Student exchange in Croatia - Day 2

On Tuesday we woke up to find a beautiful, warm, sunny day.

Students met at 8,30 at the Veneranda, an open air cinema set in the remains of an old Greek catholic monastery which was afterwards used as a fortress by the Napoleonic army. Here they started writing the script for a play based on a short story they wrote in advance.

After that it was time for the Drama Club. Students from each country performed a short extract from a play by a National author, students and teachers from the other countries being the audience.

After lunch students were divided into mixed teams and they had a Seek and Find Game: they had to look for parts of a poem hidden troughout the town, until they got the entire text.

At 16,00 we all met to go through a guided tour of the town. We visited the Franciscan Monastery and the near church, then we strolled along the pier until we reached the Arsenal and the Theatre. There, from the Main Square, we took a steep narrow street, which soon turned into steps, to reach the Spanjola Fortress, built on the very top of the hill behind the town: the view from the Fortress was amazing.

For dinner we teachers were taken to a restaurant on a little round island just in front of the port, where we ate various tasty kinds of fish and a delicious home made almond cake.

After that, tired, but happy and satisfied, we said goodnight and went back to the hotel.

written by the Italian team

Student exchange in Hvar - Day 1

The first day of the 5th student exchange started with an opening ceremony in the town hall of the beautiful island. We had a warm welcome by  the mayor and the headmaster of the host school. 

We could listen to some Croatian songs performed by the school choir and we also enjoyed a traditional folk dance performance which was followed by Natalija's kind words and summary of the previous two project years. 

After a short coffee break we were shown a presentation about Hvar island. We were informed about its history, famous people and sites.

 Then all the students and teachers took part in an exciting Kahoot quiz, the winner was the Lithuanian team.

In the afternoon students had some sport activities at school. 

3rd transnational meeting in Turkey

The third transnational project meeting took place in Istanbul, Turkey. It was organised from 6-8 September, 2017 and each partner institution was represented by two or three project team members. During the meeting we launched the 3rd project year by summing up the project activities we had completed so far and we checked and rearranged the activities of the 3rd project year. We agreed on the exact dates of the project activities and also made preparations for the completion of our cooperation.

We agreed on our common assessment tools both for language measurement and final assessment. We explored the Turkish school and got acquainted with all the activities done there as well as the Turkish educational system.

The activities for and during the student exchange in Croatia were discussed and we also made preparations for the final student exchange that will take place in Spain.

The participating teachers also had a “literary text” workshop, where we jointly read and discussed the short story „The Last Birds” by Sait Faik Abasiyanik.

We had the honour of visiting places and meeting people of great importance in order to discuss and compare our educational systems and share good practices. We paid a visit to National Education Directorate and had a meeting with the Mayor of Üsküdar.

We also took part in some great cultural activities and we went on some trips exploring the breathtaking Istanbul. We had an opportunity to see this spectacular place through the eyes of an insider visiting places that are popular with locals and experiencing authentic Turkish culture.  

We took a Historical Peninsula Tour visiting Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Topkapı Palace and  Basilica Cistern. We also paid a visit to Tanpinar Library which is a literary museum and archive dedicated to Turkish literature and named after the Turkish novelist and essayist Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar. We were fascinated by the great sights of Istanbul from a boat trip on Bosphorus.

We took part in a great workshop with with the Turkish Novelist and Story Writer Jale Sancak in Galata, who talked about her inspirations for writing and shared some useful tips and ideas with us.

We were all fascinated by the various tastes and sights of Turkey and were grateful for the good official programmes, the historical tours, the bazar tours, the nice turkish tea and d coffee and the hospitality and kindness of our Turkish partners!

It was a really good meeting with great project partners, so all of us have arrived home enthusiastic about the third year of our cooperation!

Our school year of 2016-2017 in Hungary

Short stories

During our second project year we put an emphasis on developing students' writing skills. More that 150 students took part in a creative writing competition.
Also, the students of the six partner countries have jointly written six short stories, one of which will be the basis of students' activities during the third project year.
The six short stories:



Our students have voted the story "Murder in Istanbul" for their story to work on during the third project year:

The first 4 issues of our project newspaper

Day 5: the final day of the student exchange in Rome

On Friday morning both students and teachers met at school to spend the last day together. The students took part in sport activities at Sport Center Fiamme Azzurre for students.
Meanwhile, the participating teachers had a meeting to discuss activities and project-related issues.

We visited a nice park within walking distance of the school, where the students took part in a team game. The teams were based on nationality and the ultimate aim was to decide which country will continue work on which short story out of the six ones student wrote together during the workshops.

The game included various stations, where students needed to complete a wide range of tasks such as sport activities, drama, memory game, etc.

 They were rewarded points based on their performance and the prize of the competition was to choose the stories first. It was great fun!

After the teams have chosen their stories the official part of the meeting has come to an end and all the teachers and students had a free afternoon to spend in the wonderful city of Rome.