Our motivation

Education is a lifelong process which can be defined as the transmission of values, beliefs, habits and acumulated knowledge of a society. The challenge of education is to grant young people with the necessary tools to become responsable, thoughtful and enterprising citizens. Education is, thus, a mean to foster the individual and society´s future development and prosperity.
Europe is made up of many countries with different culture and peculiarities.Our lack of knnowledge about some of them has lead us to include the study of Europe in our formal curriculum. We consider that the best way of learning its realities, peculiarities and idiosincrycy and experience the sense of belonging is to open a channel of communication among them.We believe the partnership within WAKE UP EUROPE will help all participants perceive themselves as citizens of Europe who share European values and contribute to the development of mutual understanding and cooperation. We are sure that the cooperation among schools will bring a stronger awareness of being citizens of Europe.

This project means opportunity to ours schools to jointly explore issues of European concern, to celebrate diversity, to build new community participation in the day-to-day learning and enhance teaching experiences. It means an exciting way of bringing a global dimension into the lives of our young pupils at the same time that enhancing the European dimension in our schools curriculum by providing training and professional development to teachers and schools
Since everyone faces different modes and ways of running a project, the globalization, integration and mobility within a Comenius project will derive in a convergence of cultural practices where diversity is highly estimated. For teachers living and working in different countries the project offers a precious opportunity to reduce cultural isolation through contact and cooperation with other teachers from other corners of Europe. It also invites us to reflect on own practice and integrate other methods and views. For both, pupils and teachers , immersing into foreign cultural frameworks and create a common piece of work with different nationalities partners is an additional attraction.

Taking part in searching for information about the countries involved in the project and easy debates rises awareness of young kids on European development issues and equip them with skills and knowledges to become active European citizens. We appreciate the fact that children will have a chance to get motivated to cooperate, do things together, and make new friends at the same time that develop research abilities and understand and accept others' cultures.Contact with other countries opens young kid’s eye to the world and increases their self-confidence and enthusiasm for learning, helps them value other cultures and promotes respect and tolerance.The use of the English language to exchange the information and idea gives them chance to use it in a natural way, resulting to an improvement of their communicative competence.
Parents involved will also learn about their own and culture in other countries of Europe