Priorities
Open and Innovative Practices in a Digital Era:
Through the use of technology and with the support of EU funding in this project, participants will engage in a modern international environment, learning from each other and becoming familiar with The Rights of the Child. The latter is a subject which is extremely important to all, but thus far little considered in all but the English school. The project activities will therefore necessarily be innovative.
Through exciting school activities connected with health, wellbeing, the environment, and enterprise, students will acquire new digital competences, develop second language competency, practise social and communication skills and develop collaborative problem solving skills. All of these will help them to function in the digital age, leaving them more confident individuals.
Promoting the Acquisition of Skills and Competences:
The wide range of skills and competencies practiced by both students and teachers during the project will build self-confidence and prepare students to be responsible and enterprising individuals. Through recognizing their responsibilities as regards their rights they will be encouraged to think and take action for themselves, becoming more active citizens, which in the long term will lead to the growth of a prosperous European Society. The enterprising activities which they will engage in will help students develop the skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary to achieve the goals they set for themselves, making them more employable in the long term.
Social Inclusion:
Through its focus on the Rights of the Child Charter, the project aims to foster the development of civic and intercultural competences, and by focusing on every child's rights will directly serve to combat inequality and discrimination of any kind. Students will explore issues of discrimination, segregation, racism, bullying and violence whilst looking at their rights and identifying and practising their responsibilities with regard to these. They will see that they are able to influence the behaviour of others and thus combat anti-social behaviours. Working with international partners will give them first hand experience of the challenges faced by others -eg migrants in Greece, students with disabilities in England. They will learn how these can be overcome and give them the confidence to challenge perceptions on migration, disability and so on.
