Catania Edition 2011
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YOUCIS TIMES Catania Edition 2011 February 21-26 Rights of the Children An Interview with the Headmaster of “Boggio Lera” What do you think about the project? It’s a really nice project, but it’s essential to mind two points: the first is the respect for the people of other countries; the second is the personal continuity of this project as we all are the European people. What do you think about the Convention of Children’s Rights? It’s important to respect the rights of the children, but they are not always practised by people in general. The knowledge of the rights must be integrated into the ways of our culture. What are the biggest problems in your school and how are you solving them? We have got a big school with a lot of students. School is a good forming ground for the work which needs to be based on a good humanist relationship. We must do a job with professionality. We should strive for a good relationship between teachers and students. An Interview with the Comenius Coordinator of “Boggio Lera” How do you feel about our meeting in Catania? Well ,I am really happy to host our 5th Meeting here in Catania .As regards the organization I have worked hard to arrange everything as best as possible. To keep things comfortable for all of you. How long did it take you to organize the conference? It took me a good deal of time, but I did that sharing time with my daily school activities and lessons. How do you feel now that the conference has started? I feel more relaxed because I have already prepared almost everything. Did you feel tired when you started the preparation of the meeting? Well, to be sincere I felt scared and shocked for the huge amount of work to do. DO YOU KNOW YOUR RIGHTS? Maybe some of them but not all. If you want to learn your rights read “The Convention on the Rights of the Child” by EU or UN http://www.unicef.org/crc/files/Rights_overview.pdf 1. Not enough information about the Rights of the Child- Italy, Bulgaria 2. Toilet aren’t clean well- Italy, Bulgaria 3. School uniform-Turkey, UK 4. hair cut – Turkey, Bulgaria 5. “braking the right of relax. We have too much homework, projects and exam to do. So we haven’t free time!” – Poland 6. NO SMOKING! inside the school buildings - Germany, Bulgaria, Italy 7. Not enough money for school facilities – Italy, Bulgaria 8. Everything is good – Lithuania, France 9. Smoking near school and use of drugs near to school – Spain In different countries there are different rules in school. When I went to the yard I saw pupils smoking ! I was amazed that they can smoke in school. After that I met a pupil smoking in one of the classrooms. But my Italian friends said that they are allowed to smoke only in the yard! At that moment a Greek philosopher’s thought cam into my mind: “If you give freedom to the people they want more and more freedom without distractions.” We need distractions in our lives to live normally without destroying ourselves and our communities. Everything has to be done with a purpose and if you realize the rules, stop working as we have to change the rule. We should understand the new ideas and try to be positive about them. All these problems are similar and need to be discussed by pupils and teachers in a local level, and we have to try to make a difference. We should tolerate other ideas and respected them! By Simon and Vasil from Sofia, Bulgaria. YOUCIS Catania Workshops Sports Theatre Video Farewell Party Dancing Drawing Web Magazine In these days, our workshop wrote many articles about historical and cultural facts about Catania, sports and pupils’ rights at school. The first pupil was Fikri from Turkey of the sports workshop. “ I think that this project is a good opportunity to meet other people and to learn about different traditions,” said Fikri. We also interviewed some boys and girls from different countries during their workshops about our Comenius project and Catania. “Catania is a smaller city than Istanbul, but it is a very nice city”. We made the same questions to each pupil to see whether there were differences between every answer: • What do you think about this project? • What do you think about Catania? Do you like it? • Are you enjoying being here? These pupils are Yagmur and Vanesa from Turkey and Germany, of the dance and music workshop. “We think that this project is very interesting because we have the chance to know Europe The girl is Rossy from Bulgaria of the video better,” said Yagmur and Vanesa. workshop. “I like this project very much because I have the opportunity to meet nice people and to know Italy,” said Rossy. “ I’m enjoying Catania with my guest partner”. “ We like Catania very much and we are happy to be here”. This is Thomas from Romania of the video The girl is Manon from France of the farewell workshop. “I think that this project is very party workshop. “ I like this project because I love interesting for European relationships,” said speaking English, so I can learn it better,” said Thomas. Manon. “ Catania is different from my city, but I like staying here”. “ Catania is a great city and I like it!”. These pupils are Karolina and Rùta from Lithuania. Karolina’s workshop is the farewell party and Rùta’s workshop is cultural activities. “ We think that this project can help us to learn English better,” said Karolina and Rùta. This pupil is Soroor from Scotland of the video workshop. “ I’m so excited to participate in this project because it’s a great opportunity to know other cultures and traditions different from my country,” said Soroor. “ And I’m also excited to stay here and to meet other pupils”. This girl is Lizaveta from Spain of the drawing and painting workshop. “ This project is very interesting because I can establish different friendships and I can learn English better,” said Lizaveta. “ I’m enjoying being here. It is a “ Catania is a great city and there are very nice beautiful experience!” boys! “. This pupil is Daan from the Netherlands of the This boy is Adam from Poland of the video drawing and painting workshop. “ I like this workshop. ”I really enjoy staying in Italy, in project because I can know a new country, its particular in Sicily,” said Adam. “ I spent here a traditions and its culture,” said Daan. “ Catania is beautiful time with my Polish and foreign friends a beautiful city because It has a great culture with who I met in Bulgaria last year”. its monuments and its history”. A Photo Report on YOUCIS Workshops Do you like your workshopworkshop? What do you like about it? Luca, 14, from Holland, in the Farewell Party: -YES! Its nice. It’s relaxing. Andrea, 17, from Italy, in Sports: -Yes, I do! I love doing sports exercises. Iuhas, 16, from Romania, in Dancing: It’s fun, I like dancing! Irem , 14, from Turkey, in Theatre playing: -YES. I love meeting different people. We act scenes about pupils’ rights. Tomos, 14, from Romania, in Video production:- Yes , I do. Taking videos and pictures is fun. Natalia, 18, and Mateusz, 17, from Poland, in Drawing: -Yes, we do. We can express ourselves and our opinions on paper. Alexandra, 16, Bulgaria, in Culture activities : -Yes. Finding information and photos about Catania, Sicily, and Italy. Chengrui, 15, from the UK, in YOUCIS Web Magazine: -Yes. Writing about the history of Catania. By Simon and Vasil from Sofia, Bulgaria. Sports in Catania The most important sport in Catania is The historical origins of football in football. People love football very much and Catania date back to the year 1946 when are proud of their team. A few years ago the “Calcio Catania” was born. Catania team went up into the first division. The supporters sing this song at the stadium: Catania won the match against Inter that won the Champions League last year. “We are Catania Football in Catania is very important. Everybody plays it everywhere, especially the Red and blue alè alè children. Wherever we are with you. We’ll sing forever…” Waterball in Catania The female waterball team in Catania is the best in Italy and very important in the world. It has won many awards: 18 Italian championships. A lot of people in Catania don’t know the waterball team even if it’s so important in the world, often people only care about football. Sports in other countries Turkey In Turkey the most important sport is A lot of people cheer for Fenerbahçe, football. The biggest teams of football are however Besiktas and Galatasaray are Besiktas, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray. important, too. The second sport is basketball. The big team is Fenerbahçe. The Basketball national team won the silver medal at the world championship last year. Germany In Germany the most important sports are The most important sport is football, in football, basketball, volleyball, rugby. Germany one of the most important teams is Bayern Munich. Women tend to play volleyball, men do not. Instead they prefer to play basketball. Rugby and football is played by both. Bayern Munich has won a record of twenty- one championships since the formation of the league in 1963 Spain The most important sports in Spain are football, basketball. The biggest football teams are Real Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Sevilla, but in basketball Real Madrid, Barcelona and Cajalaboral are best.