School Differently
The "School Differently" week
"School Differently" is a yearly programme in which, for one week, students learn in a different way from the usual timetable: they gain their knowledge through projects, workshops and activities out in the field.
The programme aims to develop creativity, cooperation and critical thinking: skills that are harder to bring out within the traditional classroom setting.
Environmental education
Sustainability, waste management and ecological awareness
Experiments
Chemistry and science experiments in a real-world context
Teamwork
Projects carried out in teams drawn from different classes
Project work
In-depth research on a topic, ending with a presentation
Through green eyes in the "School Differently" week (2016)
27 October 2016. Author: Síkó Olga-Anna, form teacher of class X.D
Class X.D organised a "School Differently" programme called the Green Project, centred on recycling plastic bottle caps and raising awareness of waste management.
The main parts of the programme:
- A talk by Baróti-Illés Krisztina and Zalányi Erzsébet on ocean pollution and non-biodegradable waste
- Kis Csenge's 7-day chemistry experiments: a test of breaking down plastic with acids
- Multimedia presentations on global warming and recycling
- Screening: the animated film A BioDaVerzítás-kód
- An interactive quiz competition between three class teams
Results: 1190 kg of plastic caps collected since 2012. Beneficiary: the Harghita County Association of People with Physical Disabilities (Hargita Megye Mozgásfogyatékosok Egyesülete).