Fourth LTTA Erasmus + project meeting
"SEAWAYS, PATHWAYS OF INTERNATIONAL LEARNING"
in GRUNDARFJÖRÐUR, ICELAND
9/3/2022 - 12/3/2022
The Erasmus + project "SNIPI" has been realized since September 2019. The fourth project meeting took place in beautiful Iceland. The workshops led by teachers from the Grunnskoli Grundarfjardar school were perfectly organized, but it's hard not to mention the beautiful landscapes of this remote and unusual country. The multimedia flight in the center of "Fly over Iceland" in Reykjavik, during which you can see the farthest corners of Iceland, is an unforgettable experience.
The hosts of the meeting, the head master Sigurður Gisli Guðjonsson, the school coordinator of the project Sigurrós Sandra Bergvinsdottir and the teacher Ingibjörg Eyrún Bergvinsdottir made sure that teachers from Poland, Spain, Ireland and Norway, together with students from the Icelandic school, spent each day of their stay actively participating in various workshops:
• the fish section, or what is it inside; using a scalpel, students and teachers cut open fish and learned the names of its organs
• a multimedia presentation about fish that live in the nearby sea areas
• ICT - Paint classes (a program for drawing and writing on a computer); the basics of Vinyl and Inkscape (designing stickers for gifts); Tinkercad program for creating 3d models; work with robots Sphero Bolt and Blue Bot, which can be used for the basics of coding and math for younger children; classes for teachers in groups with the application: GPS treasure hunt app - treasure hunt, a game in which teachers from partner countries had to solve puzzles on time using tablets and QR code readers
• practical classes - how to make sushi
• sports lesson
• technical classes in woodworking
• classes in the kindergarten group
• presentation of a music school
• the summary of the classes was an attempt by all teachers to sing the most difficult karaoke song in the world with elements of the Icelandic language
During the visit, the teachers also had the opportunity to visit several interesting places, parks and museums. History, traditions and culture are the elements that, apart from the exchange of good practices and perfecting language skills, we get to know thanks to the Erasmus + project.
• The most beautiful mountain of Kirkjufell and the Kirkjufellsfoss waterfall are located near Grundarfjörður.
• A presentation on the Snæfellsnes Regional Park in Sögumiðstöð provided us with information about the town and surroundings of Grundarfjörður, education, transport, tourism, culture, festivals, sports and entertainment.
• A visit to G.Run, in one of the most modern fish processing company in Iceland, is another point of the visit.
• We visited the Icelandic Eider Center - a modern museum and knowledge center that invites you to get to know the Eider Duck, interesting methods of its breeding in the past and present. The center is located in the town of Stykkishólmur on Breiðafjörður Bay, home to the large breeding grounds of Eider Ducks and their most extensive farming in the world.
• The teachers' sea expedition following the footsteps of the first Vikings, which ended with tasting Icelandic scallops, provided unforgettable impressions.
One of the points of the visit was a meeting of coordinators and teachers from all partner schools, during which all activities we were summarized. The teachers exchanged small gifts related to their regions. The school in Iceland prepared for each workshop participant models of boats printed in a 3D printer and pictures of a puffin prepared by children. The main coordinator Shane Mc Donagh brought a beautiful handcrafted model of a lantern for each school. Information on the Mobility Tool platform has been supplemented. The teachers discussed the details of working on the E-Twinning platform and on the project website www.erasmussnipi.com. A visit to Norway has been planned, which will be the last "SNIPI" project meeting.
