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can be combined with already existing activities in Town Twinning or other
European educational programmes, but should clearly create additional
cooperation activities as well as a deepening of already existing cooperation
in the field of school education.
Rationale: why are we doing it?
• Opportunity to build on existing Adel-Los Guindos visits and links
• Requirement to upskill primary teachers – both regions
• Interest in cross curricular working• Interest in expanding language training in Leeds
Met beyond French• Interest in increasing use of Take 10 in Spanish• Bilingual schools programme in Andalucia
Comenius Regio Partnerships
• 53 national bids – 46 projects awarded• Maximum amount €45,000• 10 maximum awards – 3 to Leeds• 2 years of project ends July 2011
• STRATEGIC – authority to authority not school to school
Comenius Regio Partnerships
An opportunity for Local and Regional Authorities to form sustainable European partnerships
Partners: Picasso Museum, Malaga, Malaga Education Authority, Education Leeds, Adel Primary School, I.E.S.Sierra Almijara Nerja,
PHGS, Adel Primary School, Los Guindos Malaga, CEIP Rural Salvador Rueda, Malaga University, Leeds Met UniversityProjects last for 2 years but the impact should be felt longer
Main aims - Primary
• develop teacher linguistic skills and intercultural understanding; cross curricular materials – Art and PE.
• Use Picasso and Henry Moore• Take 10 in Spanish and English (‘wake
up and shake up’ style resources)• Opportunities for 1 week visits to partner
city and schools
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• Develop a joint cross curricular project using Picasso and Henry Moore.
• Work in MFL and Art
Main aims - Secondary
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Main aims – Higher Ed
• Provide students with a supportive environment, working with practitioners and each other to explore working in the other culture and language
• Explore the possibility of Erasmus/bilateral links, to exchange students for teaching practice experiences
Main aims – Picasso Museum
• Provide students and teachers with resources and ideas for teaching art
• Learn more about key artists from each culture
• Although not a partner in the project, work with Leeds Art Gallery to provide linked training
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Outcomes beyond those planned in the Partnership
agreement• Secondary Link added by Malaga – opportunity to
develop CLIL in small way• Erasmus agreement between Universities ready to be
signed; Bilateral agreement planned for next year. • 6 Leeds Primary schools have set up school links
(funding through Anglo Spanish Fund)• Literacy coordinator led CPD training on phonics in
Malaga in March for Spanish teachers
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• Maximum of 24 ‘mobilities’ over the 2 years
• Mobilities total for each country• Resources and dissemination• Impact expected to be long lasting – not
just for the duration of the project
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