The document discusses a partnership of various schools from European countries aimed at enhancing European citizenship, improving linguistic skills, and fostering intercultural education among students. It highlights activities involving storytelling, role-playing, and creative projects that teach values through narratives. The project received financial support from the European Community and emphasizes collaboration between institutions and the development of educational innovation.

3. PARTNERS SCHOOL Osnovna Šola Idrija : IDRIJA - SLOVENIA Vrtec Idrija : IDRIJA - SLOVENIA Scoala “Simion Barnutiu” : CLUJ NAPOCA - ROMANIA Halil Gelendost Primary School : ISPARTA-TURKEY Externato Santa Catarina : CRUZ QUEBRADA- PORTUGAL Yarnfield Primary Scool : ENGLAND UNITED KINGDOM Instituto Compresivo''C.Carminati" : LONATE POZOLLO (VARESE)-ITALY Yarnfield Primary Scool : LEWES-UNITED KINGDOM St Joseph Junior School : SILEMA-MALTA Ovens National School : CORK-IRELAND

5. General objectives of partnership To develop the European dimension at all levels, in order to emphasize the spirit of the European citizenship, re-evaluating the cultural heritage of each participating country; To contribute to the improvement of linguistic competences and also knowledge of the languages of partner countries. This will broaden horizons and will contribute to the intercultural dimension of education; To encourage connections between the pupils from Europe and contributes to their intercultural education; To contribute to a larger and more intense cooperation between the partner institutions emphasizing their intellectual and teaching potential; To encourage teacher’s and pupil’s mobility; To give pupils and teachers from the participating countries an opportunity to work together on topics of mutual interest; To promote the Europeans values that will provide our pupils with a training to become perfectly integrated European citizens; To develop the necessary skills for creating projects in all fields of activities ; To enhance skills in the use of ICT; To enhance communication and personal skills; To increase self-esteem and confidence; To encourage professional development and educational innovation

8. Stories about behaviuors Reading stories Selecting stories Presenting stories Contest to select stories Mr. Goe Talerus The story of the bunny

9. This incident made his mother buy him another After that, he locked himself in the train toilet and he got stuck. The ladies panicked. The conductor helped him out. Instead of being punished, the boy got a bar of chocolate for his suffering. The worst thing that he did was that he pushed the button which stopped the train. That delayed the arrival of the train at Bucharest. When the conductor checked who was guilty for stopping the train, Goe remained unpunished again because he pretended sleeping in his grandmother’s arms. Eventually, Goe and the ladies arrived at Bucharest, beginning their “journey” through the capital. MR. GOE Goe was a ten-year-old boy. He was spoiled, rude and he also had low grades at school. Goe’s mother, grandmother and Mrs. Mita decided to take Goe to the capital – Bucharest – hoping that the trip would help him make it to the next grade. While they were nervously waiting for the train, they argued about the pronunciation of the word “sailor”. Eventually the train arrived and they found their places with the help of some kind teenagers. Meanwhile, Goe was rude towards a man calling him: “Hey, you, ugly man!” Throughout the journey the boy kept on behaving inadequately; he put his head out of the window and as a consequence he lost his hat along with the train ticket.

12. An urban writer, Caragiale recalls life in Bucharest, the society saloons, the balls, the beer saloons, the clerks' offices, the crowd in the street, the tricks on April 1 st etc. His sketches can be grouped like this: family life, school, press, the office worker, high-life etc. Caragiale is our first realistic writer. He is the creator of human types and life scenes by which his work becomes a real human comedy , an artistic document of the manners of an epoch. Starting from Romanian realities, creating original scenes and types, Caragiale came to a universal artistic value. I.L.Caragiale was born on January 30, 1852 in Haimanale village, Prahova county, the son of Luca and Ecaterina Caragial e . Today the village is named after the great play writer. After his father’s death he settles down in Bucharest where he will be the only support of his mother and sister Lenci (3 years younger). Until 1878 he was a prompter, copyist, journalist and press corrector.In 1878 he collaborates at “Timpul” (“The Time”), having Eminescu and Slavici as colleagues.

13. Each member of the Romanian Comenius team selected one or two stories having in view the level of the children. The stories were presented and translated in Romanian by the help of the children. Presentation the stories from partners

14. In order to perceive the moral message of the story, the children were asked to run certain activities: - role play and miming, - character sketching and arguments, predicting the ending

15. As methods, the teachers used brainstorming pair work group work debate.

16. d ramatize a part of the story; c hanging the ending; i llustrate the story; p roject; portofolio; g ive suggestions to characters ( c onsidering the level of the children they wrote either in English or in Romanian , s ome wrote in both languages.) Students enjoyed the activities. Children noticed resemblances in the Romanian stories. They easily picked up the positive and negative features of the characters. As a homework they had to choose from the suggestions given:

17. Stiker competition

26. ” We can solve it together ”

27. Voting the members of the school mediators

28. The mediators team

29. Satirizing bad behaviours ” The past returns ” - film using characters from I. L. Caragiale works, the students from the 7th form wrote the original script for the film

30. ” Intricate stories ” - play the students of the 6 th form wrote an original script, trying to satirize nowadays attitudes and behaviours, using animals as characters

31. ” Right or wrong? ” – role play the students of the 6th and 7th form performed good VS bad behaviours Dramatizing bad VS good behaviours

32. Activities at the primary classes daily activities of 10 minutes each, learning and practicing good behaviours in diferent situations.

33. SCOALA “SIMION BARNUTIU” CLUJ-NAPOCA ROMANIA The Power Point presentation is made by the Romanian students: Cristian Gîndac, Pop Raul, Rares Creta Coordinators: Diana Frateanu, Marc Anca, Georgeta Stanciu, Adriana Rus This project has been realized with financial support of the European Community June 2009