Highlights: Mobility in Lithuania

 In this publication we share in video format the best moments experienced during the mobility with our Lithuanian partners (from 2 to 8 October 2022).

Let's remember that each partner is an expert on a topic. In the case of Lithuania they have expertise in the topic of sustainable development. During one week we carried out activities on recycling and environment which were complemented with cultural and environmental awareness activities.

Thank you very much!

Project Dissemination in Santiago de Compostela (Galicia - Spain)

 On 26th November we had the honour of participating as speakers of experiences recognised as good practices by the SEPIE, in a conference organised by the Department of Culture, Education, Vocational Training and Universities of the Regional Government of Galicia. This was entitled "Internationalise your school. Erasmus+, eTwinning and other proposals. Course 2022-2023".

The event was held in the beautiful city of Santiago de Compostela (Galicia) and we talked about the following topics:

✔ Brief description of CEIP Bilingüe Ciudad de Mérida.

✔ Involvement of teachers and pupils in Erasmus+ projects.

✔ Overcoming the difficulties encountered.

✔ Impact and benefits for the school.

✔ Improvement of the teaching digital competence.

✔ Our experience on the eTwinning platform.

Contents:

1.- The different education actions of the European Framework Programme Erasmus+.

2.- The European School Education Platform.

We share our presentation below:

PICTURES

DISSEMINATION IN TWITTER

#cafi_erasmus #CAFI_ini_etwinning Internacionalizar un centro educativo es estar abierto a la innovación y al cambio, entender que la movilidad es el medio, tener flexibilidad para implementar cambios @Anamazo17 @CPR_MERIDA @eTwinning_es @Junta_Educacion @etwinningEx pic.twitter.com/BXhbMoEZUg

— Juan Antonio Rincón Carballo (@rincn_antonio) November 26, 2022

#CAFI_ERASMUS Plenaria de centros extremeños para dar visibilidad y difusión a nuestra experiencia con Erasmus. YEAH! and Cybersecurity Schools ya os conoce la Comunidad de Galicia. @cprdemerida #ConsorcioCPR de Extremadura @sepiegob @eTwinning_es pic.twitter.com/LcjMLSzbE4

— Juan Antonio Rincón Carballo (@rincn_antonio) November 26, 2022

Ciudad de Mérida's borderless education model

 With this title has been published in the newspaper HOY the importance of our Erasmus projects in our commitment to the internationalization of the school: YEAH! and the finalized "CYBERSECURITY SCHOOLS". 

WE INVITE YOU TO READ IT!

(Click on the image)

Gilgado, A. (2022) El Modelo Educativo sin fronteras del ciudad de mérida, Hoy. Hoy.es. Available at: https://www.hoy.es/merida/modelo-educativo-fronteras-20221123231436-ntvo.html (Accessed: November 23, 2022). 

Dissemination of our project at the "Educar sin fronteras" Day

More than 400 teachers met in Mérida for the conference "Educate without borders" to analyse the internationalisation of educational centres.

Our school collaborated with a stand that gave visibility to the tangible results of our Erasmus+ project "YEAH! You(th) Enjoy To Be Active and Healthy". 

The Mayor of Mérida, Mr. Antonio Rodríguez Osuna, stressed that "from the City Council of Mérida we are proud of the work of our schools, this international character of education has allowed us to work on several projects with them side by side, schools that have collaborated with Eramus projects". We invite you to follow the press release in this link.

DISSEMINATION IN FACEBOOK

DISSEMINATION IN TWITTER

El @cprdemerida con @rincn_antonio y el CEIP Ciudad de Mérida en la Jornada de Internacionalización en #Mérida #interEx22 @InnovacionForm pic.twitter.com/iinP6Jrnrn

— CPR de Mérida (@cprdemerida) November 15, 2022

🧑‍🏫👩‍🏫 Más de 400 docentes se dan cita en el Palacio de Congresos de Mérida en la jornada “Educar sin fronteras” que analizan la internacionalización de los centros educativos Internacionalización @EduSinFront_Ex #InterEx22 https://t.co/z9zw1ax5Zi

— Ayuntamiento de Mérida (@ayto_merida) November 15, 2022

#EducarSinFronteras #InterEx22 https://t.co/6exbWStc3f

— Monse Camacho (@monsecamacho13) November 15, 2022

Mobilities Dissemination in Spain

 We invite you to read the article published today in the Extremaduran educational magazine "La Gaceta" about the last three mobilities with Denmark, Slovenia and Lithuania. Best regards!

LINK TO THE ARTICLE

Fifth online meeting

This afternoon we held the fifth online meeting where the coordinating partners reached the following agreements:

DATE OF THE NEXT MOBILITY: From 8 to 14 May 2022.

PLACE: Slovenia.

ORGANISATION OF THE MOBILITY: In the next few weeks we will start with the preparations (selection of students, programme, travel, etc.).

DAILY JOURNALS: During this week each team will hand in the mobility diary in Denmark and evaluate the meeting.

ETWINNING: Upload evidence of the mobility on the page that has been created for this purpose. Encourage students to interact with their peers.

WEBPAGE: Upload evidence of mobility.

ACTIVITIES TO DISSEMINATE DENMARK MOBILITY: Present the mobility to teachers and students in each of the centres, make publications in regional magazines or newspapers.

Previous activities: Mobility in Odense (Denmark)

 8 February 2022

Our students Vera, Eloísa, Ainoa, Lara and Irene are selected to participate in the next mobility with the partners from Denmark. It is a very enjoyable session where they start their presentations, individual and group photos are taken.

9 February 2022

In just one day, our students have prepared their presentations which they rehearse with their teachers Eva and Juan Antonio. In a few days, through video calls, we are going to meet all the students who are going to participate in the mobility. How exciting!

10 February 2022

In one session we made our presentations with all the colleagues participating in the mobility. It is a unique experience and a very good first contact. 

9 March 2022

Comienza la cuenta atrás, queda muy poquito para el despegue hacia Odense y tenemos casi todo preparado. En la puerta principal nos hacemos nuestras fotos de equipo con los teachers Marce y Ester.

11 March 2022

Everything is ready, the centre gives us the materials that will accompany us during the mobility. In the bags we have a notebook that we will use as a diary where we will narrate in first person all the experiences. It will be a great help when we have to tell our teachers and classmates at Ciudad de Mérida what we have experienced.

Selection and preparation of transnational activities

Transnational activities are short-term exchanges of pupils and teachers. In our case, the pupils taking part are those enrolled in 5th and 6th grade, the latter being a priority as they are in the last year of primary school. In the 20/21 academic year, lists were made of students from these courses who wished to participate in transnational activities. These did not take place for reasons of force majeure caused by Covid-19.

At the beginning of the academic year 21/22 a letter was sent to the families of the 6th grade students to inform them that the mobility activities were resuming and we asked them to fill in a questionnaire reiterating their wish for their children to participate in the mobility activities. All interested parties were invited to an online meeting on Thursday 21 October 2021, where we explained: What are transnational activities in the framework of the Erasmus+ programme? Programming of mobilities for the academic year 21/22. Number of students participating in each meeting. Selection criteria.

The above steps resulted in a list to which the criteria indicated in our application were applied: financial situation, learning difficulties, social situation, sensory problems and foreign language proficiency. A single list was created for the two Erasmus projects and the students were assigned to the mobilities according to their position. Ties were resolved by the marks of the final evaluation of the previous year in this order:

1. Bilingual Natural and Social Studies. If the tie continued, see point 2.
2. Instrumental Areas: Spanish language and Mathematics.

Once the ranking had been completed, all the families of the candidate students received a letter via the Rayuela educational platform, informing them that the process had been completed at the School Council meeting held the previous day. The lists with the final scores were displayed on the school's notice boards.

External board

Inner board

Below are the steps we follow when students are selected to participate in a transnational activity:

1. Official communication by phone call and/or email message through the Rayuela platform.
2. Creation of a Telegram group to maintain quicker contact between teachers and families.
3. Face-to-face meeting with families to explain and give detailed information on: teachers and students participating; accommodation; travel route (round trip); Covid certificate and measures; necessary documentation (ID card, passport, European health card, police authorisation and vaccination certificate); clothing and footwear; medication; communications from students and their families; luggage; programme; etc.
4. Signing of the Agreement by the parents. Inclusion in the programme implies acceptance of the programme's operating rules and the fulfilment of the agreed commitments. These are: To welcome pupils from the partner countries if the pandemic circumstances allow it; to accept the use of the pupils' images always for educational and non-profit purposes; to accept participation in dissemination activities (radio, television programmes or talks) and to allow their dissemination for educational purposes on the project's web pages and social networks. Information is also provided on: illnesses, treatment and protocol; meal adjustments for medical or religious reasons; and indication of any accessibility needs (reduced mobility).
5. Signing of a contract on the use of the children's mobile devices.
6. Publication on the Internet of the students and teachers selected for the activity.
7. Preliminary activities to introduce the participants.
8. Subsequent activities related to the dissemination of the results.

Our first spot of the project

 OUR YEAH! SPOT

During our first transnational activity in Manerbio (Italy) the teachers were trained to make advertising spots to help us to spread the word about our project. Below you can see our first advertising spot of the project. We hope you like it. YEAH!

Happy New Year!

 From Spanish team we wish all our educational communities a HAPPY 2002 and may all your dreams come true!