Romania - October 2015

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Athens, Greece, 21st to 27th February 2016

And finally the meeting to Athens happened!

We spent one incredible week in the land where the Democracy was born, in the places that marked the way as we, in the Western part of the world, think and act.

Here is the wonderful program our Greek colleagues prepared for us:

 

Thursday 25-02	8.15- 9.45		Students	Lab activities and various lessons at school
	9.50-10.45		Teachers	Coffe break - brunch
	10.45 -	Teachers and Students	Departure for guided visit to Athens Acropolis and museum. Walk and Sightseeing of old town Plaka and Monastiraki.
				Free evening for teachers and students to spend with families
Friday 26- 02	8.15-9.45		Students	Students attend various classes
	9.50-10.45		Students	Students attend human science lecture
	9.50-10.45		Teachers	Coffe break - brunch
	11.00		Teachers and Students	Departure for a guided visit to Heracleidon Mouseum "Science, Art and Mathematics".
	20.00	Evening: Families organize events for host students, in groups
		Teachers: Dinner at 'Agora' restaurant
Saturday 27 -02				Teachers meet their students at Hotel Athinais and depart to the airport.

 

These are some views of our Greek partner school, the 2nd Experimental Lyceum of Athens. (2ου Πειραματικου Γενικου Λυκειου Αθηνων)

 

 

During the first day, the students presented themselves the work done regarding the most popular sport in their countries and the presentations about a famous living personality. We've learn a lot from all the partner countries. All partner students were also engaged in the Greek colleagues classes. They shared a lot about their schools and the Greek school.

 

 

All of us had the opportunity of visiting the ancient theater of Epidauros (Ἐπίδαυρος). The theater is admired for its exceptional acoustics, which permit almost perfect intelligibility of unamplified spoken words from the proscenium to all 14,000 spectators, regardless of their seating.

 

 

We also visited the Archaeological Museum of Epidaurus. Later, we went to visit the town of Nafplio (Ναύπλιο), the first capital city of Greece after the Greek independence back in 1821. Really a picturesque place with a wonderful sightseeing.

 

One of the highest cultural moments was the visit to the Athens Acropolis in an unforgettable guided tour. We appreciated also the new Acropolis Museum.

 

Our students could learn and practise a lot during a mathematical probabilities class held on the Museum of Mathematics, Arts and Science that has been conducted under a dynamic, creative, active and participatory methodology.

 

This same strategy was applied in some sessions teachers attended in the school: teachers' trainings about "Adaptive Learning Environments" and on "Methods and Tools in Teaching Science". This last one was conducted by Anastasia Mylona and her Physics teacher colleague.

 

Decisions taken during the mobility during the teachers meeting

In this mobility, all the coordinators and representatives from the partner countries decided some points that are stated here.
Dates for the Italy mobility were confirmed: from 17th to 23rd April.
Dates for Poland mobility were set: from 2nd to 8th October.
For the Polish meeting we will have to present the work done by our students regarding the essays about the National Day and the story behind it, as well as their experiences as volunteers.
We decided that when we are asked to present the work done by the students during the mobilities, it should only be presented the global work done by each school/country and not individual work projects as this takes too much time to present. The individual works should be in the e-twinning space and kept by the local teams.

We, finally, decided that the blog in the E-twinning space should be updated on a regular basis and filled by every school every month according to a calendar.
Also, we decided that in each visit someone should write an appealing sum up of the main things that have happened during the mobility and register it in the e-twinning space (here it is!)according to the following:
Romania – done by Poland.
Greece – to be done by Portugal.
Italy – to be done by Slovenia
Poland - to be done by Greece.
Slovenia – to be done by Romania.
Portugal -  to be done by… (please add)

 

 

This is a picture of the Greek school wall where all partner students wrote what they liked. It will be in our minds for a long time, as well as this places we visited and that we won't easily forget.

 

The "Runner" (Δρομέας) in Athens. It makes us remember our work coordinating and working in this project!...

 

The beautiful forefront of the Greek Parliament at Syntagma Square.

 

And the famous Corinth Channel that separates the Peloponnesian peninsula from Attica.

 

And, finally, here are some living examples of the happy days we spent altogether in Greece...

 

 

Well, and soon the time to leave Greece ended! This was an incredible experience that will make us come back to Greece some day! Thank you students, students' parents, teachers and headmistress of the 2nd Experimental Lyceum of Athens for receiving and hosting us and for having provided us such an unforgettable experience.

 

(João)

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Italy - April 2016

 ITALY, CASSINO, LICEO CLASSICO CARDUCCI, 17 - 23, APRIL 2016

Impressions of the meeting at the website of Slovenian school

http://www.oscg-info.si/zgodilo_se_je/0/1201

 

SCHEDULE OF THE PROJECT MEETING - PROJECT WE CAN DO IT TOGETHER 17 - 23, APRIL, 2016

 

TIMETABLE - SCHEDULE OF PROJECT MEETING 'We can do it together' CASSINO-ITALY 17-23 APRIL 2016
LICEO CLASSICO- CARDUCCCI- CASSINO
Sunday 17-04	17.00	Teachers and Students	Pick up in airport and transportation in Cassino
	20.00	Teachers and Students	Arrival in in Cassino  Hotel La Pace where students will be collected by host families.
	18.43	Romanian Teachers and students	Arrival in Railway station where students will be collected by host families and the teachers will be brought to the hotel by an Italian teacher
Monday 18-04	8.15 - 9.45	Teachers and Students EU and IT	Welcome Opening and school tour.
	9.50 - 10.45	Teachers and students EU and IT	Presentations of school and Cassino by Italian students
	9.50 - 10.45	teachers	Coffee break
	10.55 - 13.25	Teachers EU and IT	Teachers meeting
	10.55 - 13.25	Students EU	Lessons in the classes
	13.30 - 14.30	Teachers	Light lunch
	13.30 - 14.30	Students	Lunch with Italian hosts
	14.45-17.30	Teachers and students EU and IT	Visit of Montecassino
	Free afternoon
	19.30 -22.00	Teachers and Students EU and IT	Welcome party at school offer by host families
Tuesday 19-04	8.00	Teachers  EU and IT and students EU	Departure for excursion to Amalfi and Ravello from piazza San Benedetto
	11.00		Arrival to Amalfi and visited of the city
	13.00-14.00		Free lunch
	15.00		Departure for Ravello
	15.30		Arrival to Ravello and visited of the famous gardens
	18.00		Departure for Cassino
	20.00		Arrival to Hotel La Pace in Cassino
	Free time for teachers and students to spend with families
Wednesday 20-04	8.30-12.30	Students EU and IT	Ditapages
	8.30-10.00	Teachers EU	Lesson of antic Greek and Latin( teachers prof. Crescenzi and Vacca)
	10.00-10.30	Teachers	Coffee Break
	10.30-12.30	Teachers EU and IT	Teachers meeting
	12.30-14.30	Teachers	Light lunch
	12.30-14.30	students	Lunch with Italian hosts
	Free time for teachers  to visite  Cassino and students to spend with families
	19.00	Teachers EU and IT	Dinner to Tinaia

Thursday 21-04	5.30	Teachers EU and IT and Students EU and IT	Departure from piazza San Benedetto .
	8.30		Arrival to Rome and visited the Fori Imperiali  with English guide
	11:30-15:15		Free time for shopping and lunch
	15:00		Visited to San Pietro
	19:00		Departure to Cassino
	21:00		Arrival to Hotel La Pace in Cassino
	Free time for teachers and students to spend with families
Friday 22-04	8.30-12.30	Students EU and IT	Ditapages
	8.30-10.00	Teachers EU and It	Teachers meeting
	10.00-10.30	Teachers	Coffe break
	10.30-12.30	Teachers EU and IT	Ditapages with the students
	12.30-14.00	Teachers	Light lunch
	12.30-15.00	Students	Lunch with Italian hosts
	15.45-17.30	Teachers and Students EU and IT	Visited of Historiale
	Free time for teachers and students to spend with families
	20.00	Teachers EU and IT	Dinner at  Tinaia offer to Italian school
Saturday 23-04	5.30 am	Poland students and teachers	Teachers meet their students  at Hotel La Pace  and depart to Fiumicino  airport
	8.15	Students EU	Students will be left by the host families in Hotel La Pace and delivered to their teachers
	10.30	Students and teachers	Departure to Fiumicino Airport
Liceo Classico Carducci, Cassino

 

 

 

 

 

DAY 1:

Arrival to Cassino, students accepted by host families

DAY 2:

Welcome:

Erasmus+ team

Project meeting:

A visit to Monte Cassino:

http://Monte Cassino

In the evening the official performance at school - presentation of students' skills

DAY 3:

AN EXCURSION TO AMALFI AND RAVELLO COAST - GEOGRAPHICAL AND HiSTORICAL  ELEMENTS OF ITALIAN LANDSCAPE

Wonderful Amalfi coast 

 

Unforgettable view of the landscape from Ravello gardens

The land of lemons and limoncelo

DAY 4: 

STUDENTS' ACTIVITIES AT SCHOOL

Students were divided into the groups of different nationalities in two computing classrooms. They created an e-book based on the  activities done so far.

Teachers attended the staff training of  ancient Greek and Latin language - basic semantic and lexical similarities and  differences.

It was a professional presentation by a professor of Latin at Liceo Classico. It was also a brief comparative study of native languages spoken by all participants.

DAY 5:

AN EXCURSION TO ROME

Sightseeing:

http://Coloseum, Rome

Piazza di Trevi

http://Piazza di Trevi

Vatican

http://Vatican

DAY 6:

Students' activities on digital books, writing their experiences on project activities.

Project meeting fro teachers

Decisions taken:

Things discussed and agreed upon in Cassino:

• The dates for the mobility in Poland are final: 2nd – 8th October 2016. Tickets should be booked for Warsaw airport.
• For the meeting in Poland students have to prepare the projects about the National Day and the story behind it. As customary, projects will be uploaded on Twinspace prior to the meeting.

• No decision about the dates of the next mobilities was taken because we don’t have the school calendar for next year. The dates for Slovenia and Portugal will be decided in Poland (Slovenia in March 2017, Portugal in May 2017)
• The web-site of the project is under construction, most probably under the domain volunteersexperience.eu
• The students created very interesting projects in Cassino; however, the Romanian team collected the original projects and Romania is going to print a version of the booklet (the final product of the first year) for each country and bring it to Poland.
• It was decided that Italy will write about the mobility in Portugal on Twinspace and Greece about the mobility in Poland.
• Romania will host an International Symposium on 4th June and as many teachers as possible who take part in the project’s team are invited to contribute to it. Details will be sent via e-mail soon.
• On Friday 22nd April students who took part in the short-term exchange in Cassino wrote about their volunteer experience. Zorica has already collected and sent via e-mail most of the projects and they can be used next year. 

 

In the afternoon:

Visiting Historiale in Cassino - the museum of the battle in Monte Cassino during the World War II

DAY 7:

FAREWELL - GOOD - BYE CASSINO, SEE YOU IN POLAND

The Erasmus+ meeting in Cassino was a  very productive one. The aims of the project were completely achieved. The students were hosted by respectful and responsible families that  contributed to the positive athmosphere among all participants.

Special thanks go to the co-ordinator or the meeting - prof. Patrizia Damatto as well as other professors who responsibly took care of all the activities taking part during our staying in Cassino. It was a precious experience for both students and teachers. Thanks again!

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Poland - September 2016

 

Rejowiec, Poland 2nd to 8th October 2016

The week we spent in Poland was wonderful! Thank you, Marek! Thank you, Polish team!

 

Warsaw

 

 

Meeting Agenda

 

 

Sunday, 2nd October 2016: Arriving in Poland - Sightseeing in Warsaw

 

Warsaw, the capital of Poland, is a beautiful city which stands on the Vistula river. The historic city-center, the Old Town, is full of colors, shops, squares and many architectural attractions, like the Royal Castle. During World War II, Warsaw was razed to the ground by Nazi. However, Polish people have reconstructed their town from scratch. The paintings of Canaletto, which we can see in the castle collection, provided ivaluable help in the restoration of Warsaw.

The Royal Castle - Warsaw Old Town

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Canaletto's painting

 

 

The king Zygmunt column - Castle square

 

 

                                                 

 

Warsaw combines the "old" with the "new"; the socialist-realist architecture with elements of capitalism. Here we see the Palace of Culture and Science. This building was erected as a "gift" from Stalin.

The Palace of Culture and Science

 

 

Monday, 3rd October 2016: Welcome assembly at Rejowiec - Horse riding

The Polish school welcomed all the partner schools and prepared a beautiful presentation and a song for each country.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Polish students play music and sing for each of the six countries!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the afternoon we visited a farm, where we saw animals, we rode a horse, we ate sausages and potatoes, we milked a goat and we played games.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, 4th October 2016: Students' presentantions at school - Visiting Zamość

In the morning students presented their works about the "National Day" of their country.

 

 

 

 

Slovenia

 

 

 

Italy

 

 

 

 

Portugal

 

 

 

Greece

 

 

 

Romania

 

 

 

Poland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the afternoon we visited Zamość, a beautiful Renaissance town. Unfortunately, it was a rainy day. However, we saw interesting buildings in the Old Town, like the Town Hall, the Cathedral and the fortress. In the evening we had a wonderful dinner at an Armenian restaurant.

 

Zamość - Central square

 

 

 

The Town Hall

 

 

 

The Cathedral

 

 

 

The fortress

 

 

 

 

The Armenian restaurant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, 5th October 2016: Excursion - Sightseeing in Warsaw

This cold and rainy day the Erasmus team visited Warsaw, where a guide informed us about the history of the town. We walked in the Old Town, we saw characteristic monuments, like the Mermaid Statue, and we visited the Royal Castle, where we watched a movie about the history of the building and the Old Town generally.

 

The Mermaid Statue

 

 

 

The presentation inside the Royal Castle

 

 

 

 

Because of the bad weather, we continued our guided tour in Warsaw by bus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the way back we had a wonderful Polish dinner in Lublin, at a restaurant with interesting decoration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, 6th October 2016: Working session at school - Visiting Majdanek and Lublin

This day the Erasmus team spent the morning at school. The students took part in lessons and the teachers had an interesting conversation about the Erasmus program. These are the decisions taken in the teachers' meeting (Thank you, João!).

 

 

 

After the lunch we visited the region of Lublin. First of all we had a guided tour at Majdanek, a concetration camp that was in operation during the World War II, from October 1941 to July 1944. These are the most predominant elements of this death camp;

 

The Gate-monument near the entrance of the camp

 

 

The double-fence with the barbed-wire

 

 

 

 

The building with the baths and gas chambers (outside - inside)

 

 

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The "Shrine" for the anonymous victims of Majdanek

 

 

 

Shoes of victims

 

 

 

 

Prisoners's barracks

 

 

 

Beds inside the barracks

 

 

 

The crematorium

 

 

 

 

Information about the mass shooting action of Nazi on 3rd November 1943

 

 

 

 

 

The Mausoleum with the ashes and remains of cremated victims 

 

 

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Leaving Majdanek - The guard towers

 

 

 

 

 

 

At night we had a wonderful walk and a delicious dinner in Lublin.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, 7th October 2016: Visiting an Early Medieval Slavic town - Teachers' training at school

This day was full of fun. We visited an Early Medieval Slavic town, where students and teachers enjoyed a variety of actions, games, sports and dances.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dancing videos

    

 

 

 

 

 

In the afternoon, back at school, teachers attended Marek's training course on designing a digital classroom.

 

 

 

 

Saturday, 8th October 2016: A last walk in Chelm - Leaving Poland

In the morning Greek team had the opportunity to walk in Chelm and visit the chalk mines of the town. The other countries had earlier flights, so they had already left.

Walking in Chelm

 

 

Chalk mines under Chelm's town

 

 

 

 

Rejowiec

A last hug

 

 

Bye bye, Poland! We will never forget your hospitality!

 

Most of our gratitude goes to our dear Marek, who has been extremely helpful and supportive during our stay. Of course, the whole Polish team worked efficiently in order to get the successful result of this meeting and we thank them for that! But Marek has been the soul of the planning and realisation of Rejowiec project!

See you soon dear partners!

 

 

 

 

 

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Slovenia - February 2017

We visited Slovenia between the 19th and the 25th of February 2017. We arrived on Sunday, the 19th of February and our common activities started at the partner school on Monday.

 

This is the programme with the activities that were organised by our hosts:

 

OSNOVNA ŠOLA CVETKA GOLARJA, ŠKOFJA LOKA, SLOVENIA

Sunday, February 19		Staff and pupils	Arrival and accomodation
Monday, February 20	8. 45 – 9. 50     10. 15 – 11. 30   11. 45 – 12. 15   12. 30 – 13. 30             14.00 – 16. 30	staff and pupils     staff and pupils   staff and pupils   pupils     staff       staff and pupils   pupils         staff pupils	Welcome opening  and school tour   Presentations of Peer learning method experiences  Lunch at school   Free time activities in the gym   Staff training event: Presentation of smart board in math class   Sightseeing Škofja Loka   A guided safe use of digital devices (mobile phones&cameras) to shoot the sights of the town   free afternoon time with host families
Tuesday, February 21	8. 30 – 13.00                                       13. 30   18.00 – 20.00	Pupils                                  staff       staff and pupils   staff	Using shots from digital devices and creating power point presentations about the town (digital workshops)     Groups of pupils from different countries write about their vollunteering experiences     Workshop: creating acarnation from paper    Staff training event: Presentation of interactive books in different classes   Lunch   Dinner in local restaurant
Wednesday, February 22	8.30  - 10.00         10. 15 – 14.00     15.00 – 17.00	staff   pupils     staff and pupils     staff and pupils	Staff training event: How to create a digital book   Creating a digital book     Excursion to Postojna cave (sightseeing, lunch)   Ljubljana sightseeing
Thursday, February 23	8. 30 – 10.00           11. 30 – 14.00   15. 16-00	staff   pupils       staff and pupils   staff and pupils	Staff training event: Impacts of ICT in education   A video workshop: how to make a video with a sound using a web cam   Excursion to Bled Lake   Lunch: Slovenian food
Friday, February 24	8.30 -11.00               11. 30 – 12. 15       12. 30   17.00 – 18.00   18.30 – 20. 00	Staff         Pupils     Pupils   Staff   staff and pupils   staff and pupils   pupils	Staff training event: Setting up a blogspot in English class     Using a blogspot in English class   Attending lessons   Project  meeting   Lunch   Closing ceremony   School dance
Saturday, February 25		staff and pupils	departure

All the suggested activities were extremely interesting and appealling to students:

 

Welcome festivity, Slovenian songs

 

 

Students’ activity, literature

 

 

Students’ activity, handcraft

 

 

Students’ activity, ICT

 

 

Teachers’ training activity

 

 

SLOVENIAN traditions

 

Students had an extraordinary week. They had lessons of litarature, ICT, maths, foreign languages  and art. They learned from each other  and shared  knowledge and experience. They took photos of the town and  learned how to make PPT and short films.

Teachers  had  an intersting  course about using ICT in every day teaching. The themes were: Presentation of smart board in math class, Presentation of interactive books in different classes, How to create a digital book, Impacts of ICT in education, Setting up a blogspot in English class.

 

Thank you, Slovenia for a wonderful experience!

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Portugal - May 2017

VISIT IN FUNDAO, PORTUGAL FROM 23RD TO 29TH APRIL 2017.

OUR JOURNEY STARTED ON SUNDAY, 23RD APRIL AND FINALLY WE STARTED OUR WONDERFUL WEEK IN PORTUGAL! WE ARRIVED IN LISBON, THE CAPITAL AND THE LARGEST CITY OF PORTUGAL. IT IS ONE OF THE OLDEST CITIES IN THE WORLD AND THE OLDEST IN WESTERN EUROPE. HERE IS THE WONDERFUL PROGRAM OUR PORTUGUESE COLLEAGUES PREPARED FOR US:

MONDAY 24 : Welcome session at the school (Pupils and Staff) and musical moment. 

Visit to the school main premises and science activities in the labs (Pupils and Staff).

11h00 Morning snack (Pupils)

12h30 Lunch in the school canteen (Pupils and Staff).

14h30 Walking guided tour to old Fundao (Pupils and Staff)

15h45 Guided visit to the Fundao Archaeological Museum. (Pupils an staff).

19h30 Dinner at the restaurant (Staff)

TUESDAY 25: 06H30: Departure to Aveiro

10h00 Visit to Fabrica, a living science centre and indoor activities.

12h00 Boat promenade through the Aveiro channels.

13h15 Free Lunch.

15h00 Walking in the beach in Costa Nova, a picturesque village in the Atlantic coast.

17h30 Return to Fundao.

WEDNESDAY 26: 08H20 CLASS ATTENDANCE (Pupils)

09h00 Working Session (Staff)

09h50 Morning Snack (Pupils)

10h05 Physics and Computer Science Projects Presentation (APA room). (Pupils and Staff).

12h30 Lunch in the School Canteen (Pupils and Staff).

15h00 Reception at the City Hall (Pupils and Staff).

 16h00 Partners interviews to the local radio station (Radio Cova da Beira studios)

17h00 Free afternoon for pupils and staff.

19h00 Dinner at the restaurant
 

THURSDAY 27: 07h00 Departure to Lisbon

10h00 Guided visit to the Jeronimos Monastery and Belem Tower area.

12h00 Free Lunch

16h00 Guided visit to the Vasco da Gama Oceanarium and indoor activities.

19h00 Return fron Lisbon.

FRIDAY 28:0820 Class Attendance (Pupils).

0900 Working Session (staff)

 09h50 Morning Snack (Pupils)

12h30 Lunch in the schhol canteen (Pupils and staff) 

14h00 Partners' interviews to the local radio station (Radio Cova da Beira studios)

15h00 Free afternoon.

19h00 Farewell dinner at the schhol canteen (All Pupils and staff)

SATURDAY 29 02h50 Departure of the Polish delegation

07h50 Departure of the Greek, italian, Slovenian and Romenian delegations.

 

THESE ARE SOME VIEWS OF OUR PORTUGUESE PARTNER SCHOOL:

 

 

During the first day, there was a welcome session at school and we shared a musical moment. We visited the school and the students took part in science activities in the labs.

During the second day, we visited Aveiro and we had the great pleasure to have a walk in the Beach in Costa Nova, a village in the Atlantic coast.

On Wednesday 26th, we had a reception at the City Hall and we took part in an interview to the local radio statio. (Radio Cova da Beira studios).

We also decided that each country has to write from 10 to 15 pages about all the intellectual activites done during  these two years of the project. We discussed also about the questions to introduce to all our students, teachers and families in our school. 

On Thursday 27 we went to Lisbon to visit the Jeronimos Monastery and Belem Tower are. It was such an exciting experience and the weather was wonderful!

During the last day, we had a farewell dinner at the school canteen and we really enjoyed ourselves!

Bye bye Portugal! We will never forget your hospitality! Most of our gratitude goes to our dear Joao and Armando, who have been extremely kind and helpful during our stay! It has been a wonderful week. Hope to see you soon dear partners!

 

Anna Franca Grimaldi