Preparing the gymkana!

Once we had understood the concept of EU and how it works the question is: How are we going to explain the benefits of being a european citizen to the students  in secondary level? This is not an easy topic for us, and taking into account that they are not so young and very different people concerning cognitive levels, we thought that they should work with us to make themselves understand it. We just have to give them the keys. Then our problem is how to give them the keys in an attractive, fun and easy way to make them get interested in the topic. Having done lots of drafts and thinking, we reached the following conclusion: what everybody likes and is able to do is PLAYING!!!!

 

So we are going to get across our ideas by means of playing. Our plan is making a team game in which the six groups in each class are going to represent the "first" six countries that formed the EU after the second World War. These groups will have to find a key word by overcoming different obstacles, with this key word different obstacles, with this word key they will be able to open a treasure. What will they find inside them? They will find a card where a benefit of being a European citizen will be written. What will they have to do with it? They will have to explain their classmates their benefits and we will make a common mural with them to hang it in their classroom. Our objective with this activity is: fisrtly to teach the students that learning together is fun, secondly that being members of the EU is worthy for us and we, as teenagers should know what is it. We also want to show them,by making the final mural, that by means of working in smalls groups with a little bit of information, the whole class will be able to learn lots of things about the UE, just with the union of all our knowledge. We hope you like the idea, follow us!!

We are on Hit Radio!!

We have to thank Hit Radio because yesterday they gave us the oportunity to show our work in their programme "El balcón del coso". Furthermore we spent a good time with the presenters and all the people who received us very kindly :)

The link: http://www.hithuesca.es/index.php/noticias-hit/actualidad/1867-altoaragon-santa-rosa-de-huesca

Here there are some photos of the programme:

Daily work :)

As you all know, we've been doing different activities for the little ones of the school. all this involves a little preparation, so we're going to show you some pictures about what we have been doing.

Europe!

Yesterday, we worked together with the young children of Santa Rosa School  to make the word "Europe" on the background´s floor. It was a fantastic experience and we had a great time! Look some of the photos :)

We are on the radio!

Last Friday we did another step. Radio Huesca shown an advertisement of our work in one of
its programmes. Thank you very much for promoving our effort, because with this little things we are reaching our objetive: to promote the European project among all the people in Huesca.

Here is the link to the article :) please visit our blogs and our tweeter!


Alto Aragón Huesca participa en un concurso a nivel europeo

Something is happening in our school!

May starts and a revolution arrives to SantaRosa-Altoaragón school. In 1^st of BACH A we can find the students between papers and crayons. Some of them working with pencils in their hands. Some of them, working with scissors. Everyone with rubbers and rules closer to them, you never know. They’re smiling but they’re also concentrated. In fact, they look like when they were younger and took care of doing well the art homework. Are all of them getting back to their childhood? No, they aren’t! The fact is Euro-scola has started!

Step by step, the draws start to get recognizable. A few people are working to turn a big yellow paper into stars. Exactly, twelve stars by flag. Does it ring a bell to you? One clue, not far, there’s another blue big paper. Right! That’s our European Union flag, which we’re going to use in several activities with the children of the school.

As the weather let us, we use the place we’ve got outside the classroom, because the murals are big and we need space to work. The motto we’ve chosen isn’t well-known, but it should be.

 “United in diversity”

It’s more than a few words which sound well together. It’s the current European Union motto. Four words that remind us the main aim is not to be all the same but respect and make the most of our differences. Knowing other cultures makes you grow up, and that’s why we are going to pass on to our school children.

To get it, while we’re working in the murals, we’re also organizing games and activities about the EU State Members, in which the children will have to press their brains to recognize each country flat.

Something is being carried out in our school… and it looks really really well…

Are you going to miss it?

Warming up

Altoaragón school is living a european excitement.  Students of all ages are joining the Euroscola project; now a little group of primary students is taking part in this nice experience. Some bachillerato students, who also study music, have decided to take the project to a new level: art. They have created a little orchestra with the children, teaching them and preparing some activities.

Moreover, we have been working hard, writing and drawing some murals, decorating the school with some items related to the EU. We hope that they will help us to spread the european spirit to everybody in the school!