An erasmus project logbook

1. ERASMUS+ KA2
2nd Junior High School of Rethymno
BUILDING ACTIVE AND CRITICAL THINKING STUDENTS
2019 - 2022

2. SCHOOLS - COUNTRIES
• INSTITUTO COMPRENSIVO M. BUONARROTI
RIPA TEATINA – TORREVECHIA TEATINA ITALY
• IES JOSE MARIA MORON Y BARRIENTOS
CUMBRES MAYORES SPAIN
• 2ND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL – RETHYMNO GREECE
• SZKOLA PODSTAWOWA IM. BOHATEROW
WESTERPLATTE W BIENKOWICACH POLAND
• GRM PRIMARY SCHOOL SLOVENIA

3. AIMS OF THE PROGRAMME
Through the activities of the program our goals are to:
• Cultivate and improve students’ thinking and speaking capacities
• Show them how to express point of views, to form arguments and see
things in different ways
• Practice research, oral communication, teamwork, organization
• Meet new friends and get to know each others’ cultures and way of living

4. Presenting our program to parents
October 2019

6. Making logos for the project

7. Our logo creations

8. Meeting in Spain
November 2019

9. Working together: Teachers’ meeting in Spain

10. Choosing logos for the program
Spain – November 2019

11. The logo of the project

12. Singing Christmas carols for our European friends - on line
meeting
December 2019

13. Meeting online

14. Presenting our programs to colleagues from
other schools of our town

16. Debaters’ club 2019 - 2022
Preparing topics for debate

17. Debaters’ club

19. Workshop with lawyer
Mr. Argyropoulos
October 2020
• Preparing public speech,
ways of forming arguments
• Legal arguments, arguments
used in courts and trials

20. Debate
October 2020

21. Working on debate – October 2020

22. Playing language board games

23. Working on Edmodo activities
November 2020

24. Members of our Erasmus team taking part in
rhetoric games held by Greek Rhetoric Union for
schools
April 2021 (Online due to covid)

25. Members of our Erasmus team with the awards
won in rhetoric competition of April 2021

26. Web meeting with partners
May 2021

27. Teaching and learning activities
Poland May 2021 - Online meeting

28. Virtual mobility – Poland May 2021
Interactive games, presentations, kahoot,
debate

29. Virtual meeting – Debate
Topics: Volunteering, Learning foreign languages

31. Virtual meeting – Slovenia October 2021

32. Slovenia
October 2021
• Training activity for
teachers
• Activities on “talk”
• Seminar on building a
positive mindset
• Attending English
classes

33. Getting ready for the meeting in Greece
Practicing “talk”, finding convincing arguments,
working together

34. Meeting in
Greece
March 2022
• Students practiced team discussion,
taking up specific roles, seeing things
from different angles
Topics:
• “Students and cell phones at school”
• “Zoos should be banned”
• “The impact of social media on
teenagers”
• “Distance learning is the same as live
lessons”
• “Planet earth is in danger”

35. Discussing, exchanging
arguments on a blended
way (three teams live,
two teams online,
communicating all
together)

36. Students had
a chance to
talk and
exchange
ideas on
specific topics

37. Students
also
practiced
individual
persuasive
speech
Topics: “We need to play more”
“Books are important”
“Protect the environment”
“Men and women should do the
same jobs”
“Choosing a profession is choosing
a way of life”

38. Here are three of their speeches
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4U1hM51yd4&t=67s
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYJcp6aBabQ&t=48s
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzstuOmsWJA&t=89s

39. Presentations of speeches

40. Presenting and attending

41. Polish and Spanish teams

42. In the ancient theatre of Aptera

44. In Rethymno - Crete

45. Games – Traditional “Gaitanaki”

47. Preparation for Italian meeting
Gamification - Quiz of Greek team
Ancient greek theatre - Escape room - Φόρμες Google

48. Italy
May 2022
Working together making the
“presentosa”, a traditional
Italian jewel which expresses
love and affection

49. Quiz solving - cooperation

50. Gamification

51. Solving quizes

52. Torrevechia Teatina – May 2022

53. Certificates

54. A beautiful journey
This project gave us the opportunity:
• to explore ways of developing critical thinking skills through creative
writing and speaking
• To broaden our minds and go deeper into knowledge
• To realize that there can be more options on an issue and to be able
to see things from different angles
• To cooperate and exchange ideas in transnational teams
• To practice and improve the English language
• To make new friends and gain confidence