In December 2025, a local project brought together students of all ages and teachers willing to celebrate the spirit of Christmas through a series of thoughtful and creative activities. The project participants worked side by side to prepare Christmas wishes, festive cards, and share the joy of carol singing.
The project focused on connection and inclusion. A carefully prepared presentation marked the season and encouraged reflection on the themes of kindness and generosity, while the card-making sessions offered a chance for the pupils enrolled in class 4A to express goodwill in a personal, meaningful way. The finished cards were shared with school friends, spreading festive cheer beyond the group itself.
The celebrations concluded with carol singing, filling the space with familiar melodies and a strong sense of community. It was a simple but powerful reminder of how local initiatives can create warmth, build relationships, and make the Christmas season brighter for everyone involved.
The second online meeting of the eTwinning project "EcoDigital Explorers for Sustainability" took place on 12 December 2025 and brought together teachers and students from partner schools located in Italy, Albania, North Macedonia, Romania, Greece, the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine, and Turkey. The event represented an important step forward in strengthening the international collaboration among partners and in reinforcing the project’s focus on sustainability through digital education.
The session began with individual introductions from all the participating students. Each student had the opportunity to introduce themselves, share their personal interests, preferences, and individual particularities. This initial activity created a friendly and inclusive atmosphere and supported the development of communication skills, mutual understanding, and intercultural awareness among the project participants from different educational and cultural contexts.
From Liceul Teoretic „Radu Vlădescu”, three 11th graders took part in the meeting: Homocea Patricia, Ghinea Maria Teodora, and Beteringhe Rareș Georgian. These students are also team members of this year's Erasmus project 2025-1-RO01-KA121-SCH-000321135 whose main objective is facilitating access to quality ecological education and European solutions and practices for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles.
A brief but informative and attractive presentation was delivered by the project founder, Mrs. Grecu Daniela, focusing on the use of digital tools in relation to ecology and the protection of our planet. The presentation emphasized the importance of integrating technology into educational practices in order to raise awareness of environmental issues and promote responsible and sustainable behaviour among young people.
An interactive Kahoot test on sustainability followed the presentation and actively engaged students in the learning process. Through this activity, the project participants were able to test their knowledge, collaborate with peers, and learn about sustainability in a dynamic and motivating digital environment.
The meeting concluded with an AnswerGarden moment dedicated to sharing online holiday wishes which reinforced the sense of community and partnership among students and teachers. This informal closing contributed to the strengthening of interpersonal connections and highlighted the positive and supportive spirit of the project.
The three students from Liceul Teoretic „Radu Vlădescu” reflected on the benefits of participating in the activities of the project "EcoDigital Explorers for Sustainability". They emphasized the value of communicating with peers from different countries, improving their foreign language and digital competences, and gaining a deeper understanding of environmental issues. As members of the Erasmus team, they also underlined that such international online meetings help develop teamwork, confidence, critical thinking, and a stronger sense of responsibility toward sustainability at both local and global levels.
Last but not least, we would like to express our sincere gratitude (and admiration) to the project founder, Mrs. Grecu Daniela, and to the project co-founder, Mrs. Evangelia Lagopoulou, as well as to all the dedicated teachers and enthusiastic students involved in the "EcoDigital Explorers for Sustainability" journey. Their commitment, professionalism, and openness to collaboration have made this initiative a valuable educational experience and a true example of international cooperation. We deeply appreciate the effort invested in promoting sustainability, digital competence, and intercultural dialogue, and we are grateful for the positive learning environment created throughout the project activities.
On this occasion, we also extend our warmest wishes to all the project partners for a joyful and peaceful holiday season, filled with health, inspiration, and success, and we look forward, with confidence and enthusiasm, to our continued collaboration in the coming year!
In December 2025, the participants in the eTwinning project Bookfest 2026 delivered the presentations of their favourite books or literary characters in front of their English teacher and peers. This project activity served as a preparatory stage for the selection of the ten finalists who would advance to the transnational competition in January 2026.
One of the main benefits of this activity was the strong promotion of reading in general and literature in particular. While preparing their presentations, the students actively engaged with literary texts, analysed their content, and reflected on key messages and themes. This process encouraged more attentive and purposeful reading, transforming it from a routine classroom task into a meaningful and creative learning experience.
The activity also encouraged the Romanian eighth-grade students to explore inspirational role models found in literature. By focusing on characters, authors, or ideas that had influenced them, the students developed deeper personal connections with the texts. This approach enhanced their motivation, fostered empathy, and helped the learners understand how literature can inspire positive attitudes and personal development.
Another significant benefit of the activity was the development of public speaking skills. All the students learned how to structure their ideas, speak with confidence, and address an audience clearly and effectively. The preparation for the transnational competition gave these skills practical relevance, helping some of the students overcome their fear of public speaking and build self-confidence in an authentic educational context.
As an international eTwinning activity, this student-centred event also provided a valuable context for developing English communication skills. English was used as a practical tool for expressing ideas, sharing interpretations, and interacting with peers. This meaningful use of the target language supported the development of fluency, accuracy, and intercultural communication.
Overall, the student presentations within the project Bookfest 2026 demonstrated how project-based learning can successfully combine reading promotion, literary appreciation, inspirational content, and key communication skills. The activity contributed significantly to the students’ academic development, personal confidence, and readiness to participate in the upcoming transnational competition.
The webinar “Education Without Borders – How We Transform Schools Through Erasmus+” was a deeply emotional and motivating experience for me. As a speaker, I felt truly inspired seeing how the success stories we shared ignited confidence and curiosity among participants. Their reactions, questions, and enthusiasm created an atmosphere full of energy, even when time felt too short to cover everything.
I believe this event held on 28 November 2025 offered not just essential information, but also the encouragement many schools need to take their first steps toward international collaboration. The online event was also a valuable opportunity to highlight the strong connection between Erasmus+ and eTwinning, mostly via the European School Education Platform, showing how eTwinning can become a starting point for schools interested in broader European projects.
This webinar reaffirmed my belief in a community of educators ready to grow, explore, and open their classrooms to the world, and I am grateful to have contributed to that journey by sharing my presentation "Noi oportunități Erasmus+ de digitalizare a predării-învățării-evaluării în comunitatea școlară/New Erasmus+ opportunities for the digitalisation of teaching, learning, and assessment in the school community" which included information about the eTwinning partnership "A Song for Our Souls in an English-Speaking World".
The eTwinning project ''Bookfest 2026'' continues to cultivate a culture of reading, critical thinking and collaboration among Romanian and Moldovan students through engaging literary-based activities. One of the most dynamic and enriching components of the project is the activity entitled “The Reviews of Our Favourite Books”, a task which invited the project participants to select books that inspired or fascinated them and to write thoughtful, creative reviews. Through their reflections, they expressed not only personal opinions, but also the reasons why others should read those works, thus growing as readers and communicators.
A remarkable highlight of the eTwinning project is the collaboration between two theoretical high schools: Liceul "Radu Vlădescu" in Pătârlagele town, Buzău county, Romania, and Liceul Teoretic "Mihai Eminescu" in Florești town, the Republic of Moldova. The students from these two educational institutions worked together to create a wonderful collection of book reviews, showcasing literary preferences, cultural perspectives, and unique recommendations. Their writings reveal how books shape emotions, imagination, and curiosity, proving once again that reading connects individuals across borders.
The impact of this activity extends far beyond the written words. For the students, writing book reviews strengthens their vocabulary, analytical abilities, creativity, and confidence in expressing personal views. It also encourages them to read more widely, interact with new genres, and discover literature from both national and international authors. For the teachers, the activity brings fresh opportunities for collaboration, exchange of methods, and the integration of digital tools, such as Digipad, into learning. The educators become facilitators of discussion, guiding their students to think critically and reflect deeply on what they read.
The extended school communities benefit greatly as well. By sharing their collection of reviews, the students helped promote reading culture, inspire their peers to explore new books, and contribute to the visibility of their schools at European level. "Bookfest 2026" fosters intercultural communication, strengthens partnerships, and reinforces the idea that reading is a powerful bridge between people.
In conclusion, “The Reviews of Our Favourite Books” was a meaningful, enriching experience nurturing our passion for books, empowering young voices, and demonstrating how collaboration can transform a simple activity into an inspiring journey of learning and friendship.
In November 2025, two classes of students - 10A and 12B - engaged in a thoughtful educational activity under the umbrella of “Our Romanian Role Models” initiative, as part of the local project entitled “Proud to Be Romanian/ Mândru că sunt român.” This combined effort sought to encourage teenagers to explore, celebrate and promote the Romanian cultural and national values, by identifying and presenting cultural models that define and enrich our Romanian identity.
During the collaborative work, each participant undertook a process of research, reflection and creative presentation. The students were invited to choose Romanian cultural figures that inspire them: historical personalities, artists, writers, scientists, sportspeople etc. Through this exploration, they connected personally with their national roots and developed an appreciation for the cultural legacy of our country.
The project built on the wider goals of the “Proud to Be Romanian” project, a local educational initiative that aims at deepening the young generation’s sense of belonging, pride, and identity with Romania through history, literature, sports, art, science, and cultural awareness. By engaging the high-school students in “Our Romanian Role Models” activity, they could reflect critically, choose role models consciously, and present them thoughtfully. Through this process they not only learned about important Romanian people or cultural elements, but also practised research, public speaking, collaboration and creative expression.
At the same time, the project encouraged intergenerational memory and cultural continuity: by choosing role models from different eras and fields, the students connected the past with the present, recognizing various contributions that shaped Romania. This kind of approach echoes broader educational efforts that use heritage projects and cultural education to strengthen national identity among youth.
Moreover, the activity fostered respect for diversity inside Romania: by considering figures from different areas - arts, science, history etc., the students could appreciate that our Romanian identity is rich, multifaceted and inclusive. By doing so, “Our Romanian Role Models” helped counter stereotypes and broaden the young people’s view of what it means to be Romanian.
At the end of the project activity, the students' work was shared, each contribution joining the broader collective effort within the “Proud to Be Romanian” initiative, which aims at keeping alive among the young people of today a sense of pride, awareness and respect toward Romanian heritage.
In sum, the collective Digipad https://digipad.app/p/1449889/19c5b8ae989fd8 “Our Romanian Role Models” transformed a school activity into a living bridge between today's youth and our cultural heritage. Through reflection, creativity and shared preferences, the students could find inspiration and motivation while discovering - and rediscovering - what makes Romania great: its people, its values, its history and its vibrant cultural spirit.
On 25 November 2025, the interdisciplinary activity Autumn Emotion took place at Liceul Teoretic "Radu Vlădescu", in Pătârlagele town, Buzău county. Coordinated by two teachers, Mrs. Claudia Emilia Frînculeasă and Mrs. Adelaida Loredana Iorga, members of the Modern Languages and Language and Communication Methodological Committees, the activity integrated inclusive methods and innovative educational resources promoted through the Erasmus Project 2025-1-RO01-KA121-SCH-000321135, funded by the European Union under the 2023–2027 Accreditation.
The teaching experience capitalized on the competences acquired during the job-shadowing mobility carried out between 27–31 October 2025 at XIII Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Bohaterów Westerplatte in Kraków, Poland, where effective models of integrating technology, collaboration and critical thinking into teaching were observed.
As a competence-based interdisciplinary approach, the lesson relied on the National Curriculum for teaching EFL and targeted:
identifying the main ideas in a literary text;
expressing opinions and comparing them to personal perspectives;
translating Nichita Stănescu’s poem Emoție de toamnă from Romanian into English;
connecting the literary message to one's own experiences and authentic emotions.
The students, whose linguistic levels are B1, B1+ and B2, worked individually and collaboratively to transform the reading of the poem into a personal, creative and deeply reflective experience.
1. Lead-In: Emotion as a starting point
The lesson began with an activity designed to activate prior knowledge, in which students completed prompts such as “When autumn comes, I often feel…” or “An ingredient of a strong love is…”. This technique created a natural bridge between personal experience and the emotional universe of the poem.
2. Collaborative translation of the poem
In teams of 4–6 students, the participants used online dictionaries to translate Nichita Stănescu’s poem Emoție de toamnă into English.
This activity stimulated negotiation of meaning, exploration of metaphors, and identification of key symbols. After completing the translations, a whole-class discussion followed to refine the text and observe interpretative differences.
3. Identifying main ideas
Using a Wordwall resource, students matched each stanza with its central ideas: vulnerability, fear of separation, alienation, silence, and poetic transformation. This activity contributed to the development of analytical and literary comprehension skills.
published on LearningApps, the students reflected on the poet-reader partnership - an interactive relationship in which the poet creates an artistic message, while the reader reconstructs, interprets, and gives meaning to it based on personal experiences, emotions, and knowledge.
Thus, the students understood that poetry is a process of literary communication in which meaning is not fixed but emerges from the encounter between text and reader.
to check, in real time, the students’ understanding of the poem, its metaphors, and its vocabulary. The activities allowed the two teachers to provide quick and level-appropriate feedback.
6. Feedback & Homework
The lesson ended with self-evaluation and teacher feedback:
• writing a 75–100-word reflection starting from the quotation: “The purpose of art is to stop time.”
The Autumn Emotion lesson successfully combined Romanian literature, personal expression in English, and the digital competences acquired through Erasmus+.
The students of the 11U Humanities class were encouraged to and managed:
to express their emotions authentically;
to understand poetic symbols in an accessible way;
to collaborate in translation and interpretation tasks;
to use technology for meaningful learning;
to reflect on their own relationship with art and love.
Such a lesson demonstrates that interdisciplinary education supported by European programmes transforms the classroom into a dynamic space for critical thinking, creativity, and personal development.
Based on the feedback received from the methodological committee members, it can be stated that this interdisciplinary lesson directly contributed to multiplying the experiences and good practices gained by the teachers from Liceul Teoretic "Radu Vlădescu", Pătârlagele, during the Erasmus job-shadowing mobility. It transformed the observation missions into a concrete, practical, and replicable pedagogical approach within the entire school community.
The activities focused on collaboration, personal reflection, the use of interactive digital resources, and differentiated assessment reflect the modern methods observed in the partner school in Kraków. Their integration into this lesson demonstrates the teachers’ ability to adapt and apply European practices in a local context. Through this type of activity, the mobility experience becomes accessible to colleagues, students, and the entire educational community, generating a multiplying effect that promotes innovation, inclusion, and quality in teaching.
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On November 24, 2025, we had the privilege of participating in the international conference True Global Education Projects Which Inspire Hope, a remarkable event organized online by the Montenegrin Bureau for Education Services of the Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation. Dedicated to Global Education Week 2025, the conference brought together passionate educators, project leaders, and students from across Europe, more specifically from Montenegro, Romania, Turkey and Estonia, all united under a shared mission - Shaping a Just, Peaceful and Sustainable Future.
It was within this inspiring framework that we proudly promoted our high school, Liceul Teretic "Radu Vlădescu", as a high-quality, student-centered provider of education, a place where supportive and inclusive environments empower young people to grow into active, responsible global citizens. We had the chance to demonstrate how we strive to turn hope into action every day, reminding the international audience that meaningful education is not only taught, but lived.
Throughout the conference sessions and discussions, we highlighted the values that guide our daily work - the belief that every learner deserves to be heard, supported, and inspired. We presented our school not just as an institution, but as a community of opportunity, where curiosity is nurtured, responsibility is encouraged, and the future is shaped one idea at a time.
A central part of our contribution was the dissemination of the activities we developed for Global Education Week, the 2022, 2023, and 2024 editions, which encouraged our students to reflect on global challenges, sustainability, equity, and peace. We proudly shared digital materials, student reflections, and a collaborative poem, written as a unified voice of hope. This poem became a symbolic reminder that when students think, create, and connect, they become catalysts for change.
Our participation also allowed us to present insights and outcomes from our job shadowing mobility in Krakow, developed through the Erasmus project 2025-1-RO01-KA121-SCH-000321135. This international experience enriched our team of teachers allowing us to absorb new methodologies, exchange perspectives, and integrate successful digital practices into our own educational environment. We highlighted how Erasmus mobilities break barriers, broaden minds, and strengthen collaboration across borders.
Alongside our Erasmus accomplishments, our 11th grade student Stancu Beatrice Laura Maria, an enthusiastic eTwinner, introduced three ongoing educational initiatives that reflect our school’s commitment to international collaboration, pedagogical innovation, student empowerment, creative learning and sustainability:
✨ A Song for Our Souls in an English-Speaking World - an international partnership encouraging self-expression, language development, and cultural connection through music and performance.
✨ Bookfest 2026 - abilateral project and a celebration of literature, imagination, and multilingual exploration.
✨ EcoDigital Explorers for Sustainability - an eTwinning project encouraging environmentally conscious thinking, innovation, and global responsibility.
Each eTwinning project illustrates how we turn ideals into action, how we transform hope into tangible experiences that prepare students not only for exams, but for life.
Our participation in this international event strengthened our belief that education is a powerful tool for shaping a better tomorrow. The conference was a testament to what can be achieved when educators, students, and institutions join forces across borders, united by purpose and vision and, as a result, we are now more inspired, connected, and deeply motivated to continue our mission: to empower our students to shape a brighter, more equitable, and sustainable future. Hope, after all, thrives where action lives - and in our school, hope is alive every day.
On 24 November 2025, the collaborative activity Outstanding Romanians, was carried out as part of the Proud to be Romanian project, an exemplary model of modern, interactive learning. Implemented together with the 11th grade students of Liceul Teoretic „Radu Vlădescu”, the activity encouraged research, teamwork and the use of digital tools to explore the legacy of great Romanian figures. The students worked together to create a Canva presentation highlighting writers, athletes, scientists, artists and other inspirational personalities who contributed significantly to the country’s cultural and scientific evolution.
The project began with discussions on national values and identity, prompting students to reflect on what makes Romania unique and who they believe best represents its historical and contemporary achievements. Each student then selected a representative Romanian figure and engaged in a research phase, gathering relevant information from diverse and credible sources. They synthesized the material, chose key details, and prepared the content for the collaborative presentation.
Using Canva, the students built their digital product collectively, experimenting with layout, design and multimedia integration. The platform allowed simultaneous editing, enabling them to collaborate in real time, make aesthetic decisions together and ensure coherence across the presentation. When the final version was complete, it was presented to the class, providing an opportunity for reflection, feedback and peer appreciation.
This activity offered a wide range of educational benefits. It strengthened research and information-processing skills, enhanced digital competences and promoted critical thinking by requiring the students to justify their choices and evaluate the importance of the personalities selected. Collaboration fostered communication, responsibility and the ability to work productively in a group. Perhaps most importantly, the project nurtured cultural awareness and pride, helping the Romanian students to connect emotionally with our national heritage and better understand the values that shape our identity.
The Outstanding Romanians activity demonstrates the power of methodology grounded in creativity, cooperation and technology. By learning together, the students did much more than gather historical facts: they strengthened their sense of belonging, built essential academic skills and gained confidence in expressing ideas through modern digital tools. This approach transforms learning into a meaningful experience, proving that education grows richer when students explore, create and share knowledge collectively.
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