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Project GRUNTDVIG –
LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
„Th ough Bette Lifest le of Pa e ts
to More Successful Future
Ge e atio s
Booklet of evaluation results
June 2nd-6th, 2014
Latvia
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Partners
Slovakia - RODIČOVSKÉ ZDRUŽENIE PRI ZÁKLADNEJ ŠKOLE FRANTIŠKA
JOZEFA FUGU
Turkey - BOĞAZİÇİ EĞİTİMCİLER DERNEĞİ
Portugal - LOPES GARCIA CONSULTORES, LDA
Italy - I.I.S. "P. SCALCERLE"
Poland - FUNDACJA ROZWOJU RODZINY RORO
Latvia - ĶOŅU KALNA DZĪVES SKOLA
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SLOVAKIA
Pare ts´ Associatio at Pri ary School of Fra tisek Jozef Fuga
district Michalovce, Slovakia
RESULTS OF THE PROJECT EVALUATION
On 24th-28th September 2012 we welcomed our project partners from LIFE LONG
PROGRAM of GRUNTDVIG.
The introductory project meeting was visited by the following partner institutions:
1) BOGAZICI EGITIMCILER DERNEGI, Istanbul, Turkey
2) Lopes Garcia Consultores, Lda, Coimbra, Portugal
3) I.I.S.P. Scalcerle, Padova, Italy
4) Konu kalna dzives skola, Rujiena, Latvia
5) Fu da ja Roz oju Rodzi y RoRo, Varša a, Pola d
The e e g eeted the s hool head ist ess M s. Ja a Gaňo á.
The chairman of Parental Coucil of Pre-Primary School and Primary School of Frantisek Jozef
Fuga Mr. Mila “ oľak el o ed the isto s as ell.
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The oo di ato of the p oje t Ms. “lá ka Pasteľako á i te p eted the el o e spee hes into English language – working language of the common project.
All participating institutions introduced their institutions and together we prepared a
common questionnaire on real situation of life style in the partner countries.
It was followed by the school visit – we saw the Memory Room of Monsignor-priest F.J.
Fuga – who was the founder of the Slovak National Institute and our school is named after
him as well.
The participants also visited kids at pre-primary section of the school.
They actively participated at international sport day – competitions as sport disciplines with
winning trophies.
Pupils of the local primary school prepared an interesting cultural program for our
guests – it also included a historical legend on Vinne Castle.
We also visited the Roman-Catholic Church of St. Anne in Vinne, which is our historical
sight.
The participants of the project meeting were welcomed at Municipality Office by a Mayor of
Vi e M . Jozef K áľ. The also tasted t pi al Vi e i e f o lo al wine yards.
Folklore group „Viňa ča ade a good mood with its traditional dances and songs from
the area of Vinne.
As we tried to present healthy life style, we prepared several sport competitions and
activities
Parents prepared these nice and delicious snacks for energy support.
A good ela i g a ti it as a uise tou at ou “lo ak sea alled ˝Zemplinska sirava .
A good life style also involves fine walking tour which was organized by our parents to Vinne
Castle ruins.
A reward for difficult walking was a beautiful view on our village and its surrounding.
Home-made BIO products were prepared by the parents, too.
We spent one day in our district town - Michalovce. We visited the Greek-Catholic Church
which is a Basilica minor nowadays. The local teacher Karol Knap was our guide.
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We would like to thank to all participating countries and partner institutions in the name of
Parental organization of )Š s MŠ F a tiška Jozefa Fugu ho a ti el pa ti ipated at the Life-
long Program of GRUNTDVIG.
We are happy to exchange our experience, traditions, habits, style of life and healthy
trends in order to educate further generations. It was very enriching for all of us!
We were glad to have chances to visit different countries, the partner institutions as well.
We strongly believe all project activities contributed towards mutual experience
exchange, advices on healthy food, recipes and eating habits from national cuisines, sport
activities and antis tress programs, to make new contacts and friendships in order to gain
better life style of parents towards educating more successful future generations.
The only negative was when Cyprus partner did not participate at the Project in spite of
being approved at the project and did not attend the project meeting – even when
confirming their participation.
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Portugal
LOPES GARCIA CONSULTORES, LDA
RESULTS OF THE PROJECT EVALUATION
LESSONS LEARNED
• The o e s a out health a d ut itio a e e si ila i all Eu ope, as it ould e see the esults of the uestio ai e
• We o l a ha ge ou life a d it ualit if e ha ge ou a of ei g a d u a a of sede ta is
• Cha gi g e ge e atio s a of eati g a d li i g i ot o l depe de t o s hool ut o fa il a d i it s hool i ol e e t
• The i g edie ts a e ot so diffe e t f o atio to atio as e ould e pe t, ut a e the a e ook the a d the ua tit used
• Postu e a e i p o ed t ai i g a d e e ise, ut ost i po ta t is the o ti uu self- o s ious ess, as e lea ed ith the Italia ooklet a out postu e
• “po ts is ot o l a out i to ies ut is li ked to a ea i g life, the o st defeat is agai st sede ta is a d ith a o se se life
• Pla i g a d efle tio a e i po ta t a ti ities fo a ualit life a d st ess a age e t, as e lea ed i the polish ap of d ea s
• We a do i te esti g thi g hile e do e e ise, like e did i the Wa sa it ga e
• “o e featu es of Edu atio “ ste s a ou d Eu ope zo e e.g.: so a su je ts i “lo akia P i a edu atio ; e-lea i g i Tu ke o atio al edu atio
• Gast o o K o ledge sha i g i all eeti gs, espe iall i the gast o o o kshop i Opo to
OPORTO MEETING OVERVIEW
In CATIIS (Private Institution)
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In Gastronomy Workshop
In Tai Chi Class
In Nutrition Habits Workshop
In an Improvised Fitness Workshop
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The delivery of certificates
IN CONCLU“ION
Positi e Aspe ts
• E pe ie es e ha ge • Relatio s a d li ks eated • Good desig
• Co t i utio fo Eu opea i teg atio
Negati e Aspe ts
• La guage defi its
• La k of suppo t fo o e pe ie ed i stitutio s • Diffe e es i di e sio a d st u tu e of i ol ed i stitutio s
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Turkey
BOĞAZİÇİ EĞİTİMCİLER DERNEĞİ
RESULTS OF THE PROJECT EVALUATION
PROJECT’ S CONTRIBUTION TO US AND THE ASSOCIATION
We checked the meals which prepared in assocation.
We checked our personal health and we checked what we eat.
We sta ted the o t ol of eight a d a ith o esit ith Health Vo atio al “ hool i ŞİŞLİ/ İ“TANBUL. The Sisli school in Istambul will be the pilot school for the
obesity programm. The long term goal is to apply the same programm for all Sisli
schools.
We made a semi a i İsta ul Fetih Collage hi h topi is Ali e tatio a d ali e tatio ha its fo st o ge P oje t.
We learn so much thing about together living, understanding each-other, dialog with
ourselves. We met new friends. We have a lot of friends who can speak, share and
look for their countenance for our ideas, our projects.
We tried to understand our cultures.
We saw new countries and cities.
We maintain opinions about eachothers and our community.
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WHAT WE LIVE DURING PROJECT
We cooked, maybe it was first.
The booklet was so nice.
We depicted our dreams.
We made brochures.
We explored, we learned new places.
Special sportsmen and sportswomen are so impressive in ITALY
We made some tests for healty life.
We e plo ed diffe e t ultu e’s foods, egeta les.
We had funny hours, we shared and we played.
EVALUATING PROJECT RESULTS
We try to practise what we learn in during Project.
We check our seminars, education programs and trips with Project Idea.
We feel variabilty of culture and we learn to live with it.
We understand to live with making exercises. And we try to make more exercise.
We try to understand to be an European Citizen, and our behaviors started to
chance.
We are learning Project Idea. And we prepare new projects.
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Italy
I.I.S. "P. SCALCERLE"
RESULTS OF THE PROJECT EVALUATION
1)The Grundtvig Project has been a great opportunity for us to enrich our knowledge and
make us aware that it should no longer be confined to a local dimension, but it has to be
opened to the different points of view of each country (customs and traditions).
WHAT STRUCK US IN THE DIFFERENT MEETINGS
Slovakia and Portugal:
- coexistence of different generations living in the same accommodation.
Slovakia:
- app e iatio of the illage di e sio : its apa it to el o e people, to sha e projects where each citizen offers his own competence and availability to the group
he belongs to.
Turkey:
- accurate and exhaustive explanation of the Turkish educational system
- Turkish cuisine.
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Portugal:
- cooking workshop all together, with the traditional dishes shared in a pleasant
atmosphere
- laboratory of molecular cuisine
Poland:
- involvement in local folk dances and songs
- map of wishes and aspirations
2) PROS AND CONS OF THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE
POSITIVE ASPECTS (what we have learnt in each country)
- local educational system and its organization
- local traditions (dances, sports, festivals and events)
- food habits and traditional dishes
- how and when the meals are taken during the day
- the opportunity to compare and discuss the final results of the questionnaire
concerning physical activities, food habits and mental well-being techniques
- different physical activities
- strengthening awareness of our national identity
- interpersonal relationships
- relations with institutions
- the artistic and historical places of each country have given us the opportunity to
satisfy our curiosity of discovering the socio-cultural characteristics thanks to the
guide of the natives
- practice and improvement of the knowledge of the vehicular language (English)
NEGATIVE ASPECTS
- the difficulty of communication for deficiencies in the vehicular language
- even if the autonomy of the individual working groups was enhanced, sometimes the
project has suffered from some difficulties of global coordination
- the difficulty of combining the planning activities, regarding the timing and the
modality, with the demands of personal and daily work
- difficulty in finding sponsors to support the activities of the project.
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Poland
FUNDACJA ROZWOJU RODZINY RORO
RESULTS OF THE PROJECT EVALUATION
1. The lesson`s overview regarding the theme of the project which
participants acquired during the project.
Grundtvig partnership project was the first international / European project for Foundation
RoRo. The subject of health, always important to us, was the great motivation to take part in
this particula a tio . We e e eall e ited a d o de i g hat ould eall happe du i g the p oje t. All the eeti gs i pa t e s’ ou t ies e e like a ig ad e tu e fo us,
ai l e ause of the ou t e isited, the la guage e hea d, the ultu e e tou hed . We were really interested how the healthy life style looked in each country, how citizens
from Slovakia, Turkey, Portugal, Latvia and Italy coped with health problems and what they
did to counteract illnesses in our modern world.
We observed and learnt a lot during each visit. We found out that in all countries involved in
the Grundtvig Partnership there is a problem with coping with stress, take good, balanced
diet and enough physical activity to be healthy. All partnership meetings, especially with
ordinary people from each country, visits schools and cooperative organizations,
workshops, conferences, sport competitions, mutual dancing and singing, experience of
ea h ultu e a d histo e e p i eless fo us, also to Fou datio ’s lea e s a d othe professionals cooperated with us on the project execution. Our common partnership work
outs like questionnaires, information booklets on healthy life style (cook book and postural
education) gave our learners and other professionals the education path to follow.
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The Health Festival we organize in Poland was some kind of the project summary. In one
place we gathered everything what was important for healthy life style: sport, good food,
stress workshops, ideas for leisure and healthy activities, plays and lectures, professionals
and our parents with their children, cooperated organizations and learners. All to show
taste and learn how important is health for quality of our lives.
2. Each countries meeting overview in pictures and stories (e.g. Italians
speak about Italy and Turks about Turkey meeting).
All project meetings and what took place in Poland between project meetings during two
years of Grundtvig Partnership Project, gave us priceless experience and broaden our
knowledge. We found out that stressful life, wrong diet and lack of physical activity in our
countries are really serious problems. Those need to be talked about loudly and supported
actively. Our parents, professionals, teachers, organizations and schools participated keenly
in activities we organized or/and were engaged in particular workshops/ lectures/boards/
meetings/issues/ writing articles etc. We were listening to their suggestions and try to full
fill their needs. Our adults/parents are willing to broaden their knowledge on healthy life
style and eagerly share their experience with others.
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During two years of the project a lot of questions were asked, exchanges of information and
opinions took place, also many friendships appeared. We all had invaluable opportunity to
meet and work with great people from Europe (both outside Poland and in Warsaw).
We’ e do e a lot to ake the p oje t o ka le a d ost a essi le, i.e.:
• -Project meetings in Slovakia, Turkey, Portugal, Italy, Poland and Latvia
• -Project workouts: questionnaire, cook book, postural education booklet, reports,
presentations, collages, information booklets (web & CD version)
• Project web site (ICT tools)
• Health Festival
• Workshops, lectures, sport exercises, counseling sessions, meetings, forums
• Articles and interviews
• Project meetings
• Anti stress info graphic
• Cooperation and consultations with professionals, teachers, specialists
• Active cooperation with adults
After two years of Grundtvig Partnership Project, we are sure that it is important to
o ti ue the o k o the su je t of health life st le a d … e ill do that.
3. Pluses and minuses of the overall experience.
PLUSES
Internationally:
• meeting and working with different people from different countries in one place
• exchange of national characteristics (health in wide span)
• great experience to work in international team (communication=dialog,
management, different points of views and opinions)
• touch of ordinary life in each country
• European add value –different languages, culture, life styles
• tangible results of our mutual work – booklets, CD, questionnaire, conferences,
meetings, events, workshops, etc.
Nationally
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• great impact on our listeners / teachers/ professionals and our organization itself
• bigger awareness of the healthy life style importance among our listeners / teachers/
professionals
• internal integration – formal and informal
• wider offer of workshops, events, boards, articles etc. for listeners of RoRo
Foundation
• stronger cooperation with other organizations, schools, professionals on the project
subject
• experience in international / European project management
• promotion for the foundation as an organization promoting healthy lifestyle
• gaining experiences in organization of large scale events ( Health Festival) and
international study visits
• obtaining contact to international partners for new projects
Minuses
Internationally:
• Language barrier
Nationally:
• Too less time to do everything what we really want to do – health is still very
important subject to work on!
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Latvia
ĶOŅU KALNA DZĪVES SKOLA/ Koni hill life school
RESULTS OF THE PROJECT EVALUATION
1. TEACHINGS AND KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED IN THE PROJECT
Grundtvig project meeting
Vinne, Slovakia
International sports day for everybody: each age, nation and physical condition – physical
activities is the foundation for healthy lifestyle
Hiking tour to Winne castle involving physical activity, introduction to Slovakia history and
culture, and involving cross-cultural communication of participants – captivating
experiences and new information gives rise to positive outlook
Joyful folklore group performance – activities increasing happiness and giving sense of
community and involvement increases overall positive life attitude
Grundtvig project meeting
Istanbul, Turkey
Perfect preschool and primary schools with professional staff, great technical equipment
and beautiful environment – positive and qualitative environment stimulates healthy
attitude and creativity
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Learning about different culture and mentality – widening of cross- cultural views and
acquiring of inspiring experiences
Parent cooperation as system for schools –cooperation and support of parents, teachers
and students is the best approach for qualitative learning, conveying of heritage and sense
of acceptance
Grundtvig project meeting
Porto, Portugal
Cuisine workshop – practical cooking and presentation of national cuisines, exchange of
national recipes and healthy diet practices
Visit to the primary school/orphanage/seniors day care centre – great ideas about
integration of generations and resources, cheering activities and folklore heritage
Molecular cuisine workshop – good idea about inventive entertainment
Grundtvig project meeting
Padua, Italy
Risks and benefits of physical activity in young and elderly – the importance of appropriate
choice of physical burden
Sport as a tool capable of fostering stability and prosperity - involving in different physical
activities is insurance for better health
Lecture on exercises to correct bad body postures – importance to recognize and monitor
the movement load for a body, especially the back
Practical yoga class- great example of practical mental and physical activities
Grundtvig project meeting
Warsaw, Poland
Anti-stress workshop – great experience how to take open ie on person’s life choices and possibilities
City game – introduction to Poland cultural heritage via international team cooperation
and fun activities
Health festival – great example of practical work to involve and inform people about many
aspects of healthy life style, introduction to different approaches and experiences regarding
the subject
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2. GRUNDTVIG PROJECT MEETING NAUKSENI, LATVIA
VISITING NAUKSENI MUNICIPALITY
Welcoming by local authorities
Introduction to local and national culture
PROJECT EVALUATION SESSION
The lesson's overview regarding the theme of the project
Overviews of meetings in each country
Analysis of the positive and negative aspects of the project
TASTING LATVIAN TRADITIONAL PRODUCTS
(oils, honey, herbal tea, cheese, bread)
INTRODUCITON TO EDUCATION SYSTEM AND ACTIVITIES
Formal and informal education- visiting Naukseni secondary school and Rujiena adult
center
NATIONAL EVENING
Introduction to Latvian traditions, Latvian songs and dances together with Folklore group
«Dzī e»
WALKING IN NATURE – NATURE PARK «SKAŅAISKALNS»
Relaxing and educational physical activities
ACTIVITIES PROMOTING HEALTHY LIFE STYLE, CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION AND
EXPERIENCE
Exploring intangible national heritage
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Introduction with Latvian culture and history- Naukseni manor, Rujiena historical center,
Valmiera museum and city walking tour
3. PLUSES AND MINUSES OF THE PROJECT
PLUSES OF THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE
New knowledge about healthy life style in different cultures and countries
Practical experiences for healthy life style - physical and mental (class, workshops, lessons,
presentations, discussions)
Meeting different people and acquiring new friends
Experiencing different nations, cultures and mentalities in general
Practicing languages (English, German, Russian, and gesture language)
Working in international team
MINUSES OF THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE
Language barrier
Differences in understandings of the project implementation resulting in longer time and
more effort to accomplish assignments
Some complications in organizational work execution due to different approaches and
mentalities