"Creating Competent Citizens using 4Cs": an Erasmus+ project, type KA229, school partnerships for the area of general education. Programa Erasmus+ del IES Fuentesaúco (Zamora) de España con centros de Polonia, Italia, Rumanía, Portugal y Suecia.

1. Creating Competent
Citizens using 4Cs
After our project had been approved, all partner schools announced the project on
school project boards and informed and motivated students to apply. Coordinators
created the project in the Google Classroom and in Twinspace.
Newsletter #1
Creating Competent Citizens using 4Cs is an Erasmus+ project, type KA229, school
partnerships for the area of general education. The project focuses on developing
the most needed skills in contemporary education - collaboration, communication,
critical thinking, creativity - finding new ways of introducing them in school and out
-of-school work of students and teachers.
Partners in the project are the following schools:
 Istituto Istruzione Secondario Superiore "Ruggero II", Italy
 I Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace im. Wladyslawa Broniewskiego w Boleslawcu, Po-
land
 Agrupamento de Escolas de Muralhas do Minho, Portugal
 Colegiul National Nicu Gane, Romania
 IES Fuentesaúco, Spain
 Djäkneparksskolan, Sweden
The first activity of the project was the introduction of the students on a Padlet. They
wrote about themselves and posted some photos.
Visit our Twinspace

2. LOGO COMPETITION
The criteria for the competition had been determined and each school chose a logo.
Logo proposals
Before Christmas, an eTwinning group, a Twinspace and an Instagram were creat-
ed. Each team made a video that showed the country’s stereotypes about their own
nation and their vision of other nations that take part in the project.
You can find the vídeos
on the Padlet.

3. The official logo has been chosen!
Congratulations to the Italian
team! 
From 23rd to 25nd January 2019, the Por-
tuguese partner hosted the first mobility
and welcomed 26 foreign students and 13
teachers. Students were accommodated
in the host students' homes and teachers
stayed at a hotel.
As the aim of the project is to develop the
four skills, the topic of the meeting was to
find out who we are. The Portuguese host
prepared a three-day meeting plenty of
activities to enhance cooperation.
The host school’s principal welcomed all
the guests and participants. Then, the
students and teachers from partner
schools presented their schools and their
towns, mostly in short and entertaining
videos. Later, Portuguese students in-
volved in the project gave a visiting tour
of their school to all the guests showing
them school facilities and some lessons.
After lunch, all the teams took part in
outdoor activities boosting cooperation: a
scavenger hunt in the fortress of Valença.
The next day the host teachers organised
a trip to Porto where outdoor activities
were performed to discover the city.
The third day was spent at the host
school. All the teams worked together to
enhance cooperation and learnt to carry
out various online tasks. We worked with
Kahoot, Quizzlet, Mentimeter Padlet and
Tridicer.
Later, the main coordinator of the project
presented the results and conclusions of
the questionnaire answered by the major-
ity of the students taking part in the pro-
ject. It was done online as a task on the
Google Classroom and checked students'
knowledge about the 4 Cs.

4. In the afternoon, we had lots of fun and
happy moments at the farewell get-together
for students, teachers and host families
where we celebrated this new partnership
and new friendships with music and food.
Enriched with new experiences, enthusiasm
and appreciation, we look forward to the
next mobility that will be held in Italy in
April 2019.
The meeting through student’s eyes
Aleksandra , Poland
All the trip was amazing, I don't know what
was the best. I think the most things we
learnt were from the Portuguese because of
their welcoming. Now I can say that the
people in this country are really friendly and
drink a lot of coffee. Students have a great
sense of humour and are enthusiastic. You
have great sweets (pasteis de nata!!!!) and
you speak English very well. Anyway there
was a great atmosphere and I had great fun
and learnt a lot. My English went so fluently
that I even started to speak to my friend
from school in English! Thank you for every-
thing!
Angela, Spain
The best part of the trip was meeting other European students like us. I really en-
joyed the trip to Tui when we could meet each other.
Noelia, Spain
During the trip, I felt like ho-
me! I was really happy with
my host family and friends. I
am looking forward to seeing
them all again.

5. Martina, Italy
The trip was amazing, it was a nice experi-
ence and I didn't expect to face it in this
positive way. They welcomed us in a fantas-
tic way, very warm, helpful and nice to all
of us. I met people similar to me with
whom I immediately made friends and dis-
covered common interests.
I learned that Portuguese people drink a lot
of coffee and like to stay out with friends all
day, they like parties and they have a great
sense of humour.
I enjoyed the city even if it is a small one
and I fell in love with Porto and the bridge
that leads to Spain, amazing!
I would have liked to know better the stu-
dents from other countries but those I met
were very nice and I'll miss them all.
It was a wonderful experience and I recom-
mend it to everyone. Thanks to all of you
for everything and hope to meet you again!
Bianca, Romania
It was honestly one of the best
weeks in my life. I had the chance
to meet some awesome people and
make friends in a really short time.
Everybody was very nice and we all
got along so well despite all the
cultural differences. Also, all the
activities were very interesting and
we got the chance to learn some
new things that might be useful
someday.
The country is absolutely beautiful
and I can say that Porto is officially
one of my favourite cities.
Maks, Poland
I'm glad we spent this time with al-
most no disputes, in a friendly at-
mosphere. I appreciate the chit-
chats, the balmy weather, the food,
and I could go on and on ;). I really
need to revisit Portugal some day.
Elena, Spain
It was better than I expected. I prac-
tised a lot of English and met a lot
of European students who are like
us!

6. Oliver, Sweden
The trip to Portugal was amazing! I had a lot fun and I learned a bunch of new
things. It was great to spend some time with all of you guys and get to know you. It
was also interesting to discover new cultures and norms from the other countries.
The program we had was good and you had time to socialize with the other students
but also to spend time with your host family. I really appreciate the hospitality and
kindness of my host family and we had a lot of fun together. It was a great time to
develop my collaborating skills and to improve my English in real life situations not
just in school.
Mary, Italy
The meeting in Portugal is one of the most interesting experiences I’ve ever had.
Being able to discover and get to know new cultures and customs, especially the
Portuguese ones, is one of the many things I’ve enjoyed while being there.
I had a lot of fun doing the treasure hunts, despite of the rainy weather on the first
day. The trip to Porto was what I liked the most: I took lots of photos there because
it is really a charming city!
It was a pleasant experience that taught me many things and, above all, left me with
many memories. I surely won’t forget it!
Esperanza, Spain
We learned a lot in a funny way: in Porto we saw real-
ly interesting things during the scavenger hunting,
taking pictures with silly poses. And in class playing
the collaborative games and watching the videos!
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texts on the Padlet