The Erasmus+ project links us with 5 other schools in Europe from Italy, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Turkey and Denmark. The title of our Erasmus+ project is 'Leave Anger Behind' and it will run over the next 2 years.
In November, 2019 the initial planning meeting took place in Rome, Italy. The meeting was attended by Ms. Flynn, St. Aidan's Librarian and Ms Ingram, St. Aidan’s Child Psychotherapist who linked up with teachers from the other schools to plan how the project will proceed.
The mobility to Italy was an amazing experience and we were warmly welcomed by our Italian hosts who showed us their school, town Ladispoli and their beautiful and historical capital city Rome. We also attended presentations and workshops on the themes of Music Art Therapy, Trauma and Anxiety.
The next steps in the project are to complete a number of tasks and activities in partnership with students in the other schools for example, design a survey – ‘How Good Are You at Anger Management’, logo design, project website area on school website, twitter feed and the long term goal is to develop and implement a sustainable Trauma Informed School Programme. The project will be very educational and will give St. Aidan's students a chance to learn more about their European neighbours. LAB is a fabulous project well worth doing!
The next "Leave Anger Behind’ mobility with students will be May 2020 and we will be taking some lucky 1st year students with us!