This project intents to encourage the pupils to express their opinion about school and social reality. Through the project the pupils will have the opportunity to suggest solutions for a better situation in school, as well as in the society. The pupils will discuss different topics, as history and traditions of the countries, that will take part in the project, health, environment and ecology, violence at school, etc.

The conclusions will be published in the "on line school magazine" in mother language of all partners and in English. There will be a chance, during the project, for the pupils of all schools to compare different solutions, from different countries, for the same problems and situations. The pupils will find differences and similarities between these countries and become more open-minded.

As a consequence of all these will appear and develop the European dimension of education, through the experience of education in different European countries, that will take part in this project.

About us

We are a primary school with about 750 pupils from 7 to 15 years old. Our school is situated in Frydek-Mistek, the town in the north of Moravia-Silesian region. The north Moravia is known as an industial area with black coal mines and metallurgical industry.

We have 18 classes for the first grade and 15 classes for the second grade.

From 1997 we work with our younger pupils in a programme "Step by step". Nowadays we have 10 classes, we collect experiences. We would like to provide this idea of cooperation for more pupils.

On the other hand we would like to "pull down" the imaginary borders between the European countries - especially in our pupils' parents' thinking and thus let the coming generation know that Europe will provide the possibility of self-realization for each individual.

We would like to make students aware that they belong to a wider community - national and international - by providing opportunities to communicate and share ideas and experience with colleagues from European countries.

Objectives & outcomes:

• develop foreign languages and communication skills
• increase interest in other cultures (by using interesting materials and experiences using communication technologies, the Internet)
• through the project our pupils will have the opportunity to deal with different topics as history, habits, ecology, health, environment, geography and traditions of the countries that will take part in this project
• respect cultural differencies
• form communicative, tolerant European citizenship
• develop interschool cooperation
• increase the mutual understanding and solidarity among all European people
• teachers' meetings will help to examine the situation in each country, exchange experiences, evaluate the project work in each school collectively
• the project groups will be formed of both male and female pupils

We hope that taking part in the project enrich the arsenal of our teaching methods and the work effectivity increases.

Some of the positive items obtained during the project will be included into the general educational plans.

In order to enrich pupils' education, we have clubs and afterschool activities. We teach not only all obligatory subjects, moreover the pupils can choose voluntarily subjects corresponding with their choice.

Children often take part in various competitions, sport matches, etc. We provide education to handicapped pupils, we support their integration.

As it is our policy to offer equal opportunities to all of our students and to avoid any discrimination we will ensure that the above mentioned pupils will participate to the project if they express they wish to do so.