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 CATIIS (Private Institution)

I Zu a Fit ess at Bea h

In Gastronomy Workshop

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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