Project Coordinator
collège Berthelot, LE MANS, France
Our school is located in the centre of Le Mans, a city with a population of about 150000 inhabitants.
Languages are a priority in our school: we teach English, Arabic, German, Italian, Spanish. We have two bilingual year 5 classes. Some students are new immigrants. They have lessons in French as as second language. There are more than 25 nationalities represented. We have a local radio inside our school where students can work and broadcast their own radio programmes. No efforts are made at school concerning recycling and reusing, we do not recycle paper, we have an important amount of wages from the school canteen. This project will help the students and adults be aware of the importance of reducing, recycling, reusing and change their habits at school and at home. We have never been involved in a Comenius project and we find it important to insist on the world dimension of environmental issues. What is more, twelve teachers from the school plan to take part in the project. If we want to see things change, we all have to work together.
Partner 2
Ressam İbrahim Çallı Ortaokulu, Ankara, Turkey
Our school is a public lower secondary school with over 2000 students and about 90 teachers in the town centre of Sincan, Ankara. It is about 30 km's far from the city centre, but it is easy to reach the school with Public transportation. There is a huge amount of migrants from eastern part of the country or from other provinces of Turkey. We don't have any refugees or foreign students from other countries. We have never been involved in a Comenius Multilateral school partnerships project, so the students and teachers are all willing to take part and work on the project.
Partner 3
INS BERNAT EL FERRER, Molins de Rei, Spain
INSTITUT BERNAT EL FERRER is a High School in Molins de Rei a small city 20 minutes far from Barcelona. 5% of the students in our school come from ethnical minorities and usually with specific educational needs. The other 95% come from Catalonia and other regions of Spain. Most of them are children of labour class. All of them are taught in our two languages Spanish and Catalan and we are working on teaching several subjects in English. French is taught as a foreigner language as well.
Partner 4
Základní škola Česká Lípa, Česká Lípa, Czech Republic
We are the biggest elementary and lower secondary school in Česká Lípa.Česká Lípa is the city on the north of Bohemia, 80 km far from Prague. Our school was built 25 year ago. This school year we have about 800 students from housing estate Špičák. Our students are from lower incoming families. We teach English as a basic language then German as the second language and we also offer to our students Spanish, French and Russian. We also have our own magazin "Hrupka". 7% of the students in our school come from ethnical minorities and usually with specific educational needs. The others come from housing estate Špičák and some of them commute to our school from the villages near Česká Lípa.
Partner 5
Sligo, Ireland
Ballinode Community College is a school community in its truest sense based in the heart of Sligo town. We at Ballinode Community College have endeavoured to create a school ethos that places caring and nurturing students at the forefront of what we do. The school’s atmosphere is based around the key values of self-esteem, justice and respect for others. Our belief is that this characteristic spirit will allow our students to thrive and achieve their full potential.
Ballinode Community College is a DEIS school and the majority of our students come from Urban backrounds. The Comenius Project has gives students the opportunity to travel and learn about other country’s customs and cultures thus broadening their perspectives. Ballinode offers both French and Spanish in their curriculum.
Partner 6
Gimnazjum z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi nr 83 im Konstancji Markiewicz , Warszawa, Poland
Many students in our school have special educational requirements, they need pedagogical and psychological support. Some of the students have impaired concentration and need to be offered individual teaching methods. There are students with physical disabilities like hearing and eyesight deficiencies. A large group of students require support due to the risk of social exclusion as they come from poor families.
Partner 7 Not available
"Nikola Yonkov Vaptsarov" PRIMARY SCHOOL, village Yablanovo, Bulgaria
Our school is a primary school, it is a municipal (public). At school we teach over 200 students and employ around 30 uchiteli. Our students are mostly from ethnic backgrounds. It is our first participation in international projects, this is an opportunity for our students to see and to familiarize themselves with their peers from other countries to learn about their culture and lifestyle.