To-do list before the first mobility

Interviews & questionnaires – deadlines and instructions

* students - you will be given the interview documents as files :)

By 30th October:

·  30 students will have been interviewed on their experiences in the Science/ Maths classroom

·  30 students will have been interviewed on their experiences in the EFL classroom

By 20th November:

Students will have written up the results of the interviews on the sheets provided (electronically)  and will have made 3 lists of teaching strategies and behaviours related to EFL: 

a) one with those that increase motivation 

b) one with anxiety causing strategies and behaviours 

c) one with anxiety reducing strategies and behaviours

Students will have written up the results of the interviews on the sheets provided (electronically)  and made 3 lists of teaching strategies and behaviours related to Science: 

a) one with those that increase motivation 

b) one with anxiety causing strategies and behaviours 

c) one with anxiety reducing strategies and behaviours

By 20th December:

·  A minimum of 100 students in each partner school will have completed the two questionnaires on anxiety (in the EFL classroom & in the Science / Mathematics classroom). If possible, more than 100 will be administered to increase reliability of results. At Polemidia they will aim to administer to the majority of the school.

The "lottery" of mobiltities is over!

It's been quite a nightmare to decide who goes where, due to different reasons. We had to do it four times, either because some students were missing, because it was am unfair system of lottery or because some students didn't understand the conditions.

In the end, we did the lottery completely at random. We chose one country and then one student's name from two different piles of papers. When the lottery was over, some students exchanged their destinations if they wished. The following list shows the final result, but some students are unhappy with it.

Students have started the interviews

The students of 1Batx have started interviewing their classmates on anxiety  in the classes of English and Science.

We've added a new section in the blog with the links to the questionnaires in Catalan.

Formal presentation of the project to the rest of the teachers

We had a meeting with the Heads of every Department in the school to tell them in detail about our project. I had already prepared a presentation in Google Drive, which is the following:

School presentation

Meeting with parents

I had a meeting with thirteen parents whose children are interested in participating in the project. Now I'm waiting for their answer. I hope many of them will agree.

Meanwhile, I'm working on the translation of interviews and  questionnaires with the students of 1 Batxillerat.

Transnational meeting in Cyprus

The meeting of teachers Project Erasmus Plus Stress-free and Inspirational Learning (SMILE from now on) took place from 6th to 9th October, where we agreed on future mobilities and other issues related to the project.

The next meeting will be in Vilnius, Lithuania, where 15 students from five different countries of the European Union (three students and two teachers of every school ) will spend a week doing workshops and activities related to the theme of the project, as well as cultural and recreational excursions.

You can see the photo album of the meeting HERE.

Irina gave us a ring which stands as the symbol of our future unity and work together. 

Miranda made a presentation about teaching strategies which potentially influence  classroom anxiety and motivation.