This document describes a partnership project between nursery schools in Poland, Turkey, and Finland called "Our Little, Great Motherland". The main goal is to promote European values like tolerance and cultural diversity by exploring each other's histories, traditions, and customs. Students will learn about their own and other cultures through classes, festivals, exhibitions, and meetings between partners. The project aims to develop students' sense of identity and openness while respecting local traditions. It provides benefits like language skills, cultural knowledge, and establishing friendships across Europe.

1. Nursery school number 71 „Pod Topola”
in Poznan
Comenius program
Lifelong Learning Programme
Multilateral Projects
„Ou little, great motherland”
August 2012 – July 2014

2. School Partnerships
1) Partnership projects it is a cooperation of two or more
countries from different countries of UE, which leads to
exchange the experience and to teach each other. The main
goal is to make stronger the european education thanks to
promoting international cooperation in which take part
teachers from various countries.
2) Partnership in Multilateral Projects gives us the possibility
of learning and teaching and let us develop intenational
cooperation.

3. Partners in the project

4. Turkey - the capital of Ankara
 Kindergarten is in Turgutlu.
 Turgutlu is a large city located in the western part of
Turkey, in the province of Manisa, in the Aegean
region.
 The name derives from the name of the clan Turkey
with Turgutlu (also listed as Turgut or Turgutoğlu)
 The city is an imprtant center for trade and center
since eighteenth century.

5. Nursery school Mehmet Altan Anaokulu
 Nursery school was created in 2009 – 2010.
 Every year about 150 childern attend the nursery school.
 Nursery school has an experience in various projects.
 The coordinator is Ümran Erdoğan

6. The vision
 To strive for development of education, history and tradition of
the country,
 Development of creativity,
 Creating new generations, which will know how to name their
own needs and which will accept other people feelings.

7. The mission
 Considering that children have special needs, they are in different age and
there are various educational programs, nursery school organise its work in
the best way to hepl children to develop. It is possible thanks to every day
fun and work. Nursery school would like to solve kids` problems connected
with rights and duties respect of a country for the youngest generation.

8. Finland - Helsinki capital
 Porvoo – town in southern Finland, it is one of the oldest town in this
country. It is situated 50 km from Helsinki.
 There are about 48 820 habitants. It is known for Vanha Porvoo with the
characteristic wooden architecture and Medieval cathedral (Porvoon
tuomiokirkko, Borgå Domkyrka).
 Porvoo is an important turistic area.

9. Finland - Helsinki capital
 Every year about 70 children attend the nursery school.
 Nursery school is situated in Huhtisen, school is in the same
building.
 Kuutamopolun –it is a day care center for children, especially
for siblings.
 Nursery school is open from 6.30 a.m to 5.00 p.m.
 Nursery school has an experience in various projects.
 The coordinator is Niina Törmänen

10. Kuutamopolun-Mission
 A child has a right to play.
 Team games are very important in social development.
 A child has a right to ask for hepl an adult.
 Nursery school teaches childern the courage to give an opinion and
to accept the differences.
 A child has a right to think- children learn thanks to thinking.
Every child has time to think something over.

11. Poland- capital Warsaw
 Nursery school number 71 „Pod Topola” in Poznan.
is situated in western Poland where Warta river and Cybina river
crossbreed
.
 The fith largest city in Poland (553,6 tys. habitants) and seventh largest
when we think about area (262 km²).
 Poznan is one of the oldest cities in Poland.
 In the Cathedral are buried first rulers of Poland–
Mieszko I and Bolesław Chrobry.
 Poznan is a academic, scientific and cultural area. In the city there are:
opera, concert hall, theaters, cinemas, muzeums, art galleries,
orchestras and bands.

12. Nursery school number 71
„Pod Topola” in Poznan
 The institution which coordinate the project is Nursery school number 71 in Poznan „Pod Topola”,
which has existed for 60 years.
 Nursery school has an experience in educational programmes. Every year about 120 children
attend the nursery school.
 In the garden, there are poplars – topola- poplar. That is why the name of our nursery school is
„Pod Topola, what means „under the poplar.
 Nursery school number 71 is public. There are 5 groups for children from 3 to 6 years. It is very
active in a local
 The coordinators are: Marzenna Bolińska and Gabriela Sadowska

13. Mission – Nursery schhol number 71
„Pod Topola”
Nursery school:
1. Ensures childern attention and mental and physical safety.
2.Supports parental actions connected with upbringing and education.
3. Creates adequate conditions in which children can get abilities they need.
4. Abides by rules of Convention on the Rights of the Child and accepted
social and moral rules.
5. Organises work and stewardship of nursery school.
6. Evaluates its work and uses the results to constant development.

14. Vision – Nursery school number 71 „Pod
Topola”
 1. Nursery school is a friendly and innovative institution, preparing children to go to
school. Is focused on achieving the success.
 2. Nursery school provides equal educational opportunities for every child and takes into
account the environmental needs of their actions.
 3. Atmosphere which leads to the acceptance of each child, prevents social isolation and
intolerance against any "otherness".
 4. Parents are partners in the life of the nursery.
 5. Nursery school program is focused on the child's needs, allows him all-round
development of personality.
 6. Nursery school employs qualified, competent, dedicated and responsible teachers.
 7. Preschool gives children the opportunity: self work, work with peers, creative thinking,
acting and living, participation in interesting activities, exploration of the surrounding,
universal values​​: good, truth and beauty.
 8. We all respect the rights of the child, we care about good relationships and effective
interpersonal communication.
 9. Nursery school promotes kids` achievements in the local community, the country,
Europe and the world.

15. Goals of the project
„Our little, great motherland”
The main goal of the project, "Our little, great motherland" is to create
awareness of belonging to a community on national and european level by exploring
the history, customs, traditions, seeking common roots, teaching children tolerance
and stimulate the curiosity of learning and acquiring information about the world
around them.
Through various forms of activity (history classes, geography classes,
customs, traditions, languages​​, cooking classes, festivals, festivals at nursery school,
exhibitions, presentations, implementation of mobility and partnership meetings,
etc..) project is going to help us to get the understanding of culture, history and
geography of the partner countries. We will learn some aspects of cultural diversity,
both children and teachers will get to know better the native culture. As a result, their
sense of regional identity will increase and respect for local traditions will be better.
In this multicultural (and seeking to unify) world, children should not forget their
roots. Little Motherland is all around us: nature, architecture, people and culture
created by them. Better understanding and understanding of the roots will affect the
development of the child's personality which become open to the surrounding reality,
both Polish and European.

16. European added value
The idea of ​the project in line with the objectives of the Comenius program. Its main
aim is to create a partnership between the European kindergartens (pre-schoolers and teachers)
and the promotion of European values ​(tolerance and respect for cultural and linguistic
diversity). For all children from institutions participating in the project partnership it is an
exciting opportunity to gain experience through cultural diversity of Europe. The teachers
participating in the project it will be an incentive to creative work and implementation of
innovative curricula, testing of new methods of teaching and using of modern technology. The
European dimension of the project will be accentuated by the innovation, flexibility,
partnerships, promoting respect for other cultures, deepening the knowledge of foreign
languages, impact on the local community.
Thanks to the participation in Comenius, the idea of European integration
will be closer to both children and teachers.

17. Benefits for children
 the awareness of belonging to a community on a national and European
level by exploring the history, customs and traditions;
 development of a sense of regional identity and respect for local
traditions;
 creating attitudes such as tolerance, kindness, egalitarianism, respect for
others, cognitive curiosity;
 knowledge of customs, traditions and culture of the partner countries;
 arouse the curiosity in the children learning process and acquiring
information;
 stimulating creativity in various areas;
 language skills training;
 establishing bonds of friendship between children from different
countries in Europe, in particular to emphasise on the idea of ​European
citizenship and friendship between nations.

18. Benefits for teachers
 Development of the quality of teaching in every kindergarten through the use of
innovative teaching methods in all national education systems;
 exchanging the experience in teaching;
 the creation of a small european community, which may result in a solving the
problems of each of the partners by sharing experiences, methods, forms of work
and the best ideas;
 improving the organization of work in the classroom;
 opportunity to observe different educational systems;
 expand cultural awareness;
 improving communication skills in speaking and writing in English;
 to practise skills of modern information technology;
 acquiring various skills by the project;
 how to organise of international visits.

19. Profits for parents and nursery school
Influence on parents: (whose participation is one of the main goal)
 Augmentation of parents` role in education of children and augmentation of their
education interest;
 To increase the involvement of parents in educational process in the nursery school;
 Augmentation of cultural knowledge.
Influence on nursery school:
 To promote the European dimension in each kindergarten;
 To enrich the educational offer of kindergarten;
 To increase the look of the nursery school for national and European institutions;
 To promote the achievements of preschool education in region;
 Stimulation of the environment - an opportunity to raise funds for the implementation of
additional extra-curricular activities of the city budget, and from individual donors;
 Interest in the project

20. Mobilities-
all visits are found by UE
 XI/2012 – Turkey
 II/2013 – Finland
 VI/2013 – Poland
• XI/2013 - Turkey
• III/2014 – Finland
• VI/2014- Poland

21. Blog – our „diary”
Our website: www.podtopola.pl,
the bookmark Projekty Comenius, there is a link to the
blog, where you can find all information about our
project:
„Our little, great motherland”
Enjoy!