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C3 SHORT -TERM JOINT STAFF EVENT

Monday 13th May 2019

On Sunday 12th , we went to the airport to welcome our Greek partners , Dimitris from Periplo was also  with us

Ms Katerina Koutroupa, Maria Dampratzidou, Ioanna Goula, Anna Persidou and Mr Iordanis Kyrailidis, Katerini teachers arrived at Elexalde high school at 9:00 o'clock, they were  introduced to the management team and met the headmaster who said a few words in Greek and Katerini teachers gave him the presents they brought for the School.

Then, they were welcome with an " aurresku" performed by some students who participated in Erasmus + project. It was also  very moving an at the same time teachers learnt the meaning of aurresku. The aurresku is a Basque dance which is part of our cultural heritage, so that has meant a brief approach to our cultural traditions and identity.

They  visited the high school and have known all the facilties of it folowing the head of studies´explanations and met all the teachers of the different subjects.

Then, we  had a lunch with the School Staff where Elexalde teachers met Katerini teachers and  exchanged information about both schools and both countries, all the diferences and common points about the two schools´ system of education shared.

The coordinator of the project Ms Gemma Gutierrez told them a few words, giving them a warm welcome and explaining that this mobility would strengthen the links between both countries and she also added that she hoped that their staying in our school and  the Basque Country would unite both schools.

The English teacher Ms Anna Persidou  also showed Greek teachers´ grattitude for the warm welcome and also  insisted on keeping a future relationship between both schools.

Then, we  had a lunch with the School Staff where Elexalde teachers h met Katerini teachers and exchanged information about both schools and both countries, all the differences and common points about the two schools´ system of education was shared.

After lunch, we started our training. The points we dealt with were a look at the programme we would follow in these days. We started with a brief approach to Galdakao and the Basque Country. Teachers  watched a video about Galdakao, Bilbo and the Basque Country.

We  also explained to them our system of education and disscussed about the differences and  common things about both countries.

Then, we  analysed the chapter of assessment in our project. The type of tools which could be used to assess our project which would be disscused in this event .

We  made a copy of our February report and read it. We agreed that there would be another two reports. One at the end of the project this year and the other next year before the final one.

We  also looked at the final one from the Spanish Agency to have an idea of the type of questions we would be asked.

Tuesday 14th May

Today ,we considered very important to show Katerini teachers our historical  and architectural heritage as we were working it in our project and we understood that the knowledge of it would help  transmit it to the Greek students and as we had said before, we were talking about contents of the project which would ease the understanding of the activities carried out by Elexalde students.

Moreover, our project means discovering our heritage and sharing it with the Greek sschool, so what better than visiting it.

We  stopped in Bakio and we explained to them the importance of this summer resort with surfing and the characteristics of the Basque coast .

Then we visited San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, we were welcome by Tartalo, one of the Basque mythological creatures of the Basque culture. So we explained to them the features of this mythological creature which is similar to the Greek one Polifemo.

We were characters of Game of Thrones, and we  climbed the 241 steps to the top and as it is tradition we  thought a wish and tolled the bell three times .

This idyllic place was located between the coastal towns of Bakio and Bermeo. It was the scenario of pirates, covens and legends.At the top of it, there is a spectacular view of Bay of Biscay.

Then we visited Mundaka, Urdaibai which is natural heritage and our students wouldl work and share with Katerini students. Urdaibai is a natural setting of outstanding beauty and diversity, which is listed by UNESCO as a Biosphere Reserve in 1984.

It was  a very interesting visit .

In the afternoon, we arrived in Gernika and learnt the history of this town, the meaning of Gernika tree, the story of the town and the importance of it in the Basque people´s lives.

Wednesday 15th May 2019

Before continuing with the asessment training,we visited Andra Mari church, Galdakao´s historical and architectural heritage .This church dates from XIII century. It belongs to the Middle Ages, its style is a mixture of romanesque-gothic and it is opposite our school. the students would work it during the project. They shared with Greek students our town´s heritage

Galdakao´s historical and architectural heritage .

Andra Mari´s altarpiece is plateresque style and a woodcarving of of Santa Maria (XIII century) can be found .
All of us have enjoyed this marvellous church.

We came back to work and we continued with the training related to assessment. We  analysed the different tools such as Socrative, rubrics, cultural tests, questionnaries  and kahoot. We have seen all the different tools we  carried out until now and the activities which had to be done.

And to practise all the training done until now what better than a kahoot about what we had learnt in this training.!!

We stopped for a little so that students could get to know the Greek teachers and talked with them. They  made them a lot of questions about the project, the activities they liked the best. They also asked them if they would like to visit Greece. They had shown them all the work they had done so far.

Students  also danced a traditional Greek dance for them and Greek teachers  accompainrd them. Then they  danced " zazpi jauzi" which is the dance students have to dance in the students´mobilities .

As the saying says " Work and no play makes Jack a dull boy",

So at the end the day, we  had lunch in a txoko, a typical Basque gastronomy society . Not only did the Greek teachers taste the Basque cuisine which was also  worked in our project but they  also cooked some of it. There is a section of all the recipes students have cooked with their families on  this blog, where we have encoraged Greek teachers to cook them .

Our menu was cod salad, squids in its ink, flan ,cod pil pil. All delicious!!

As I have said before, Ms Anna Persidou helped our chef Jesus de Blas, a teacher of Elexalde High School with the "pil pil" sauce.

Thursday 16th May 2019

Today training was about dissemination. The project had to be disseminated at the beginning, in the middle and at the end of the project launch.

We  started with dissemination in the media, and continued with the dissemination in the community. We disscused different ideas about it .

We  also looked at the dissemination we had carried out until now. Both schools  appeared on newspapers and even television ( the Greek one) .

We  also focused our attention on the dissemination at school and the community.

We started our dissemination in the town, visiting the mayor of Galdakao.

The mayor welcame the Greek team. The Greek teachers  introduced themselves and talked about the common things between both countries.

The coordinator of the project Mrs Gemma Gutierrez  explained the project in detail and showed a big interested in it and  agreed to colaborate with it.

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Friday 17th May

In the morning we were training about how to organise the open days and the possible activities we could organise in the students´mobilities.

We decided to do it in June and explained to parents all the activities we had done.

We  also examinated the two platforms of the project, mobility tool and the platform of results .

Each school gave differrent ideas about the organisation of both mobilities .

Then the Greek students  said farewell to Elexalde teachers and Management team.

It was a vey fruitful training meeting which enriched the project. We  agreed  and discussed  a lot of points related to the training organised and we  also opened different ways of dissemination and assessment .

ASSESSMENT