New European Bauhaus Prizes 2023

Initiative category

Identify the award category for which this initiative is being submitted
Regaining a sense of belonging

Email user
ce.0594912u@ac-lille.fr

Basic information
Initiative title
EPAT

Full initiative Title
Go to Europe : exchange and heritage through ICTs, unity in diversity.

Please provide a short, catchy description of your initiative to be used in communication towards the public.
Our project has two parts. The first is to give meaning to learning for our students by making them produce joint productions with various European countries in connection with new technologies.
The second part concerns the teachers who will pool their practices and teach in English in the different countries.
Pupils and teachers alike had the opportunity to discover the heritage of European colleagues and to create lasting bonds of friendship and work.

What was the geographical scope of your intiative?
Cross-border/international

Where was your intiative implemented?
Location 1
France

Location 2
Finland
Member State(s), Western Balkans and other countries
- Member State(s), Western Balkans and other countries: Italy
- Member State(s), Western Balkans and other countries: Spain
- Member State(s), Western Balkans and other countries: Greece
If relevant, insert names of region(s)/municipality(ies) involved
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Does your initiative address mainly urban or rural issues?
It addresses urban-rural linkages

Does your initiative refer to a physical transformation of the built environment or other types of transformations (hard or soft investments)?
It refers to other types of transformations (soft investment)

Has your initiative benefited from EU programmes and/or funds?
Yes

Which fund(s)?
ERASMUS

Here you can provide more details about the name of the specific programme, strand/action line as relevant, and the year
Our project bears the number 2017-1-FR01-KA219-037142_1.
It lasted from September 2017 to August 2020.

Has your initiative won an EU prize with a monetary value awarded?
No

Does your initiative has a minimum level of maturity? The minimum level of maturity is exemplified by stakeholder/ initiative promoter commitment to implement the initiative in practice and a clear methodology /approach.
Yes

On whose behalf are you submitting the application?
As a representative of an organization, in partnership with other organisations
If you are submitting this intiative as part of a group, please provide the contact details of the other individuals or organisations
- Name of the organisation(s): Groupe scolaire Thomas Pesquet
  Type of organisation: Other public institution
  First name of representative: Penet
  Last name of representative: Stéphanie
  Gender: Female
  Nationality: France
  Function: School principal
  Address (country of permanent residence for individuals or address of the organisation)<br/>Street and number: School principal
  Town: Bousbecque
  Postal code: 59166
  Country: France
  Direct Tel: +33 6 09 38 92 85
  E-mail: stephanie.penet@ac-lille.fr
  Website: https://epaterasmus.etab.ac-lille.fr
Social Media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, etc.)
- URL: https://epaterasmus.etab.ac-lille.fr
In case my initiative is selected as a finalist of the NEB Prizes 2023, I agree to share the name (individual and/or organisation’s), email address, website and social media accounts indicated above with other NEB Prizes finalists. I also agree to publish the name (individual and/or organisation’s), website and social media accounts indicated above next to the public description of my initiative in the channels of the European Commission.
Yes

How did you hear about the New European Bauhaus Prizes?
New European Bauhaus or European Commission websites

Description of the initiative
Please provide a summary of your initiative
The project was initiated on the basis that our differences enrich us and that the knowledge of the other creates bonds. The partner countries of this project are in North, South, East and West of Europe. The schools are in villages, large agglomerations, in working-class districts or in the mountains, in the countryside, in the city center, near forests. But all the students of these different schools have a common project: to create a unifying European project around new technologies and English at the outset, with the discovery of the culture of the other.
After a formal discovery of the countries (map, flags, hymns, currency), the children set about creating common collections: a CD of Christmas carols to begin with, a collection of traditional tales (work on powerpoint), a collection of recipes, a film on flora and fauna (internet research, use of green backgrounds in videos, slide shows ...) and the countries seen through the character of Asterix for the part on new technologies . The trips to the different countries have also enabled teachers to make films and develop videoconferencing (with students who have stayed in school). Cohesion was also made by sending Christmas cards, written correspondence between students in English, sending typical board games ... With each trip, a real relationship a bond has been created between the children and the European teachers. Their arrival was prepared (choirs in Italy, folk dances in Greece, school entirely decorated on the theme of the project in Spain, escape game in the city of Joensuu organized in Finland…)
For the teachers, it was also for many a mean to perfect their English and the activities carried out in the form of workshops in the countries made it possible: scientific activities, activities related to ICTs, in visual or cultural arts. The teams also organized a week of discovery for their counterparts. The exchanges of practices were rich in lessons for all and real friendly relations developed.

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with 5 key words.
exchanges

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words
interdisciplinarity

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words
heritage

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words
new technologies

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words
frienship

Please give information about the key objectives of your initiative in terms of sustainability and how these have been/will be met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context.
We think we are part of the sustainability of relationships. We intend to work again with our European partners on other projects. The teachers have developed real bonds of friendship. We are in regular contact via social networks and instant messages.
We also hope to have aroused the desire in our students to discover other cultures and to interest them in our close neighbours. They were so motivated by the knowledge and the exchanges with their European friends that we hope to have given birth to this common culture and this desire to discover the other.
More concretely, our projects led to the preservation of our wealth. When our students work on the fauna and flora in their countries to share a slide show with others, we highlight the fragility of this ecosystem. Similarly, when working on our landscapes, there is the concern to preserve them...

Please give information about the key objectives of your initiative in terms of aesthetics and quality of experience for people (through design, positive emotions and cultural benefits) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context.
Whether it is by visiting a monastery lost at the top of a mountain in Greece, by bathing in a frozen lake in Finland, by visiting in the same city in Spain a church, a mosque and a synagogue or a majestic castle in Italy, skiing on the coal heaps in France, we had the privilege of taking a pelin view of it.
Beyond these cultural discoveries, what a shock to apprehend the school through different cultures. When in Finland a 6-year-old schoolboy can go home alone and has such autonomy in class, we realize that in France, everything is always under control: even going to the toilet is done at a fixed time under the supervision of 'an adult ! And I'm not talking about posture: stay seated, on your buttocks, on the chair! What a contrast !

Please give information about the key objectives of your initiative in terms of inclusion (ranging from accessibility and affordability for all to inclusive governing systems, design for all principles or new societal models) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context.
Inclusion is at the heart of our project. We always keep our two axes:
- from the pupils' point of view, all the pupils took part in the project whatever their age or skills. It was important to develop self-esteem and group work helped a lot to include everyone.
- From the point of view of teachers, it was essential to find out how children with special educational needs were managed in other countries. In some countries, children who need it are accompanied by individual aid or mutual insurance. We were lucky to be able to send our teacher from the French support network. For other countries, we had the chance to visit specialized establishments.

Please explain the way citizens benefiting from or affected by the initiative and civil society have been/will be involved in the initiative and what has been/will be the impact of this involvement on the initiative
For school :
• improvement of the school climate;
• Development of interdisciplinarity: English, geography, IT, literature, science...
• development of openness and cooperation with schools in other countries;
• developing relationships between students and teachers;
• Development of teamwork between teachers and the pedagogical adviser in English for France. • development of teamwork among teachers;
• purchase of new equipment
• support and involvement of the municipality, the parents' association, families...

Please explain how different stakeholders at various levels (local, regional, national, European) were engaged in the design and implementation of the initiative.
At the European level, that's where it all started. We only had the idea, the desire to work with our students on the discovery of other cultures and for this the use of new technologies (film, slideshow, viio...). So we posted a small announcement on the Etwinning site. We did not know any of the partner schools. We all left with just this common goal. We wanted to work with countries all over Europe. Finland joined us in the North, then Spain in the South and finally Greece and Italy. Poland had signed up with us but following a change of direction at the school level, the project was unfortunately abandoned on their side. We were very lucky because all the partners in this project are exceptional teachers and we were very lucky to work with them during these three years.
In France there was no incidence at the national level but this is not the case in certain other countries. In Finland, for example, we participated in videoconference exchanges that went beyond the framework of the region.
The municipality is fully involved with us through its presence, the loan of rooms and the logistics for major events. She also invited the teachers to the municipal restaurant with a typical meal from the North of France. This is something that we found in all countries: a welcome from the municipality and the sharing of a convivial moment. During Taste Week, meals from the different countries involved in the project were offered at the municipal restaurant. They thus affected the children of the school but also those of the private school, the residents of the retirement home, meals at home...
There were several articles in the local press in each country.

Please explain which disciplines and/ or knowledge fields were reflected in the design and implementation of your initiative. Please explain how representatives of these different fields interacted with each other, and what the added value of this process was
This project has given us so much. In addition to the main objectives which are the mastery of English and new technologies, interdisciplinarity was at the center of learning. There were so many fields we worked on (literature, geography, visual arts, science, sustainable development and recycling... ) And the most important thing: giving meaning to learning. In our report, we also noted:
- increase in the knowledge and experience acquired by the participants (both teachers and students)
- skills building (mutualization between teachers)
- strengthening of cultural openness (development of a European spirit): the motto of the European Union takes on its full meaning. We worked on all our differences that bring us together.
- improvement of language skills (both students and teachers)
- team spirit, cooperation,
- Self esteem.

Please highlight the innovative character of the initiative, when compared to mainstream actions in the field of the initiative
The innovative character can be rooted in the use of new technologies for students and also in the idea of being able to work in many areas in interdisciplinarity. We did not only work on tales and cooking recipes from partner countries, for example, but we did so in English and through various media (films, slideshows, etc.). Everything was an opportunity to develop skills related to the culture and to mix knowledges.
The teams were so motivated that in addition to the projects initially planned, others were added and here we are working on the comic book hero Asterix who has adventures in all the partner countries !

Please describe which elements of your initiative could be replicated or transferred to other places, groups of beneficiaries and contexts. This may involve, for example, aspects of the methodology, technology, processes, products, learnings, etc.
This was not planned at the start but the fact of teaching in English on a very specific subject brings a lot of language skills but also allows you to dare! It's hard to get started when you don't speak English well and through this type of project we try despite our shortcomings and we manage to make ourselves understood.
New technologies can serve as a basis for many fields. It is possible to teach children to make a slideshow for an infinite number of projects. And each time we adapt according to the age of the children: when we work on our tales, while the adults make a tale in English With a digital book as a support, the little ones of two or three years old create a tale to touch with different textures.
Creating links is also a pretext for making videoconferences, sending greeting cards, sending identity cards in English is a good pretext. We give meaning: we do things to show them to our European friends. This is important for our students!

Please describe the methodology or approach used in your initiative.
Our methodology was born from our pooling. At the start, we had the idea of working on English with the help of new technologies.
It was by organizing meetings with our partners that we chose the themes together: Christmas carols, hymns, a school video... Some projects were present at the start and others were added according to the cravings. The teams were always ready even if the work rhythm was frantic.
At the start, we also thought we would do more observation in class, but from the first trip to Finland, we were asked to carry out workshops in small groups on new technologies. This continued in Spain but in science and in Italy and Greece in art !

Please explain what kind of global challenges the initiative addresses by providing local solutions
We think it's all a state of mind. Openness to other cultures teaches us tolerance, also teaches us not to apprehend what we know better. Our differences make us united. We must turn our differences into wealth.

Please detail the scope of progress in the implementation of the initiative. This can include already demonstrated results/outputs related to the chosen Prizes category, and the already achieved benefits from the initiative for direct and indirect beneficiaries. This can also include a development plan of the initiative, with a particular attention to the steps envisaged in the year following the application, and including envisaged results and benefits from the initiative
We were lucky for our prize to obtain the label of good practice within Erasmus.
This year, we won the prize for innovative teaching for France.
This project has taught us a lot and in many fields of knowledge and skills. We have progressed in English and in the use of new technologies (paddlet, filmmaking, use of green screens, visio...). We learned how to make a Gant chart.
It also gave us the opportunity to organize large-scale events with the logistics that this entails (rooms, caterer, dissemination, screen and sound system...).
It also allowed us to organize weeks of discovery of our heritage with foreign teachers but also with our students and this, over five days, with a complete schedule for the day and the evenings of our guests. Finding accommodation for them and providing stewardship and rotations to school or places of visit, in order to stay within a reasonable cost range, was an integral part of the project as well.
And then we have the productions of our students: films, slideshows, CDs... All these products that we can show to our new students and which remain.

Please provide documents that demonstrate the maturity level of the initiative and commitment to implement the initiative in practice (e.g.: evaluation report, final or mid-term initiative report, certification, publications, building permit, grant agreement, letter of support, partnership agreement, etc.)
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- pdf-1-3393.pdf
If relevant, please describe how your initiative contributes to developing new competences, especially in the context of the European competence framework on sustainability.
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