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About the project

The project aims to let students celebrate Christmas together with European friends. During this project pupils will create handmade Christmas cards and send them by post to their friends from different countries. Every postcard will include Christmas wishes both in English and their own languages. The project will help them to know all about how Christmas is celebrated in their peers’ countries (religious services, house and town decorations, traditional dishes, school and local events, traditional songs…)

Aims

- Celebrate Christmas and learn how others celebrate it

- Help children to be aware of different cultures

- Making new friends

- Improving language abilities and competences in English

- Using ICT in a safe, sure and useful way

- Boost collaboration between students.

Work process

- The project will last four months, from October to January.

- Activities and deadlines will be agreed by the partners through collaborative tools.

- Students will create a collaborative project logo

- They will have their own space to know each other, share ideas and collaborate ( forum, chat, video-conference, Skype…)

- They will make their Christmas cards using their favourite technique. Each of them will receive a personal card from his/her peer. These cards will be sent by post to give them the happiness to get them.

- They will make a presentation about Christmas traditions

( traditional dishes, customs, songs, games etc...)in their countries using ICT.

- They will take home traditional Christmas recipes of other countries and cook them with their parents

- Students will work by themselves or in groups according to the activity.

- All the materials connected to planned activities (files, pictures, videos ...) will be uploaded and shared in the twinspace.

Expected results

All the activities will contribute to:

- Enhance students’ motivation in learning

- Broaden cultural horizons

- Developing communication and language skills

- Becoming familiar with ICT

- Learning about copywriting and e-safety