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The next Transnational Project Meeting will take place in Cluj-Napoca, Romania between the 10th-14th March, 2015

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WELCOME to our first Newsletter! :)

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“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” ― Benjamin Franklin

Copyright (C) 2015Transylvania College | The Cambridge International School in Cluj

This newsletter belongs to the Erasmus + Partnership “The Future in Our Hands - Creating European Entrepreneurs” financed by the European Commission.

The information contained in this newsletter does not represent the point of view of the European Commission.

Newsletter No. 1January 2015

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1st Erasmus+ Project Newsletter- January 2015

During the first semester of the school year 2014-2015, 23rd Primary School of Limassol has organised the following:

1. The coordinator of the school has prepared a presentation for the school and

the city of Limassol, which has sent to all the partner schools

2. All the teachers and pupils have been informed of the new project and all the

classes have seen the presentations of the partner schools. The teachers have

talked to the pupils about the programme and its targets, the objectives and the

activities. They have, also, talked about the main issues of the project: Creativity,

Productivity and Entrepreneurship.

3. Some classes have invited parents who come from the partner countries.

These parents have presented their country to the pupils (e.g. Romania)

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5. Representatives from the Productivity Centre of Cyprus visited our school and talked to the pupils. They also made some practical activities on how to be “productive” people.

4. Some classes have made projects on the partner countries and they have a display in their classrooms. Also, the teachers’ office was decorated with photos and information of the Erasmus+ programme and the partner countries.

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6. The Parents’ Library of the school has been enriched with books on creativity, entrepreneurship, crafts and various occupations. The parents will soon be informed about how to borrow books from the library. Moreover, children’s books dealing with different occupations have been bought and put in the same library. The pupils will be told soon about this and how to borrow books.

7. A business/entrepreneurship counsellor was invited to the school and talked to the 6th Grade pupils (12 years old). She made a workshop on how ideas can be put into practice in order to become a successful entrepreneur/businessman/woman.

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8. The teachers of the school have already organised the visits of different occupations to the school. As a result, a schedule has been made including arts, crafts, beauticians, hairdressers, woodcraft, plumber, toy makers, sewing tailors, fashion designers, ice cream making kiosk, pastry chef, florists etc.

9. The pupils of the E’1 class have organised a Volunteerism Day, one week before Christmas. The reason for organising that Day was firstly to feel how it is to be a volunteer and secondly to raise money for the poor pupils of our school. During that day, the pupils played football, organised a Bingo game and sold cookies and cakes. They also brought their used books and toys and made some Christmas ornaments and also sold them. As a result, they gathered a great amount of money, which they spent in a supermarket for buying basic things/food for their classmates in need. They also prepared a packet with all the ingredients somebody needs to prepare chocolate chip cookies.

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THE FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT

THE BINGO GAME

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1. CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS

BUYING GOODS FROM THE SUPERMARKET

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MAKING THE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS FOR SOME PUPILS OF OUR SCHOOL

GIVING THE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS TO SOME PUPILS OF OUR SCHOOL

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10.We have made a LOGO competition in order to find the best three logos for our partnership.Those selected have been sent to the Catalonian school and also are showed here:

11.A survey has been made among the pupils of the school, asking the occupations they would like to meet.The results have been sent to the Catalonian school for analysis.

12. Finally, during the first semester, three of our teachers had the opportunity to visit one of our partner schools “CDG Detelina”, in the city VIDIN, in Bulgaria. There they had the chance to visit the school, meet the teachers and the pupils, visit some important sights of the area and organise the activities of the project. On this point, we would like to say “THANK YOU”, to Bulgaria for the hospitality. We really had a great time!

Antigoni Komodiki The Project Coordinator

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1.This project year started with the process of knowing our partners and in this respect, Transylvania College initiated a set of activities meant to introduce our friends to our students and staff and to allow them to know us too. Therefore, the Year 11 students produced a Prezi school, city presentation, to be sent to all the partners: http://goo.gl/zIwqng Soon, the other countries' presentations arrived and we have organised some advertising activities such as: -special PSHE classes: the form tutors have displayed and commented with their students on the partners' PowerPoint or video presentations; -a special assembly was organised with the same purpose and it was designed as a quiz, to test the students newly acquired knowledge about the partnership; -displays were organised in some classes and in the hallway (Erasmus+ Corner), so anyone entering the school could become aware of our partnership; Year 12 students at work

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2. The next stage of our collaborative work was materialised in a survey which was applied to most of our students. Based on these results, the students' occupational preferences were considered to be the starting point for the next theoretical activities, the lectures given by specialists such as: beauticians, football coaches, entertainers and young entrepreneurs. 3.These were followed by workshops organised by the project team together with their guests, traditional craftsmen, who have visited our school for the celebration of the National Day of Romania. With this occasion they shared their experience with our students, who were thrilled to weave or wool spin for the first time in their lives.

4. We’ve also decided on our version of the Partnership Logo that will compete with the others, created by the partners, in order to illustrate our project and its theme. 5. The project's library was created and will be constantly enriched with books, brochures, teaching materials produced by teachers and students or received from our partners. 6. The 1st Project Meeting took place in November 2015 in Vidin, Bulgaria. There, we had the chance to meet our new partners and reschedule project activities and aims according to the realities in our schools. 7. Last but not least, other workshops were organised with the aim of raising money for charity. The Annual Charity Ball organised in our school was the perfect venue for our students to sell their Venetian masks, ornaments and Christmas decorations. At St. Nicholas Bazaar they also sold the eco-Christmas decorations(e.g. reindeers made of cork) produced by them, their old or new toys, books, clothes and other things.

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8. The project team goes on with our project diary completion, as the project develops. Teachers and students take turns in writing diary entries, to tell the story of our partnership. You can see one of the pages here:

9. The Romanian editing team: -Ms Irina Simion, our Art teacher who designed the newsletter template -Ms Cosmina Mocanu, the Romanian teacher -Ms. Ana Maria Nasui, Ms Delia Filipescu, English teachers -Mr Ben Frentsos, our American teacher of English.

Luminita Vasile The Romanian Project Coordinator

Dear Diary,

I’m really happy to be the one who starts the adventure of our Erasmus+ Partnership Diary. As you all know, in every relationship the first steps are dedicated to knowing each other, so obviously we did the same…

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September, October 2014 – A whole new world

Since our children are very young (4-6 years) and they haven’t seen a lot of the world yet it was really interesting for them to see the presentations and pictures from other children in other countries. We talked a lot about the foreign way of life, tradition and culture. Each group made a special Erasmus-corner and decorated it with pictures and souvenirs from our partner countries.

Our older children (age 5-6) went to a farm, where they stayed for 3 days and helped the farmer with his daily work.

November 2014 – When I grow up...

Talking about the future is always an adventure. You never know, what you might find out. Our small ones have really big dreams. ☺ We made a questionnaire and asked 220 children, aged between 4 and 6, what they want to become, when they grow up. We found out that we have lots of future presidents, kings and queens, superheroes and astronauts around us. Of course, the children also wanted to become doctors, teachers, lawyers, hairdressers and other “new-age” occupations.

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December 2014 – Christmas is coming

December is a very busy month. Our kindergarten and the neighbouring primary school join forces and prepare a Christmas bazaar, which is selling products made by children together with educators, and teachers. All the earnings from the sale go into a fund to help children from socially disadvantaged families. This year the children turned into real artists and produced amazing creations, made of different materials They also prepared some traditional gifts such as tea from kindergartens herb garden, biscuits, hot chocolate powder and soap.

They know very well, what this people do and where they work. What they don’t know are the old, traditional jobs such as carpenter, shoemaker or blacksmith. We planned to visit some workshops and show the children that they can be very successful if they are diligent, skilful and creative.

Our older groups (age 5-6) were visited by a group called Medi medo (Medi bear), a group of young doctors who, in a friendly way, presented their profession to the children. The Children also took care of their sick and injured toys, like real doctors.

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Some groups went on a visit to the workers in our kindergarten; one group has gone to a vocational high school specialised in wood technology, where they learned about the profession of carpenter.

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Here, you can see them at work, accomplishing different chores.

Ziva Krapez Jeraj, The Slovenian Project Coordiantor’s Substitute

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1. Preparing Posters about Jobs

We started this task with a brainstorming activity. We organised three pairs of students in which they brainstormed jobs under 3 different categories: 1. Traditional Jobs 2. Modern Jobs 3. Popular Jobs.

Then they searched a related image and their English name for each Job.

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2. Making a survey about students’ level of Entrepreneurship

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3. Making a list of students’ ideal jobs, planning visits to the places where these jobs are performed

We asked students about their ideal jobs. We planned some visits to the institutions and offices where their ideal jobs are being performed.

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Ozgur Boyaci, The Turkish Project Coordinator

4. Charity for a Primary School

Our students raised money to help a small primary school located in rural area. For the first visit they bought materials for Geometry and Geography classes.

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In Finland, in city of Turku and in our school Nummenpakka, we have had a curriculum for developing the entrepreneurship at school. This curriculum is going to be renewed in the near future. Finnish National Board of Education accepted the grounds for the curriculum of basic teaching on December 22nd, 2014. The local curriculum which is in accordance with these grounds will be brought into use for classes 1-6 on August 1st, 2016.

14.2 Wide-ranging skills in classes 3-6 Skills for working life and entrepreneurship (L6)The pupils are directed to work systematically and persistently and to take responsibility for their doings to an increasing extent. They are encouraged to identify their strengths and to become interested in different matters. The pupils are encouraged to bring their work to the end in a persistent manner and to appreciate the outcome of their work. The carrying out of projects, operating in the group and cooperation with the outside actors of the school are practiced in the schoolwork.The pupils get the possibility to learn reciprocity and negotiation skills, and to strive to reach the common objective in common working situations. The pupils are encouraged to bring skills they have learned in their free time to the schoolwork and to teach them to other pupils.Activities in which the pupils get experiences of work, of different professions and of operating for one another are included in the schoolwork. Examples of such activities are practical training in the school, cooperation projects with nearby companies and organisations, and acting as a godparent, a mediator and a prefect. The pupils are encouraged to initiative and enterprise. They are directed to understand the significance of work and entrepreneurship in life and society.

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The pupils gathered in the gym to listen to information about school’s main issues. We call this ‘The Day Stop’. The countries involved in Erasmus+ were introduced and a Logo Drawing Competition was announced in the first ‘Day Stop’ of the term. Fifth grade studied Europe’s Geography in autumn, Erasmus+ countries being mentioned too.

In Nummenpakka School we have complied with the existing plan and the bases of our Erasmus+ Project in following ways:

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The Fifth Grade arranged a ‘Goods Exchange Market’ where toys and books were swapped. The first graders were concerned, thinking what they can swap but they were helped by the older ones who accepted their things.

Me & MyCity is a learning concept based on entrepreneurship, economy and society. The ‘Me & MyCity’ Learning Environment is a miniature town where students spend a day as employees, citizens and consumers. Our sixth-grade has visited that venue one day. This learning environment includes 15–20 companies from various sectors. The student’s assignments are based on the operations of real companies.

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Students thoughts after the visit: ‘We got to know how it feels to be an adult and go to work.’ ‘Working was quick and easy and I got the best job in the city.’ ‘The best moment was when I talked into a microphone in front of everyone.’ ‘The worst thing was that we had to pay taxes.’ ‘During the first shift I was really excited but anyway I’ve done my work well.’ ‘The most difficult task was to hold a meeting at the CityHall for the whole city council.’ ‘I’ve learnt how to make coffee and to pay by credit card.’ ‘In “Me & My City” you could feel the hardness of working, but still it was fun.’

A Halloween Disco was organised by the 6 graders in our school. Their aim was to raise money for the school trip. During the process they have improved their entrepreneurial skills too. Children baked cookies and other goodies, with their parents and brought them to school to be sold in the school’s buffet. They have also organised a lottery, which was a success, all the scratch cards being sold in an hour. The stamp on someone’s hand was the evidence that the entrance fee was paid.

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The audience was dressed according to the theme. You could ask for your favourite music.

Body Language : ‘Merry Christmas ‘ in Finnish

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The pupils took part in organising the school’s Christmas party. They planned dance shows, made up lines, scripts for characters in the Christmas play and designed costumes for actors.

We’ve made our own short test for entrepreneurial skills and attitudes The questionnaire consists of 10 brief statements. The students decided how well the statements described them.

Anne Hakanen, The Finnish Project Coordinator

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News from Catalonia 1. Presentation of countries throughout the school: the 3rd ESO students (14-15 years) have prepared a presentation of each of the participating countries, which have been displayed in the Erasmus + corner, where we leave an exhibition already prepared.

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2. The Bulgarian meeting in the local press:The press in the region has published the news of the meeting which took place last November, as shown in the attached image

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3. Visit and presentation by Mr. Toni Vines:

Mr.Toni Viñas has been with us this January, explaining how a small company designs and produces toys around the world, competing with the British designers or factories in China ... an example of how a small business sells its products to everyone.

Carme Molist I Subiarchs, Catalonian Project Coordinator

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The first Erasmus + K2 project meeting took place in Vidin, Bulgaria from 10th to 14th November, 2014.

It was extremely exciting to meet and get to know representatives from seven countries - Cyprus, Romania, Spain, Finland, Slovenia, Turkey and Bulgaria

Teachers from different countries with different cultures became friends in the name of common purposes and assignments.

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The guests were welcomed in kindergarten "Detelina" in the old Bulgarian way, with bread and salt, with songs and dances, in which all joined.

During the week, Bulgarian colleagues and teachers form abroad were officially received by the mayor of the town, and also by the Head of the Inspectorate of Education. They were informed about the educational system in Bulgaria, as well as some issues and directions for the future.

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To understand better what they’ve been introduced to, the guests visited two schools -“Tsar Simeon Veliki” High School and “P.R. Slaveikov” High School.

They had the opportunity to talk with teachers and students, to monitor and share their views on Bulgarian educational system.

At “P.R.Slaveikov" High School, the teachers organised a collaborative lesson on entrepreneurship with students and children from CDG “Detelina", on the topic: "We know, we can succeed“. It was emphasised the importance and the value of entrepreneurship.The small entrepreneurs had the opportunity to acquire the older students skills. Of course all students were previously initiated in the basic features of some professions such as tailor, can cutter, decorator, designer.

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Guests had the opportunity to observe and then to engage in the work of the students. Uniforms / T-shirts of young entrepreneurs were decorated for the future work of company "Detelina – Eco“.

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Svetla Yordanova, The Bulgarian Project Coordinator

International Entrepreneurship Week

Children from “Detelina" kindergarten participated along with the students from "P.R.Slaveikov" High School in the project work ,”From the earth to the repast" in connection with International Entrepreneurship Week at the initiative of Junior Achievement.

The aim of the event was to observe and understand what bread means for Bulgarians and also to follow the path - from the grain to the final product.

Previously the children were getting acquainted with some professions - baker and confectioner. Together with their parents they made pastry products. Finally, a bazaar was organised for selling bread and confectionery for profit.

The company "Detelina-Eco"

On 15th of December, a lesson on the project activity "Young Entrepreneur” was held. In connection with the upcoming Christmas holiday, children from "Detelina-Eco" produced souvenirs and Christmas decorations from natural materials : flour, salt and water. Products were decorated and packed for being sold. Children gave some of the products as gifts to orphans, and the rest of them were sold to organise the Christmas bazaar. The profit contributed to the purchase of a camcorder. So the children realised what the principle: production, marketing, profit means.

There have been successive steps in the entrepreneurial education in the kindergarten.