KA201 Strategic Partnerships for school education

Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

PROJECT REFERENCE No:

2018-1-PL01-KA201-050604

School partners:

Szkola Podstawowa nr 1 im. K.I. Galczynskiego w Grajewie, Grajewo,

Poland - coordinator

Scoala Gimnaziala Magura, Buzau, Romania

Osnovna skola "Matija Gubec" Cernik, Croatia

Gymnasio Feron, ΦΕΡΕΣ. ΕΒΡΟΣ, Greece

Convitto Nazionale Rinaldo Corso, Correggio, Italy

VDU "Atzalynas" progymnasium, Kaunas, Lithuania

Description of the Project

Our project is called "Food for Thought-A Cultural Recipe of European

Traditions and Customs". It is designed for two years' implementation. It has six

European partner schools and its objectives are to help students become better

learners and know more about European traditions and culinary customs. The

idea appeared in the context of globalization, from the desire to show the beauty,

importance and richness of every peculiar people, in terms of keeping the

heritage safe and sound for the generations to come. Accordingly, we want to

show our products to the communities so that everybody should learn this

valuable lesson of respect and pride for the cultural assets that we are still in

possession of.

We intend to involve around 1000 people in the development of our project.

They will be mainly teachers and students, but not only. All the students will

have the chance to get involved in this project, regardless of social level or

intellectual capacity, or anything else. The participation depends on their own

will entirely. At local levels, we are going to involve different other institutions

able to help us reach our objectives. Also, we intend to make our results public,

so that other schools benefit from the new knowledge. As far as the activities are

concerned, we tried to make them be diverse, pleasant and instructive, and in

line with our learning goals. By their specific, they will solicit students in a lot

of areas, such as communication in English, online, using different programs,

doing workshops, research, dancing and singing or applying Chemistry

knowledge to food choosing. Group activities, school performances and

laboratory work will be expressions of our PBL process. The new information

will be used either in regular lessons or as optional material.

The results will be the project mirror, focused on food and traditions throughout

Europe. Therefore, there will be two e-books, a project calendar and a magazine.

Also, there will be a lot of workshops, performances and school contests. They

will be important in ensuring a proper impact of the project, the cultural luggage

of our participants getting bigger and more diversified. On a longer term, we

hope to be effective in promoting these values further on, by ourselves within

different occasions and through our students and their friends. The final scope is

that we build future reliable, educate citizens of the multicultural society of

tomorrow.

Some activities we did in the first year

A1 - Logo competition

CROATIA

ITALY

ROMANIA

LITHUANIA

GREECE

Winner!

POLAND

Exhibition of students’ works

A4 European Language Day in partner schools - 26th

September 2018

POLAND

ITALY

LITHUANIA

ROMANIA

GREECE

A6 Posters about partner countries made by students

GREECE

POLAND

LITHUANIA

CROATIA

ITALY

ROMANIA

A7 Project corner in partner schools

POLAND

CROATIA

ITALY

GREECE

LITHUANIA

ROMANIA

A8 Project website - screenshot

http://foodforthought.ro

A9 eTwinning page - screenshot

A9 Facebook - screenshot

A10 Project Blog - screenshot

https://fooddforthought.blogspot.com/

A11 Questionnaire: about developing social skills, students’ healthy

lifestyle, healthy food

Tick the right answers (Ѵ).

Developing social skills

1. What’s your gender?

□ Male

□ Female

2. Are you a sociable person?

□ Yes, I am.

□ No, I’m not.

□ Maybe

3. Do you have many friends?

□ Yes, I do,

□ No, I don’t.

□ Maybe

4. ’’SOCIAL SKILLS” communication with people (Tick all applicable)

□ I can explain to others what I think and feel

□ I can listen to others and understand their opinions

□ I don’t express my opinions and wait the others to tell what they think

□ I feel the other people don’t understand me

□ I expect others to agree with me

□ I can accept good opinions and ideas from other people

5. Problem and conflict-solving (Tick all applicable)

□ When I have a problem I discuss it with others and try to solve it.

□ I don’t discuss problems and try to solve them alone.

□ I criticise others, make arguments, shout and complain.

□ I wait somebody to solve the problem.

□ I panic, get depressed and try to avoid the situation.

□ I try to understand my mistakes and improve.

6. Team work

□ I think people can complete a task together better than alone.

□ In a team I don’t like what others do and withdraw from work.

□ I support others and want them to support me.

□ I do what I am good at and rely on others to do the same.

□ I choose the easiest task for me.

□ I prefer to work alone.

7. Tolerance and leadership (Tick all applicable)

□ I know the other people have the same rights like me

□ I respect other people’s feelings and try not to hurt them

□ I avoid people who are different from me

□ I can persuade others to do what I want

□ I’m good at giving ideas and organizing things

□ I need an example to follow in life and to be told what to do

Healthy lifestyle

8. Do you practise sport?

□ Yes, I do.

□ Sometimes

□ No, I don’t.

9. How often do you practice sport?

□ Once a week

□ Twice a week

□ Three times a week

□ Every day

□ Sometimes

□ Never

10. What is your favourite sport?

□ Running

□ Swimming

□ Football

□ Volleyball

□ Basketball

□ Other

Healthy food

11. How many meals should we eat during the day?

□ 3

□ 5

□ 6

12. How many litres of water should we drink during the day?

□ 1,5 l □ 2 l □ 3 l

13. What happens when we run out of vitamin A?

□ bad sight at dusk

□ rachitis

□ muscle aches

14. What is unhealthy?

□ water

□ vegetables

□ sweets

15. What should we eat the most?

□ fruit and vegetables

□ grain products

□ dairy products

16. What are carbohydrates?

□ Fats

□ Protein

□ Sugars

17. Do you buy more healthy food than unhealthy food?

□ Yes, I do.

□ Sometimes

□ No, I don’t.

18. Do you like fast food?

□ Yes, I do.

□ Sometimes

□ No, I don’t.

19. Do you prefer healthy than unhealthy food?

□ Yes, I do.

□ Sometimes

□ No, I don’t.

Thank you for your answers!

Results you can see on Twinspace, Website, Facebook or Blog.

A12 Scientific workshops with food

LITHUANIA

ROMANIA

POLAND

ITALY

A13 My favourite food-posters made by students

CROATIA

GREECE

POLAND

ROMANIA

A14 Culinary workshops at each partner school

POLAND

ROMANIA

LITHUANIA

ITALY

A16 My salad is the best

ROMANIA

POLAND

ITALY

Students and teachers’ opinions about visiting partner countries LTT:

Romanian students (Popescu Andrea, Iosif Amalia Maria, Antofi Nicoleta, Grigore Claudia,

Ianculeasa Catalin Mihai, Androne Teodor) about LTT1 in SP1 Grajewo, Poland:

Poland is a beautiful country. This week was so much fun, because we have been to a lot of

museums, for example Milk Museum in Grajewo, Museum of Polish Army in Bialystok,

Museum of Grajewo. We like Polish dances a lot. They are excellent!

Romanian teachers (Georgian, Dan, Mada, Petra) about LTT1 and TPM1 in SP1 Grajewo,

Poland:

Thank you for Erasmus+ programme because we had the chance to visit Poland and make

new good friends. We have seen a lot of nice places but we know we didn’t see all, so we

come back.

Special thanks to our hosts Kuba, Izabela and all the other teachers.

Anastasis Vasiliadis, Greece about LTT1 in SP1 Grajewo, Poland:

My trip to Poland was very interesting. I had a lot of fun. We visited museums, monasteries,

castles or every shopping malls. We discovered new culture, new tastes and we made new

friends. If someone asks me which was my favourite day, it was the past one, when we visited

a monastery, an aquapark and a shopping mall. I have a lot of great memories from Poland

which will be unforgettable.

ASMIDOU EFSEVIA from Greece about LTT1 in SP1 Grajewo, Poland:

The trip to Grajewo was perfect. We learnt about new country, Poland. We travelled to

Warsaw and visited a lot of museums. We made new friends and we don’t want to lose them.

I hope I will see them soon.

SARIANIDI VASILIKI from Greece about LTT1 in SP1 Grajewo, Poland:

Erasmus+ was a great experience for me! I made new friendship, come closer with students of

Poland and Romania and had a lot of fun! We visited some very interesting museums and also

monasteries. The best day for me was Thursday, we went to a monastery in Wigry and

aquapark where it was incredible. And a shopping mall. Furthermore, in the farewell party we

had a lot of fun, we danced and sang. I hope I will join again Erasmus+ and meet again the

Polish students, who become very good friends with us.

ALEXAKIS GEORGE from Greece about LTT1 in SP1 Grajewo, Poland:

Erasmus+ program was an opportunity to visit a country with different culture, language and

habits. Of course we made new friends from Poland and Romania and come very close. The

best moment in this trip was in the aquapark because it was very different and we had a lot lot

lot lot of fun. I hope I will meet these students again because we became good friends.

GIRDAS GEORGE from Greece about LTT1 in SP1 Grajewo, Poland:

Erasmus+ program was a fantastic experience because of the union with other kids in my age

and learn some new cultures. My favourite memory was in the aquapark due to the amazing

waterslides and fun we have.

SIROPLIDIS JOHN from Greece about LTT1 in SP1 Grajewo, Poland:

Erasmus+ program was a real learning experience. I made new friends. We visited some

interesting places such as the monastery in Wigry, Branicki Palace in Bialystok. For me the

best was waterslide in aquapark. I was hosted by a beautiful family. One moment I won’t

forget was the farewell party. All the students danced very well.

Greek teachers: Penelope, Maria, Dina, Chrysanthi about LTT1 and TPM1 in SP1 Grajewo,

Poland:

Well done to all the Polish team (and especially to Kuba) who were all very hospitable and

kind!

Oliwia Czyż, class 7b, SP1, Poland,about LTT2 in Correggio, Italy

In Italy I met new people with whom I made friends. I visited interesting places, I saw many

monuments. I tried traditional Italian dishes. I had the opportunity to develop my English

language. I was in Mediolan, Verona, Correggio and on Lake Garda. I liked it very much. I

would like to visit this country again.

Gabriela Niedbała, class 7a, SP1, Poland,about LTT2 in Correggio, Italy

The Erasmus + LTT, which lasted from 08.-12.04.2019, made a positive impression on me. I

met new people from other countries and saw a lot of monuments. I visited a lot of interesting

places and learned some interesting facts about them. All this was done in English, thanks to

which I could improve it.

Antea Bakunić, a student from Primary school „Matija Gubec“ Cernik, Croatia about LTT3

in Lithuania

It was nice that our host families came to pick us up from Zagreb airport. We liked a concert

prepared by host school. We visited a town Trakai and a famous Trakai castle. There, we tried

to make a famous Lithuanian dish called Kibinai. We also visited Pažaislis monastery. Every

day we went somewhere on a trip so on Wednesday we went to a Baltic Sea, a Witch Hill,

church and a gallery. On Thursday we visited a capital of Lithuania, Vilnius, which is so

beautiful. We saw a cathedral, botanic garden and a castle. We became a bit sad because it's

already Friday, so on our last day we were doing some quizzes in mixed groups which

consisted of Lithuanians, Italians and Croatians. On Friday we also visited an old town

Kaunas and shopped in a mall Akropolis. In the evening we had a farewell party. We all were

very sad, because we have spent a great time in Kaunas, but also we were happy because we

will finally get home. We are all very thankful to our hosts for everything they did for us.