Orientation
All the partners collaboratively work together on the same tasks and the teachers keep in touch daily by email, in the TwinSpace and by a WhatsApp group. The work may be planned as follows:
First semester
1. September: schools and teachers present themselves and their schools in the TwinSpace and organise a logo contest on the theme of the project. Teachers introduce the TwinSpace to the students and teach them how to use its tools for communication and collaboration.
2. October-December: Teachers create a mind map with the names of animals suggested by the students. From this the students vote on the animals they want to include in the project work throughout the year. The table of transnational groups of students is published in the TwinSpace. The students work in their groups, each group on a different animal, searching for all kinds of information including an investigation of the rights and problems of animals in their country.
Second Semester
3. January-February: The teachers arrange a visit for the students to a stable, kennels, a centre for animals or other facilities. The students interview an expert, vet or other operator. The visits are recorded and posted on a TwinBoard
4. March-May: The students design their idea of an animal-friendly town, using texts, drawings, videos, posters and other means. They make a documentary to share their ideas.
Other suggested activities could include:
• Drawing a motto “ANIMAL = FRIEND”, then uploading the photos of the drawings to a TwinBoard.
• Organising a competition where students will present in a documentary some good deeds they carried out for animals. The winning schools can get the plaque as “Animal-Friendly Schools” and display the label in the classroom, corridor or outside the school