POLAND AND ITALY VISIT US IN IGUALADA

From the 20th to the 25th of October of 2013 a group of teachers from Italy and a group of teachers and students from Poland came to Igualada ( Barcelona ).

The Polish students stayed in some of our 4th ESO students’ houses, so that they all could practise their English and they had the opportunity to know about different European cultures.

                            

Visit of the Town Hall

    

During these days we visited different places such us Barcelona ( Sagrada Familia, Gaudi’s Parc Güell, the Barcelona football club stadium and museum, etc ) , Montserrat Mountains, the Town Hall in Igualada, The Codorniu Wine Cellars, etc.

              

                   In the Football Club Barcelona Stadium

                    

                       In the Boqueria's market

           

In front of  Sagrada Familia

In the Montserrat Mountains

In Codorniu Wine Cellars

We also worked a lot on our Project. For instance, we made a selection of the best paintings about Mediterranian products that our Catalan students from Primary School and 2nd and 3rd ESO painted at school in September.

The best paintings about Mediterranian products 

One day they came to our school and they could see how the Catalan students worked in their classrooms.

                                                                                          Working about the Project

                                                      

We also prepared  typical Catalan food for our visitors and we had dinner together ( so we shared our knowledge of typical and healthy Catalan products with them ).

                                              

 

                                                     

                           

It was a wonderful and useful experience for all of us.

We are waiting for our next visit to Poland in May 2014 !!!

WORKING PROGRAMME OF THE COMENIUS 2012-2014 PROJECT.GROWING IN NATURE ORGANIC FARMING.20TH-25TH OCTOBER 2013 AT MONALCO SCHOOL, IGUALADA, BARCELONA (SPAIN)

MONDAY 21^st

•  Barcelona City Tour (Visit different main attractions in Barcelona)

TUESDAY 22^nd

•  Visit to the Town Hall, Mayor and Education director
•  Visit to the Old Town of Igualada
•  Visit the school and working on the project (videos about Spanish recipes, choosing the best picture of organic food, power point presentation of our school, power point about an organic garden in our city, etc.)

WEDNESDAY 23^rd

• Cultural visit to the Sagrada Família
• Lunch in Parc Güell
• Visit to the Museum of Barcelona Football Club

THURSDAY 24^th

• Visit  to Montserrat by the rack railway (touristic train)
• Visit to the Codorniu Cellars in Sant Sadurní d’Anoia
• Last meeting at school to enjoy our typical Catalan food

Meeting in Italy

                                         

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From 16 th to 21st JuneFrom 16th to 21st June, a group of 2 teachers and 8 students from our school went to Aulla, Toscana, following the programme of our Comenius Project. Once in Italy, we met our Polish and Turkish partners and together with the Italian group, we made some interesting trips.

Carrara

We had the official visit to the Mayor of Aulla who welcomed us warmly The first trip was visiting the Carrara Quarry. The marble there  was brilliant under the sun and we had the chance to visit the spot in a 4/4 . We were told that many emblematic buildings in Italy are made of this expensive material.

We in Pisa

Another interesting  place we visited was Pisa.The tower was amazing!  It seemed impossible that it still stood up!

We in Florencia

Florence was great! History and art were shown at every step. Ponte Vechio was so cute!

However, the best views were in Golfo de l´Spezzia where we took a "ferry" from where we could admire the wonderful landscape.

Fortunately, the food was not a problem as everybody likes pasta and there, we had it every day.

Of course, we learnt about  Italian culture but we practiced and improved our English too as this was the only means of comunication.

All in all, a great experience which strengthens our wish to see our partners again, next time in Igualada. We are already preparing all the activities which will be carried out in our country and looking forward to it.

Trip to Turkey

   
                        TRIP TO TURKEY

Recently, at the beginning of April, we met in Besni (Adiyaman), Turkey. All of us worked together and commented the different contributions to the project and  did our presentations. We talked about our school, our town and our country and all the partners let the others know about  their traditions and culture.

Typical Turkish dance

They received us warmly with songs and typical Turkish dances. We were also received by the important people in the town. The City Governor, the City Mayor and the Director of Education. All of them were very interested in our culture, our country and Catalonia. 

Teachers of Monalco (R.Vila and N.Bou)
with the Mayor of Besni

As our oproject is about organic food, we had a breakfast with all kind of organic products served in one of the Turkish student’s garden. People were  extremely warm and treated us wonderfully.

We visited the school. Their classes were similar to ours and there were decorations all over the place devoted to Comenius project. We decided which would be the Project logo among all those our students had made.

Els alumnes de l'escola Namik Kemal donant la benvinguda
als nostres professors

Participants en el Projecte Comenius "Growing in Nature organic farming", a Turquia

The project logos

Next event was visiting different farms where we have been welcomed by the landowners who showed us their proceedings on organic farming.

Archaeological reminds at the Zeugma Museum

Among other interesting places, we visited Gaziantep and the amazing Zeugma Museum where you can admire great archaeological remins. We also visited historical places such as Cendere Bridge, built by the Romans. We went up to Kahta-Mount Nemrut (Commagene Kingdom) 8th wonder of the world and watched the sunset with magnificent views offered from the summit.

     

Món Nemrut
Tomba monumental del rei Antioco

Món Nemrut

Posta de sol des del Món Nemrut

Next meeting will be in June. All the partners will meet in Italy. Next, in October we are waiting for all the visitors in Igualada and finally at the end of May 2014 we will go to Poland.

Hi!

We have been working a lot on our Comenius Project.

These are the activities we have done so far:

Posters  about Turkey, Italy and Poland.

• Students from 3^rd ESO recorded some videos in which they prepared typical Catalan recipes Trinxat de la Cerdanya
• A lot of pictures about Catalan traditions, such as the grape harvest to get wine (P-3 students), P-4 students making "panellets" and visiting a greengrocer's  to learn about typical fruit from Catalonia, etc.)
•  A contest to choose a good logo for the project .
• A video about the environment and Nature.
• A contest about natural resources.
• A quiz about natural resources.
• A quiz about eating habits(2^nd ESO).

        And that’s not all! We are also preparing two trips:

•  We are visiting Turkey at the beginning of April.
• A visit to Italy in the middle of June.

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                          Come and enjoy!