The project “Improving literacy and numeracy skills”
is a partnership between the following five (primary) schools:
Tollose Centralskole / Denmark
Grundschule Baiersdorf / Germany
Morkved skole / Norway
School no. 2 Independenta / Romania
OS Kapela / Slovenia
The main focus is on pedagogical and management issues within the schools.
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
6th mobility:
14th - 18th May 2012: project meeting at Morkved skole,
Brumunddal, Norway
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norwegian pupils presented their school in a well organized
warm harted welcome ceremony. They prepared songs, short
stories and national traditions.
During the workshops in the classrooms
we saw for example the practical work of Morkved school
within the field of the Early Years Literacy and Numeracy
Program.
From left to right: Anne-Cathrine (1) and Moyfrid
(2) informed us about the schools' pedagogical work and
explained the LP model. At the mayors' office we
presented our project to the mayor and the head of
administration in the municipality of Ringsaker. (3) Alf and
, (4) major ...)
17th of May: pupils explain the history and
traditions of the Norwegian National Day (up left).
Pupils, teachers and the Comenius team are participating in
the National parade of Ringsaker municipality .
The national teams of the 6th mobility:
Germany
Slovenia
Romania
Denmark
Dear Norwegian friends, dear Arnstein and collegues!
Thank you very much for the great program you prepared for
us and for the lovely weather you ordered. We would like to
say THANK YOU as well for the delicous food you prepared by
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5th mobility:
25th - 28th March 2012: leaders' meeting at Bled / Slovenia
5th project-meeting was prepared as a leaders' meeting to
evaluate the project's progress and to discuss the final
report's structures.
information sign at Hotel Golf, Bled
the hosts: team Slovenia
team Romania
team Denmark
team Germany
team Norway
leaders' team
The main topics of the 5th mobility at Bled:
- discussing the survey "what we have learned these two
years"
- making decisions about the shared writing story
- introduction of the program of the 6th mobility in Norway
- how to work with the final report during the leaders
meeting in Romania
- the homepage - how to make it useful for others
Slovenias beautiful nature in early spring
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Bled lake and Bled castle
Bled lake and isle of Bled
guided tour at Bled castle
Slovenian lunch at Postojna
Arnstein, leading the discussion
leaders' team
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December 2011: publishing the 3rd newsletter
(click picture for download)
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4th mobility:
26th Sept. - 1st October 2011:
project meeting at schools no.2 Independenta,
Romania
History and culture tour
around Bucharest (left); welcome traditions at the schools'
entrance with bread and
salt for the guests (centre); speach of the headmasters of
school no. 1 and 2, Adrian and Mihaela, at the start
of the opening ceremony (right)
Thanks to both of you and your team -
you did a wonderful work!
opening ceremony: folkloristic and athletic performances by
the pupils
children working in their classrooms (left and centre);
activities at the school yard (right)
visit to the Tudor Vladimirescu Monastery (left); Tavi,
giving a workshop on cooperative learning methods (centre),
pupils during the break (right)
participants of the 4th project meeting (left); team
Slovenia (centre); team Germany (right)
team Norway (left), team Denmark (centre);
project leader Arnstein during the closing session (right) |
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June 2011: publishing the 2nd newsletter
(click picture for download) |
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3rd mobility:
24th - 28th May 2011: project meeting at Grundschule Baiersdorf, Germany
welcome ceremony: performance with the topic "Europe" (left);
maths 4th grade: "converting a problem into a mathematical
formula" (right)
German 4th grade: "activity-orientated introduction of a
poem" (left);
German 3rd grade: "self-controlled learning in literacy:
silable deviding h" (right)
Jürgen Fischer explaining the work of teachers' unions in
Germany (left); Dr. Klaus Wild talking about studies and
teachers' training at the university in Bavaria (centre left);
Christine Durschang explaining the method "reading through
writing" (centre right); project leader Arnstein during a
common evaluation session (right)
Guided tour through Nürnberg by Sabine Bartsch
Renate Hübschmann, Oliver Dekrell and Astrid Schwarzmann (from
left to right) explaining the school's work with pupils with
special needs
sightseeing-tour to different Franconian places: fortified
church of Effeltrich (left) and a little walk to the top of
Walberla (right) |
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2nd mobility:
1st - 5th February 2011:
project meeting at OS Kapela, Slovenia |
Comenius workshop decoration at Primary School Kapela (pic
1), Welcome at Hotel Radin (pic 2 and 3)
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Welcome celebration: Anastazija Avsec, headmistress of
Primary School Kapela, introduces her school during a
welcoming speech (pic 1). Pupils giving some very nice
examples of slovenian traditions and music (pic 2-4). |
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during the workshops all participant got very detailed
impressions about the schools' work with literacy and
numeracy (pic 1-3). |
Visit to Radenska bottling company (pic 1) and to Kapela
wine cellar (pic 2), including a delicious dinner (pic 3 and
4). |
Ljubljana: Visit to the Centre oft the Republic of Slovenia
for Mobility and European Educational and Training programme
(CMEPIUS) and meeting with representatives (Mag. Andreja
Lenc, Ursa Bajzelj, Dr. Fani Nolimal) on pic 1 together with
Arnstein (leader of our Comenius project) and Anastazija
Avsec. Pic 2: break in Ljubljana city centre. Pic 3:
participants are watching a three-dimensional film about the
history of Ljubljana. |
The participating guest-teams from Denmark, Germany, Norway
and Romania (from left to right). |
Building of Kapela Primary School (pic 1), the beautiful
environment of the school (pic 2) and all the participants
of the workshop in Slovenia (pic 3). |
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Tatjana Persa and Andreja Strmsek presenting the schools'
work with pupils with special needs (pic 1 and 2). Arnstein
giving a final summary of the Comenius workshop in Slovenia
(pic 3). We say "Thank you very
much!" to the lovely slovenian pupils (pic
4).
"Anastazija (pic 5),
you and your team, you showed to us in so few days
so many different and very interesting aspect of Slovenian
school, education, learning methods, strategies and culture.
The time together with you was marvelous!" |
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November 2010: publishing the 1st newsletter
(click picture for download)
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1st mobility:
21st - 25th September 2010:
project meeting at Tollose Centalskole, Denmark |
Arnstein, coordinator of the project, giving a common
introduction to the projects' issues at Tollose school.
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[from left to right:] Marianne (headmistress) giving a
presentation of Tollose school. Yvonne (deputy headmistress)
speaking about the Danish National Curriculum. Thomas explaining
IT-based national tests. Hanne and Dorthe giving an
introduction in Tollose schools' work with evaluation in
litearacy and numeracy. |
Cultural event: Visit at St. Laurentil church, Roskilde Cathedral
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Workshops at Tollose school: "How to teach pupils with
dyslexia" (pic 1/2) and "Cooperative Learning" (pic 3/4) |
"Numeracy skills in grade 5 - assessment in the classroom" (pic
1) and "the Library as a learning center" (pic 2/3/4)
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Visit to Danmarks Pædagogiske Universitetsskole (DPU). Dean
Lars Qvortrup speakiing about The professional teacher (pic
2). Associate Professor Peter Allerup explaining the
assessment and evaluation in Denmark with special attention
to TIMSS (pic 3).
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Cultural event: guided Canel tour at Copenhagen
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Lisbeth Moltzen, member of the Community Board explaining
the system of school organization in the communiuty of
Holbaek (pic 1). The participants of the first Comenius
project meeting in front of Holbaek town hall (pic 2).
We say "Thank you very much" to
Marianne, Yvonne and the danish teachers for this great
first meeting at Holbaek and Tollose. Marianne and Yvonne,
you did a great job!!! |
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31st January - 4th February 2010:
preparatory visit of the planning staff at Brumunddal /
Norway |
Sun, 31st January 2010
All of us had been very excited – today the first
headmasters meeting of five European schools to prepare
“Improving literacy and numeracy skills” in
Norway
started. Marianne and Yvonne (headmaster and deputy
headmaster of Tollose school /
Denmark), Mihaela (school
nr.2 Independenta / Romania), Anastazija (OS Kapela / Slovenia) and
Markus (Grundschule Baiersdorf / Germany) met at Arnsteins home.
Arnstein, headmaster of Morkved skole Brumunddal and project
coordinator, had prepared a very warm welcome and a
delicious dinner. We had great discussions on our
expectations and project ideas.
Mon, 1st February 2010
Early in the morning we drove to Morkved skole. All of us
were very impressed, when we visited some lessons at school.
Arnstein and his teachers presented to us “classroom in
action” a special teaching method used at Morkved skole. We
could see the schools’ library and visit the department for
pupils with special needs. Morkved skole has special
training courses for those pupils and tries to integrate
them as often as possible in regular classes. After a short
break pupils invited us to the gymnastic hall for a show. In
the afternoon we had a beautiful trip by car to Harahorn, a
very nice traditional Norwegian Hotel, situated in the
mountain area.
pictures:
planning staff in front of Morkved skole Brumunddal (pic 1), Arnstein in headmasters’ office
(pic 2),
pupils working on literacy (pic 3/4)
Tue, 2nd February 2010
After breakfast at Harahorn hotel, we had the first workshop
on the project program. We discussed and expressed the
objectives of our project:
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to improve the schools’ methods for early learners education
in literacy and numeracy
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to develop better learning strategies based on good
practices
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to improve the schools’ work with assessment in literacy and
numeracy education
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to promote intercultural competences and knowledge for
pupils and teachers
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to achieve better learning outcomes for the pupils in a
longterm perspective
In the afternoon we established the responsibilities of each
school during the project period and choose cultural events,
that accompany our project aims best. In early evening we
took a sleigh ride in the snow.
pictures: Harahorn Hotel (pic 1),
dinner at Harahorn Hotel (pic 2), planning staff
(pic 3),
sleigh ride in the snow (pic 4), ...
some of us expected to
see an elk (pic 5)
Wed, 3rd February 2010
In the morning we worked on the application for our
“literacy and numeracy” project. We were very lucky, that
Alf from Ringsaker Kommune was with us, because he helped us
in a very effective and goal-orientated way to find accurate
formulations. We discussed the topics of our project
meetings and what has to be done between the meetings at
local and common level in our schools. Late afternoon we
went back to Brumunddal. Some of us were very excited
because of the snow flurry on the road, others expected to
see an elk (a moose). “Back home” to Brumunddal, we had a
final meeting at Rica Hotel to reflect our intensive work we
did.
Thu, 4th February 2010
It’s time to say good bye. We went back to our home
countries with a lot of impressions and ideas. Everyone is
very curious about the first teachers meeting in
Denmark
in September 2010.
“Thank you very much” to Arnstein and Alf
for the hospitality and of course for the great preparatory
work you did.
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