Topics to work on with Croatian partner

 Some days ago, we started to discuss with our Croatian partner, Osnovna škola Vladimira Nazora from Vinkovci, about possible topics to work on during the coming months and for our mobility there in April.

We have decided to focus on our Erasmus+ objective number 2, regarding ICTs, and number 4, concerning foreign languages. In that sense, our students will be developing their knowledge on social media dangers: cyberbullying as well as information search and selection / fake news. Apart from that, we will also delve into their relation to mental health, one of the objectives of our Croatian colleagues.

 

Erasmus team learning experience

 Last week, María Eugenia Pérez, experienced psichologist and inclusive pedagogy expert, visited our school and was working with some of our colleagues on cooperative learning and shared teaching. In an attempt to develop the European basic principle of inclusion as well as our Erasmus+ project objective number 3, regarding methodologies, this formation has been fruitful, rewarding and enlightening. 

 

 As can be seen in the pictures, the participant teachers practiced what, following María Eugenia's words, empowers learners in their process towards personal and professional development. 

In our future mobilities, our Erasmus+ team will be capable of spreading these practices and our first-hand experiences.

Thank you, María Eugenia!

  

Source: pictures provided by CEP Úbeda.

Erasmus+ slogan

 After some time for delibaration and voting, we would love to communicate that our Erasmus+ slogan will be:

 Our Learning Community and Europe: Stronger Together

Erasmus+ logo

Our Erasmus+ logo for the ongoing project has been chosen. Students designed their drafts and after some digitalization process applied, a final version has been developed. With the collaboration of our school community, the logo is this one:

From now on, we will work for our Erasmus+ project to be idetified with it.

Erasmus+ logo design and slogan

 These previous weeks our students from 3rd ESO have been developing their own personal ideas for our Erasmus+ logo. They have mixed their ideas and come up with some draft versions which will be discussed and assessed in the coming days. Some of them are the ones below:

In addition, and despite it not being compulsory, the Erasmus+ decided that it would be a great idea to have our own slogan. The four suggested ones are:

-Growing as a learning community in Europe

-Developing our learning community hand in hand with Europe

-Our learning community and Europe: stronger together

-Enriching our learning community in European values

These will be voted and the final winner will represent us during our participation in our KA121 project.

Mobilities breaking news

 Last July, the Erasmus+ team started to search the possible partners and collaborators for 2023/2024. Our first aim was that these organisations would help us develop and work on our plan objectives and priorities, and, secondly, that we would contribute to theirs as well.

Many emails later and having assessed our budget, preferences and possible dates, two foreign schools will be part of us for our first mobilities. These are:

- Short term mobility with students: to Primary School Vladimir Nazor (Vinkovci, Croatia) with students up to 15 years old; from 14 to 19 April 2024. 

 

- Job shadowing: to Agrupamento de Escolas de Vila Nova da Barquinha (Vila Nova da Barquinha, Portugal), from 6 to 10 May 2024.

 We are sure the experiences with them will be absolutely enriching and enlightening for all the parts involved.

Selection of students and logo design

After some weeks of interviews and discussions with students from 3º ESO (14-15 years old), we have finally come up with the eight names that will directly participate in the short-term group mobility next April. 

They have been discussing their interest and willingness to participate in Erasmus+, they have faced different real-life situations and solved them through role-play, and they have been designing the project logo. In the coming days, this logo will be published in order that everybody in our community gets to know it. 

From the Erasmus+ team, we would like to congratulate all the candidate students and, especially, the selected ones for their collaboration and active participation. Thank you!

Starting the selection of students

 Our first group mobility of students this academic year is starting today. The students to take part already know about the criteria which will be considered so that the process is open and clean. 

Among them, we can find the following ones:

- project logo design

- motivational letter to participate in Erasmus+

- oral discussion of that letter

-"what would you do in these situations?", in which they will solve and face real situations

- positive and proactive attitude

Teachers from the Erasmus+ team will also collaborate throughout the process and the chosen ones will be published before October ends.

Good luck to all the participants!

A new adventure

IES Francisco de los Cobos starts its new adventure under the Erasmus+ flag. With the accreditation validated, our plan objectives and the programme priorities, we are excited to get started.

For this academic year 2023/2024, our Erasmus+ plan includes two job shadowings and one students' short mobility. During this first months, we have been in discussions with other European schools in order for:

One job shadowing to Paris (France) and another one to Vila Nova da Barquinha (Portugal). Regarding the short mobility with students, we have agreed to go to Vinkovci (Croatia).  

Apart from these, our Erasmus team and our school community are starting to get the project moving by promoting other activities, which will be published and uploaded on our school social media. 

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