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!

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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

Happy New Year!

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

Presentation of the project to new Teachers in Spain

 We presented the project especially to the new teachers. We discussed the following points:

• Project idea.

• Partners.

• Objectives.

• Activities: local activities and mobilities.

• Beneficiaries.

• Methodology.

The presentation can be found below:

Dissemination at In-Service Teacher Training Centre

 Our team manager (María Luisa Dávila Ladero and Ester León Carrascal) disseminated our project in the ErasmusDays at In-Service Teacher Training Centre.

The Club of the Brave with Teacher María José

Hello everybody! We are the children of five year´s group. Last week we have been working about the story "The club of the braves". After listening to the story, we talked about the importance to solve the conflicts peacefully, and the children showed different ways to do it to their partners. At the end of the activity we made our own "brave badge" and wrote our motto: "Be brave, be peaceful". We had a good time!!

Implementing the questionnaires in our school

All our 5th and 6th grade students filled in the questionnaires on the topics of our project. Below you can see photos of the process.

Raúl, a student in the 5th "A" class. Photo Album.

Students in the 5th "B" class.

Francisco Parro in the 5th "C" class. Photo Album.

Tania, a student in the 5th "D" class. Photo Album.

Abel, a student in the 5th "E" class. Photo Album.

Introducing Ourselves

 Hi mates! We are students from 5th grade A in CEIP Ciudad de Mérida (Spain), we have enjoyed a lot recording these short videos. We want you to meet us through our pictures and our in person greetings!!

Sofía 

Raúl Aragoneses

Raúl Acedo

Helena

Javier Corchado part 1

Javier Corchado part 2

Paula

Lara's video

Irene

Ana part 1

Ana part 2

Abel

Ainoa

Carlos

Interesting Quotations

 We have been learning thanks to our Lithuanian parterns. They proposed us different quotes and here, you have the results of our works:

Book of quotations 5th A grade

We hope you read and enjoy it!

5th A: Imaging our LOGOS for the project_SPAIN

Last day of October, we were elaborating our logos for the project. We enjoyed a lot using our imagination and of course, we got creative pictures. 

You can visit the next link to enjoy the video watching the pictures we drew enthusiastically.

We hope you enjoy it!

Logos' video

As you can see in these pictures, we were in disguise because we were celebrating Halloween at school that day!!!!

Spanish Agency Training Session: Post 4

SESSION 11: 5 STEPS TO COMMUNICATE YOUR ERASMUS+ PROJECT EFFECTIVELY

1. Where do we start? We start from the Convention.
2. Plan the communication and dissemination of your project. It is important that we use the SEPIE Communication Kit.
3. It uses tools and organises communication activities.
4. Giving visibility to the project.
5. Maximizes the impact on project dissemination.

ACCESS TO THE VIDEO

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SESIÓN 12: PLATAFORMAS ERASMUS+ Y OTRAS INICIATIVAS DE APOYO AL PROGRAMA

The most important are: eTwinning, School Education Gateway, Selfie, Learning corner, Erasmus+ results platform...

eTwinning It is an ideal tool to make the local activities and to virtualize some of the meetings.

School Education Gateway: It offers news, articles by education experts, seminars and online courses, participation in surveys, provides quality teaching materials, mobility opportunities in KA1 projects...

Selfie: Platform for evaluating the use we are making of digital media at the centre. It is a free resource.

Learning Zone: Ofrece actividades secuenciadas por edades sobre la Unión Europea.

Erasmus+ Results Platform

Erasmusintern: It aims to put university students in touch with each other.

ACCESS TO THE VIDEO

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SESSION 13: ETWINNING IN SCHOOL EXCHANGE PARTNERSHIPS

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Spanish Agency Training Session: Post 3

SESSION 6: COMMUNICATION WITH THE NATIONAL AGENCY. WHAT CAN AND CANNOT BE CHANGED ABOUT A PROJECT

Below are the most relevant points of this session:

Contact with SEPIE can be found on this website.

The electronic portal with the SEPIE can be found at the following link.

For communications on the day-to-day running of the project:

• E-mail: asociaciones.escolar@sepie.es
• Subject: Project number followed by subject. In our case: 2020-1-IT02-KA229-079077_3 Change of contact person
• Contact telephone numbers: 915506811 / 915506740

ACCESS TO THE VIDEO

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SESSION 7: BUDGET ITEMS. MANAGEMENT AND JUSTIFICATION

Important items for our project are:

• Management and execution of the Project: To support the realization of the project. It is very important that these expenses are made during the period of execution of the project. The management item cannot be increased but these funds can be used in other budget items. Management costs are: Attendance to training days, mobility costs derived from internal activities (hosting of partners), insurance coverage for participants (clause 1.7), activities aimed at promoting sustainability, graphic or printed material, posters, consumables, good practice manuals, website, meetings, conferences...
• Learning, teaching and training activities: Item intended for the mobility of students and/or teachers. This item can be increased by the item Management and execution of the project. If we have money left over on the basis of real costs, we can use it on the basis of any expenditure of the project. If because of the Covid-19 it is not possible to carry out a mobility, up to 10% of this item can be transferred to "Exceptional costs" to be able to carry it out as a virtual mobility. The aid paid per participant is 15% of the individual aid granted for mobility.
• Travel: Travel assistance.
• Individual support: Accommodation and meals

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SESSION 8: THE LIFE OF THE PROJECT THROUGH THE MOBILITY TOOL+

The Mobility Tool+ cannot be accessed until the agreement is signed by both parties (school headmaster and SEPIE). Link to access the tool. 

Mobility Tool+ Guide for KA229: The guide can be found in the section Documentation - School Exchange Associations KA229.

With the Covid-19 situation we can propose to carry out virtual mobilities documenting the whole process. These mobilities should not be included in the Mobility tool+ for the time being. If the situation changes this year or next year, we could start planning the face-to-face mobilities, which are the ones we should plan in the Mobility tool+. In the worst case scenario, if the situation does not improve and we are still unable to travel, we will already have the mobilities done and they will be the ones we declare in the Mobility tool.

Activities affected by Covid-19: Update on health measures and FAQs on the impact of the pandemic.

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SESSION 9: KEYS TO SUCCESS OF A KA229 PROJECT

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Selection of the slides we consider most relevant:

Link to the website of the Ministry of the Interior.

SESSION 10: PRIMARY CONTROLS

Annex III contains everything relating to primary controls.

For controls at the end of the project it is advisable to have the Mobility Tool updated and to write a complete final report.

The following documentation will be required for the mobilisation activities:

• Proof of attendance at the activity in the form of a attendance list or individual attendance certificates signed by the host organisation, specifying the names of the participants and the purpose of the activity; as well as its start and end dates (Annex III).
• Linking participants to the institution: Contracts, appointments... 
• Participants' insurance.

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Spanish Agency Training Session: Post 2

SESSION 4: MY CENTRE'S PROJECT HAS BEEN SELECTED, NOW WHAT?

In the case of our centre, as partners, we will have to do the following tasks:

1. Signing and sending the grant agreement on e-sepie. Link to the portal. The steps we have to follow are Download the agreement - Sign it electronically - Upload it through the e-sepie register. In Annex II we can consult the budget granted and it is important to review it before signing.
2. Read the project calmly.
3. Communicate with the coordinator and partners.
4. Ask the coordinator for the project and the quality evaluation.
5. Agree with the Management Team on the following actions: Inform the Education Inspectorate, Faculty and Board about what we are going to do and the results we expect.
6. Gather the team and distribute the tasks. Our team will be made up of the following teachers:
1. María Luisa Dávila Ladero (Director).
2. Eva Mª Moriel Jiménez (Head of Studies).
3. Ester León Carrascal (Secretary).
4. Laura Nogales Carrión (Child Tutor 4 years A).
5. Belén López Moreno (Children's Tutor 5 years old).
6. María José Díez García (Infant Tutor 5 years B).
7. María Nieves Jaraíz Sánchez (Tutor 3º A)
8. Rebeca Rivas Ortiz (Tutor 5º A)
9. Mª Lucila Audije Vega (Tutor 5º B).
10. Daniel Gallardo Pajuelo (Tutor 5º C).
11. Carmen Romero Gómez (Tutor 5º D).
12. Juan Antonio Rincón Carballo (Tutor 5º E, Project Coordinator).
13. Marcelino Sanchez Portalo (Tutor 6º A).
14. Pablo Campo González (Tutor 6º B).
15. Inés Mª Carretero González (Tutor 6º C).
7. Distribute the tasks:
1. Contact persons: María Luisa Dávila Ladero and Juan Antonio Rincón Carballo. Functions: General coordination, mobility management, SEPIE contact, contact with partners and Mobility Tool+.
2. Director: María Luisa Dávila Ladero. Functions: General coordination, mobility management, contact with SEPIE, contact with partners and Mobility Tool+: Responsible for documentation.
3. Head of Studies: Travel management and communication with authorities.
4. Secretary: Ester León Carrascal. Duties: Accounting, economic justification before SEPIE and Extremadura.
5. Translator: Inés Mª Carretero González. Functions: If necessary for any specific communication.
6. Head of Communication: Juan Antonio Rincón Carballo. Functions: Creation of the blog; maintenance of the blog, the centre's website and social networks; dissemination to the media.
7. Selection committee for participants in the transnational activities: Mª Luisa Dávila Ladero, Eva Mª Moriel Jiménez, Ester León Carrascal and Juan Antonio Rincón Carballo).
8. Read the Subsidy Agreement.

ACCESS TO THE TRAINING VIDEO

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SESSION 5: WHAT IS MY INSTITUTION'S COMMITMENT TO THE PROJECT?

This session discusses in detail the annexes that make up the Convention.

• Annex I: General conditions.
• Annex II: Description of the project and budget.
• Annex III: Financial and contractual rules.
• Annex IV: Applicable tariffs for unit costs
• Special conditions: Document signed by the centre's director and SEPIE.

For any application to SEPIE, we will use Spanish as the language. At the end of the project, we will present a report justifying the expenses we have incurred. For transnational activities we must have parental consent (Clause 1.13) which is kept by the centre.

If we have to virtualize any activity as a consequence of the COVID-19, as far as Exceptional Costs are concerned, we may transfer up to 10% of the funds allocated by any budget category based on contributions per unit for the purchase and/or rental of equipment and/or services needed to carry out virtual mobility activities.

TRAINING VIDEO

Link to the presentation

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Our first infographics!

Thanks to our participation in the #ERASMUSDAYS of our In-service Teacher Training Centre in Mérida we got this incredible and fantastic infographics of our project.

Regional Presentation of YEAH! in Spain

On Tuesday 20th October we presented our Erasmus project to the In-Service Teacher Training Centre in Mérida. Our presentation was one of the performances of this centre for the celebration of the #ErasmusDays and for us an excellent opportunity to present our project to the centres of our demarcation. More than 30 teachers attended the session.

Presentation of the project to Spanish teachers

Today we presented our Erasmus project to the teachers of my school. It was a fantastic session where I talked about the schools and countries participating, teachers coordinators of the project in each country, objectives, activities, beneficiaries and methodology. Next you can see some photos of the session.

Welcome!

Free image in Pixabay.

Welcome to our blog YEAH! You(th) Enjoy to be Active and Healthy! It has been developed for our Erasmus KA229 project. With its implementation we will achieve a change in habits of students and teachers toward their wellbeing and healthier and more sustainable lifestyles.

It will be developed for the following partners:

• Ann Arleth - Denmark.
• Elisa Bertocchi - Italy (teacher coordinator).
• Giedre Mazeikiene - Lithuania.
• Juan Antonio Rincón Carballo - Spain.
• Marjeta Rastresen - Slovenia.

The five schools have experience in different areas of health and well-being and will coordinate activities within those areas:

• Italy: Healthy food in contrast with junk food, scholastic garden.
• Denmark: Positive face-to-face relationships in contrast to relations "behind the screen", prevention of bullying.
• Slovenia: Practicing sports in contrast to obesity.
• Lithuania: Environmental awareness, sustainability and recycling in contrast to climate changes.
• Spain: Healthy use of mobile devices, prevention of cyberbullying.