From 7th to 11th
April 2019 our primary school Vižmarje – Brod hosted studens from
our partner schools in Erasmus +, The Green Micro:bit project, which
are Gračani Primary School from Zagreb, Croatia and Djuro Pilar
Primary School from Slavonski Brod, Croatia. Our group of eight
students were hosts to four student from Zagreb and four from
Slavonski Brod. The strudents were all seventh graders. Each group of
students came with two accompanying teachers and we were two teachers
in Vižmarje – Brod who participated in the mobility. The topic of
the student mobility was the green wall, one of the project results,
which was created by pupils and teachers before the exchange.
Before the mobility,
pupils participated in workshops about micro:bits, e-books and the
green wall in the school and helped to created the green wall in
their school. The green wall is made from plants that are planted in
the wooden pallet planters, and the plants are watered by micro:bits
programmed by pupils. By creating the green wall, which decorates
each school participating in the project, following project aims are
accomplished: the use of innovative technology in teaching and
learning and raised awareness about taking care of nature. During the
exchange, students presented their school and project activities they
had made up to then and shared their experiences with students
partner schools. Students guests stayed with host families because
that was the best way to learn about Slovenian culture and lifestyle.
The first day of the
exchange was reserved for students’ presentations of schools and
project activities done so far. Afterwards they had a short tour of
Ljubljana. We welcomed our guest schools with our school band and
popular escape room activities. Students successfully presented the
school and project results so far.
The second day of
the exchange students had an educational workshop about creating a
school garden and decorating the school educational path. The
workshop was conducted by PAZ!PARK association. The educational path
is the second project result that follows project aims. Afterwards,
students and teachers visited a green hanging garden in Jožet
Plečnik Grammar School, where wooden pallets are used. Students
learned how to create an educational garden made of recycled
material. Then a trip to Bled was organized, where pupils could see
different examples of gardens and educational paths.
The third day
students and teachers had a lecture about plants that are suitable
for the green wall and the educational path and about the ways how to
take care of them with micro:bits. Students programmed the program
for watering the plants. They also created additional possibilities
how to water the plants with micro:bits. The last project activity
was creating the first few pages of an e-book, which is also one of
the project results. Pupils wrote and edited a text about their
exchange in Ljubljana. The e-book will follow all the project
activities and will comprise them altogether.
The exchange ended
with a spring concert at our school and the certificate award. Our
guests spent the last hours in Ljubljana for another walk and
sightseeing. They returned home on 11th April 2019. The exchange left
a great impression on all of us and enriched us all with new
international experiences, so further project work continues. The
next exchange will be in September 2019 in Zagreb and we are already
looking forward to it.