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Back Home after our Transnational Planning Meeting

28/1/2019

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Guest blog, written by: 
Dr Rob Rodgers, Chair of the Board of Trustees at Global Education Derby

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We seemed to have chosen a cold and wet few days in Altopascio for our meeting - but this didn’t dampen our spirits. So, Monday evening, teachers and educators arrived in a small town near to Pisa in Italy. Our European colleagues flew in from Estonia, Spain, Germany, Slovenia, Turkey and not forgetting UK. We were hosted extremely well by Sabrina and Raffaela.

It was a whirlwind of a visit!  We arrived, joined together, worked hard, laughed and enjoyed good company.  The majority of the week was spent sharing expertise, monitoring progress, developing our teaching resources further and agreeing on next steps together.  Then, we flew off back to our various homes.

We have learnt to communicate well with each other and show that European cooperation has so many benefits. The basic thing is that we want to communicate - we value each other and we know that, together we are stronger.

It was moving to see six year olds have lunch with us one day. They asked questions of the adults on their table and had strategies if they, or we, didn’t understand - we adults finished our lunches happier and richer, emotionally, as a result.

My advice to our politicians is “don’t throw the baby out with the bath water!” There is much to gain from each other’s countries, in Europe. Obviously, there are problems and issues, but these can be sorted if we really want to.

In a few days, which gave us many memories and encouragements, I have certainly grown as a person, emotionally. We would all do well to listen to the Queen, who has urged people to find “common ground’ and to respect different points of view!”


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Maria Turner
29/1/2019 01:58:37 pm

THANKS Rob !!
Nobody could have said it better !! We just grew together in a wonderful democratic way and learned much from each other!
Your advice: “don’t throw the baby out with the bath water!” is supported by all of us !!

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anke jaguttis
30/1/2019 03:31:21 pm

Dear Rob,
you have forgotten the weird lady!
Ciao Anke

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  • Home
    • About the project & objectives
    • Timeline - IOS project
    • School partners
  • IOS TEACHING RESOURCES
    • What is a journey?
    • Finding Connections
    • A Sweet World
    • Playing with Empathy
    • Multicultural Roman Empire
    • New People New Places
    • Migration Journeys - Why the Journey?
    • Migration Journeys - Who will you take on the Journey?
    • Migration Journeys - How was the Journey?
    • War ... what if it happened here?
    • More Equal Than Different
    • The Path of Hope
    • Shoes Clues
    • Mystery Dinner Guests
    • Mobile Phones, Me and Migration
    • Problems of the World
    • Emma's Story
  • Global Skills Passport and Tracking Charts
  • Blog
  • Thinking Otherwise project