1. dia - Agrupamento de Escolas RSI

EUROPEAN UNION HOPES AND
EXPECTATIONS
POLAND
HUNGARY
TURKEY
PORTUGAL
ENGLAND

European Union hopes and expectations
The title of the project is Once Upon a Time because its central theme is to identify and share cultural diversity through the
common bond of story telling. Throughout the project; the focus was to encourage, in children and adults, an understanding
of and an interest in the culture, language, history and lifestyles of the countries involved in the partnership.
Through this we intend to challenge stereotypes and discrimination and foster a greater understanding of common European
identity.
Children were encouraged to consider their hopes and expectations for the future and these are communicated to The
European Commission now. Five trees of Expectation were created in each school in order to display the collective hopes of
the children involved.
We would like to say thanks to the next schools for their contribution.
• 80.Yıl Orhangazi İlköğretim Okulu – Izmir – Turkey
• Miejska Szkola Podstawowa nr7 – Knurow – Poland
• Petrovay György Katolikus Általános Iskola – Nagykörű – Hungary
• Lord Deramore's Primary School – York – United Kingdom
• Agrupamento de Escolas Rainha Santa Isabel – Leiria - Portugal
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POLAND
Miejska Szkola Podstawowa nr7 – Knurow
1) I would like to have drawing lessons. (Magda Pulawska ,12 years old )
2) I would like the European Union to give us some money to protect our Polish monuments. (Filip Fijolek ,11 years old)
3) I would like the European Union to help our farmers in the development of tourism to create more ’tourist’farms. (Filip Fijolek,
11 years old)
4) I would like the European Union to help our country to create the kids’villages. (Filip Fijolek, 11 years old)
5) The European Union helped Poland to build the highways. Could it also subsidize the local roads (Kamil Kowalczyk ,13 years
old)
6) Could the European Union help our country with the extraction of shole gas (K. Kowalczyk , 13 years old)
7) I would like EU to provide every student with their individual computers for studying. (Blażej Bęben 12 years old)
8) I would like to have possibility to study in selected countries of EU and learn about their culture. I wish it was provided from
financial resources of EU. (B. Bęben , 12 years old)
9) I would like every student to be provided with a language school of English in Great Britain during summer holidays. (B. Bęben
12 years old)
10) I would like EU to provide students with excellence of school performance 2 weeks of holidays in a location chosen by them.
(B.Bęben, 12 years old)
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11) A request for funding for the development of education and culture.. (K. Kowalczyk , 13 years old)
12) A request for support of environmental actions and look for new sources of renewable energy. (K. Kowalczyk , 13 years old)
13) A request for more youth exchanges between EU countries. (K. Kowalczyk , 13 years old)
14) A request to continue funding project of extra activities at school in the future. (K. Kowalczyk , 13 years old)
15) I would like to more money and help for job seekers. (Dominika Żmuda ,12 years old)
16) I wish more help and money for older people. (D. Żmuda , 12 years old)
17) I wish more places where you can give something to be recycled. (D. Żmuda , 12 years old)
18) I wish there were pedigree dogs’ displays in my city. (M. Pulawska , 12 years old)
19) I wish I had a new sports field next to my school. (M. Pulawska , 12 years old)
20) I would to travel around Africa. (M.Pulawska , 12 years old)
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ENGLAND
Lord Deramore's Primary School – York
1) I want cures to be found for life - threatening diseases like malaria so if you go to different countries where you can get life threatening
you will be much safer. (Soheil, 11 years old)
2) When I’m older I’ll do all I can to stop wonderful and endangered animals dying out from hunting. (Bryn, 11 years old)
3) When I grow up I want all endangered animals to become less endangered so that the next generation will have the animals to see when
they are older. Save the animals. (Lauren, 11 years old)
4) I hope that there will be no more racism and different religions could be treated fairly by everyone, especially people with different
beliefs. (Livia, 11 years old)
5) I want all animals to be treated fairly and to save. Also I wish to make our Earth last for as long as possible for future people (Danyal, 11
years old)
6) Even though everyone is different we should all be treated fairly. Slavery should stop and so should wars, abuse and bullying. (Eve, 10
years old)
7) When I grow up I want the world to be a farer place by not having racism, slavery, war and poverty. I think there should be more fareness.
(Maia, 10 years old)
8) In the future I want there to be peace in the world fullstop. And I also want everyone to have finaly realised the consequences of wasting
food and to be more environmently friendly to keep animals alive. (Nele, 10 years old)
9) I would like to invent solar powered and electric cars to make a better environment. (Sam, 10 years old)
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10) Racism is illegal but it still happens far too much over the world. For my generations forward in time I would like them
to live in a world without racism. (Dougie, 11 years old)
11) My hopes for the world is that every child should have a proper education all around the big, wide world. They should be
taught Maths, Art, English, Geography and how to use a computer. (Katie, 9 years old)
12) When I grow up I hope the world will change by letting people have the rights they want, war stopping, more people
having chance of being cured of disease and people treating each other equally. (Joshua, 10 years old)
13) I hope that in the future no animal, land or sea will become extinct and that there will be no more animal cruelty. (Madac,
10 years old)
14) I wish for all the children in the world to have a happy and safe life. (Amelia, 9 years old)
15) When I grow up I want the world …A happy world without any war and everyone to be treated fairly what so ever.
Including all religions, faith and culture. (Mohamed, 10 years old)
16) When I grow up I would like there to be a cure for all illnesses and diseases. (Charlotte, 10 years old)
17) In the future I hope the world cares more for poor than rich. (Jordan, 10 years old)
18) I hope when I grow up everybody will be treated fairly, especially in poor countries. And that wars will be stopped.
(Enrico, 10 years old)
19) In the future my dream for the world is for everyone to have a good education. I also think there should be a cure for most
diseases everywhere int he world. (Katherine, 10 years old)
20) In the future I would like everyone to have the same amount of food and drink, clean water, not dirty water. (Roxy, 10
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TURKEY
80.Yıl Orhangazi İlköğretim Okulu – Izmir
1) I hope to be a very famous man in whole Europe in the future (Sahin Dalgic, 11 years old)
2) I hope people will not die of starvation any more in new century (Kubra Aslan, 12 years old)
3) I expect all countries will put emphasis on education as much as Finland and will be able to be as successful as finlanders by
following their methods and techniques. (Silasu Soylar, 12 years old)
4) I expect a hero in Europe will build a ’City of Expectation’ where the poors’ basic needs will be met. (Helin Yazıl, 11 years old)
5) I hope all European countries will use sustainable energy resources in the future to have a cleaner environment. (Sezer Kocaekiz, 11
years old)
6) I hope engineers will be able to produce environment friendly cars from which oxygen comes out of instead of harmful exhaust
gases. (Tarık Emre Gelebe, 11 years old)
7) I hope one day all European languages will be taught at schools. (Merve Gündogdu, 11 years old)
8) I expect to discover a new planet where all people will live in peace, love and tolerance. In this way, they will be able to survive
even in the solar system ends one day. (Selman Yilmaz, 11 years old)
9) I expect to people organize a Europe Tour Concert Series and they forest an area with the income from sales of the tickets in each
European country. (Sude Sakin, 11 years old)
10) I expect scientists will invest new remedies or develop the old cures to treat all kind of illnesses, especially all types of cancer.
(Neval Kizilkaya, 11 years old)
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11) We are future of the world. I hope there will be no discrimination in the future. (Ceren Gürgen, 11 years old)
12) I want to spend time with my peers from Europe once a month. I hope to gather a group of different children in a different
European country at every turn. (Zeynep Akkaptan, 11 years old)
13) I expect somebody in Europe will institute a children’s theatre one day, in which only children are actors and actresses, and
they will perform children’s plays which are based on a plot that tells how bad prejudice and discrimination are. (Gamze Nazh
Askli, 11 years old)
14) I expect to explore a new continent where all living beings will be respectful each others’ right – not only human rights but
also animal rights, religions and races. (Ibrahim Sari, 11 years old)
15) I hope people in Europe will not pick up the cost of economic crisis anymore and I want to see a more connective Europe in
the future. (Emel Ersan, 12 years old)
16) I expect to build a hospital where only children who suffer form leucemia from all over the world will be treated free of
charge. (Gamze Aslan, 11 years old)
17) I love my country very much. It’s a wonderful country. I hope Turkey will join to EU and be the member soon. (Kaan Uslu,
11 years old)
18) I expect to have ’Playgrounds of Friendship’, which represent the friendship among countries in each European country
where all children will visit and play together freely. Neither visa nor money will be required for entrance into these gardens.
(Özlem Cagla Kaya, 11 years old)
19) To protect the environment I hope the people, who destroy natural heritages, will be punished to work for social services in
the future. (Seval Gürdal, 11 years old)
20) I hope people will not cut down trees anmyore for any reasons. I expect they will use paper made of stones, not wooden.
(Damla Karayel, 11 years old)
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HUNGARY
Petrovay György Katolikus Általános Iskola – Nagykörű
1) I hope European Union will make us easy to learn at universities abroad. (Patricía Murvai, 12 years old)
2) I hope European Union will insure the costs of living for every citizen. (Gizella Zilizi, 12 years old)
3) I hope European Union will establish more workplaces so as to reduce unemployment rates. (Cintia Demény, 13 years old)
4) I expect European Union to support the member countries with more grants. (Anita Túri, 12 years old)
5) Let us stay proud of our national values. (András Szamák, 14 years old)
6) Let us show our traditional values to other countries. (Winfried Scheidt, 12 years old)
7) I expect European Union to help nations to be closer to each other. (Krisztina Gönczi, 13 years old)
8) European Union should support nations to help each other with medical science. (Dóra Vincze, 13 years old)
9) Let us live in peace. (Ádám Bolla, 13 years old)
10) I would like European Union to give us more chance to travel abroad and visit other countries and schools. (Vivien Fodor, 12
years old)
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11) I hope European Union will introduce a single currency in every member country so as to stop depreciation. (Erzsébet Szilvás,
13 years old)
12) I hope European Union will support learning more foreign languages so as to be able to communicate with people from
Europe. (Réka Fekécs, 13 years old)
13) I would like European Union to give us a chance to learn at a secondary school abroad for a year. (Viktória Fodor, 14 years
old)
14) I hope European Union will give us more chance in future to meet foreign students so as to make good friends from all over
the world. (Alex Bálint, 14 years old)
15) I expect the European Union to cancel the drug problems first of all among teenagers. (Fruzsina Barkóczi, 12 years old)
16) I hope European Union will give us a chance to choose among subjects at primary and secondary schools. (Brigitta Miheller,
13 years old)
17) We expect Europe to keep its unique aspect. (Péter Nagy, 12 years old)
18) The costs of living are very high. In my opinion European Union should reduce the prices. (Nóra Gönczi, 13 years old)
19) I would like to live safe. I hope European Union will reduce the number of criminal cases in Europe. (Gerda Szurgent, 12 years
old)
20) There are many floods and environmental problems. I expect European Union to help Europe to restore its ecological balance.
(Patrik Kiss, 14 years old)
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PORTUGAL
Agrupamento de Escolas Rainha Santa Isabel – Leiria
1) A strong and united Europe. (Laura Mota, 6 years old + Gabriela Santos, 6 years old)
2) We expect everybody to speak the same language in order to understand each other (Maria Yogo, 9 years old + Patricia 9 years
old)
3) We expect happiness for every children (Duarte Pedrosa, 8 years old)
4) We expect economical and financial stability and growth. (Ivan Pedrosa, 8 years old)
5) I wish more cooperation among all the countries to provide the same opportunities to all the European citizens. (Martin, 6 years
old)
6) More development, more employment and peace in Europe. (Margarida, 6 years old)
7) More recycling, less waste and less pollution. (Luis Santos, 6 years old)
8) Health, peace and love. (Laura Leal, 7 years old)
9) That children do not get hungry. (Lara Ascensao, 7 years old)
10) Europe should provide school education and employment beyond the culture and social condition. (Guilherme, 8 years old)
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11) We expect a united Europe, fair and equal to everybody. ( Duarte Pedrosa, 8 years old)
12) Let there be harmony among all countries. (Lara Pedrosa, 6 years old)
13) There be no social, cultural and religious discrimination. (Rodrigo D., 8 years old)
14) European Union should increase multicultural activities (Etendre, 8 years old)
15) European Union should help poor families. (Bernardo, 9 years old)
16) Classes should have more technological equipment. (Margarida, 8 years old)
17) All the families should have health care. (Lara, 9 years old)
18) That may have, equality of rights and duets, justice and a global vision about the problems of the countries. (Filipa Pedrosa, 7
years old)
19) Peace and security. (Mafalda, 6 years old)
20) Job, peace, education and equality. (David, 8 years old)
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Published by Petrovay György Katolikus Általános Iskola, Nagykörű, Hungary
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This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This
publication reflects the views only of the author, and the commission cannot be held
responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.