WORK PROGRAMME
September 2013
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Each school to set up Environmental Awareness Group with members of the local community. Schools produce and share a presentation outlining their vision for developing environmental awareness, culture and information about our school. Project wiki set up, CVIS to coordinate. Presentations to be uploaded to wiki
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October 2013
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Begin to set up recycling areas, mini-beast houses/wildlife areas, conservation gardens to encourage wildlife. Project message board/blog on wiki titled 'Our Europe - How We Can Improve Our Environment'.
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November 2013
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Each school to set up a central Comenius Display area and page on website, (where possible) to report developments. Invite the EAG to contribute ideas. Mobility to England. Following mobility each school to produce a report including information on developments, photos and future actions.
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December 2013
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Greeting cards, (Christmas and New Year) using recycled materials to promote conservation of the environment. Make calendars using photos/pictures or our school locality in the wintertime. Send to partner schools
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January 2014
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Design and produce a project logo using simple paint programs, (and other mediums). Continue open dialogue using wiki/email/websites
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February 2014
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Produce leaflets/reports/drawings/models of wildlife/conservation gardens/outside learning areas under the heading 'How We Look After Our World. Add information to wiki/websites where possible. Each school to share work in their local community by holding a community exhibition - (coordinated by Sweden). Mobility to France Following mobility each school to produce a report including information on developments, photos and future actions.
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March 2014
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International Day - Learning about each others seasonal environments. Pupils prepare greetings, (Spring and Easter) using a variety of mediums including ICT. Invite EAG to do an assembly on the impact of the project on our schools.
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April 2014
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Each partner school to produce poetic sentences about how they help the environment. This will be collated to produce a Comenius song beginning 'We can make a difference, this is what we do. We can make a difference, we can see it through'. Song will celebrate the aims of the project as well as promoting sustainability. Each school will send their words to CVIS to collate.
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May 2014
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Mobility to Spain Following mobility each school to produce a report including information on developments, photos and future actions. Presentation of song. Scores, words and backing tracks to be shared. Each school to teach pupils song. Record and upload to wiki/schooltube
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June 2014
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Evaluation of year.
End of Year Report to National Agencies
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July/August 2014
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Homework project - Children to collect photos of
their local areas and keep a scrap book/diary of measures to improve it this
will help establish the outreach element of the project to the local
community.
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September 2014
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Add photos and diaries to school Comenius displays.
Design posters demonstrating how the local community
can look after the environment. Each school to submit a poster to competition
coordinator to produce a joint poster representing aims of project titled
‘Our Europe’.
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October 2014
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Mobility to Sweden.
Following mobility each school to produce a report
including information, photos and actions for development.
Traffic surveys to start work on exploring effects
of traffic pollution and how it can be reduced. Town/parish council to meet
with the EAG to produce an assembly disseminating information.
Podcast/video/skype to share with partner schools.
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November 2014
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EAG to write an article for local newspaper
explaining the aims and successes of the project.
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December 2014
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Create greetings and cards for partner schools. Each
school to send rhyme/song idea which promotes environmental awareness and
upload to blog/schooltube.
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January 2015
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Children use cameras & videos to record
wild-life in the outside learning area. Comenius display will report to
governors & parents how these areas having developed.
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February 2015
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Start growing Logs. What do we need to grow
healthy plants. Which plants encourage wildlife? Children plant a
selection of plants/trees in outside learning areas and begin growing logs.
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March 2015
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Continue growing logs. Update displays and
websites/blog. Each school to produce pages for collaborative
book. Activity coordinator to collate and disseminate.
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April 2015
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Saving Energy Packs - Resources/information showing
how we can save energy at school and at home.
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May 2015
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Mobility to UK.
Following mobility each school to produce a report
including information, photos and actions for development.
Swap Saving Energy Packs and disseminate information
to pupils, staff, parents and governors.
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June 2015
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Complete end of year reports and joint reports
evaluating learning and developments.
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July 2015
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Submit reports to National Agencies.
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