Hosted by , contributed by Kyriaki_Vakkou on 15 September 2023
The school is located at a very remote village on the southern area of Chania in the island of Crete, without technological resources and equipment and with very limited access to internet, cut off from other schools and other stakeholders. Hence, the school’s goals were to connect with the local community.
After the technological equipment funded by LFE project was received, the teachers and students had the opportunity to communicate with the local authorities and community, with the local women's association, as well as with schools from other places of Crete, museums, etc. For example, a parent who works as an apiarist, visited the school and presented to the students the amazing world of bees and representatives from Chania Women's Association were invited to talk to the students about the role of women (students’ mothers also participated). The school also organised a lot of video-conferences with authors, museum and a psychologist. Overall, different people and organizations managed to talk to the students, show them things and pass down new knowledge and expertise that facilitated the school in becoming an Open School.
In addition, the school, together with other two neighbouring schools, shared their technological equipment by organising co-teaching sessions, experiments and educational videos presentations.
The school started opening itself, not only for its students but also for the local community. The teaching and learning procedures were upgraded due to the equipment and services that laptops, interactive boards and the robotics kit funded by the LfE project offered. Also, the students came closer to agricultural professions of their local society and to traditional arts and crafts with the aim to learn about their roots and create bonds with the community.
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Already implemented by the following schools
Δημοτικό Σχολείο Ανώπολης Σφακίων-Primary School of Anopolis Sfakion
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