Move Together in a Healthy European Way

Newsletter 2

Istituto Comprensivo Giovanni XXIII -

The Erasmus experience began on Sunday afternoon at railway station with the In the classrooms arrival of guests. After greetings, all together we The partner teachers visited our classes in Cerrelli, went to the hotel "Spennagalli" for a welcome Borgo Carillia and Altavilla, to learn about buffet and to present guest students to the host student’s activities. During their visit to the families. The buffet ended with a very good cake, children's school, they watched children in their popular music and songs. It was great! daily routines. The shadow theater and the Welcoming guests creation of drawings made with recycled materials have aroused great interest. On Monday morning, the chairman and local authorities welcomed guests with a welcoming speech, also our children sang songs. Guest students were formally entrusted to our teachers.

Then the partner teachers visited the three

primary school locations, pupils showed them their activities, also they showed them a

"Erasmus" notebook, in which there was news and In addition, guests have been able to admire our work on all the countries that took part in the Project. products such as colored glass jars and oranges and lemons.

A climax of great friendliness marked the visit to the two secondary schools. Our students Workshop presented their work and illustrated the materials produced: interactive maps, multimedia In Altavilla Silentina, the partner teachers were presentation of our country, Iceland, France, able to observe a manipulation workshop where Hungary and Poland, highlighting the main cities, the island of "Oceania" was made with flower customs and customs of the various countries. garlands and paper boxes. Also, they have been very interested in a math lesson with the use of ICTs and have asked a lot about the software used.

In the Cerrelli Institute, they participated in the ceramic laboratory, worked the clay, and produced artefacts, following the various stages In the science lab, our students showed a specific of machining. The product made by the guest weight and mass test, this test was explained in pupils were delivered to themselves as a English. souvenir.

In the Borgo Carillia institute there was a theater workshop with lyrics and songs.

In the walk to Borgo Carillia at the “Madonna della Neve”, students and teachers, divided into four

teams, each group with a map and clues, they had The painting workshop, which saw the to find along the path of the words in English with involvement of Altavilla secondary school pupils, which they had to compose a phrase on Italians and foreigners, was a great success. friendship. The whole thing ended with a beautiful "girotondo".

Each of them has created a landscape of our city with decoupage technique on canvas. Great In Altavilla we reached "Quota 424", all the interest has aroused the paper recycling lab, participants, divided into three teams and made by the pupils of the first and second class of equipped with maps, had to find with appropriate Borgo Carillia. clues of sporting images and solve a rebus. After arriving at the destination, after a brief

Hiking in orienteering mode presentation of the place, they admired the magnificent and evocative view. Excursions to let guests know our territory have been a time of great participation and sharing. In Cerrelli each pupil of the fifth grade A and B with French pupils and teachers, with maps, made the journey to the "Fattoria della Pace" and there they admired and knew the horses better.

Treasure hunt and programming. France, in the first meeting, showed the photographic book. It was then Among the various activities in this exciting week, defined the organization of the next trip to treasure hunt has allowed us to explore and enjoy Hungary. the beauties of Altavilla, such as the square, the historic center, the convent of San Francesco, the Forest, the churches of San Biagio and St. Anthony.

Paestum

The day dedicated to visit the temples and the

museum of , an ancient Greek colony, All this was done with the collaboration of the was very interesting and unique. Archaeological local Associations: “Argonauta” and “Altavilla workshops and reconstruction of "finds" Viva”. Students, teachers, and guests, with a recovered in an excavation were involved, team-guided guide instructor, had to find a path both for students and for teachers. on a mute map, reach the places marked on it in the order shown, and document the activity carried out with photos and videos. In addition, the actors of the association "L'Eco del Mito" paid us with a brief but intense representation of life passed in local dialect.

During the visit to the "Il Granato" dairy in Paestum, pupils and teachers could attend the preparation of and then dine at lunch.

Working time

Throughout the week, Italian and foreign teachers met together to have a moment of comparison

Wellness activities The day ended with the great “Palio delle Cente” game. The games, organized by the local Primary school pupils with all partners association, have been very engaging, in the participated in the activity of Music therapy form of tradition and history. with the expert at the Cerrelli plexus gymnasium.

The pupils and guests were divided into five teams

combined with the five participating team. Each French students with their teacher showed us a team participated with a member country of this yoga activity. Project. Even the Icelanders have done yoga exercises, while the Polish pupils have shown us a dance.

Traditional games

The last day of the week the Secondary school students have presented and played together our traditional "racing in bags" game.

At the end of the games, the event stopped with the prize-giving ceremony of the winning party and a thank-you speech from our Head of school and local authorities. Also attending the event were the "bandwagon banners", a group of kids at the Helaion Center in , who received great approval from the audience.

Foreign students showed the traditional games of their countries: French student played the “The flag” game, the Polish pupils played "How to play two flamesonia" and the Icelanders played "Big fishes or harksnda".

Our "Taste and Tradition"

The cooking workshop at IIS "G. B. Piranesi "by , was one of the most" tasty "moments.

Our guests, coordinated by the teachers of the hotel, have learned to make fresh pasta: “fusilli”,

“cavatelli” and “ravioli”, typical products of our wine and food tradition.

Greetings

Our guests return to their homes Saturday at 7am.

At the end of the activity, we spent an evening together and tasted the products made by the pupils and some typical dishes.

Hi friends, we will soon find ourselves in Hungary. The Erasmus Week is magnificent.

At the restaurant

In this intense week, many were the pleasant moments passed together. One of these was the welcome dinner at the restaurant "Buttero" in , preceded by a walk and a visit to the castle. Very exciting was the dinner made at the pizzeria the last night before our friends left. The appetizer with typical products and pizza were appreciated by everyone. The final greetings were beautiful and touching.

Ecole du Clos Perrine We liked exchange with our host, with the Mannevillette families. We enjoyed the hospitality in all the FRANCE small schools: there were always small culinary

preparations for us! The children and we practiced sport activities, walk and games. With these activities we discovered the pretty little village of Altavilla Silentina. The day in Paestum was wonderful. Most of us had never visited the Roman ruins.

Thanks to the sun that accompanied our week.

We spent an intense week in Italy. We traveled The school was too good, there were activities. with 12 young children (9 and 10 years old). For The house is too beautiful and the parents who them that was a wonderful experience. welcomed us were too nice. We met extraordinary teachers. We were really I liked the Italian food. warmly welcomed by all the colleagues and we I found the ruins very well at the Paestum thank them. Everyone was very involved, it was a Archaeological Park and the day of the village great success. feast was fun. The children were particularly well received. They were very happy and would like to leave. We are very grateful to the host families who have failed them. Adèle Arnoult Their experience of the Italian school has marked them very much: they have noted very well the differences and the similarities. They gave their views expressed their preferences on returning, it was very interesting. All the pupils were very happy and excited to tell all the children of the school their adventure! All of us discovered the Italian school organization. There are big differences with the The two school’s mascots travelled with us: Flamme French system: large school groups with lots of and Mimi. They shared this great experience with staff around the children; this is very different children and teachers. Back in France, Flamme and from our little school. Mimi helped children to explain their trip with all the photos we took. We enjoyed the trip to Paestum really much, walking around in the ancient Greek historical site, listening to the guide, talking to local people when we had a cup of coffee in a sunny café.

Although we did not take children with us Kecskemeti Foiskola Petofi Sandor Gyakorlo (concerning their age) we really enjoyed the Altalanos Iskola es Gyakorlo Ovoda

company of the local and guest school pupils Kecskemet

HUNGARY around us. They were so friendly and eager to

speak to us even with limited English. The language did not matter that much, a smile mattered more. Also we could see some of the pupils crying and feeling homesick at the beginning and the very same pupils talking to everyone, making freindships, taking part in everything eagerly as the week went on.

Three of us from Hungary had the priviledge to spend a lively and dynamic week in Italy. We started our adventure in walking around in the historical district Santa Lucia and visiting the castles. We enjoyed the beautiful landscape of the Naples Bay. We considered it one of the most relevant and Arriving in Altvilla Silentina we received a warm important benefits of the project. Young welcome from the Italian staff, the children and students can find a common language very soon, the local authorities. It was nice to see how does not matter which country they are from. deeply all the Italian hosts were involved in the They are all from Europe. project meeting, everything was sophisticated Thank you Italy, see you in Hungary! and perfectly organized. As we are pre-school teachers we were espacially interested in the Timi, Márta, Erika kindergarten daily life of Italian schools. It was really instructive to observe the work of teachers, how they educate the children. We could notice significant differences between our countries in principles and practice in raising up small children. Ölduselsskóli to ours and also what differences us. The

Reykjavik orienteering game in Altavilla was challenging

ICELAND and nice to see this beautiful village and its surroundings. The trip to Paestum was the highlight of the week and something that we will never forget. Our students had a very good time in Italy and learned many things about Italy and Europe but like one of our students said after the trip: “It was a great experience for me and I had a really good time but what I learned from it was also appreciation, appreciation for my family, for my school and for my country”.

Sincerely,

First trip with students to Italy: Fríða, Margrét og Sunneva

Our week in Altavilla Silentina in March with our students was a great adventure. There were five students in 8th grade that we selected to be ambassadors in Italy for our school in Iceland.

The students were chosen after a application and also because most of them had not traveled much. We were really pleased with our students, they did well and were a good ambassadors for our school. The warm welcome party when we arrived at the guesthouse were a good surprise and set the tone for the week. We were really impressed by the warm hosts and how the Italian coordinators had involved so many teachers, school staff and the whole community in the project. The Italian families that opened their home for our students were exceptionally kind and good to our students and had a great part in making this week a unique experience for them. It was instructive to see how the schools in Italy are and what is similar acquainted with the education system. Thanks to visiting the schools in Carrelli, Altavilla Silentina and Borgo Carillia and observing the classes we were able to find out about methods, forms of work, the assessment system and the Szkola Podstawowa im.M.C.Sklodowskiej learning conditions of the students there. Tarnogrod POLAND

The most surprising for us was the obligation to wear school uniforms by younger students, no

breaks and a wide range of practical activities Our weekly visit in Italy with the Move Together and higher math requirements compared to to a Healthy European Way project was our students in our country. second trip under the Erasmus + project . The Virtually during every single day, there was the program of the visit was very diverse and integration meeting of teachers, students and provided meetings, school visits at various parents involved in the project. It was usually stages of education, observation of activities, combined with the knowledge of tradition and cultural program, integration meetings and trips tasting of regional dishes. We will always to interesting places for project teams . The remember a sports festival organized on the last hosts took care of keeping both the children and day, together with the local community involved teachers from the partner schools very active. in it. An interesting solution for competing with On the first day of the visit we were surprised by students from different countries was the the warm welcome from local authorities, the creation of international teams based on local school community, the project coordinator and sports clubs. the school authorities. The friendship, cordiality and openness of the inhabitants of this part of Italy accompanied us until the last day and the tears at the farewell only affirmed the authenticity of their nature that we could experience. One of the goals of our visit was to get According to the main assumptions of the experiences for us, expanding our knowledge in project, each partner school presented its various fields and a great example of good traditional team games and techniques to relax. international cooperation. We are convinced that despite the language barrier you can communicate. This type of international project allows you to explore the world, make friends, improve your language skills, and teach tolerance. Polish team.

Then everyone imitated the proposed choreographies by playing along and trying to match the moves of their coaches. Despite many clumsy movements and comical situations, everyone had a great time. In the program the hosts planned to visit the ruins of Paestrum, one of the most important archaeological parks in Europe, which in 1998 was listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Before we started, however, we took part in archaeological workshops, which brought us closer to the work of people who discover life, customs and the way our ancestors work.

During the daily joint working meetings the project team worked on refining the forms of documentation of the implemented activities, streamlining the flow of information between the project partners and developing and setting the date of the next meeting scheduled in Poland. These meetings also brought new knowledge about running and organizing knowledge on the blog and working on TwinSpace. In retrospect, I can say that participating in the partner school meeting in Italy on 19-24 March 2017 was an invaluable source of new