2nd meeting - Short-term Exchanges of Groups of Pupils C1 meeting in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
10.03 – 16.03.2019
(project working days 11.03 – 15.03.2019)
Monday, March 11th Welcoming Day
** ACHIEVE+ “Opening Ceremony"- Pupils from every school were divided in groups and they present their country, their school and Educational System. Each pupil also presented himself (age, hobbies, favourite subjects, what they expect from this experience in the Czech Republic).
Whatch the teams presentation and learn about our countries, schools and Educational systems.
Portuguese Presentation
Romanian Presentation
Bulgarian Presentation
Greek presentation
Italian presentation
Czech presentation
** Guided visit in host school: – getting acquainted with school facilities. It was an opportunity to understand how Czech school works and Czech students learn.
** Game with QR codes (get to know the important monuments of the city "České Budějovice". Students play this game in international teams.
Tuesday, March 12th
** Students presentation on the topic: “My mask has history”. Students learnt about the Architectural Style of the Monuments of each country through the presentations of their mask inspired in national monuments.
** Group work: filming an interview. Students were organized in international groups to make a video such a TV report or interview with a “Monument” (each student who answered the questions wore the mask of the monument).
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** City tour: students and teachers were divided in international groups and visited the city of Czech Krumlov. The aim was the production of video and photo reportage (preparation of materials for further work: organizing the Project's common product “a Brochure Achieve+”).
** Education systems in partner countries: teachers from each partner country debated the educational system in the different European countries participating in the project.
Wednesday, March 13th
** Acquisition of other language skills to learn basic vocabulary/ expressions from partners´ national languages in order to create a common mini multilingual dictionary. Students had the opportunity to learn how to spell basic phrases of Czech language.
** Training sessions for teachers: Workshop - using IT skills with web 2.0: The Portuguese school has an eTwinning ambassador. She was responsible for a three hour workshop teacher’s training about web 2.0 tools with potential for this platform.
**Visit to Czech cities: students and teachers visited Hluboká nad Vltavou. Students were asked to draw the Hluboka castle. This task allowed students to be aware of architectural characteristics of monuments in host country.
Thursday, March 14th – Visit to the City of Prague - cultural heritage of the hosting country - ‘Sharing the roots and finding common European heritage’.
** Students and teachers travelled to Prague to know cultural and social centre of the Czech Republic. Students were asked to take photographs to enter a photography competition
This visit was aimed to sensitize the attendees to 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 Czech Republic and European art.
**Social gathering: parents, students and teachers met in a bowling competition in the evening.
Friday, March 15th
**Mascots’ presentation: students from each country presented their "ACHIEVE+ Mascots". In the end, the results of the competition “Best Mascot” were presented. The mascots were exchanged among schools.
**Competition results: students and teachers voted the best picture and the best drawing of the week.
** ACHIEVE+ “Closing ceremony”
** Final meeting: teachers reviewed and evaluated the activities, advantages and drawbacks of the whole experience. Review of the tasks, deadlines and future objectives.