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Comenius meeting: October 2005 in Europaschool Genk (Belgium)
•302 children(age from 2/3 to 12)•25 teachers
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…a school that looks up…
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The school presentation…
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The territory
• 1902: 2300 inhabitants
• 1% not Flemmish
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1914: 1^ migration wave from Germany, then from Poland…Italy (until 1956), then Spain…
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In the seventies: from a mining area to an industrial one
• 4 th industrial city in Belgium
• 63.000 people, 15% from other countries, 70% from another ethnic group
• 16% jobless
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Lots of families are from Turkey and Marocco
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The main school aim:Feeling good, safe and relaxed
• llll
Let’s visit the school…
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The Infant school
• Learning by doing
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A reading project…
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In the primary schools doors are open…
Kids work in a nice atmosphere…
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The space is well structured
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and very well equipped
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A multicultural and multilingual school
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Special projects:A relax room
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The music room…
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The children’s feelings are central
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Mothers at school for a language lesson
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The headmaster Mr Tony
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The meeting project
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Informal gatherings…
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Bruxelles
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The “Secret under the surface” project team in Bruxelles
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Time to come back…
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In the meanwhile in our schools…children are getting ready to start the Comenius
project
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They open the surprise boxes
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We’re going to work alongside Belgium, Germany, Finland, Poland, Spain and us
of course…Italy
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Christa Prets europarlamentare, presente alla settimana Comenius
a Bruxelles:
«Incoraggio tutti voi a mantenere una mentalità di apertura verso gli altri, è la base della futura cooperazione europea: giovani che si capiscono.Se i giovani imparano a conoscersi, nonché a capire e ad accettare le loro differenze, allora non dobbiamo avere timori per il futuro dell’Europa.»