adult working groups for comenius July activity

Hello to everybody! We hope you had a nice beginning of the schoolyear! Last weekend there was a great grape harvest festival in Klosterneuburg. We took part in the parade with a group of pupils, parents and teachers. Our theme was "We are Europe" and we used flags and shirts of all countries in our Comenius project. We hope you like the photos, use the following link: http://fotos10.mslangstoeger.at/weinlese/index.html
Lot of greetings
Susan

Hania`s Venetian Port

Hello Dear Friends,

Just to say hello and wish you a good school rentrée.

Take care,

Manuela Galante

Portugal lés a lés

EXHIBITION

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Hi dear friends,
Here you have a small video of the whole group who participated in the folk dances.
It was a very sunny, windy (????),funny and active day!
You will see teachers and students from the 8th A and 8th C = 13-14 year-olds.

Take a look!
Manuela

All about us .... 8th B from E.B. 2,3 de Perafita

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Hello everybody!

Our 8th A and 8th C students (14 year-olds) decided to show you a bit of our traditional folk songs.

This is a part of the "Getting to know each other" project inside our COMENIUS, that they have built up.

They coworked with their teachers on this: The PE teacher rehearsed the folk dances (Rita Carneiro), the Arts and Technology teachers helped with the costumes making (Ana Moreira and Teresa Moreira) and the class directors organized the groups (Inês Lopes and Eugénia Costa).

The final product is really very beautiful and very, very good.

All the teachers are very proud of you, dear students! Congratulations to all !

When you work in a team everything is easier and much more rewarding!

Take a look and enjoy!

Manuela Galante

This dance comes from MADEIRA ( one of the Portuguese Islands in the Atlantic Ocean ) and as most of the folk dances, it represents part of the farming habits of each region. If you search the web for "Bailinho da Madeira" you will find out more about it and our beautiful archipelago - MADEIRA and PORTO SANTO.

I will post 8th A film in another message!

Sorry, but I won´t be able to do that - the video clip is too heavy - I will send it to each partner by mail as soon as possible, ok? Sorry kids!

These dances are very common in the North of Portugal (MINHO) and each costume represents someone with a different role in the farming community. In the past, people would dance "Malhão" during harvest time. These folk dances are still very popular in all kinds of shows and local festivities, especially in the summer. Portugal has got a very strong tradition in Associativism and these folk groups are scattered all over Portugal (We even had one at our school composed by teachers and janitors. It was really fun!).

Here are some of the nice pictures I took in Alaçati, Çesme in Turkey.
Syrinçe

The meeting

The windsurf

A school desk at the Primary School

The secondary school - our partner

Welcoming greetings at a classroom

The food - nham, nham!

The food, again!

A nice postcard done by the Turkish Friends

Hope you´ve enjoyed these pics! It is just a tiny sample of what Turkey has to offer us!

Take care,
Manuela G.

Work of 1st Gen. L. of Hania students

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A POSTCARD FROM PORTUGAL

Hello Dear Friends,
Still in our memories the good times we spent at Cesme.
What a fine group we are!
Ertugrul, you have been quite a host! Thanks again!

As you remember, due to technical difficulties in Turkey, it was not possible to open the video that was done by Graça and her 5th and 6th grade students - "A postcard from Portugal".

Graça decided to ask her son to help her posting it in our blog. In no time it will be posted, for sure!

And remember - Portugal is waiting for your visit! Such a small country but with so much diversity!

Take care,
Manuela Galante

Jo's pictures of meetings of our project

Hi,

Just a quick note to let you know I have put photos from the Portugal, Crete and Turkey visits on this website: http://comeniuske7.shutterfly.com. The password to view them is 'comenius'.

Our students are still talking about their amazing trip to Turkey - it has made a lasting impression on them and given them memories that will last a long time.

Warm greetings to you all,

Jo

Wide Horizons 3rd Alacati Meeting

Hi Everybody

I'd like to thank you once more for your participation in the 3rd meeting in Alacati ,Izmir , Turkiye.

We had unforgetable moments together. A slide show on the memory of Alacati Meeting.

Hope to see you.

Greetings

Ertugrul

Year 7 Showcase

Hello all,

Before I say anything else, I must offer thanks on behalf of all of our English group to Ertugrul and his colleagues and students for the wonderful hospitality we received during our stay in Turkey, we will never forget our visit.

Part of the work in our school for Comenius is being done by our youngest students in year 7 (11-12 years old). They have been enthusiastically working for several weeks to prepare for a showcase/exhibition on the various Comenius partner countries. Here are some photos of their stands, which included information on the tourism, food, history and traditions of the different countries.

Best wishes,

Jo

Thank you Ertugrul

Thank you for your very warm hospitality.

The part of Greek team of Comenius project that visited Alacati.

Excellent meeting!

The students and teachers from Klosterneuburg want to thank our turkish friends in Alacati for the wonderful days. Everything was great: the hotel, the windsurfing area, the sights, the villages and towns and most important - the warm hospitality.

We want to thank you for the organisation of such a big meeting with so many students and teachers from all our Comenius partners.

I think Ramazan and Ertugrul did a fantastic job and contributed a lot to the sucsess of the project "Wide horizons".

Lots of greetings from

Susan, Marlies and Ali

There is tourism in Himberg! ;)

About a week ago the 6th grade walked around in Himberg and interviewed some guesthouse owners. The students found out that most of the guests are commuters but one pension houses tourists too. The owner told us, that the tourists use Himberg as a starting point for short trips because it is near Vienna, the Neusiedler Lake and the Semmering - a skiing region. After our tour the students created posters for you.

Sadly our Digi-Cam broke down on this day. That's why there are no pictures.

Work of the 5th grade of Himberg

Unsere Gegend

Magdalena Baumgartner, Anna Bubich, Katharina Pinter 

In unserer Gegend gibt es wenig Wald, dafür haben wir viele Felder. Es gibt keine hohen Berge, weil wir im Flachland leben. Wir haben relativ viele Bauern, die aber meistens keine Tiere mehr halten.  
Himberg hat ca. 5500 Einwohner und besteht aus den Teilen Himberg, Pellendorf und Velm. Es ist ca. 15 km von Wien entfernt und in etwa 20 Minuten zu erreichen.

Es gibt auch sehr viele Wildtiere wie Enten, Biber, Reiher, Rehe und Vögel.

In unsere Schule kommen viele Kinder aus Dörfern in der näheren Umgebung. Sie fahren mit dem Bus zur Schule. An unserer Schule gibt es zehn Klassen, ca. 200 Kinder und 22 Lehrer und Lehrerinnen.

Bei uns in der Gegend gibt es viele Reitställe, Golfplätze, Tennisplätze, Fußballplätze und vieles mehr.

Leider gibt es bei uns auch sehr viel Verkehr. Der meiste Verkehr geht in der Früh nach Wien hinein und am Abend wieder heraus, weil viele Leute in Wien arbeiten.

Es gibt keine berühmten Sehenswürdigkeiten in Wien.

Wir hoffen, dass man sich vorstellen kann, wie es in Himberg aussieht. 
 

Our region

In our region we have got a few forests, but a lot of fields. We haven´t got any high mountains, because we live in the lowlands. We have got a lot of farmers, but they don´t raise many animals like cows or pigs. Himberg has got about 5500 inhabitants. There are three parts called Himberg, Pellendorf and Velm. You can reach Vienna in about 20 minutes, it is 15 km far  away from Himberg.

In our region we have got a lot of medows.

A lot of wild animals live in our area. For example: ducks, beavers, herons, deer and birds.

A lot of children from other villages go to our school. They take the bus to school. We have got 10 classes, about 200 pupils and 22 teachers.

In Himberg we have got stables, golfcourses, tenniscourts and soccer fields.

We have got a lot of traffic in our region. Traffic is very heavy in the morning and in the evening, becaue many people go to work in Vienna.

We haven´t got any famous sights in Himberg.

We hope that you can imagine what Himberg is like now.

From Klosterneuburg and Susan

Dear Comenius Friends!

Only a few hours are left until our third meeting starts in Turkey.

We and our 8 pupils are already quite excited.

Here are some photos from the interview with the director of the Tourist Information Centre of Klosterneuburg. Everything he told the pupils about tourism in Klosterneuburg was written down in a map we are using for our project. Then we visited a small 4* Hotel where the pupils could see the rooms and talk to the owner family.

In the moment a new big 4* hotel is built in Klosterneuburg by the Radisson group. We went there and had a look at building, which is nearly finished.

See you in Alacati

Susan

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Hi everybody!
Here you have one of our schools´tradition - the Carnival parade.
This Powerpoint was made by a class of 8-year-olds from ESCOLA DAS RIBEIRAS ( a school that is part of our Vertical Group of schools).
They have made loads of small powerpoints about different issues, so it was difficult to choose one to post !!!
This parade is about the class transforming itself into robots.
I will show you the complete powerpoint in Alacati, Turkey during the 3rd project meeting.
Till then take care,
Manuela Galante

Sorry, but I have to leave a message in Portuguese for the little ones!

PS: Parabéns a todos os meninos e professores que participaram na elaboração dos diversos Powerpoints que recebemos. Espero que se tenham divertido e aprendido bastante - é esse o objectivo destes projectos! MG

3rd project meeting in Alacati

Dear friends

I have nearly arranged everthing for our 3rd meeting here in Alacati , Cesme , Izmir , Turkiye .

We are happy to welcome you in our country and pretty town.

I have got the final number for the Windsurf activity we plan to have . For this reason , I'm attaching photos and the link of windsurf center in Alacati. Perhaps , interested students may visit the web site to have further inf. .

http://www.active-surf.com/index.php?lang=en

See you in Alacati ,

Ertugrul Tatbul

TOURISM IN MATOSINHOS

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Hello from sunny Portugal!
Well, finally I found out how to post a powerpoint on a blog ( uffffff ).
As many of you said they couldn´t open the one that was in the body of the message, I am now posting it again, but up here.

Have nice Easter holidays with the ones you love and take care,
Manuela Galante

TOURISM IN MATOSINHOS - work done by the class CEF - T2 Adm+Apf from E.B. 2,3 de PERAFITA

Hello everybody!

My students have already finished their study on "Tourism in Matosinhos". Take a look at the pictures taken while they were working inside school and when they went to the travel agencies. The PowerPoint is posted .

We hope you enjoy it and that it will be useful when choosing your next holidays destination.

Class: CEF T2 Adm+Apf (Ana; Elisabete; Vanessa; João; André; Liliana; Joana; Filipe; Henrique; Cristiana; Daniela; Patrícia V.; Filipa; Patrícia S.;Daniela G.; Vera; Vanessa; Hélder; Sofia)

Teachers: Manuela Galante, Marília Henriques, Adelaide Ribeiro and Celestina Silva.

Red Nose Day

Hi all,

Last Friday, across the UK, schools (along with lots of other people) took part in 'Red Nose Day'. This is a day when people do silly things to raise money to support lots of charity projects that happen across the UK and in Africa. In our school we had students throwing wet sponges at teachers (me included!), people in fancy dress costumes, cake sales, a fancy dress rugby game and lots of other activities.

I of course dressed up in a ridiculous outfit - here's a picture, please don't laugh too much! One teacher dressed up as a Dalek from Dr Who - an alien robot from a TV show if you don't know it. I don't know how much our school raised altogether, but across the whole country the total was £59 million, which is great.

We're very much looking forward to May when we shall see you all in the beautiful Alacati.

Jo

Here's Kirstie and the 'Dalek' too!