Projects in school – a practical way to develop students' life skills

1. Projects in school – a practical way to develop students' life skills Prof. Gabriela Ivan -trainer in quality education Prof. Gheorghe Munteanu - headmaster TheoretichalHighschool”George Moroianu” Sacele, Romania

2. Let's be better! Is that all you think about when you want to go to children from Center for Inclusive Education Brădet, a center where children with different problems, strive every day to prove to everyone that they have the right to a normal life. We were surprised to find kids who need lots and lots of understanding, compassion and love. Smiles from the heart, cries of joy when they see us again, warm hugs, here's our real reward! In their world, we realized that life is not really pink, there are innocent souls who are being tested by God and they really need us to feel even for an hour, some normal beings. The more you begin to know them better, even realize they are better than us, that despite the problems that they have, they do not complain and they want to succeed in life. Their will, kindness and being energized make you cherish them and want to see again them! Let's be better! Coordinator: prof. Gabriela Goicea

3. Aims: • Screening children with good manual skills, stimulate and develop children's skills through manual activities and art exhibitions • Development of fine manual skills of students and their parents • Developing aesthetic sense of beauty through handy art • Achieving a high concentration powers • Providing a favorable environment for the re-creation and development of affective and effective communication between parents and their children • Spending leisure time in a useful way, both for children and for parents Quilling project Coordinator: prof. Adriana Dragomir

4. Goals of the project • Acceptance and compliance of the fire prevention rules; • Knowledge for children about the intervention to the fire; • Involving parents and the local community in school life; • To form values ​​and attitudes focused on caring for himself and others lives; • Familiarize children with beneficial and harmful effects of fire. Friends of the firefighters Coordinator: prof. Marciu Magdalena

5. Theater group "MIRAGE" was established in 2006. In the same year, the group attended the first two festivals EUROART where they won first prise. Since then, we've become accustomed to seeing this group winning first prize in every contest. MIRAGE theatre group Coordinator: prof. Tatiana Benga

6. Students gathered fruits and vegetables to help children from disadvantaged backgrounds. Groups of volunteers from our school generously shared these to the children at foster care "New Horizons" in Săcele. The joy was even greater as some of the children living at the foster care are students of our school. Thanks for their support to all students and teachers, without which this project would not have been achieved. Donated vegetables week Coordinators: prof. Gabriela Goicea and Gabriela Ivan

7. Books are childrens’ best friends allways! Specific objectives: • develop positive feelings towards books and for reading them • acquiring fluency in reading • discovery of positive characters in books read by the students, to identify with them and to have them as a model • using of school library resources in learning activities of the students • acquiring new knowledge in a more creative and attractive way • stimulate students to express their creativity oral / written • discovering and cultivating literary skills • learning rules to be followed in checking, readingand returning books borrowed from the library Reading Club Coordinators: prof. Tatiana Benga, Camelia Beldea, Mirabela David, Gabriela Ivan, Adriana Vali Dragomir

8. Overall Goal: By activities are aimed at developing the skills of parents to interact and empathize with their children. Parental involvement activities also involve the knowledge of the policies promoted by the school, the parents aware the importance that has participation in all activities of their children. Specific objectives: - involvement in the knowledge of the policies promoted by the school; - awareness of progress or failure of their child, understanding the changes in his evolution, needs, self-confidence; - to improve skills for family counseling and family relationships. Coordinator: prof. Marciu Magdalena Partners for our children

9. Target group: primary school students from the high school George MoroianuSăcele • Aims: • Screening children with musical skills, stimulate and develop children's skills through musical activities specific to a choir • Using aptitude resources of the children to improve their own image and self-esteem, with implications in improving school performance • Developing the capacity of individual vocal interpretation and integration in the choir • Increasing family attention to the student’s needs and expectations • Acquiring new knowledge in a pleasant and creative way • Developing spirit of cooperation between members of the choir • Growing feelings expressed through music • Development of aesthetic taste for valuable music of various genres (secular, religious, popular, etc.) • Participating in musical events, school festivals, competitions and shows • Critical appreciation of music performed and heard Children choir “Singing Friends” Coordinator: prof. Gabriela Ivan

10. Target group: students, students' mothers or guardians, other family members of students • Aims: • Involving mothers (and other family members of students) in school activities and extracurricular activities also, conducted in the classroom or outdoor • Increasing families attention to needs and expectations of their children • Providing a favorable environment for the re-creation and development of affective and effective communication between mothers and their children • Spending leisure time in a useful way, both for children and for parents • Developing spirit of cooperation among family members by creating work teams of mothers/fathers and their children, grandparents and their grandchildren • Establishing rules for cooperation in teams to apply it at home also • Creating a flow of informations and opinions that will must stimulate communication between parents and their children, to help them know better The Club of Creative Mothers Coordinator: prof. Gabriela Ivan

11. Every year around the holidays, our school organizes classes workshops making Christmas ornaments and decorations. Final products: wreaths, tree decorations, balls of string, Snowman in plastic cups, cards, Christmas trees. Christmas workshops Coordinators: prof. Gabriela Goicea, Cezarina Balbae, Gabriela Ivan

12. digital literacy of students, training and development of working with computer capabilities • learning the correct techniques of using the computer, as well as some e-toolsWeb 2.0 • using computers for information, making homework individually or bycollaboration with other colleagues • learning the correct techniques and ways of learning • development of communication and collaboration skills of the students • integration of students from foster care and students with special needs It’s OK to be different! - Assoclic Coordinators: prof. Gabriela Ivan and Adriana Vali Dragomir

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14. Thank you for your attention!