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Project summary
In September 2003 in Tornio Finland in the
preparing meeting we discussed about the project that will last for
three years. At the first year the theme is the traditional games. At
the second year the theme is the selfmade learning games. And the last
year the goal is to collect the material for the book that includes the
games and the learning games of the different partnercountries.
The Comenius project will start by collecting the traditional and
regional games together with the pupils, their parents and even
grandparents. The project work will be carried out in almost every
school subjects which automatically extracts active participation of the
pupils.
The goal on the project is to add the social growth, understanding of
the other cultures, and to reduce teasing. Even the multicultural
education is an important part of the project.
During the project the pupils and the teachers communicate and exchange
the gameinstructions and experiences via new technology: internet,
video, digitalphotos etc. Documentation and evaluation help us all to
analyse the progress of the Comenius project. The activities will even
be measured by special project-related questionnaires which the
partnerteachers plan together. By playing games of the partner countries
pupils learn different languages.
In the project meeting the teachers increase their knowledge about the
partnerschools´ educational system and pedagogical methods. The teachers
evaluate and improve the contents of the project.
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Project content and
organisation
2004/2005
1. What are the concrete aims
of the project and its expected impact on the participants and other
interested parties (on the pupils, teachers, institutions, local
community, wider educational community)?
- Together with the pupils, their parents and grandparents collect
traditional and regional games
- Add the social growth and reduce teasing
- Exchange the games with the partner schools
- The teachers compare the educational system and the pedagogical
methods of each partnerschool
2. Which activities do you intend to
carry out in the course of the project?
- Collect the traditional and regional
games
- Play games, evaluate and improve the games and game instructions
- Exchange games via new technology
- Play national and international games
- Meet the teachers who participate the project
3. What kind of end products do you
intend to produce?
- Pupils’ products: illustrations,
writings etc.
- The gameinstructions of the different games
- New friends
4. How do you intend to
evaluate the progress of the project and its impact on the participating
pupils and teachers, the participating institutions and, where relevant,
on the local community?
- A continual observation during the games
- Evaluation by a special project-related questionnaire
- Documentation: children’s illustrations, writings, video etc.
5. How do you intend to disseminate the results, experience and end
products amongst the participating institutions, other institutions and
the local community?
- The project meeting of the participating
teachers
- Parents’ and grandparents’ visits at schools
- The schoolnewspaper
- New technology
- Children’s illustrations, writing, drawings, gameinstructions etc.
6. What kind of specific
measures, if any, do you intend to take within the project to:
- facilitate the participation of pupils with special educational needs?
- ensure equal opportunities for the participation of female and male
pupils and staff?
- promote intercultural education, and/or to help combat racism/xenophobia?
- facilitate the participation of pupils/schools who/which are
disadvantaged for socio-economic or other reasons?
- facilitate the participation of disabled pupils and staff?
- enhance the participation of pupils from ethnic and other minority
groups, in particular children of migrant workers, gypsies, travellers
and occupational travellers?
- Integrate the pupils over the
schoolgrades
- Stress and emphasize the equal value in the humanity
- Exchange games and evaluate them by the common questionnaire
- Interviews
7. Please describe the role of all participating institutions and
explain how an effective cooperation and distribution of tasks will be
ensured.
- All the partnerschools collect
traditional/ regional games
- All the partnerschools exchange traditional/ regional games
- The partnerschools have a common goal.
8. Does the project intend to use
information and communication technologies ? If yes, what kind of
technologies ? How and to what extent will they be used?
- New technology: websides, e-mail,
digitalphotos, video etc.
- Every pupil is involved
9. How will the project ensure the
active participation of pupils throughout the project (planning,
implementation and evaluation)?
- It is reserved a certain period for the Comenius project in the class
schedule
10. How will the project be integrated
into the curriculum of the pupils participating in the project at the
institutions involved?
- It is integrated into every schoolsubject
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Project content and
organisation
2005/2006
1. Which project
activities have taken place so far in the school year 2004/05?
Schoolproject’s title is traditional
games and selfmade games. Aims of the project are:
- collect the traditional and regional games
- exchange the games with the partnerschools
- identify the traditions of partnercountries
- use the new technology
- the international spread
All the partnerschools have collected the traditional plays together
with grandparents and parents. Pupils have played the traditional games
and they have evaluated the games by the special-related questionnaire.
Even the grandparents and parents have participated in the playing of
the games( a play evening) at school. The pupils have learned to know
the partnerschool’s pupils by changing the portfolios about themselves.
By changing the traditional songs pupils have become familiar with the
partnercountry’s languages. During the project the pupils have learned
better to know the cultures of the partnercountries.
In the project meeting in Peine, Germany 1st -5th December -04 the
teachers had an excellent possibility to discuss about the project and
compare the educational system and the pedagogical methods with each
partnerschool.
2.Which activities are
envisaged for the remaining part of the school year 2004/05?
The partnerschools exchange the games
via new technology. All the partnerschools play the traditional games
from every partnerschool. The pupils evaluate the games and game
instructions with the special-related questionnaire. At the end of the
project year the partnerschools will organize a play-evening together
with the grandparents, parents and pupils. The traditional plays will be
collected as a playbooklet:
• Italy / May
- changing the games
- making the book
- planning the multi language dictionary
In May we have a projectmeeting in
Rignano, Italy. We need a meeting to change the games and to make a
collection of the games and also the planning of the next project year.
3. Which project activities do you intend to carry out in the course
of the school year 2004/05 and what are the expected results thereof?
The theme of the project is traditional
plays and selfmade learning games. The pupils produce the regional and
national learning games. They play the learning games, evaluate and
improve the games and game instructions with a special-related
questionnaire. The partnerschools exchange the learning games via new
technology. The pupils play the partnerschool’s learning games. In the
project the pupils learn to know better the culture of the
partnerschools. The pupils learn to know the possibilities of the new
technology. The common multi languages picture dictionary helps pupils
to know a little about the different languages in the partner countries.
b) Visits
In the project meeting in Finland/Norway
the teachers exchange the learning games, work out the new ideas and
discuss about the contents of the project. The teachers visit local
institutions or sights. Teachers reflect even experiences across the
project, education systems and pedagogical methods.
c) Products
-The common collection of learning games
-Exhibition
-The international spread
- The multi languages picture dictionary
-The project meeting
-Video of the games/ project meeting
-Photos/Information in website
d) Evaluation
- the questionnaire for the learning games
- a permanent documentation/ evaluation
- the project meeting: teachers evaluate the progress of the project
e) Spreading the results
- organizing a play-evening at school for
grandparents and parents
- learning games to the pupils outside the Comenius project
- newspaper reports
- reports to parents
- E-mail/ Internet
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Project content and
organisation
2006/2007
1. Which project activities have taken
place so far in the school year 2005-2006?
The project’s title is traditional and
selfmade games.
- Aims of the project are: to collect regional and national, traditional
games.
- to make educational games
- to exchange educational games with the partnerschools
- to identify the traditions of partnercountries
- to use new technology
- international collaborations
In the beginning of the second year,
pupils have prepared some educational games. Pupils have assessed the
success of the games through the common assessment form of the
partnerschools. Partnerschools are collecting material for a common
dictionary.
Pupils have begun correspondence. The parents of the pupils have taken
part in a Comenius day, organised by the school. During the day,
traditional games of the partnercountries were played.
2. Which activities are envisaged for the remaining part of the
school year 2005-2006?
Partners will trade an educational game (called
We discover). All partnerschools will play exchanged educational games.
A common dictionary will be ready ( through the Internet). Pupils will
learn words related to the games in the languages of partnercountries.
Any material related to the educational games will be saved for the
final output. Project meeting in Finland and Norway. In the project
meeting we will exchange experiences, assess the project and plan out
the final year of the project.
3. Which activities do you intend to carry out in teh course of the
school year 2006-2007 and what are the expected results thereof?
a) Activities
Pupils will play the learned national
and international traditional games and educational games. Pupils will
revise the words related to the games in the languages of the partner
countries, learned from the common dictionary. Assessment of the
project’s success
b) Visits
The last project meeting will be held
in Poland, in december 2007. Teachers will make a decision about the
contents of the book, which will be ready in the spring. They will also
exchange thoughts about the project and assess its success. Teachers
will also get to know Poland’s school system, teaching methods etc.
c) Products
- A common book about the project
- a show
- photos
- letters
- evaluation forms/evaluations
d) Evaluation
An evaluation form about the project as
a whole. Project meeting: the teacher’s evaluation.
e) Spreading the results
- A Comenius-night for the parents, the
releasing event of the book
- newspaper articles
- e-mail / internet
- all results will remain to be used at schools even after the project
has ended.
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