Meetings


Meeting in Poznan- April 2013
The students who took part in the visit to Poznan were: Daniel Pérez, Jose Carlos Pérez,  Julia Rey and Rocío Navas. . We set off on Friday 5th from Cordoba and stayed overnight in Madrid. We flew on Saturday morning and travelled to Poznan via Munich. We arrived in Poznan at lunch time and the students spent the rest of Saturday  and Sunday with their partners and their families.

On Monday we all met at Gimnazjum nr 24 (our host  school) and after greetings and some words of welcome we had breakfast and visited the school. Later on we had a meeting and each team presented their projects to the rest of the groups. Later we had lunch at the school canteen and finally we went to the city centre where we saw some of the nicest sights in Poznan: Stary Rynek (the Old Market), Town Hall,  the Opera House, The City Church of St. Stanislaus and Our Lady  , the Emperor’s Castle and the University buildings.

On Tuesday 9th we travelled to the Museum of Arkady Fiedler, a famous Polish traveler, where we could see a collection of objects as well as pictures from his trips. Later on we visited the Palace of Rogalin and its park where we saw the three oldest Oaks in Poland. After a nice lunch we visited Kornik Castle (on whose second floor there is a room that imitated the decoration of the Alhambra)  and its arboretum which we enjoyed very much.
On Wednesday 10th we visited the city of Torun. We had a very interesting guided tour of the city and visited Copernicus’s House as well as the Town Hall. We had a lovely group lunch and later we bought some “ginger bread” which is a typical product from Torum.
On Thursday we visited the wood of Czerwonak where there was still some snow from the previous weeks. We climbed a tower to see the sights of the surrounding area and later took part in a clay workshop at the place of a local artist where we also had lunch.
Later we had free time for shopping and in the evening the teachers gathered for a farewell meal at a typical restaurant.
On Friday we had a meeting at the school; the teachers discussed about the project conclusions and the students did a workshop about the “Beauty of Nature”. We had lunch at school and said goodbye to the German students. After that we did a guided tour of Fort VII a historical place where we learnt about World War II in Poland.
On Saturday we had to finally say goodbye to all our friends after such a nice visit.


Meeting in Munich- October 2012


The Comenius team visited Munich from 15th October to 20th October 2012 to take part in the meeting at the "Bayerische Landeschule for Körper Behinderte" (host school). The students who took part in the meeting were Yolanda Elvira, Clara Guerrero, Andrea Martos and Tatiana Fiestas

15th October
On our first day in Munich we met  all the partners in the project at the school, where we had a tipycal German breakfast, including the popular “Weißwurst". Next we did a tour of the school, whose premises were really impressive. Later we had a working meeting where all the teams introduced the materials they had produced on the topic "changing lifestyles".

16th October

The day started with a bus trip to the hidroelectric plant in Walchensee (the Alps), where we visited an exhibition that informed us about the building of the plant 100 years ago and its later modernisation. After that, we visited the different parts of the plant and learnt about its functioning.

In the afternoon we travelled to Hohenschwangau where we had a picnic and then visited the beautiful Neuschwanstein Castle.

                                                                                   17th October


On Wednesday morning we took part in a guided tour of the city center: Marienplatz, Peterskirche, Viktualienmarkt... Later on we had a tipycal lunch in a Bavarian Restaurant. After lunch we walked through the beautiful English Gardens, visited the Olympic Park, climbed the Olympic Tower and finally visited the BMW world, a modern exhibition about the history of BMW cars and their newest prototypes.

18th  October
On 18th October we returned to the Alps and we rode on the Wendelstain Rack Railway that goes up 1,217 metres and was built in 1912. Once we were up the mountains we enjoyed beautiful views of the German and Austrian Alps thanks to the splendid weather.
Later we travelled to Prien where we had lunch and went on a boat trip to the island of Chiemsee where we visited the palace of the same name.

19th October
On our last the Spanish group travelled to Salzburg where we did a walking tour and enjoyed the beauty of this Austrian city.


Meeting in Tortoli (Sardinia) May 2012

The second meeting of the participants in our Project took place in Tortolí, Sardinia, from 19th to 25th May.

The students that took part in the project were Paula Barona, Lourdes Carranza, Marta Castro, Lourdes de la Torre, Carmen María Gómez y Blanca Hidalgo. The teachers who represented the school were Ana del Moral, Manuel Gómez Lama and Carmen Luque.

19th May

We flew to Tortoli on 19th May via Rome. We met the French team of students and teachers from Lycée Astier at Cagliari airport and we travelled to Tortolí by bus together. When we arrived in Tortolí the students were picked up by the host families.

20th May

On 20th May, we travelled to Sassari to watch a beautiful folklore festival called  the “Cavalcata Sarda” that unfortunately was called off because of heavy rain. We visited the centre of Sassari and the Sanna National Museum. Afterwards we travelled to Mara and celebrated a typical festival (similar to our “romerías”) with the local people. We were warmly received and were treated to a local  pasta dish and  lovely home-cooked lamb.                                                                                               

21st May

On Monday we spent the morning and early afternoon at the school, Istituto d’Istruzione Superiore ITI. At the shool we worked on our project and each team introduced the materials they had produced about “healthy diet”.

22nd May

After meeting at school we visited the archeological site S’Ortali ‘e Su Monte where we visited a nuraghe, a megalithic building characteristic of Sardinia. Later on we had lunch at the beautiful Orri beach.

23rd May

On Wednesday we went on a cycling tour of Tortoli starting at the school. The first stop was at the Porto Frailis beach, we went on to Arbatax Harbour where we saw the beautiful Rocce Rosse (red rock) and finally we visited the Peschiera in the Pond of Tortoli. It was a great day in nature!
                                                                                 

24th May   
On our last day in Tortoli we went on a boat trip along the coast where we enjoyed the beautiful coast of Ogliastra with magnificent views and we stopped off at some beautiful coves like the ones at Mariolu and Goloritzé. At these coves  we were able to swim in crystal clear waters. Students and teachers had a nice meal together on the boat.

In the evening we had a festival at the school where our Italian hosts had prepared some delicious food and some great musical performances. The French students performed an amusing show with music and humour, Polish students sang some songs, German students wore typical costumes and told us about their country and Spanish students danced some Sevillanas that they had learnt for the occasion.

Later that night we had to say goodbye to all our friends to leave for Cagliari where we caught the plane back to Spain on 25th. 

Meeting in Aubenas
The first meeting included in our project took place at the lycée Polyvalent Astier and we had the opportunity to meet our partners for the first time.

6th of February
After one day long trip we arrived in Aubenas and the students met their French partners who were to host them during their stay.

7th February


The second day we did a lovely but very cold trip in the Ardeche region. We visited picturesque villages like Vogüé and Balazuc. The river Ardeche was frozen, which was rather unusual for the Spanish as well as for the local people.

We had the opportunity to visit "Le Viel Audon" a bio farm next to Balazuc where there are people who try to lead a really "natural" life;  they grow their own products, rebuild an old village, breed goats and make their own cheese etc.

8th February
We joined our international group at the Lycée Astier and we visited the exhibition: "Futur Anterieur", where we had the chance of imagining  what it might be like to visit the Archeological museums of the future and looking at their exhibits from the 21st century.
After an interesting discussion about the fast changing lifestyles of our generations, we visited Aubenas and enjoyed its atmosphere.

9th February
We spent most of the day at school looking at the presentations from each country, had lunch at school and students attended some lessons while teachers had a meeting.
In the evening teachers had a farewell dinner at El Coyote restaurant.

10th February
We visited Lyon where we had the chance to meet the German group for a pizza at  lunch time.
We didn't have time to visit much of Lyon but we enjoyed visiting the city center and catching the Funicular to watch the beautiful views of the city from the Basilique Notre Dame de Fourvier
11th February
Early in the morning we flew back home after a wonderful experience which felt much longer than five days.



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