PARTNERSHIP'S SCHOOLS
COORDINATOR
Fjordbakkeskolen
(www.fjordbakkeskolen.skoleintra.dk)
Fredericia,
Denmark
Contact persons:
Mr. Kristensen Niels
Our school Fjordbakkeskolen is situated in southern region of
Denmark in the commune of Fredericia in the village of Taulov. The social
ethnical composition of the community - has Danish people and a lot of mixed
ethnical compositions with people from all over the world (Afghanistan, Iraq
and Syria). In our school there are around 950 students from age 6-16. The
school has 50 classrooms. All classrooms have a computer and a video-projector.
We have a science lab. All students from age 6- 10 have their own Ipads. From
age 10 to 13 they have their own Crome books and from year 13-16 the students
bring their own devices or borrow a Cromebook. We don’t have large number of
dropout but we have a problem with a group of students with too much absence
from school. The percentage of students with problems is 5-10 % with social
problems and learning difficulties and too much absence from school. There are
68 teachers and 22 child care workers. We have 10 person non teachings you have
(secretary, accountant, librarian, computer, psychologists). We want to join
this project because our school’s aim is to create a strong connection between
our students’ education
and real life so that they can rise up to the challenges presented
in a modern world that is rapidly changing. For this reason we promote the
knowledge of foreign languages, learning of ICT, communication abilities to be
used for communication with other students from different schools in other
countries and coming from other ethnical and cultural backgrounds.
PARTNERS (in alphabetical order)
Istituto
Comprensivo Statale Ignazio Buttitta
www.icsbuttitta.org.it
Bagheria, Italy
Contact
person: Mr.Antonino Maggiore
Our school "Ignazio Buttitta" is situated in an
economically disadvantaged suburb of Bagheria, near Palermo, Sicily. The
students’ parents are mostly uneducated, unemployed, some are part time/seasonal
workers and do not care much about their children's education. They often rely
their children education on school. The 4% over 600 pupils on roll, aged 4 -15,
are not motivated and do not attend school regularly as a consequence their
results are not satisfying and are at risk of social exclusion. They live in a
poor economic, cultural and social environment where the access to culture is
significantly limited or absent. As a result some students abandon school
earlier. Students with physical disabilities and learning difficulties are
included in the classrooms and have their own support teachers. We need to
participate in this project because:
- new attitude as motivation in the school to take
initiative, to make the school more international and innovative, to promote
European Valdese, intercultural communication, human rights, tolerance and solidarity.
- increase the use of ICT, theoretical knowledge on
technological innovation for pupils and teachers;
- develop student centered learning, organizational of
professional and training competences, to use digital materials, communication
skills between different schools from Europe, to exchange experience, good
practice.
The school has started a process of integration of non-EU
immigrants for years and this has led to the realization of initiatives of
welcome, social and educational, cultural exchange and socialization among
people of different nationalities. We participate in local and international
project because we want to motivate students to attend school more regularly,
to become more open and tolerant to different cultures and cultural subgroups
which they usual consider inferior to them because of the color of their skin
or their religion. Also meeting peers from different parts of Europe will help
them overcome wrong stereotypes and racism.
Scoala Gimnaziala Maria
Rosetti
Bucharest, Romania
Contact person,
Mrs. Emanuela Popescu
Scoala Gimnaziala
Maria Rosetti it's a primary and secondary public school in Bucharest with a stable
population, mostly middle-class families. We have 850 pupils from 6 - 15 years
old; lot of pupils belonging to different ethnical communities (Armenian, Macedonian,
Rroma) and different religions (orthodox, Greco-catholic, Romano–catholic,
muslins).There are few students with special educational needs, 32 students,
for whom we have assured a teacher and a counselor who helps them in keeping up
with the school requirements. School has 42 teachers with high qualifications,
1 computer expert, 1 educational counselor, 1 librarian, 1 doctor, 1 nurse. The
school’s motivation to participate to join this project is to provide quality
education to students' development, integrate them in social activities and
become active and responsible citizens, fully aware of their own value.
CEIP Salamanca
Santa Cruz de
Tenerife, Spain
Contact person:
Mrs. María Reyes San Martín Cruz
Our school is located
in the city peripheries. It is made up of 15 teachers and about 220 students.
It is an Infant and Primary School so we have students from 3 until 12 years
old. The families´ socio cultural level is middle-low class and we sometimes do
not have the necessary families support to carry out many activities developed
in our school. Unemployment has become one of the main problems in this area
and that is reflected in our students´ academic outcomes due to the lack necessary
equipment, in most of the cases.
We consider this fact
as a wonderful opportunity to involve the entire school community, to share and
exchange our experiences with other schools by participating in the project. It's
very difficult to develop a teaching work without the families support and this
kind of projects can be the connecting link between families and school. In recent
years, Tenerife has received a large number of immigrants from Latin America
and consequently we have in our school a considerable number of students from
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Russian, Chinese, Romanian, Brazilian students. In
this sense, our students are very conscious about an education for equality,
accepting each different culture and showing interest in learning about new
ways of life. Our school is daily used to deal with digital equipment and all
our classrooms are equipped with projectors controlled by individual laptops.
We reinforce our students the ICT teaching and learning. This project is also a
challenge for our teachers who seek to bring Europe closer to our island. Our
school consider very important for our Community the opportunity to be part of
a project which will make us a better organization, by working together with some
other countries and letting us enjoy with a European professional development.
T.C Ataşehir Emlak Konut Ortaokulu
Istanbul, Turkey
Contact person: Mrs. Gulder Fatma Engin
Our school has pupils
from 10 – 15 years old (about 33 students with special needs who are followed by
our guidance and psychological counselors closely) and 72 teachers. The school
is located in İstanbul; its campus has 2 buildings with 40 classrooms, 2
conference halls, 2science and technology labs, 2 restaurants and a few
workshop rooms, 1 gym, 1 football field, 1 basketball court, 1 photography lab,
1 cafeteria and 1 garden. It’s a co-educational school with 1353 students and
72 teachers. Every year, a great number of interns from various leading
universities in İstanbul get their training at our school. All the classrooms
are equipped with interactive smartboards in an integrated way with
Apple-branded mini computers. Furthermore, our school has an iMac Lab where 36 students
can use the computers simultaneously. In addition to the uniqueness of its
physical and
technical substructure
among all public schools, Ataşehir Emlak Konut Secondary school is the first
state secondary school in Turkey which carries out an intensive English
teaching program. We serve Intensive English, Math, Science, Social Science,
Turkish, ITC, PE, Visual Arts, Technology and Design, Drama, Music, Astronomy
and Space courses to students. Our mission is to educate our students as
contemporary and modern individuals who have international values, critical
thinking ability and high self-confidence. We want them to use English as well
as his native language efficiently and we use a management strategy based on
statistical data to realize this aim. According to the several questionnaires,
we have applied to parents and students about the service and education at our
school, there is 98% satisfaction. Our priorities for our students consists of enhancing
our students’ knowledge and skills, promoting better use of ICT, establishing
better links with the schools having high-quality education.
