Galdakao Elexalde  High School  has received the Erasmus+ Accreditation in School Education from the Ministry of Universities. Thanks to this Accreditation , Elexalde students and teachers will continue to participate in European educational projects until 2027, observing methodologies and mobility of students from different European schools.  On the one hand, all of this will  allow students to develop their linguistic competence and, at the same time, learn about the culture of other countries. And on the other hand, teachers will also have the opportunity to get in touch with some work methodologies that will  improve the quality of teaching”, say the representatives of  Elexalde high school

Through the Erasmus+ Accreditation they will develop long-term objectives at  Elexalde high school : "We will achieve improvement in the teaching-learning processes, as well as in the organization of the school" they say. In this sense, they will promote internationalization in the high school,  promote the use of ICT inclusively and actively , acquire environmental awareness, work on values ​​such as citizenship, volunteerism and cooperation, or reinforce democratic values ​​with the  acquisition of the Memory historical. "All of this," they say, "students are responsible for their own learning process."

EXCHANGES WITH GERMANY, POLAND AND SERBIA

 The schools that participate in the Erasmus+ project carry out exchanges with other European schools. In the case of Elexalde high school , during the 2022-2023 academic year, students in the 3rd year of ESO will carry out a mobility  with the three educational schools in Berlin (Germany), Warsaw (Poland) and Serbia. In this project, our students  together with the students from the three educational schools in Warsaw, Berlin and Serbia, will work on activities related to active citizenship, say those responsible for Elexalde: «We will get to know the democratic cultural heritage of Ancient Greece that unites us through exchange of experiences, with the aim of acquiring universal values ​​and principles”.

Besides , the representatives of the high school indicate that the students of Elexalde of 3º of ESO will also work as volunteers together with the associations of their town. And in addition, two teachers from Elexalde, through job shadowing, will learn the methodology applied in Warsaw school, so that it could be carried out in our school”, they say. All this will guarantee the quality of the school. "The acquisition of good practices through the Erasmus+ project will improve the reality of the schools in which we participate", say the representatives of Elexalde.

The Elexalde high school began to develop European projects in 2018. For three academic years, until 2021, Galdakao students and teachers carried out a project entitled 'Discover and share your identity mark' with the Katerini Greek school. "It was a unique and unforgettable experience and with the Erasmus+ Accreditation that they have given us, we are now going to strengthen the paths of internationalization at the Elexalde Institute," they say.

Elexalde students have explained to the major the project they atre carrying out with Serbia, Varsovia and Berlin schools

First of all , Elexalde students have explained that  they are working in an open project with seven objectives,  in collaboration and exchange with other European schools. Thanks to this project, some student have already known Berlin, because one of its objectives is to work internationalisation and integration in an exchange work in Europe, improve ICTs,care for the environment, deepen democracy, analyze historical memory and improve English. 

In March of next year another students of the school will travel to Warsaw, in October students from  tthe other European  schoolswill come to Galdakao, and finally the last mobility  will take place in Serbia. 

Both teachers and students of the school have informed the major of the project and have told them what they are doing within the framework of these objectives.

They have informed him on the volunteering work students are doing, and how one of the objectives is to attend a town hall plenary to understand the way democracy works.

the teacher and the major have agreed to collaboarte on the works related to the historical memory

About twenty students from Poland, Germany and Italy are in Galdakao with the help of the Elexalde Institute

Youth 11/27/2023

Some students of Elexalde High School are getting to know different cultures, languages and places , within the European Erasmus+ program in which they participate  With this exchange program they carry out activities with students from other European countries, and even interact directly. These days, for example, around twenty students from Poland, Germany and Italy are in Galdakao with students from the Elexalde High School. They arrived in The Basque Country  on Saturday and after several visits and work together, they will return home on Sunday. All of these students will have democracy and ecology as their main work topic, and they plan to visit, among other places, Gernika. Before, today, they visited the Galdakao City Hall. The mayor, Iñigo Hernando, and the Councilor for Education, Asier Korta, were in charge of receiving them, and the  mayor answered  some questions asked by  students and teachers from Poland, Germany and Italy related to the town and, above all, everything concerning  ecological implementation. They have been speaking in  English in the plenary hall of the City Council. After the discussion, they took a family photo with all students, teachers, and representatives of the City Council.

About twenty students from Poland, Germany and Italy are in Galdakao these days to meet and live with students from the Elexalde Institute thanks to the Erasmus educational and exchange programme. They will stay in the town until Sunday, during this mobility  they will discuss and work on democracy and ecology and, to do so, they plan to visit, among other places, Gernika. But before that, everyone together went to see the Galdakao City Hall . 

Students of Elexalde High School of Galdakao  will travel to Italy in March, within the Erasmus programme.

Students from Elexalde high school ( Galdakao) are immersed in the Erasmus programme for another year. This year they are participating in the project "Create and Experience a Better Europe", with students from Warsaw (Poland), Berlin (Germany) and Caserta (Italy).

Within this program the students will work on several projects: "In our case on democracy, sustainability and historical memory", say the representatives of  Elexalde high school.

Besides, they organized mobility exchanges with students from these European schools during the school year. For example, between November 24 and December 2nd 2023,  Elexalde high school received seven students from Warsaw, six from Berlin and eleven from Caserta, and seven teachers who came with them.

European students lived  with our Erasmus students' families , and they had a close contact  with our customs and traditions," Elexalde  teachers say

The reception at City Hall, seeing Urdaibai and Gernika and a visit to Bilbao were some of the activities. "All the participants in this mobility exchange learned about the culture of the Basque Country and did several workshops: they created acrostics on democracy and environment, participated in the Basque language day in traditional Basque sports and typical dances.

"It has been a unique experience for all the students and has meant to strengthen ties with Germany, Poland and Italy and buillt bridges for future collaborations," they say.

In March, twelve students and two teachers from Elexalde High School will travel to the Italian town of Caserta, where the Italian school Mattei will participate in activities related to the environment and democracy.

Accreditation 2022-2027

Elexalde Institute has received the accreditation "Erasmus+ 2022-2027". This accreditation has been issued by the Spanish Service for the Internationalization of Education (SEPIE) and corresponds to the Ministry of Universities.

This Erasmus+ accreditation allows Elexalde students and teachers to participate in European educational projects until 2027, observing the different methodologies of mo of European schools and carrying out  students' mobilities. In this way, students develop their linguistic competence and, at the same time, get to know the culture of other countries; in addition, Elexalde's teachers will also be able to get in touch with other work methodologies that improve their quality of teaching.

Some students from  Elexalde High School of Galdakao  and another European countries at Elexaldehigh school within Erasmus programme

Elexalde institute has received 2022-27 accreditation within the Erasmus programme, with the project Create and Experience a Better Europe www.erasmuselexalde.com, which involves working on different projects, in our case on democracy, sustainability and historical memory with partners from European schools and carry out a series of mobilities (exchanges) with students of  European schools, job-shadowing of teachers and teacher training courses in Europe for five school years.

The Elexalde high school during the last academic year 2022-23 carried out its first mobilities (exchanges) in which 7 students from the Erasmus group and 2 teachers in November traveled to Berlin and participated in the activities organized for them in the German school and in March they did the same, but in a school in Warsaw. At the same time, our Erasmus students lived in families, having greater contact with the culture of these countries. In turn, two teachers from the Elexalde school observed how the way Polish teachers and the school in Warsaw worked.

During this second year, 2023-24, it has been the turn of  Elexalde high school to be the host. During the week of November 24-25 to December 1-2, 2023 our institute has received 7 students from Warsaw (Poland), 6 students from Berlin (Germany) and 11 students from Caserta (Italy) as well as 7 teachers from these schools. The students  lived in families of our Erasmus students, having close contact with our customs and traditions. On the first day, the Polish, German and Italian students and teachers were welcomed with an aurrezku performed by two students from the high school and our Erasmus students delivered a few words of welcome in Polish, German, Italian, Basque and English. Afterwards they were received by the mayor of Galdakao, who explained to them the different actions that the city council is carrying out to make it more eco-friendly. During the second day all the participants in the mobility visited Kortezubi, where they walked through the Urdaibai marshes, to end the day in Gernika, where they visited the Gernika Assembly House and learned how our democratic system works. There were some pictures on the Gernika Tree as a symbol of the Basque people. The bombing of Gernika was also present as part of our historical memory. The next day they visited Bilbao, where a tour of the Old Town awaited them to learn about the history of Bilbao. The day ended with a visit to the Guggenheim.

All participants in this mobility learned about the culture of the Basque Country, carried out workshops that consisted of creating acrostics about democracy and the environment, participated in traditional Basque sports and typical dances of the Basque Country on Basque Language Day, tasted Typical food from the Basque Country cooked by the families of our students.

It was a unique experience for all students that served to strengthen ties between Germany, Poland and Italy and build bridges for future collaborations.