Sunday, May 15, 2011
The Fourth International Comenius Meeting in Badajoz, Spain
The fourth international Comenius meeting took place between May the 2nd and May the 8th in the city of Badajoz, Spain.
The Romanian team consisted of 2 teachers, namely, Stoleriu A.(the scientific coordinator of the project)and Purdilă L. and of 3 students: Ivan Loredana from 9th SB, Pintilie Ionuţ from 9th MI and Milea Andrei from 11th MI.
This last Comenius meeting provided us with an excellent cultural intake. Not only did we get to get to enjoy the Comenius activities within the project but we also visited lots of historical places which are endowed with a great deal of the Roman and / or the Arabian heritage.
Our hosts took us to Merida, where we could see the remnants of Diana's temple and the Roman theatre. They also took us to Caceres, a larger city and a cultural centre where we could see many wonderful things such as museums, an Andy Warhol exhibition, traces of the Muslim influence on the Spanish culture and many more.
Then they took us to Trujillo, the original place of the Spanish Conquistadores and a few kilometres away we had the chance to see a wonderful winery, a beautiful and harmoniously designed building, with impressive paintings and sculptures.
Our final trip was to Olivenza, very close to the Portuguese border. In Olivenza we saw an extremely beautiful and sophisticated cathedral that reminded us of our sophisticated Romanian churches as well; then we saw a museum which displayed wonderful religious artefacts but also models of furnished rooms as they were lived in during the 19th century in Spanish homes: a living-room, a bedroom, an embroidery room for the women and an entrance hall to a Spanish house.
What strikes one when visiting Olivenza is an alignment of palm trees on the Spanish streets, which can be quite narrow, but beautiful and picturesque.
Moreover, our realtionship with all of our partners flourished and everybody... both teachers and students literally cried when they had to say goodbye and return to their countries.
The Romanian team consisted of 2 teachers, namely, Stoleriu A.(the scientific coordinator of the project)and Purdilă L. and of 3 students: Ivan Loredana from 9th SB, Pintilie Ionuţ from 9th MI and Milea Andrei from 11th MI.
This last Comenius meeting provided us with an excellent cultural intake. Not only did we get to get to enjoy the Comenius activities within the project but we also visited lots of historical places which are endowed with a great deal of the Roman and / or the Arabian heritage.
Our hosts took us to Merida, where we could see the remnants of Diana's temple and the Roman theatre. They also took us to Caceres, a larger city and a cultural centre where we could see many wonderful things such as museums, an Andy Warhol exhibition, traces of the Muslim influence on the Spanish culture and many more.
Then they took us to Trujillo, the original place of the Spanish Conquistadores and a few kilometres away we had the chance to see a wonderful winery, a beautiful and harmoniously designed building, with impressive paintings and sculptures.
Our final trip was to Olivenza, very close to the Portuguese border. In Olivenza we saw an extremely beautiful and sophisticated cathedral that reminded us of our sophisticated Romanian churches as well; then we saw a museum which displayed wonderful religious artefacts but also models of furnished rooms as they were lived in during the 19th century in Spanish homes: a living-room, a bedroom, an embroidery room for the women and an entrance hall to a Spanish house.
What strikes one when visiting Olivenza is an alignment of palm trees on the Spanish streets, which can be quite narrow, but beautiful and picturesque.
Moreover, our realtionship with all of our partners flourished and everybody... both teachers and students literally cried when they had to say goodbye and return to their countries.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Dear all,
I would like to wish my students and fellow teachers from Colegiul Agricol Falticeni Romania a Happy New Year with lots of inner peace, happiness, courage, resilience and hope for a better future, whenever or wherever that may be :)
Yours truly,
Stoleriu A
I would like to wish my students and fellow teachers from Colegiul Agricol Falticeni Romania a Happy New Year with lots of inner peace, happiness, courage, resilience and hope for a better future, whenever or wherever that may be :)
Yours truly,
Stoleriu A
Thursday, October 21, 2010
PS added info
The hectic daily chaos made me forget to mention in yesterday's post that the Comenius team also visited Prague, the capital city of Czech Republic and Slavkov / Austerlitz.
Bye for now,
Stoleriu A
Bye for now,
Stoleriu A
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Extra information
The people who took part at this educational exchange are:
Teachers: 1. Stoleriu A., English teacher and overall scientific coordinator for Romania
2. Ţăranu G., Romanian Literature teacher and Comenius team member
Students: 1. Alexandru Todică - 11th grade MI
2. Theodor Hârgău - 11th grade MI
3. Anişoara Ciobanu - 12th grade SB
Bye for now. I hope you enjoy today's post on the Comenius page.
Yours truly,
The English teacher
Our visit to Brno, The Czech Republic
So we went to Brno, The Czech Republic.
It was a delightful cultural and educational exchange. It involved a lot of effort - there is no doubt about this, but all in all I would say it was worth it. Why the effort? Because the coordinating teacher has to supervise the whole team and take care of all details. Plus, some of our students and teachers had some health problems so I had to be extra careful. We finally managed to take our student, Anişoara Ciobanu with us, to the Czech Republic. She finally got better and came out of the hospital so that she could join the Comenius team for the 3rd Comenius school trip.
Our overall coordinator, Jutta Nagel was very pleased with our work on the project and congratulated us for the Alternative Energy Project Proposal.
I also have good news on the social side of this exchange: I came to realize that Western high school girls are very fond of Eastern European teenage boys, that is Romanian boys :) :) :)
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