From Poland- An exhibition

We have got works from all our partner schools. We organised an exhibition where our students can see all the toys that you had sent to us.
These are some photos:

from Poland: Great moments in Grado (and in the whole project)

On 20th to  26th May 2012 there was a visit of six teachers from Czeladź in Grado in Spain. During the visit the teachers from Spain, Italy, Poland and England summarised all the activities that were realised in the project. They indicated the advantages of  taking part in this project, eg. new experiences, abilities, the knowledge about the culture, the educational systems, traditions, customs and historical monuments. Last activities were also summed up: the exhibition of recycled toys, the survey, photo frames, recycled paper and the article about the whole project. 

During the visit in May Spanish  partners organised  meetings with students, teachers and parents that were to integrate people and exchange information. Students showed their vocal and artistic talents. During the assembly representatives from all countries presented their students, the educational system and  schools. Each country showed a Power Point Presentation.

Guests were also in the Townhall of Grado. Teachers got some publications, maps, souvenirs connected with culture, traditions and nature of Asturias region. We had some trips:  to the mountains, to Gijon at the ocean, to Asturias forests- to meet some bears.

Our students were really interested in all the tasks realised within the framework of the project. They increased their language competence, got the knowledge about partner countries. The tasks integrated students from four countries and encouraged them to learn languages,  to travel and to communicate within Europe.

Wonderful days in Spain

We are very busy at the moment here in Italy because of the school ending but we cannot forget the wonderful days we had in Grado and the warm welcome we received from all the partners. We are proud to have had a part in this Comenius project and to have met such interesting and never-tired people.
We wish you all the best .
Love
Cristina and the Italian group

Thank you and Goodbye

We have all had a wonderful time working with you all. The last meeting in Spain was wonderful although everyone was a little sad to say goodbye as the project is now coming to a close. We hope everyone has enjoyed the project and learnt more about themselves and Europe during the work we have shared. We wish you all well and hope we can stay in contact to strengthen the links we have made between our schools. Love from everyone in England

The project on the newspaper

The newspaper "La Nueva España" has published an article talking about our meeting project in Spain.

Puppets made of "papier maché"- Spain

We have made puppets of "papier maché" and performed a play for the youngest children
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Our works -Spain

Hello, we are making photo frames with CD's and preparing the "papier maché"

An exhibition- from Poland

23rd of April was very important at our school. It was the Day of the Earth which is organised every year.  We had an exhibition of recycled works and we watched a Power Point Presentation about the environment. We also took part in many competitions: we drew some posters, answered some questions and solved many puzzles.

We had a lot of works  on our exhibition: utensils, instruments, toys and animals. It was a great experience for us, we liked it very much. We decided to take care about our planet to be green, clean and beautiful.  

Exhibition in Italy

This is a video of our exhibition at the regional agricultural fair in Grumello on the 14th and 15th April.
The weather was rainy but we had a number of visitors who answered  our questionnaire.
Pupils enjoyed making recycled objects and learning about oldies.
We are looking forward to watching your artworks.Bye from San Bassano

From Poland- Latest News

Monday (23rd of April) is very important for because we are going to organise "The Day of Earth" at our school. There will be an exhibition with our recycled works, Power Point Presentation about ecology.

Natalia made a cat.

Szymon made a penguin.

Remigiusz made a crocodile.

These pretty animals were made by pupils from Primary School. Everyone was very happy because the task was really creative and entertaining. .

From Poland- a recycled dog

Hi everyone!!
We also started to do our project tasks.   Our students from Primary Class made a cute dog.
Isn`t it lovely?

papier maché from Italy

Our pupils are making papier maché during the Technology classes

and they have already recycled boxes into frames

Now we are organising a display whose title is. " PAST AND FUTURE IN COMMON WITH EUROPE"
Love, Cristina

London 2012

Today we are getting sporty to celebrate Sport Relief. this gives our students the chance to run a mile (about 1.6 KM) to raise money for Sport relief. Sport relief helps people in Africa and the UK.

We have also just been awarded 3 tickets for the Olympics. We need to find a fair way to give these out to the students. 3 Children will get an opportunity to watch an Olympic football match on the 25th July. Any ideas on the fairest way to share the tickets would be gratefully received.

From Poland, First Day of Spring

On 21 st of March we celebrated the first day of spring. We had a great festival in our school. We had guests from the Kindergarten No. 7 in Czeladź. We organized some special classes  which were to integrate our pupils and students. We had sport competitions, dancing and many funny games.  Our friends helped one another to make some art works.

Our  dancing group “Arabeska”  did a performance and presented choreography to a Jennifer Lopez`

song “Let` s get loud”.

It was a really special day and everyone had a lot of fun.

Next Activities

We hope you have all enjoyed taking part in the project so far. Over the next few months we will be carrying out our last set of activities. These will be based on Reducing, Reusing and Recycling-working together to protect our planet. The activities to be carried out include:
Making sculptures and musical instruments from recycled materials.
Making photo frames from Recycled materials.
Making our own recycled paper.
Creating an exhibition of our work with a questionnaire.
We hope you all enjoy being creative and we look forward to sharing our work. Remember to let us know how you are getting on.

Great time in Stoke Prior

Hello everybody !
We showed our colleagues and pupils the great experience in the UK and they appreciated all of it.
Thank you very much for your hospitality.
Cristina from San Bassano

From Poland- THANK YOU VERY MUCH

We would like to thank you for such a great organisation during the visit. We are really delighted , especially with your school in Stoke Prior. Everyone was very kind to us.

Thanks a lot!!!!

From Spain. THANK YOU

We have enjoyed a lot our time at Stoke Prior. All of you (staff, children, parents....) have been very kind to us. Thank you very much ideed.
Carmen

All the staff and children are looking forward to hosting at Stoke Prior after our Half term break.
We have lots of exciting things planned including some traditional songs and dances. A chance for the children to try out their Spanish and Italian questions. A trip to Hereford to meet the Mayor and possibly even a trip to our Forest School.
See you all soon.
Mr Lewis

"la merla" singers, in Italy

Here are the singers in traditional costumes performing the ritual of the coldest winter days.

I CANTI DELLA MERLA A SAN BASSANO, GRUMELLO E CROTTA D’ADDA

SONGS OF THE HEN BLACKBIRD

The last three days in January are called “the days of the hen blackbird”. According to the tradition, they’re the coldest day of the year.

A legend says that a blackbird wanted to find shelter for its babies (they had white feathers) in a chimney. They came out the first day of february, looking all black because of the soot.

Another legend tells the story of a white bird which gathered food to stay hidden for the whole month of January, which was once 28 days long.

The last day she came out of the nest to sing and the month of January, angry, borrowed three days from February and scattered snow storms, heavy showers and wind on the earth. So the bird stayed other three days in a chimney and came out looking all black forever.

They say that if the last three days of January are cold, spring will be beautiful, if they are mild, spring will be delayed.

People living on the plains around Cremona, Brescia, Parma and Lodi used to sing beautiful popular songs to favour the harvest and a good spring. While singing, they produced loud noises and sounds hitting pans and buckets to scare the winter away.

Nowadays people still gather on the banks of the river Adda to sing the “songs of the hen blackbird”, after that they celebrate eating the most traditonal dishes of their villages (polenta with sausages, typical cakes).

 

From Spain. Ours posters

Here you are, the Spanish posters about the pig slaughter, the chestnut festival and the "Esfoyaza"(separating leaves from the corn)

Harvest in England

 Class 1 visited Acton Scott, a historic working farm to see the tools that farmers used long ago. We saw the ploughs and met the shire horse that pulls them.

We also saw a machine that was used to separate the wheat that was harvested.

We have used what we have learnt to make posters about Harvest festival past and present. They will be sent to you very soon. We hope you like them.