FRODSHAM CE PRIMARY SCHOOL

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FRODSHAM CE PRIMARY SCHOOL

• COMENIUS 1 PROJECT

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COMENIUS 1
1. Getting started
2. Integrating the project into the curriculum
3. What is it really like?
4. Benefits
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1. Getting Started
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Finding partners

• Reichschainschule
• Memmingen Germany
• Iwan-Wasov
• Silistra Bulgaria
• Special School for Hard of Hearing
• Thessaloniki Greece
• Lecole dHostun
• Hostun France

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Deciding on a title

• Learning from each other through festivals and
  traditions
• What we want to look at
• Curriculum areas
• Rough project plan

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Year 1

• Exchange information about our school with our
  partners
• Celebrate and research Christmas (Easter) and
  regional festival
• Exchange information and childrens work with our
  partners

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Year 2

• Celebrate and research Christmas and regional
  festivals of our partners
• Exchange information and childrens work with our
  partners

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Year 3

• Learn about our partner countries
• Prepare joint final products
• Eurofest

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2. Integrating the project into the curriculum

• Long-term planning
• Cross curricular
• Topic planning
• Staff awareness
• Flexibility
• Resources
• Involvement of other adults teaching assistants
  and parents

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3. What is it really like?

• Support from SMT
• Teamwork
• Paperwork
• Organisation
• Communication
• Budget
• Confidence
• Technology

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4. Benefits

• Widen the horizons of our children
• Motivated children and staff to develop an
  interest in their European neighbours
• Getting to know other European school systems and
  make comparisons
• Ideas for development of own school
• Let the children experience the significance of
  foreign languages and make them more motivated to
  learn MFL framework
• First-hand learning experiences
• Teach staff then children how to use modern
  communication methods
• Development of self-confidence
• Stepping stone for other international work