EEA Grants/Norway Grants

and State Budget of the Slovak republic

PROJECT WATER IN THE COUNTRY within the programme

„Adaptation to a climate change – prevention of floods and droughts“

Piarist Grammar School of st. Joseph Kalazans

in Nitra

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT

„THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY“

IMPLEMENTATION OF MEASURES TO IMPROVE THE ABILITY OF THE COUNTRY TO RETAIN WATER:

• TO PREVENT DROUGHT,

• TO PREVENT FLOODS,

• TO IMPROVE MICROCLIMATE IN TOWNS.

RAISE AWARENESS OF STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THESE MEASURES.

PARTNER OF THE PROJECT

HEILIG-GEIST-GYMNASIUM

BROICHER STR. 103

D-52146 WURSELEN

GERMANY

ACTIVITIES OF THE PROJECT

1. EXTENSIVE RAIN ROOF

2. RETENTION OF RAINWATER IN RESERVOIRS

3. PLANTING TREES AND PERENNIALS, POOL REPAIR

4. EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL EVENTS

EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL EVENTS

1. COMPLETION OF THE CURRICULUM

2. VIDEO SEMINARS AND STUDENT WORKSHOPS

3. CONFERENCE ABOUT WATER MANAGEMENT

4. DOORS OPEN DAY

5. KALAZANS GAMES

6. KALAZANS FORUM

1 CURRICULUM

• IMPLEMENTATION OF WATER MANAGEMENT INTO THE CURRICULUM AND PLANS IN BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, GEOGRAPHY, ENGLISH, GERMAN AND CULTURE AND ART FOR STUDENTS OF FOUR-YEAR STUDY AND EIGHT-YEAR STUDY (TERCIA-OKTAVA)

2 VIDEO SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS

• OBJECTIVE:

• INCREASE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION OF STUDENTS,

• FAMILIARIZATION WITH CLIMATIC CHANGES AND WATER MANAGEMENT, MEASURES IN SLOVAKIA AND GERMANY.

• PARTICIPANTS:

• TEAM OF 10 STUDENTS FROM OUR SCHOOL AND 10 STUDENTS FROM A PARTNER SCHOOL

• EXPERT CONSULTANTS – BIOLOGY TEACHER AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHER.

• SYSTEM OF WORK:

• OPENING VIDEOCONFERENCE – INTRODUCTION TO THE TOPIC, INTRODUCTION OF THE STUDENTS, ARRANGEMENT OF GROUPS AND ASSIGNMENT OF COMMON TASKS,

• WORK IN GROUPS – WITHIN 3 MONTHS, STUDENTS WILL COLLABORATE VIA VIDEOCONFERENCES AND SOCIAL NETWORKS. EXPERT CONSULTANTS AND ENGLISH TEACHERS WILL BE AT STUDENTS’ DISPOSAL.

• FINAL VIDEOCONFERENCE – PRESENTATION OF WORKS OF DIFFERENT GROUPS OF STUDENTS AND CONCLUSION.

3 CONFERENCE ABOUT WATER MANAGEMENT

EXPECTED DATE 5 JUNE,2015 ON WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY

LECTURES FOR STUDENTS AND THE PUBLIC LED BY:

• EXPERTS FROM SLOVAK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES,

• EXPERTS DEALING WITH ADAPTIVE MEASURES TO RETAIN WATER IN THE COUNTRY,

• EXPERTS FROM SLOVAK HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE,

• EXPERTS FROM NITRA CITY COUNCIL DEALING WITH ENVIRONMENT.

4 DOORS OPEN DAY

• PRESENTATION OF WORK ON THE PROJECT AND ITS OUTPUTS,

• FORM OF PRESENTATION IS THE SO-CALLED ”PROJECT DAY” - PRESENTATION OF STUDENTS’ PROJECTS, WHICH WILL PRESENT THE ROLE OF WATER IN THE COUNTRY AND THE POSSIBILITIES OF ITS RETENTION FROM DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW.

5 KALAZANS GAMES

• PROPAGATION AND PROMOTION OF THE PROJECT AMONG CHILDREN IN A GAMESOME WAY,

• WE WILL INVOLVE THE VOLUNTEERS:

• SCOUT ORGANIZATION,

• VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION YMCA MZ NITRA.

6 KALAZANS FORUM

• PROPAGATION AND PROMOTION OF THE PROJECT FOR TEACHERS,

• ONE OF THE TOPIC OF THE FORUM WILL BE INFORMATION ABOUT THE THEME OF THE PROJECT AND SHARING EXPERIENCES WITH AN IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW CURRICULUM AND A NEW APPROACH IN EDUCATION.

• STUDENTS, WHO ARE INVOLVED IN WORK ON THE PROJECT, WILL ALSO PRESENT THEIR EXPERIENCES.

PROJECT TIMETABLE

PROJECT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED UNTIL 31 MARCH, 2016

PROJECT TEAM - INTERNAL

1. MGR. ZUZANA TURČEKOVÁ – PROJECT COORDINATOR

2. MGR. MARCELA JAHNOVÁ – PUBLICITY MANAGER

3. MGR. ALŽBETA KOŠŤÁLOVÁ - ACCOUNTANT

4. RNDR. MONIKA GREGUŠOVÁ – WEBSITE MANAGER

EXTERNAL MEMBER OF PROJECT TEAM

MGR. JANA KVANTOVÁ

1. MONITORING AND FINANCIAL MANAGER

2. RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROCUREMENT