Pego primary school launches first Erasmus+ project on sustainability and inclusion

CEIP Carolina Sala de Pego has secured, for the first time, an Erasmus+ project, according to the school. The programme, named 'Think in green', is built around three strands: sustainability, inclusion and Europeanisation, and has received a very positive assessment from the Spanish Service for the Internationalisation of Education (SEPIE), according to the school.

An inaugural event in several languages

On the Monday before this publication, coinciding with the European Day of Languages, the school held the event that officially launched the project. The day included the display of a map of Europe accompanied by messages written in different languages. Parents of pupils contributed their own mother tongue, sharing it with the rest of the school community.

Mobility to Portugal and Italy

The project provides for the travel of six pupils from years 5 and 6 of Primary to an EcoSchool located in Portugal, where they will stay for five days. Of those places, the school allocates at least two to students with specific educational support needs. This trip is scheduled for the third term of the school year.

Teachers will also participate in the programme: two teachers will travel to Italy for an observation stay at an educational centre (job shadowing), while two others will attend five-day training courses in Portugal.

The wetland as a starting point

The school is situated near the Pego-Oliva Wetland Natural Park, an environment that the school uses as a base to strengthen ecological awareness among its pupils, one of the central pillars of the project.