allowed for collaboration, learning English words and comparing words in different languages.

The link to the dictionary:

http:// https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ibowBC-dZvTa76eLZltJO0NvOzQjkfhr/view?usp=sharing

Apart from the dictionaries students made also quizzes about sports and they played an escape room game about sport disciplines.

We also prepared the mini – biographies of our favourite athletes.

The link to the collection: https://padlet.com/tambelli_sylwia/ygkiker5qs1kyk7p

World Health Days

This year for the fifth time our school has celebrated the World Health Day. This spring, because of the lockdown, we had to organize it online. The team of teachers in charge of arranging the event were collecting the resources which afterwards were uploaded on the paddlet and students ask well as their tutors and parents were continuously encouraged to make themselves familiar with the resources. All the materials were classified into:

  • recipes for healthy food, which included video clips presenting healthy snacks made by the teachers
  • video clips about motivation and controlling emotions
  • presentations about the effects which smoking has got on the human body
  • tips on the healthy diet
  • pieces of advice on being fit and boosting stamina
  • some information about preservatives and coloring food

https://padlet.com/tambelli_sylwia/nca6z5evyuuhzbd9

Italian students developed presentations about the new rules which they are obliged to follow according to the Covid -19 regulations. All the works were collected in one publication. https://www.canva.com/design/DAFKzv4S_Ak/WnO0pXT3iFfrKHCKIOcidA/view?utm_content=DAFKzv4S_Ak&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=homepage_design_menu

Finally, students took part in the virtual breakout game, during which they could check how much they had learned during the classes and from the resources collected. They did like the game and managed to break out from the surgery.