Navalcarnero, Spain - the training activity with teachers

     Between 6-10 June 2016 had took place C2 - the training activity with teachers, in Navalcarnero, Spain.
5 teachers from every country, except Italy were was only 2 teachers, took part at the training activities during 5 days at Instituto de Educasion Secundaria Carmen Martin Gaite.
   The main goal of our meeting was to work together at our Intellectual Output 2, the CLIL+ methodology, but first, to be trained in CLIL methodology combined with ESL method, used in this high school.
  Before this meeting we have already worked at 8 lesson plans ( 4 from Spanish school and 4 from Poland school), teaching this 8 lessons in our schools, adjusting them at the level of our students and our curricula. Trying to use English vocabulary at our classes, some lessons were doubled by the second teacher - the English teacher, the 2 teachers working in pairs.

Objectives:

- promoting CLIL (content languages integrated learning) between partners

- obtaining feedback from partners on how to conduct bilingual lesson by lesson plans prepared by the bilingual school's  Spanish and Polish, and work on their improvement

- learning a new method -The Gamification

- get in contact with Spanish educational system and compare the systems in force in the partner countries

-Integration intercultural teachers to create networking opportunities with teachers of related subjects and exchange of experiences

- encourage teachers to reflect on the teaching methods used

- considering  the importance of modern technology in today's education

Course of the meeting:

-observation of bilingual lessons

-preseting our project to the city authorities, counting in their support

- presentation of the method of "gamification"

-visiting the spring of the Guadarrama River

-presentation of methodology CLIL

- Work in teams: evaluation and modification of lesson plans

-evaluation project progress

The results of the project

 THE SOUNDS OF THE RIVERS - CD with songs about water

Every school chose a song about water or it was created one song about the river. The students sang it in native language and than, the song was recorded in an audio studio. We explained the words of the song during the meeting from Suceava,Romania. We have six distinct song on the CD, but here, on the dissemination platform, we put all the songs in one file in order to be uploaded.

 1.Dorul Basarabiei, the Suceava River



2. Rzeka Brda, the Brda River


3. La cancion del Rio Guadarrama, the Guadarrama River

4. Acqua limpida per la vita, the Po River

5. Este rio que e o Douro, the Douro River

6.  Dere Geliyor Dere, the Manavgat River
                


           THE OLD TRADITIONS ON THE RIVERS

The old tradition on the Suceava River, Romania - SPRINKLING WITH DEW WATER

     Epiphany is a Christian holiday that celebrates the Baptism of Jesus. It is celebrated on the 6 of January. 

     In the morning, the women went to the nearest running water. They sprinkled with bunches of basil and said:

    ”Bună dimineața râu de rouă                                      ”Good morning dew river

     Am venit la apă nouă                                                 I came to the untouched water

     Dar n-am venit la apă nouă                                       But, actually, I didn't came to the untouched water

     Am venit la râu de rouă                                             I came to the dew water                              

     Am venit să mă jeluiesc                                             I came to mourn myself

     De toate relele să mă tămăduiesc.”                            From all the ills to heal myself.”

   Then, they throw away the bunches on the river in order to healing disease and scaring the evil from houses. 

  

The old tradition on the Brda River,Poland

The old tradition on the Manavgat and Duden River, Turkey

The old tradition on the Douro River,Portugal

 The old tradition on the Guaarrama River,Spain

 The old tradition on the Po River, Italy
                                                                                                                                                                  

Bydgoszcz, Poland - the first teaching/learning activity with students

     Everything nice passes too quickly ... but remains beautiful memories, strong friendships that will last over the time and new skills obtained during this teaching/learning activities for 5 full days in Poland.

    Our project had proposed that our students develop and increase the European identity , pupils understood that we all share the same problems , we are citizens from different countries but we have just one stream of a larger river , which flows into the huge ocean. 
     During this week students developed European identity coming into contact with other students from European schools, learning to communicate in the same language, improving their communication skills, defeating emotions, connecting new friends.
    They was able to see the river from the host city, Brda River, noting that concerns about the environment are not only theirs, but is a common problem, because only together we can make our world a better place to live.
   During learning activities meetings , students was be able to know each other better, they made friends in real life , not only in the virtual . They came into direct contact with the culture of the partner countries, was able to directly experience the educational system in each country, teachers taught a lesson, guest students attended classes together with school students.
  Also, the students worked together on the project's intellectual outcomes, learning from each other, each sharing his abilities for a common purpose. They improved the communicative competence in English through real practice , and the use of the language to carry out a wide range of activities which help them in the acquisition  process, both of language and culture focused on the environment. 

   Students returned from learning activities will present to the other school students the knowledge gained through discussions during classes, power-point presentations to other members of the project team, made the team reports. Also it will be applied a questionnaires to the students returned from the mobilities, concerning the impact, expectations and their fulfillment.