Levels of walking and biking to school are decreasing in many European countries. The main reason of decreasing the levels of biking to school is that more and more children are transported to their school by their parents’ cars or the school buses. These modes of transport to school have some negative effects such as lack of physical activity, obesity, air pollution, lack of confidence and independent skills and expensive modes of transport. Such negative effects are also common to 6 partner schools in this project. We know that it is a global challenge that needs local solutions. Therefore, we came together and designed our project: Bike2school. The internationality of this project will allow the exchange of best practices and new ideas among partner countries to promote Bike-friendly schools for healthier, educated and more environment-friendly generations across Europe.5 countries and 6 schools will be involved in this project (Turkey, UK, Denmark, Hungary and Croatia) with approximately 700 students aged between 10-12 and about 50 teachers and educators. The other participants of this project will be cycling instructors, parents, educators and leaders, local authorities with different experience, knowledge and beliefs, but common educational ideals.For this project our OBJECTIVES:-To inculcate school community with the benefits of Bike2school regarding health, environment, self-development and economy-To obtain theoretical and practical skills for pupils and teachers to carry out Safe Biking Program in their schools-To equip pupils with theoretical and practical Traffic Rules and Safe Biking skills-To give responsibility to school community in Environment-friendly activities to raise awareness on the Environment Issues and Global Warming-To develop pupils’ physical power, self-confidence, responsibility, independence, problem-solving, communicative and competitive skills-To encourage pupils to work and produce together with their schoolmates and with other partner countries’ students using ICT, foreign language, communication and teamwork skills-To enrich teachers’ mutual exchange with partner schools’ teachers to gain new ideas and insights in order to promote Bike2school across Europe.To achieve these objectives, we will organize 3 short term staff training and 2 short term exchange of pupils’ mobilityThroughout short-term staff training, we will gain new insights, exchange best practices to obtain theoretical and practical competence to carry out Safe Biking programs and develop skills of international communication, English and ICT. We will also design the long term plan for sustainable Bike2school programs.During short term pupils’ exchange, our pupils will experience working and enjoying in multicultural social settings with their international friends. Participating in activities like ice-breaking, repair bike, Bike rodeo, biking crafts with recycled materials, cleaning up activity will help them feel as part of European union, be open-minded and give up prejudice, become more tolerant among nations.We plan to have regular assessment procedures to ensure that the project objectives and results are achieved:1) MOBILITY HABITS SURVEY2) PRE/POST TEST 3) FEEDBACK GATHERED AT WORKSHOP/PARENTS MEETING4) EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE at the end of training & exchanges5) COMMENTS of the visitors and followers on social media (Facebook&Instagram) 6) OUTPUTS/PRODUCTS such as like Safe Biking Handbook, Bike Policy Agreement, 2 Newsletters, Project website, 2 short-length films, Etwinning Project, Safety Memory Game, 2021 Calendar, Logo, Mascot, Bicycle parking, (Bicycle Storage), Cycling Road signs, Local Map, Safe Routes, Recycled Rubbish bin for Bikers, Bicycle Drawings on school garden walls and/or rubbish bins, Strategic Long term Plan for Biking2school Program will be valuable tools for our formative and summative evaluation.7) MONTHLY DIARY of STUDENTS BIKING2SCHOOL8) PERFORMANCE in SPECIAL EVENTS and INTERNATIONAL MOBILITYThe EXPECTED RESULTS of our Project:The physical activity of pupils will increase via Biking. School community will be more conscious about Benefits of Biking regarding Health, Self-development, Economy and Environment. Skills and Knowledge of school community will enhance about Traffic Rules, Road Signs, Bicycles and Safe Biking. There will be increase in the public opinion about Environment Issues and Global warming. Pupils will become more independent, self-confident, responsible, creative, communicative, problem solver, powerful. Pupils will develop their ICT, foreign language, international friendship skills and knowledge about other cultures. School and local community will feel themselves as part of the European Community. Teaching staff will be more qualified in ICT, English and communication skills by working online platforms and attending mobility. Partner schools will motivate other schools to join international projects in their local areas.

<< Objectives >>The completion of the project will lead our students to read more, to be active more by participating in Arts, ICT, Media, Literary,Social and Volunteering activities. Our students will be active readers and they will gain skills for how totransform a book into their own products. We will struggle to make books important again since the books are the true source for true information. The project will promote to have better literary pleasure, to face with arts and to recognise cultural treasure.<< Implementation >>The project includes two types of actions. On the one hand, students will read books (ROMANS, PHILOSOPHY, POETRY,BIOGRAPHY) on the other hand will develop activities such as SCENARIO, ESSAY WRITING, CREATIONMAGAZINE OF POETRY. Activities and products will be multinational.After the start of the project, we will set up project clubs at the schools and inform the students to join them. Teachers will guide students to participate in all major and minor project activities.<< Results >>At the end of the project our students will read more, will be more interested in participating in Arts, ICT, Media, Literary, Social and Volunteering activities. They will be active readers and they will gain skills how totransform a book into their own products and tools. They will understand that books are important as they are the true source for the information. The project will promote to have better literary pleasure, to face the arts and to recognise cultural treasure by students.

CONTEXTWe are 6 schools from Europe willing to increase our students’ knowledge and interests in the cultural (Geography, History)heritage of our countries. Our society is so much globalized , almost each human being ia about to forget his/her own national heritage, this is why we intend to challenge our students to search their own history by becoming aware of the customs and traditions which have been passed on from generation to generation. We believe that an individual who don’t know his own roots,will don’t know his foundation and by this way he will never thrive. By our project , we intend to develop our students’ patriotic behaviors, both making them look back to their past and their origins and opening their horizon to other cultures and their diversity. Our intention is to involve students 100% in the project, this is why we provide them a key role in all activities .When the project starts, students will learn during a training for 3 months the better use of some mobile applications and online instruments in order to create great materials for the project. During the mobilities, students will develop activities with guests, make presentations, becoming guides in cultural visits and creating evaluation forms for the guests for identifying the effectiveness of their work . Once the exchanges ended , in team with some of their teachers, students will make a selection and will build a brochure entitled “European cultural heritage” which will be one of the outputs of the project. PARTICIPANTSThe students’ age group is 12-14. We will involve at least 180 students in the organization of exchanges and the preparation and implementation of the above - mentioned activities. Except these students, 120 students will be selected, upon their work, their interest and involvement for a direct participation in the mobilities hosted by the partner schools. We will work also with parents of our students, which will help us in organizing the events, by preparing traditional dishes for the exchanges. OBJECTIVESThe project intend to increase the cultural and intercultural awareness of all the participants involved in its implementation.Students are our the most important concern, this is why we will target the following objectives for them:OS1. To increase the cultural awareness of at least 80% of students- they will become more interested in their country (history, geography, literature, customs, traditions, dances, traditional music)OS2. To increase intercultural awareness and skills of all the students- they will become more interested in Knowing about other European countries culture(history, geography, literature, customs, traditions, dances, traditional music).OS3 To improve students’ ICT skills - they will make use of the mobile applications and online tools for presentations, activities, evaluation, creation of outputsOS4 To improve students’ transferrable skills such as communication, research and analysis, team work, adaptability, organisationOS5 To improve students’ motivation for learning and self-confidenceFor the institutions, our project intend :1.To improve the European dimension and international collaboration2.To motivate teachers and school staffMAIN ACTIVITIESWe intend to organize 6 exchanges, each one hosted by every project partner:1. C1 - The Greek Heritage – hosted by Greece in November 20202. C2 – The Lithuanian Heritage – hosted by Lithuania in February 20213. C3 – The Slovakian Heritage – May 20214. C4 – The Turkish Heritage – October 20215. C5 – The Bulgarian Heritage – March 20226. C6 – The Porteguese Heritage – June 2022RESULTSThe project will produce the following results:-The attainment of objectives – students for the target group will develop new skills, knowledges and competences -A better cooperation among schools across European spaceTangible results will include: presentations made by students (30), workshops documents, online brochures (5), the final output “The European heritage”, guest students’ travel journals (80), the eTwinning space, eTwinning forum, photo albums (5), Europass mobility materials (112), certificates of attendance (112) initial and final evaluation forms, mobility materials (agenda, methodology, questionnaires, evaluation forms) .IMPACTThe institutions will benefit from the good practices acquired and transferred through the participation of students and teachers in the exchanges. They will promote intercultural learning and will open to new models that will benefit the students in the medium and long run, too.We will develop the European dimension of the school and will be better prepared to manage projects under the Erasmus+ programme – both the experienced schools and the less experienced ones. This project will lay the foundation for future cooperation among schools through eTwinning and Erasmus+.

This is an education project mainly focused on “IMPROVING BOOK READING, TRASNFORMING KNOWLEDGE INTO PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES” and leading our students to read more, to be active more by participating in Arts, ICT, Media, Literary, Social and Volunteering activities. So its move is “ READING”. It is developed by participation of schools from Europe Union.Whenever you read a book, you learn a new information that otherwise would not have known. Studies have shown that reading has strong positive effects on the brain. Every time people read a book, you have to remember the setting of the book, the characters, their backgrounds, their history, their personalities, the sub-plots and so much more. As your brain learns to remember all this, your memory becomes better. Reading has a positive effect on the body as well. Reading a bookcan relieve stress better than taking a walk or listening to music. The more people read, the more imaginative they become.Whenever children read a fiction book, it takes them another world. One of the primary benefits of reading books is its ability to develop critical thinking skills. Critical thinking skills are crucial when it comes to making important day to day decisions. Reading improves children vocabulary and command on the language. As they read, they come across new words, idioms, new words, phrases and writing styles.OBJECTIVESThe completion of the project will lead our students to read more, to be active more by participating in Arts, ICT, Media, Literary, Social and Volunteering activities. Our students will be active readers and they will gain skills for how to transform a book into their own products. We will struggle to make books important again since the books are the true source for true information. The project will promote to have better literary pleasure, to face with arts and to recognise cultural treasurebetween our studentsACTIVITIESThe project include two types of action. On the one side students will read books (NOVELS, PHILOSOPHY, POETRY, BIOGRAPHY) on the other side they will develop activities such as SCENARIO, WRITING ESSAYS, CREATING POETRY MAGAZINE. Every partner will read on their own national books and when they come together in the LTTA meetings, they will meet them together and produce their activities together. Activities and products will be multi national.METHEDOLOGYAfter the beginning of the project, we will set up project clubs in the schools and will announce the students to join the club. Minimum 50 students will be involved. These 50 students will be divided into 5 teams as; Literature Team, ICT teams, Culture Team, Magazine Team, Arts Team. These team will be given tasks for a curtain duration regards to stages and activities of the project. All teams will work and support the main body of the project under supervision the teachers. There are 5 L/T/T/A in two years. Teachers will lead the students to join all kind of activities (Book reading, Creation of scenario, magazine, taking short movie; etc./ the usual side activities like; preparing Erasmus+ corner, taking photos and videos to put into digital monitor, logo contest, joining seminars, preparing traveler manuals, etc. )PARTICIPANTOur project is prepared mainly for the students and all the stages are designed for them. Teachers are added into as supervisor and beneficiaries. Administrative staff are the other participants. Parents and local community will be the side beneficiaries since they will be the target group of while we are disseminating our project activities, outputs and results.IMPACTAn important impact will be provided to the participant by the project, direct and indirectly. The possibility to be in direct contact with students and teachers from other countries and especially working together for reaching common goals will lead to positive changes within institutions involved.