Voices of Young Citizens

  https://www.stjoseph.gr/code-week/ https://www.stjoseph.gr/pagkosmia-mera-anthropinon-dikaiomaton/ https://www.stjoseph.gr/etwinning-project-voyc2026/ So far, we’ve shared three posts on our school website about our project. In each post, we talk about what we’ve done, what we’ve learned, and what we’re planning next. It’s a great way for us to show our progress and keep everyone updated!

                https://youtu.be/J_RlcmmVZBs  

https://padlet.com/hande_kureli/who-am-i-vrkxkhc0d62wx4b6   💝

  We held a 40-minute Zoom meeting with our partners from Greece and Türkiye. During the meeting, students sang songs together and participated in fun game activities, which helped them interact and enjoy learning together.

  As part of our environmental awareness activities, we organized a coastal clean-up at   Menekşe Beach in Istanbul  together with the municipal teams. Our students actively participated in collecting waste along the shore and learned the importance of protecting nature and keeping our seas clean. This activity helped students develop environmental responsibility and citizenship awareness.

  It was a great experience for my  students. They introduced themselves and there were times that wondered  -" Do they understand what I say Mrs Helen? Do they have similar names like ours?" They loved both of the Wordwall quizzes on Recycling and Citizenship. They really got excited when they saw that their Turkish friends knew the 6-7 popular trend and all of them at the end started doing it with big smiles.👨👧 " siiiixxxxx seeeevennnnn " At the end we sang to each other a Greek and a Turkish song and shouted " Gule gule " + " ΓΕΙΑ (yia)" =Goodbye in both languages.

 

 

 

 

CodeWeek     

  International Human Rights Handprint Sun

  We draw and painted our hands with students and wrote human rights on them, then we talked about international human rights. It was a collobarative and productive activity for our students

 

 

 

  BLUE TEAM-Hande/Eleni/Yusuf/Valeria Our BLUE TEAM had Chapter 2 : The Right to a Safe & secure Environment Hande chose the playground as a safe place for the children. Yusuf chose the background color. Eleni wrote the message "Children should feel safe everywhere". And Valeria created a beautiful emoji with her students Our collaboration was perfect! https://www.canva.com/design/DAG45E8Izg0/yyau693L29kz9HK7_nHyqA/edit?utm_content=DAG45E8Izg0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton

 

Gülcan Akgün-Yolüstü Primary School-İzmir/Ödemiş My students performed the part of the song which belongs to us 'We help each other, hand in hand.Peace and friendship guide our land.'  

 Gülcan Akgün-Yolüstü Primary School-İzmir/Ödemiş Our recycled art exhibition

 Gülcan Akgün-Yolüstü Primary School-İzmir/Ödemiş Our Eco-Hero clean up activities

 Gülcan Akgün-Yolüstü Primary School-İzmir/Ödemiş Human Rights Activities

 Gülcan Akgün-Yolüstü Primary School-İzmir/Ödemiş Children's Rights team work

 Gülcan Akgün-Yolüstü Primary School-İzmir/Ödemiş Children's Rights Activities

 Gülcan Akgün- Yolüstü Primary School- İzmir/ Ödemiş  First Teachers' meeting

 Gülcan Akgün-Yolüstü Primary School-İzmir/Ödemiş Our code-week activities.

BLUE TEAM( Hande+Yusuf+Valeria) All partners had to make a poster with a background/ an emoji + a message that was based on    Children's Rights. All four of us showed a great collaboration and had a great result using CANVA. https://www.canva.com/design/DAG45E8Izg0/yyau693L29kz9HK7_nHyqA/edit?utm_content=DAG45E8Izg0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton

https://youtu.be/4i8flYmYRZc?si=TCbpH4-xDYVkhvNf We talked very seriously about the rights each child has and how important is for a child to have a home to go to, clothes to wear and stay warm, love and protection from people that want to harm them and then we draw and coloured some of children's rights.  

We learnt how important is to say the right way an order and how precise we must be when we give certain directions. We made our own robot by using different colours and shapes and had a lot of fun!👀💯  

After making a variety of logos and posters the students voted for the final ones that would represent our school.  

  SAINT JOSEPH PRIMARY SCHOOL, PEFKI-GREECE Our class D2 decided to participate in this project with great joy. Here are some of its facilities. 

We used suno AI and made a beautiful melody with very meaningful lyrics. We really loved the result.  

 

 Students created imaginative constructions using recyclable materials , giving new life to everyday objects such as plastic bottles, cardboard, and other reused items. Through this creative activity, they learned about the importance of recycling, sustainability, and protecting the environment . After completing their projects, the students organized a small exhibition at school , where they proudly presented their creations to their classmates. This activity encouraged creativity, environmental awareness, and responsible behavior as young citizens who care for the planet.  

 Students expressed their ideas about Children’s Rights through a creative art activity using handprints. Each student decorated a paper hand with colors, drawings, and words representing important rights such as the right to education, play, love, and protection. All the hands were then placed together to create a collective artwork, symbolizing unity, cooperation, and the shared responsibility to respect and protect the rights of every child. Through this activity, students reflected on their role as young citizens and learned that together their voices can make a difference.  

 As part of our project activities, students discussed environmental issues and the importance of keeping their surroundings clean. After sharing their ideas, they wore gloves and actively participated in a clean-up activity around the school area. Working together, they collected litter and properly disposed of it in recycling bins. Through this hands-on experience, students developed environmental awareness, teamwork, and a sense of responsibility as young citizens who care about protecting their community and the planet.

 Students explored the topic of Children’s Rights through a variety of creative and interactive classroom activities. They watched educational videos, discussed the importance of children’s rights, and shared their ideas about respect, equality, and protection for every child. Inspired by these discussions, the students expressed their thoughts through drawings and posters, illustrating different rights such as the right to education, family, safety, and freedom of expression. This activity helped students better understand their rights and responsibilities while encouraging creativity, collaboration, and active participation as young citizens.  

They used digital tools and basic coding activities to design creative logo proposals that represented the values of young citizens, such as participation, cooperation, and active voice in society. After the designs were completed, all project partners took part in an online voting process to select the final logo. This activity encouraged creativity, digital skills, collaboration, and democratic participation, giving students the opportunity to share their ideas and make collective decisions.  

 As part of the e Twinning project “Voices of Young Citizens” , our participation in EU Code Week gave students the opportunity to express their ideas and opinions through coding activities. Using simple programming tools and creative digital applications, students designed small projects that highlighted issues important to them as active citizens, such as cooperation, children's rights, and participation in democratic life. This activity helped students develop computational thinking, creativity, and collaboration skills, while also strengthening their voice as young citizens in a digital and European learning environment.  

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fetLJRM4SnE  

 

 

To raise awareness about sea pollution and environmental protection, we distributed the brochures we had prepared. Afterwards, we carried out a clean-up activity on the seaside next to our school and collected the litter we found, emphasizing the importance of protecting our environment.