From England

Stoke Prior children were very busy in the lead up to Christmas.  We performed a nativity play about the birth of Jesus for staff and parents.  We also shared a Christmas lunch of roast turkey, roast potatoes and vegetables together and enjoyed a Christmas party, as well as recording our Christmas songs.  We are all now enjoying a two week Christmas break from school and will be returning on January 5th.
We have had a lot of snow recently which has caused a significant amount of disruption for people but also lots of fun for children!
We are sending you our calendars this week which we hope you will enjoy.
With all good wishes for the new year - 2011.

Jackie Lancaster
Class 3 teacher
Stoke Prior School

From Poland- Christmas Fair

Our school prepared  a Christmas Fair and we were selling our European CDs and handmade angels and Christmas decorations.
Here are some photos:

CD from Poland

This is our CD.
There are all our European Christmas Carols.

From England

Hello all. We have not been able to scan our calendar but they should be on the way to you. Hope you like them when you recieve them. Here in England we have finished for Christmas. It is very snowy here and all airports have closed. Hope the weather is warmer where you are! The post has been affected but you should still recieve it soon! Have a lovely Christmas and we shall begin again in January. xxx

From Spain - Common logo

What do you think about our common logo, is it ok for you? I wait for your comments

From Spain - Our calendar

This is our calendar. We'll send to your schools soon.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Logo of the School "MG Vida" San Bassano and Grumello

This is the logo of our school ... a virtual hug to all of you

Photos from recording Christmas Carols from Poland

These are photos from recordnig our Christmas Carols.

Our "singers" were in a professional studio and they felt like a real professionals!

Christmas Carols from Poland

Hi!
These are our Christmas Carols. I hope you like them!

From Spain

Hello, Ciao,Dzień dobry, Hola
Our children have enjoy listening all the christmas carols. All of them are beautiful.

Timetable of 2010-2011 San Bassano and Grumello Cremonese

This is the timetable of 2010-2011 San Bassano and Grumello Cremonese
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 

Presents on Christmas Eve

Write shortly please, who, according to your tradition,
brings presents on Christmas Eve?

Christmas in Poland

Hi! In Poland we love Christmas!
 It` s our favourite holiday in the year! Streets are full of colourful lamps and christmas trees, shops are ful of people buying presents and choosing christmas cards.
Christmas trees are set up in every home and decorated with sparkling  chains, lights, toys and trinkets.
But everyone waits for Christmas Eve. When the first star appears in the sky, we take seats at the Christmas table and we don` t forget about leaving an empty place for an unexpected guest. The table is covered with white tablecloth and hay is under it.
Another custom is number of dishes- should be twelve. The most popular are: red borsch, pies with sour cabbage and and mushrooms, fish (usually carp) and poppy seed cake.
Before the family starts eating, they share with holy wafer  and say greetings. After the supper we share presents and sing chistmas carols. At midnight we go to church for a special mass. We believe that animals can speak human voices.
On the first day of Christmas we spend at home but on the second we usually visit our families.

Italian Xmas

Buongiorno a tutti! Hello to everyone! Hola a todos! Dzien dobry! We are 6 pupils of the Grumello's Middle school (Italy). We are very happy to work for this project! We want to tell you something about our Xmas traditions! Our Xmas holidays begin on 23th Dec and end on 9th Jan. In those days we usually stay at home with our families and eat a lot of special things: such as "panettone", "fried fish", "mostarda cremonese with boiled meat", "torrone"! In each home there's a Xmas tree with a lot of gifts and a "presepe".
We love so much our Xmas holidays! How about your Xmas?
Ciao a tutti from Italy!

The winning logo from Spain

This is the winning logo from Spain.

It was designed by Sara Miranda Infiesta - 5º (10 years)

Ciao from Grumello

Hello English, Spanish and Polish friends! I'm Laura, the English teacher of Grumello's middle school! I'm so happy to be in this project and my pupils too! We are writing, painting and arranging a lot of things and soon we will post everything! See you soon y hasta luego!

From England

Recording our three carols: 'Away in a Manger', 'Star Child' and 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas'

Carols from England

Here are our carols. We hope you enjoy listening to them!

Winning logo from Poland

This is our winning logo.

It` s done by students from class 1 and 2 from Grammar School.
It presents four flags (Polish, British, Spanish and Italian)
and shaking hands in the middle.

ITALIAN CHRISTMAS CAROLS

Hello!
 In San Bassano we have recorder these Christamas Carols, here you are:
Girotondo di Natale (Nursery School), Tu scendi dalle stelle (Primary School), A Natale puoi (Middle School).
We hope you enjoy listening to them!

How do you prepare for Christmas in your country?

Let us know how you prepare for Christmas. What do you buy? What do you eat? Do you have decorations? Do you have special things you do at school?

Winning Logo from England

Here is the winning logo from our competition here in England. It was designed by 11 year old Rosalind Webb. I hope you all agree a worthy winner!

Spanish christmas carols

Hello,
In Grado we have recorded the christmas carols, here you are

Logo Competition

Have you picked a winner yet? Post  a photo of your winning logo here!

Singing in Poland

We are practising christmas carols and we are almost ready to record them. There are photos from our classes.

What about you? Have you got some photos from your practising?

Hello and Goodbye

How do you say Hello and Goodbye in your language?

From England

Hi.  This is Mrs Lancaster from Stoke Prior School in England.  We really enjoyed having our Spanish and Italian visitors a few weeks ago.  We are really busy at school at the moment preparing our calendars and songs and are really enjoying keeping in touch with the project.  We will soon be preparing for Christmas which is always a fun time of year. 
How is everyone else getting on?

Poland joins project

We have just heard this week that Poland has had the project accepted by their National Agency. Welcome and hope you enjoy working with us! We are now 4 schools. Keep posting any new developments and let us know how you are getting on with the project.

Hello from Spain

Hello to all of you...teachers and pupils,
After visiting Stoke Prior Primary School, we have come back to our school and now we are working in our comenius works. All the pupils are very excited preparing their own works to send to all the partners.
I have been updating our web page and now you can see all the information about ours schools.
Best wishes
Carmen

First Project Meeting

The first project meeting between our schools took place this month at Stoke Prior School UK. Teachers from England, Spain and Italy took part, sharing their ideas about the project and finalising the details of the activities to be carried out this term. The teachers also met to share important information about the Education system in our countries as well as sharing resources and watching lessons and children at work. The children of Stoke Proir School watched presentations about the schools in Spain and Italy and asked the teachers many questions to find out more about their schools and countries. The teachers met with members of the school community and the mayor of Leominster to learn more about life at Stoke Prior and surrounding area. The activities to be carried out by February are:  a logo competition; a cultural calendar, a Christmas Carol CD and a poster about your school . Your teachers will give you more details. Let us know how you are getting on!

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Welcome

A big Welcome to all 3 schools involved in the project from Spain, Italy and UK. USe this blog to share your thoughts and pictures and keep everyone updated about the project. The UK is looking forward to welcoming teachers from Spain and Italy ready for our first project meeting.