Visibility of eTwinning Projects Groups July 2019 Newsletter Newsletter 9 | Page 63

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2019 Newsletter
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"A friend is forever!”
“eTwinning will be forever in our hearts!”
Irena Raykova is an eTwinning ambassador and a primary
and English teacher at 137th Secondary School Angel
Kanchev in Sofia, Bulgaria.
all, students and parents, were impressed with
activities that we develop.
eTwinning project “Let the peace be everywhere”
started with partners from Turkey, Greece, Italy,
Ukraine, Bulgaria and Romania and had as
objectives the emotional and social development,
the identification of emotions and their
management, the increase of the inclusion and
acceptance at their age.
The most important activities were working on the
need for peace & inclusion, peace circle activities,
empathy games, solving games problem.
All activities were very well planned and explained,
detailed and appropriate to the age level of
students.
Cira Serio is an eTwinning ambassador and an ITC
coordinator at Primary School San Tarcisio in Ercolano
(NA), Italy.
Renata Večerková is an English teacher at Elementary
school Komenského náměstí 440 in Kroměříž, Czech
Republic.
Rangel Pantaleev is a primary school teacher at Secondary
school St. Ivan Rilski in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Learning about friendship in eTwinning
projects
by Adriana Lefter
I have been a primary school teacher for over ten
years, and all these years very few times I
happened to enter the door of the class without
having a plan of the activity, without preparing
them a game, an activity to be convinced they will
be pleased. I dedicate a long time to prepare
lessons, to read a lot, to search for games,
activities in addition, new things to please, new
projects like eTwinning. We start from the
preparatory class with small eTwinning projects and
The activity that had a particular impact on Elena
Doamna Elementary School pupils in Tecuci was the
Friendship Jar, which was made during t of Personal
Development class, in the chapter "About
friendship". I firmly believe that all these activities
that have the role of developing emotional
intelligence, children's trust should find their place
as often as possible in our day-to-day work, for
them they need us to explain their emotions,
feelings, to them alongside and encourage them
every moment. After choosing the classmate for
whom the jar had to be prepared, the children had
the task of decorating them according to each
other's preference and imagination, then putting in
messages, letters, congratulations, small symbolic
gifts to show appreciation and respect to their
colleague. The moment of messaging was exciting,
as they were looking forward to discovering what
was inside, and their reactions were unexpected.
Friendly smiles, emotions all made this activity an
unforgettable one. Their sincere messages enjoyed
me greatly, there were messages of appreciation,
admiration, many compliments, along with
drawings, small collages and candy. At the end they
were very excited, they told me that they felt
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