Two year project

I.C. Pescara 8, in Pescara (Italy) Osnovna Škola Bartula Kašića Zadar, in Zadar (Croatia), Základná škola s materskou školou Želiarska, in Košice (Slovakia), Daugavpils 3 vidusskola, in Daugavpils (Latvia), Instituto de Educación Secundaria Palomares, in Palomares del Río (Spain) PARTNERS INVOLVED

ITALY Pescara IC PESCARA 8 /

SPAIN Palomares del Rio IES Palomares

Osnovna škola Bartula Kašića Zadar CROATIA Zadar

SLOVAKIA Košice Želiarska 4, Košice

LATVIA Daugavpils Daugavpils 3. Vidusskola Daugavpils 3. vidusskola

Project aims This project aims to unite and integrate the current need to use new technologies (ICT) in the best way and encourage creativity, innovation and the European Dimension of lifelong learning in young people and teachers.

The project rises from the need of a linguistic literacy in mother tongue and in foreign languages, to promote the increase of the communicative skills such as textual, pragmatic, sociolinguistic, discursive and strategic competences in line with the principles of active citizenship and the ET 2020 goals.

An innovative, vertically and gradually didactics (nursery, primary and lower secondary school) will be adopted to achieve these goals. It will allow students to build their knowledge with interest and motivation and at the same time to develop communicative and digital competences.

The planned activities are: 4 transnational meetings 3 short-term joint staff training events 3 short-term exchanges of groups of pupils

TRANSNATIONAL MEETINGS To explain in a better way and share criteria and guidelines of the various phases To monitor project activities, operating the necessary adjustments To meet the other partners, to know their school systems, their cultural and economic contexts and their institutions and organizations

The team that will take part in the transnational meeting is composed of: -a project manager for each country; - a teacher for each country; - an administrative for country.

TRANSNATIONAL MEETINGS Dates and countries  October, 19th-23rd, 2015, Croatia: kick-off meeting  M ay, 16th–20th 2016, Slovakia: 2° transnational meeting  September 2016, Latvia: 3° transnational meeting  May 2017, Italy: final transnational meeting

SHORT TERM JOINT STAFF TRAINING EVENTS To take part in teaching, learning and training activities To share good practises and moments of common interactions To observe colleagues and their teaching methods in a real class context

How many teachers will leave for the short term joint staff events?  3 teachers for each country What kind of competences should they have?

Dates and places short term joint events 1.November, 23rd-27th, 2015, Croatia: common training on creative writing forms and digital storytelling 2. April, 4th-8th, 2016, Spain: training on techniques of expressive reading and dramatization 3. October, 24th-28th, 2016, Italy: short training on the flipped class and the realization of a movie

Short term exchanges of pupils and students Students and teachers’ mobility Didactic activities about the common topics and outputs realized from each country To meet classmates from other countries and to develop communicative and linguistic skills

Dates, places and activities. Short term exchanges of groups of pupils Dates, places and activities. Short term exchanges of groups of pupils - April, 4th-8th, 2016, Spain: medial laboratory, participation in reading competitions. - October, 24th – 28th, 2016, Italy: flipped classroom and workshop on language skills. - April 2017, Croatia: digital storytelling, creative re-elaboration of texts and stories through the use of tablet and a development of the English language. - April, 4th-8th, 2016, Spain: medial laboratory, participation in reading competitions. - October, 24th – 28th, 2016, Italy: flipped classroom and workshop on language skills. - April 2017, Croatia: digital storytelling, creative re-elaboration of texts and stories through the use of tablet and a development of the English language.

WHICH ARE THE CRITERIA TO CHOOSE PUPILS FOR THE MOBILITIES? They are: AGE: about 12 YEARS OLD BEHAVIOUR: WELL-EDUCATED EXCELLENT COMPETENCES REGULAR FREQUENCY at school

PUPILS ACCOMODATION WHERE STUDENTS WILL BE HOUSED?

How many pupils will participate at the short term mobility? Spain, April, 4th-8th, 2016: Croatia and Italy:10 pupils + 2 teachers; Latvia and Slovakia: 5 pupils + 1 teacher Italy, October, 24th-28th,2016: Croatia: 15 pupils + 2 teachers, Latvia, Slovakia and Spain: 5 pupils + 1 teacher Croatia, April 2017: Italy: 15 pupils + 2 teachers Latvia, Slovakia and Spain: 5 pupils + 1 teacher Spain, April, 4th-8th, 2016: Croatia and Italy:10 pupils + 2 teachers; Latvia and Slovakia: 5 pupils + 1 teacher Italy, October, 24th-28th,2016: Croatia: 15 pupils + 2 teachers, Latvia, Slovakia and Spain: 5 pupils + 1 teacher Croatia, April 2017: Italy: 15 pupils + 2 teachers Latvia, Slovakia and Spain: 5 pupils + 1 teacher

Intellectual outpts 1.Be happy 2 read & write 2.European Narrator‘s Suitcase 3.StoryInventor Intellectual outpts 1.Be happy 2 read & write 2.European Narrator‘s Suitcase 3.StoryInventor

Be happy 2 read & write Training Kit in printed and digital form that collects and shows the best creative and innovative methods, used successfully to teach reading and writing. Italy: leading country Croatia, Latvia, Slovakia and Spain: participating countries Be happy 2 read & write Training Kit in printed and digital form that collects and shows the best creative and innovative methods, used successfully to teach reading and writing. Italy: leading country Croatia, Latvia, Slovakia and Spain: participating countries

European Narrator’s Suitcase Collection of original and/or revised stories from the partner Countries, illustrated with pictures, photos and video clips. Thanks to the stories pupils and students can express in a simple and immediate way what living in a European and multicultural dimension means for them. The collection will be transformed into an APP version, with an easy way of reading, especially for pupils with “Specific Learning Disabilities”. Spain: leading country Italy, Croatia, Latvia and Slovakia: participating countries Collection of original and/or revised stories from the partner Countries, illustrated with pictures, photos and video clips. Thanks to the stories pupils and students can express in a simple and immediate way what living in a European and multicultural dimension means for them. The collection will be transformed into an APP version, with an easy way of reading, especially for pupils with “Specific Learning Disabilities”. Spain: leading country Italy, Croatia, Latvia and Slovakia: participating countries

StoryInventor An “educational game”, through which to develop the language and the communicative, expressive, and narrative skills in pupils and students. “Cards” of the story and cards of change will be used with the aim to invent stories in progress. From there a movie and a book trailer will be realized. Croatia: leading country Italy, Latvia, Slovakia and Spain: participating countries An “educational game”, through which to develop the language and the communicative, expressive, and narrative skills in pupils and students. “Cards” of the story and cards of change will be used with the aim to invent stories in progress. From there a movie and a book trailer will be realized. Croatia: leading country Italy, Latvia, Slovakia and Spain: participating countries