Comenius Project: Orbis Pictus - keep it balanced" Diary: May 2015

29 May 2015

Comenius visit to Volos, Greece - our school AutoCollages

Comenius "ORBIS PICTUS" memories by Mrs Elena Prepis, the coordinator from Cyprus

These memo notes were collected by our Greek friends during the final meeting in Volos.

During my Comenius trips this year I visited Hungary, Poland and Greece. It was wonderful to meet very nice teachers from other European countries for first time. We exchanged opinions on our educational systems, we participated in integration games and learnt traditional dances in Hungary and Poland. We took part in quizzes and gained a lot of knowledge about the hosting countries. We cooked and tried traditional foods of 5 different countries in Budapest and we visited historical places and learnt a lot about the history of the countries.

I will never forget the “Shoes on the Danube Bank”, an impressive monument created on the West Bank of the Danube River to honour the Jews who were killed during World War II.

Poland, my second visit, is a country with a lot of rich but turbulent history. While I was visiting Poland I felt so proud of its people fighting for a free and united country and also for their culture and human dignity. We walked in Kielce and learnt about its history on the spot and we also visited the Holy Cross Mountains. The Gothic Wawel castle in Kracow constitutes the most historically and culturally important site in Poland. In Poland both me and my students enjoyed a wonderful “Comenius Gala” full of music, dances and singing. The Polish students spoke about their interests in school subjects, music and sports.

My trip ends in Volos where I lived the great hospitality of the Greeks in all its dimensions.We all felt like home and everybody was so happy. We got so close and enjoyed our stay in Volos very much. The young students of the 3^rd Primary school of N. Ionia surprised us with their talents in acting and dancing. It was great pleasure to watch “Ecclisiazouses”, written by Aristophanes in 392 B.C.

We visited the Town Hall, the Museum with its unique findings, the public library of Milies in Mount Pilion, with its old, rare Greek and Latin books and historic features. We ended our travelogue in Meteora, one of the largest and most important complexes of Greek Orthodox Monasteries in Greece.

Our 2 year Comenius programme reached its end in Volos. Before we said goodbye to each other we had lived an impressive night with the traditional dances of the 12 European countries, danced by the young students of the 3^rd Primary School of N. Ionia. That was the successful completion of the programme. This programme brought together 12 different European countries. Teachers and students shared their cultures, traditions, beliefs and thoughts. We showed respect for diversity and we made new friends. We laughed together, worked together and practised the English language. We formed bonds and felt proud of belonging to our own family, the European Union.

Elena Christodoulidou

Geri Gymnasium, Cyprus

27 May 2015

Our project in the local media "The Voice of Daleszyce"

Comenius Music Club: "Song contest"

Dnia 29 maja 2014 roku w Gimnazjum im. Jana Pawła II odbył się VII Konkurs Piosenki Obcojęzycznej „Orbis Pictus”, przygotowany przez Comenius Music Club, dedykowany jedenastu szkołom partnerskim projektu Comenius „Orbis Pictus - keep it balanced”, realizowanego w latach 2013/2015 w naszej szkole. Dyrekcja, jury, nauczyciele i gimnazjaliści usłyszeli 7 piosenek. Dominującym językiem śpiewanych piosenek był język angielski, jednak znaleźli się uczniowie, którzy wybrali język niemiecki. Zaskoczeniem dla wszystkich okazała się piosenka wykonana w języku japońskim.

Poziom śpiewających był bardzo wysoki, dlatego jury miało nie lada problem z wyborem zwycięzcy.Pan Dyrektor ogłosił wyniki:

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