Third Short-term exchange of groups of pupils in Orte, Italy April 08-14, 2019
Official Invitation of the 2nd Short term exchange of groups of pupils in Italy
programme-exchange-ITALY.pdf
The Italian students
The Greek Students
The Greek students
What are your expectations from the meeting in Italy?
MATCHINGS-HOSTING.pdf
THE-DETAILED-ACTIVITIES-DAY-BY-DAY.pdf
WORK-GROUPS.pdf
Worksheet.pdf
FINAL-EVALUATION-QUESTIONNAIRE.pdf
Certificate_Erasmus.pdf
Evaluation of the Third Short-term exchange of groups of pupils
The Third short-term exchange of groups of pupils took place at the Istituto Omnicomprensivo in Orte, Italy 08-14 April 2019. Twenty four students from the three partner countries were hosted by Italian families for a week. From the 2nd GEL Aliveriou participated eight students (Zacharoula Kelli and Rusalina Latypova from A Class and Panagiotis Glaros, Konstantina Kollia, Andreas Lalanitis, Florjan Mahilaj, Mekeliana Bica and Chondrogiannis Antonios from B Class) and two teachers (Litsa Glarou and Anastasia Elafrou). On Monday morning, before meeting with the families in Orte, our students were guided to Rome; to the Colosseum, the Imperial Markets, Piazza Venezia, Piazza Navona, Pantheon, Fontana di Trevi and Piazza Di Spagna.
All students were excited meeting their European partners. Six of them had the pleasure to meet again their partners that they had met in the Netherlands last November. Before the exchange they had communicated with the Italians through social media. They experienced the warm hospitality of the Italian families, the family rules and their daily life. Particularly interesting and pleasant for the teachers was the dinner with an Italian family. The Italian colleagues organised an excellent meeting and very interesting activities inside and outside the school. Students collaborated in mixed teams and created a digital tourist brochure for different ages for a tourist site in Latium, practicing English Language and developing digital skills. In the end, they evaluated their participation through a questionnaire and presented the results of their work to the Italian families. The program of each day ended with an interesting trip to the sights and natural landscapes of Latium and Umbria. Because of the rainy weather on Wednesday the Italian partners changed the afternoon program of Tuesday with Wednesday’s.
On Tuesday afternoon students had trekking activities with guides of 8km to admire the Etruscan Pyramid of the 7th or 6th BC. which was discovered in the 1990s by two local archaeologists and the Tower of Chia or Tower of Pazolini where the famous actor, poet, writer, screenwriter and director wrote his works and lived in the last years of his life. He discovered the place during the filming of "The Gospel according to Matthew".
On Wednesday afternoon they were guided to the underground aqueduct of the old town of Orte and the narrow alleys overlooking the Tiber River and enjoyed a performance by locals in medieval costumes on the central square of the town.
On Thursday afternoon they visited the beautiful Florence in Tuscany with the buildings and monuments of imposing architecture that brought them to another era, grandeur, wealth and abundant art. The tour began at Santa Croce, built in 1294 in Gothic style, and hosts the tombs of many well-known Florentine children, such as Galileo, Machiavelli, Michael Angelus, Lorenzo Gilberti and Leonardo Bruni. Impressed by the dimensions of Santa Maria del Fiore with the huge dome of Brunejske, which dominates the historic center and is the famous cathedral of the city. They admired the famous Gates of Paradise of the Baptistery, made of gold, depicting scenes from the Old Testament by Lorenzo Guerrero. They saw Palaccio Vecchio and admired the great David of Michael Angelus, who depicts the biblical hero who killed Goliath. They walked to the bustling Ponte Vecchia, which is the oldest bridge of the city, dating back to 1345. The day was closed with a tour at the Uffizi Gallery, the first gallery in the world created by the architect Vazari in the late 16th century, where they admired the masterpieces of Botticelli, Spring and Aphrodite, as well as paintings by other Renaissance artists.
On Friday afternoon 7.7 kilometers away in Terni, the provincial capital of the Italian region of Umbria, they visited the natural landscape of Cascata delle Marmore, the tallest man-made waterfall in the world created by the ancient Romans. Its total height is 165 meters.
The tour ended on Saturday morning at the "terrifying" Parco dei Mostri in Bomarzo, commissioned in 1552 by Prince Francesco Orsini, as an expression of sadness and designed to shock. This park inspired Salvador Dali of "The Temptation of Saint Anthony".
On Saturday evening we all enjoyed the farewell dinner, organized by the families, at the school. It was an unforgettable experience for our students because apart from improving their entrepreneurial and digital skills they developed strong friendship bonds with their partners. All activities were in line with our plans. Participants 30 in total: 10 Greek (2 teachers & 8 students), 10 Dutch (2 teachers & 8 students) and 10 Spanish (2 teachers & 8 students).
EVALUATION of the Greek students.pdf
School Activities
2nd day at school – start project meeting
2nd day at school – the mixed groups
Geography lesson in a class
Continuation of work after the break
2nd day at school – Leaving school for trekking activities
The Etruscan pyramid
3rd day at school - working on the project
Teachers’ meeting
Break
Sport activities
Visit to Orte historical centre (students divided into due groups :
- GROUP A - 1, 2,3,4 and Italian – Greek teachers
- GROUP B – 5,6,7,8 and Dutch – Spanish teachers
Florence
5th day at school – working on the project
Teachers’ meetings
Marmore falls
Bomarzo
6th day at school – working on the project
Presentation of the groups’ work to the parents
Certificates of participation
Farewell party
Departure of the delegations 
