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Roots & Wings started life as a three year Comenius 1 school project involving three countries – Denmark, Wales, Italy).
Following this very successful project, a new proposal was accepted to set up Roots & Wings as a three year Comenius 3 Network (2001 – 2004 – extended to 2005). The number of countries was extended to 7. These were known as Regional Coordinating Centres. (RCCs: Denmark, Wales, Italy, Ireland, Sweden, Austria, Czech Republic).
The theme of Roots & Wings was Culture and Heritage, based on an old American Indian Proverb.
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There are two values,
which you can give your child
as a present for Life.
First of all: Roots,
and then: Wings
An American Indian proverb
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Main objectives
- To enhance and facilitate cooperation between schools in primarily the seven European regions of the Network - based on a common working platform of cultural heritage.
- To support the processes and classroom projects which develop, and integrate an international dimension in the whole school community.
- To offer and raise ICT skills that support the cooperation and communication among schools.
- To support Comenius partnerships within the network in qualitative planning of educational projects.
- To disseminate experience achieved in existing partnerships to a wider number of schools
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Expected impact
- Numerous schools will have an international profile and the international dimension integrated as part of the school curriculum or aims and objectives.
- Head teachers and teachers will obtain
- a raised awareness of the assets and importance of working in international partnerships;
- a raised awareness and competence of working qualitatively with topics relating to cultural heritage.
- Pupils will ultimately have raised knowledge on a number of subjects relating to international topics; perhaps even an international competence including mutual understanding; flexibility; awareness and understanding of others and own cultural heritage and background; experience that cultural diversity is an asset to cooperation.
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Conferences
Each year Roots & Wings Network organised a Thematic Conference and Partner Finding Seminar
- 2002 Malmo, Sweden
- 2003 Olomouc, Czech Rep
- 2004 Montecatini, Italy
- 2005 Graz, Austria
- 2006 Cardiff, Wales
- 2007 Dublin, Ireland
In 2008 Roots & Wings organised the conference in Elblag, Poland, but when the new WiMi Network was approved this then came under the banner of WiMi.
To see a list of schools involved under the Roots & Wings banner click here ...
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