First Transnational Meeting in the UK
The first meeting took place in Spennymoor (Oxclose Nursery School) on 30th November 2017. The purpose of the meeting was to plan the activities, set dates for future meetings and to meet partners.
The program for the meeting:
Wednesday 29th November 2017
Arrival of partners to hotel
The Honest Lawyer
Croxdale Bridge
Durham
DH1 3SP
Website:
19.30
Welcome dinner at the hote
Thursday 30th November 2017
9.00 am= Visit to Oxclose Nursery School
9.15 am-9.30 am -Welcome and setting of groups
9.30-11.45 am- 3 activities to be rotated with groups of 2 or 3 people
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Observing the outdoor environment at Oxclose Nursery (starting with guided tour of garden to explain our philosophies for outdoor learning)
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Observing the indoor environment at Oxclose Nursery (including guided tour of areas available)
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Looking at the curriculum and assessments made (refreshments provided during this activity)
11.45 am- 12.15 pm- Walk through Spennymoor’s Jubilee Park then down the street to restaurant.
12.00 pm-13.15 pm- Lunch at Clems' Fish and Chips Shop
13.15 pm-15.15 pm- Work session at the Town Hall- setting the questionnaire
15.15 pm-15.45 pm- Break with refreshments mid-session
15.45 pm-17.15 pm- Meet the Mayor
Tour of the Town Hall- Art Gallery/ Mining Museum / Council Chambers
17.15 pm-18.30 pm- Back to the Hotel for a short break
18.30 pm- Taxi to Whitworth Hall- Home to Bobby Shaftoe from the famous Nursery Rhyme. Feed the deer.
18.40 pm- 21.00 pm- Meal at Whitworth Hall Hotel
21.00 pm- Return to the Honest Lawyer hotel
Friday 1st December 2017
8.45 am- 10.30 am- Work session in the hotel.
Introduce your kindergarten- small presentation to provide information for all partners.
10.30-10.50 am- Break with refreshments
10.50-12.30- Work session in the hotel.
Looking at the programme of activities to understand what is expected of us for each stage of the project.
12.30 pm- Leave the hotel for Durham City
Lunch at The Court Inn www.courtinn.co.uk
13.45 pm -14.00 pm- Walk to Durham Cathedral
14.00 pm-16.15 pm - Guided tours of Durham Cathedral and Durham Castle
www.durhamworldheritagesite.com/architecture/castle
16.15 pm- 17.45 pm- Free time to explore Durham City
17.45 pm- 19.45 pm- Meal
Return to the hotel
Saturday 2nd December 2017
Departure from the hotel
The purpose of this first transnational meeting is for 2 teachers from each school to;
· re-organise the steps of the project through face to face discussion
· sign the partnership contract which will include the general frame of the project under the principles of the European Commission.
Other tasks:
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Set the questions for questionnaire to gather data. Please come with some ideas of questions we may want to include in the questionnaire.
Minutes from the planning meeting:
· Plans were made for the first visit to Portugal - 25th February to 3rd March 2018.
The activities will have a Science focus. It was decided that:
· Each country was to choose a famous scientist and prepare activities for their own children in their own schools to participate in. Partners will record all activities and create a presentation for all partners in Portugal. Partners were advised to send an email to all partners to share their choice of Scientist by 10th January 2018.
· Partners must also record all activities for Science clubs between November 2017 and the 25th February and make a presentation for all partners in Portugal.
· Each partner was to create a Science magazine for the children and take the magazine to the meeting in Portugal also.
· The Portuguese team will present a science activity with the children.
Dates were set for future meetings:
The Visit to Latvia will take place 3rd June to 9th June 2018. (3rd June and 9th June are travel days with 5 working project days)
The focus for this meeting will be Language clubs.
The visit to Italy will take place 23rd September 2018 to 29th September 2018 (23rd and 29th September are travel days with 5 working project days)
The focus for this meeting will be Maths clubs.
The visit to the UK will take place in March 2019 (last week) and the final visit to Turkey will take place in June 2019 (first week).
· Logo
The Portuguese team presented a proposal for the project logo, designed by Ana. Partners chose to accept the logo and would like to thank the Portuguese team for their work in producing it. Partners suggested that the logo would be well presented in a circle boundary.
· Social Media
A dropbox account has been created where partners can upload all files and photographs for the project. This will be managed by the UK coordinator. As storage fills, Jayne will inform partners that photographs need to be downloaded from the dropbox site then deleted to create more storage space for future photographs.
A Facebook and WhatsApp group will be created before the end of the transnational meeting.
· Europass Mobility
Each partner needs to apply to their own Europass National Centre if you want to receive a certificate for training. The document must be signed by the people travelling and the receiving partners. You do not have to apply for these certificates but can do if you would like a professional record of training attended.
· E-Twinning space and website
ETwinning offers a platform to communicate, collaborate, develop projects and share practice. Partners discussed who would be able to create the project website and an ETwinning space. As partners do not have the technical staff required to do this in their schools, we would like to ask our Turkish partners if they have the capacity to take on this responsibility please? Please confirm is this is possible for you.
· Mobility Tool
Please could everyone make sure that the mobility tool is updated.
· Reporting
We need to keep detailed records of all activities completed for the project. An interim report needs to be submitted in October 2018 and the final report is to be completed and submitted at the end of the project.
Summary Tasks:
1. Choose one scientist and prepare activities for the children to complete in their science groups. Please inform partners of your choice of Scientist by 10th January 2018.
2. Create a presentation to give in Portugal to show the work carried out with the children regarding the famous scientist.
3. Create a science magazine for the children to use. Bring this along with you to the next meeting.
4. Create Science clubs and carry out activities between now and the next meeting in Portugal. Record all activities in a presentation to give to all partners in Portugal. Please bring an electronic version which we can share at the meeting.
5. The Portuguese team will present a science activity with the children.
6. Turkish team to create a website and Ed-twinning space? Please confirm if this is possible.
7. Apply for your Euro pass certificates if you would like them.
8. Join all social media groups- upload photographs to the dropbox facility.
9. All partners to let Maria know flight details and names of all participants for the visit to Portugal as soon as possible please.
Meeting closed at 4.45 pm.
