AGIA NAPA PRIMARY SCHOOL CALENDAR 2012-2013
OUR COMENIUS U-KNIGHT FAMILY
OUR COMENIUS U-KNIGHT FAMILY
The „U-Knight-Europe”project is undertaken with the broad objective of promoting European citizenship through the emphasis on historical and cultural heritage. Its main aim could be expressed by the phrase: multi-cultural education and the unification of different cultures. The underlying idea of this international partnership of 9 countries (Poland, Netherlands, Finland, England, France, Portugal, Cyprus, Italy and Spain) is to work on raising the students' cultural awareness and to develop their understanding of the needs of others in their communities. This will be achieved through the study of knight heroes in the participating nations’ histories. The primary goals are to extend pupils' knowledge of knights from Europe by discovering their style of living, their charter, their values and aims in order to resurrect a “Knight Spirit” in young people. We intend to present an alternative way of living to our pupils and we will encourage them to follow it by becoming a contemporary Knight of Europe with the motto and mission traced from the medieval knights’ code: "Protect the weak, defenceless, helpless and fight for the general welfare of all". We endeavour to create realistic and hands-on experiences (for example the becoming a knight ceremony, inter-country tournaments, intra- school competitions, music and art festivals and above all - voluntary work). These opportunities will encourage great commitment from the whole school community and will provide worthwhile and exciting experiences for the students, teachers and parents. Throughout the two years this project aims to work against the unfair attitudes of racism, xenophobia and intolerance. The ultimate end-product of the schools cooperation will be the creation of a multilingual website.
September 2012
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October 2012
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11 5th Comenius Meeting in Agia Napa, Cyprus
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30 "Knights newsletter" for teachers, parents, local authorities
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MEDIEVAL FESTIVAL Participating with pupils and all Comenius partners
November 2012
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Films documenting the Knights Play comparison of these using the Internet
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December 2012
Keep your promises! MON
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January 2013
Being courteous! MON
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“Knights newsletter" “Knights newspaper" for teachers, parents, for teachers, parlocal authorities ents, local authorities
February 2013
Defending the weak! MON
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12 Investigating the marriage and engagement habits of a knight
13 Presenting to 14 the other students the marriage and engagement habits of a knight
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March 2013
Practicing hospitality! MON
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25 Making a film from the visit in Spain and distributing it to the partners
26 Exhibition of pictures of knights' dishes
28 Protocols from the discussion panel for teachers
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A DVD film presenting International international group of Knights' Cook pupils dancing medieBook, prepared val Knights' dances from partner countries
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April 2013
Never lie! MON
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Songs and poems about contemporary Comenius Knights
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17 7th meeting in Netherlands
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Final evaluation sheet created by teachers across the partnership
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May 2013
Respect the diversity! MON
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June 2013
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July 2013
Purity and honor! MON
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August 2013
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