Romania

Day Center, Ojdula  

Ojdula is a village located in Transylvania at the western foot of the Vrancea Mountains.  There are 20 students and two teachers taking part in SOLE approximately three times a week.  Two types of SOLE take place – the classic SOLE for older children   organize creative workshops which includes Art & SOLE.  Laptops are used and there is good internet access.  The topics used are those that relate to their everyday life and the aim is to help children to develop their talking and presenting skills and to help them be more expressive and open to the world.   A large number of children are from the Roma community and they miss out on school when their families travel abroad to find work.  A main goal of the centre, therefore, is to minimise the impact of this disruption and help these children catch up with their peers.

  

Kun Kocsárd Gimnázium, Ozsdola 

There are 31 students and two teachers taking part in one or two SOLEs a week.  SOLEs sometimes take place in a physics Lab on subjects which relate to the national curriculum.  The other teacher uses SOLE for general knowledge and social development. 

   

Centrul de Resurse pentru Copii si Tineri “Don Bosco” 

The Day Center is located in an urban area in a courtyard of a Catholic church on the outskirts of the city of Lasi.  Thirty students and one teacher are taking part and 3-4 SOLEs take place each week in Year 2 and 2-3 take place in Year 1.  SOLEs take place in several locations both inside and outside of the school and a SOLE Camp has been set up in the mountains where big questions revolve around nature and methods of survival.   Big questions are also used to help understand concepts taught at school and to help students with their projects in history and geography.  Laptops connected to the internet are used. 

Day Care for Roma Children Periam, Timiș, Romania 

The Day Care Centre is located in Periam, a village in Timis county.  Thirty-seven children and two teachers are taking part and each teacher will facilitate two SOLEs each week.  Laptops connected to the internet are used and the sessions focus on a number of subjects including: maths, Romanian language, geography, ecology, philosophy, nature and science. 

  
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