The European Chain Reaction 2015: November 2014

Wednesday, 26 November 2014

Spain - Hello from Catalonia!

Here is a human chain reaction from Casa Nostra school in Catalonia. Enjoy!

Sunday, 23 November 2014

Finland and Ohkola school are joining once again!

Great to be part of this project for the fourth time!

Ohkola school in Mäntsälä will represent our country, Finland, again!

This time the fourth and fifth graders will build the chain reaction together, since they study together at the same class and same teacher this year. 27 pupils all together!

http://www.crossed-flag-pins.com

Good luck for everyone and have fun!

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Project history

The European Chain Reaction 2014

The European Chain Reaction 2013

The European Chain Reaction 2012

The European Chain Reaction 2011

The European Chain reaction is a European Quality Label winning eTwinning project that was first organised in 2011.

The project is a contest and a European collaboration between primary schools from as many as possible European countries.

In the contest primary schools compete for the honour and a nice trophy: Which country builds and films the most astonishing and creative Rube Goldberg / Robert Storm Petersen chain reaction? The competing children are the only judges in this game!

In the end all videos will be edited to ONE BIG CROSS BORDER EUROPEAN CHAIN REACTION! (European Chain Reaction 2011 video)

In 2011 Germany was the outstanding winner of this fun science competition. They made this absolutely amazing video and they learned a lot about pulleys, chains, levers, ...

In 2012 Belgium managed to win the competition by creating this chain reaction!

In 2013 Norway was crowned the ECR-2013 winner as they made this feel-good and up tempo chain reaction!

In 2014 Belgium won the competition for the second time. The pupils created this chain reaction.

In 2015 we will have our first anniversary as it will be the fifth edition of the project. We would like to find some extra schools to participate!

Isn't your country mentioned on this blog and your primary school wants to join this amazing science competition? Please contact dave at qworzo dot be or find us at theeTwinningforum!

To all joining us: have a "sciencerrific experience" and let's all hope the best young Einsteins may win!

Albania

Ninth grade ( elementary and middle high school based on the abroad system) School "Fan S. Noli", is located in the center of Tirana, capital of Albania, with a long history in the teaching field.

This school has a team of 45 teachers, who work with children aged 6-16 years, including two preschool groups (3-5), reaching an approximate number of 1,500 students.

The special thing in our school is the diversity of languages taught as English, French and German as well as activities carried out in different areas. Our school has achieved and has received annual trophies in national and district level in various fields of sports like chess, basketball, cycling, etc .. Our school also distinguished in annual artistic speech competitions and literature.

The distinguishing feature of our school pours out strong connection with the community of parents, to achieve the highest possible results with our students not only in teaching but in the level of general education plan to prepare people better to advance a our society.

We are happy to be part of the "eTwinning", to share with you our experience.

See you soon!

Armenia

Yerevan “Mkhitar Sebastatsi” Educomplex of the Ministry of Education and Scinece of RA is a union of educational institutions: 4 primary school-gardens with their kindergartens, a middle school, three high schools, a career college, centers of further education, realizing author (state alternative) pre-school, primary, basic, secondary, preliminary (vocational), career college experimental educational programs.
The Educomplex was founded in 1989 by the resolution of the Government of RA with Ashot Bleyan’s author project, on the bases of Yerevan Secondary School 183.
There are services of a psychologist, speech therapist, art therapist, sociologist, educator for the children with special needs and of a social employee for the education of children with special needs.
From September 2013 all the teachers and learners of Grades 1-12 attend school with their personal note-book/netbooks and tablets giving a good example to all the public schools of our Republic.The audio recorder, digital photo and video cameras and other digital means are everyday used educational tools in the Educomplex.
Besides general education, Educompex has different clubs which run according to the regulations of the Educomplex and curriculums of author educational programs. The aim of the clubs is revelation and enhancement of learners’ preferences (natural gifts).

Austria

Our Jenaplan –School –Wildbach is an elementary school situated in the south of Graz in Styria. Our children are in the age of 6-10 years.

It´s a small school (7 classes) in a rural environment.

For about 10 years the profile of our school is working at the main principles of the "Jenaplan".

The Jenaplan school-concept was developed by Peter Petersen (1884-1952) at the demonstration school (for pre-service teacher education) of the University of Jena, Germany.

This curriculum includes "World orientation", a rythmic weekplan, Discussion, Study and Playing .http://www.jenaplan.nl/nl/rythmic_weekplan.htm(Link in English)

Our school website:www.vs-wildbach.com

If you want to take a look at our homeland -www.deutschlandsberg.atandwww.schilcherheimat.at

2014 position - 8th

Belgium

Qworzó is an elementary school in a small village called Merksplas which lays about 70 km north of Brussels.
We speak Dutch like they do in the Netherlands, since our school is located in Flanders.
Since there are a lot of people in Belgium who speak French we also learn French in school.

Our school teaches about 400 children aged 3,5 – 12 years.
We are very enthusiastic about the fifth anniversary of The European Chain Reaction and we hope many schools will join the project!

Want more info? Visit our website!

2011 position - 2nd

2012 position - winner

2013 position - 3rd

2014 position - winner

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Elementary School "Žepče" in Žepču was established back in 1880.

Teaching in Primary School "Žepče" is performed by two curricula, Croatian and Bosnian. It has a seven regional schools: Bistrica, Lovnica, Lupoglav, Viniste, Seliste, Papratnica and Ravne.

Currently the school has 1,344 students.

In this school today operate numerous sections: literary - poetry, dance, traffic, floristic, drama, sports clubs, choir, orchestra, and sections foreign languages.
We are very excited to participate in the chain reaction 2015!

Croatia

Nikola Andric Primary school: our school is located in the city of Vukovar in the eastern Croatia, in a region called Slavonia. It is of medium size – it has 260 pupils. It tends to keep up with the latest trends of education and improvement of the teaching process, and by doing so, it honors tradition, openness towards cooperation and tolerance. Apart from the regular and elective classes, school offers extracurricular activities, organizes various outdoor classroom activities and other work forms that represent the uniqueness of both the school and the community within which the school operates. Our school also participates in a number of projects. It cherishes and promotes numerous values like multiculturalism, tolerance towards differences, preservation and development of our historical and cultural heritage and national identity, lifelong learning, ecological awareness and many more. The region of Vukovar is special because it suffered tremendous destruction, massive losses, atrocities and traumatization during the Homeland War. Our school can still feel the consequences of that war, seeing that it is the only unrenovated primary school in Vukovar.

Cyprus

Frenaros primary school is a multicultural school, based in free Famagusta area. It has got 268 students, 144 boys and 124 girls. Also, in the school work 26 teachers and 6 other schools' assistant staff. The school participates in Erasmus KA1, etwining programs, "Chrysoprasino fyllo"program (Greece- Cyprus cooperation program about environmental issues).

Frenaros primary school, is a rural school of medium social- economical and educational level status. Though, parents co operate excellent with the school staff for educational results' improvement. The school's building consists of 14 teaching classrooms and 7 other subject classrooms.

Czech Republic

ZÁKLADNÍ ŠKOLA A MATEŘSKÁ ŠKOLA MŠEC

We are proud to represent the Czech Republic in this competition. We are a small village basic school not far from the capital city Prague. There are 125 pupils in our school (6 – 15 years old) and 40 in the kindergarten (3 – 6). The primary classes are situated in a former castle (with an interesting history) which makes our school a little special (and romantic). All around the village you can find lots of hop gardens. Do you know what hop is for? You can check our school website with a lot of pictures.

2012 position - 4th

2013 position - 4th

2014 position - 5th

Georgia

Batumi Public School N2

The older history thing has, the richer it is. We are proud of our school, because of its eternal history. More than hundred years ago, in Soviet times, in Batumi it was very difficult to set up any new educational establishment, but local community could manage to base women’s gymnasium. In the course of time the gymnasium turned into mixed-gendered public school. Nowadays, the school is divided into two parts. The first one is old historical campus, which was reconstructed, and the second is modern one. Our school has two gyms (but we would like it to be better equipped) the computers class, the biology and chemistry labs. Here you can meet students from all religion confessions and also students with special needs. In the second public school, there are several kinds of clubs where students have possibility to demonstrate their leadership potential. (Such as evil club, drama club, intellectual club etc.) In addition, since 2005 students have great opportunity to participate in all kind of exchange programs all over the world that gives magnificent experience for our pupils to get in touch with European culture and become a part of it.

2014 position - 14th

Greece

The 2^nd Primary School of Chios is located in the centre of the town of Chios , the capital of Chios island in the Aegean Sea of Greece. Our school was founded in 1934. There are 208 students 6-12 years old and 25 teachers including drama , music, art, computer , English, French and German teachers.

Our School has participated in a European Comenius project and in a E-Twinning project too. All the pupils of our School work on projects which are related to a variety of subjects for e.g. Environmental Studies, Healthy Education, Art etc.

The pupils also take part in competitions and put out drama and music performances.

The Sixth Grade of our School will take part in the European Chain Reaction 2015 programme.

Hungary

Teleki Samuel Elementary School is in Érd, Hungary. Érd is a town about 20 km southwest of Budapest, the capital city of Hungary.

The school was established in 1933. The name, Samuel Teleki comes from a famous Hungarian geographer and explorer who mapped the last white spots of Africa in the 19th. century. We have chosen this name in 1991, because the school aims to educate students to become responsible, creative and thoughtful young teenagers. Our school is a member of the Hungarian Eco-School Network.

Now we have about 500 students from 1st to 8th grade. Elementary school starts at the age of 6 in Hungary and our students continue to secondary schools at the age of 14. Ther are 59 employees in our school, including 44 teachers.

The school has started to take part in international European projects three years ago. We are looking forward to take part in the European Chain Reaction. We - especially the students of year 5 - hope that it is going to be a great challenge and fun for us.

Our webpage

Iceland

Flataskóli is a compulsory elementary school. The pupils are from 6 to 12 years old (1st to 7th grade) In the school are nearly 300 pupils and about 50 members of staff, teachers and others employees. Flataskóli is located in Garðabær, a town of 10.000 inhabitants, 14 km south of Reykjavík. Flataskóli is the oldest educational establishment in Garðabær and the school is founded on trust and stability. Good behaviour together with a positive attitude and ethos are hallmarks of Flataskóli. The school has a speicial outdoor teaching area in a grove nearby in harmony with a stream and lava. The seashore is within walking distance from school.

2011 position - 4th

2012 position - 9th

2013 position - 6th

2014 position - 2nd

Israel

Osishkin School is the heart of Ramat- Hasharon City's Community. It allows a place for a large diversity of students for ages 6-12.

Our school aspires for excellence and welcomes educational and learning achievements focusing on emotional and social skills.

We wish for a positive environment for our children which enhances their sense of belongingness and cherishes the uniqueness of every child.

The school's team of teachers work in collaboration to guide the students and help them fullfill their potential. They set a goal for themselves to help students search and discover new paths while learning that teamwork and friendship are a way of life.

There are no limits to the children's dreams- everything is possible and even the sky is not the limit!

Italy

“Antonio Gramsci” Primary School

Ghilarza ( Oristano) Sardinia (Italy)

Our School is located in Ghilarza , a town of 5000 inhabitants in the centre of Sardinia, close to an artificial lake, about 50 Km from the West coast of the island. In its surroundings there are lots of archaeological sites ( Nuragic and Romanarchitecture and civilisation). Sardinian people speak two languages: Sardo and Italian.

Our school has about 225 children aged 6/11 and 20 teachers.

In school year 2010/2011 we started our European adventure thanks to the presence of a Comenius Assistant and we won the European Label 2011!!.

Want to learn more about us? Visit our website!

2012 position - 19th

Latvia

The school is located in the village Sērmūkši, Amata region, about 100 km from our capital Riga. The school is founded in 1934. We have 53 students of primary and preschool education. Students’ age is 2-16 years. We have an experience in projects - eTwinning, Comenius, Nordplus. In 2010 we took part in movie „eTwinning, A Bridge Between European Schools” together with schools from Scotland and France (https://vimeo.com/38373662) More about our school:www.sermuksi.id.lv

2014 position - 7th

Lithuania

ŠIAULIAI „JUVENTA“ SCHOOL
school doors opened in 1971 in its first generation and in 1999/2000 school year, pupils and teachers chose her a new name: „Juventa“ High School.Our school always was famous of it‘s music. Our school is famous not only for his musical achievements. Our students actively participate in various arts, sports contests and competitions. The school is decorated with ever-changing exhibition of works by students. Students participate in various projects: the Comenius, eTwinning, the city and the republic. You can find a primary school drama, road safety, the fine arts section in „Juventa“ school. Visit our website!

2011 position - 9th

2012 position - 14th

2013 position - 7th

2014 position - 13th

Macedonia

“Tode Hadzi-Tefov” Primary School was founded in 1962 by the local authorities in Kavadarci, Macedonia. At the moment, 768 students study at this school. Students are aged from 6 to 15 (from first to ninth grade). Students from first to fifth grade start school at 7:30 a.m. and finish at 12:30 p.m. Students from sixth to ninth grade start school at 1 p.m. and finish at 6:30 p.m. There are 58 teachers and 15 other employees in the school. There are 17 classrooms and 5 cabinets (specialized classrooms). There are 538 computers in the school and there is a computer for every student in the school and an internet connection. Students study in their mother tongue, Macedonian language, which is the official language in Macedonia. Students also study English, French and German. There are 6 teachers who teach English, one teacher who teaches French and one teacher who teaches German. Our school has won the award as a Green School in Macedonia three times. Have a look at our schoolwebsite here!

Moldova

Our school is entitled Theoretical Lyceum "Nicolae Balcescu". It was founded in 1988.
It is a school from a rural region. We have about 700 students that come from different villages from the neighbourhood.
We have 40 classrooms, 1 canteen, 1 library, 2 gyms, a teacher's room, a festivity hall.
The school is situated in Ciorescu, a small village, which is not far from Chisinau, the capital of Moldova.
Our students are hard-working during lessons and at extra-curricular activities. They practise sports, art, dance etc
Our students are fond of working with something interesting and excited like this kind of project.

Norway

Kringsjå skole

Our school is located on the south coast of Norway, just outside the center of Kristiansand. Kristiansand is Norway’s no. 1 summer holiday resort and the fifth largest town in Norway, with 85000 inhabitants.

Situated in a rural area, the school is surrounded by a forest, and within a short walk we also have lakes, the sea, beaches and mountains. We try to use our natural surroundings in our everyday school life.

Kringsjå school is a primary school and this year we have 225 pupils from 1^st to 7^th grade. Norwegians start school at the age of six and leaves for secondary school at the age of thirteen. At our school we have 30 employees, 18 of them are teachers.

Our school has been involved in international projects earlier, and we are happy to take part in this event. The 33 pupils in the 6^th grade are our participants in the European Chain Reaction. We are looking forward to this challenge!

Visit us on our homepage: www.minskole.no/kringsja

2013 position - winner

2014 position - 4th

Portugal

The Primary School António Vitorino, is located in the parish of Vieira de Leiria, municipality of Marinha Grande and Leiria district. It is a building with ground floor and 1st floor with eight classrooms, covered courts, a playground and outdoor playgrounds. There is also a Mediatheque / Library which serves to support students of 1st cycle. The students are aged between 6 and 10 years of schooling. The school is open between 8.30 am until to 18.30 pm. Students frequent the disciplines of Portuguese, Mathematics, Environmental Studies, Expressions, Sports, Work and Study Support Integration and still the Complement Curricular Activities: English, ICT, Expressions, Physical Activity and Dance."

Slovakia

Humenné is a town in the Prešov Region in eastern Slovakia and the second largest town of the historic Zemplín region. It lies at the volcanic Vihorlat mountains and at the confluence of the Laborec and Cirocha Rivers. Its life is rich in cultural and sports events. The town is a starting point for tourism, because there are numerous opportunities in the picturesque countryside of the East Carpathians.
The most attractive places are the Vihorlat Mountains boasting of their Morské oko lake, and the Poloniny at the border of Slovakia, Poland, and Ukraine. The surroundings of Humenné, with their romantic ruins of medieval castles and an open-air museum of architecture situated in the town park, are a source of knowledge and relaxation.

Have a look at our class blog here.

Slovenia

Our school lies in Preska, a village not so far away from Slovenia's capital Ljubljana. It consists of two parts: the old and the new one. In the old part we have classrooms for art classes, history and craft, a dining room and a kitchen. We also have a very friendly chef, which will always make you laugh. In the new, bigger part, there are classrooms for Science (Chemistry and Physics), Math, Slovene, English, Music, Biology, Geography and a computer classroom. There are also two gyms and a library with over 14,000 books.

Primary school Preska is visited by students from villages Preska, Golo Brdo, Studenčice, Goričane, Sora and Dol. It also has two branch schools in Topol and Sora. There are about 400 students in our school at the very moment.

Want to know more? Visit our website!

2012 position - 10th

2013 position - 8th

2014 position - 20th

Sweden

Rodeby primary school is situated in the village Rodeby. In the countryside just 10km north of Karlskrona in the south of Sweden.

A link to a beautiful 3minute video of our hometown,Karlskrona

We have about 450 pupils in the age of 6 to 13. But the school also have a lower secondary unit. We love networking with schools from around the globe. There is so much to learn from each other. The world is getting smaller and we need to learn more from and about our friends around us. This way we also learn a great deal about ourselves.

We have been involved in Comenius Projects and we are deeply involved with a partnerschool in Southafrica. We have a high ICT standard at our school and we hope to get many pupils and teachers involved in this lovely project. All the best!

The Netherlands

School Kastanjelaan is situated in Leiderdorp a city of 25.000 inhabitants.The youngest pupils are 4 years old and the oldest are 12 years old. We have 8 different classes and 235 pupils. Our class sizes vary from 16 pupils in our smallest class and 34 pupils in our largest class. The majority of our pupils (allmost 95%) is native Dutch. Our school was founded allmost 80 years ago.

The city of Leiderdorp is very near the the city of Leiden. The cities are seperated by two rivers, the Zijl and the Rijn. The history of Leiderdorp starts in Roman times. In the city there are 33 monuments including several windmills.

We have worked on several Comenius and eTwinningprojects before and we are looking forward to working on the chain reaction!

2013 position - 11th

2014 position - 10th

Turkey

75. Yıl ilkokulu is situated in Sandıklı-Afyonkarahisar in the western part of Turkey,The city is well-known with thermal water-spa centers and valuable marbles.In our school there are enrolled 309 pupils aged between 5 and 11. We carry out successful eTwinning projects with European schools and our school is only pilot school for itec project(designing the future of classrooms-supported by European school net) in our region.We are strongly interested in encouraging foreign language learning, innovative ICT-based content and better teaching techniques and practices.We think it is very important for pupils in this mixed community to begin to see themselves as citizens of tomorrow's Europe in the wider context of diversity within a common European heritage. The school board, the students' council and the parents' association strongly support the European activity of the school.