1. SUMMARY: Pathways to Discovery
Previous experience in a Comenius project has allowed many of our schools to see
firsthand the positive impact on learners and staff when they visit other countries. The
Pathways to Discovery team are eager and committed in developing a shared ethos of
learning across Europe. We will work in collaboration with each school community to
develop solutions that meet our real needs. The project has been designed to allow our
pupils to investigate the past and present with the goal of improving the future
prosperity of Europe. This will be achieved through a series of collaborative community
based activities set around a family of characters called the "Time Watch Team". The
"Time Watch Team" is a real family who has a strong social and moral conscience. The
family will introduce key themes and they will ask our children to select and challenge
real problems. These characters will foster creativity and communication to promote
emotional wellbeing throughout the Curriculum through the themes of Enterprise,
Myself, Health and Well Being/Environment. This journey will not necessarily be easy.
We will be tested and we will come across obstacles! This will create a real purposeful
learning journey that reinforces social cohesion as we learn from the past and the
present through communication with others. We will create purposeful learning
resources as books, songs, DVD s and gifts that will be shared across Europe. We aim to
make real changes by developing a learning community and platform that will extend
the reach of each individual school and will positively engage all members of our
extended families and embrace others along the way. We will document, justify, and
share conclusion with larger audiences.
The Time Watch Team shared slogan:
Our Learning, Our Journey, Our Way
• The Time Watch Team will allow those involved in our project to develop enquiry
based learning where the children create relevant and socially significant questions to
investigate that are open-ended, debatable and contended issued. This will develop
literacy skills e.g. to present argument and information from differing viewpoints
through stories, drama and non- fiction text types as discussion and reports.

2. •Subjects as Art, Design and Technology will be used to develop entrepreneurial skills
through designing and making objects that meets the children’s own brief. Creating such
a tangible artifact that addresses the issue, answers questions, and makes learning
visible and accountable. Tasks such as; logo and project object will be used to develop
knowledge, attitudes and competencies necessary for their personal development, for
future employment throughout Europe.
• Effective communication with peers and adults will allow our children to communicate
in a range of languages. This will promote speaking and listening skills where the
children acquire a bank of words and phrases, learn to listen attentively, speak clearly
and confidently. This can be carried out in their mother tongue and a foreign language
and will be achieved through promoting "exploratory talk" developing a phrase
book/speaking book, project song etc.
• To develop knowledge and understanding amongst young people and educational staff
of the diversity of European cultures, languages and values. This will be achieved by
pupils and staff as they participate in activities and mobilities, discover geographical and
environmental issues and consider historical perspectives.
• Up to date modern ICT will be used throughout the project to foster skills for the 21st
century and the E-Twinning Platform will be used to aid communication. The creative
and effective use of ICT will bring the ways of life of other countries to our pupils
immediate attention and allow us to grow together as we share pedagogy in a
meaningful way.
• To develop an ethos of ‘exploratory talk’ where children feel confident and safe when
sharing their ideas. The children will learn to discuss real issues and learn how to
constructively challenge one another’s ideas and so develop the language of discussion
that they will be able to use into adulthood. We will place the responsibility for learning
in the learners’ hands and so change the nature of their learning by requiring them to
negotiate their own criteria.

3. 1 Nov.2011-
June2012
Nov 2011- Preparatory visit in Wales to develop ideas and
objectives. E-twinning introduced - booklet of activities
created "Health and Well Being".
2 September
2012
LOGO design competition, graphs of favourite designs, winning
country to make a digital copy of the project LOGO.
3 Oct/November
2012
Enterprise challenge - Each school to design a product
resulting in business plans, costing, spreadsheets and
advertising. Ground rules for "Exploratory Talk" posters.
4 Nov/December
2012
Myself - children introduce themselves in mother tongue.
Creating speaking frames, vocabulary flash cards, talking
photo album (online and booklet).
5 January 2013 "The Time Watch Team":Each school to design and make their
own doll with a character profile card that will be uploaded on
our shared website and E-Twinning.
6 February 2013 To create a gift box to each country - children to choose
symbols, books, poems...What more they would like to find
out? E-Twinning activities set up to answer these questions.
7 March 2013 To share images of their locality 100 years ago, compare with
images from today taken by the children. Children to draw
images and show what it will look like in the future and
describe thoughts and feelings. Collaborative book created of
results.
8 April 2013 Pathways to Discovery - introduce the project book. World
Earth Day 22.4.13 will be used to launch the book.
9 May 2013 Time Watch Team - real life environmental/social issues.
Children to collect a bank of 5 issues and publish on the
website (used in year 2).
10 June 2013 POD CAST- How are the issues similar/different? Create a
shared list of issues
11 September
2013
Traditional song to perform during a POD CAST.
12 September Collect the traditional songs together on a CD.

4. 2013
13 October 2013 To write and develop a project song. A local rap artist from
Wales will produce.
14 Nov/Dec 2013 DVD/ Power Point with the project song in the background.
POD CAST/E Twinning - Used to Allow the children to evaluate
their journey in this project.
15 January 2014 Healthy living booklet - What can we do to make change
happen? Reports and instructions written. Children to take
their message out to their locality and evaluate the success of
their campaign.
16 Feb/March
2014
Create a film/shared dilemma. One school creates the start of
the film. The other schools create the ending. DVD created
between schools.
17 March 2014 POD CAST/ E Twinning used to explore how the dilemma was
solved. Using "Exploratory Talk" , pupils discuss and share
their differences in opinion. DVD created for this discussion.
18 April 2014 Project film submitted to the Wide Minds film festival 2014.
19 April/May
2014
project report - sent to Kaleidoscope online magazine, local
press and national government.
20 June 2014 International Day to celebrate the project. Presentation of the
completed Pathways to Discovery Book.
21 Sep 2012/Aug
2014
Web Site will provide information on project activities, reports
and presentations. It will also serve as a learning and teaching
tool and as a platform for exchanging ideas.
22 Sep 2012/ Aug
2014
Pupil and staff evaluations will run throughout the project:
mind maps, interviews, question grids, diaries, questionnaires,
feelings graphs, children to create their own success criteria
linked to the project's objectives...

5. Logo challange (September 2012):
To develop a sense of entrepreneurship and team building The London 2012 Olympic
Flag and symbolism will be used as a springboard to launch a logo competition to
promote our project. The logo will strive to aid and promote instant public recognition
of the project. Each country will choose one winning LOGO. The 7 LOGOS will be put
online via shared website and the children will be given the opportunity to complete an
online vote for their favourite LOGO. The winning LOGO will be the one with most votes.
Graphs will be created of the results and put onto the shared website with the winning
LOGO.
Enterprise Challenge (October 2012):
Each school to create one product that can be sold within the communities and the
schools. The product will incorporate the winning LOGO. This will promote a culture of
enterprise across Europe e.g. pencils, hats. T-shirts, badges, key rings etc The children
will share their designs and establish a business to produce, advertise and sell their
product.
Develop ‘Ground Rules’ for successful communication and develop a higher order
awareness of group skills (Oct/Nov 2012).
• Discuss things together
• Listen to people
• Look at the speaker
• Ask questions
• Give reasons for what you say, e.g.
• Be prepared to change your mind
• Think before you speak
• Share all the ideas and information you have
• Make sure the group agrees
Once the ground rules are established and effectively used, an ethos of working
together will be developed within and between groups. The children will understand the
importance of taking on roles e.g. leader, reporter, scribe etc and as a result a sense of
equal respect and consideration will develop.

6. Myself (Nov/Dec 2012):
Children to introduce themselves in their mother tongue via SKYPE. Children will share
simple phrases and record the results. The important point is sharing and helping each
other with the phrases. We will keep it simple.
Firstly, record in own language. Then listen to other languages. Next, have a go in a new
language. We will develop speaking frames for other schools to use. Children use these
and help each other.
EFL & other languages !
“Introducing yourself”
“How do you say it in your own language?”
Glossary activity in…
“Where do you come from?”
E-Twinning accounts will also be set up for the children and staff.
Languages to be explored during the mobility meeting. Can we help each other use the
key phrases and introduce the project LOGO and objects?