PRIMARY schoolchildren from Ysgol Y Bedol joined forces with six other European schools, and engaged in a two-year collaborative learning experience with the aim of creating a better understanding about each others cultures.

With 25,000 Euro funding from Erasmus+, the European Union programme for education, training, youth and sport, the schoolchildren organised different events throughout the project and visited each others countries.

Assistant head of Ysgol y Bedol, Berian Jones, said: “It was an amazing experience.”

The children have also been discovering different living environments, while at the same time developing 21st century skills.

A spokesman from the Comenius project, said: “Within our scheme, we would like to create an awareness about the importance of our cultures.

“This project brings schools together which have only a few different nationalities with others that have a vast number.

“By realising through the gift of discovery the similarities and respecting the differences of others, we can live harmoniously as European citizens.”

More recently all the schools gathered together to compete in an open day held at the Millennium Centre in Cardiff.

“A lot of hard work and preparation went in to this event,” said Mr Jones. “We were so pleased it was a success.

“The exhibition stands from each country were excellent, full of colour and information. Ysgol y Bedol had visited several local companies over the past few weeks and promoted their businesses in the Welsh Assembly.Ysgol Y Bedol closed the show, with dawnsion gwerin, singing, Calon Lanand reciting Taid.

For more details visit erasmusplus.org.uk/-projects.