Practices

From The Waste Basket
Comenius Multilateral School Partnership
Countries involved:
BG, EE, FR, IT, SI, UK
Key words: Curriculum
Description:
Thematic Field: ECEC
The purpose of the partnership was to raise the awareness of the recycling issue at
kindergarten level, with the help of teachers, parents and school staff. The
children learned about the waste that is thrown away, what happens to it, and how it
can harm the environment.
Thought the different activities, children learned about the partner countries,
exchanged items they had made from recycled materials (toys, artwork, postcards,
etc.) and enriched their vocabulary and understanding about the recycling issue.
Two booklets were produced for partners on paper and plastic recycling with
activities and products made of paper by children involved in English. The exhibitions
of the children's work were displayed publicly in each school for all children and
teacher's to see; furthermore, questionnaires were distributed to raise the awareness
also of parents about recycling.
A brochure containing information about the partners, the project objectives, activity
calendar, instructions for making items with recycled materials, etc. was distributed to
all the families involved in the project and also to officials. At the end of the project
the outcomes were assembled and published on the project website.
Duration:
2009-2011
Webpage:
http://www.from-the-waste-basket.eu/
http://www.europeansharedtreasure.eu/detail.php?id_project_base=2009-1-FR1-
COM06-07173
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