Comenius

Within the framework of COMENIUS, projects involving schools from different European countries receive financial support from the European Union. The essential purpose of COMENIUS is to promote communication and student exchanges within the European Union.

Projects at Casimirianum:

  • 2016/19: Making school a home for each student – unity in diversity
  • 2013/15: Generations of families - voices of Europe between 1914 and 2014
  • 2010/12: Gender roles through time and place - a travelling exhibition

Unity in diversity (2016/19)

The participating year 10 students look up methods and possibilities for integrating and including different students.

Every participating country has chosen its own target group in order to develop its own ideas on how to achieve the best integration and inclusion. At  Casimirianum the focus will be on year 5 and year 10 students. Every school has also chosen a special field of integration and inclusion. The German students work on free-time activities.

In workshops, students deal with general questions concerning inclusion and integration at a school. They also create an inventory of existing methods of integration or inclusion in the field chosen by the host country which will be visited next. The students will use the inventories created by the guests to develop further methods which will be tested and evaluated.

The results will be published on eTwinning, a European communication platform. At the same time a calendar and a brochure are being created.

Participating schools:

  • Gymnasium Casimirianum, Coburg, Germany
  • IES Santiago Rusinol, Aranjuez, Spain
  • Sint-Pieterscollege, Blankenberge, Belgium
  • Ecole Privée Marie-Consolatrice, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
  • Lysingskolan Ödeshög, Sweden
  • Liceo Statale Niccolò Machiavelli, Rome, Italy

Target groups:

  • New students entering the school
  • Refugees
  • Students with migrant background
  • Handicapped students

Fields of interest:

  • Art, photography, film
  • Sport
  • Free-time activities
  • Languages
  • IT
  • Active citizenship

Journeys:

  • February 2017: Opening Ceremony in Aranjuez, Spain
  • May 2017: Blankenberge, Belgium
  • October 2017: Rome, Italy
  • May 2018: Ödeshög, Sweden
  • October 2018: Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
  • May 2019: Final Ceremony in Coburg, Germany

 

Generations of families (2013/15)

50 year 9 and year 10 students dealt with the different generations living between 1914 and 2014. They interviewed various people from different generations and looked up information in archives and thus discovered many facets of the various topics. The results were presented in role plays during the meetings in the different countries and at the final ceremony in Coburg. Additionally, the students made films showing life in every time period.

Participating schools:

  • Gymnasium Casimirianum, Coburg, Germany
  • IES Santiago Rusinol, Aranjuez, Spain
  • Sint-Pieterscollege, Blankenberge, Belgium
  • Ecole Privée Marie-Consolatrice, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
  • Lysingskolan Ödeshög, Sweden
  • Fatih College, Istanbul, Turkey

Generations:

  • Present-day generation
  • The 1980s
  • The 1960s
  • World War II
  • World War I

Topics:

  • Housing
  • Communication
  • Fashion
  • Travelling
  • Work and education

Journeys:

  • October 2013: Opening Ceremony in Coburg, Germany
  • May 2014: Ödeshög, Sweden
  • October 2014: Blankenberge, Belgium
  • October 2014: Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
  • April 2015: Final Ceremony in Coburg, Germany

 

Gender roles (2010/12)

Participating schools:

  • Gymnasium Casimirianum, Coburg, Germany
  • IES Santiago Rusinol, Aranjuez, Spain
  • Sint-Pieterscollege, Blankenberge, Belgium
  • Ecole Privée Marie-Consolatrice, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
  • Lysingskolan Ödeshög, Sweden
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