presentación de proyecto y visitas a rumanía, turquía, alemania, letonia, francia y grecia
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The name “Comenius” has been taken from the Czech teacher John Amos Comenius (1592 – 1670), considered the father of modern education. He introduced such revolutionary concepts at the time as:
- Equal opportunity for poor children
- Opened doors to education for women
- A departure from dull memorization towards a more practical instruction.
WHAT ARE COMENIUS PROJECTS?
Objectives of Comenius Projects
1- Reinforcing the European dimension in the field of education
2- Promoting mobility and cooperation among schools in Europe.
Comenius projects form part of the “Lifelong Learning Programme” of the European Commission. Their objectives are:
Objectives of Comenius Projects (ii)
3- Offering students and teachers opportunities to learn and work together on topics relevant for school education.
4- Supporting transnational mobility, partnership and projects, as well as educational networks and school twinning.
Our Comenius Project: Culture and Environment
Our school's project is centered around the topic of Environment and Culture.
We are learning about the problems and dangers that threaten our heritage, both the natural and the historical one.
What we do.- We have partner schools in six European
countries:
France,
Germany,
Latvia,
Romania,
Greece
Turkey.
What we do (ii)
- With these schools, and their teachers and students, we perform activities related to the protection of environmental and cultural heritage.
What we do (iii)Some students
are having the opportunity to travel to those countries, to
meet students and teachers
and to do activities together.
What we do (iv)
- We have an etwinning project, a website where we upload all the activities we do
and where we can meet students
from our partner schools.
First Trip: ROMANIA
First Trip: RomaniaThe first trip has been to Romania, in
November 2013.
On the first day, we visited Budapest.
Our trip day to day
We visited the city for a few hours
Then we met our partners and we got on the bus to travel to our
destination in Romania: Cîmpani
When we arrived, the Romanian
families had prepared a welcome dinner.
On the second day, we went to school, where the members presented their
countries
Then the Romanian students danced and they did a theater play.
After that we chose the best logo and poster for our project.
In the afternon we chose the best poster and logo, and then each student went home with
his or her Romanian host
In this picture Daniel is with his Romanian host in
Timisoara.
On the third day, we spent all day visiting Timisoara, a beautiful and historical city. We ate at a restaurant and we returned to
Cîmpani.
First we visited the
Etnographic museum
Then we went for a tour of
the city
In this photo we are all students and all teachers who went to Romania
On the fourth day, we visited
the Bears' caves
And in the evening we enjoyed a farewell dinner
Finally, on the fifth day, at 2 am we took the bus to Budapest. In Budapest we got on a boat on the river Danube.
We enjoyed the trip to Romania because we've met people from other countries.
SECOND TRIP
TURKEY
First day.On the first day, we all met at school and went to Málaga by car to catch the plane to go to Turkey, but before we got to Turkey
stopped in Rome. We arrived in Turkey at midnight, but we didn't get to our hotel
until 01:30.
Second day
We got up early and before heading back to the airport to go to Karamürsel with our Comenius partners we went to see the square where the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia were.
At 12 am we were at the airport to go together on the bus and when we arrived the people had made us a welcome dinner. After dinner we went home with our host families.
Third day.The third day we were in school doing presentations and we ate at a restaurant and when we ended the presentations we had a European class where presentations of the traditional dances and songs were made. After that we went with our hosts to their homes.
Fourth dayWe got up early and took the bus to go to Istanbul. There we saw the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Toscapi Palace and we ate at a restaurant near the main square where the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sofia are. We finished visiting everything about 18:30 and took the bus back to Karamürsel.
Fifth day We visited Yalova, near Karamürsel. Here, We visited some monuments, The Moving House and a big park. In the afternoon, we visited Karamürsel´s centre.
This night ,we had a party with all countries and turkish people in the teacher´s hotel.
On Friday, we went to airport and the other countries took their planes. The Spanish team went to Istambul alone. We visited ‘The Cistern’, The Great Bazaar, The
Bazaar of Spices, The Galata Tower and other mosques.
THIRD
TRIP
GERMANY
FIRST DAYWe went by car to Málaga. When we arrived in Málaga we waited for the plane for 3 hours. We took it at 7:00 AM and we arrived in Hamburg at 10:30 AM and we took 6 trains to go to the town of Jever. We met the French team in Bremen, and when we arrived to our last train stop we met the Greeks. Then we had a barbeque.
SECOND DAYWe woke up at 6 AM and we went to the school and we showed our works. Later we went to the beer factory in Jever. (The nearest city)
THIRD DAYWe went to the beach and we walked 8.8 km to Baltrum Island, then we spent the afternoon there, we went to a restaurant, and then to the beach. We went back to the village by ferry.
FOURTH DAYWe went to Bremen, we visited it, we went to the restaurant and we returned to the village we had 2 hours free with the families and finally we went to the farewell party.
FIFTH DAYWe said bye-bye to our host families. We went to Hamburg Hotel by train, but we had a very big problem with the reservation in the “hotel”, then we went to a new and much better hotel and spent the night there. We visited the port of Hamburg and a festival there.
FOURTH TRIP:
LATVIA
FIRST DAY
• We took a flight to Frankfurt and then another flight to Riga.
• We spent the rest of the day in Riga
SECOND DAY
• We arrived to Lîgatne, a little village in Latvia where our hosts live.
• We spent the rest of the day with our hosts.
THIRD DAY• We met our comenius partners
and we showed them our presentation.
• We went to their national park «Gauja»
THIRD DAY
• In the afternoon we went to a concert where we recited some poems and we saw their typical dances.
FOURTH DAY• In the morning, we
visited old Riga and a tour guide explained to us some legends and stories about the city.
FOURTH DAY
• In the afternoon, we went to see the Baltic Sea. We have never been futher north than that day.
FIFTH DAY• It was the last day in
Ligatne. In the morning we went to a city nearby, Cesis, where there was a very popular medieval castle.
FIFTH DAY
FIFTH DAY• We also went to a typical
latvian house to made like little cakes. After that we had some free time.
FIFTH DAY• In the evening, we had
a “goodbye party“ with all our comenius partners. We had great food for dinner and we danced for a while.
FIFTHTRIP:
FRANCE
Monday, 2nd MarchThe first day we took the plane at 7 a.m. and we arrived to Barcelona at 9 a.m. We took a second plane to Lyon at 10 a.m. and we arrived at 12 a.m. We ate in Pizza Hut and we waited in the airport until 6 p.m. We arrived a Point Chéruy at 7:30 p.m., we had dinner in the Town Hall and then we go to the house of ours host.
Tuesday, 3rd March We went to the school at 8 p.m. and we taked a bus to the Chartreuse Natural Park. We discovered this mountains in snowshoeing. We were all the day in the snow, we passed a very good day.
Wednesday, 4th MarchWednesday we went to the school with our partners, and we did different activities like cook, also each team did their presentation. We showed our presentation and then we went to see a beautiful village called Crémieu. It was a medieval city.
Thursday, 5th MarchWe did a guided tour from the Fourvière to the Old Lyon, then, we had lunch at a typical restaurant from Lyon called Bouchon and we went to La Presqu'ile, where there was a beautiful river.
Thursday's afternoon
We did a special dinner together because it was the last night, we had a very good time with music and some presents. Everyone was very friendly, we hope see them again.
Friday, 6th MarchIt was the last day, so we said goodbye to our friends and we go with the german girls to a hotel because we were going to stay there until Sunday. In the afternoon we visited some places of the center of Lyon.
Saturday, 7th MarchThis day was too special, because Spanish Team and French Team were together all the day in a shopping center, we ate together and then, we went to a river where we were all the day.At the night, Spanish Team cried and French Team too, because we known that this day will be the last. Then, Spanish Group went to the hotel very sad.
Sunday, 8th March
It was the last day in France, we were too tired, so we had lunch and we sat in a river until the moment where a taxi took us to the airport.
SIXTHTRIP:
GREECE
The 1st day we went to Jerez’s airport by car. We took a plane to Madrid and then Another one to Athens.
1ST DAY: TRAVELLING TO ATHENS
In the afternoon we visited the centre of the city, we met the German Team and we went to have dinner. When we were in the restaurant, the Latvian Team arrived.
1ST DAY: TRAVELLING TO ATHENS
In the morning, we met the French Team and we spent with them and with the Latvian Team the whole day. We visited the Acropolis and the Parliament.
2ND DAY: ATHENS
We had lunch, we went shopping and in the afternoon we visited
Anafiótica, a neighborhood.
2ND DAY: ATHENS
At 8 a.m. we took a bus to Larissa. We arrived to the high school at 1.30 p.m.
Later, we had a reception from Mayor and the Principal of High School. Then we had lunch in the school and at 5 p.m. we went with our host families.
3RD DAY:LARISSA
We went to Elassona, where we saw an Audiovisual presentation. Later we walked by Olympus Mountain and we had lunch in a village called Kokkinopilos.
4TH DAY: ELASSONA, OLYMPUS AND KOKKINOPILOS
In the morning we visited the Monastery of Great Meteoro.
We had lunch at Kazarma Hotel.
5TH DAY: METEORA, PLASTIRAS LAKE AND TACHIDROMIOU SQUARE
5TH DAY: METEORA, PLASTIRAS LAKE AND TACHIDROMIOU SQUARE
After lunch: Tour of Plastiras Lake.In the afternoon we had a ‘party’ in Tachidromiou Square to celebrate the2 years of Comenius.
In the morning we had a guided tour of Larissa by train.
6TH DAY: VISITING LARISSA, FAREWELL DINNER
At 5.00 p.m. we went to Agiokampos: coastal village. Farewell dinner.
6TH DAY: VISITING LARISSA, FAREWELL DINNER
End of program and farewell. We took a train to Athens with the Latvian Team and we went to the hotel together. We went shopping and at night we had dinner.
7TH DAY: LAST DAY IN LARISSA
We visited the National Archaeological Museum of Athens and a little chapel.
At 1. 30 p.m. we went to the airport and two hours ad a half later we took the plane to Madrid. There we had to wait two hours to take the plane to Jerez.
8TH DAY: LEAVING GREECE