Memories from the exchange with students from Norway

Bulgarian Meeting Minutes. 23th - 27th January 2013

1. GO THROUGH THE PROJECT DESIGN AND CHECK “TASKS”.

Firstly we review our Project Design. We list the different project stages and sum up all the activities and products we have already done. We set the current stage of the project. We are developing the stage 5 CULTURAL INTEGRATION.
We check all the tasks we had to bring to Bulgaria:

2. REVIEW PROPOSALS OF THE INTERMEDIATE ASSESSMENT

After work on the results of our intermediate assessment, it drew some conclusions and proposals.
The schools report about which of them were taken into count and were put into practice at school.

PRACTICAL USE OF THE PROJECT RESULTS AT SCHOOL

Group Proposals:
• Publish all the materials (videos, photos, texts…) on our blogs for wider usage.
• Move CDs with the materials and exchange them
• To practice: a task for students to prepare a game from other countries and present it at PE lessons
• Use the products at the English lessons

INCLUSION OF THE ACTIVITIES IN TEACHER’S SYLLABUS

Group Proposals:
• Presentations for the teachers and parents
• Increase school website usage
• Interviews the coordinators
• Publish our Project in media, papers, radio, local tv…
• Organize Comenius Day at School involving all the community.

FAMILIES AND REST OF THE TEACHERS INVOLVEMENT

Group Proposals:
• Publish all the stuff in the school website
• Update our blogs
• School boards usage
• Use local public spaces to display our results, squares, malls, City-Hall…
• Present the project to the teachers and parents at the beginning of the course, and try to involve them giving them some task.
• Invite the families to take part in some of the project activities
• Use the involved students to present the project to other students, teachers or families telling the experiences


3. TASKS PLANNING FOR THE NEXT MEETING IN PORTUGAL

The tasks we must work on and have ready for the next meeting in Portugal are:

1. SEND ALL GAMES IN THE SAME FORMAT TO BE COMPILIED IN OUR HANDBOOK. (file attached) DEADLINE: 1st April
• Traditional games
• Adaptive games
• Co-educative games
• Cultural games (from ethnic, religious or  cultural minorities)

2. LECTURES ABOUT INTEGRATION OF ETHNIC, RELIGIOUS OR CULTURAL MINORITY GROUPS AT SCHOOL
Minority groups representatives or institutions will give lectures about integration at school events.  Feel free to organize it at your will.
Don`t forget to record it or make a presentation to be uploaded to the blog and exchanged in the next meeting. It’s important to have records of the products and activities in order to be sent in the final report to our agencies.


3. BODY PERCUSSION CHOREOGRAPHY.
DEADLINE: 1st April
• Body rhythm choreography. It is a long term task. Assisted by the Music or PE teacher, the students have to create a choreography clapping hands or others body parts, even table or furniture. The music was already sent. Some of the partners have already done the work. We have to finish and record it and send to us to make the mixed final video.
• Please if you haven`t sent it yet, we would ask you to send it as soon as possible.
• BULGARIA!!!!!!! Please, remember you used the Cd you gave us in Sofia and we need that material. Could you send us the choreography video at least? THANKS!!!!


4. DATES FOR NEXT MEETING IN PORTUGAL
8th-12th May
Remember we talked about the possibility of adding two more days in Seville after the official visit in Portugal. (for example 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th in Portugal and 12th, 13rd in Seville and leaving on 14th)
We’ll try to send you a draft program as soon as possible.
The objective is to celebrate an important event related with the topic of the project, conferences, courses, lectures, debates or other kind of practical activity. We will try to invite some experts on the subject.
DEADLINE with your decisions: 15th February


5. NEW COMENIUS PROJECT CONTRIBUTIONS

The teams taking part in the new Comenius Project mustn’t forget to review the Document attached about its content.
Please, we are hoping to get some feedback, proposals, contributions and suggestions so that we can present the final document ASAP.
DEADLINE 8th February

Interview to a local sportwoman

Intercultural day

Special Olympics Antonio Gala School

Integration Activity: Special Olympics

In few days you´ll be able to see several photos and a video about the event, it was incredible, our students enjoyed and learnt a lot sharing their time and smiles with the Special Olympics friends...

INTERMEDIATE ASSESSMENT /COMENIUS PROJECT:

INTEGRATION AND EQUALITY IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION BY MEANS OF PHISICAL ACTIVITIES, GAMES AND SPORT.

The objective of the following questionnaire is to analyse and evaluate the development of our project during the first year.  All data results will be analysed in the forthcoming meeting in Cyprus aiming at setting specific improving proposals.

PROJECT	4,7
ENGAGEMENT AND IMPACT	3,9
ACTIVITIES AND PRODUCTS	3,8
VISITS AND MEETINGS	4,6
PARTNERS	4,9

PROJECT	0 to 5	4,7
Level of satisfaction with the Project in general.4,8	54555	4,8
Level of satisfaction with the Project coordination.4,6	54455	4.6
Is the Project initial planning being followed?4,6	54455	4.6

ENGAGEMENT AND IMPACT	0 to 5	3,9
Level of engagement and work among the different partners in the Project.	44455	4,4
Integration of  the Project within the School life	43345	3,8
Level of engagement among the general teaching staff  at your school	43443	3,6
Students’ participation in the Project in the Centre	54345	4,2
Family participation in the Project at your school	43413	3
Is the educational community at your school aware of the development of the Project?	53445	4,2

ACTIVITIES AND PRODUCTS	0 to 5	3,8
Level of satisfaction with the activities and  Project results	44554	4,4
Inclusion of the activities within the teacher’s syllabus and planning.	42345	3,6
Benefits from the activities and the project results carried out.	42455	4
Practical use of these project results at School	42344	3,4

VISITS/ MEETINGS	0 to 5	4,6
General  level of satisfaction attained during  the visits to other schools	45555	4,8
Visits length	54555	4,8
Financial cost of the visits	43555	4,4
Level of satisfaction attained with the work developed during the meetings	44545	4,4
Level of satisfaction with the programs  during  the visits	45545	4,6
Balance concerning  work and leisure time  during the visits	45554	4,6

PARTNERS	0 to 5	4,9
Relationship among the different partners in the Project	55555	5
Level of communication  among the partners	55445	4,6
Active participation and engagement among the partners.	55555	5

REMARKS

BULGARIA. Our school finds the project participation very useful because it provides intercultural experience for both students and teachers. Almost all of the teaching staff is involved , as well as the majority of students in the 8th, 9th, and 10th grades. The visits up to now have been very well-organised and productive, with the exception of Norway, where the time set aside for the work session was reduced to a  very short time  and not all expenses were known in advance.  We have experienced some problems with our certificates, but we have been assured by our Spanish, Latvian and Norwegian partners that the issue will be resolved during the visit to Cyprus. In general we find our partners very cooperative and responsive. LATVIA. Latvian partners would have wished better engagement from the teaching staff in our school. There is still the feeling that the project is mainly for the teachers of English and sports. The beginning of the second year in the project has shown greater progress in the meaning of the attitude. Up to now all the activities have been described in English and the materials from other schools are also in English. That is a problem with some teachers (including sports teachers) in our school. At the end of the project the coordinator promises to translate the games and other activities in Latvian and compile them in a separate file. We haven’t managed to involve more parents in the project activities. They have been supporters, but our wish was that they had taken more active part in the project. (The problem in our school in general) We have analysed the conclusions about the visit to Latvia. The main critical point could be a very compact programme versus too much free time.. The guessed would have wished it more balanced. But it could have been influenced by quite extreme weather conditions in January. CYPRUS. We love Comenius but we hate crisis!!!! PORTUGAL. Well done everyone!!!!