The Comenius Risks Project

Accidents only happen to others, somewhere else or by chance...  The task of prevention and protection of young people faced with these risks is the responsibility of those involved in education as well as parents.

We want students to be able to identify and understand the risks they will be subjected to during their life.  During educational activities teachers insist on protection from risks (in science, sport etc)  But the most dangerous habits are acquired during childhood (eating habits, lack of exercise etc)  and in adolescence ( smoking, alcohol, lack of judgement etc)  and we want to stress these risks.

In their daily life, the habit of using new technologies (internet, addiction to the mobile phone, social networks like Facebook or listening to loud music etc) can be the source of  distressing problems which can even become dangerous.  We also want students to be able to identify and understand risks in their environment (floods, earthquakes, eruption of volcanoes or industrial risks).
All of us within this european project will have to deal with different risks but the same problems will appear in the lives of our teenagers.  Stereotypes of foreigners appear frequently and can prove to be dangerous without a proper inter-cultural education, we will therefore use informal training activities in order to prove that despite our differences we all belong to the same Europe.  We are helping the students to grow up in Europe and through scientific experiments, questionnaires and interviews students will adopt sensible behaviour and become responsible citizens.

Project Objectives and Strategy 

- Increase students knowledge by experimentation (organise information, create protocols and make experiments), film and distribute. Evaluation by presentation to all the students at school before and after visits.
- Share teaching methods and use during the mobility. Evaluation by questionnaires, look into changes in methods by questionnaires.
- Increase language knowledge by working in multinational groups, games and challenges, slogans creation. Evaluation by comparison of involvement of students on each mobility, questionnaire to students and language teachers after the visits.
- Increase intercultural skills and ability  through games and activities during the visits, integration of special needs students (ULIS, Dys, Epileptic…) and parents involvement. Evaluation by measure of the spontaneous involvement of students in multinational groups and questionnaire to parents and students.
- Increase the contacts between teachers and school staffs through e-works, skype, mails, meetings and lessons. Evaluation by following mail exchanges, web sites visits (counter).
- Increase sensitivity to cultural expression through posters making, pictograms drawing, communication and information campaign. Evaluation by measure of the variety of productions.
- Increase the motivation of students and teachers to continue exchanges program, professional formation, adults and students conferences by communicating on the project during the mobility and after each visit by presenting results. Evaluation through questionnaire.
Our aim is to involve as many students as possible and to avoid having to choose particular students and having to unnecessarily divide them up .This is why we're asking for 24 mobilities.

Impact

The students involved in the partnership activities will have a better understanding of the realities around us all and how their personal development may be similar to other children from different countries in Europe. 
All the activities and the mobilities will help the students and the teachers to get more autonomous, self confident, open minded and of course develop skills in English and in relationships. 

The intercultural awareness and  the innovation regarding the pedagogical methods and international techniques will be promoted 

Students will experience various ways of communication (mother tongue, foreign languages, images, films, mails, video conferencing) 
Students will have a more responsible behaviour in key situations  
The students’ and teachers’ managing skills, team work and cooperative skills will be improved
The participation in the project will broaden students’ minds which can help them choose their future schools and carriers 
Students will develop their creativity and imagination through problem solving
Students’ and staff’s basic knowledge of Europe will be improved

The schools policy can benefit from the new and improved teaching, evaluating and managing strategies implemented by the European collaboration
The local community will play a more active role in the social life.
Links between the school and local communities will be strengthened. It will help the local community to make partnership with the school,  to increase the citizens ‘curiosity and to know more about the school structure and for FRANCE especially regarding ULIS (special needs students) and Toul ar ch’oat (epileptic students) .
Finally, the prestige of the school will increase at the national and international level as it can help the school to be known as a European school and a dynamic and open school to students, even those with special needs one.