E4U (Europe For You) is a European School-partnership formed by eight secondary schools from Belgium, The Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway and Turkey. The pupils in the project come from a wide range of secondary schools and follow different curricula, which benefits the diversity of the group. The partnership comprises about 20 teachers and between 150 and 200 students (each year) and is based on a long-term cooperation.
The partnership focuses on entrepreneurship involving cultural and social aspects as well as language and habits in the participating countries. Everyone will investigate their own cultural heritage, lifestyle and habits. This is why students will organize 'Generation Day', which includes interviews with the residents of Dum Senioru Dobris (Czech Republic) and St.-Louis Day Care Centre (Ireland), international dances and songs. The results will be presented in international assignments. Next to that, other students organize 'E4Youth-day'. The partner schools from Belgium, Italy, Germany and Ireland are going to inform the pupils of the primary schools about the project. This will be done on open-class days throughout the year. We show the final products, explain the goals and the methodology of the project. The preparation and the exchange of materials will help in preparing CLIL activities too.
All students will also report on their national and religious holidays focusing on the traditional aspects, and on topics such as family life, school life, food, famous people and 'my region'. All students will work in groups on at least one of these optional topics. Afterwards, they process the assignments made by the students of the other participating countries creatively. Furthermore, they will look into language similarities and will introduce each other to some basic common phrases of each of the national languages. The results will be translated into English and published on E-twinning.
