(January 15th - 18th 2005)
For over a year David Kaye has been involved with seeking partners for a project which would attract funding from the European Commission. The final part of the bidding process involved a visit from teachers from three of the participating countries to Lacewood.
The participating schools were: ICS "Giannone" from Pulsano, Italy; Adalbert Stifter Realschule from Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany and Kyrölän Koulu from Järvenpää, Finland. Meetings were held over the weekend and the visitors were shown round the school on Monday before taking part in a special assembly and meeting staff, governors and representatives from the council, Dearne High School and the Dearne (EiC) Action Zone for a buffet lunch.
We now wait until July to find out if the bid has been successful.
The European Partners
From L to R: Morena Scrascia (Italy), Jarmo Koivu (Finland), Hilppa Loikkanen (Finland), David Kaye, Maria Wagenblast (Germany), Emiliano D'Amato (Italy), Gila Wendel (Germany) and Evelyn Vogel Germany
In addition, we also have partners in Romania (2 schools), Tenerife, Poland and another school in Italy.
This year, Beech Class has been taking part in the Talk School project involving schools in Pulsano, Italy and Hambridge, Somerset. Visit www.talkschool.org
To find out more about Pulsano, have a look at the Webquest which Beech, Cedar and Cypress classes have taken part in.
Read the Barnsley Chronicle article of the visit.
Read the South Yorkshire Times article.