Project Idea

The project is created collaboratively by

Larysa Stepanenko (Sevastopol, larysa-stepanenko@yandex.ru )

Tamari  Kekelia (Tbilisi , kekeliatamari@gmail.com)

Title:  Each activity is good in its season!

Brief Description :

 How about exchanging visits to our countries and choosing outdoor activities suitable for each season? Every season has its beauty and brings its joy, and every activity is good in its season. Let’s discover them!

Languages:  English

Pupils age range: 9-12 years old

Number of pupils involved:  10 and more in each team

Curricular areas involved: Foreign Languages, PE, Nature Studies, Health Studies, Geography

Tools: e-mail, Forum, Project Diary, Twinspace, PPP, Photopeach, Padlet, etc

Goals:

• gain information about children from other parts of Europe including their favourite outdoor activities in different seasons
• improve  children’s knowledge  about weather and seasons in general  and create a positive attitude towards the healthy way of life
• develop children’s communicating skills and cross-cultural awareness
• develop children’s IСT skills
• develop and present children’s talents via pictures and photos

Work process:

Step1. Short introduction of the country. Students also introduce their teammates and school to project partners, create a common team presentation or video.( November – December 2014)

 Step 2. Teams describe seasons in their countries and some special celebrations and illustrate them with photos and pictures.(January-mid February 2015)

Step 3. Each team decides what most popular outdoor activities for each season to choose and presents them to the partners using different ICT and works of art (photos and/or pictures). Children are also encouraged to find out some online materials (song, poems, jokes, etc.) about season activities. (mid February  - March 2015)

Step 4. Teams share their contributions with the partners, discuss them in the groups and compare the outdoor activities and weather conditions in different countries. They may introduce some similarities or differences that impressed them most.( April 2015)

Step5:  Teams suggest some tips for healthy outdoor activities in all seasons creating videos, presentations, slideshows, quizzes, etc.( May 2015)

Expected outcomes:

 Children will develop and enrich their collaboration skills and deepen their positive attitude to work with peers. They will learn to accept diversities in traditions and ways of life and make their personal discoveries.

The participants will virtually travel to other countries, meet their people, make friends and enjoy the nature.

They will improve their language skills: reading, speaking, listening and writing as well.

The final result will be a presentation of each participating team and the display of children’s works of art.