School activities
Video (1st year activities)
Project day (30 April)
Project day
On the 14th of March after the 4th lesson the most curious students of our school came to the 2nd floor lobby. There was Italian music playing, tasetefull smell of the Italian bread focaccia, made by students from the 7e form with technology teacher Rasa Jonaitienė was surrounding us. Why was it Italian? Because on the 18th of March a group of students and teachers are going to Italy, Sardinia (Aggius) for a week, where the 2nd part of the „Erasmus+“ project „Historical treasures of Europe“ international learning activity will take place.
The project club students were presenting the upcoming activities by inviting our school students to check their knowledge about Italy, to learn some words or phrases in Italian, to taste iItalian bread, and of course, to learn about the project activities. Everyone wrote questions for the Italian students and put them in a suitcase ready to go.
In Italy the project teams are going to present the most important historical places and objects of their countries. With pride, Gedminai progymnasium team is going to present the Gediminas castle, The Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania, the Vilnius Cathedrol, the Church of St. Anne, Kernavė, the Trakai castle, the Hill of Crosses. We hope, that the learning activities are going to be really interesting, and are going to help us to get to know our partner countries‘ history better.
LT: Projects Fairy 2019
National educational institutions “Project Fair 2019” was held in Gedminai progymnasium on 19th February. The fair was really fruitful – there were 97 projects presented. Students, teachers and various education related individuals from educational institutions creatively presented school, national, international (Erasmus+, eTwinning, Nordplus) project activities enriching school life and the whole process of education. Participants innovatively showed their designed products, demonstrated how they are continuing their project activities which have already ended. All the participants shared joyful mood, got new ideas, teachers and students discussed the success of the project, the impact on the institution community, funds, programs and partner search as well as project application and the whole project implementation.
LT: National students conference
It’s great to share
7b and 7e grade students, who had taken part in Erasmus+ school exchange project „Historical treasures of Europe“ in Greece, shared their epxperience with 6 graders. 7 form students taught a lesson about ancient Greece – introduced Acropolis, Micinai, Epidaurus theatre, told about their impressions, learnt sightseeing historical sights in Greece. It was a great pleasure watching 6 graders‘ curosity and answering their questions about memorable historical facts.
Erasmus+ forum
Klaipėda city schools‘ forum „ERASMUS+ projects: possibilities, experience, the benefits of educational change“ took place at Klaipėda Baltijos gymnasium on the 6th of February. Agnė Gečaitė, 7e grade student and Asta Jankauskienė presented „Erasmus+“ project "Historical treasures of Europe".
LT: Civic Initiative „Memory is alive because it testifies“
On January 11th there was a civic action in our Progymnasium. It is intended to mention the Day of Freedom Defenders, twenty eight years ago we won a civil victory against the aggressor. The candles of unity and memory were lit at 8 o'clock in the morning for ten minutes,. The pupils and teachers remembered the events of January 13th, teachers told students what they knew about these events from the stories of their parents and grandparents.
The events of January 13th will always remain in the hearts of future generations as a symbol of the unity and solidarity of the nation.
LT: Christmas event "Brain battle"
On a cosy December 12th evening there was Christmas show Brain battle in our progymnasium. Lots of students from projects ,,Nordplus‘‘ and ,,Erasmus+’’ took part in those Brain battles. Partners from Croatia, Bulgaria, Poland and Romania were really active answering to headmaster‘s A. Liaudanskas prepared questions and the guestions we got from project partners, these questions were realated to all international project countries. To reduced the competetive tense, during the brakes guests played tradicional Lithuanians games. After 4 tours, the quiz had over, and the winners were awarded by small gifts. Afterwards tables were served by Lithuanian tradicional dishes (made by participants‘ parents ). We had really good time chatting to each other. It is a joy that students, parents and all the quests are happy and they don‘t hurry up home.
The students of Gedminai Progymnasium studied in the capital of Lithuania
October 19, early in the morning, students went to study in Vilnius: non-traditional lessons of citizenship and history were held at the Centre for Civil Education, at the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, and in the Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights. The Centre for Civil Education has had difficult tasks for the seventh graders - they have had an educational workshop "What can a citizen do?" where they went deep into the main concepts of a democratic state and applied them in solving problem situations. Students, using the tablets and the material in the Centre, collected information about the characteristics of a citizen, how citizenship is acquired, what is an active citizenship. Students discussed and then presented their responses in groups. After that they planned to implement 2 ideas in order to be active citizens of Lithuania.
In the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania, the pupils remembered the structure of state institutions, their functions, the aspects of elections and referendum organization. They got to know the Seimas member's agenda and workplace. The pupils revised the facts that were very important for the history of Lithuania, remembering the most outstanding personalities who contributed to the establishment of Lithuania.
The third lesson in the Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights elapsed very quickly, because the theme "Children in Exile" turned out to be very interesting. The story of a museum employee made it possible to learn more about the children who were expelled from Lithuania with their parents in 1941-1953. The seventh graders saw pictures of their peers (and even smaller children), learned how hard was the way to the places of deportation, how they lived, worked, studied and played there. The students could see the authentic objects of the deportees; they heard the stories of those who had returned about their childhood in Siberia.
Project club
Students activelly took part in various project club activities: searched for project material, created logo, made a team presentation, filled the self-assessment questionaire, to measure how participation in this project may help to improve their knowledge and skills. Now, students are waiting for the first partners‘ meeting and the presentation of Lithuanian history, which they are ready to show during their activities in Atheens.
Klaipėda‘s cultural memorable places
On October 25-26d .6v grade students with technology and history teachers implemented joint activities "Visiting Klaipėda‘s cultural memorable locations on Vėlines" (All Saints Day). During technology lessons students made bouqets from natural materials. Later history teacher and students visited Klaipėda‘s sculpure park and students were introduced with two memorable places in this park. Students lit candles and left their bouqets on the monuments, dedicated to the rebels of uprising battle in Klaipėda city in 1923 and on the Liudvik Viener (XIX century citizen) grave. Students became familiar with the most important facts of history of the city and paid tribute to the dead on the occasion of the upcoming All Saints Day.
Project day