Activity calendar

Activity calendar (not including mobility activities )

The eligibility period of activities starts on 1 October 2007 and goes on until 31 July 2008 .

Approximate date	Activity description	Actors involved
Whole year 2007-2008	What’s up in your school? Articles written for the Blog about the projects and other activities.	All partners
Whole year	Exchanging e-mail: Pupils participating in project meetings or hosting their guests exchange e-mail.	All partners
October 2007	Our town: a comparison between the ‘old’ and the ‘new’: The students create a pp. presentation showing the changes made in their area/town/city. For example, they can use pictures or photographs of old/ancient buildings and the more modern ones that have been built in their place.	All partners, coordination: Italy
November-December 2007	Video: Creation of one, two or three advertisement video clips. Topic: promoting a better behaviour (protecting the environment, stop drinking, smoking, bullying, having better eating habits etc.)	All partners, coordination: France
January –February 2008	Choosing a career: Pupils interview people working in different jobs and make them questions about their work.	All partners, coordination: France
March-April 2008	Recycling project: The pupils of each participating school research into what is done with waste in their home countries. The pupils create new things (artworks) out of old things.	All partners, coordination: Germany

Expected results, including products

Approximate date (month/year)	Description of results
Whole year 2007-2008	Using a new BLOG :-) Each participating country is directly involved in publishing the articles in the Internet. This contributes to rapidity and enhances a more active participation by all the partners. The pupils have a chance to comment on the articles published. Improvement on ICT-skills.
Whole year 2007-2008	What’s up in your school and other activities? Articles written by the pupils. Pupils get up-to-date information on what is happening in their partner schools and the lives of the other pupils (e.g. conference meetings, projects). Improvement of English language skills.
Whole year 2007-2008	Project meetings. Preparations for the trip and for welcoming guests (exchanging e-mail, scheduling for the trip; composing an interesting programme for the visitors and hosting/ taking care of the guests), reporting on the trips and organising exhibitions at school. Results: Discovering things about one’s own environment and home country from a different point of you and getting familiarized with a partner country (intercultural awareness). Enriching concept of world and increasing tolerance and acceptance of difference. Increased independence of pupils and a greater motivation for learning foreign languages (mostly English, but also French, German and Finnish) Strengthening of the multicultural atmosphere of each institution.
October 2007	Our town: a comparison between the ‘old’ and the ‘new’. Each participating school makes a powerpoint presentation of changes that have taken place in their town/city or region. Development in ICT skills of pupils. Written and oral reports on this powerpoint, finding out things about the local environment in the old times and at present, reflecting on the changes and development of the town/city or region and reasons for these changes (war, urbanisation, economic development, recession, changes in town planning etc.). Getting to know about the environment of pupils in the other participating countries and making comparisons.
November-December 2007	Promoting a better behaviour. Each participating country makes a video of two or three clips. The objective is to encourage a better behaviour of a person and a better behaviour towards others as well. All the clips will be compiled on a CD. The pupils choose themselves the themes, the type of presentation and the way they want to treat the subject. Results: Awareness of the risks for health caused by smoking, drinking and unhealthy food. At the same time, encouraging others to quit these habits for better health. Reflecting on a person’s responsibility when facing certain problems of society (bullying, violence…) and getting aware of the fact that in all the participating countries the young sometimes face these problems. Aid and support in overcoming these problems.
January - February 2008	Choosing a career. Interviewing people on their work to find out about their studies, salary, advantages and disadvantages of the job, career prospect, and the qualities needed for the job they have chosen. Each pupil participating in this activity chooses a job on the basis of his capabilities and interests. Articles published in Comenius Herald and a chart comparing the six countries about a few of the jobs studied and a conclusion. Improvement of English language skills (writing articles t Comenius Herald).
March-April 2008	Recycling project. Researching into the amount of waste produced and what is done with waste in each of the participating countries (depositing, separating, burning, recycling etc.). The role of recycling in each country and in pupils’ lives, the fees paid by average families. Interviews, questionnaires, comparisons between different countries, statistics and articles in the Comenius Herald. Creating works of art (clothes, sculptures …) out of waste material. Making a calendar illustrated with photos of the works of art produced. Fashion shows and making a video. Better knowledge of the problem of waste in industrialized countries, solutions made and the costs for the community. Being conscious of the responsibility of each individual towards this problem. Using imagination and creativity in recycling old things to make works of art and other things out of them. Improvement of English language skills (articles written for Comenius Herald). Better command of the English language?