Our partners from Hungary (Debrecen) and Turkey (Afionkarahisar) were welcomed in Abraveses and Mundão – the host schools of this III meeting.

The headmasters of both schools – Mr Fernando Figueiral ( Escola Dr. Azeredo Perdigão)  and Ms Benvinda Silva ( Agrupamento de Escolas de Mundão) welcomed Jószef Hetei ( Debrecen) and Ramazan Eryildiz (Afionkarahisar).

All the participants greeted and exchanged presents.

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From 11th to 15th March the partners met in Abraveses and Mundão – Viseu.

Our students played linko, boardgame and table tennis in “international teams”.

They were able to show their knowledge on the three participant countries and its culture, traditions, monuments and personalities.

Here you can see some pictures of the activities performed by the students in Abraveses and Mundão.

Since we last met in Afyon our students have been working on games!

They started a research work based on the culture, traditions and History of each partner/ country. They have been preparing wall charts, PowerPoint presentations and other materials to present in the III meeting in Viseu- Portugal.

Based on the information they got , they will play two board games.

One of them is named LINKO  and the other one is a traditional boardgame. For these two games students will have to answer to questions on the culture, traditions and history of the 3 countries.

Students will also play table tennis.

The aim of these activities is to enhance students’ self-confidence, self – esteem and develop friendship and socialization.

There will be 20 people visiting Viseu.

10 teachers and 2 students from Hungary (Debrecen)

4 teachers and 4 students from Turkey (Afionkarahisar).

Teachers will also share experiences related to activities and  games that develop ” Interpersonal relationships” in class.

There will be opportunity to prepare the activities to present in Debrecen, next may or June .

This is the programme of the meeting in Viseu.

Programme

Wednesday – 11th March

Arrival of the partners

Thursday – 12th March

 Morning – Escola Azeredo Perdigão

9h - Opening session

        Visiting the school

        Sports activity performed by the Portuguese students

        Presentation: Interpersonal relationships: strategies to enhance students’ self-esteem,  

        collaboration, socialization and friendship

Afternoon – Escola EB. 2/3 de Mundão

13h - Lunch – in the school canteen

          Visiting the school

          Activities performed by the Portuguese students

          Tennis competition     

          Awards – photo competition (Students from Mundão)

          Preparing the activities for the final meeting of the partnership

Night – Dinner in the restaurant: “Mesa da Sé”

Friday, 13th March

Morning –  Escola Azeredo Perdigão

9h – Games

        Linko + Boardgame

        Awards – photo competition (students from Abraveses)

Afternoon

13h – Lunch at the shopping Centre:” Palácio do Gelo”

          Visit to the City Hall and Representative of the Government

          Visit to the Historical Centre

Night – dinner in the restaurant: “Verde-Gaio”

 Saturday - 14th March

Morning

8h – Departure to Aveiro (at the hotel)                                                           

10h -   Visit to:  “Vista Alegre” (Portuguese hand made pottery)

                           Ship Museum – Ílhavo Museu marítimo de Ílhavo

11.30h – Beach – “Costa Nova”

13h Lunch – In a restaurant near “Barra’s” Lighthouse

Afternoon

15.30h / 16h  - Visit to Aveiro and trip in a typical boat “Moliceiro” ,in “Ria de Aveiro”

Night – dinner in Viseu in the restaurant:  “City. Come” (with live music)

Sunday -  15th March

Departure of the partners

The 2nd meeting is over and it’s time to prepare the new activities.

We would like to thank the Turkish school for its organisation and hospitality. Sahnur and Ramazan made a remarkable job. Congratulations

During these days all partners shared the activities developed with the students involved in the project. It wasn’t that easy to organise the Photo Contest, but some of the students made a wonderful job.

You can see some of  their pictures in the schools’ folders.

Now, let’s see some of the pictures taken during the meeting. Enjoy!

MARESAL FEVZİ CAKMAK PRIMARY SCHOOL

SESSION PROGRAMME

8th-12th October, 2008

8th October: Arrival in Ankara and Istanbul

                        Hungarian group- 12.55 p.m(Istanbul)

                        Portuguese group- 14.40 p.m(Ankara)

                        Turkish teachers will be waiting for the groups at the airport.

Travelling by bus.

                        Dinner at Gulyurt Restaurant.

9th October: A Turkish teacher is waiting for you in front of the pension at 8.45.

Welcome at school at 9 a.m. Work  from 10.00 to 12.00 a.m.(photos)

                        Lunch  at 12.30 at Ballipinar Restaurant.

                        After lunch we go to school and work from 14.00 to 17.00(movies)

                        Meeting the mayor deputy of Afyon.

                        Dinner at 19.30 at  Korel Restaurant.

                        Going to a pub where Turkish folk songs are played.

10th October:Meeting at school at 9 a.m. Work from 9.00 to 12.00 a.m.(board games)

                        Lunch at 13.00 at Hanedan Restaurant.

                        In the afternoon sightseeing in Afyon and free time.(Afyonkarahisar Castle, an                         old mosque and an old Turkish bath…)

                        Meeting all the teachers at a party.( dinner and fun)

11th October:Outing to Eskisehir by bus (180 km)

                        Meeting in front of the pension at 9 a.m.(travelling 2-3 hours)

                        Lunch there, in Eskisehir.

                        After lunch, sightseeing in Eskisehir( Going to Anadolu University, getting on a gondola in the (small)River Porsuk, drinking wine in a wine house…)

                        Dinner in Eskisehir at 19.30.

                        Coming back to Afyon.

12th October:Departure of the groups.

Dear friends

Now our students can exchange ideas and information.

They have a common blog to learn English and to talk about them and their interests

Have a look HERE and leave your comments.

The next step will be photography

We are organising a kind of a photography contest .

There will be 3 compulsory themes and 1 free.

    Compulsory theme ideas:    

            -churches in my city / village

         - the playground at school

         - nature

Churches: students will plan the route in the city / village, so they should check where and what kind of churches are in their cities / villages .They would learn a lot, too and it would be interesting to see in our common exhibition what churches look like in Turkey, Portugal and Hungary.

Playgrounds: we thought of it because they spend a lot of time there.

  What do they want to show?

  What they do in the playground, the games they play, where students usually gather …

Nature: it depends on their personality what they would take a photo of. Maybe flowers, trees or animals?

Dogs at houses? Dogs wandering around the city? Bee on a flower? We can see their feelings and emotions.

FREE: show yourself through your photos.

Maybe some will take his family, friends and maybe himself.

Maybe some will take his computer, bike or … it’s FREE

The best in each category will win a trip to Turkey or Hungary  …

It will be in Hungary – Debrecen

The teams will arrive on 16th April and work will start on  17th morning. We will

* compare the results of the sociometric survey :”identify” outsiders in a class

* analyse the preferences of our students -what concerns their free time

* Share the movies they produced about the things they like and don’t like at school

Teachers will also define an ” OUTSIDER”  – each country will state its opinions on this issue

We will prepare future actions with our students

We  have decided the activity :

Students are going to “produce” a small movie about the way they see their school. In each class (the classes selected for the project) students will work in groups and will tape the aspects of their daily life at school: the things they appreciate, the things they don’t like, those aspects they would change if they could…

They are going to use their own resources : mobile phones and cameras to capture the images they want. Then they will make a short movie ( 5 minutes lenghth) with information written in their mother tongue and in English,too.

At the moment all schools are applying the ” Free time questionnaire”  in the selected classes. We are preparing the activities for the students.

We have three ideas :

a) making a movie about their school

b) taking photos

c) playing board games/ games