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WE LOVE NATURE & NATURE LOVES US

COMENIUS PROJECT

PROJECT TOPICS

• The Effects and Causes of Global Warming, How to Stop

• Healthy Eating

• Deforestation

• Erosion & Afforestation

• Endangered Animals - Saving Animals

• Recycling • Environmental Pollution

• Water Resources, Saving Water, Recycling of Water

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

• To give the students the conscious of we must care about our environment,

• To get know each other, our history, traditions, environment, our routine, life at school and life at home

• To initiate friendships or at least an interest in our pupils to communicate with their partners from the other schools

• To make pupils aware of natural and environmental issues and make them active to work against “the effect and causes of global warming, how to stop”, “water pollution-water sources-saving water”, “recycling”,”healthy eating”, “environmental pollu-tion”, “erosion and afforestation” and “endangered animals-saving animals”

• To get our students more active citizens

• To improve language skills of pupils

• To improve artistic skills of pupils

• To broaden pupils’ perspectives

• Get aware of and appreciate diversity

PROJECT PRODUCTS

• Presentations• Posters • A multilingual dictionary• Exhibitions• A parade of folk costumes • A website• A booklet • DVDs

THE DISSEMINATION OF THE PROJECT

• Project website• School websites • Exhibitions• Booklets• DVDs• Articles on local press • Comenius Corners at school and EST databases • Questionnaires, discussions&conferences at school

TURKEY ALI FUAT CEBESOY IMAM HATIP ORTAOKULU

Our school is located in European side of Istanbul which was the capital of three empires in the history. The school was established in 1993 and rebuilt in 2012 and has a short history, it has been one of the best known schools in the region thanks to its great success in education and sport competitions. There are 661 pupils including SEN pupils, from the 5th grade to the 8th grade, between the ages of 10 and 14 at school. All our classrooms are well equipped as there are smart boards, projectors and computers in each classroom. Our school is awarded White Flag because it is a clean and hygienic school. We offer classes of Science, Mathematics, Computer Science, Foreign Language(English), social sciences, arts and Sports in classrooms decorated for each branch teacher and the pupils change classrooms for each lesson. Even if we have English classes from the 4th grade, the pupils don't have the chance to practice as they cannot travel to any other country. Because most of our pupils come from poor families who immigrated from Anatolia or Roman families. Although our students are really skillful in arts and sports, they can improve themselves as much as they see and unfortunately they are limited with this area because they cannot go even to other cities. And thanks to this project, our pupils will have the chance to improve their language and art skills, to go to partner countries, to know new people, to learn about new cultures as it is obvious that they cannot do any of these by themselves or with their poor economy. We want to prove an interest in the cooperation with other European schools in order to broaden our perspective, improve the quality of teaching, learning and school manage-ment. We are also interested in enlarging our perspective concerning different teaching methods and approaches such as interdisciplinary teaching, thus opening new perspec-tives for our teachers and pupils. Learning about different cultures and civilizations will enable our pupils to become more aware and tolerant towards European countries, especially now when Turkey is about to be a member of the European Union and it is our priority to contribute to the participation process of Turkey to European Union, to ensure that our pupils become active European citizens in future and to help the students become the adults of a multicultural inclusive society.

SLOVENIA- OSNOVNA SOLA FRANCETA PRESERNA

Franceta Prešerna Primary school is situated at Zlato polje in Kranj in socially low-class environment. Kranj is the capital of the Gorenjska and the fourth largest town in Slovenia. Old part of the town is like a peninsula above the rivers Kokra and Sava. Kranj is a very important Slovenian trade centre. The pupils come from financially not very stable families. Many parents are unemployed. A 30 % of the pupils are children of different nationality (Serbian, Croatian, Albanian, Bosnian) In 45 years the school has proved successful in many fields. Several different activities let every pupil have a chance to get on the fields of their interests.

In our opinion the pupils should obtain also new knowledge and skills, speak foreign languages and seek for some new way of solving problems. This can be obtained by meeting new cultures and learning about different working methods and thus the pupils can come across new ideas. We can reach these by connecting schools in Comenius Projects.

ITALY I.C. CENA

School primary and Secondary 1° Cena is located in the centre of Latina , 60 Km far from Rome. The school has promoted lots of curricular and extra –curricular activities in relation to the field covered by the project, as it is the only school in the province of Latina with a music specialization within its curriculum.

In the latest years and also in this year the school has organized music shows, concerts, exhibition involved pupils with specific needs and migrantes, in order to spread the results of the students’ efforts all over the province and the region too.

Students manipulate clay and other materials during the laboratories devote to this aim and the final exhibition is always very impressive. The school has activated courses in English drama, and has organized lots of cultural events for the integration .

POLAND- SZKOLA PODSTAWOWA IM. MARII KOWNACKIEJ W KRZYWDZIE

In Krzywda Primary School there are about 250 students and 30 teachers. The school is situated in the east of Poland in lubelskie district. The village is midway between two important cities: the capital city of Poland, Warsaw, and the capital city of the region, Lublin.

All of us come from rural area so the participation in this project gave both of us, teachers and students, favourable circum-stances to gain skills that will be useful in our future working lives. The students improved their English as well as ICT skills. Having been actively involved in project activities, the children acquired wider knowledge connected with ecological subjects. They learnt how to save water and energy, plant trees, how important recycling is in our everyday lives in order to protect our planet. Consequently, the project activities caused that the students observed their everyday habits in their houses and tried to put the rules into practice at the same time showing some new ecologically friendly habits to their parents, siblings and friends. Not only the students, but also the teachers, took a lot from the project. They had a chance to observe the work of the teachers from 3 other countries. As a result, they implemented new ideas, activities and methods into their own lessons and into the curriculum.

Moreover, thanks to this partnership, both the teachers and students from our school got a wider understanding of the other European cultures and traditions as well as re-discovered our own cultural roots through nature and local traditions. Our students and teachers, who have never taken part in Comenius project and been abroad, had a chance to cooperate with their peers from other European countries. The people we got to know, for sure, will be our friends and we hope to cooperate with them in another project in the future.

1st MEETING IN SLOVENIJA, KRANJ FROM 11th UNTIL 15th OF NOVEMBER 2013

Healthy Eating & The Effects and Causes of Global Warming, How to Stop

2nd MEETING IN POLAND, KRZYWDA FROM 26th UNTIL 30th OF

MAY 2014

Deforestation, Erosion & Endangered animals

3rd MEETING IN ITALY, LATINA FROM 20th UNTIL 24th OCTOBER 2014

Environmental Pollution & Recycling

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONWhat is environmental pollution?

Environmental pollution in any

undesirable change in

physical,chemical, or biological

characteristics of any component

of the environment

We Must Stop Pollution But How?Here are some steps we can follow:

1. Plant shady trees. 2. Learn about the major polluters in your area and tell your friend what you know.

3. Join an environmental group.

RECYCLINGRecycling is the process in which we collect

and process materials that would otherwise

be thrown away as rubbish and turn them

into new products.

Recycling is a very useful process

for our world and environment.

We can mention some of its benefits here:

BENEFITS OF RECYCLING

Conserves natural resources

Saves energy

Prevents pollution

Reduces greenhouse gas emissions

4th, FINAL MEETING IN TURKEY, ISTANBUL

FROM 11th TO 15th MAY 2015

Water Resources, Saving Water,

Recycling of Water

WATER POLLUTION

What mustn’t we do?

• Improving security and reliability of supply• Maintaining water quality to acceptable levels• Managing third-party impacts• Improving water system efficiency and resource conservation• Storing and delivering water where and when it is needed

Using rain water…• Can reduce water bills • Provide an alternative supply during water restrictions.• Help maintain a green, healthy garden

ACTIVITIES FROM SLOVENIA

Cookery bookComenius Project - We Love Nature–Nature Loves Us - joined the participants of the four countries in the unforgettable memories, followed by this booklet. On our visits, get-togethers and explorations we tasted many dishes we had not known before. These are dishes that were on the plates of our ancestors. What did people use to eat in Poland, Italy, Turkey and Slovenia? Is the highly caloric fast food which is often served today also healthy? We believe it is not and therefore we wanted to revive traditional cuisine and present it to young people. Culinary evenings that we had proved that such food is very tasty. We also know that it is healthy as it is locally produced and the ingredients have not travelled thousands of miles. You can believe us we enjoyed the diversity of food as much as learning about it and specially tasting new dishes. You can smell these old and freshened up recipes in this booklet. They have convinced us all. This is still the right thing. "Food should be your medicine and your medi-cine should be your food," are the words of Hippocrates, the ancient Greek physician. That’s why we should consume the medicine the nature has always offered us because the nature loves us, perhaps even more than we love it.Enjoy your meal!

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TURKEY LOCAL COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

SLOVENIA LOCAL COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

ITALY LOCAL COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

“Comenius”: il Sindaco riceve le delegazioni studentesche europee 24.10.2014. On the website of Municiplity of Latina, there is an article about the WLN-NLU meeting in Latina, from 20th to 24th October. Questa mattina in aula consiliare il sindaco Giovanni Di Giorgi ha ricevuto le delegazioni delle scuole straniere provenienti da Turchia, Polonia e Slovenia, partecipanti al progetto Comenius insieme all’ I.C. G.Cena di Latina. Il progetto “Comenius” è un’iniziativa promossa dall’unione europea e si propone di sostenere la cooperazione e la mobilità fra diversi paesi, rafforzando la dimensione europea dell’istruzione e sviluppando la comprensione della diversità culturale e linguistica in favore dello sviluppo di una cittadinanza europea attiva. In questi giorni gli alunni saranno impegnati nei lavori riguar-danti le problematiche ambientali e visiteranno i luoghi più significativi del nostro territorio. L’incontro si è svolto in occasione del terzo meeting del Progetto Comenius intitolato "We love nature, nature loves us", le delegazioni estere, composte da studenti e insegnati delle scuole medie, sono ospiti delle famiglie dei ragazzi della G.Cena e staranno in città fino al 24 ottobre prossimo. Il sindaco Di Giorgi: “E’ un piacere per me avervi qui nella nostra città. Questi incontri sono un’opportunità di crescita personale e culturale per ognuno di voi e vanno promossi e sostenuti con continuità nell’ottica dei valori europei di integrazione e scambio. I miei complimenti vanno anche ai docenti e dirigenti scolastici che si impegnano con passione per la realizzazione di questi progetti di scambio culturale.” Il sindaco ha ringraziato tutti i docenti dell’I.C. Giovanni Cena ed in particolare il professor Luigi Orefice e la ex preside Emilia Carotenuto che da anni promuove le iniziative del progetto Comenius.

Polish team about the meeting in Istanbul

I really liked staying in Turkey. There are so many beautiful places. People

are very nice. I made new friends. I also liked the Turkish food. It was very

delicious.

Wiktoria

My school friends and I went to Istanbul for a week from a Comenius

project. When we started to fly there I was very scared beacuse I was 3000

km from my home and it was the first time I went by plane. But when I saw

Burak, his mum and brother I was very happy. They took me to their house

where I stayed with Gianluca from Italy.

On Monday we went to school where I met Turkish students. Then we

went to ISKI to see how they clean wastewater. It is a very huge factory! I

really enjoyed a boat trip on Bosphorus. It was a great time because we

danced and laughed all the time. In Polonezkoy we had a picnic. On the

third day we had presentations. I was very nervous about this and happy

when I finished reading. In Ataturk Arboretum we saw a lot of interesting

plants and trees. I liked a trip to the old town where we saw some unique

places. I enjoyed evenings very much because we spent them outside. We

rode bikes, ate ice creams and did shopping. We had a great time in

Burak’s house too. I liked Turkish cola and Burak’s parents.

Daniel

IMPRESSIONS ABOUT THE MEETINGS

The thing I liked the best in Turkey was a cruise on Bosphorus Strait. I also liked

a visit to aquarium. I’ve never seen so beautiful fish so far! The workshops at

school were also cool: we made new friends, painted and had a lot of fun!

Dominika

Istanbul is a beautiful and very huge city! I liked Istanbul aquarium best. It was

amazing! There were big glass walls and we could see colourful fish, rays,

dangerous sharks and different plants. I was also amazed when I saw the Blue

Mosque and Basilica Cistern in reality. In Turkey there were tasty dishes. I met

very kind people there. Izem and her family are really great! They are very

hearty and hospitable. They took care of me and Dominika. I hope I’ll go to

Turkey again.

Oliwia

Polish team about the meeting in LatinaThe meeting in Italy was so excited. We visited lots of interesting places like

Rome, Sperlonga or Sermoneta. The Colloseum in Rome was beautiful and the

trip to Vatican was amazing. In Italy we ate lots of Italian food, for example

pizza or pasta. I didn’t think their dishes are so great! The best and most

important thing were people. They were very hospitable and nice! I lived in

Elisabetta’s house. Her parents and brother were very friendly. Sometimes it was

difficult to speak English but then we could draw or gesticulate. It was funny!

We also learnt some new words in Italian, Slovenian and Turkish. I met lots of

new people and I often chat with them on the Internet now. I love Italy and I

hope I’ll come back there.

Martyna

The first day of our trip was full of excitement. We met with the families. I made a

lot of new friends. Every day we visited new places. I also got to know Italian

culture and customs. I liked the dishes very much. Ester, my host friend, is a very

nice and friendly girl. Her parents were also very nice for me and felt in their

house like in my own. We also had interesting workshops. Italy is a beautiful

country! I love Italy!

Emilia

In Italy I liked everything: people, food and places. We visited many beautiful

places but I liked Ninfa Garden best. It is so amazing! There are a lot of colourful

flowers, old trees, small brooks and waterfalls. I admired old buildings too. When

we were in pantanello we could see pictures with insects, birds and hear their

voices.

Italian people are very nice and kind. I really like Eleonora and her family. Her

mum cooked tasty cookies for us! The food there was delicious, my favourites

were pizza and spaghetti. It was funny when we learnt Italian words.

I’d like to go to Italy again in the future! It’s a lovely country! I never forget this

trip.

Oliwia

I enjoyed the trip to Italy very much. I met a lot of new people. I stay in contact

with Laura. It was very funny there and the food was delicious! I’d like to meet

those people again.

Patrycja


Italy is a beautiful country. Amazing views made me feel happy. I met very kind and

protective people who took care of me. I also liked the dishes, especially the ones I

ate for the first time. I hope I’ll go to Italy in the future.

Ania

Slovenian team about the project meeting in Turkey At the beginning I was scared. Living with complete strangers for an entire week

seemed like a nightmare. But when the family picked me up at the airport I felt relief.

They were very nice and they made me feel like I was a part of their family. I was also

pleasantly surprised by their English. The 2nd day we went to school and it was

weird, everyone was starring and us, but we got used to it... After a while. But to

conclude it was a new experience and an amazing one. I do miss the family and the

friends I got there. Turkey was an amazing experience and if I get the opportunity to

go back again I would take that opportunity.

Urša

This was my first long journey. I was excited about city, people, school,

attractions. I loved theme of project and the week programe too. Everything was

great, so I will love to come back to Turkey again, all to wonderful family like Bayza's

Alja

I was having a great time in Turkey. Turkey has a lot of interesting

places. Like waste water treatment plant, Botanical Garden, Sulejman's

square, Aquarium and Blue mosque. The mosques are very beautyfull. The host

family was very very kind. I had a lot of fun with them. I allredy miss

them. Istanbull is very croudy. The only problem in turkey was It was to

short.

Miha

Italian team about the meeting in Poland The trip to Poland was wonderful because it was an experience that helped me

to grow up.

Thanks to this trip, I improved my English and made a lot of new friends.

I also visited beautiful places; my favourite city was Warsaw, because it was very

traditional.

The host family was very welcoming and made me feel like at home.

Martyna’s mother was a young woman and she was very nice, her sister was a

beautiful girl, her grandma was very funny and Martyna was a great girl. I had a

wonderful time with them.

The school was cool and there was a big garden, full of flowers and plants.

I already miss all my Comenius friends!

Elisabetta

Last week I had a very significant life experience. On 25th of May I went to

Fiumicino Airport in Rome with three school friends and teachers because I took

part in the Comenius project “We love nature-nature loves us”. In my life I had

never seen an airport and when I saw it for the first time, I realized it was very

cool! The plane was very comfortable and I liked flying a lot. When we arrived in

Poland I was a bit worried because I was going to stay for a week with unknown

people, but luckily I found a beautiful and extremely kind family.

Poland is a very nice and interesting country; we visited a lot of beautiful places,

like for example Warsaw, the capital city. At the end of the week, when we had to

come back to Italy we were all very sad because we had become very fond both

of our host families and our Polish friends. I really miss Poland.

Simone


In my school we are doing a European project, “We love nature-nature loves us”

which includes Poland, Slovenia, Turkey and Italy. From 25th to 31st of May, Ester,

Elisabetta, Simone and me went to Poland with our teachers and the headmistress

of our school.

In Poland we were hosted by different Polish families. Polish schools are very

different from Italian schools. Outside there is also a park with a little pond. The girl

who hosted me was very kind and her family too. In Poland I met a lot of nice and

cute guys. So, in a nutshell, I loved this wonderful experience a lot!

Eleonora


Polish impresions from the meeting in SloveniaIn Slovenia people are very friendly. School in Kranj is very big, it’s bigger

than our school. During our visit we worked in 3 groups: drama, music and

art. I was in the art group. The teachers were very good and helpful. I think

Slovenian traditional food is OK, but Polish food is better. I enjoyed the trips

very much. Slovenia is great!

Ewelina

In November we were in Slovenia. Paweł, Patrycja , Julka, Ewelina, teachers

and me went to Slovenian school. We went there by plane – it was so

exciting!

The school is in Kranj – a small town not far from the capital Ljubljana. The

students were staying in houses of Slovenian students. Patrycja was in

Nika’s house, Julka and Ewelina were in Maja’s house, and me and Paweł

were in Samo’s house. At the school we met Slovenian, Italian and Turkish

students and we became friends. During those 5 days we visited Kranj,

Ljubljana – the capital city of Slovenia, Brdo, Bled and ecological farm.

When we came back to Poland we were very happy. I think this adventure

with Comenius was one of the best in my life.

Martyna

Slovenia is a small but beautiful country. I like it very much. Lake in Bled, park in Brdo, Ljubljana and Kranj are very captivating places. The host family in which I stayed is very nice and friendly. However, traditional Slovenian food is not the best in the world.Patrycja


The trip to Slovenia was an unforgettable experience, especially because I could speak English, know people of different countries and visit lots of wonderful places. The school was very nice, comfortable, colourful and bright. In my opinion, the best place we visited was Bles, with its spectacular lake, the small island and the little church in the middle! I also enjoyed Lubiana, the capital, with its bridges and its castle on the top of the hill and Brdo with its huge park and forest. The family where I stayed was so special! I really miss them all. I enjoyed the Comenius project so much!!!!!!!!

All the best from Chiara

Italian impresions from the meeting in SloveniaThe first meeting in Slovenia with our Comenius friends, coming from different countries, was very interesting. When I met my host family I was really embarrassed, but then it was funny and they were so nice with me! The school we visited is fantastic! There were lots of laboratories and the students wore slippers! That’s unusual for us. The trips were beautiful and interesting. My favourite trip was the one to Bled’s lake. The place seemed so surrealistic, as if we were living in a fairy tale. I’m very happy to have taken part in this project also because I met lots of new friends of different countries and for this reason I spoke English always and everywhere, sometimes even with my Italian friends.

Alice

I was very happy to be in the Comenius project Because I made new friends and I experienced for the first time staying a week far from home: I was happy to see the logo that I created together with my friend Chiara. It was everywhere in the school. We were so proud! I spoke English with my new friends all the time. I’d like to repeat this wonderful experience; it was really nice and I’ll remember it for a lifetime. Thanks everybody from Camilla. The week in Slovenia was very nice for us, because we always spoke English and we met friends from other countries. The family where I stayed was very friendly, kind and polite. The classes of the school we visited are bright, large and modern. In the school there is a canteen, two gyms, a kitchen and a lot of different classes for the students. We were very excited to share this experience with our teachers and with our new friends: We were so happy in Slovenia and we miss everything and everybody of this wonderful country. I hope to take part in a Comenius project in the future.! Particular thanks to the headmaster, Suzana, Sonia, Marko and Andrej.

Sonia

Turkish team about the four project meetings

Slovenia

I like speaking English. Thanks to the project, I saw that I can also speak English

in daily life with my Slovenian friends. Before going to Slovenia, I was very

curious. I really enjoyed the activities at school.

Erdem

Poland

I liked the project a lot. I learned the cultures of other countries. We did a lot of

activities together. I learned about different people, different lives. Moreover, I

learned to be a guest and to be a host. I had a lot of friends and we’re still in

contact. I wish there was a project like this again. I would be very happy.

İzem

This project was a very nice project for me. I learnt about the culture of Poland

and I had a very good time. I made good friendships there. I am in contact with

them via internet. I improved my English. Fortunately, I joined the project. I hope

I will involve in another project like this. Thanks to everyone!

Ecem


Italy

It was a very nice opportunity for us. I really enjoyed everything. I enjoyed all the

activites in Italy. We saw a lot of nice places in Istanbul,too. We had a great time.

It was a very nice project. Thanks!

Elif Nur

Turkey

Thanks to the project, I improved my English and I learned about different

cultures. I was interested in different kinds of family lives and friendships. I saw a

lot of different places in the project. I had great fun.

Burak

WE WANT TO THANK ALL THE HOST FAMILIES , STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

WHO INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT. WE HAD GREAT TIMES TOGETHER.

HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN!

Kürşat , Meral, Ayşegül.


Coordinators of the Project:

• Ayşegül Aksakal - TURKEY

• Sonja Grilc- SLOVENIA

• Alicja Pietrzak - POLAND

• Marinella Ippoliti - ITALY

This booklet is a present from Turkey to all the partners of the project.

LINKS

• www.wln-nlu.com : Link to show that project’s website.

• https://twitter.com/wlnnlu

• http://4d.rtvslo.si/arhiv/infodrom/174247517 : Link to show that we have seen in Slovenia, from national Tv in Slovenia

• http://www.wlnnlu.com/uploads/2/4/0/8/24083672/slovenske_novice_22-11-2013.jpg

• http://www.wln-nlu.com/uploads/2/4/0/8/24083672/esr__skupni_koraki_k_varovanju_narave_-_casnik_solski_razgledi.pdf

• www.afcimamhatiplisesi.meb.k12tr

• http://dobranovica.si/slovenski-tuji-solarji-v-sodelovanju-z-naravo/

• http://www.spkrzywdacomenius.wix.com/wln-nlu

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