Comenius Multilateral Project 2012-2014

"FOREST and SUSTAINABILITY - Time to Learn and Act" is a Comenius Multilateral Project (2012-2014).

"FORESTS and SUSTAINABILITY - Time to Learn and Act" is a project about FORESTS. Forest... seen as woodland (land covered with wood or trees) but, at the same time, thinking about what FOREST is, and what FOREST stands:
Future
Oxygen
Respect
Europe
Steadfastness and Stability
Tolerance
Sustainability        all of this seen as moral and European values, essential values of life.

Thus, teachers and children can learn, talk and discuss about forest from different viewpoints (geographical, linguistic, historical, economic). The most important thing is what forests represent if we respect it: future, oxygen... for a steadfast, tolerant and sustainable Europe.

The general purpose of the proposed project is for the students to investigate, analysed and understand the diversity of trees and forests. People and nations are like trees in a forest: different but equally. Same tree species grow differently depending on weather conditions, area, altitude (just like humans).

The aim is for the pupils of the partnership schools to be models of good citizenship within their local community, enriching their education with activities that improve the environment and quality of life of local people.

Through these topics, the pupils will share information about their diverse socio-economic situations and the minorities within the schools and also special needs kids will be involved in the whole project. This will increase learning opportunities for all of our children.

All the activities in the project will not only benefit the pupils but also enrich the teaching skills of staff, but will promote the European dimension.