Our Schools, Our World
The eTwinning project “Our Schools, Our World” was a meaningful collaboration between students and teachers from Latvia, Greece, Spain, Italy and Turkey, focusing on communication, cultural exchange, and creative learning.
September – October: Starting the Collaboration
The project began with the registration of students and teachers on the platform, followed by the first online teachers’ meeting. At this early stage, we also carried out a pre-survey to explore students’ interests, experiences, and expectations regarding the project. This helped us better shape the upcoming activities according to their needs and profiles.
Teachers had their first online meeting.
To help students get to know each other, we started with simple introductory tasks such as creating digital avatars in the activity “Let’s Get To Know Each Other!” Students also introduced themselves, while teachers prepared a collaborative Project Netiquette video presentation.
For the European Day of Languages, students worked together on a poster and a short song featuring greetings in different languages, supporting early collaboration and language awareness.
We also placed strong emphasis on online safety and responsible participation. Parents provided consent for student participation and use of materials, the eTwinning Code of Conduct was shared on TwinSpace, and students were introduced to safe internet practices through a presentation and a Kahoot activity.
November – December: Sharing School Life
During this period, students presented their schools, daily routines, and favorite subjects through digital projects. This allowed them to compare school life across countries and recognize both similarities and differences. You can see our school’s presentation here
They shared their favourite school subjects and why they liked them on this shared padlet
The first online student meeting gave them the opportunity to communicate directly. The school presentations each school created were presented and students managed to interact and exchange greetings in a supportive and encouraging atmosphere.
It was during the festive Christmas season, students exchanged handmade cards, wishes, and sang to each other traditional Christmas carols, adding a more personal and cultural dimension to the collaboration.
January – February: Communication and Creativity
Students participated in a logo design competition and the winning logo design was created by our school, the 10th Primary School of Kalamaria, Greece!
The students were asked to imagine and create their “dream school designs“. They worked in groups and used the materials of their choice. They used lego bricks, plasticine, drawing by hand, cardboard recycled materials etc.
Designs from our Spanish partners: CEIP SIMON DE COLONIA
Designs from Kardia Primary School, Greece: Class D
Our school’s designs were: D1 and D2
A poll was implemented to find out which one was considered the best. The winning design belonged to Latvia Class C.
The students contributed to collaborative writing activities, including letters for the “Buddy Box” and articles for a shared digital newspaper “OUR SCHOOLS, OUR WORLD NEWS” focusing on life skills learnt at school.
These tasks supported written communication skills and encouraged cooperation among partner schools.
March – April: Reflection and Joint Creation
Students completed a self-assessment checklist to reflect on the skills they had developed throughout the project.
In “Our Dream School” designs activity, the students designed their ideal school environment and discussed and voted on different ideas. This allowed creativity and collaboration to come together in a meaningful way.
They also worked collectively to create a shared story titled “The Secret Door at School”, developing storytelling and teamwork skills.
May – June: Final Online Meetings, Evaluation and Dissemination
The project concluded with a second round of online meetings for both teachers and students. The studentsenjoyed the meeting immensely as they played a kahoot game with excerpts and images of the collaborative eBook they created together and had to find the correct story title. They then sang traditional songs about summer and said their goodbyes! 
Final evaluations were completed, and the project outcomes were shared within the school and eTwinning communities.
The project was disseminated on the eTwinning Display Board in our school, on the school’s official website, at the end-of-school presentation to parents at our school, in the teacher’s blog and on the Facebook eTwinning teachers’ group “ETWINNING GREECE”, allowing the project to reach a wider educational audience and share good practices with other educators.
Dissemination videow were created to showcase the project in our end of school presentation to the parents and also to social media teacher groups of eTwinning. A presentation was also created in english for dissemination to other European social media teacher groups.
Greek Dissemination Video Part 1
Greek Dissemination Video Part 2
Greek Dissemination Video Part 3
“Our Schools, Our World” provided students with opportunities to communicate and collaborate beyond their own classroom environment. Through structured but creative activities, they developed skills in communication, teamwork, and digital collaboration while engaging with peers from other countries.
