"Stop bullying!" - an educational project implemented during the 2024-2025 school year by Liceul Teoretic "Radu Vlădescu" Pătârlagele

Our collection of digital resources created within the local educational project "Stop bullying!" implemented during the 2024-2025 school year by Liceul Teoretic "Radu Vlădescu" Pătârlagele 

The Pedagogical Meeting of the Teachers of English on the Buzău Valley 27/11/2024

On 27 November 2024, the teachers of English on the Buzău Valley participated in the webinar entitled “Digital Assessment Tools for Innovative Teachers of English”, whose main focus was on showcasing some resources and tools which can be used to improve the results of the Romanian students by making the teaching-learning-assessment cycle a more enjoyable and positive experience for everyone involved.

Formal evaluations, especially the traditional pen-and-paper methods, are supposed not only to measure the students’ understanding, skills and progress toward learning objectives or hold students, teachers and schools accountable for meeting educational standards. Their purposes are also to provide constructive feedback to the learners about their performance and help both the teacher and the students to identify strengths and weaknesses, more exactly to detect areas for improvement, the so-called ”learning difficulties”, in order to address them and make plans for remodelling instruction and remediation.

Some disadvantages of traditional assessment methods include excessive stress and anxiety which may negatively impact the students’ performance and well-being, a focus on rote memorization and surface learning (also known as short-term recall over deep understanding), all these to the detriment of higher-order thinking skills, creativity or real-world problem-solving abilities. Traditional assessment hardly finds any room for personalized learning which is considered one of the best conditions for success.

As teachers, when we think about our limited material resources such as paper and printer ink, and an even more limited non-material resource which is our own time, our 21st century assessment methods really need to become friendlier, more adaptable and flexible, incorporating more sustainable, accesible and efficient technology-supported alternatives.

So, how can digital resources improve the situation? To begin with, they do offer ehanced engagement – as all these apps, quizzes, games, animations, simulations are more attractive and interactive, they increase curiosity, create interest, boost motivation and encourage the students’ creative and critical thinking and their problem-solving skills. Secondly, digital evaluation resources reduce stress as they are first and foremost self-assessment tools, they almost always involve a form of positive feedback for finishing task or making progress (such as praise, badges, points etc.), they allow for repetition/multiple opportunities to perform a task or answer a question and may as well incorporate the learners’ previous knowledge and experience as well as some of their preferences if they are created by their teacher. Moreover, open educational resources can be easily adapted to meet the individual learner’s needs offering differenciated assessments for different levels of proficiency, learning speed and style. Nevertheless, these resources shouldn’t ignore or neglect the National Curriculum requirements or the general and specific competences promoted in it.

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During the webinar, some  of the most recent results of the international projects implemented by Liceul Teoretic "Radu Vlădescu" were disseminated for the benefit of the teachers of English on the Buzău Valley and their school communities:

the eTwinning projects "Digital Explorers and Promoters of Cultural Heritage" and "Bookfest 2025" and the Erasmus project 2024-1-RO01-KA121-SCH-000206543.

PARTICIPANT LIST

Event: The Pegagogical Meeting of the Teachers of English on the Buzău Valley

Date: 27/11/2024

Venue/Organiser: online/Liceul Teoretic “Radu Vlădescu” Pătârlagele 

No.	Participant’s Name	School
	Bucur Orania	Școala Gimnazială Comuna Cislău
	Buriu Roxana	Școala Gimnazială "Vasile Voiculescu" Comuna Pârscov
	Cernat Daniela Elena	Școala Gimnazială "Pamfil Georgian" Gura Teghii, Școala Gimnazială Comuna Pănătău, Liceul Teoretic "Nicolae Iorga" Nehoiu
	Chirilus Elena Gabriela	Liceul Tehnologic Sfântul Mucenic Sava, Berca
	Costache Mădălina	Școala Gimnazială „Vasile Voiculescu” Pârscov, Școala Gimnazială "Ing. Oprișan Iarca" Unguriu
	Neacșu Mihaela	Liceul Teoretic “Radu Vlădescu” Pătârlagele
	Neculai Florian	Școala Gimnazială Sat Cândești
	Pană Maria	Liceul Teoretic "Nicolae Iorga" Nehoiu
	Pelmuș Florina Gabriela	Școala Gimnazială Lunca Priporului
	Rusti Elena Cristina	Școala Gimnazială Viperești
	Tănăsescu Cristina Florentina	Liceul Teoretic "Nicolae Iorga" Nehoiu
	Tătulescu Daniela	Școala Gimnazială Sat Cândesti Liceul Tehnologic Sfântul Mucenic Sava, Berca
	Teeru Elena Loredana	Școala Gimnazială Bâscenii de Sus, com. Calvini Școala Gimnazială Nr.1 Cătina
	Teodorescu Violeta	Liceul Teoretic „Radu Vlădescu” Pătârlagele
	Vasile Elena-Luminița	Școala Gimnazială Comuna Pănătău
	Vioiu-Giubegan Maria	Școala Gimnazială Cozieni

"All Together for a Global Celebration" - an eTwinning project for collaboration, friendship, respect and solidarity

The eTwinning project "All Together for a Global Celebration", founded in November 2024 by two schools, one from Greece - 17ο ΔΗΜΟΤΙΚΟ ΣΧΟΛΕΙΟ ΚΟΖΑΝΗΣ, and another from Romania – Liceul Teoretic “Radu Vlădescu”, will take an international team of primary and elementary school students on a transformational journey introducing them to significant events celebrated worldwide.

Through interactive games, crafts, storytelling, and other group activities, the Greek and Romanian children will learn about the importance of friendship, peace, environmental protection, and other key values and themes. Each global day presented within the project is connected to core values such as caring for nature, solidarity, respect for the people around us etc.

                                            

Upon completing the project, the students will have gained both essential knowledge and positive values and attitudes to help them become responsible and empathetic future citizens, actively engaged in matters concerning our planet and our society. 

The project participants will enhance their empathy by learning to understand and respect the feelings and needs of other people and even those of animals. Through engaging project activities, the students will practise international collaboration and teamwork, learning to value the ideas and viewpoints of others. They will develop communication and collaboration skills through role-playing and joint project outcomes. 

All these will help our students to cultivate values such as respect, solidarity, friendship, and responsibility, fostering positive attitudes towards others and the world around them.

The virtual collaborative workshop within the eTwinning project "Digital Explorers and Promoters of Cultural Heritage" (November 2024)

Global Education Week 2024

Two theoretical high schools located in Pătârlagele town, Buzău county, Romania - Liceul Teoretic "Radu Vlădescu" Pătârlagele and Liceul Teoretic "Nicolae Iorga" Nehoiu - organised the 18th edition of the speech contest dedicated to Global Education Week 2024, creating an opportunity for their students to reflect on the theme of this year’s GEW, "Connected People for an Inclusive Planet", while improving their skills in research, critical and creative thinking, organization, problem-solving, persuasion and communication in English. 

Their ideas inspired and motivated the members of our school communities to unite under common goals and causes such as youth activism, positive change, inclusion, equality, equity, solidarity, tolerance, respect for diversity etc.

European Quality Labels for two eTwinning projects implemented during the 2023-2024 school year: "Let's Be Well Together!" and "Bookfest 2024"

Curricular integration of the eTwinning project "Bookfest 2025" (2024-2025)

 

Promoting our eTwinning School label 2023-2024 and two eTwinning projects during the Erasmus+ mobility in Greece (October 2024)

On 29 October 2024, the Romanian pupils selected to participate in the Erasmus mobility to Greece within the project 2024-1-RO01-KA121-SCH-000206543, funded by the European Union, promoted two of the eTwinning projects founded by Liceul Teoretic "Radu Vlădescu": "Bookfest 2025" and "Digital Explorers and Promoters of Cultural Heritage" for the members of the extended school community of  "Oloimero Dimotiko Sxoleio Perioxis Bathylakkov" - pupils, teachers and parents. Following our collaborative presentation, the host-school principal expressed her willingness to continue the collaboration with our school under the eTwinning auspices and we are looking forward to the next chapter of our international exchange.