ESTIC meeting in Estonia 14-19th March 2014

ESTIC – Sustainable School Policy Meeting in Estonia overview 14 – 19th March 2014

The project has been funded with support from the EEA and Norway grants

Agenda Friday, 14th March Project teams get to know

o Hiking in Lahemaa national park o Sagadi forest museum o Avinurme Cultural heritage centre to make wooden souvenires o Pühitsa convent o Sum up of the day and project logo brainstorm at Mäetaguse Manor house

Sunday, 16th March o Guided tour in Ida-Virumaa (Aovere and Baltic electric power station, Narva) o Kohtla mining park

Monday, 17th March o Finalizing the project logo o Sustainable School policy – sharing the work done in each school, discussions in school groups o Study kit framework

Tuesday, 18th March

Meeting objectives  get to know each other  enjoy the trip to EasternEstonia to get ideas for the study kit  agree on how to proceed with the study kit

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Saturday, 15th March

 share sustainable school policy  make the project logo

o Study kit – similarities and differences between Iceland’s and Estonia’s view o Cross country subject teams o Finalizing study kit framework o Sum up of the meeting (feedback)

Wednesday, 19th March Sightseeing in Tallinn

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Participants ICELAND Guðný Birna- physics, natural science, mathematics Guðný - mathematics Guðrún I. - natural science, chemistry, nutrition

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Hannes Í. - head of department for social science, social science Helmut - eManager, mathematics Hólmfríður J. - network administrator, information technology Jóna – head of department for natural science, mathematics Jónína G. - mathematics Rúna Björk - biology, chemistry, natural science Svanhildur - information technology

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Maarja – project manager Karmen - headmaster/co project manager Kersti- geography Ivi – biology Meri – biology Merike – English Mare - director of studies of upper secondary school Alge - director of studies in lower secondary school/physics Vilve – education technologist Kirsi- Estonian language and literature Janek – history Reili - history

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Field trip

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Avinurme Cultural Heritage centre

PĂźhitsa convent

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Fortress in Estonia (Narva) and Russia (Ivangorod)

Narva before bombing in 1944

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Electric power station in Aovere

Kohtla mining park 5

Feedback on field trip activities 5,0

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Hiking at Avinurme Time schedule PĂźhitsa Trip in Eastern Kohtla mining Lahemaa cultural for the convent Estonia (power park national park heritage centre meeting (nunnery) station, Narva) and the forest (chip basket) museum in 1- didn't like at all 5 - liked a lot Sagadi

o "I think the programme was well balanced and included varied sights/ activities. Surprisingly, the weather didn't disturb at all. I liked the different local guides, they added their own 'flavour' to the places we visited. o PS I hated being underground, but I like to have been there. I.e it was not meant to be the picturesque scenery experience, but sth authentic. o It was very interesting trip even for estonians :-) o It was too long o Very interesting trip in every way! I feel like I got to know a lot about Estonia. o I liked hiking in the forest and coming to Narva very much. o "The mining park was fine .... but it lasted for too long time. o The whole trip: Just brilliant :)" o Nice visit but way too long! o Kohtla mining park took too much time and it was rather boring. To skip the trip to the clint for this was a disappointment.

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Working on sustainable school policy and study kit

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The next steps

LOGO 1st May – the final logo designs by both schools 15th May voting in Google drive ESTIC – Sustainable School Policy

20th May final logo chosen

Sustainable school policy Estonia will keep working on the concept – get it ready by august 2014 Sustainable School day 3rd June in Viimsi Iceland’s sustainable school policy http://sustainableschool.eu/index.php/iceland/ic eland-indicator

Study kit Each teacher will work on their field to create a study kit based on the framework in google drive (added below as well) by September 2014.

For example biology teachers in Estonia and Iceland create the materials about flora and fauna in the seashore 8

Title: Topic: Keywords: Subject: Cross-curricular Topic: Level: Age: Number of students: Duration in minutes: Place (classroom, outdoor etc): Author: School: Overview: Objectives: Learning material and tools: Preparation: Evaluation: Extra material: Detailed description/instruction:

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web quest about Estonia for foreign students Finish my study kit and prepare the meeting in September I will do some study kits Making a study kit about hydro energy, thermal energy and carbon recycling I will prepare few work sheets about reading/writing exercises on Iceland Start creating a study kit about biodiversity by the sea shore.

I will help with suggestions of evaluation of the smaller projects To make a study kit AND prepare for the meeting in Iceland My next step is to oversee the design of the logo Create a template for the study kits and make it available via Internet to the members of the Icelandic team.

Share the results of the meeting, time limits etc. with all members of the Icelandic team.

Prepare the meeting in Iceland.

My next step will bee to make a study kit which can be used by other math teachers and hopefully inspire math students.

Töö jätkusuutliku kooli kontseptsiooni kallal.

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What are the next steps of the Project members

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Expectations towards the meeting in Iceland o o o o o

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To spend lots of time outside and see this amazing island Fun and successful I hope we will see a lot of wonderful nature of Island ( glacier, volcanous ) I am excited to show all the Estonians our country and our way of making energy.

I would like to visit/observe at least one lesson at school on Iceland (subject doesn't matter) I look forward to meeting the Estonian team again and showing them our country.

My expectations are that the Estonian group will come to know the culture of the country. I also expect that the first part of the project will be finished and that we will be ready to work on integrating our work into the curriculum of the schools.

We want to show our homeland at its best - hopefully we will succeed.

I hope that the teachers from Estonia are going to get a new perspective about Icelandic people, our country and our school system and the experience is going to add to their experiences as teachers.

Presentations of the study kits and continuing cooperation of teachers with the same subject.

Cross-curricular topics where teachers from different subjects work together.

Integrate more outdoor activities in the curriculum.

Kuidas toimib nende energeetika ja alumiiniumitööstus? Mil moel hoitakse alal rahvuslikku kultuuri?