The European project TREASURES - STORRYTELLERS ACROSS EUROPE, with the code number 2020-1-EL01-KA229-078992, was funded by the Greek National Agency IKY and the Erasmus+ program of the European Union. The program unites Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Turkey in a common European vision. Schools, students and teachers work together in an effort to highlight local and national cultural heritage through interdisciplinary programs, teaching practices, cultural activities, group activities, lesson plans, theatrical performances and digital storytelling.

The idea behind the project lies in the EU initiative European Heritage Days. EHD are the most widely celebrated participatory cultural events shared by people living in Europe. EHD, as a joint action of the Council of Europe and the European Commission, represent a unique example of a grass-roots initiative organised and shared by millions of European citizens. As organizers of a project involving European cultural heritage, we would like to share our project results with the rest of Europe, through storytelling (oral, digital, visual).

This project is also created taking into account the need of schools from 6 different countries to ensure social inclusion for all their pupils, to give them the opportunity to get in contact with parents, grandparents and the elderly who live in their local area and children from other European countries.

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Each school created a " PROJECT CORNER"  with information and pictures about activities, project meetings and final products.

The 1st PROJECT MANAGEMENT MEETING took place in Greece (20/24 June 2022). 

Management Meeting Agenda

I. DAY 1 – 21 JUNE 2022

• Discussion of the results of the first mobility in Romania (C1)

• Filling in the Mobility Tool for LTTA1, C1

• Replanning the dates of the mobilities to follow (Initial planning):

 C3 A World of Magic, Istanbul Erkek Lisesi, Turkey.

Short-term joint staff training events (LTTA 1) – September 2021

C4 Friendship, fairy tales and magic Ukmerges Uzupio Pagrindine mokykla,

Lithuania.

Short-term joint staff training events (LTTA 2) – February 2022

 C2 Friends across Europe Daugavpils 12.vidusskola, Latvia.

Short-term exchanges of groups of pupils – April 2022

 Final management meeting in Italy, Lecce.

Closure of the project and evaluation procedures – June 2022

II. DAY 2 – 22 JUNE 2022

• Checking the Timetable in order to ensure proper time management

• Setting clear expectations from each partner

• Verifying and ensuring the project’s budget

• Updating social media tools

• Discussing next year’s activities on Twinspace (etwinning project)

III. DAY 3 – 23 JUNE 2022

• Discussing the content of the Europass Mobility Certificates for the teacher training mobilities (LTT1, LTT2)

Iraklia, GREECE 20-24/06/2022

PROJECT'S ACTIVITIES:

• Introducing the project to the students, school staff and local community (by emaze presentations and by celebrating Erasmus days)

• Organising a back to school contest after a long period of remote teaching only in virtual classes because of the pandemic restrictions.

In order to take part in the contest we encouraged every student to share personal photos either alone or with classmates, with family members, friends or teachers that show the way back to school  during this "new normal" of school operations.

• organising a contest in order to create and vote for the  project logo

• Celebrating grandparents' Day

• Celebrating European Day  of languages

• Exchanging Holiday Cards: Pupils from the 6 partner schools created cards promoting cultural enheritage

• Designing T-shirts "Tell me a story about.....Turkey/Romania/Greece/Lithuania/Latvia/Italy" to wear during dissemination activities

• organising online meetings for teachers

• Recording elders at school telling myths, legends and local tales and sharing them with other partner schools in Facebook group, Twinspace, schools websites and You Tube as a free public resource. 

Grandmothers from Lithuania

Each school uploaded at Twinspace in the section VIDEOS and the FILE of their country 5 videos of students’ grandparents telling a story. The stories are subtitled in English by the students.

C1 Short-term exchanges of groups of pupils        SCOALA GIMNAZIALA NR1 BRANESTI

My Cultural Heritage                                     ROMANIA  2-6/05/2022

DAY 1 Monday, 2nd MAY 2022

The first day of the mobility, teachers and students visited Branesti where they were welcomed at The House of Teachers by local representatives, such as the City Hall Manager, Mr Andrei Ciozvarda, the Manager of the House of Teachers Mr Florin Petrescu, the Teacher Trainer and Mentor Mr Marius Ovidiu Sebe,the Coordinator of European Programs Mrs Simona Luca, the Headmistress of the ScoalaGimnaziala No1 Branesti,MsAnisoara Aydin and her students and other local authorities and teachers.

In the evening the students prepared the Erasmus+ Stalls where each country exhibited maps, brochures, local products and pictures of their national treasures. All the students of the school visited the Erasmus + Stalls and took a taste of the national treasures of each country.

Our Italian partners joined the mobility virtually and through ZOOM sessions they talked about their expectations.ARomanian pupil wrote them on a post- it and added it on a paper. The Italian pupils presented their poster, the map, the map of Lecce, pictures of their schooland videos from Italy

DAY 2 Tuesday, 3rd MAY

The second day we did some cultural Visits where the pupils tookpictures, recorded videos, made observation notes on how other cultures influenced the Romanian culture, etc.

DAY 3 Wednesday, 4th MAY

The third day the students created a new drama play with characters from their national myths, legends, ballads, placed on different cultural heritage locations from the project countries. The students wrote the play before the mobility and they rehearsed it at the school’s auditorium. Our Italian partners participated virtually and sang to us a beautiful traditional Italian song “Kalinifta”.

Later we worked on TwinSpace and the Project’s website (uploading the materials) and prepared the materials for the Erasmus+ corner (DYI/art&craft).

In the evening we had free time to go sightseeing and shopping in Bucharest.

DAY 4 Thursday, 05th MAY

The fourth day of our mobility, the students did a workshop with their peers from local schools and high-schools involved in other Erasmus+ project about myths, ballads, legends; They created 3D models based on 5 myths, ballads or legends and presented them. Our Italian partners worked with us virtually and presented their model as well.

In the afternoon the students prepared for the International Show (outfits, sets, etc.). All the students involved in the short-term exchanges of groups of pupils in Romania acted a myth, ballad, legend at their choice and danced traditional dances. Romania acted the myth of Arges Monastery and a folk dance (click here to view the Legend of Arges Monastery- the shadow theatre teachinque). Turkey acted funny stories and anecdotes from Nasreddin Hodja, a philosopherand a wise man. They sang traditional songs and danced traditional dances. They also acted the tradition of painting with henna the brides’ hands. Latvia acted the myth of the wolf and Lithuania the myth of the Sunflower. Finally, the students from Greece danced traditional dances and invited all the audience to the stage. Local newspapers, local authorities, local community were invited to join the show as viewers. The Headmistress of the host school, Mrs Nicoleta Tone, thanked all visitor schools for their participation.

DAY 5 Friday, 06th MAY

The last day of our mobility the students dramatized the new play on stage and recorded it. You may watch it here 

Characters from myths and legends of the six participating countries come together to celebrate the differences and the similarities of their cultural heritage and enjoy multilingualism and pluriculturalism in one place: On the stage!

PLACES: Athens, Acropolis, Istanbul, Hagia Sofia, Italy, Rome, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania.

CHARACTERS: a boy, a girl, the old man (Zeus), Athena, NastratinHogea, the sunflower, the female-wolf, Iaume, Laima, a singer, Spirīdītis, people.

C2  Short-term exchanges of groups of pupils        DAUGAVPILS 12.VIDUSSKOLA

Friends across Europe                                     LATVIA  24-28/04/2023

• During the mobility the pupils designed 6 flyers:

The play that all 6 countries wrote and prepared together in Latvia.

DISSEMINATION 

https://www.eproodos.gr/post/mathites-toy-gymnasioy-irakleias-gnorisan-tin-koyltoyra-kai-tin-istoria-tis-letonias

https://www.dvvsk.lv/dargumu-mekletaji-dvv/

https://izglitiba.daugavpils.lv/2023/05/daugavpils-valstspilsetas-vidusskola-viesojas-radosi-un-zinatkari-dargumu-mekletaji/

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100085315928662 

C3 Short-term joint staff training events              ISTANBUL ERKEK LISESI

A World of Magic                                          TURKEY 17-21/10/2022

Storytelling presentation by Emir Aydin, teacher trainer and educational consultant, during the 3rd day of the mobility.

During the mobility in Istanbul each country prepared a lesson plan using the skills they were taught.

During the mobility the teachers were presented the following by two puplis of Istanbul Erkek Lisesi

C4 Short-term joint staff training events              UKMERGES UZUPIO PAGRINDINE MOKYKLA

Friendship,fairy tales and magic                                        LITHUANIA 20-24/03/2023

Play written and presented during the mobility using the masks made by teachers

MOBILITY REPORTS (TURKEY, LATVIA, LITHUANIA)

The FINAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT MEETING took place in Italy (Lecce 27/29 June 2022). 

Management Meeting Agenda

DAY 1 – 27 JUNE 2023

 Arrival at  “Livio Tempesta” school in Lecce and guided tour around the premises.

 Welcome from the headmaster of the school, Prof. Tonino Bacca.

 Management meeting:

•      Results and dissemination of all four mobilities  were discussed (in Romania C1, Turkey C3 , Lithuania C4  and in Latvia C2)

•      The student and teacher mobility satisfaction questionnaires were commented

•      Partners filled all the final information on the Mobility Tool

DAY 2 – 28 JUNE 2023

 Visit to local farms to taste Salento products (olive oil, honey), visit to a traditional “ Masseria” (Tenuta Monacelli) and to Santa Maria di Cerrate Abbey.

 Management meeting:

•    The project’s results were presented and discussed (short videos made by teachers in Lithuania and by students in Romania and Latvia)

•     Social media tools were updated

•     Dissemination of the project was discussed as each country presented the press release with which they promoted the project's results

DAY 3 – 29 JUNE 2023

 Visit to the southest part of Italy, Leuka. Tour of the Salento Seas (Adriatic and Jonio) by boat.

 Walking tour of Leuka.

 Management meeting:

·         evaluation of the learning scenarios made by each country during LTTA in Turkey and the way they were integrated into each school's curriculum

·         discussion on establishing school clubs for digital storytelling using the skills and knowledge about web 2.0 tools acquired in LTTAs

·         discussion on the final reports that should be prepared after the end of the project (31/08/2023)

 Certificate of Attendance Ceremony