Our school is a primary music school in Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary. The city is located in the south-east region of Hungary. The population consists of about 50000 inhabitants, who mainly live in agriculture and trade. However, due to the economic crisis, the number of unemployed people was increased in the recent years. In the city there are 5 primary schools, two grammar schools, and a vocational school. The schools have a strong cooperation with the University of Szeged, many graduated students come to our town for practice. Our school is a middle-size school, we have 402 students between the age of 6 and 14.Pupils attending our school are accepted regardless of social or racial discrimination and come from a mixed social environment: disabled pupils, socially and economically disadvantaged pupils, pupils having a failure experience in their former school. They are offered the possibility to achieve a successful education through music and art. The school uses Kodaly method. Regarding this profile, music, art and the transmission of cultural heritage plays important part of the educational process. The pupils have the opportunity to sing in the children's choir, to play instrumental music and take part in various extra lessons concerning art activities and folk dance. Within our school the partnership will be useful to reinforce the European dimension of education in our whole educative community (teachers, students, families, institutions...), open one's mind to other cultures , musical heritage and traditions different from ours, pursue quality and develop the sense of an active and aware European citizenship. Our children gain the opportunity to get in connection with foreign children, share experiences, learn a lot about their role within the European Union and work together in the traditions and musical heritage. In achieving this aim, the children can successfully merge their artistic sense with creativity. During the period of 2009-2011 our institute has carried out a multilateral Comenius School Partnership project. The title of the project was: Your World, My World; Differences that Keep us United. The projects aimed to raise awareness of the culture of the participating nations with each other, to explore the differences among themselves and by this to learn to appreciate the other people ' s cultures and our own. Main part of the project was to introduce our musical heritage and the Hungarian music for the other partners. Regarding this profile, music, art and the transmission of cultural heritage plays important part of the educational process. The pupils have the opportunity to sing in the children's choir, to play instrumental music and take part in various extra lessons concerning art activities and folk dance.The school also takes active part in the community's cultural life. Our choir and folk dance group often perform on city ceremonies.
