ESRA

This is the home of the Comenius Project ESRA (European Schools Rock Around). Sponsored by the EU. We are four schools from 4 countries (Romania, Spain, Sweden and Turkey) that join forces and work together.

Objectives:

-developing key competence of students and teachers (mother tongue, foreign languages, digital competence, social and civic competence, initiative taking/leadership and entrepreneurship, cultural/environmental awareness and expression);

-increasing acceptance of others and reducing racism and xenophobia, by increasing students' knowledge about other cultures and languages in the EU, cultural diversity and equality

-reducing early school leaving among socially disadvantaged students, by teaching them the basic life-skills, and involving them in activities in which they feel valued and accepted

-increasing motivation of students for learning, by using modern methods of teaching, practical and creative ways integrated in the curriculum (learning for living)

-making students aware of the rights and duties, as members of the EU and encouraging them towards active citizenship, by favoring practices of cooperation through working together, comparing, exchanging and reflecting

-developing students' IT skills, making modern technology an active part of our lessons and students work

-raising our students self-confidence, by making them active members of the project

-involving students in problem solving actions, such as: pollution, climate changes, unemployment, children's rights, school failure, and making them find and implement their own solutions

-encouraging our students and colleagues for learning foreign languages, necessary for their professional development and finding a good job on the work field,giving them the chance to travel

-developing students' artistic and creative skills by making them create their own educational sketches, an anthem, a video for it to promote their ideas

-increasing the European dimension of each institution and promoting the European values by concrete actions and real contact