Watch the video of our amazing activities during this week!!!

Monday, October 15th Welcoming Day

**school visit – getting acquainted with school facilities / meeting with the school management.

**Kick off Meeting (1^st project meeting) - discuss strategies for creating, publishing and evaluating main products, implementation details, managing, disseminating and evaluating results, and how to ensure project sustainability.

**Attending CLIL and Flexible Curriculum class

Training sessions for teachers: - the teachers from the partner schools (Greece, Italy Czech Republic, Romania and Bulgaria) participated in some activities and attended a Maths and Art class where CLIL and Flexible Curriculum methodologies were used. There was the opportunity to demonstrate and share different and innovative pedagogical methodologies, like CLIL and Flexible Curriculum approaches, which can improve the quality of the learning process in order to meet the pupils’ needs.

** ^2rd project meeting – (preparing 1^st year activity, and, implementation details):

Define all first year’s activities: creation of an eTwinning working platform; Logo contest; Mascot contest; Newsletter; Cultural Heritage Journal; “Let’s create a Monumental Postcard”; Mini multilingual dictionary; “DNA Encyclopaedia”; “My mask has history”; Glossaries; Educational games “Play with monuments”; Learning/ Teaching activities.

Tuesday, October 16th 

** Meeting with local educational authorities and visiting a traditional sponge cake factory - cultural heritage of the hosting country - ‘Sharing the roots and finding common European heritage’.

Town councillor responsible for Culture and Education, Ms Ana Medeiros, held a meeting with the team of the Project Erasmus + Achieve+ at the Town Hall. There were 20 teachers from Portugal, Greece, Czech Republic, Romania, Italy and Bulgaria.

The town councillor welcomed the teachers and highlighted the importance of these projects in the development of the educational process. She also emphasized that the municipality of Felgueiras has a lot of touristic attractions and invited everybody to come back in order to enjoy its natural and cultural treasures.

A promotional film about the natural, historical and cultural heritage of Felgueiras was exhibited.

After this meeting, the teachers visited the Pão de Ló (traditional sponge cake) factory in Margaride.

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** International Achieve+ Conference - Training sessions for teachers and Students ( all information in International  Achieve+ Conference page).

Wednesday, October 17th - Teaching/training sessions for teachers:

** Teacher training - On October 17^th, there was a teachers’ training session about eTwinning platform – “eTwinning as platform to promote collaborative work and learning through project”, ran by Daniela Guimarães, eTwinning Ambassador.

There were 24^th teachers from Portugal, Greece, Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria and Italy in this training three- hour session. It was accredited by the school association training center (CFAE) as part of the teacher training and professional development.  

The goal of the course was to expose participants to resources which are available at eTwinning live, find eTwinners (partners) and tools to develop a collaborative eTwinning project, and the Twinspace as platform for the project.

As the emerging technologies play an increasing role in people’s lives, schools face a powerful challenge. Technologies aren’t just simple resources to be used at school work. They have enormous potential to improve teaching/learning quality. So, the learning process and pedagogical strategies must be revised in order to meet pupils’ needs.

The eTwinning platform provides a virtual environment where teachers and students can learn, collaborate and develop projects.

The development of interpersonal skills provided by collaborative work was one of the main goals of this course. Participants learned new positive strategies that can help them to motivate their students and offer everybody enriching experiences in accordance with the official document - Student´s Profile in the end of Compulsory School.

It has already been created a Twinspace for the project Erasmus+ ACHIEVE+ “Around Cultural Heritage Investigate European Values with Erasmus”.

The eTwinning _PT published a piece of news about this course.

** Teaching training – Educational programme - Romanesque Route and Romanesque Interpretation Center.

This visit was aimed to sensitize the attendees to natural and cultural heritage and to the importance of the preservation of their resources, as a form of integration and education of the different European peoples. It was an opportunity to learn about Portugal and European art and symbolism during the Middle Ages.

The partners experienced playful and pedagogical activities which increased their knowledge in history and local heritage. It also reinforced the idea that we should be proud of the past and how it can help us to develop new skills. All participants collected some materials which will be integrated in the final product of Erasmus + ACHIEVE+: “Common Brochure Achieve+”

Thursday, October 18th – Visit to the City of Guimarães - cultural heritage of the hosting country - ‘Sharing the roots and finding common European heritage’.

On October 28th, 2018, a guided tour to Palácio dos Duques (former royal residence) and to the historic center of Guimarães was headed by Ms Emília Cunha from the Culture, Tourism and Youth Department of Guimarães City Hall.  Participants also did a walk to Monte de Santa Catarina (Penha) which is a reference in the city of Guimarães.

The European partners (from Portugal, Greece; Czech Republic, Romania, Italy and Bulgaria) were able to wander some of the historic streets and to admire Romanesque monuments that date back to the foundation of the Portuguese nationality (XII century) as well as to enjoy the outstanding natural landscape of Monte de Santa Catarina.

** ^3rd project meeting – (preparing evaluation results) 

Teacher draw up a common:

i) survey about "Europe`s architectural diversity", that each school would like to assess (the questions, number of respondents, age of respondents and the mode of evaluation).

ii)questionnaire to parents about “Children´s academic and personal benefits”, that each school would like to assess (the questions, number of respondents, age of respondents and the mode of evaluation).

iii) English placement test.

** ^4th project meeting – (last project details) 

i)set precise dates of the learning/teaching/training meetings (scheduled for the 1^st year) that are acceptable for all schools; ii) reschedule the plan of activities according to the present situation in all partner schools; and iii) set precise deadlines for every activity.

Friday, October 19th – Cultural activities in OPorto - cultural heritage of the hosting country - ‘Sharing the roots and finding common European heritage’.

On October 19th, 2018, a guided visit to Oporto was organized in order to give participants the opportunity to know the second biggest city in Portugal. There was a guide from Free Walking Tour Porto who was an expert on art, history and architecture.

The partners were able to visit some of the most famous palaces and monuments of the city: Sé do Porto, Ribeira, Igreja São Francisco, Palácio da Bolsa, estação de São Bento (railway station) and Torre dos Clérigos. They could learn more about the culture, the architecture and the traditions of this region. They also could enjoy the wonderful landscape around Douro River.

The visit ended in Matosinhos, where the partners met our Atlantic coast. Some of the teachers saw the sea for the first time.