NEWSLETTER - ISSUE 11

COLLABORATIVE TEAM TEACHING

SUPPORT

APRIL 2014 – JUNE 2014

Collaborative team teaching support intended for preschool and primary school students continued and was completed on June 13th.

All five educators involved in the collaborative team teaching support of the Program (3 for preschool and 2 for primary education) collaborated with the class teacher during the daily school program, in order to facilitate the equitable involvement of Decoration of an Easter card and Easter crafts. Roma children in the educational process. Kindergarten of Agia Sophia

The kindergarten of Agia Sophia, Palaiochora and

nd the 2 kindergarten of Menemeni participated in the action. The primary classes involved were first grade classes of the 5th primary school of Menemeni

st and the 1 primary school of Sindos. A total of 217 students benefited from the

Collaborative team teaching support Program.

Flowers for May 1. 2nd kindergarten of Menemeni

"May Day wreath". Kindergarten of Palaiochora

"Games in the sand". Kindergarten of Palaiochora.

Leaving kindergarten- 2nd kindergarten of Menemeni, kindergartens of Agia Sophia and Palaiochora "Flowers growing from a seed". 2nd kindergarten of Menemeni 2 APRIL 2014 So, Mary the Pin travelled across Europe and visited

interesting places, such as the Eiffel Tower, London On the occasion of the World Book Day, the Eye, Disneyland, Fontana di Trevi, Vatican and so students of the 2nd kindergarten of Menemeni and on. their teacher decided to write their own book. The class was inspired by reading the book Mary the Pin

(in Greek: Η Μαίρη πινέζα) and especially by the repetitive phrase "...she thought so".

The students of the kindergarten decided to let

Mary the Pin travel in other countries and created the 2nd part of the book.

The book written by the students, Mary the Pin,

Volume 2" was presented in the classroom on the

last day of the school year. The children enjoyed to With a map of Europe in front of them, the students read their own story and to see the complete narrated Mary's adventures in every country she illustrated book. (Click here to see the book) visited.

SUPPORT CLASSES

Support classes intended for primary school students of Axis 2 (regions of Central and Western Macedonia) continued and were completed on June

6th. Classes took place at the settlements of Peraia "Making hats and getting up like lady bugs". Camp of and Agia Sophia, as well as at the primary schools of Peraia.

Kapsochora, Koryfi, Lianovergi, the kindergarten of Palaiochora, the 3rd and 5th primary school of

Menemeni, the 1st and 2nd primary school of

nd Kymina, the primary school of Nea Malgara, the 2 and the 6th primary school of Alexandreia, the 1st and the 2nd primary school of Irakleia (Serres), the primary school of Pontismeno (Serres), the 2nd primary school of Serres, the 2nd and the 8th primary school of Ptolemaida and the 64th primary school of

Thessaloniki. Totally 503 primary school students "Writing phrases to wish happy summer holidays". have benefited by support classes. Settlement of Agia Sophia. Support classes were also offered to primary education Roma students of Axis 1 (Regions of East

Macedonia and Thrace). They started in April and were completed on June 13th. The classes took place at the 4th, 7th and 8th primary school of

Orestiada, 11th and 15th primary school of Drama, primary schools of Chrysochori and Nea Karya (Kavala), the 2nd primary school of Chrysoupoli (Kavala), the 1st primary school of Didymoteicho and the primary schools of Evlalos, Dekarcho and "We painted the wall of our school." Primary School of Kimmeria (Xanthi). Support classes were attended Pontismeno (Serres). by 134 students.

"We have written a fairy tale in our own language." Fairy tale written by primary school students of N. Malgara in "Gipsy wedding". Representation of a gipsy wedding Romani. during a school event at the 2nd primary school of Serres.

OFFERING CLASSES TO DISABLED ROMA NEW ENROLMENTS FOR SCHOOL YEAR CHILDREN 2014-15.

At the end of April, classes started being offered to Already since June, psychologists, social workers disabled Roma children in camps and partner and mediators of the Program have carried out new schools. The disabled children had been identified enrolments of Roma students for the next school at the mapping carried out at the beginning of the year (2014-15). Enrolments ltogether for both Axes Program and it was checked if they are attending of the Program (Axis 1: Regions of East Macedonia school. Most children had medical certificates. For and Thrace & Axis 2: Regions of Central and the purposes of the lessons they were divided into Western Macedonia) were groups so that they could attend mainstream or 189 enrolments for preschool and nursery special schools the next school year. The groups education Roma children, 215 enrolments for were created on the basis of spatial, social, primary school children and 143 enrolments for learning/age criteria, as well as depending on the secondary school students. More enrolments are disability. anticipated to take place at the partner schools of The classes took place in Agia Sophia, the Program in September. Dendropotamos, Peraia and Alexandreia and 29 children benefited from them.

MORE ACTIVITIES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL UNIT.

[[[Cross-curricular pedagogical interventions through theatre and music started taking place in most schools of the Program in April. These actions were addressed to all students of the school, Roma or not, in the framework of the ordinary school program, with the objective of creating an attractive and collaborating learning environment, which is in favour of the group interactions and achieves the integration of Roma children in the class community.

During the first phase (April – June) cross-curricular approaches took place at 27 schools (5 kindergartens – 22 primary schools) of Axis 2

(Regions of Central and Western Macedonia) from "The journey of Odysseus". Primary School of which benefited 3753 students, Roma or not. Pontismeno (Serres), 1st Primary School of Diavata, 2nd Primary School of Ν. Malgara. Similar interventions also took place at 8 primary schools of Axis 1 (Region of Eastern Macedonia and

Thrace) and more specifically at schools of Drama and Kavala Prefecture. From these benefited 451 students.

"The cat bridesmaid" (original title: Η Γάτα Κουμπάρα), kindergarten of Palaiochora

Additionally, since mid of June, for the purposes of Axis 1, started taking place cross-curricular interventions for the education and integration of Roma children, not anymore in the school units, but in open space and rooms near the settlements - camps in the wider areas of Drama, Kavala, Xanthi, Rodopi, Didymoteicho and Orestiada. These interventions will continue to take place during the summer and they aim at preparing children for attending school the next school year.

Totally 200 children benefit from the actions.

Summer actions inside buildings. Dance, theatre and music.

Summer actions in open space. Constructions, music and theatre.

ACTION 3 "Enhancement of the access to Adult Education Centers and to Second Chance Schools"

Literacy classes for Roma adolescents and adults continued to take place and were completed for this year. Roma adults attended the classes with great interest. The literacy classes were carried out in the following action areas of the Program: Event for granting certificates at the 5th primary school of Menemeni. On behalf of the Program, the event  Dendropotamos attended Ms E. Tressou and Ms S. Mitakidou.

 Serres

 Camp of Peraia  Settlement of Agia Sophia  Alexandreia (Imathia)  Ptolemaida  Dekarcho (Xanthi)  Chrysochori (Kavala)  Orestiada 249 Roma adults benefited from the classes.

In addition to the principal objective of literacy, a parallel objective was the acquisition of primary school leaving certificate. In April and June there Awarding certificates of attendance at the settlement have been carried out exams at state schools for Sagini in Orestiada. the acquisition of primary school leaving certificate and totally 44 Roma adults, both women and men, acquired the certificate.

ACTION 4.3 "Distance training of primary education teachers"

On 27th of June at the premises of AUTH Faculty of

Education took part the second personal meeting of the primary education teachers who participated in the Action "Distance training of educators". 13 educators attended this meeting, while the other participants watched it via a live-stream. Mr

Kyriakos Bonidis, Associate Professor in AUTH

School of Philosophy and Education, made a presentation under the title: "Experience gained by the application of action research" as well as presentations regarding the findings that resulted from the application of action research in Language,

Geography and Mathematics by the heads of the teams, Ms T. Kostouli, Associate. Professor of the

School of Primary Education at the Aristotle

University, Mr S. Chatzisavvidi, Professor of the The Action has been completed on the 30th of June, School of Early Childhood Education at the Aristotle that coincided with the delivery date of the final University, Mr N. Lamprino, Associate Professor of papers of the trainees. 34 primary school educators the School of Primary Education at the Aristotle completed successfully the course. University and Mr I. Papadopoulo, Lecturer of the

School of Primary Education at the Aristotle

University, accordingly. The last meeting has been planned for early September, during which a presentation of the work of participant educators will take place. The Scientific Team for the Project Coordination and Monitoring has also participated in the meeting.

PROGRAM'S PUBLICITY The performance ended with students sharing their experiences for the educational values in their lives. 2-8 April 2014 "I continue to attend school for one reason .... to The collaborator of the Program and educator for educate myself", they said! remedial classes, Ms A. Tsalampouni, participated in the seminar of the 3rd education region of the municipality of Imathia with a presentation under the title: "Text-centric approach of written language for primary school: Perspectives, phases and didactic practices", which took place at the town hall of Alexandreia (Imathia) on the 2nd, 7th and 8th April 2014. The presentation was entitled: "Didactic practices for the production of written language at primary 23 April 2014 school based on the model of text-centric The member of the Scientific Team for the Project approach" and considered techniques applied to Coordination and Monitoring S. Mitakidou improve the written language of Roma students presented to the students and teaching staff of the that attended the remedial classes at the primary Arizona State University the subject "Working with school of Kapsochora (Imathia). Roma Communities in Greece", in the framework of a seminar on 23 April 2014. 8 April 2014 Given the opportunity of World Roma Day, the 5th Intercultural School of Menemeni presented a theatrical event .in which participated women from the evening literacy class for adults of Dendropotamos and students of the school. The theatrical story was written by the children themselves and the women and their dramatization has been done by their teacher - collaborator of the Program, Mr Angelos Chatzinikolaou and the whole dramatic performance was curated by the teachers of the school, Mr Angelos Chatzinikolaou and Mr Georgios Chatzipavlou. 9 May 2014 10 May 2014 The mediators of the Program, Ms Annoula Magga Children from Roma settlements of Peraia and Agia and Ms Katerina Bempe and the collaborator of the Sophia participated in the Children's Festival Program, Georgia Kalpazidou, language teacher for "Elephantástiko", organised by the Secretariat of Roma, participated in the event with a presentation Culture and Tourism of the Municipality of entitled: "Me and the Other - Witnesses by Thessaloniki on the 9th, 10th and 11th May 2014. "different" students of their experiences in the school system" which took place under the auspices of UNESCO chair and the Institute for Psychology and Health at the premises of University of Macedonia on 9/5/2014. Their contribution was entitled: "Roma discuss about the education of their children".

The children, accompanied by collaborators of the Program, psychologists, social workers and educators, as well as by their mothers, were shown round the city, old markets and monuments and participated in many of the festival's actions.

Guide in the city center.

29 June 2014 The collaborator of the Program and educator for remedial classes, Ms Α. Tsalampouni participated with an announcement in the 18th International Congress organised by the Citizens Free University and the Intercultural Education Centre in Patra on 29/6/2014. The announcement was entitled "Production of written language by bilingual

Watching a music event. students. A didactic practice for Roma children" and presented the methods for improving the written language of Roma students who attended remedial classes in the Primary School of Kapsochora (Imathia).

Guide in the church "Panagia Chalkaion".