The objectives of this Project were; 1-To provide opportunities for pupils to increase their basic skills by taking part in activities. 2-To enrich children's experiences of school through travel and encourage them to value and continue in education thus impacting on their ability to be the best citizens they can. 3-To improve children's social entrepreneurship. 4-For pupils and teachers to share experiences and knowledge to enhance everyone's education. 5-To become familiar with other educational systems and pedagogical systems of our partner countries 6-To motivate the students to learn other languages and try to communicate in them for a clear purpose. 7-To promote the use of new communication and information technologies, for example eTwinning, blogs, msn, web conference and online lessons. 8-To make students, parents and teachers feel an active part of the European community.These are the activities and tasks we used to help attain these objectives throughout our project. They all worked towards developing these four main skills: Reading comprehension, writing, maths related : logical thinking, computer literacy skill, and more.We planned and executed written, oral and aural tasks for children in all the partner schools to do. These varied from comprehension tasks based on new information from partner schools. Maths problems which were developed from our topics such as tales and food. The children enjoyed the challenges of working against and with children from the partner schools. They improved their IT skills in a variety of ways; from sharing their results, using flip grid to record their feelings about school and the project, setting up zoom calls.Mobilities enable children who have never travel and those who may never travel to experience their first flight. To experience a different culture first hand and to widen their understanding of the similarity between all people no matter where they live. We saw quiet children who were supported and encouraged to stand up in front of their peers from across Europe to talk about their country and culture. We saw how these mobilities helped them to grow in confidence and independence. Many parents commented, upon our returned stating they saw a positive difference. Pupils were delighted to share with their families and other pupils all the wonderful experiences, events and tasks they had been involved with- even re-telling about the things they did not enjoy as much helped them to appreciate how travel and education are beneficial and a privilege not to be squandered.Teachers were able to have face to face meeting during mobilities, and weekend and evening zoom meetings, in which they shared and discussed different education systems and pedagogical styles - some were similar, others we could learn from. Teachers exchanged skill especially in IT. We worked on Thinklink taught by our Portuguese partner and Flip grid taught by our Turkish partner. Together we set up a website, eTwinning and Instagram accounts.Virtual mobilities allowed more pupils to take part in the activities of maths and literacy- lessons adapted for a wider variety of ages and ability.Physical Mobilities enabled children from each partner country to engage and practice teaching others their own language and learning a new language. Through virtual mobilities we were able to use the skills we, as teachers, had learned through Thinklink. In which the children set up dramas to teach others common greetings and phrases which were recorded and shared in zoom classes. We acted them out during the zoom to show the partners how we could now greet them and ask some questions in their own tongue. These were then able to be accessed by other children in the schools at a convenient time. They were used for assessment purposes too.Parents were invited to come to information evenings at the beginning of the project to inform them of the purpose of the project and all the commitment needed by pupils and staff, along with their support, to make it successful. At the end of each mobility they were invited in to school to hear from the students what they had been doing and to look at photographs of the trips. After the virtual mobilities some partners sent out information to parents . At the end of the project some partners sent out questionnaires to children and families to get feedback.The long term benefit of this project can be viewed in a multitude of ways. Pupils were able to hear from the children who went on physical mobilities. They want to be able to travel, meet other students and share information about their country and learn about others. It has encouraged them to view education as important and will help to keep them focused in school. The extra literacy and numeracy activities and challenges helped children to see links better and to have a positive view of education. All partners have improved their IT ability and these will be used in the schools for years to come.

'Environment is no one’s property to destroy; it’s everyone’s responsibility to protect.' ( Mohith Agadi) Think Global, Act Local Across Europe is a two-year-long project consisting of 6 partner schools: Irish (overall coordinator), Turkish, Finnish, Polish, Portuguese and a Hungarian institution. In total the schools cater for more than 3,000 students (includes children with special needs) aged 5-16. There are over 200 teachers with different experiences & interests. We all share common ideas and concerns regarding our environment. We are becoming more aware of the effects of our lifestyle on our environment and the long-term effects that this has on our climate and our natural world.We are already facing serious environmental problems & must take action. Those most affected & with the greatest potential for change are our young. They have enthusiasm &skills to make a difference. This project aims to motivate our students to work to make positive changes in their lives that can help prevent further pollution of our Planet. We want to involve all/as many students as possible in the project and make a difference for all of our countries. This project will be sub-divided into the four topics: 1. GREEN ME deals with personal hygiene. We will research the use of materials used in commercial personal hygiene products and learn how to produce environmentally friendly cosmetics for ourselves. We will make home-made soaps, shower gels, shampoos, deodorants & toothpaste instead of using harmful substances on our bodies. 2.GREEN HOMES will be about using cleaning products & detergents at home, investigating the harmful effects of them on the environment and our health. During this part of the project we would like to create more environmentally friendly versions of washing up liquids, washing powders, bath cleaners and fabric softeners. The students will also learn about green waste and saving water. They will research the availability of green waste containers & rain collectors and if unavailable research how to create suitable containers. 3. GREEN SCHOOLS will focus on the three R's, reuse, reduce & recycle. We will investigate what we can do to improve our school’s environment i.e. school garden, insect hotel, clean up etc. We will make various products from reused materials such as an international landscape from bottle tops, notice boards. In school canteens see how food waste & packaging can be reduced or eliminated. 4. GREEN WORLD will concentrate on global issues & local activities that impact on global problems. We will investigate how shopping can be made eco-friendlier by making fabric shopping bags of different sizes, persuading people to use these bags instead of plastic ones. We will look at palm oil - as an ingredient & examine the problems of using palm oil. We will use creative means i.e. drama, slam poetry, art etc to share our ideas. We will also look at the ethics surrounding the food we eat i.e. food miles & promote the idea of buying and eating locally produced food. We will compare the effects of fast food (preservatives, waste) & raise awareness of eating home-made food that s natural ingredients. There will be a number of products produced during the course of the project. These recipes and procedures will be made available to students & the wider community through power point presentations & four electronic books. They will contain all of the work each institution carried out during the two- year period. Short videos summarizing the various activities mobilities will be produced. All results will be uploaded on the common eTwinning website, which will also serve as a communication channel during the project. Throughout the project we aim to raise pupil, teacher & parents’ awareness to the environmental problems that we are having and provide opportunities to hear about environmentally friendly products in connection with their personal hygiene and the cleanliness of their homes. We also want to motivate them to take action against environment pollution locally by reusing materials, reducing waste & recycling materials where possible. We want to change their attitudes & encourage them to live a more sustainable lifestyle. During the course of the project students' & teachers' social, ICT and language skills will increase. It is envisaged that participants will live a healthier way of life and take care of their environment in a more effective way. It is also hoped that our local actions will have effects on the wider communities, the schools will be greener, our surroundings will be cleaner.To check on the success of the project we will have questionnaires at the beginning & end of each topic to evaluate the different activities & the progress made. Environmentally friendly products will be tested & created. The mobilities will provide participants with an opportunity to share experiences, ideas & products made with the other schools during the 4 topics.