Tales of Europe - Four country approach

The project "Tales of Europe" is a joint project of four schools in Italy, Iceland, Finnland and Hungary. We got a grant for this project from the European fund usually called "Comenius".

As the name (Tales) says, the aim of this project is to learn about tales in the partner countries and also to make the partners acquainted with our tales - not only the traditional tales, but also the tales that are told in music. The part of music is actually quite significant.

The schools that participate are Digranesskóli in Kópavogur town in Iceland and Hakarinteen koulu in Tammisaari, Finland, both of which are comprehensive schools with pupils of ages 6-16, then there is the Hungarian school from the city of Budapest, its name is Deák Diák Altalános Iskola, and the primary school and kindergarten from Cordenons city in North Italy, at the roots of the Alps.

The first project meeting with the representatives of al the participating schools was held in Tammisaari, Finland, on 1-5 November. From our school there were, in addition to me (who am the project coordinator - and Digranesskóli is the coordinating school) Magnea Einarsdóttir the school principal and Ingibjörg Jóhannesdóttir, class-teacher who has taken part in the preparation of the project and is a very able hand. She teaches our second grade, i.e. 7 years old pupils. More about this meeting and the project at a later stage.