Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group Newsletter no. 5 - July 2015 | Page 84

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2015 Newsletter

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------parents, we have e-book with their opinion about
the project. Every European teacher can benefit
from the treasury we have created and use it
according to his/her needs - training games,
entertainment, creativity, software.
What is most valuable?
In the process of project work the kids constantly
surprised us with proposals for the study of various
composers. It was necessary to cover the need for
awareness and so the initial work plan is constantly
expanded and updated. We invited students and
lecturers from University of Shumen to help us in
preparing the music lessons. Prof. A. Atanasova,
after one of her visits to kindergarten shared that
the children from the project have more high
musical skills than children from 1st to 4th grade in
school.
Małgorzata and I share common European values
and are working professionally to build a common
educational space, topic "European Composers" is a
constant and an integral part of our compulsory
educational programs. In my kindergarten many
students come to practice and with undisguised
curiosity included in our activities. We won awards
for “European Composers” - national and European
quality labels, first place at the Annual awards of
HRDC and NSS Bulgaria, an award of Union of
Bulgarian teachers.

Christmas Truce - Best UK eTwinning project
2014-2015
by Diana Linford
“Christmas Truce” won the UK ‘Whole School’
Award and the UK eTwinning prize for best project
for 2014-2015.
The project
The project included schools in 10 countries:
Croatia, England, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy,
Poland, Slovenia, Romania and Ukraine. Many of
the project partners had worked on projects
together previously. We therefore were able to
plan the project together, using Google Docs and a
conference Skype call.
The project was linked with the Christmas Truce in
1914 in World War 1. Soldiers are reported to have
stopped fighting, to have exchanged gifts and to
have sung carols – Silent Night in English and
German - at Christmas in 1914.
The project started with the pupils designing a logo
for the project, and voting for their favourite logo.
All the pupils had to consider the themes of the
project and were all involved from the very
beginning. The winning logo was designed by one
of the French pupils.

Do not forget something very important: we acquire
new knowledge in a fun way, playing together...
And last important thing: if you want to be
competitive on the educational market, use
eTwinning space for professional qualification and
for improving personal skills!
Thank you, Małgorzata!
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As a remembrance of the first Christmas Truce, the
highlight of our project was a video carol concert on
10 December 2014 when we all sang Silent Night
together in the languages of the project, as well as
traditional carols from each country. Pupils also
told each other of the work they had done in the
project. This was a very moving event. John
Cooper, headteacher, at Steeton, Engla