137 High School -

The project G.R.E.E.N. in EUROPE - Green Entrepreneurial Education Network in Europe - is based on two pillars: the professional training of teachers and innovation in the field of education with the introduction of entrepreneurial education from primary school through content that is part of the value and culture of the partner schools: environmental sustainability and active citizenship education. It also includes certifications for the skills acquired during the learning pathway both for teachers and for students. The project is about exchanging the best practices to implement better Green Life Styles in fact it aims  to create a network of good practices to deal with those environmental issues  that are threatening our own local areas (air, water and soil pollution, garbage disposal, etc), but also with unhealthy behavior (eating junk food,  sedentariness, use of chemical cleaning products, etc.).As a first step in the development of the project, the students should acquire knowledge and be inspired by green good practices, already  successfully implemented in each partner country. In the second year of the project activities, they should plan how "to  import", to replicate, that “green” idea/solution in their own local area (“green” products, technologies, sustainable alternatives etc.). In the end, 6-11year old students should be able to plan a “green” advertising campaign and 12-15 year old students should be able to draw up a simple “green” Business Plan to be submitted to the local organizations and institutions to support  and "to sell" the chosen green idea.

The project and  the study visits as well will be focused on experiential, environmental, and entrepreneurial learning expanding  the students’ sense of global citizenship and environmental responsibility and fostering entrepreneurial, technological education.

The objectives of the project  are in step with  the common political priorities and transversal priorities established  by the E.C. in the field of education and training (ET 2020) whose essential purpose is supporting the improvement of education systems, mutual learning, exchange of good practices and  professional development  of teachers as well.

All the  educational activities  expected in our project  as:
- Providing training for teachers;
- Considering and appreciating  the best practices of our  partners' countries in the field of sustainable lifestyles,
- finding  a way to ensure the exchange of information on best practices in this field (using English, modern technologies);
visiting our partners' countries with  surveys and on-site workshops;
-  mentoring young students to produce business ideas in order to "export" and / or "to import" the healthy /eco-friendly lifestyle which is efficacious and innovative in our partner's country;
- steering the  students, future citizens of Europe, towards thinking and planning  a Green Economy that can be on the basis of future production and consumption systems based on the sustainable use of resources and reduction of negative impacts on the environment,
are widely in line not only  with  the Strategic Objectives set by the E.U. for 2020 but also  with the strategic priorities redefined in COM (2015) 408 final del 26/08/2015 for European cooperation in education and training:  
-  Strengthening the development of transversal skills and key competences, in line with the Reference
    Framework on Key Competences for lifelong learning, in particular digital, entrepreneurship and
     linguistic competences;
- Promoting  awareness and education in the environmental field developing skills reflecting growing
    sectors, such as the green economy;
-Acquiring  and mainstreaming innovative and active pedagogies such as inter-disciplinary teaching and
   collaborative methods, to enhance the development of relevant and high-level skills and competences;
- Supporting continuing professional development of teachers  especially to deal with work based
   learning, digital competences and innovative pedagogies, including through EU tools such as eTwinning;
-  Supporting the mobility of students, teachers and the development of strategic partnerships and joint courses by increasing internationalisation of education.

Dissemination is a very important phase in  the project  focused on two main aspects of it:
- knowledge and dissemination processes, habits or products belonging to the sphere of Green lifestyles;
- education of the students from primary school to the culture of entrepreneurship and business.

The outcomes of this transnational  cooperation will be widely disseminated among all the relevant stakeholders through events, fairs, exhibitions and all the  path and activities  will be published on  T.E.S. and Junior Achievement  sites  that collect all the good practices related to teaching entrepreneurial skills and shared with E-twinning community.

For more Information on the project can be found on: https://www.facebook.com/greenineurope/?fref=ts.

Official web: http://www.primocircolotaranto.gov.it/wordpress/erasmus/en/2017/11/03/erasmus-mobility-diary-gilwern-mobility/

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Project Learning Beyond the Classroom Walls

№ 2016-1-UK01-KA219-024434-5

'Learning beyond the classroom walls' is a project that will develop innovative ways in which teachers can deliver a more exciting curriculum for pupils incorporating outdoor learning to enhance enthusiasm and attainment in the basic skills of maths, science and literacy. 'This is an essential component for a successful, professional and social life.' (European commission, thematic working group, 2010-2013) So many pupils of primary age are underachieving, up to 20% of young Europeans are not reaching a minimum level of skills in mathematics and science.
In Ofsted, raising standards, improving lives report, (UK) it was found that when planned and implemented well, learning outside the classroom contributed significantly to raising standards and improving pupils' personal, social and emotional development.  It is thought that learning outside the classroom can make learning more vivid and interesting for pupils and enhance their understanding. This project will address the under-achievement  in key areas of our curriculum and through training, help us to develop ways to motivate children's learning and motivation. Linking the outdoor experiences as stimulii for maths, literacy and science work will improve the quality of the pupils work.  
There will be 8 partners involved in this project. England, Belgium, Spain (Tenerife), Lithuania, Bulgaria, Romania, Italy and Denmark. The partner schools are made up of different types (public, private, big and small) from various economical and social backgrounds. This will have a greater impact on the project in relation to experiences, training and outcomes because of precious experience, needs in their schools and expertise to offer through planned training events and shared ideas for dissemination. A wider range of innovative learning ideas will be experienced by using these partners. Some partner schools include a pre-school, important for the early development of key skills. This will be incorporated into training activities planned.
The activities will include short term training programs, transnational meetings for coordinators to maintain organisation of the project and activities putting training into practice and high quality materials. This will include data to measure impact such as questionnaires, numbers of participants of training events, training materials for others, DVD's of evidence of materials, blog linked to schools websites.
We hope that
Methodology to be used to carry out the project will include how the outdoors can have potential on out children's learning. We will use our rich urban and rural environments and we will endeavor to use these to maximize and enhance our children's learning experiences. The rich cultural differences in learning styles and experiences that this project can offer to staff and pupils where possible, we hope will embed progressive and sustainable learning opportunities in our curriculum's through learning about each others initiatives and innovative projects. Well planned activities of this kind, when well planned, can help develop the skills of enquiry, critical thinking, and reflection required for our children to meet the social, economical and environmental changes of life in a rapidly changing Europe
When we have shared ideas and initiatives and training specific to our institutions and European countries we hope this will cause a motivation in our attitudes to teaching, impacting on the pupils learning and therefore causing a 'buzz' that can only be experinced in the teaching profession in an energizing project such as this. The results will be vast for all involved within the project due to experience of European projects and an understanding of the importance of dissemination tasks to reach a wide audience to have a long lasting effect and really make us change our views on what we can teach, learn and experience 'beyond the classroom walls'.

For more Information on the project can be found on: https://twinspace.etwinning.net/26848/home

Since November 2015 137th Secondary School “Angel Kanchev” has been conducting and working on the project „CL@SS“ for development of soft skills of the older students from secondary school together with an international consortium of organizations: National management school - Bulgaria, Economic College -Romania, Youth Centre - Slovenia, Branch organization of professional schools - Turkey, Training and consulting organization - Czech Republic.

Duration of the project :  01.11.2015 – 30.10.2017

The main goals of the project are:
• Stable development of soft skills of secondary school students;
• Increasing the students’interest in school subjects and their motivation for studying.

Which social competences will we develop?
• К1 – Effective communication;
• К2 - Cooperation;
• К3 - Entrepreneurship;
• К4 – Problem solving;
• К5 – Lifelong learning;
• К6 – Collection and management of information.

Main target groups:
• Secondary school teachers;
• Secondary school students.
Expected results:
• A new model of teaching which will stimulate the students’activity and creativity and which will make school classes more attractive;
• Developed social competences which will increase the students’ competitiveness, will harmonize  the relationship of young people;
• Increased satisfaction and confidence of teachers in the teaching process.

The expected impact:
For students:
• more attractive classes;
• more understandable content;
• better performance;
• greater motivation to learn;
• smooth transition to the labour market or further education;
For teachers:
• better qualification;
• better motivation and confidence in facing rising learning needs of their students;
For the secondary school in general:
• more efficient learning process;
• optimization of extracurricular training costs;
•more effective communication and cooperation between the parties in the educational process.

Project website: http://softskillsatclass.eu/

During 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 school years school project will be realized in connection with improving  the qualification of the teaching staff. The expectations of the school regarding the quality of the educational services are generally expressed in the title of the "Educational Innovations and the Contemporary Bulgarian School”.It synchronizes the needs EU and national educational standards with the needs of the school team.

As a result of analysis of the realities and the need to improve the quality of work at the school we formulated as a basic objective of the project the continued maintenance a high level of key competencies of the managerial and teaching staff of the school through educational programs that promote a development of the skills of the teachers for creativity,sharing and cooperation in the educational process with the students.The sub-goals of our project are:

By implementing educational innovation and expansion of relations,the exchange of educational products and joint activities of students and teachers with partners from other European countries to achieve a higher level of communication and the use of languages.By improving the digital competence of teachers and the implementation of new educational technologies in order to achieve an increasing creativity of our students and their readiness for the job market in the future.By increasing the competence of the school staff is expected to improve the quality and style of work of the school.

Number and profile of participants:2 Primary teachers,having a creative approach to the educational innovations and the sharing process;2 teachers and a psychologist from those currently working with children with SEN;2 language teachers and 2 teachers of mathematics and science who have motivated the greatest number of students to participate in competitions and Olympiads in the last three years;1 teacher who have been already qualified in the teaching of programs of Junior Achievement in Bulgarian schools and who have used those programs for the past 3 years;2 teachers teaching sport and/or arts who organized students in lessons outside the classroom during the last three years;1 teacher in information technology,proficient in English who participated in the implementation of new information resources in training over the last three years;2 teachers teaching other subjects in a foreign language who are actively involved in the previous school projects; coordinator; the Principal and the deputy principals.

During the realization of the project the following methods will be used:analysis of the needs and the results,definition of the goals,discussion on the procedures,selection of activities dissemination of the results and evaluation.

The anticipated results and the impact of the project will be recognized in the improved capacity of the school over the next three years and will consist of:Improving the atmosphere in the classroom;Saturation of the classroom activities with electronic based lessons and the used of the IT applications;the entrepreneurship will be taught through solving of case studies.

Upon realization of the project will be used the following methods:needs analysis and results,goal setting and discussion of procedures,choice of activities,training,and dissemination of the performance evaluation.

Anticipated results and our impact will be recognized in the improved capacity of 137 school over the next three years and will consist of:Improving the atmosphere in the classroom;saturation with electronic lessons and use of applicable IT;entrepreneurship will be managed with cases;The acquisition of new skills by the students for Internet and ICT security;strengthening the team work model for teachers;Introduction new methods for improving the team work model of management and leadership skills for success;achievement of better educational outcomes at the school;improving of the attractiveness of the school.

In the long term,our students change will be expressed in improvement of the achievement and the motivation for active participation in the classroom for more than half of our students,formation of real ability in them to apply their knowledge.

For more Information on the project can be found on: https://twinspace.etwinning.net/22063/home