Eurodance 2010!: Project Overview

Project Overview

The project will begin on Monday 15th of March 2010. Each school should introduce themselves to the other contestants by posting details of their school/class on the blog by Friday 26th March 2010. This could be a short video, picture or information typed into the blog. They should also include details of their chosen dance.

Each school should then practise their dance and film their final performance. This video should be posted to the blog by Friday 21st May 2010.

All schools should then watch the completed performances and score each school out of 10 except their own. Please publish your results either by video or text on the blog by Friday 28th May 2010. The scores will be added together and the winner posted on the blog by Monday 31st May 2010.

The winning school will be rewarded with a trophy! All schools will receive a certificate for taking part. Good luck to all schools taking part!

Saturday, 6 February 2010

Project Overview

Our project idea is called Eurodance 2010! We are looking for schools from across Europe to join our pupils in performing and recording a traditional dance from their country.

The project will begin on Monday 15th of March 2010. Each school should introduce themselves to the other contestants by posting details of their school/class on the blog by Friday 26th March 2010. This could be a short video, picture or information typed into the blog. They should also include details of their chosen dance.

Each school should then practise their dance and film their final performance. This video should be posted to the blog by Friday 30th April 2010.

All schools should then watch the completed performances and score each school out of 10 except their own. Please publish your results either by video or text on the blog by Friday 7th May 2010. The scores will be added together and the winner posted on the blog by Monday 10th May 2010.

The winning school will be rewarded with a trophy! All schools will receive a certificate for taking part.

Good luck to all schools taking part!

First Elementary School of Xylofagou - Cyprus

Hello. We are the “First Elementary School of Xylofagou”. Our School is located in Xylofagou – a village- near Larnaca and Ayia Napa. Our school consists of 12 classes, 240 children and 20 teachers. Our school is part of ECO schools and the European program Comenius. This year, for the first time ever, we have children from European countries, such as England, Holland , Poland and Bulgaria. We are looking forward to show you our traditional dance. In this project will take part the children of the sixth grade. Our website is: http://www.schools.ac.cy/xylofagou1-dim-la/index.html

Plymouth Grove Primary School - England

Collège des trois vallées Vergt - France

Istituto Statale “E. Montale” - Italy

Istituto Statale “E. Montale” - Italy

The Istituto Statale “E. Montale” is a state secondary school which has four different types of courses for high school students between the ages of fourteen and nineteen. Each Liceo Linguistico-Turistico is a humanities course which gives emphasis to the study of modern languages. Students study a choice of three European languages and learn about the lives and culture of their European peers, they also study tourism, in particular regarding the supply and demand of tourism in Tuscany and the Valdera (the countryside around Pontedera). Children go to school from Monday to Saturday from 7.50 a.m to 12.50 p.m. Students in our school participate in cultural exchanges or study trips with their European counterparts, LLP programmes and work placement projects depending on the course followed.

Klaipeda Gedminai Main School - Lithuania

Hello, we are Gedminai main school. Our school is located in Klaipeda, on the west coast of Lithuania. Klaipėda Gedminai main school was established in 1974. Our school is rather big. There are 956 students and more than 80 teachers. The school is active and well known for its activities of Tolerance Education Centre, Ethnoculture centre and also after school activities. Our school is always open for innovations and takes part in the Education Improvement and Renovation Projects. Our school website is www.gedminai.lt Klaipeda is a seaport and it is also famous for Lithuanian maritime museum, aquarium and dolphinarium.

John Paul II High School - Poland

John Paul II High School - Poland

Hello! We are John Paul II High School in Daleszyce, Poland. Our school is situated close to the Holy Cross Mountains, which are said to be the oldest in Europe. Our school building is very nice and big. There are about 400 students. They are 13-16 years old. The students live in Daleszyce and the villages situated around the town. They come by our school buses. Our school webpage is: http://gimnazjumdaleszyce.edupage.org. You can see that we are very active in Europe, engaged in the Comenius Project (three times), and eTwinning. Hope we can work together - now and in the future. All the best for the teachers and the students of your school!

SZKOŁA PODSTAWOWA NR 32 W BIELSKU-BIAŁEJ - POLAND

SZKOŁA PODSTAWOWA NR 32 W BIELSKU-BIAŁEJ - POLAND

Hello, we are Primary School No 32 in Bielsko-Biała, Poland. Bielsko and Biała, two former cities on opposite banks of the Biała River joined together in 1951. Town rights: 1312 - Bielsko; 1723 - Biała. Our school is situated in the district of Bielsko-Biała called Wapienica, at the foot Beskidy Mountains. The Ecological Park in Wapienica Valley(Louisa Valley) is one of the most beautiful areas in town. Our school was established 87 years ago. It is co-educational and has about 500 students with ages ranging from seven to twelve; and over 50 teachers. Our website is:http://sp32bb.ovh.org/

Special School No. 7 - Romania

CEIP 8 de Abril - Spain

Mareşal Fevzi Çakmak İlköğretim Okulu - Turkey

Hello Everyone! We, as the staff and students of Fevzi Çakmak İlköğretim Okulu, are really excited and enthusiastic to make contributions to this great project - Eurodance 2010. Our school is located in Afyonkarahisar in the Agean Region of Turkey. There are about 850 students aged between 6-14 and 40 teachers. you can check out our website at http://mfc.k12.tr/ to have more information about us. Our city, Afyonkarahisar is famous for a lot of things such as some historical monuments-there is a castle and there are many historical houses and buildings, thermal waters, marble, Turkish delight, Turkish-style sausages and folk dances. We are sure that we are going to do a great job together. Good luck to all participating schools!

Toplu Konut Elementary School - Turkey

Hello! We are Toplu Konut Elementary School. Our school is located in the centre of Diyarbakır in the North Eastern part of Turkey. Our school consists of 47 classes, 1300 students and 59 teachers. We are preparing a Comenius project this year. We are looking forward to showing you our traditional dance from three different regions of Turkey: ARTVİN, DİYARBAKIR and GAZİANTEP. In this project six year old children will take part. You can have a general knowledge about our dances from our introduction videos. Our web address is: http://www.tkonut21/meb.k12.tr/