eTwinning “My Childhood Bucket List_Primary Edition” – Part 1

Our new eTwinning project, “My Childhood Bucket List – Primary Edition”, involving classes St2, D1, and C is a project that invites pupils to dream big and express their hopes for the future through creative activities. Children create their own childhood bucket lists and reflect on how important it is to have goals, imagination, and aspirations from an early age.

As part of this project, we are collaborating with schools from Turkey, Lithuania, Romania, Ukraine, Poland, Italy, and Greece, building a vibrant European learning community.

From the very beginning, the students actively collaborated and got to know their European partners through a wide range of creative and engaging activities. As a first step, each child designed their own digital avatar using an artificial intelligence tool, based on a personal description they provided. Along with their virtual self, students wrote a short introductory text about their interests and preferences, helping everyone to get to know one another better. The teachers followed the same process, so both students and educators proudly presented their digital identities.

At the same time, all students introduced their cities -the places where their dreams are born- by contributing to a shared collaborative digital book, offering a colorful mosaic of cultures, places, and stories.

During this month, students, teachers, and parents were also invited to complete introductory questionnaires, aiming to explore trends, experiences, dreams, and expectations connected to childhood aspirations.

In addition, each participating class designed its own project logo and poster, creatively capturing the children’s ideas, excitement, and sample dreams through graphic design. All logos and posters were uploaded to digital notice boards, where a voting process will take place next month to select the designs that will officially represent the project.

This dynamic start has set the tone for an inspiring journey -one filled with creativity, collaboration, and big dreams across Europe.

 

eTwinning “Hidden Voices, Stolen Minds – Part 1

Our new eTwinning journey for the 6^th grade (St1) began in October with a strong spirit of collaboration and discovery.

“Hidden Voices, Stolen Minds!” is a project designed to help students discover women who made major contributions to science, art, literature, medicine, and many other fields, yet were overshadowed -or even erased- by history. The project aims to raise students’ awareness of gender equality, bringing together partners from Italy, Turkey, Romania, France, Jordan, and Greece.

The opening activities focused on getting to know one another in a creative and engaging way. Students created avatars using an AI tool, guided by descriptions they had written themselves in class. Alongside their virtual personas, the students shared a short text about their interests and preferences. The teachers followed the same approach, creating their own presentations to introduce themselves to the group.

During the same month, both students and teachers completed initial exploratory questionnaires, focusing on their perceptions, prior knowledge, and expectations with regard to the project.

Our activities continued with great enthusiasm in November. All partner schools presented their countries and cities through a collaborative digital book. At the same time, and in line with the project’s theme, they introduced a well-known female figure connected to their city. This step laid the groundwork for the next phase of the project, which will gradually lead students to explore women whose contributions were lost, underestimated, or overshadowed over time, often by men of their era.

This inspiring journey has only just begun and many hidden voices are waiting to be heard!