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GENIUS stands for Gathering European Nations’ Identities Under Sports. As its name indicates, this project will bring together people from different cultures and backgrounds, and allow them to share experiences through local and traditional sports activities and practices. The main goal is to acquire new skills collectively, meet other people, take them into account however different they may seem at first, discover new countries, new school systems and all in all a whole range of means of expression. The idea of solidarity will be put forward in order to develop health, success and wellbeing. Children facing personal, social and/or school difficulties will take part in the project. The aim is to promote positive values, mutual aid and teamwork using sports to help them open up to others. Special attention will also be given to the right habits and behaviours to keep good health through physical activity and to the risks of a sedentary lifestyle. GENIUS will be a unique opportunity for many of the participants to confront singular and collective identities through games and sports in Europe, tackle their differences and share knowledge to take part in the process of building a common culture. In that aspect, ICT tools and the online platform eTwinning will be widely used in the project and all partners’ mastering skills will therefore improve. Communication will be in English and participants will use the language in many various situations such as through internet exchanges, during sports games or in a daily context during mobilities. CLIL lessons will be included in the process. This project will give real sense to what pupils learn in English classes at school and contribute to developing their abilities. They will work on various tasks, in pairs or in groups, and be confronted to all language
activities as defined in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Five schools from five different European countries are taking part in the GENIUS project. All of them have already taken part in several eTwinning and/or Erasmus+ projects. The school in La Flèche, in France, will be piloting the whole of the project. In order to support diversity within the group, the French pupils involved will come from disadvantaged social background and special needs classes but all of them will also be teenagers with good human qualities and good English communication skills. They will act as resource persons and help their friends progress during the course of the project. The Italian school in Stigliano is located in a rural village. Pupils have many different cultural origins, some of them have special needs and others are losing interest in school. The Czech pupils in Trinec mostly come from a very disadvantaged social background. They have limited financial means and few opportunities to travel. The school in Rio Tinto, in Portugal, is working on the inclusion of special needs children in Physical Education classes in order to develop interactions and socialization, and the school community has a low social/economic status, which has hindered the children’s opportunity to travel abroad. Lastly, pupils in the school in Komotini in Greece come from different cultural and social backgrounds. The teachers involved will be able to bring their expertise regarding learning difficulties and special needs. The number one priority for each of these partners is to promote diversity and help the young participants gain motivation and self-confidence through exchanges and collaboration with other European teenagers. GENIUS is really putting together mixed skills. Teachers in the five partner
schools will discuss the project individually with pupils they believe will benefit the most from it according to their profile and personal situation. The positive aspects will be highlighted and teenagers will be reassured that no obstacles of any kind will prevent them from being part of the project. Besides, other participants will be numerous. On top of mobilities, a lot of actions will be organized, such as free sporting activities in schools and more widely in the cities of the partners. It is essential that GENIUS benefits more children than only those involved in the first place. The openness to Europe and the multiple encounters and friendships created in the context of this Erasmus+ project will arouse the curiosity of the young people who will take part at some point and make them the ambassadors of European strength and culture. All partners
will have specific tasks assigned and each will designate a coordinator and a person in charge. Teachers will have learned how to work collectively, sharing projects with colleagues teaching different subjects and different class profiles. A school community must be inclusive of everyone and achievement should be measured by new standards taking into consideration the input any given individual can bring to a project.
activities as defined in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Five schools from five different European countries are taking part in the GENIUS project. All of them have already taken part in several eTwinning and/or Erasmus+ projects. The school in La Flèche, in France, will be piloting the whole of the project. In order to support diversity within the group, the French pupils involved will come from disadvantaged social background and special needs classes but all of them will also be teenagers with good human qualities and good English communication skills. They will act as resource persons and help their friends progress during the course of the project. The Italian school in Stigliano is located in a rural village. Pupils have many different cultural origins, some of them have special needs and others are losing interest in school. The Czech pupils in Trinec mostly come from a very disadvantaged social background. They have limited financial means and few opportunities to travel. The school in Rio Tinto, in Portugal, is working on the inclusion of special needs children in Physical Education classes in order to develop interactions and socialization, and the school community has a low social/economic status, which has hindered the children’s opportunity to travel abroad. Lastly, pupils in the school in Komotini in Greece come from different cultural and social backgrounds. The teachers involved will be able to bring their expertise regarding learning difficulties and special needs. The number one priority for each of these partners is to promote diversity and help the young participants gain motivation and self-confidence through exchanges and collaboration with other European teenagers. GENIUS is really putting together mixed skills. Teachers in the five partner
schools will discuss the project individually with pupils they believe will benefit the most from it according to their profile and personal situation. The positive aspects will be highlighted and teenagers will be reassured that no obstacles of any kind will prevent them from being part of the project. Besides, other participants will be numerous. On top of mobilities, a lot of actions will be organized, such as free sporting activities in schools and more widely in the cities of the partners. It is essential that GENIUS benefits more children than only those involved in the first place. The openness to Europe and the multiple encounters and friendships created in the context of this Erasmus+ project will arouse the curiosity of the young people who will take part at some point and make them the ambassadors of European strength and culture. All partners
will have specific tasks assigned and each will designate a coordinator and a person in charge. Teachers will have learned how to work collectively, sharing projects with colleagues teaching different subjects and different class profiles. A school community must be inclusive of everyone and achievement should be measured by new standards taking into consideration the input any given individual can bring to a project.
