Pärnu Kuninga Street Basic School is running the Erasmus+ cultural project “Our cultures – our treasures”.
During our host week, we accommodated teachers and students from Slovenia, Portugal and Greece. Spanish team participated in many activities online.
An article about mobility to Estonia can be found here:
https://opleht.ee/2022/06/projektipartnerid-teie-lapsed-tunnevad-oma-rahvakultuuri/
Our year 5 students with teacher Inga prepared instructions for the game to teach it to others.
We celebrated Erasmus+ day on October 13 and 14. We invited the students of our school to cooperate with their (grand)parents on the topic “My (grand)parents’ childhood games”.
Times and customs have changed. Many games that were popular ten years ago have sunk into oblivion today. We wanted to introduce and remind them again among children. Almost 50 families responded to the call, sending us work in a variety of ways (poster, video, drawings, drawings, handwritten game instructions).
All participants were recognized, and special prizes were also awarded to the most unique works.
Various game instructions were put up on the ground and first floor of the school building until the beginning of November. It was also possible to discover various activities of completed Erasmus+ projects via QR codes from the stand on the first floor.
On October 13 and 14, we tried out these games both during the lessons and during recess.
Thank you to all the children and parents who answered the call and shared their childhood games with us.
The Erasmus + community carried out the European-themed quizzes on the 9-10th of November 2022 in 8th grade English classes. Together, they solved Kahoot and Quizizzis games about European countries.
5th grade students filled in contour maps of the countries of the European Union and their capitals as a team. The cards came out very colourful and different. We also give prizes to the best participants. The activities were supported by Europe Direct Pärnumaa.
As part of the Erasmus+ project Our Cultures – Our Treasures, our school’s delegation consisting of Liina, Anu and Inga were staying at the Slovenian partner school in Rače from 11th October-15th October 2021. The children of teacher Anu and Inga’s class also took part in the project mission, who joined the activities online and participated virtually. Together we enjoyed the presentations of partner schools from Slovenia, Maribor and about Rače, and a real surprise was the Slovenian song in Estonian.
It can be seen on school’s Facebook page here: https://fb.watch/hwrRW-WeBY/
In addition to Estonia and Slovenia, elementary schools from Greece, Spain and the Portuguese Azores also participated. The aim of the project is to raise the cultural awareness of the participants, broaden their horizons and strengthen their sense of being a European citizen.
On the second day, the project week of the Erasmus+ project continued in a hybrid form: the teachers in Slovenia participated in a workshop with Slovenian students in the Ptuj museum, and the teacher Annika watched a play about the legend of how the city of Maribor was saved from the attack of the Turks through the computer in the English class with the 4th grade. The play was broadcast live and the actors were the students of the partner school in Slovenia.
The morning of 18.10.21 started differently than a normal school day in class 4.c. Class teacher Inga was back from an Erasmus+ project mobility in Slovenia and introduced the culture and customs of the country she visited to her class.
The children ate a typical Slovenian breakfast – butter bread with honey, an apple and drank milk on the side. We looked at pictures together.
Last week there were several video bridges between the 4th grade students of our school and the students of the Slovenian Race school. Our children gained a lot of new knowledge about the Slovenian land and people.
The children were taught Slovenian folk dance, read and translated the well-known fairy tale “The Sleeper Keeper Kitty”. This fairy tale is planned to be staged.
In the handicraft lesson, students of the 4th grade made shoes from paper and other recyclable materials. The idea comes from a well-known legend in Slovenia, how a poor shoemaker saved the city of Maribor.
On 22nd September 2021, as part of the Erasmus+ project “Our Cultures – Our Treasures”, the students had to make drawings inspired by the famous Estonian artist and his work. The 4th grade and teacher Anu drew on the themes of Jüri Arrak. Such a great result! 
Students from Slovenia, Greece, Portugal and Spain also draw pictures inspired by their famous artists. An international 2022 calendar will be put together based on the best works.
