Bilateral Meeting Getxo - Garbsen

Saturday:

At 16:55 the German students arrived at Bilbao’s airport. All of us were very excited to meet our partners. After seeing the host family we went to the houses of our Families. At 7 o’clock we met in Las Arenas and went to a restaurant which is called WOK. Then, we walked on the Las Arenas beach.

Sunday:  

On Sunday every German spent time with his or her own host family. Some students went sailing or to see some parts of Getxo like the old port and the new one or the beach of Ereaga.

Monday:

On Monday we played some games to learn each others' names. Then, we did a rally in Getxo (The Treasure Hunt). We visited the Town Hall, where a representative gave us some information about Getxo. And we also saw the Suspension Bridge in Las Arenas. In the afternoon some of us went shopping. We had a lot of fun because everyone loves shopping. After that, we went home.

Tuesday:

At noon we visited the Palace of Diputación in Bilbao. We also did some shopping. Then, we went to the Guggenheim Museum and deepened into modern art work. We saw some pictures of world famous artists (Kandinsky, Picasso, Warhol). After that. some of us went to see the old city.

Wednesday

On Wednesday we went to Gernika to the Assembly House. They showed us a video about the History of the Basque Country, Gernika and theTree of Gernika. After that, we took some pictures of the old and new tree. Then, we went to the Peace Museum. All of us visited the museum with a guide. It was very interesting because we learnt how life was at that time, during the last Spanish Civil War. The guide explained it very well. Later, we went to Mundaka, where we had lunch . Finally, we visited Bermeo, we had fun and took some pictures. At 5 PM We took the bus and went back to Getxo.

Thursday

On Thursday we prepared the Presentations about the similarities and differences between the German and the Spanish culture. At break we played some traditional Basque Games (Herri Kirolak). Then, in the National Evening, we brought some food such as cakes  sandwiches, omelettes , etc. In the assembly hall, the winners of the Treasure Hunt and the Quiz were given some prizes. After that, we got dinner and danced a lot in the gym,  which was decorated like a disco. Itziar and Ignacio guided the night dance.

After clearing up the gym, we went around Algorta and then we went back home.

Preparations for Comenius week in Września (Poland)

Over a month ago a group of students  willing to take part in the 2^nd year of the Comenius project met for the first time. Before they learned if they would take part in this project, they had to answer a few questions in English about the exchange.
After choosing the group, which this year consists of 8 people: 6 girls and 2 boys, students wrote their profiles. Then they were put into pairs with Turkish students and made contact with them.

Last Friday (the seventh of November), Polish group had their third meeting to prepare for the upcoming project week.
In the meeting students talked about the answers to questions contained in the questionnaire about national identity, which had been given the previous week.
Then, all together made a special poster respecting this year's exchange topic, which will be displayed in the Comenius corner. Students were very active and had a lot of great ideas.
At the end of the meeting students and supervising teachers went to take a group photo.

First Comenius meetings in Thessaloniki, Greece

Hello, Kalimera from Greece!

In October 2014 our Comenius team got ready. 15 students participate in the 2nd year of the project about our identity and 4 teachers.

 Our students sent their profiles to our partner school in Budapest and after the matching they started communicating with their new friends. They interviewed a number of people of two different generations and they prepared their summaries. They watched the movie "My big fat greek wedding" and took notes about features of our identity. That was fun!

10 days are left and on the 22nd of November we will be flying to Hungary. We can't wait to meet our colleagues and students. The school and the town looks so perfect in the photographs.

Finally, we took a picture during our last field trip in front of the White Tower, the most famous landmark of Thessaloniki, to share it with you.

 Keep up the good work!

Preparing for the trilateral meeting in March 2014 2nd Lyceum of Pylaia Greece

In November, we started preparing ourselves for the trilateral meeting that was going to be held in Germany in March, where the groups would work together and create a calendar including each partner’s main national celebrations.

Each student was given a month and he/she had to find information and photographs about it and prepare a project/document. Four of our students had the role of the journalist and they were members of the press group, together with the German students. They recorded everything that was going on and took photographs. Then they exchanged their findings with their German partners and got familiar with each other’s culture.

Our team held meetings where they discussed and presented their work. They were very happy and excited as they got to make friendships with their partners and couldn’t wait to meet each other again in Garbsen.

We had also prepared a role playing and a song about one of our Greek  customs, “Chelidonismata”. Our students learned by heart their part and rehearsed many times to improve their play.

We also got the Spanish team’s song “Welcome home, to Europe”, watched the video and learned the lyrics. The Spanish teachers were very glad to give us any help we needed.

Everything had been taken care of and our luggage filled with anticipation and excitement! Our destination: Garbsen Germany.