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Conference on Bits and Pieces of Culture project in the VII Erasmus+ Seminar

Yesterday 27th November, we gave a Conference on our Erasmus+ KA229 Project Bits and Pieces of Culture in the VII Erasmus+ Seminar held in Albacete. The aim was to let other teachers hear and learn about the Erasmus+ programme and the opportunities it offers to its participants. We shared our experience, skills gained during our Erasmus+ Project in our school.

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Meeting in Cyprus - the voices of the protagonists!

Kids had great fun in Cyprus! Here's a video with the voices of the protagonists talking about their experience..enjoy! 

Meeting in Cyprus

BITS AND PIECES OF CULTURE

Meeting in Cyprus

The fourth short-term exchange of pupils’ groups – part of the EU project Erasmus + Bits and Pieces of Culture which we have been implementing since last September- took place in Paphos (Chloraka village). 30 pupils from Croatia, Poland, Greece, Spain and Italy visited Cyprus between the 20^th and 25^th of October 2019. The pupils were hosted by their Cypriot peers’ families, thanks to whom they gained new experiences, learned about Cyprus’ culture and customs, developed their language skills, and last - but not least - made new friends.

Day 1

 The day began with a guided tour at the site of Choirokoitia, a Neolithic village, cited by UNESCO. Afterwards, there was a visit to the medieval Limassol Castle, near the old harbour in the heart of the historical centre of the city of Limassol. Before lunch, the visitors walked around the old town and saw the Limassol Marina and the Old port. After lunch they had a guided tour at Kourio, an important ancient town. In the evening, the participants of the exchange arrived at Chloraka’s primary school to meet their host family.

However, they had a stop first at “Petra tou Romiou” (Rock of the Roman), located off the shore along the main road of Limassol to Paphos.

Host families welcome the visitors.

                                                    

 

Day 2

After the excitement that followed the first contact with their new friends, guest students and their teachers attended a welcome ceremony at school. The headteacher, Mr Giannis Charalambous greeted them and then Cypriot students presented a short show including traditional dances and songs. After the ceremony, students and their teachers participated to the “City game” aiming to introduce Chloraka to the guest students and teachers. Web quest activities followed in order for the kids to learn about their favorite authors. The kids worked in international teams and created posters and a timeline about each country‘s favorite author. After that, the kids watched the presentations they had prepared about their favorite book before the meeting in Cyprus. In the afternoon, they came back to school in order to make a story through the web tool “Stop motion” using characters from their favorite books.

Welcome ceremony.

                                                             City game.

Day 3

During the third day of this amazing multicultural experience, students and teachers had a field trip to another UNESCO listed site. They visited Paphos Mosaics, which are superbly preserved mosaic remains dating from third to fifth century A.D. After that the students had a hands-on experience by making their own mosaics in a place offering the opportunity to locals and tourists to create Cypriot crafts.

“The Place”

Day 4

The fourth day was dedicated to comics creation during school time. The kids, working in international teams, had the opportunity to create their own comics, through the web tool “Makebeliefscomix” using their imagination!! The only requirement was for the story to be fun!!! In the afternoon students had free time to enjoy the hospitality of Cypriot families.

Day 5

In the morning of the last day kids played traditional Cypriot games. The rest of the day was devoted to evaluating the visit. Students participated in two Kahoot quizzes in order to check their newfound knowledge about Cyprus and the language and literature of the partner countries. Then, the teams created some questions about the language and literature for a board game. Finally, they filled out a survey concerning the meeting in Cyprus. The last night in Cyprus included a farewell party for the visitor students, organized by the Parents’ association.

 

3rd SHORT-TERM EXCHANGE OF GROUP OF PUPILS IN CYPRUS

The Spanish Team traveled to Cyprus 

The third meeting of the partners with students took place in Cyprus last month of October. Pupils spent one week in Chlorakas doing lot of activities and visiting very interesting places. They came back home with new friends, knowledge and memorable experiences.

Ready to go

Limassol castle

Paphos Mosaics

Welcoming Ceremony at the school in Chlorakas

Making their own Mosaics 

Project workshops

Erasmus Days in 1st Primary School Bjelovar, Croatia

The Croatian school organized an event in order to celebrate the Erasmus+ Programme. The event was organized within the Erasmus Days this Friday. 

There very around 50 teachers from the Bjelovar- Bilogora County. 

As an introduction to the event te Erasmus+ ambassador Danijela Takač held a lecture about the Erasmus+ Programme and its benefits. After that, there was a TeachMeet during which 9 different KA1 and KA2 projects were presented. The participants could hear about different projects and get ideas to start their own. As the last activity, there was a round table during which four of our former pupils, two mums and three teachers from our school shared their personal experience connected to the Erasmus+ projects that were carried out during the last 5 years in the school. 

Getting ready for our 3rd exchange in Cyprus

The final countdown has begun for the exchange in Cyprus and the Spanish Team is super busy getting everything ready for the workshops.