School and Family

European Label Award Ceremony

2010-03-23T07:40:00.005+02:00

European Label 2009

2010-02-28T12:17:00.001+02:00

Our project has been awarded the certificate "European Label 2009"

Conference Feedbacks from Estonia

2009-09-10T21:35:00.003+03:00

Conference in Rumania

I will never forget the visit to Rumania because these days were amazing. It was very useful- I could use my English. I made so many new friends, all of them were kind, funny and friendly. We did many things together at the conference and I enjoyed it. I’m going to miss everybody, especially Oana, who is one of the kindest person I’ve ever met. The Trip to Maramures was interesting. We could see the life in prison and we visited museums. I really didn’t want to leave – the tears started to fall. I hope I can see my friends again in the future.
Special thanks to everyone in that project.

Silva Joessar

These were useful five days that I spent at the conference in Romania. I’m really happy for the opportunity to be there. I want to thank my family and Mrs Mariana. The conference was really awesome, special for me. I enjoyed the trip to Maramures county, it was wonderful to see the great nature. I’m glad that I was improving my skills in English. The festive dinner was amazing with folk dances. I had such a great time in Baia Mare. Thank you again for the opportunity.

Juhan Taalik

This trip to the conference in Romania was a great chance to improve my English, work together and make new friends. It was the first time in my life I had to stay in front of so many people and present our ideas about the project. I made a lot of new friends. I stayed at Dan’s place and I was surprised what a beautiful home they had. His family was very friendly and kind. The festive dinner was pretty with folk dancers. We had a lot of fun there with our new friends. The Romanian girls are so beautiful. The weather could have been better but I had a great time anyway.

Siim Asperk

I think this experience has changed me a lot. Now my English is much better, I found new things about Romania and I love Romanian people, they are warm and friendly.
The conference was very useful for me. I learned a lot of new things – I didn’t know much about immigration. I really liked the Turkish boys singing and showing the film. Making the business plan was cool and the presentation. The festive dinner was nice, the dancers were great and food was interesting .The trip to Maramures county showed me how beautiful is Romania. I’m missing the people I met there. Thanks for everything! I hope I can come to Romania some day.

Liis Lillestik

These days in Baia Mare have been great. I have learned a lot of new things and I’m thankful for the knowledge I gained. I have made a lot of friends and had a great time. I think this experience will be useful in the future. I’m happy that I took part in the project.

Marii Sernjuk

The trip to Romania was amazing. Everything was really well organised and everybody was friendly. The conference was so useful. It was really interesting to hear about immigration problems in other countries. These problems are everywhere. I liked the group work where we made a business plan. On our last day we had a wonderful opportunity to have a look at different places in the county of Maramures. I want to thank my family. They were so nice and friendly with me. I would like to thank Mariana who was so nice with us and found time to talk to everyone. She has so much energy and had organised a super conference. I honour her so much.

Terje Vandmann

Photos Conference

2009-06-06T21:55:00.002+03:00

Conference Feedback

2009-06-06T09:26:00.001+03:00

Feedbacks Conference

1. I am extremely happy that I got the chance to be in this project. It was amazing!
I could talk with people from other countries, not only in English , but also in French. I made good friends here and I hope I will keep in touch with them.
Also, the subject of the project is really interesting. I could hear some really interesting things about other countries. I’m really grateful for this opportunity.
Ewa Wojtarowicz
Poland

2. I didn’t just like this experience. I simply loved it! I enjoyed every moment and I felt that for three days I lived in another world, a better one. Just imagine what would happen if this kind of activity develop every single day in various countries. I think that the people would be more tolerant and friendlier.
At the festive Dinner I felt I am a true socialite who does her best during the day for the society and when night comes she is rewarded with a lovely dinner. The atmosphere was wonderful and we all demonstrated how elegant we can be.
What I like most these days is the fact that I practiced my English and the fact that I’ve made two friends from Poland. I must confess that I’m pretty sad because the will soon leave.
Mara Butuza, Romania

3. Thank you very much. I am happy I came to Baia Mare. You are a very good organizer. Thank you for your kindness and hospitality.
I hope you will come to Bursa.
Anonymous

4. I liked this project because I met lots of new people and I have never had this kind of experience before. It has been a very good experience and English practice.
Anonymous

5. These 3 days have been a wonderful experience which I will never forget. The project also informed us about the immigrants in their countries.
The organization here is wonderful. I thank everyone who arranged this. The most important thing is that we met many friends from other countries. Here is so nice. Here is a good place.
Finally, see you in Turkey.Enver Kasli- Turkey, Bursa

6. I think that these days had been a wonderful opportunity for the students to communicate with other students from other countries. They learned about emigration problems in other countries and presented their own projects to the others.
Thank you for the very pleasant days.
Argo Niinemets,Estonia

7. It was a good experience to be here with the other groups of projects. We have a chance to meet different students and teachers so that was very good. And Mariana was very helpful and friendly to us. She was a very hardworking person. But you can think about the duration (time) of the meetings, sometimes we felt tired. But as a consequence everything was good.
Thank you very much.
Anonymous

8. All the activities that took place these days confirmed that all the participants made an excellent choice when attending the conference.
I’m so glad I made new friends and it’s amazing that all the different cultures just blended together like in a giant salad bowl.
I’ve learned how important immigration and emigration are in a country, also I’ve leant the importance of entrepreneurship, how to make a business plan, I’ve known myself better and my skills these days have materialized into the well-known motto; “UNITY IN DIVERSITY”
Dora Ghita, Romania

9. These days I improved my English skills and I have made new friends. We worked very well in international groups. We learned something about our foreign partners and we had a very good time together.
Marius Anitas, Romania

10. I think this experience has been wonderful for me. I have learnt many things. I got new friends. The personality test was very interesting because we could know who we are and it’s also important in choosing a career.
These three days have been amazing. I will never forget the time spent here, in Romania. All the students and teachers are kind and friendly.
I’m waiting forward to the trip tomorrow.
So, it’s brilliant! J
Anonymous

11. I’m sure that being part of this project was the best thing ever because it is an unforgettable experience.
I’m happy because now I have a new friend from Estonia, she’s so sweet.
I will not regret that I made this choice.
Anonymous

12. I liked these days when I was in Baia Mare. I made lots of new friends and I got very interesting stuff to know….
Anonymous

13. I liked very much these days because we spent a lot of time with our friends from the other countries; we practiced our English a lot; we enlarged our cultural background and so on…
Andrada Les,Romania

14. I think that the project was very beneficial because we got the opportunity to make friends and slowly discover their culture. I found it interesting to work in groups because we exchanged ideas, we got really close to one another and managed to do a really good job. Who said people from different countries can’t work together in groups? Well, he was definitely wrong because today is a proof that as long as we give some interest we can obtain everything we want.
Paula Nemeth, Romania

15. We liked this project a lot because exchange in English with so many people helps us to learn about different cultures and we think that it’s very interesting. More than that, we improved our English.
Lea and Julie, France

16. These special and interesting days made me feel happy to be in this project.
The people are very friendly and now they are my good friends.
I have also improved my English skills.
Ovidiu Craciun, Romania

17. These days were very special and beautiful for me. I’m very happy because I had the opportunity to be part in this project. I met new friends from different countries. The people are very friendly and amazing.
I want to thank Ms. Hudrea for giving me this opportunity.
Dan Tecar, Romania

18. These two days have been great. I have learnt a lot of new things and I am thankful for the knowledge gained. I have made a lot of new friends and had a great time. I think this experience will be useful for me in the future. I am happy I took part in the project.
Marii Sernjuk, Estonia

19. Of these 3 days, actually 2 days, I’ve learnt a lot. I didn’t know that the immigration problem is so big. It is even in our country .
It was really nice to talk and meet with people in other country. And they all were so friendly and talkfull. I really liked this conference.
I want to thank Mariana Hudrea too. If it weren’t her, we wouldn’t have had that kind of meeting and travelling.
Terje from Estonia

20. It’s nice to meet lots of people from different countries. They are really loving and friendly. All they have beautiful languages. I love my roommateJ. She is really-really awesomeJ
Anonymous

21.For me the most important thing was that in a room we are 7 different nationalities and we have integrated.
David, Romania

22.The last three days were some great days because I had the chance to know so many people. When I say people I’m not necessarily referring to the foreigners. This reunion helped us improve the relationship between us and between other countries. It also helped us to discover other cultures, different people, to improve our English skills, our ability to socialize and our capacities to develop a Business plan. Thank you for being so nice.
Cristina Surducan, Romania

23. These special days made me feel happy; happy to interact with such great people from all over Europe. Friendly, interesting and amazing people made my days special. I want to thank Ms. Hudrea for the opportunity she gave me to participate in this conference with such great people.
Catalin Popan, Romania

24. These projects were truly a unique experience and as seen in the video from France and compared with our activities these were different and similar at the same time. I would have really enjoyed if all the teams could have remained until Saturday. Otherwise just words of hailing of the events, the festive party really proved the motto “Unity in Diversity”.
Bohony Patrick, Romania

25. In the last three days every team worked hard to present themselves properly. In the case of an international project I can now clearly say that communication is really necessary.
Getting past the nervousness of presenting a project I can say that “Unity in Diversity” really exists in Europe because 7 countries brought a little bit of culture at this “multicultural dish”.
Paul Craciun, Romania
26. These days were the most wonderful days I had this year.
I think I had a wonderful opportunity to practice my English skills and meet new people from so many different countries.
I just wanna say thanks to Mariana Hudrea.
Anonymous

27.It was interesting to see how young people think about immigration problems and very good to know that the future is in their hands and they can /want to solve these problems.
Thank you , Mariana.
Excellent work.
Maris Laats, Estonia

28. I liked very much to b in Romania . I made a lot of new friends. I’m very glad that I could take part in this project.
Siim Asperk, Estonia

29. This experience was awesome for me. These days were not only different, but I found out new things about other cultures, customs, traditions, opinions. I loved the fact that we worked together; we shared our opinions; we realized that we aren’t so different; that we have same preoccupations, opinions.
This opportunity to participate in these projects made me more ambitious, more curious about what’s happening around me.
Also, the idea of hosting or guiding is awesome, because when you host a foreigner, you see his country, culture through him. Thank you.
Xanta Lukacsovits, Romania

30. Extraordinary…these is the word for this experience. I love it! I didn’t expect that these days would be so full of surprises.I discovered new things, new mentalities and new ideas. I made firneds and I spent a great time with them.
I am very sorry I couldn’t host everyone.
I hope I will participate in this kind of activities in the future.
Anonymous

31. I would like to begin by thanking Ms. Hudrea for inviting me to this conference and for making it possible for me to take part in these activities which I enjoyed to the fullest. During these days I have learnt many interesting things which I am sure I will use in the future, I could connect and have fun with teenagers from other European countries. I have also practiced my language skills by speaking English and Italian as well.
The only thing I did not like was that in a very short period of time we learnt many new pieces of information and it started to become a little bit hard for me to concentrate.
However, this conference was a great experience for me which helped me get to know myself and others better, practice the skills I possess and develop new ones and also enjoy myself.
This is one of the great experiences which I will always remember and cherish.
Paula Ghete , Romania

32. The conference activities were successful; all the participants showed great involvement and enthusiasm. They shared common experiences, improved their language skills and group work abilities. Congratulations for the organization to Mrs. Mariana Hudrea!
Anonymous

33. These days I felt very good in Baia Mare at this conference and I have made a lot of friends and all of us felt like a community. Although we, the team of Italy, were too young for this meeting , we had a very good time with the other students.
Mihaila Iulian, Italy

34. This kind of experience is a part of the best side of life. I think at least once in life a man must do this experience where he meets people of different countries of the world.
The workshop of today was very interesting and I could learn some English. I am 3 years younger than the other boys and girls, but I could meet some friends. I am happy for this experience and I hope to experience it again some other time in the future.
Luca Zancarli, Italy

35. I think it was a wonderful time together with different cultures… It was so interesting and I spoke so much English than never in my life… I learnt so much about immigration and other peoples…
Thank you for this incredible time
Ema, Romania

36. I enjoyed these days and I could learn a lot of new things. I could meet new friends and made new friendship. The final workshop was very interesting and I hope we can do this experience again.
Lorenzo De Giuli, Italy

37. I think that the conference helped all people to learn and meet new culture and language. For me the workshop was interesting because people of different culture worked together here and made fantastic products. This week I leant more English than in three years of school.
Elena, Italy

38. I have leant so much in this experience.
I have improved my English, leant some Romanian and I leant about the situation of emigration in other countries.
I can’t find a defect in this experience.
Omar Bakush, Italy

39. For me this conference was useful because I found out a lot of new things about different countries and I could realize that working with other students from other countries is not as difficult as I believed. More than that, I could realize that even though we are physically different, we all behave in the same way. This is the first time I took part in this project and I am really satisfied, but really satisfied. I made new friends, I met a lot of nice persons and this experience will remain always in my mind. I would like to thank to all the organizers for this wonderful conference.
Anonymous

40. I think these days were the best days that I spent in school. This project managed to guide me in my future and made me realize that work is very important to success. I hosted three girls and spent a great time together and we exchanged impressions and lernt many things about their cultural background. All these things made me realize that life is hard and we have to work hard if we want to make it easy.
Florina Fanea, Romania

41. It has been a beneficial thing for us to work together in the same subject. And I was happy to set up a company. I leant lots of things about how to set up a company or how to make a project. And I see that if we want, we will be rich with some of our friends. And I think that is all.
Ali Emre, Turkey

42. These three days were wonderful for me because I made some new very good friends and I hope that we will keep in touch. Also I learned some different things about other countries and about their culture.
My guest Juhan Taalik is a really nice boy . I hope we will keep in touch!
Pintea Razvan , Romania

43. First of all I want to say that this project was the most interesting one because we learnt new things about globalization and also how to work in teams (international teams). I want to mention that here I met a lot of friendly people and I saw how organized we were. Also I’m very happy that I took part in this conference and these days were very useful for me because I improved my English.
Silvia Pricope, Romania

44. I think this is the best conference and the best project I have been involved in.
I enjoyed it a lot, I met a lot of special people and I had the experience of hosting two girls with different cultural background and nationality, but who will be my partners in a new friendship.
These days, while the project was developing, I had a lesson of life, in a friendly atmosphere.
Thank you, participants, organizers and the European Commission for offering us this opportunity.
Roxana Serba, Romania

45. First of all I have to mention that I am very proud for participating in this international conference. It has been an honour for me to take part in it and meet so many people from different countries. These days were very useful, especially for practising our English and learning to succeed in life, how to make a business plan.
I want to thank Ms. Hudrea for the opportunity she gave to me.
Andreea Coman, Romania

46. Thank you for organizing such a wonderful conference, so useful for all of us and a nice example how to handle and cope with so many different people.
These days have given us the possibility to share ideas, make new friends, and learn from each other. Wonderful days for students to meet different nationalities, make friends with them, use English in real situations, and learn how to work in a team.
For teachers who don’t use English everyday it gives a nice possibility to practise their skills.
Paivi Aljamaa, Estonia

47. I am so glad to be here. I can say I enjoy every minute of the conference. Each day I get to know more and more students from different countries. That’s what I like most. Everybody has made a great effort today trying to make a business plan. These activities are very useful and instructive. I think that we can benefit from them in the future.
Aleksandra Bielawska, Poland

48. First of all I want to thank you for your organization. You (Mariana) are a very good organizer.
And I enjoyed being with you. Thank you for your hospitality and your students are friendly, clever, and brilliant. My students and your students got close in a short time. I believe they will be good friends for a long time.
If they can do successful works, I believe they will do everything in the future.
And I want to thank your colleagues Simona, Flavia and other friends of yours.
To conclude, it is a good experience for me and it was nice.
Thank you very much. Congratulations!
See you in Bursa.
Suayip Kukukbasol

Feedback, Till

2009-06-04T06:36:00.000+03:00

Dear all,
Back home, I would like to thank Mariana once again for the perfect organization of this wonderful conference. I would also like to thank everybody for the contributions they made to make the meeting a great success. We enjoyed ourselves very much and went home with a load of new experiences. It was great for me to meet all the teachers again and to have so many interesting conversations. I think the students did a great job and participated very well. They really tried to make it their own meeting!On behalf of the German team I want to express our gratitude especially to Theodor Marton and his students for the excellent presentation about the topic of German immigrants to Romania. That was really interesting and a very nice idea.
Best regardsTill Winkler

Feedback, Beverley

2009-06-04T06:35:00.001+03:00

I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed attending the conference and the trip yesterday. I would like to thank Ms Hudrea for inviting me to be the guest speaker and participate in the conference.The conference was a valuable learning experience for me. I heard some very good ideas and saw some excellent presentations. Congratulations to everyone.I enjoyed meeting everyone from all the different countries and was so impressed how everyone worked together on the business plan workshop.It was a great pleasure for me to be there with you and be a part of such a successful conference.
My Best Wishes to Everyone
Beverley Killeen

Feedback Petruta

2009-06-04T06:20:00.001+03:00

I want to start by congratulating all the participants for the effort and for the hard work they put into the project. Every single presentation was special and important for us. In the first place we’ve practiced our English and social skills. We have realized the importance of the 8 key competences for a better integration on the labor market. To be honest, I never thought that a project reunion can be so interesting and so full of special events. What I liked the most was the fact that the activities were combined. Serious activities, I mean that all the participants presented their work with relaxing activities like the festive dinner, in which we could speak with each other and discover new mentalities and new lifestyles. It was very nice that during the lunch breaks we all went to eat together. We managed to find out new things about other cultures and we’ve made a lot of friends. I want to thank everyone for being so nice and so open, for me it was a lot better that I expected.I felt like we were all part of a big family, like we’ve met a long time ago and now we are good friends. The atmosphere was relaxed. I liked because I didn’t feel like I was at a conference where everybody is serious, I felt like I was among friends and I liked that everyone smiled. In the same time we found out the problems that immigrants face when they are moving to another country. They have a lot of problems and we have to do our best in order to help them to integrate better. We also found out that the relationship between parents, children and school is very important. My relationship with my parents it’s a good one, I’m lucky from this point of view. I was very surprised to notice that despite the differences that exist between us we have a lot of things in common. For example a girl from Germany said that our national costume is very similar with their costume. We have the same age, the same objectives in life and the same problems. It was the most beautiful experience that I had in my life so far, and I would never forget these days. Thank you for that! And I want to thank Ms. Hudrea from my heart because she invited us to take part in this special event. Without her I would not have lived these moments unforgettable. Thank you! Boga Petruta 11E

Feedback from Estonia

2009-06-04T06:16:00.001+03:00

Estonian team is happily at home after a long trip. We all thank you and everybody who helped to organise the memorable conference. You had done such an amazing work. Everything was well planned. It was great to listen to other projects too. All the presentations gave us something new and valuable. Our students were so excited to do group work with new friends from different countries and give their little contribution to the business plans. The festive dinner was super with the national music and dance group. The trip was so exciting as most of our students and two teachers were in the mountains for the first time in their life.The young dancers in a village school were so lovely. We enjoyed their performance so much.We all made new friends and it was pitty to leave. Our students say they would have liked to stay in Romania because people were nice and friendly. We all were happy to practice our English. All the students say they have even started to think in English. We reached home at 3 at night but students say they were so eager to share their impression with their families nevertheless they had to be at school in the morning as they have to take their first exam on June 4. I have met some of their parents and they would like to thank you and the families who made the students' stay in Baia Mare unforgettable.The project made us to look and think about school and family issues and our teacher realise how important is that students and their families were our partners in the project. Once again, thank you for being a wonderful partner and organiser of our project and conference and a dear friend.

With all the best wishes,

Paivi Aljamaa and Estonian team

Project Reunion and Conference

2009-05-25T06:28:00.001+03:00

On 27-30 May we organize the International Conference on Key Competences - Globalization and Labour Market Integration.
126 participants from Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania and Turkey will take part in it.
The activities will be organized at Petre Dulfu County Library and the Mara Hotel.
On Saturday a sightseeing tour of Maramures will offer the participants the opportunity to discover the spiritual and natural beauties of the people from this part of Europe.

Dissemination activity

2008-12-11T07:23:00.000+02:00

TL+ Baia Mare
December 10th
"Esential educatia"
Moderator:
Camelia Rus
Participants:
Mariana Hudrea
Ioan Tiplea
Adrian Andreica

Nadaline, 14 octoober, 2008

2008-11-29T19:52:00.002+02:00

Last year from November 13-17 Kaiu Basic school headmaster Maris Lääts, English teacher Päivi Aljamaa and 9th grade student Anar Pajula were in Baia Mare, Rumania at the Comenius project „Higher quality in education with family support“ first meeting.

On May 21-24 Maris Lääts, Päivi Aljamaa and 7th grade students Marian Mäeots and Silje Vokksepp took part in the second meeting in Usak, Turkey.

On October 8- 12 Turkish and Rumanian partners came here to Estonia.
The project issue “Higher quality in education with family support” connects three different countries with the same problem. As all three schools are situated in the area with not enough employment, so lots of parents are forced to look for a job outside the quarters, in bigger centres of their country or even abroad. That kind of situation decreases family influence on their children’s growing. In cooperation with partner schools there are tried to be found different possibilities and exchange experiences which can help school and family collaboration and better understanding.

Kaiu Basic School partners are Mihai Eminescu National College in Baia Mare, Rumania and Õzel Üftade Lisesi in Usak, Turkey.
During the days in Romania, they worked out questionnaires for students, teachers and parents and in the same time they learned the local life.

The project coordinator Päivi Aljamaa was amazed by the activity of Romanian students and their good English. At the very moment Aljamaa praised Anar Pajula, who was in Romania and the girls in Turkey, that they managed with the representation about their country and school very well and they took actively part in making up questionnaires.

During the second reunion meeting in Turkey they looked over the project unified results. They tried to come around, why they are different in some parts and what are similar problems in schools which are far away from each other.

Each school divided their successful cooperation experiences between home and school. The VII ( now in VIII) class student Silje Vokksepp was capable to report in English her working team opinion and Kaiu Basic School is happy that 13-14 year old students can already manage in foreign language environment.

After the meeting activities they familiarized with Õzel Üftade Lisesi new hostel-private school , which is very valued by parents for its strict disciplinary and good academic results.

Also the school achievements in school-family cooperation as well as strategies for the future were introduced in Kaiu.

The Romanian and Turkish partners were impressed by the e-school system. Romanian teacher Laura Ilinca Szebeni said honestly, that came to Kaiu with a prejudice of a little country school, but she was compelled to modify her assessment. "Such system is a very good example for Romanian schools," she was sure. Another Romanian teacher Mariana Gabriela Hudrea noticed that the learners’ and the teachers’ relationship has a big family feeling. Differentially from her own school, Romanian teacher noticed, that we have more extracurricular activities.

The Turkish teacher Cumhur Kilicoqlu was also worried by a little prejudice. Before the travel he thought that only Turkey has such hospitality. "Estonians are friendly, kind and sincere," he found.
All the three countries are very thankful for the European Union, which supports this Comenius project.

The project gives students a chance to find out more about other countries and people and gives them a chance to be in this project, what hopes to make schools and families have better cooperation.

All students who are in this program, think that it is necessary to know foreign languages. You can understand how important is learning languages when you have to communicate with foreigners. The project teaches students to see these problems, what you often do not see and teach them to understand problems like teachers and parents do.

During the program, students were able to talk about their opinion about issues connected with the project.

As the students from Turkey and Romania stayed in our students’ homes, the hosts and guests were able to learn new things about their countries.

Memories- Estonia - Project Meeting

2008-11-27T19:33:00.002+02:00

Everything started on a fine autumn day when my parents saw me off to the Mineralogy Museum from where we set out to Budapest. It was a new experience which made my heart throb.
Together with my teachers, Mariana Hudrea and Laura Szebeni, we started our journey towards the unknown: Estonia.
The journey to Budapest seemed to be very short because I could only think of my first flight.
I learned very quickly, what you should do once you want to board a plane.
Then we boarded on a plane belonging to the Czech Airlines. It was an elegant, big plane which fascinated me over since I set foot on it. And then I started to feel excited, the plane was talking off. We were flying over Budapest at night; we could see the multicoloured lights of the city.
After an hour’s flight we got to Prague where we had to wait for the plane to Tallinn. The airport in Prague was huge with many terminals, luxury stores looking like any airport of an important capital city. Then we took the next plane to our final destination.
After two hours flight we landed in Tallinn. I was excited because I was looking forward to seeing my friend Anar. He was waiting for me together his father and his teacher Paivi, who coordinated the project in Estonia.
An hour later I’ve got to the village of Kaiu where Anar and his family lived. I met his mother who welcomed me with much joy and hospitality. Because it was very late and it was very tired, I went to bed. The next day we were to start working with our project partners.
We woke up at 9 o’clock and we went to the local school. It was a beautiful school with modern sports facilities. We were invited to a school festival where they presented traditional dancing and songs representative for their culture. After the festival they showed us their school and in the afternoon we took part in the project reunion. There we met the Turkish team who were friendly and nice, the same as the Estonian people. Our teacher of English, Mrs. Mariana Hudrea, led the meeting. The topic of the project was interesting because every one could talk about school and family. In the evening all danced and celebrated together with the school students. We had a lot of fun and I made a lot of friends.
In the morning we took part in two school activities. We were invited to two classes: Maths and English. The English class was very attractive. Every student in the project talked about the school system in their country and we also discussed about school in general.
We had lunch at school canteen where we ate fish which was very well cooked followed by good yoghurt. Than we visited the Village Hall where we received souvenirs from the Mayor and we saw a film about the activities in the village. We went back to school where a press conference was organised. The Romanian teachers were outstanding.
After the press conference was over we visited a small museum in a village neighbouring Kaiu, where they presented us traditional tools used in different historical periods. In the evening we played football on the school with all boys in project.
The next day we visited Tallinn the capital of Estonia. It is a very big city with an important historical centre with many churches and historical monuments. After long tour of the city we ate an elegant restaurant in the city centre.
In the morning we started on our way home.
I returned home very happy as a wing to this project trip proved to be a real life experience. I made new friends and I had the opportunity to get to know something about the culture of this civilised and friendly people.
Trough this I am expressing my gratitude the towards the teachers who offered me this chance!
O am looking forward to meeting my Estonian friends in Romania, in May 2009.

Baia Mare November 2nd 2008
Dan Tecar XC

Dissemination activities in Estonia

2008-10-29T20:58:00.004+02:00

Monday, October 27th,:
Presentation of the project to the English teachers of the Rapla County.
They found it very useful for our school life.

Wednesday, October 29th:
Staff meeting at Kaiu school .
Presentation of the results of the project reunion and the feedback from teachers and students.

Paivi Aljamaa
Project coordinator

Results of the students' workshop (Kaiu, Oct. 2008)

2008-10-29T20:56:00.000+02:00

1.What can your parents do to help you to become successful in the future ?

They help us with our homework, they inspire us to learn well at school, so in the future we won’t have problems to find a good job. We think that every parent wants their child to have a good education and that they will learn in college.

They can give us some advice. They can support us with money.

They can choose a good school for their kids. Help them with their homework. The parents have to care about their kid’s marks. Parents have to support their children’s hobbies.

They can support me, give me advice, explain what is the best for me, material support (money, clothes, food, school things, computers, cellphones etc.). They should discuss issues with their children.

2. How should your parents work together with your school?

They should come to class meetings. They should care about their children marks and behaviour at school. They should take part in events and definitely take part in development talks.

They should go to school at least once a month, because they have to discuss school problems with teachers. Parents should be talking to me about school every day.

They should take part of meetings where teachers and parents discuss school life. Parents should give their opinion about school. If parents think something is wrong at school they should talk about the problems and fix them.

They should go to parents’ meeting at school. They get information from e-school. They can go to the theatre with students. They can watch their children learning progress in Open- Doors day and they can watch sport days etc.

3. How can your teachers help you to become successful in your future?

Every teacher should teach their subject well and if we don’t understand, they should make it understandable.

Teachers should be friendly and they should teach us well.

They should try to give students good education. Teachers should organise class meetings, after the meetings there could be a coffee table for the parents and the teachers so they can learn to know each other.
The teachers could organise concerts for the parents where the kids are performing and showing the parents what they have learned.

Teachers should help students, when they have problems. They should listen to their opinion, give advice where you should go after a basic or high-school and what you are good at. Teachers can organise projects, what helps us to understand the world and inspire us.

Students' Feedback

2008-10-28T18:42:00.002+02:00

I have very good memories about how the children danced and sang at the welcome concert. I also liked the way how the project teams worked together. We discussed very important things connected with school- parents and students and we found good answers for all the questions.Especially I’m very happy about the opportunity to meet my good friend Danand new friends from Turkey. These three days were just great! We worked a lot and enjoyed the time together.
Anar Pajula. 16

I think it’s really exciting and interesting to hear other students’ opinions. I also hope that it will inspire me. The most exciting thing about that project is the people are from different countries and share opinions And of course I can make new friends, too.
The first day was a little bit boring because I was tired and in my own world. The coolest thing was when the Romanian and Turkish boys came to our lessons. I think the boys are really cool and intelligent.
Gerttu Kimberg 15

I had very good time in the project. When we watched the Romanian and Turkish presentations about their countries I realised that Estonia isn't the only beautiful country in the world. I really loved to see Turkish architecture and Romanian nature and castles. I am very happy to make new friends from Turkey and Romania. One thing is amazing too, how great Turkish and Romanian boys are at math. I really enjoyed that project because it makes us think about the problems we don’t pay attention every day but which are so important for our everyday life and future. I'm looking forward to going to Romania.
Juhan Taalik 15

I think these two days were very interesting. Yesterday the concert was beautiful. In the evening we went to a disco. It was very cool.Today we had lots of fun when we discussed the problems about school and family. Our new friends from Turkey and Romania are so friendly and nice. This is project is very useful because it’s connected with our real life.Keterin Kahl 13
I like this project because it’s very good to discuss problems together. Everybody is very kind and friendly. The first day was a little bit boring because I didn’t understand everything – new voices, different vocabulary. It took me some time to get accustomed to new speakers but I really enjoyed our team work next day. I like that we can meet people from aboard. The concert and disco were also great.
Lisette Pajula 13

The most interesting thing was when I first met the boys from Romania and Turkey. They were very friendly. The second day was really great and hardworking. I liked working in a group and I hope the results will be good and useful for us, our school and parents. The disco was fun and great. I hope the boys had great days with us. Sometimes we didn’t understand each other but anyway we managed to discuss all the problems with body language and smiles.
Marian Mäeots 14

In my opinion this project is very important and interesting because I saw how it is in our families. I liked very much flying by plane because it was the first time for me and I was very nervous because I was a bit scared. I'm making very many friends here. Kaiu School is very beautiful and the teachers are very friendly with the students. I liked very much the concert because I saw the folkdance tradition in Estonia. I would like to stay here because life is very interesting here.
Dan Tecar, Romanian team.

In my opinion this project is very important. This project is very useful and interesting. I came from Turkey and I saw very different places, different people and different culture. Here are the people, the culture and the buildings very different. I've spent a lot of time with friendly people in here. I love Estonia, Estonian people and meals. The organization is very good. Thanks a lot everybody.
Feyyez Selvi 16 Turkish Team

I really love this project. When our guests came, there was a little welcome concert. I liked it because I was one of the performers there. Our group work was very exciting and funny sometimes. It's good that we can develop our English here.I think the Turkish and Romanian students are very friendly. One big plus is we get new friend here. And I think today is more interesting than yesterday. Our group work is better and more efficient than yesterday. It's a great project!
Merily Viiron 14

I like the project because it's a great way to meet new friends and it'snice to have friends from other countries. I liked the disco as well and the project is very helpful for our future. It makes us think in more mature way.
Siim Asperk 16

I am very happy to be here. This organisation is very interesting and nice. I would stay here. Estonian people are very friendly. My host mother and host father are very hospitable.
Mustafa Oran 16 Turkish team.

I think that yesterday when we were in class we changed ideas and discussed the main problems between students, parents and teachers. But the meeting was a little bit boring. Today when we did group work it was so interesting. Turkish boys are very friendly but at the disco one Turkish boy danced and was very socialised but the another one was a little bit shy. The Romanian boy is very friendly, too. The disco was great but it's very sad they went home very early.
Silje Vokksepp 14

I think this project is interesting and useful. These two days have been different and hardworking. I have enjoyed the activities very much. People came here from Romania and Turkey. I’m happy to meet people from other countries. The first day started with a little welcome concert. After that we discussed project topics with all group. Last night we had a disco, it was great. I liked most to see new places and traditions about Romania and Turkey when we watched the presentations. I would really like to spend more time with our new friends.
Silva Jõessar 15

I really liked the past days because in our school there have never been Turkish and Romanian people. It is really good to meet people from different countries. I hope they like it too. I liked the concert because I like to sing. The boys from Turkey and Romania were very kind. I hope the boys will have good time in Estonia. I hope the project will be successful because these are problems so close to us.
Ülle Savi 14

I think that this project is very interesting and good. I think that yesterday wasn’t so funny as today. We didn’t do anything great. But today we speak each other a lot. Today I enjoyed the teamwork. Turkeys and Romanian boys and their teachers are very friendly and I like them. I like all the project, because we can speak a lot of English, discuss important problems and make new friends.
Sandra Linaste 13

I think this meeting was very exciting. It was so fun and nice to meet students from other countries. I just liked it very much!! The Turkish boys were so nice and pleasant. They were a bit shy but that wasn’t a problem. The Romanian boy was nice and pleasant too. The first day was very strange because we just met and we didn’t know what to talk or what to do. On the first day we had sessions and I liked them very much. At night we had a disco. It was cool. I really enjoyed it. But the Turkish boys didn’t want to dance, it made me feel sad. On the second day we did hard work. We had to write our opinion and ideas.For the end, I really liked to participate in this project. I liked the team work and I liked talking to those people and sharing ideas.
Terje Vandmann 15

I like this experience, because I can meet new people and I can speak and learn more English. It’s acute important to talk about family relationships. Family must get more information about their children’s school and support them. I also like it because it’s very interesting to find out new things about Turkey and Romania and it is very nice to find out how friendly and nice these people are.
Liis Lillestik 15

I think the project is very interesting and fun. First I like the fact that we can learn more about Turkish and Rumanian people, their culture and traditions. It is really great that we have guests from other countries in our school. All the students definitely liked the disco on the first day and working in groups and discussing the problems is cool too.
Marii Sernjuk 14

Back from Estonia - Laura

2008-10-17T12:37:00.002+03:00

It’s been almost a week since we came back from Estonia but only now I could put my memories together to write about this wonderful experience.
I must confess that at the beginning I didn’t know much about this country. I only knew that it had been part of the Soviet Union and that they speak Estonian (of course, due to Maris, Paivi and Anar who visited Romania, I could imagine that people are very nice and kind… but I couldn’t imagine that almost all of them have blue eyes!J)

When we arrived there, at first I was impressed by the civilization and the modernity of the capital, Tallinn. A big city with a lot of beautiful parks, with a combination of extremely modern buildings and old, historical ones, with calm people and good traffic.

Than I had the opportunity to visit Kaiu and I was impressed again: a village with beautiful villas, built with a lot of good taste, neat gardens, a village surrounded by forest: an extremely beautiful scenery, like in fairy-tales!
The visit to school brought us other nice surprises: little children expecting us all happy, in traditional costumes, pupils who performed like real artists, dancing and singing, friendly teachers: it was such a warm welcome!
When time for work came, students and teachers from all three countries: Estonia, Romania and Turkey, showed implication, responsibility and a strong will to work together as a team.

And when the journalists from the local newspaper came, they were all able to speak about the aims of the project, about the solutions and strategies that they proposed as a result of their team-work, about their concerns and hopes, about what being involved in such project means.
The program that the Estonians prepared for this project reunion was great, full of activities, visits related to the project theme (like the one to the Village Museum where we could see how families lived in the past), with opportunities for the Romanian and Turkish students to live in Estonian families for a few days and to see the relationship between family members.

In just a few days teenagers for three different countries became good friends and proved that different cultures can communicate without borders.

Thank you for all, dear Estonian friends!

Laura Szebeni

Project coordinator

Project Meeting in Estonia

2008-10-04T13:44:00.003+03:00

“Higher quality in education with family support”

Project Meeting

Kaiu Põhikool, Colegiul National “Mihai Eminescu” and Usak Özel Üftade Lisesi

Kaiu,

October 8th - 12th, 2008
Program

October 8th

21.40: Turkish team Arrival

October 9th

00.20- Romanian team Arrival
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October 9th
09.00

Teachers Taken to Kaiu1

9.15

All group: Welcome and a short concert from students

10.40

All group: Tour in the schoolhouse

11.00-13.00

All group
1st session - Presentation of the School Strategies for better involving parents in their children's education

13.00

All group: Lunch at school

13.30- 15.30

All group
2nd session- Content of the Conference
"Key Competences-Transversal Competences"(May 29th-31st 2009, Baia Mare, Romania)

16.00-17.30

All group: How has the family life and traditions changed in Estonian rural area from the past to now. Visit to Mahtra peasant museum (9km from Kaiu)

17.30

Teachers: Taken to Tallinn

19.00

Students: Disco at school

October 10th
08.00-10.00
Students: take part in the lessons

09.00

Teachers: Taken to Kaiu
10.15-13.00

All group

3rd session:

Teachers: Organization of the Conference and Website, e-school introduction
Students: Group work – School- Family relationship

13.00

All group: Lunch at school

13.30

All group: Economical and social situation in Kaiu parish influencing school –family – community relationship. Visit to the community mayor

14.30-16.00

All group

4th session: Evaluation of the Meeting – good and week points (in the presence of a newspaper reporter from the county newspaper NADALINE)

16.00

All groupKaiu – the village where we come from – short tour

17.00

Students: socializing in the families and making friends

Teachers: Possibilities for children and parents from antisocial and economically poor families – a visit to Maidla children’s home

18.00Teachers: Dinner in Nõmme Kõrts

19.30Teachers: Taken to Tallinn

October 11th

09.00

Students: Bus to Tallinn

10.00-11.00

Teachers: Meeting at the hotel

All group:

5th session: Evaluation of the reunion- personal feelings - benefits

11.30 – 14.00

All group: The students and teachers are offered the opportunity to get introduced to historical Old Tallinn – our background which influences our present in all fields of everyday life

14.00 – 15.00

All group: Lunch

15.00Turkish team: Taken to the airport

17.00 Departure from Tallinn

October 12th
04.35 Romanian team: Taken to the airport

06.35 Departure from Tallinn

Dissemination Activity- Flavia Costin

2008-10-04T13:37:00.001+03:00

Dear all,

I really have to share with you the wonderful experience I’ve had.
I was in Cluj today (actually I’ve just got home) at a Counseling Reunion for those involved in Comenius Projects. Our school was invited there to present the projects that are being caried out, together with other two high schools (Colegiul Tehnic de Industrie Alimentara Terezianum from Sibiu and Grup Scolar Industrial Emanuil Ungureanu, Timisoara).
I have to admit that I was very nervous in the beginning, but when I got there I became aware that our College is quite famous, due to the success of our projects.
I have to add that the presentation was of a real success, and everybody wanted to have a look at the few exhibits I managed to take with me, not to mention the fact that they were almost fighting to grab a leaflet of the projects (Higher quality in education with family support and Immigrants Past and Present; Towards Greater Integration?) or a copy of Borderline Magazine.
The lady from the “Inspectorat Scolar Cluj” was very enthusiastic and congratulated us, and shared with all the participants her impressions regarding the recent visit she made in our school. She pointed out the posters in the hallway ilustrating the projects, the way our students talked about the projects they were involved in, and the warm welcome they were received with. (She even remembered me, and I didn’t say that much then, you were the ones who were great, and I congratulated you for that )
So I must say that today, again, I felt very proud that I am a teacher in this school!

Well, that’s pretty much it! Thanks and goodnight!

Dissemination Activity RO

2008-09-26T20:36:00.002+03:00

On September 24th a group of 40 inspectors from the County School Inspectorates and Mrs. Marinica Stoian,inspector in the Romanian Ministry of Education, Reasearch and Youth , visited our school with the aim to find out about the international projects going on in the school that had been awarded the Certificate" European School" twice so far.
The students Dora Ghita, Cristina Surducan, Vlad Birzanu, Anca Susca and Andreea Bindea presented some of the school projects: the Comenius Projects, the Bilateral Projects and Dramatis Personae Project.
The students from 11th E and 12th C also attended the meeting.
The activity was appreciated as a most beneficial one.
The guests had also nice words related to the dissemination materials exhibited along the school corridors.

Strategy Proposal

2008-09-11T18:50:00.003+03:00

Today, on the occasion of the new school-year meeting, we had the opportunity to present some of the project products: The Common Synthesis and The Strategy Draft
The materials had been created by Flavia Costin , Gabriela Pirvu, and Camelia Duta.
They managed to resume most of the things achieved in this project so far, all the conclusions that were drawn from the processed questionnaires and proposed a strategy to increase the parents' and the teachers' interest in students' needs.
Starting from the good practice examples given by the Turkish and Estonian partners, a lot of activities were proposed, such as: parents-teachers informal meetings, to discuss about the professional orientation of the students; meetings with important local community representatives etc.
They also talked about the experiences of the project reunions, especially that from Turkey and proposed that parents should be invited to take part in their children's classes.
In the end, Mariana Hudrea reminded everybody about the international conference to be held in Baia Mare next year, in May, and invited the teachers to contribute with materials containing their own experiences regarding the relationship between school and family.
Due to the fact that most of the teachers attended the meeting, we appreciate the materials presented had a great impact upon them and it seemed that a lot of the teachers realized how important this kind of projects are for all the parts involved.
Laura Szebeni

Third Project Meeting

2008-09-06T10:55:00.001+03:00

The third project meeting will be held in Estonia in the period: 7-11 October 2008

Article in Graiul Maramuresului

2008-06-15T07:40:00.000+03:00

Colegiul « Eminescu » apreciaza modelul Turcesc.
http://www.graiul.ro/?p=7283

Acesta înseamnă mai multă implicare din partea părinţilor în viaţa şcolară a elevilor -Cinci profesoare şi cinci eleve de la Colegiul Naţional “Mihai Eminescu” au petrecut, recent, cinci zile în Turcia, în încercarea de a învăţa cîte ceva din felul în care, în această ţară, părinţii se implică în viaţa şcolară a copiilor lor. Şi sînt multe de învăţat de la un popor care aşează familia pe primul plan şi care priveşte actele de caritate, de ajutorare a semenilor ca pe ceva firesc, omenesc. Petrecută în perioada 20-25 mai, întîlnirea a fost, de fapt, o nouă reuniune a partenerilor români, turci şi estonieni ai proiectului “Higher Quality in Education with Family Support”, iniţiat de prof. Mariana Hudrea şi coordonat de prof. Laura Szebeni de la Colegiul “Eminescu” (director, Marius Crăciun).Modele turce de preluat în liceele din RomâniaReuniunea partenerilor a avut loc la liceul privat “Uftade Lisesi” din localitatea Usak (situat pe locul 9 din punctul de vedere al rezultatelor elevilor, printre cele 250 de licee particulare din Turcia), unde au fost luate în discuţie rezultatele chestionarelor comune, aplicate în cele trei ţări. Acestea au fost elaborate la prima reuniune de proiect, care a avut loc toamna trecută în Baia Mare, ulterior fiind aplicate elevilor, profesorilor şi părinţilor. “Concluzia a fost că familiile din România şi cele din Estonia nu prea păstrează legătura cu şcoala, din diferite motive: lipsă de timp, faptul că părinţii lucrează în alte ţări, faptul că locuiesc în localităţi îndepărtate de şcoală şi aşa mai departe. În schimb, am observat faptul că la şcoala din Usak există o bună colaborare şcoală-familie, aceasta reflectîndu-se şi în gradul de satisfacţie, atît al elevilor, cît şi al profesorilor, în legătură cu activitatea lor şcolară”, povesteşte Laura Szebeni. Deşi acolo realităţile şi mentalităţile sînt foarte diferite, pe primul plan situîndu-se religia, istoria şi familia, iar majoritatea femeilor fiind casnice, există, totuşi, anumite modele care pot fi preluate. “De exemplu, am putea organiza activităţi sportive pentru taţi. Şi acolo, taţii lucrează foarte mult, dar duminica au loc activităţi în care aceştia sînt implicaţi, ca, de exemplu, meciuri de volei împreună cu profesorii, la care familiile asistă. Sau un mic dejun (cină) la cantina şcolii (care poate fi organizat(ă) în orice sală de clasă) pentru mame”, detaliază Laura, care a observat că în Turcia vizitele profesorilor la părinţii elevilor sînt o obişnuinţă. “Acolo, toţi părinţii cunosc fiecare profesor în parte iar vizitele sînt o tradiţie. La noi, dacă s-ar practica aşa ceva, imediat ar exista suspiciuni că anumiţi elevi sînt favorizaţi sau că profesorul are anumite interese”, explică profesoara. În Turcia, însă, elevii nu pot fi favorizaţi, întrucît notele se acordă doar în urma unor examene, pentru fiecare dintre acestea existînd un barem general valabil, care elimină posibilitatea notării subiective.Turcii nu-şi uită sufletulUn rol important în coeziunea familiei turce îl are femeia, care arareori are o slujbă. După cum povesteşte profesoara Flavia Costin, elevii de la liceul vizitat din Usak provin, în marea lor majoritate, din familii foarte înstărite, unde taţii se ocupă de buget, iar mamele de acţiuni de caritate. “E important de punctat faptul că femeile din Turcia nu intră neapărat în categoria de “desperate housewives”. Ele sînt mulţumite de rolul pe care îl au în familie, se ocupă de activităţi filantropice, soţii le asigură tot din punct de vedere financiar, iar casele arată superb. Una dintre mamele cu care am povestit gătea prăjiturele, le ambala şi din banii pe care îi strîngea împreună cu alte mame puteau oferi burse elevilor mai săraci din liceul respectiv. Turcii acordă extrem de mult timp vieţii spirituale şi nu se tem să facă lucruri de suflet. Lucruri pe care aici, la noi, dacă le-ar face cineva, sigur s-ar interpreta că are ceva de cîştigat, că are un motiv ascuns. De exemplu, ajutorarea copiilor. Elevii din liceul “Uftade Lisesi” au strîns bani şi au amenajat, de la zero, un laborator de informatică într-o şcoală dintr-un sat din Sud-Estul Turciei”, povesteşte Flavia.Elevii turci au parte de ore mai puţin plictisitoareUna dintre elevele care a participat la reuniunea din Turcia este Cristina Surducan, din clasa a XI-a B. “Turcii ne-au explicat că la ei chiar există o implicare a părinţilor în viaţa şcolară a copiilor lor; acolo nu e ca la noi, unde părintele este chemat la şcoală doar atunci cînd elevul face acte de indisciplină sau are absenţe. Acolo, părinţii merg la şcoală pur şi simplu pentru a discuta cu profesorul despre elev, despre parcursul lui, nu neapărat într-un sens negativ. Profesorul încearcă să vadă aspectele pozitive ale activităţii elevului, pentru a putea dezvolta latura respectivă, nu caută să vadă doar părţile negative, ci din contră, încearcă să le estompeze pe acestea”, a explicat eleva. Ea se declară impresionată de căldura şi entuziasmul turcilor la sosirea lor în Usak, dar şi de modul în care se desfăşoară orele la liceele turce. Aici, lecţiile sînt prezentate în format Power Point, elevii îşi notează doar ce e mai important, “nu scriu kilometri”, explicaţiile teoretice de la ora de anatomie sînt completate cu exemplificări pe mulaje şi imagini proiectate pe un ecran, prin urmare orele sînt mult mai puţin plictisitoare.Un grad de civilizaţie greu de ajuns din urmăColega ei din clasa a XI-a C, Dora Ghita, a fost, în schimb, impresionată de gradul de civilizaţie al turcilor. De la folosirea pe scară largă a panourilor solare pentru încălzitul apei în gospodărie, la consecvenţa cu care locuitorii îşi respectă valorile şi credinţele, la felul în care clienţilor li se acordă atenţie atunci cînd merg la restaurant, curăţenia exemplară a străzilor, spălate nu doar cu apă, ci şi cu detergent, dar şi a plajelor, unde muncitorii caută deşeurile ascunse sub pietre, nu se mulţumesc doar să strîngă pet-urile aflate la vedere - totul i s-a părut tinerei departe de ceea ce oferă societatea românească. “Turcii au fost obişnuiţi cu această mentalitate de la început, iar noi, cei din România, nu ne putem schimba, brusc, la 180 de grade. Noi am fost foate mult traşi în spate de perioada neagră pe care am traversat-o”, a opinat Dora, referindu-se la cei peste 40 de ani de comunism românesc.La reuniunea de proiect din Turcia au participat, pe lîngă doamnele şi domnişoarele citate, profesoarele Mariana Hudrea, Ramona Bencze şi Camelia Duţă şi elevele Andreea Coman, Silvia Pricope şi Florina Fanea. Următorii paşi ai proiectului vor fi reuniunea de proiect din Estonia, care va avea loc în luna septembrie, şi conferinţa internaţională, care se va desfăşura în luna mai a anului viitor, în ţara noastră.Anca GOJA
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Students' Feedbacks

2008-03-18T18:36:00.000+02:00

According to the students, the impact of the project on them and their families was great. They became aware of the necessity of communication, of building a close relationship between parents, children and community. Most of the students have concluded that, unfortunately, parents do not spend enough time with their children, either because they are busy at their working place, or because they do not care. Some more mature children, under the influence of the project, came to understand that this apparently indifferent attitude of the parents is not generated by their lack of love for their children, that their efforts and time are ultimately employed in order to ensure a better life to their kids.Although some parents are still unaware of the necessity of paying more attention to their children and keeping in touch with school, the project succeeded in making their children conscious of these issues, it developed their responsibility and made them understand that their parents were deprived of the chance of expressing themselves freely and of being educated as they are now.
They know that their parents still need consultancy in pedagogical problems, that they are not able to understand and do everything right, but they love them. The project has built with everybody the awareness regarding the importance of a good school-family cooperationThe students have made a definite decision to use the experience of this project for the future, when they, themselves, have become parents.

They have also grown aware of the fact that their problems are also the problems of children, parents, teachers and communities of other nations, that they are not different from others and that efforts are being made in this respect through such projects as the one they have taken part in.

Elena Mihali
Teacher

Project Impact

2008-03-09T09:20:00.019+02:00

Tache Andrada
The project is about a top problem: the relationship between children and their parents.
Many parents don’t think it is necessary to come to school or find out about their children's problems. They are much too busy or they simply do not know how to react to their children’s problems.
This lack of communication might be a source of so many criminal acts in society, committed by young people.
This project helped me realize that it is difficult to be a parent, a good one. But it isn't impossible.
Fat Ionela
I am very proud I am at Mihai Eminescu College.
I learnt here how to express my personal points of view and now I am capable to speak in front of the people.
From the project I have learnt that we are equal with the children from other countries, we have the same capacity to learn and do things . We are not different from the others… Maybe we are more motivated to change the system in which we live now.
As to the TV talk show, I was impressed by my classmates. I admired that they are capable of speaking in front of a camera without being nervous . They had self control and they were really self-confident.
Popan Catalin
During the interview taken to my colleagues I had to admit that I was very impressed by the way they spoke. Their message was direct, simple and it illustrated the main ideas of the project
I think that this interview was essential for the success of the project. After having listened to my colleagues I have got to say that my mentality has changed. I think that involving our parents in our school education could definitely improve our school results. This would also help improve the parents-children relationship.
Pop Andrada
In my opinion this project is one of the most important projects of our school. The idea of bringing parents to school , getting them more involved in our education, means a lot to us. First of all we need affection and attention from our parents who work a lot for a better life for us. But this work steals the attention we wish and deserve.
Even if we know that our parents love us, we want them to show this to us in every single moment.
I watched the programme with my mother. She was impressed by it.
While watching the talk show I realized I am a teenager and I really need my parents to support me for developing myself. From now on I will do my best to spend more time with my parents.
Muscan Ioana Roxana
This project changed my mentality!
I watched the talk show with my parents and we were really impressed . We discussed about the project , and we realized we have the same points of view. The parents are responsible for their children's education and life. My parents said that it was a huge impact upon them when they became parents in 1990, in a free country, where nobody knew what was going to happen.
Before the project I had not passed so much time with my parents, especially with my father. Now, we play computer games together, watch movies, and we talk a lot about different things.
I have also learnt that even if we are of different nationalities, we have the same problems, points of view and we really want to solve these problems.
Todoran Roxana
To be honest, when I found out about this project I thought it was going to be a project without a direct impact upon us. But that was a mistake. Now my initial opinion totally changed.
I have a very close relationship with my parents, especially with my mother.
One day, after arriving from school I told them about the project. My mother's first reaction was: "Really? Do you do that in school?" She told me that when they were young nobody put this problem into discussion.
I am a lucky person. My parents do come to school quite often. And I appreciate that very much.
Dod Adriana
I think that this project is very useful because both parents and children are being involved.
I am so glad that there are still people who care about these things. This is a proof that teachers care about the relationship between pupils and parents, even if some of the parents don't.
To conclude, our teachers deserve our respect for what they do for us.
Filip Cristina
This project helps the pupils to feel closer to their parents.
It tries to make parents better understand the children's behaviour and try to spend more time together.
Were there a closer relationship between parents and children, there would not be so much violence, bad marks and bad behaviour in society.
Due to this project I have discovered there are parents who do not care about their children; who do not have time to spend together.
Sincerely, I don't think that if parents love their children they cannot find a little time to be together.
Ciceu Anca
Due to this project I have realized how to become better parents and how to raise our children in a way so as to have a closer family relationship.
My parents and my grandmother, for example, were raised and educated differently. Because they grew up in a society in which they could hardly express their ideas or feelings. I think it was a wrong society.
I think I will be able to educate my children in a good way.
Motica Ioana
At the beginning I was not too much interested in the project. But after the interview I started to feel very motivated.
I am very proud of me and of my colleagues . I have the feeling we have the power to change the mentality of the others. I am sure the parents who watched the show will try to find more time to spend with their children.
I have the feeling now that both our teachers and parents feel proud of our mature way of thinking.
Now I feel much closer to my parents and this gives me the self confidence which I needed.
I am glad that through this project we were allowed to express our feelings regarding the problems we are being faced with in our society.
Auer Andreea
Since this is my first experience regarding one of our school projects, I would like to begin by saying that it really surprised me.
Before involving in it I did not know much about the impact of our families on our school life. Now I realize that this relationship school-family-society is so important.
In order to become respected citizens it is important that these three factors live in perfect harmony and cooperate. The way families involve in the children's school life ha a great impact upon us. Many children do not benefit of their parents' attention and respect. And this can be seen from their behaviour at school.
Teachers can, and some of them really try to help . But the help coming from both sides can help little children become responsible adults.
Now I am fully aware of the importance of family involvement in children's life.
This project might also help me in the future, to become a good parent.
Cimpean Mioara Stefana
For some of us the word "project" means an activity just for their own entertainment. But for us , the students from M. Eminescu College, the projects are opportunities to prove our skills in foreign languages, our good behaviour and also to meet people from other countries, people with different cultures and beliefs , but with same problems.
In my opinion, if our parents try to understand our personal needs ( love, affection, care, etc)and if they try to spend more time with us, this will change their entire life in a good way.
Suta Ana
Surprisingly, this project seems to be one of the most successful projects of our school.
During the Crossing Cultures classes I really realized the impact of this project upon our life, which is quite difficult and stressful. We have many problems as we are crossing a period of many age difficulties.
Teenagers have social problems. They can't find their right place in the society. They can not rely on anyone.
With the help of this project the relationship between students and their parents can become closer. And they can rely on one another.
They can also manage to find common activities in which both children and parents might get involved.
Unfortunately nowadays the number of of teenagers who have communication problems with their parents has dramatically increased.
Most of the parents have problems at their workplace. They come home angry , in a bad mood and stressed. Thus they do not show any interest in their children's problems. This affects firstly the teenagers with a negative effect upon their school life and their life in general.
Ghita Dora
This project changed me!
Due to the activities that took place in our school , due to the discussions in which I participated, and thanks to the wise guidance of our teacher, I have changed my perspective upon the relationship between school and family.
I have chosen to participate in this project because I am one of the unfortunate kids , meaning that the main key in a healthy parent-child relationship is missing.
The fact that I had the chance to express my points of view, and with the help from my teachers, I realized what I had done wrong all this time and also why my parents don't get involved in what I do.
From my point of view , we are lucky to have had this chance.
Meditating upon everything I realized what an impact upon me this project had.
My parents do not understand why I spend less time writing and more time reading, or why in some days, I have a small volume of things I have to learn , and for them some of my actions mean I am not interested in school, which of course is not true.
When I asked my mother why she did not come to school, she said it was no use, because all that my form teacher would say would be: "She doesn't cause any problems. There is nothing to worry about!"
In my opinion this is something that needs to change. The involvement of family in school life is crucial.
Crisan Alexandra
I feel privileged for taking part in this project. I stopped feeling alone and, by saying that, I refer to the fact that other kids think like me, we have the same ideas.
What struck me most is the fact that some adults, who also lived in the same period in the past, managed to change themselves ( to update their points of view).
This is a very serious matter because there are many people who do not want to change themselves.
We have to do something about that.
Pop Rebeca
What do I like about this project?
Firstly, the fact that my classmates and other people had the opportunity to freely express their feelings and ideas.
Secondly, the project appears to be a very successful one motivating both parents and students to get involved.
Rusu Diana
It's funny what they say about concerns...that they value family more than anything. I feel like an exception. Maybe it is because I am too young to understand the importance of this matter. It is possible that after I have my own kids and a husband I will change my way of thinking and feelings towards everything that has to do with a true family.
I have to confess that unconditioned attention from my mother or father leaves me cold.
With time they got the point and my desire to be left alone most of the time.
I do believe that children with divorced parents long for affection.
I am sincere with them regarding school. I have no need for them to come and check me out, or talk about me with my teachers, as most of the teachers barely know my name, and let's say if my parents do come to school they will discover my grades. And so what? They will punish me. They will forbid me several things, they will change a lot of stuff regarding my life , change..., change...But I won't change. Not because I feel this childish desire of being stubborn, or not accept my parents ruling my life.. No, nothing of this kind. Anyway this is not for me.
Of course family is important, a stable home and everything...
Cureu Victorita
In my personal point of view this project has a positive impact upon us and it educates us in many aspects.
By involving people from other countries, we really feel better to know we aren't the only ones who have problems. Children from other countries face the same problems as we do.
Before this project I didn't put such an accent on the relationship between me and my family.
But then I started thinking about my problems with my parents and I started asking myself why I didn't spend more time with them. Searching for a solution I started talking with them and I told them that I need to spend much more time in their company. Now I feel very close to my mother who is my best friend. And after this project started the relationship between me and her is getting better and better.
My mother is very pleased that the school develops such a project. She is determined to come to school more often so that she finds out about my school situation.
Another thing that I've understood , thanks to this project, is the way I have to educate my future kids.
I am very glad to have teachers that care about us and it is wonderful that they manage to make us understand the problems we are being faced with.
Sas Alexandra
This project is very important...
It is trying to change the fact that parents do not get involved or they do not know how to get involved in their children's school life.
The exchange with foreign students made me realize that this is not only our problem.
I think parents should realize that they are the only ones we can count on, and that we need them. They should find time for us, get involved, interact, because I believe that in a parent's life the most important thing is his child.
Vanci Alexandra
I am really pleased with the relationship I have with my parents, with their concept upon school and the way they relate to community.
But I know that this is an exception. I know that unfortunately , being pleased means being indifferent , choosing an easy way out of evolution, aborting yourself and what we could mean , what you could be and know.
So I decided to do something... To be more specific, I wanted to know why my relationship with school and family is so good, so that this could be maintained and never reversed.
This project made me feel more rational and secure. Now I know some things for sure.
I the end I think that the main purpose has been reached. Shy students gained self-confidence; their parents got the occasion to talk it over.
If this is not enough, I'll go on. This project brought trust, security, and unity.
Ienutas Adriana
I must confess this talk show captured my attention from the beginning because the theme seemed very interesting. Not only the theme, but also the way it was presented. Because there were discussed things I had not thought about before, things that I hadn't taken into account till then.
What I appreciated very much was the ability of my classmates to express their feelings on the spot. They were calm and very spontaneous.
Petreus Andra
...Before the project I thought I had a good relationship with my parents. But now I realize that my parents do not know a lot of things about me, about my teachers and about what happens in school.
I also think that this is my fault, because I did not tell them that I needed them to take part in my life.
I need them to tell me what to do, to advise me, to help, to love me, not only to give me money or something else.
Now, after telling them about this project they started to change their attitude. This project opened their eyes.
Butuza Mara
This project is the first activity of this kind and I am very proud I decided to participate in the debate because I had the chance to express my personal point of view related to the theme of the project.
I am disappointed when I see children, teenagers committing crimes, killing their parents and friends. It is horrible to see a child fighting with a classmate until he kills him! What parents do those children have?
I think that the problems start from family life with a direct effect upon our social life, school life.....

Activities of the Estonian Team

2008-02-28T19:57:00.001+02:00

Articles about out first meeting have been published in our school, community and county newspapers. We translated the quetionnairies into Estonian and several students had a look at them to make sure they are understandable for everyone. The parents' questionnaire was tested by teachers, our community social worker and the head of parents' board and they helped to find the best wording. The parents' questionnaires were given to every family via students. We have got answers from all the taget groups. Eight students made the summaries about all the classes and two students made the final summery in numbers about all the school and then in percentages. The parents' and the teachers' messages have been looked through and the summeries have been made.During our spring holidays we have our staff meeting and the results will be shown all the teachers, our community social worker, the head of parents' board and mayoress. The members of students' board will show their summeries in all the classes. Parents have got and will get the feedback during parents' meetings. Now we are elaborating the best way how to make the reports visible through the computer. I am very happy to say that all the students have been really interested in the project and put great effort in it.

Paivi Aljamaa

Dissemination Activity- Romania

2008-02-27T22:13:00.003+02:00

On February 27th Laura Szebeni and Mariana Hudrea were invited by Mrs. Camelia Rus, from the local TV station TL+, to present the project to the public from Baia Mare and surroundings.
A group of 5 students from 11th B and C gave an interview related to the project and to the problems teenagers are being faced with when parents cannot find the best ways to communicate with their children.
The program had a positive impact upon students, parents, teachers and local authorities as many of them sent either e-mails, SMS messages or made telephone calls.
The theme seems to be of real interest for many people, school-family relationship contributing a lot to the raising of quality in education.

Activities

2008-02-27T22:06:00.002+02:00

The main activity going on in all partner schools is the work with the questionnaires.
Most of them have already been returned to the project coordinators to be processed.
The students have been involved in translating the questionnaires, in filling them in and in giving the questionnaires to their parents.
We appreciate the reports will be ready by the end of March.
Meanwhile the three teams are involved in the preparation of the second meeting in Usak, Turkey.

Dissemination Activity

2008-01-06T20:19:00.000+02:00

On January 5th 2008 there was a two hours talk show "Weekend with friends" at the local TV Channel ORIZONT, Baia Mare, on which our project was presented to the public.
The participants were Mariana Gabriela Hudrea and her guests: Florentina Carolina Baciu and Petre Mitru.
Moderator: Viorica Parja.
The topic was centred mainly on educational issues, on the importance of a new attitude towards society and on the importance of a good communication among family-school-community.
The development of the 8 Key Competences is a must.
Life Long Learning has to be put into practice by all members of the European Society.

First Reunion- Feedback

2007-11-24T15:35:00.000+02:00

Paivi Aljamaa - Estonia
The start of the project was so efficient. If it goes on the same way we can get great help to improve the situation in our schools. The students’ active participation was amazing. It shows that school is important for them. If the parents are as involved as the students the final result will be satisfaction for all the parts.
The organization was great. Mariana and Laura had done hard work for the success of the meeting. Thank you and your students for your hospitality. We felt more than at home; wonderful hotel, museums, dinner, bus tickets.

Anar Pajula- Estonia
The project was really good. I like the Romanian people very much. I realized that the project was necessary because it helps us find interesting answers and that’s very good. These 3 days were very exciting, I saw very many new things and this makes me very happy. I liked this project and this trip very much. It was a great experience.
Best wishes!

Maris Laats- Estonia
This project is very well organized. It was interesting to see how the groups worked: pupils and teachers –together. It was fantastic team work! Thanks to all of you. Everything was fine. We worked hard and enjoyed it! Now we can go on…
Thanks!

Nilufer Sani Turkey
“I have very positive opinions about this project. Being here in Romania, learning different kind of things is really nice. We experienced different things, for example the food. We ate traditional Romanian food. I want to thank you for your hospitality. Although we have different kind of lifestyles, religions, traditions, we proved that we can live together in harmony.”

Suheyla Bozer- Turkey
“The project was nice and interesting. We found out about the problems of Romanian students with their families. In fact most of us have the same problems in Turkey. Romanian people are warm. I liked your town, I ate traditional Romanian food. Thank you for everything.”

Mehmet Yildirim- Turkey
“School, family and the students are three main important things for Education. To make them work in harmony is the problem (as we saw in this project). We worked hard here with the students and the teachers but missed the parents. I think in Turkey that part will participate much. I appreciate all the efforts of Mariana, Laura, Turkish team and the Estonian team. Thanks God for letting us remember once again that we are all human beings although we have different religions, cultures etc.”

Betul Uzun- Turkey
“This project is my second project and I am so happy to be here because it is very important for us. It was really interesting for me. I learned lots of things and I ate different food. Romanian people are friendly and warm. Thank you for everything.”

Dora Ghita XI C
“It was a wonderful experience for me, a first of this kind. The fact that our opinions can make a difference, the fact that we, the students had something to say is very important. We are the future of this community and it is our duty to solve existing problems. Together with our teachers and involving the local community we can find solutions, improve our society and become better persons. All over the world we face difficulties but together we can overcome them and we can eliminate future problems.”

Vlad Barzanu XI C
“You have chosen wisely this theme that I consider very actual and important. I`m thankful for being offered this great opportunity to meet new people, to get in touch with different cultures, to express myself freely and to learn so many things about me and the society that surrounds us. Congratulations, teachers, for a great job and thank you. Looking forward to attending other similar activities.”

Cimpean Mioara- XI C
“In my opinion friendship is the most important thing in a humans’ life because a person without friends is like a soul without love. During these days I’ve got in touch with new people, new cultures and also new opinions. We’ve talked about school, parents and students and it was an interesting subject. I’m very happy to take part in this project. Thousands of congratulations for the teachers involved in the project.”

Ana Susca- XI C
“During these three days as a team we have created a great atmosphere and this project was a great opportunity for all of us to improve our English and our knowledge about the relationship between students, school, and family. So the activities were interactive and of course constructive. We’ve got deeply into understanding nowadays problems and the fact that we got closer to the people from other countries made me feel as there were no differences between us.”

Sanziana Lascu - XC
For me this is the first project in this school and I’m very excited that I could take part in it. It was great to spend all the time with the girls from Turkey. I learned a lot of new things these days. Teachers were nice with us and for me it was very important that after this project I realized how important it is to communicate with my parents and my teachers and how important it is the relation between me, my family and school. At the final of the project I can say that I’m very happy because I met peoples from Estonia and Turkey and we did a great job.

Florina Fanea - X E
It was the second experience for me, and both of them taught me interesting things. The girl from Turkey was so beautiful, intelligent and their culture impressed me a lot. The teachers were very friendly and they have a very special relationship with their students. This project showed me that the relationship between school and parents is very important and useful. I had a great time with the all teams; we stayed together all the time. This project was even greater than the other one and I will work hard and I hope I’ll go to Turkey. This project was a work team and we achieved great things.

Silvia Pricope X C
These days were very interesting, useful, beautiful because we met new people, children. This project was useful for me and for the students from the National College “Mihai Eminescu”. For me, this was the first project which impressed me very much because we could express our opinions about the relationship between school and family.

Anda Luana Craciun XI B
I think that the first step in changing something is to believe because the belief gives us power. The project revealed the fact that we all - children, family and teachers- should be aware of the importance of education. The school is not just a simple institution. The school is a valuable instrument the shapes us, the children, in a proper way. There always has been a conflict between generations and this may be because of the problems in the teacher-child-family relationship. We hope that this project will make a better future for all of us.

Andreea Coman XC
It was a great project because it was my first project of this type. I liked very much the teams from Turkey and Estonia. It was very interesting because I found out new information and advice in how to make us better and to “teach” our parents to come to school to find about our situation. I learned that it is better to communicate with parents (more than I did until now!) because they want the best for us. I found that the relationship with our parents has to be based on communication, sincerity, trust, respect and than it will be easy for us to understand each other. In the behaviour with teachers I think it is proper to show to your teacher the respect that she/he deserves. I want to congratulate all the participants involved in this project beginning with the coordinator of this project Miss Laura Szebeni, to our English teacher, Mrs. Mariana Hudrea, to my form teacher Camelia Duta and to all teachers involved and especially to all the students who were involved. Thank you all for this opportunity to “make me better” and to meet new people from other countries. Thank you all and congratulation again! It was wonderful!

Paula Cin - X C
For me, this project was a very interesting experience. I liked it very much because we found out a lot of things about education in other countries , as Estonia and Turkey. The film that we saw was very interesting because we all saw what a beautiful country Turkey is and it made us want to visit this beautiful country with very sociable and friendly people and great customs. We are different, but we are facing the same problems. I found out the Estonian and Turkish students are facing the same problems as we do. The most important thing for me was that I realized that if we work in teams, we can solve many problems. Together we can change many things and we can find the right solution to solve the problems. I can say that I’m very happy because I met new people, students like us. The teachers were really great! I’m very glad we could communicate and express our point of view. For me this was the most interesting experience since I have been studying in this College, and for that I want to thank to Miss Laura Szebeni and Mrs. Mariana Hudrea. They are the best teachers in the world!

Dan Tecar - IX C
In my opinion this project was interesting and attractive too, because the subject was the friendship between parents and children. I liked very much the students from Estonia and Turkey because they were pretty and communicative. I’m also glad that I had the opportunity to meet Anar.

Maria Jeler - X C
These days were very beautiful and I think that what we did was useful for me and for our National Collage “ Mihai Eminescu”. I’m glad that we communicated with people from other countries like Estonia and Turkey. This project was the first project in which I took part and I’m very happy to meet new persons. Working in teams and training to solve our scholar problems was very interesting, we could share our opinion to our teachers. I felt great!

Lia Hoban- XI G
My name is Lia, I’m from the 11th form G and I want to say that I loved very much the topic of this project “School and Family”- these being the most important things in my life. All the people were very friendly and sociable. I like the idea of crossing barriers between cultures and different traditions. We must know that we live in a unique world and only if we communicate , if we change experiences and ideas we can make the first step towards a better life. Now I will appreciate more my family because it’s wonderful and I’m very proud of me and of my teachers. Thank you all! Lia Hoban, Romania, 11 G

Alexandra Crisan- XI C
It was a pleasure for me to participate in this project. Due to it, I managed to meet new people from Turkey and Estonia and, for the first time I didn’t feel alone. I’ve learned that, even from different parts of the world, we have the same problems and we are trying to solve them. I believe that, together, hand in hand, through communication, we can make a difference in the world.
Thank you for this great opportunity!!

Andreea Bindea- XI C
This is the second project in which I got involved and it was as beautiful and as interesting as the other one (with Italy).I’m so glad that I met so wonderful teachers and students. I realized that, even if we are so different in our culture and religion we have the same problems related to School & Family, but we have different ways to solve them. I think that we’ve learnt a lot one from another. Thank you very much!

Andreea Auer- XI C
I’m very glad that I finally decided to take part in one of the school’s projects and also that I had the chance to do it. It was a great opportunity for us. We had the chance to improve our skills in the field of team working and to get in contact with other cultures and mentalities.
The idea of getting other countries involved in our projects is really great. I found out that they have mostly the same problems as we do, and sincerely I was surprised by it. I have spent some great and constructive moments and I really want to thank you for this.

Mara Butuza- XI C
For me this was the first experience of this kind, but I have to confess that I liked it very much. I found this project very attractive and not at all boring! I realized that even though we speak different languages, we have different beliefs or we have different life styles; we all have the same problems regarding school and family. I came to the conclusion that communication is the key to all problems, because if we communicate, we express opinions about a problem and together we can find a solution.
I really hope that this project will have good results and I’m very happy that I took part in it.

Alexandra Vanci- XI C
It was my first experience of this kind and it didn’t disappoint me at all. I can’t deny that these days were a bit tiring; not as something negative, but as a result of our involvement.
I liked a lot the fact that I discovered how great it is to work together; that storm of ideas made me feel a lot more optimistic about humanity…so here I am talking about feelings. So, this project is a yin & yang formed from feelings and ideal – both- intense.
The other thing that stunned me was how easily I expressed myself without taking into account the thing that there were teachers with us, that we were practically different generations. It felt like being one. Thank you.

Adina Pop – XI B
This was my first project of this kind. These days were excellent, we had great foreigner guests. It is an extraordinary project and I think that the relationship between school and family is extremely important for us, the students. I regret time passing by so fast! I think the project is a real success and it’s very helpful for us!

Alexandra Lucian –XI B
I think this project is very important for our education and I found amazing the way that three different cultures got together so well. I am sure that this project will have a beneficial impact on our life by improving the relationship between all parts involved in the educational process: teachers, students, parents and local community.

Cristina Surducan- XI B
It was the first project of this kind for me and I’m very glad I had this opportunity, to be involved in such activities. Although the time was so short we succeeded to learn new things. My opinion is that the most important thing was to identify the issues that affect somehow our evolution. It impressed me the fact that different communities, from different countries have the same problems and similar mentalities. So these days were great for me and I hope that our guests felt the same . Thank you, teachers, for giving us the chance to be part of this project; you managed to make us come with joy and happiness to school!

Reka Orban- XI B
My impressions after these days they are very strong in a positive way, because I found out new things about the relationship between school and family. I hope that together, in a big team, we will solve some difficulties encountered in this relationship. We had a really good time with our guests from Turkey and Estonia; I hope they will come back in the future! I’m glad that I’m involved in this project.

Xanta Lukacsovits- X E
This project offered me the opportunity of meeting new people, new cultures, and new mentalities. I liked the fact that we all worked together like a big team. I found out the importance of some words as EDUCATION and RESPECT. I am sure that this project will change our perspective about school and family and it will help us clarify a lot of aspects concerning the relationship between them.

Berrin Peker – Turkey
First of all, I am glad to be here. I loved the students and the teachers! From the first day I noticed that you are a very warm people and you behave very friendly. The project is very good, if we want to have a good generation coming, we have to work hard about our students and their problems. I hope we will solve difficulties this way. The students worked very hard these days! Thank you all!

Camelia Duta- Ro
Fiecare proiect ti se fixeaza in minte prin ceva anume iar acesta mi-a lasat in memorie zumzaitul si efervescenta salii de lucru. Am simtit efectiv cum schimbul de idei ridica tensiunea in sala, fiind prima data cand am vazut ca toti elevii isi pun mintea si sufletul in a produce ceva comun. Am trait greutatea producerii a ceva bun, agonia si extazul nasterii unor idei bune.

Denisa Pintea – XI G
It is true that I’ve been involved in many projects, but this one drew my attention in a particular way. That’s because the main idea of the project is extraordinary, it is about a matter that concerns us all: the relationship between teachers, student, and families. Together we can improve this relationship for the benefit of our future. There were three days full of activities, full of constructive ideas and we once again noticed the importance of working together as a team.

Participants in the Debate

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Students
Suheyla Bozer-TR, Betul Uzun-TR, Anar Pajula- EE
Andreea Coman, Paula Cin, Sanziana Lascu, Silvia Pricope, Maria Jeler, Dan Tecar, Vlad Birzanu, Mioara Cimpean, Andreea Bindea, Ana Susca, Andreea Auer, Alexandra Vanci, Alexandra Crisan, Dora Ghita, Mara Butuza, Xanta Lukacsovits, Eleonora Mic, Florina Fanea,
Denisa Pintea, Lia Hoban, Alexandra Lucian, Anda Craciun, Dorin Brazda, Reka Orban, Cristina Surducan, Adina Pop -RO
Teachers:
Nilufer Sani- TR, Berrin Peker- TR, Mehmet Yildirim- TR, Tarik Sahin- TR
Paivi Aljamaa- EE, Maris Laats- EE
Mariana Hudrea- RO, Laura Szebeni- RO, Camelia Duta- RO, Sanda Farcas- RO, Ioan Tiplea-RO

First impressions

2007-11-17T14:19:00.000+02:00

Dear Mariana and all friends,

We are happily at home. Thanks to all you, Romanian friends, we were able to cross the Romanian and Hungarian borders...
Again and again we want to thank you all for you hospitality, willingness, thoughtfulness and readiness to help us in an unexpected situation.
Mariana and Laura, you had done great job to organise our first meeting in such a wonderful way. There was so much to learn for us who are newcomers in Comenius project. We could admire your leadership and your students active participation and excellent English. We are so glad that we had the possibility to meet wonderful new friends in Romania and from Turkey. We hope that in that kind of cooperation our project will be a success.
Best wishes,
Paivi

Estonia

Hello! I want to say that this project was for me a new and beautiful experience.

Now I realised how important it is to comunicate with my family and how important it is the realtionship between me, my parents and school.

The girls from Turkey were so nice, smart and I miss to speand some time with them.

The boy from Estonia was pretty smart and he learned very fast our language.

It was a great time and I'm so excited that I could participate in this project.

I hope that in May I'll go to Turkey.

Sinziana Lascu 10 C

Hello!We thank you and all the others for your help!

We are safely at home.

It was a wondeful trip back. No problems anymore.

We all enjoyed being there. Everything was great!

Very well organized team works, meetings, free time...

Rumenia is a nice country and the Rumenians are thoughtful and kind.

Have a nice autumn time!I am much obliged to you!

Maris Lääts

Estonia

I'm very glad that I had the opportunity to participate in this project.

For me it is the first project and I was totally impresed by all the activities and more by our special guests.

I had a lot to learn from them and I hope that they enjoyed spending these three days with us.

I really think that this project will open new horizons for us as students and will prepare us for a better life.

Thanks,

Cristina 11 B

I want to say that I am very glad that I had an opportunity like this to be involved in such a great project.

Congratulations to all teachers and to the whole team for making this wonderful job.

Our guests were very nice and I can't wait the next meeting!

Anda 11 B

I feel very well. I'm not tired because yesterday it was a very relaxing day.
I feel great about the project and I'm so proud that I participated.

I think that our work will be a great success!

I liked so much our guests. They were so nice and I'm a little bit sad that they went home.

I hope that the Turkish will enjoy Bucharest and the Estonians will have a nice travel back to their country.

I really enjoyed the project and I'm looking forward to participating in the next activities.

Mara 11C

Hello to all!
First of all I would like you to know that is is for the second time in my life I felt respected and appreciated by all the people involved in the project.

I want to tell you that I haven`t thought for a minute that the project would be THAT good... and I could even say that it is better than the first one (in my case);

As to the teachers (Estonian, Turkish and Romanian ) I have to say that YOU are AWESOME, and the students too, of course!

CONGRATULATIONS and thank you all for your visit!

Andreea B.11C

Thank you teachers involved in this project for making school interesting! Congrats' !
Vlad 11C

The project improved our skills in the field of team working.

Andreea

Great day!...

I think that tomorrow it will be the most exctiting because all of you will have a great surprise...

Congratulations for all the teachers and for all the students involved in this beautiful and useful project.

Andreea 10C

Thank You All!

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The project started in the best conditions due to the students' and teachers’ involvement, and due to the parents' support.
We want to give special thanks to Mr. Pricope, the President of the Parents’ School Committee, who, in his speech addressed to the participants, pointed out the importance of studying foreign languages.
We also want to thank the following families:
Anitas, Fanea, Lascu, Tecar, from Romania and the three families from Turkey and Estonia.
And also the local media for the way they presented our activities.

Mariana & Laura

Dissemination Activity

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On November 11th, 2007, Laura Szebeni and Mariana Hudrea attended St. Martin's Intellectual Fair organized by Millennium 3.

On this occasion they presented the project to the audience made up of local authorities and coordinators of various projects.

Baia Mare Project Reunion

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Program

Tuesday, November 13th
22:00-23:00 Arrival of participants

Wednesday, November 14th
9:00 Meeting in the Lobby of the Mara Hotel
9:30-10.00 Welcome to Mihai Eminescu College
10.00-11.30 The official launching of the project;
- presentation of the project
- presentation of the schools involved in the project
12-30:14.30 Luch break
14.30- 16.00 Reorganizing the Activity Planning of the project according to the new structure of the partnership
16.00- 16.30 Coffee break
16:30-18.00Elaboration of a plan for a Survey on the existing situation of the connection between school and family
19.30 Dinner at the MEDIAEVAL RESTAURANT

Thursday, November 15th
09:00- 10:00 Debate on the issue School-Family-Community
10:00- 12:00 of the common questionnaires
12.30-15.00 Lunch
15.00- 17.00 Presentation of the team work
19.30 Dinner

Friday, November 16th
10.00- 11.30 Presentation of the common questionnaires
11.30-12.00 Coffee break
12.00- 13.30 Visit of the school
13.30- 15.00 Lunch
15.00-17.00 Evaluation of the activity
20.00 Dinner and departure

Presentation of the project to the parents

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Today there was the annual meeting of the Parents School Committee.
Laura Szebeni and Mariana Hudrea presented the project and invited all the parents to get involved and give a helping hand in the project activities.

First activities

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On the 5th of October Ms. Laura Szebeni, the coordinator of the project, presented the content of the project to the staff of Eminescu College.
On the 6th of October the coordinator discussed with some members of the project team about the first steps in launching the project and preparing the project meeting from November 2007 to be held in Baia Mare, Romania.

Project Description

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"Higher quality in education with family support" is a new Comenius School Partnership project.

A better insertion on the European labour market is one of the aims of education today.
Starting from the present situation in schools we have noticed that the drop-outs and the low results at graduating, and thus a low rate of social inclusion, are most of the time due to the lack of family involvement in children’s personal and professional development.
This situation is increasing dramatically today mainly in the less developed countries of Europe where the rate of migration of the labour force is increasing, children remaining at home in the care of their grandparents and relatives.
Through this European partnership we will try to find out the position of all parts involved regarding this issue, the causes which keep parents / relatives away from school and the modalities to make them get involved in the school activities directly and continuously.
Parents and relatives should understand that their presence in school is beneficial for their children. Teachers and students have to become aware of the necessity of this cooperation for the common benefit, and thus, for raising the quality in education

Partnership

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Mihai Eminescu National College, Baia Mare, Romania, the coordinating institution

( http://cneminescu.licee.edu.ro/) is situated in the NW of the country , in a region where the mining industry used to be the main economic industry developed in the area. Due to the recession following the closing down of mines, many people from the area became unemployed. Thus, the population of Maramures was dramatically affected by this situation and many parents left their homes for searching a job abroad. As a consequence many children remained with their grandparents and brothers or sisters. This situation had a negative impact upon their school results.
The staff of Mihai Eminescu National College, fully aware of the economic situation in the area, is trying to find the best solutions in order to help their students overcome the present day difficulties and raise the quality in education.
One of the paths taken is that of elaborating a strategy for involving it in European partnerships, meant to find answers to their problems by collaborating with schools from other countries faced with similar problems. The results of the work in European partnerships were recognized by the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research by awarding it the title of European School 2004.
The new policy of the school is to involve more and more young teachers in such projects in order to help them improve their competences and teaching techniques with a direct impact upon the quality of education and for a better insertion on the labour market.
Another issue is that of trying to make parents become more active in supporting the school policy, for the benefit of their children and for raising the quality in education.

Kaiu Põhikool (Basic School) is situated in Rapla County, Estonia (http://www.kaiu.edu.ee/)

Kaiu is situated 65 km from our capital city Tallinn, to the south. It is a country settlement with about 700 hundred people. We live among picturesque forests, swamps and bogs where you can walk on specially built footpaths.
Our pupils are mostly from three different villages – Kaiu, Kuimetsa and Vahastu.
A school bus takes them who live far away to school and home– some live 25 km from school. Our students get free lunch at school, the state pays for it.
All our students are Estonians. We have only some families where one parent is from another nation.
We have a lot of out of school activities for our students – sport, folk dancing clubs, choirs, music school where they can play the piano and violin; a sport ground, a shooting gallery, and a swimming pool in summer. Our teachers organise theatre, museum visits and trips all over Estonia for the students but only a small group is interested or they simply do not have money.
Kaiu is a former big collective farm where most of the people were collective farmers. Now the collective farm does not exist any more people had to find work somewhere else. We have a small agricultural cooperation, a seaming, a labels making, a metal work and a truck companies. But all of them are very small enterprises and so many people have to find work further – in cities or abroad. A lot of educated people have moved away. Quite a lot of our students’ parents are not very much educated and do not care for the progress of their children or are unable to support them. We have unemployed and antisocial families.

ÖZEL ÜFTADE LİSESİ, Uşak, Turkey, is situated in the province of Uşak which is on the highway between Ankara, the capital, and İzmir and it is at the passage point of the major three regions in Turkey: Mediterranean, Interior Anatolia and Agean region. Uşak still has a scene of an old and small Atatolian town with its old houses and some historical monuments such as bazaars, mosques, baths. Its population is around 150.000 and most of the inhabitants are immigrants from the different parts of Turkey and there are some Gypsies here.
Our instutition is located on the beautiful part of the highway which connects Uşak to İzmir and out of city’s urban area. It is on the way between Uşak Organised Industry Zone and city centre. It has got a green landscape and it is surrounded with forests. There is a campus of Kocatepe University ahead of our school.
Our school has got students of various cultures and abilities. Due to the fact that our school is a boarding school, 50% of our students are from neighbouring cities and regions.
There are also some students whose families have gone to European countries to earn their living. Some of those students have grown up in Europe and they have difficulty with the Turkish language. They have especially communication problems in lessons and with friends. But these students are very successful in foreign language lessons. The teachers provide extra assistance for them in the lessons and communication. We give these students some chances of involvement in school activities and facilitate thus the interaction with other students.