International Projects


Aces International Project "Smart Clowns"
Date: September 2011 - April 2012
Partner Schools: Happy Planet Kids School, Bragadiru
Theme of the project: Volunteering
Objectives:
  • one-year bilateral international project on the topic of volunteers and volunteering of young people in Europe
  • to promote volunteering among students of middle schools
  • encourage solidarity among the students
  • raising their awareness and involvement in social areas according to their needs and interests and needs in a multicultural European partnership
  • collaborative work and ITC tools
  • to make students aware of the necessity of this type of actions
  • to highlight the ethical values
  • art oriented activities for other people
  • stimulates creativity, innovation and active implication
  • Students exchanges - workshops, sharing cultures, City rally, joint shows, schools
  • Traveling destinations (students' exchanges or stays abroad):
  • Ostrava - to host a project meeting
  • Bucharest - project meeting at the partner school
  • Participants: about 10-15 students from Grade 6, 7, MYP1 and MYP2
    Project Coordinator: Mr Ivo Helebrant and Mr Tom Healy

    Comenius International Project "Volunteers at schools"
    Date: September 2011 - June 2013
    Partner Schools in: Spain, Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, Lithuania
    Theme of the project: Volunteering
    Objectives:
  • two-year multilateral international project on the topic of volunteers and volunteering of young people in Europe
  • to promote volunteering among students of secondary schools
  • encourage solidarity among the students
  • raising their awareness and involvement in environmental and social areas according to their needs and interests and needs in a multicultural European partnership
  • collaborative work and ITC tools
  • to make students aware of the necessity of this type of actions
  • to highlight the ethical values
  • possible IB DP CAS activity
  • Traveling destinations (students' exchanges or stays abroad):
  • Larissa [Greece] in March 2012
  • in autumn 2012 - Famagusta [Cyprus], Burgas [Bulgaria]
  • a bilateral exchange
  • Participants: about 10-15 students from Grade 10, 11, 12 and 13
    Project Coordinator: Ms Dagmar Blahetová

    Community Service Project in South Africa 2012
    Date: 01/03 - 11/03/2012
    Partner Organization: Aid Africa Foundation
    Theme of the project: Volunteering
    Objectives:
  • IB DP CAS International Project
  • meeting with pupils from Hundzukani Primary School and Huntington village - ice breakers, teaching of English
  • ground works and indoor works on the school facilities
  • ground works and indoor works on the orphanage facilities
  • environmental activities
  • lessons of local language
  • community visits and cooperation [church services, football match, traditional culture and habits]
  • Traveling destinations (students' exchanges or stays abroad):
  • Huntington village
  • The Kruger National Park
  • Participants:
  • 12 years up
  • 10 students + 2 teachers
  • Project Coordinator: Mr Ivo Helebrant


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    Additional information
    eTWINNING

    eTwinning is part of Comenius, the EU programme for schools. The project was born under the European Union's e-Learning programme and is now part of the Lifelong Learning Programme. The main concept behind eTwinning is that schools are paired with another school elsewhere in the Europe. The two schools then communicate using the Internet (for example, by e-mail or video conferencing) to collaborate, share and learn from each other. eTwinning encourages and develops ICT skills as the main activities inherently use information technology. Being 'twinned' with a foreign school also encourages cross-cultural exchanges of knowledge, fosters students' intercultural awareness, and improves their communication skills.
    eTwinning projects last for any length of time ranging from only a week, to months, up to creating permanent relationships between schools. Schools (both primary and secondary) within the European Union member states, including Norway and Iceland, can participate in the eTwinning project. www.etwinning.net

    Comenius Project
    Part of the EU's Lifelong Learning Programme, the Comenius actions aim to help young people and educational staff better understand the range of European cultures, languages and values. They also help young people acquire the basic life skills and competences necessary for personal development, future employment and active citizenship.
    http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-programme/doc84_en.htm