North Ireland/UK -Newtownabbey, Austria-Vienna, Croatia - Varaždin, Germany-Heide, Ireland-Galway, Slovenia-Ptuj
Short Desciption
This project bring together 6 Special Schools from EU all with a slightly different area of focus and expertise but all school are aware of the social isolation of their pupils. Our project aims to tackle this issue and enable our pupils to play a more productive and involved role in our European society. Our efforts aim to ensure we raise skill levels of these vulnerable students and have a direct and life long impact on the connectivity with society in general.
Queen Elizabeth II (second) died at Balmoral in Scotland.She had reigned for 70 years, she is the
longest monarch we have ever had.She
will be buried on Monday the 19th September 2022.In the UK as a mark of respect this date is a
Bank Holiday to allow members of the public to pay their respects or watch the
State Funeral on TV.Schools will be
closed on this date.
On Wednesday, 1st of June 2022, Centar Tomislav Špoljar
students celebrated the Centre day. The celebration was held in Croatian
national theatre Varaždin. The students sang, danced and acted, they were
rewarded with loud applause from the audience for their performances.
In the UK on the 2nd -5th June it was Queen Elizabeth's
Platinum Jubilee, celebrating her 70 years on the British Throne. In school, as recognition of her contribution
to British Society, The Commonwealth and aiding Irish Peace, our classes
completed a number of activities that can be seen in our video. On the 30th May each pupil was given a book
by the Education Authority and a medal from the Local Council as a remind of
this celebration. On the 31st May we
finished school for a long weekend.
After a two-year
Covid break, Athletics light could finally take place again on April 28th in
Vienna's Ernst Happel Stadium. Exactly 768 school classes from the 1st to 4th
grade (including multi-level and integration classes) took part in this
sporting event on six consecutive days of the competition.
The four
athletics disciplines, consisting of endurance (tub run), jumping power
(standing long jump), speed (30m run) and throw (howling throw) are completed
in the class association and all results are included in a team ranking.
The result of the
ALA, which was able to achieve the excellent second place among 54 multi-level
classes, was particularly pleasing! The place and date of the award ceremony
have not been fixed yet and will be announced separately! (Photos and report on
this will be submitted later!)
After a two-year
Covid break, the Vienna Children's Run could finally take place again on May
12th in the athletics stadium opposite to the Ernst Happel Stadium. Exactly 183
school classes ranging from 1st to 4th grade (including multi-level and
integration classes) took part in this sporting event on five consecutive competition
days this year.
The running
distance of 600m is completed in the class association and all results are
included in a team evaluation. The result of the ALA, which was able to achieve
the excellent 11th place among the multi-level classes, was particularly
pleasing!