Bucharest, 22nd February 2012

CHANGING WITH CLIMATE- OUR SCHOOL’S MAIN OBJECTIVES

• teachers to introduce climate change as a main topic during their lessons concerning sustainable development•Inter- disciplinary approach•Use of interactive methods and techniques in order to raise interest in climate change issues among students.• a “Code of Manners” to be implemented in our school during the following years, which should include behavioral changes such as: - a rational use of energy - a School Energy Saving Plan - unplugging devices ( TVs, faxes, computers,etc) at the end of school programme - turning off the lights whenever they aren’t needed - finding school partners over Europe in order to exchange ideas, opinions and create common activities - encouraging community involvment and develop life skills

BEFORE BARCELONA MEETING ( OCT. 2011)

LESSONSStudents involved: 75The lessons focused on the following topics:• CLIMATE CHANGE: CAUSE AND EFFECTS• CLIMATE CHANGE IN ROMANIA•UPDATE OF THE SCHOOL’S ENERGY SAVING PLAN•ENERGY EFFICIENCY AT HOME

SCHOOL SUBJECTS INVOLVED: English, Science, Art

METHODS AND TECHNIQUES:•Pair& group work•Brainstorming•Debates•Observation and reflection•Project work•Photo taking, interviews& surveys, energy invoices study and comparisonOUTCOMES: MINI- PROJECTS, POSTCARDS, POSTERS, QUESTIONNAIRES, VIDEOS

OUR FIRST LOCAL ACTION: RAISING AWARNESS UPON CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES AMONG TEACHERS

AND STUDENTS

ACTIVITY 1:• students created questionnaires about climate change• they interviewed colleagues throughout the school as well as teachers•They assessed the answers and came with conclusions on how interested students in our school are in climate change and also on their acknowledge of the topic.• students presented their projects to colleagues and teachers

OUR QUESTIONNAIRES

OUR FIRST LOCAL ACTION: RAISING AWARNESS UPON CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES AMONG TEACHERS

AND STUDENTS

ACTIVITY 2:• students designed postcardsin which they illustrated the effects of climate change .• the postcards were exposed so that any visitor could seethem.

POSTERS, POSTCARDS AND PROJECTS

AFTER BARCELONA MEETING

Barcelona meeting was a very interesting experience for all the teachers, as we shared previous experience in European projects as well as our work in Changing with Climate project. The posters and cards done by our students were presented and appreciated. What is more , we found valuable partners for future activities and discovered common points of view.

OUR PARTNERS

After further communication via e-mail, we decided to develop a partnership with SCUOLA VIROLAI BARCELONA. So far ,we’ve done the following activities:-Introduced each other ( students sent electronic letters introducing themselves and their schools).- sent Christmas cards in order to become closer friends.- took a common decision for the next activities: - presenting ( on Skype) short sketches created by students on climate change topics and deciding the best ideas and performance. - celebrating Earth Day on April 22nd ( both schools will have the same workshops and experiences will be shared online).

Our work in images !

A sample Spanish Christmas card

A sample Romanian Christmas card

Getting to know each other !

• SPAIN• My name is Marc Serrano, from Barcelona, and I am eleven years old.I´m tall and thin, I´ve got short hair and brown eyes. I like wearing

cap and t-shirts.I live with my dad and mom. I´ve got one sister. My favourite sport is football, and I like playing padel. I love playing with the PS3.At the weekend I go to my town with my family and I ride my bike.

• Hope to hearing from you soon. •   •  •  • ROMANIA• Hello Alice!• My name is Anastasia Florea and I’m eleven years old.Thanks for your lovely card!It’s really nice! I’m studying at ,,Titu

Maiorescu” school in Bucharest.I’m in the sixth grade.I study Math,Romanian,P.E.,Music,German and other subjects but my favourite one is English. I have a sister,Anna.She is 23 years old.I also have a dog,Torry,two cats,Ashley and Otto,and two hamsters,Pupsi and Chit.

• My hobbies are dancing,drawing,ice skating and writing different kinds of stories.I like singing and science-fiction books. I also like music,films,books .My favourite food is cupcakes.My favourite book is ,,Gorge:a journey in the universe’’ by Stephan Hawking and my favourite song is ,,Cover my eyes’’ by La Roux.

• Those are some things about me.There are much many but I’m too lazy to write them.I hope I’ll receive a message from you soon!

• Best wishes, • Anastasia •