Greetings from Getxo

Saturday
On the 23rd of March,  the Hungarian and Polish students arrived in Bilbao. We were very excited to see each other again. The Hungarians and their Spanish partners went to a restaurant and ate a special Spanish meal, which was delicious.

Sunday
That day was a family day. All of us did different things with our partners and explored Getxo.  For example, some of us went to the beach, others went bowling and went shopping.

Monday

On the first day at school we had warming -up activities in order to get to know one another. Then we went on the treasure hunt.  We had a short tour in the city. We visited the town hall and walked by the seaside to see the mansions, beaches, and the suspension bridge. We took the underground and had the first workshop at school. In the afternoon a part of our group went surfing and the others went shopping.

Tuesday

In the morning we worked on the project. Then, we travelled to Bilbao by metro. We visited some famous sites there, like the Diputación and the Guggenheim Museum.  Later on, we had an amazing time playing laser tag.

Wednesday

First, we had a workshop at school. We also saw a presentation about the Basque Culture.  Then, we travelled to Gernika, which is the most famous historical village in the Basque Country. We visited the Peace Museum, and did some sightseeing.  We went to a village, called Mundaka, where we had lunch.  After that, we also visited Bermeo, a beautiful fishing village.

Thursday

During the first two hours we finished our project and started working on other interesting tasks. The Spanish students organised typical Basque activities for us. We had the chance to try different enjoyable sport activities, such as “Sokatira”, “Txingak” and “Lokotxak”. We also practised folk dances as well.

Friday

In the morning we had the last workshop to finish the project and prepare the presentation of the project. At midday all the students presented the different tasks they had prepared, such as the digital calendar, the reports, the debates, role plays, drama, etc.

In the evening we celebrated the National Evening. Each country presented a video or PowerPoint about their culture and school in the Salón de Actors. The students played a trivia quiz about Europe. The Spanish students performed a song about the Comenius program, and after we celebrated with traditional Spanish foods prepared by the families in the school canteen. Some students played Basque instruments (trikitixa and pandero). After dinner, the students went to the decorated gym to sing and dance together. The evening finished watching the slideshow that the students had prepared about the whole week. It was a perfect night to finish the trilateral meeting.

Greetings from Izmir

Greetings from Izmir

We are always happy to participate and to contribute to a multilateral Comenius project “Our Identity National And European?”. I can bravely say that in Germany, meeting was one of the greatest experiences of my life. Our German friends did their best; they did an incredible job. They managed to make and accomplish a really rich programme, and meanwhile, above all, the atmosphere was unique for teachers and our students.

On the first day, the schools programme was amazingly full of love and hospitality. Then, on the first and second day, in Hannover trip, we had a really great time indeed. But my favourite day was the third one, when we visited Berlin, which was so beautiful that I cannot really find words to tell it. We were lucky to see Berlin city. On the fourth day, "National Days" presentation  we spent some valuable minutes.

We enjoyed the whole week very much and thanks to our German, Greece, Norway and France friends we could experience the greatest level of hospitality. That was the most important thing!!! Wishes, excitement, travel, happiness and surprises.

Our team cannot be satisfied more.

Polish Experience in Getxo

Hello everyone. We’re Weronika and Marysia from the Polish group. We would like to share with you our impressions from our meeting in Spain.

First, we want to say that, for some of us, it was the first flight, and it was an amazing expierience:) When we came to Getxo, we also met people from Hungary! We are happy that we’re still in touch with them!

One day we went to Bilbao where we visited the Guggenheim Museum. There we could see some special works of art, for example spices in tights.

During this week we could do a lot of awesome things. Most for us tried typical food  from our friends’ country, but we are sure that surfing was the best adventure!

Friends from Spain were teaching us a special Basque dance. It was a little bit hard for us at first, but finally we did it well. Later that day, they showed us  their Basque sports.  

On Friday we were really astonished what an amazing national evening  our friends prepared for us. There was dancing, delicious food, limbo, and a lot of fun. Finally, they organised a photoshow  for us and then everyone started to cry.

Before we said goodbye, there were a lot of hugs and kisses. We took our last photo. We were really sad because we thought that we might never see again but we hope that one day we will have a chance to meet again! We believe we will !

News from the Trilateral Meeting in Getxo, by Dóra Bakos and Emese Szakály

On the 22^nd of March in 2014 we were on our way in the hope of meeting our exchange partners. Arriving at La Paloma Airport in Bilbao, everyone hugged their partners and started recollecting memories of the previous visit. What is more, we got the chance again to get to know another culture because, as required by the rules of the Comenius Project, we had to spend this week with Polish students, too.

During this week, our main task was to create two calendars (an online Timeline, and a paper one), in which all of the Spanish, Polish and Hungarian feasts are included with short summaries. Generally in the mornings we worked on our projects (calendars, presentations, role-play, drama play, debate, reports, sports, competitions). Our afternoons were usually free, but of course we spent it together at various places, some of us even went surfing or laser fighting.

We also went sightseeing in the Basque capital, where we visited the famous Guggenheim Museum. We also went on day trips to Guernica, the town which was destroyed in the Spanish civil war; to the surfing paradise, Mundaka; and to a port called Bermeo, known for its fishing industry. In the National Evening, we had the opportunity to experience a real Spanish atmosphere; beginning with the collective singing, dancing, to delicious national dishes.

On the 29^th of March full of experiences we got on our plane waving goodbye to our true international friends. 

In the hope of seeing each other later, we locked these incredibly wonderful two weeks and our friendship in our heart.

News from the Trilateral Meeting in Getxo

Trilateral Meeting in The Basque Country (Spain) and Germany

Next week, students and teachers from our eight countries are holding the

Trilateral Meeting of the European Project "Comenius" 

(24th -28th March) 

to carry out the project entitled  

                                                     "Our Identity: National and European? 

                             -A Research of National and European Landmarks."

Hosts and guests will have the chance to visit the most emblematic places in Getxo (Spain) and Garbsen (Germany).

At the same time, They will be working in the project at the schools in multi-national teams and they will also have the opportunity to know the hosts' schools, their way of teaching and style of  life, as they will be living with the hosts' families.

In the following video we can see the students from Getxo  presenting their last version of their Comenius song  -Welcome home, to Europe- especially composed to be sung by the eight countries for the ocassion.

Comenius Trilateral Meeting in Getxo

Comenius Trilateral Meeting in Getxo

Welcome home, to Europe -the new song for our Comenius students

Time passes, but not work and friends.
We are quite sure that all the teams from the eight countries have been working hard after the Bilateral Meeting last November.
We have been searching to get the answers to the second part of our project. We have shared them with our trilateral European friends. This could be our image diary.

Preparing the Trilateral Meeting

During the last week of February, we have been rehearsing the song to be sung at the Trilateral Meeting during the National Evening. We encourage you all to learn it and sing it together.

 WELCOME HOME, TO EUROPE

Warm greetings from Getxo and have a nice Carnival!