Objectives of the Partnership

The aim of the project is to motivate pupils to regularly participate in English language

activities both within the curriculum and as an extra-curricular programme. The historical

research of different food habits and the knowledge of different diets will be of great importance

for people involved in the project because they will develop the curiosity in searching the

healthiest diet for them and become more aware of the necessity to eat healthy food and to know

substances in food that help people to stay healthy. During the first stage the activities are

towards studying, analyzing and learning of the health problems caused by bad food habits in our

town territory. The project wants to help young people, our school communities, students'

families, their friends and the local communities in being aware about the importance of a healthy

diet, in order to prevent some serious diseases such as anorexia or bulimia and other diseases

caused by a bad way of eating and drinking too, of course. It wants to be a campaign to improve

the quality of life of all people involved in the project. This Partnership through the proposed

project gives pupils and teachers in our schools an opportunity to exchange experience and

information with colleagues in other countries, to work together on one topic regarding the eating

which has been identified like a common problem in our schools. For the teachers it is an

opportunity to develop together methods and approaches which meet their needs, and to test and

put into practice new organizational and pedagogical approaches. It is a good opportunity to

develop knowledge and understanding among students and educational staff belonging to a

diversity of European cultures and languages and their value. School partnerships help pupils and

teachers to acquire and improve skills not only in the topic or subject area on which the project is

focused, but also in terms of teamwork, social relations, planning and undertaking project

activities and using information and communication technologies (ICT). By providing teachers and

school managers with the opportunity offered by this project there will be strengthened the co-

operation with bodies from the local community of the schools, such as local authorities, social

services, associations and businesses. The objectives for this European collaboration belong to

different categories:

- To encourage the learning of European foreign languages

- To give pupils the possibility to acquaint themselves with the language of a partner country

- To practice foreign languages and increase their motivation towards language learning

Intercultural communication

- To develop opportunities of understanding different cultural environments (Romanian, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish...);

- To raise European dimensions of education by promoting respect and understanding of the cultural and linguistic diversity;

- To become aware of issues of global concern.

Pedagogical field

- To support improvements in pedagogical approaches and school management;

- To enhance the quality and European dimension of teacher training;

- To exchange and disseminate good practice examples as a way of greater motivation among the different schools and teachers in order to achieve progress;

- To encourage teamwork, use of foreign language, develop social skills;

- To develop students" self-esteem and self-awareness;

Development of ICT abilities in teaching and learning

- To develop communication with students and teachers from schools belonging to different geographical location;

- To communicate via internet resources: chat, email, e-conferences, forums;

- To disseminate the results of activities using internet resources: web page, forums;

- To exchange teachers' ideas and resources quickly and efficiently.

Besides, the Partnership will give teachers the opportunity to compare and share pedagogical

strategies, disseminate European methods of teaching and implement them into their teaching.

Through the mobility activities, the participating teachers will get to know and experience

different cultures and thus they will be able to fight against stereotypes and racism. Moreover the

project aims to encourage the cross-curricular approach of teaching by involving teachers of

different school subjects.