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Basic skills in action

Welcome to the Basic Skills in Action Featured Group. We are a group of eTwinners dedicated to enhancing basic skills in numeracy, literacy, digital literacy, and science! Our mission is to foster a collaborative environment where teachers, of all levels, can share innovative practices, resources, and strategies to improve student outcomes. In this group, you'll find a supportive community eager to exchange ideas and experiences. We believe in the power of collaborative learning and the importance of sharing good practices to inspire and uplift each other. Whether you're looking for new teaching methods, digital tools, cultivate your students' writing or reading skills or ways to engage students in scientific inquiry, you'll find valuable insights and support here. Ƶ us and be part of a vibrant network of teachers committed to develop and support our students. Together, we can make a difference in our classrooms and beyond. Share, Ƶ and Grow with us!

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The Basic Skills Group will be the annual eTwinning Group on 2026

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"Skills for life" has been announced as the eTwinning Annual Theme for the 25/26 school year and our eTwinning Featured Group will act as the central hub for all related activities and materials.

 

📖 Read the full article: eTwinning annual theme 2025/2026: Skills for life | European School Education Platform

 

In the coming weeks we will share updates, articles and webinars opportunities to support the annual theme! 

 

 

How Process Checklists Support Student Writing Skills in the Age of AI

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In the latest Edutopia article you can learn how to provide a detailed checklist to guide students to produce a strong piece of original writing.

 

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Back to School 2025-2026 with ESA: 5 projects to inspire your students

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This year, take your students’ learning beyond the classroom and into space! Together with the ESERO network, the European Space Agency (ESA) offers a range of interdisciplinary school-level projects designed to engage and inspire students with hands-on activities connecting space to STEM learning.

 

Astro Pi, Moon Camp, CanSat, Climate Detectives, and Mission X launch in September 2025 and will run throughout the 2025-2026 school year. Explore each project, check key dates and find the perfect activity to discover with your students.

 

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Educators in the data space: a bottom-up approach

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Ƶ the ENA Education Community Steering Group in shaping the future of digital education in Europe! 

 

Apply by 14 September to be one of 20 forward-thinking educators collaborating to define the role of the Education Community within the . 

 

Share your insights, voice your needs, and help craft the recommendations that will shape tomorrow’s educational data ecosystem. Your experience matters, let’s build the future together!

 

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WWII 80 Years After: Educational campaign

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As part of their WWII – 80 Years After campaign, ENRS offers a curated collection of educational resources highlighting key events of the World War Two. From the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and the outbreak of war in 1939 to the Nuremberg Trials in 1945, they spotlight key moments through historical documents, scholarly articles, videos, and classroom-ready materials.

 

Follow the war’s trajectory, from the invasion of Poland to the liberation of Europe and the postwar reckoning, and deepen your understanding of this defining chapter in modern history.

 



 

Innovative projects available from Nuclio

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With the school year coming to an end you may be pondering on what innovative projects you can bring to your classroom in september. 

 

NUCLIO develops and actively participates in important national and international projects in the field of ​​education, with strong connections with schools, teachers and students. NUCLIO is also involved in coordinating and/or participating in initiatives related to education, development, and outreach.

 

Science in School Magazine Issue 73 is out

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The last issue of the Science in School magazine is out with fresh and exciting STEM teaching resources in several languages. Perfect to keep your students motivated through the final weeks before the long-awaited summer break or for a strong start into the new academic school year.
 

Webinar: 80 Years After – WWII in the Age of Disinformation

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On 20 May 2025, 5:00 PM (CET) this webinar, part of the Hi-Story Lessons webinars, will explore how World War II remains a contested topic in the age of disinformation.

You’ll discover a new educational package designed to help teachers and educators address memory conflicts, historical manipulation, and media literacy in the classroom.

The webinar will introduce ready-to-use lesson plans on topics including distorted Wikipedia narratives, divided WWII memory in Germany, Soviet myths in Georgia, and personal history projects.

 

Is World War II a closed chapter of history—or still a battlefield today, in an era of manipulation and disinformation? Ƶ the webinar to discover a new set of educational resources related to disinformation and memory conflicts.

 

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Webinar - Opening eTwinning: involving the wider community through citizen science

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15th may at 16.00 CEST

 

During this webinar, organised within the eTwinning featured group Basic skills in action, we'll explore how to integrate citizen science into your eTwinning projects!

 

1️⃣The session will begin with a presentation of the featured group Basic skills in action

2️⃣Next, speaker Priscila Doran from will explore the concept citizen science and how it can be used in eTwinning projects. 

3️⃣Speaker Diego Casado-Cansilla from will showcase examples of citizen science projects/activities that teachers can incorporate into eTwinning to open their project to the wider community around their school and foster dissemination.

4️⃣Finally, the webinar will highlight featured projects from the 2025 eTwinning European prizes:

 

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn, share, and be inspired!

 

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May eTwinning Focus is on Basic Skills

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Each month throughout the year, eTwinning focuses on a different featured group. 

May’s focus is on our Group: ‘Basic skills in action’. 

Watch out for several activities throughout the month highlighting what we do in our group and our commitment to improving basic skills in numeracy, literacy, digital literacy and science to the broader eTwinning community!