This document summarizes information about Comenius projects, which are European educational exchange programs. It discusses the objectives of Comenius projects, which are to promote European education, student and teacher mobility and cooperation, and learning about topics relevant to school. The document then describes one school's Comenius project focused on environment and culture, which involved partner schools in 6 countries participating in joint activities. It provides details of student trips the school took to Romania, Turkey, and Germany as part of the Comenius exchange program.
Presentación de proyecto y visitas a Rumanía, Turquía y Alemania
1. The name “Comenius” has been taken
from the Czech teacher John Amos
Comenius (1592 – 1670),
considered the father of modern
education. He introduced such
revolutionary concepts at the time
as:
- Equal opportunity for poor children
- Opened doors to education for
women
- A departure from dull memorization
towards a more practical instruction.
WHAT ARE COMENIUS PROJECTS?
2. Objectives of Comenius Projects
1- Reinforcing the European
dimension in the field of
education
2- Promoting mobility and
cooperation among schools
in Europe.
Comenius projects form part of the “Lifelong
Learning Programme” of the European
Commission. Their objectives are:
3. Objectives of Comenius Projects (ii)
3- Offering students and
teachers opportunities to
learn and work together
on topics relevant for
school education.
4- Supporting
transnational mobility,
partnership and projects,
as well as educational
networks and school
twinning.
4. Our Comenius Project: Culture and
Environment
Our school's project is
centered around the topic
of Environment and
Culture.
We are learning about the
problems and dangers
that threaten our heritage,
both the natural and the
historical one.
5. What we do.
- We have partner schools in six European
countries:
France,
Germany,
Latvia,
Romania,
Greece
Turkey.
6. What we do (ii)
- With these schools, and their teachers and students,
we perform activities related to the protection of
environmental and cultural heritage.
7. What we do (iii)
Some students
are having the
opportunity to
travel to those
countries, to
meet students
and teachers
and to do
activities
together.
8. What we do (iv)
- We have an
etwinning project,
a website where
we upload all the
activities we do
and where we can
meet students
from our partner
schools.
17. After that we chose the best logo and
poster for our project.
18. In the afternon we chose the best poster and
logo, and then each student went home with
his or her Romanian host
In this picture
Daniel is with his
Romanian host in
Timisoara.
19. On the third day, we spent all day visiting Timisoara, a beautiful
and historical city. We ate at a restaurant and we returned to
Cîmpani.
29. First day.
On the first day, we all met at school and went to Málaga by car
to catch the plane to go to Turkey, but before we got to Turkey
stopped in Rome.
We arrived in Turkey at midnight, but we didn't get to our hotel
until 01:30.
30. Second day
We got up early and before heading back to the airport to go to
Karamürsel with our Comenius partners we went to see the
square where the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia were.
31. At 12 am we were at the airport to go together on the bus and
when we arrived the people had made us a welcome dinner.
After dinner we went home with our host families.
32. Third day.
The third day we were in school doing presentations and we ate at a
restaurant and when we ended the presentations we had a
European class where presentations of the traditional dances and
songs were made. After that we went with our hosts to their homes.
33. Fourth day
We got up early and took the bus to go to Istanbul. There we saw
the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Toscapi Palace and we ate at a
restaurant near the main square where the Blue Mosque and
Hagia Sofia are. We finished visiting everything about 18:30 and
took the bus back to Karamürsel.
34. Fifth day
We visited Yalova, near Karamürsel. Here, We
visited some monuments, The Moving House and a
big park.
In the afternoon, we visited Karamürsel´s centre.
35. This night ,we had a party with all countries and turkish people in the teacher´s hotel.
36. On Friday, we went to airport and the other countries took
their planes. The Spanish team went to Istambul alone.
We visited ‘The Cistern’, The Great Bazaar, The Bazaar of
Spices, The Galata Tower and other mosques.
38. FIRST DAY
We went by car to Málaga. When we arrived in Málaga we
waited for the plane for 3 hours. We took it at 7:00 AM and
we arrived in Hamburg at 10:30 AM and we took 6 trains
to go to the town of Jever. We met the French team in
Bremen, and when we arrived to our last train stop we met
the Greeks. Then we had a barbeque.
39. SECOND DAY
We woke up at 6 AM and we went to the school and we
showed our works. Later we went to the beer factory in
Jever. (The nearest city)
40. THIRD DAY
We went to the beach and we walked 8.8 km to Baltrum
Island, then we spent the afternoon there, we went to a
restaurant, and then to the beach. We went back to the
village by ferry.
41. FOURTH DAY
We went to Bremen, we visited it, we went to the
restaurant and we returned to the village we had 2 hours
free with the families and finally we went to the farewell
party.
42. FIFTH DAY
We said bye-bye to our host families. We went to
Hamburg Hotel by train, but we had a very big problem
with the reservation in the “hotel”, then we went to a new
and much better hotel and spent the night there. We
visited the port of Hamburg and a festival there.
