Participating schools receive their teaching materials.
Using the Discovery notebook supplied, pupils and teachers consider the importance of the links that unite people with nature, before moving on to write a story and draw a mask.
Program schedule
The 2007 campaign timetable
October 2006 - March 22, 2007: Classwork
April 2007 - National judging panels meet
June 9, 2006: the Czech Delegation during the prize award ceremony, at UNESCO House, in Paris.
The national judging panels of representatives from Veolia Environnement, its local partners and local celebrities will meet at the end of March to select one winning class for each country.
"Tales Around the World" takes the form of a series of national competitions to select the winning class in each participating country. There is no international winner.
At the end of the program, it is the work submitted by an international group of winning primary school classes that is rewarded.
June 2007 - The Awards Ceremony in Paris
Streamers around the world - June 2005: .A souvenir photo in front of the Eiffel Tower.
Two pupils from each winning class are invited to Paris, accompanied by their teacher, for a grand international meeting involving all the winning children.
The high point of this very special meeting will be the award presentation ceremony and the official opening of the "Tales around the World - Life stories of people with nature" exhibition at the Musée du quai Branly in Paris on June 1, 2007.
The 3-day meeting will also feature cultural workshops, sightseeing tours and culture-based entertainment. It's all about cultural diversity and discussion!
Czech Republic - January, 2007: Students from Brumov primary school discover the « Tales around the world » teaching material.
January, 2007: Piotr answers the questions of a journalist during the inauguration of the «Sketches around the world " exhibition at the Lublinek airport in Lodz - Poland.