Wednesday 10 December 2014

Trip to Italy 3rd - 7th November 2014



Day 1
On the first day, we arrived at school with our suitcases and went to the first two lessons; we then met up with everyone else and got ourselves into the coach. The journey to the airport was a good laugh with all our friends and was excitable for all of us. When we got to the airport, again we had a good laugh looking around the shops and it was nice to have some freedom to do what we wanted to do. The plane journey was good and when we landed in Turin airport we all were a bit nervous as our families were picking us up from the other side. We got there and we met our families. It was a little awkward to start with but we got in the cars and went back to their houses and settled in - the families were all welcoming. By Megan, Tayah and Jess

Day 2
On the second day we met at the school at 8:00 after waking up at 6:30 and recycled waste for an hour. After that, we made the 10 min walk from the school to the castle nearby. Unfortunately, it was raining on the second day but we still managed to have fun. After a short speech in the theatre of the castle, we head off to look around the contemporary art museum inside the castle. Our group was split into 2 groups so whilst one looked around, the other group made prints of leaves and nature using a screen print as a memory of our trip. In the evening, we went back to our families and ate dinner before heading out on a trip with our families. By Annie and Helena

Day 3
On Wednesday we took the 40min journey into Turin (the nearest town) by coach. We split into two groups and visited two local landmarks. First we visited ‘Palazzo Barolo’ a 16th century building with brilliant architecture and spectacular ceiling paintings. Then we explored Turin: a large town that at one point was considered to be the capital of Italy. After finishing a truly Italian pizza we went onto the next activity the ‘Museo del Risorgimente’. We had an interesting presentation about the formation of Italy. In a building originally built to be the parliamentary house for what was thought was going to be the capital of Italy. In the evening I met my partner’s family and a very friendly dog. There was always a friendly and family based atmosphere. By David

Day 4
On the fourth day we caught the bus to school or got driven in. We spent the morning in the computer suite and created posters about the code of conduct in our schools. Then we designed a Comenius project code of conduct. Other groups did different things for example environmental research or finding out about the Italian constitution. We spent the afternoon with our partners. Some groups went to town, some people stayed at home. We all met in the evening to show our parents the things we had been working on. After that most people met together with people from other countries and went out. Ben, Jonah and Adam

Day 5
This was the last day of our Comenius trip to Italy. In the morning we went to Turin and did a bit of sightseeing and shopping. We had a delicious lunch in the town centre and then said ‘goodbyes’ to our host families.  It was a very busy and enjoyable week. We were able to work with students from four different countries and exchange ideas on the human rights issue. We also learnt about the Italian history and culture and started new friendships. Hopefully, we will be able to meet again during the next Comenius meeting in the UK.

Dreaming of UK

Daniel, Juan, Teresa, Raquel and Alejandro are looking forward to visiting the Oaklands College next February. They worked hard on designing their school Code of Conduct and have been chosen to go to UK.
Well done !Keep working hard!

Monday 10 November 2014

GREAT ITALY!OUR THIRD MEETING! BY CLARET SCHOOL FROM GRAN CANARIA, SPAIN

 ITALY...AT LAST!!

OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FROM CLARET SCHOOL COULDN'T WAIT FOR THE ITALIAN MEETING ANYMORE!
THEY HAVE HAD SUCH A FANTASTIC WEEK! PREVIOUSLY, WEEK AFTER WEEK, THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD ON THE PRESENTATION THEY WERE GOING TO CARRY OUT  IN FRONT OF THE OTHER SCHOOLS PARTNERS INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT:A PARLAMENTARY SPEECH ABOUT THE PLANET SUSTAINABILITY. FIRST, THEY STARTED TALKING ABOUT SPAIN, OUR LANDSCAPE, AND OF COURSE ABOUT OUR NATURAL RESOURCES AND RENEWABLE ENERGY!CANARIAN CITIZENS ARE VERY PROUD OF EL HIERRO, ONE OF THE TINY ISLANDS IN OUR ARCHIPEL, WHICH HAS BECOME THE FIRST ISLAND IN THE WORLD TO BE SELF SUFFICIENT ENERGETICALLY!!

THEY WERE MAD ABOUT RIVOLI, THE CASTLE, THE GORGEOUS LANDSCAPE, SO DIFFERENT TO OURS, TURIN CITY AND ITS MUSEUMS, THE RECYCLING EXPERIENCE, THE ART IN NATURE PROJECT, THEIR OWN SCHOOLS CODES OF CONDUCT,  WORKING COOPERATIVELY, ALL TOGETHER, MAKING IT EASY GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER!

WE , SPAIN , ARE SO THANKFUL TO ALL THE ITALIAN TEACHERS INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT:SILVANA AND MANUELA GRAZIE MILLE!!THE FAMILIES HAVE BEEN GREAT TO OUR KIDS, THEY HAVE FELT THEIR KINDNESS AND HOSPITABILITY.

THANK YOU ITALY!!
SEE YOU ALL SOON IN UK!!





Wednesday 29 October 2014

WAITING FOR PARTNERS’ ARRIVAL

 
 
Great Comenius week at “ Romero”
 
from Monday 3rd  to Friday 7th 85 students will work together at 3RS  a project on Rights, Respect  and Responsibility.

On Tuesday  4th , at 10.00 a.m.,  the students and their teachers will be welcomed at the Castle Theatre by the local authorities.

Some visits of museums in Rivoli and in Turin have been planned so that the students can get information and photos which will be used to produce posters and billboards.
The students will show their work with an exhibition at Romero school on Thusday 6th evening from 7.00 p.m.
 
                                                EVERYONE IS INVITED, JOIN US AT Romero!!!

Wednesday 17 September 2014

Memories from the Netherlands

The last day L
            On Friday morning, the Spanish were the first to leave, an hour before the English, the Italians left at 9 and the Germans got a lie in and left at 12. Everyone was so sad that the week was finished but were happy because of the memories we had made. A few of the people in the Enghelish group and their exchanges cried because of they had to say goodbye. We left for Einhoven airport from Commanderij College and got there with a little bit of time to spend at the duty free! Einhoven to Standstead felt like a short flight and the drive to Oaklands felt like even shorter. We were so glad to have the weekend to rest and we were grateful for the half term holiday ahead of us!


Thank you to everyone for such an amazing trip! J

Memories from our trip to the Netherlands

The 4th day
            Thursday, we cycled to school again and went to Den Haag to visit a prison gate museum, the humanity house (where we experienced the life of someone having to leave their home country) and Madurodam (a model village).

In the prison gate museum, we saw how people in the olden days stayed whilst awaiting trials. We saw the different rooms accomadating the rich and poor and the different methods used for torture. Everyone complained about the stairs as their legs were aching after Wednesday’s work out session!

The humanity house was unlike any other museum anyone had seen. It was an interactive tour where, in pairs, you would experience what life would be like if you were forced from your home country because of natural disaster, war and other issues. This experience was very life like and thought provoking because they used your own personal names and pictures within the tour.

The afternoon was baking hot so we were all glad that the model village was outside. We saw key parts of Holland including the airport and traditional wind mills. We got to drive remote controlled mini boats and we went to the food of Holland land café afterwards. There was a massive clog that we were able to sit in and take pictures in, which I’m sure everyone will remember!

The coach ride home was both sad and happy; happy because of the great day we had had but sad because it was the last night we would be together. Different groups had different activities planned for that night and we parted ways with smiles on our faces and many pictures. The group we personally were with went out to eat at a Chinese buffet, which was AMAZING! The food was great (especially the ice cream) and it was a great way to say goodbye to everybody.

Amazing memories from our trip to the Netherlands

Our Second Day:
            On our second day we went to Tilburg to a very exciting dance and drama workshop. We learnt how to turn everyday actions into an interesting dance, practiced communicating without speaking (which was useful as it was sometimes hard to overcome the language barrier) and learnt to walk with confidence in ourselves – it was very fun and we enjoyed ourselves immensely.
We had lunch, which our host families had prepared for us, and the groups we had been put into allowed us to mingle and make new friends with the other nationalities.

That afternoon, we went to Denbosch where we had ice cream (the weather was glorious), enjoyed looking round the historic city and bought many souviners for our families and friends back home. After the long coach ride home, everyone went back to their host families houses for dinner before going out to enjoy evening activities. Many of the groups made the most of the wonderful weather by having BBQ’s and water fights - cycling isn’t quite as enjoyable in wet shorts!

Thursday 10 July 2014

THE NETHERLANDS BY CLARET SCHOOL, SPAIN

A MONTH HAS GONE, EXAMS , WORK, ESSAYS TO BE DONE..., OLYMPIC WEEK. STRESSFUL, BUSY  AND ALSO  FUNNY  TIMES AT CLARET SCHOOL, SCHOOL YEAR HAS COME TO AND END BUT STILL IN OUR MEMORIES OUR FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE IN THE NETHERLANDS:
THE FAMILIES, THE BICYCLES, THE FANTASTIC SCHOOL, THE LOVELY FOOD, THE CLOSE LINK TO STUDENTS , THE HIGH QUALITY ACTIVITIES YOU OFFERED... 
FROM THE VERY FIRST MINUTE THE ATMOSPHERE BETWEEN STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WAS EXCELLENT. WE LOVED THE DRAMA AND DANCING WORKSHOP, THE VISIT TO DEN BOSCH, THE EXHIBITION AT SCHOOL, WORKING IN THE HUGE AND LOVELY ART CLASSROOM, THE VISIT TO THE HAGE, THE HUMANITY HOUSE WHERE THEY LEARNED WHAT BEING A REFUGEE INVOLVES. ALSO THE GOOD TIME WE HAD AT MADURODAN...

THANK YOU THE NETHERLANDS!!!
ENJOY THE SUMMER YOU ALL:GERMANY, ITALY, THE NETHERLANDS AND UK, AND BE READY FOR OUR SECOND COMENIUS YEAR!!SPAIN IS WAITING FOR  YOU!!

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Monday 2 June 2014

Tuesday - Our Second Day

Today was the first day of activities in The Netherlands. We got to the school ( most of us travelling by bike). The coaches took us to a place called Tilburg.

Day 1 - The English travel to Germany

We arrived ready for the trip at normal time on the Monday and we stored our suitcases and went to first lesson. Everyone was very excited and found it hard to concentrate. We had a 2 hour journey to Stanstead airport and we were all so looking forward to the trip that we could hradly sit still. At the airport we checked in unadventfully and only a few people had their bags searched. We had lunch at the airport and on the plane we were all delighted to recive a free Ryanair magazine.


Arriving in Holland the airport officials were very curious and one stopped half of our group at the border control to ask for parental permission. Everything was sorted and with much laughter the journey to the school passed quickly. The students we were staying with were ready to great as and we all went straight bavk with them to their homes. We all unpacked, met the families we were staying with and had dinner. In the evening many groups did different things but I went to a strange bowling alley. The rules, lanes and scoring systems were different and the lights made all the bright colours we were wearing glow. We had already realised how amazing everyones English was and one lady was so delighted at testing her English on real English people that she offered to buy everyones drinks. That evening we met many new people from the other countries and learnt that the other schools had arrived earlier and had gone on a treasure hunt aroung the local town. When we all  went back to our hosts houses we were all really tired and looking forward to the rest of the week.

Thursday 10 April 2014

MEMORIES FROM OUR TRIP TO GERMANY

This week the students who went to Germany last March have been working ready in order to let ready this board with their memories from their amazing trip to Germany. They had a good time remembering all good moments they shared over there with the students from UK, Italy, The Netherlands, and Germany. Thanks again Germany for making this possible as they were amazed with the towns they visited , the organization , all the cooperative work on the Comenius project, the exhibitions, and how nicely they were welcomed by their host families.
Another group of students is now getting things ready to fly to The Netherlands next May. Happy Easter to everyone from Gran Canaria, Spain!

Thursday 27 March 2014

Thursday 20 March 2014

Day 2 opinions ...



Opinions of the trip to Münster:

Max Müller (Germany): It was really impressive, because of the many bikes. It was good that we had so much freedom to go around there. I don’ t like the long ways of the university, because they are really too long.

Carolina Torres Alemán (Spain): It was really interesting, because we saw the most important monuments in the city. Then we have a bit of time for fun and we enjoyed looking for some shops. It was a nice day that I had with my friends…

Kira Mulcahy (England): It was fun looking around the very historic city and seeing all the monuments and buildings. I also liked that after the tour we were able to go shopping and look around ourselves and we could buy souvenirs for our families. Also I made lots of new friends so it was a very good day!!!!!!  :)

Sofia Netti (Italia) : I was impressed by the beauty of the cathedral of Münster. It´s a very nice city, full of many monuments and building. I enjoyed going around all together in the city. The journey was a bit too long but we could speak and have fun a lot. It´s a very good day J

Imke van Dijk (the Netherlands): The stories of the historical buildings were not very interesting but the buildings were beautiful and just a little bit interesting. I liked it to go shopping in the city centre with my new friends !! And the train was funny because I´ve talked a lot with the people from different countries. It was a nice day!!

Day 2



Day 2
March 18, 2014 by Cristina and Tjorven with help from Kira and Rebecca

Today we went to the city of Münster. At 9.07 we took the train to Bielefeld. There, we had to take a train at 9.58 but we took a train to Düsseldorf. As someone saw that this train didn’t go to Münster all students and teachers were very scared. We arrived in Bochum and then we changed the train back to Hamm. In Hamm we took the right train to Münster and we reached Münster at 12.30. When  we arrived we were divided in 3 groups to do a tour around the city. There were a lot of bikes, and the guide told us that most of the people had 2 bikes. We visited some churches and the cathedral of Münster which was very beautiful. After the tour, we were divided again in groups of 4 or more people. We had 2 hours to go shopping, eat something and buy souvenirs. It was very fun and interesting. 

First we made a sightseeing-tour with a tour guide trough Münster. The tour guide showed us historic Münster. We saw very huge, old buildings, but we had to be very careful, because if you only are looking on these amazing houses you will get into an accident with a bike. In Münster there are many bikes and you have to be very careful. After the sightseeing-tour we had time to go shopping or to eat something. We were searching for a Kebab Shop and in a little street we found one. Some ate a kebab and some ate a pizza. It was really delicious and everyone was well-fed...



The Spanish wanted to buy gifts and souvenirs, and so we went to a gift and souvenir shop. Not only the Spanish bought something there, also the German bought something for their friends and their families. We had to find our way back to the train station, but we are really smart and so we found the way back :)
The journey back to Lemgo was not so exciting, because we took the right trains and reached our destination.

In the evening most students were very tired and went home to sleep, but some even did something like watching a film or looking around their new home…

Day 1 opinions ....



Opinions of the treasure hunt:

Mrs Anelli (Italy): It was a good start, because it offers the opportunity to meet other students in a nice way. They start collaborating before the real work

Felix Türke (Germany): It was a nice trip but it was a bit difficult to talk with the others because we did not know the others. In my opinion the way we had to go was a little too long.

Elena Santacreu (Spain): In my opinion I think that the treasure hunt was very good because we saw the most important things of Lemgo. It was very funny.

Rebecca Galbraith (Great-Britain): Monday was fun because we got to travel around the town and see what there was in Lemgo. I think I would have liked to go to the swimming pool if I had the chance.

Mr Pérez (Spain): I think that the treasure hunt was a beautiful experience, because all the students were working together and at the same time we learn something about the beautiful town of Lemgo.

Day 1 Treasure Hunt



Day 1
March 17, 2014 by Tjorven and Cristina

It was the arrival day, but just the Italians and the Spanish had arrived, they arrived on Sunday. We met the Netherlands and the English at 1 o’clock after the lessons in the forum. We had lunch together and so we also made new friends from different countries. Then, we were divided in 6 groups to do a treasure hunt. It took 2 hours and we were walking to different sights in Lemgo like the ‘Junkerhaus’ or the St. Nicolai church. With this game all the students learned something about Lemgo: The Germans learned more things about their town and the exchange partners learned how the life in Lemgo and the culture of the town is. Teachers and teenagers were very excited about the new experience and all were interested in that.

At 4 o’clock we finished the game and went to the forum again. There, the parents were waiting for us to go home. Then at home some students watched films, others went cycling or finding out what their exchange partners hobbies were. And at last the host families ate something with their guests and then the guests (they were very tired because of the long journey to Germany) went to bed…