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KPUP ACTIVITIES

KPUP, 2014, Main Things To Do

                                              KPUP, 2014, Main Things To Do

Our Comenius Meeting in Lithuania is scheduled for the period 24 to 30 March, 2014 and in June , 2014, we will have the final meeting and project evaluation in Spain.

 Among the most important final products are: developing the subjects of the project, writing articles and publishing a bilingual magazine ( English and mother tongue ) on the history and culture of the partner countries, creation of a "KPUP" CD - ROM which will include activities, products and outcomes.

We shall continually disseminate project activities and their results not only in reports to our national agency and ministry, but also in the press and of course in our school. This blog will help us a lot to organise our materials and ideas.Assessment and ongoing monitoring of our project are needed to develop strategies and to maintain and develop the cooperation between the partners involved, for other future European projects.

 "Knowing the Past to Understand Project the Present" is financially supported by the European Commission's Comenius Project Program of Lifelong Learning. The information provided is the sole responsibility of the project team while ANPCDEFP and the European Commission are not responsible for the way in which this information is used.

                                                     Principalele Obiective KPUP, 2014

              Vizita in Lituania este programata in pentru perioada 24-30 martie, 2014, iar in iunie, 2014, va avea loc intalnirea finala si evaluarea proiectului in Spania. 

             Printre produsele finale cele mai importante sunt elaborarea unei reviste bilingve ( engleza si limba materna) referitoare la istoria si cultura din tarile partenere, selectarea articolelor pentru publicare si elaborarea unui CD-ROM care sa cuprinda activitatile, produselor si rezultatelor proiectului. publicarea revistei bilingve si publicarea lor.

           Mentionam ca urmarim in permanenta diseminarea activitatilor proiectului si rezultatelor lor nu numai la agentia nationala si minister, dar si in presa locala si bineinteles in scoala noastra. 

           Evaluarea si monitorizarea permanenta a proiectului nostru urmareste dezvoltarea strategiilor necesare de pastrare si dezvoltare a cooperarii intre partenerii implicati, pentru viitoare proiecte europene.                            

           Proiectul Knowing the Past to Understand the Present este realizat  cu sprijinul financiar al Comisiei Europene în cadrul Programului Sectorial Comenius al Proiectului de Invățare pe Tot Parcursul Vietii. Informații furnizate  reprezintă responsabilitatea  exclusivă a echipei de proiect, iar A.N.P.C.D.E.F.P. și Comisia Europeană nu sunt responsabile  pentrul modul în care este folosit conținutul acestor informatii.

                                                               Eugenia Bica
                                                               Coord Proiect

KPUP 1st Comenius Meeting, 8th -11th November, 2012, IES Valle de Aller, Moreda de Aller Spain

                          INITIAL MEETING: IES Valle de Aller (8th-11th November 2012)

FINAL CONCLUSIONS AND AGREEMENTS

                During this first meeting of the Comenius project, held in IES Valle de Aller, we have organized four formal Comenius Working Meeting with the following agenda:

I Comenius Project Work Meeting

-          Integration of the Comenius project in the Curriculum of the schools.

-          Sharing opinions about the different programmed activities.

-          Revision of the working calendar

-          Agreements in communications.

II Comenius Project Work Meeting

-          Students mobility

-          Preparation of reports

-          Diffusion plan

-          Introduction of the LOGO of the project.

-          Creation of the blog of the project.

III Comenius Project Work Meeting

-          Introduction of associated school and teachers (their countries, their schools) to students of 3º y 4º ESO and the Spanish teachers participating in the project

IV Comenius Project Work Meeting

-          Design of activities of students before the visit

-          Preparation of the visit of students and teachers to the program visit to Turkey

-          Signature of agreements and certificate of the meeting

-          Evaluation of the meeting.

These are the conclusions and agreements according to each meeting:

I.        COMENIUS MEETING

1.       All the associated partners agree that our Comenius project: “Knowing the past to understand the present” is fully integrated in the curriculum of our schools and educational system curriculum.

2.       We revised all the programmed activities in the application form and we agree with all of them. However, we also agree that every school can add more activities concerning the project according the necessities of their school.

3.       Apart from the delay of the initial meeting, due to the best possibilities for all schools implied, we all agree in the original calendar of activities and mobility. It was proposed the date of visit and mobility of students for Turkey and Sweden Comenius meeting, according to the following calendar:

-          TURKEY: From 18^th to 24^th MARCH

-          SWEDEN: From 27^th May to 2^nd June

4.       Respecting communications, we all agree in the following aspects.

·         The official communication about the project will be by e-mail through the coordinators of the project.

·          Apart from that, it will be created a gmail group among the participant teachers. The Turkish partner will be in charge of it.

·         It will also be created a facebook group. The Turkish partner will be in charge of it.

·         We will also create an e-mail addresses data among our students to communicate among them.

·         We will also use video conference as a way of communication after our students have met in the second Comenius meeting.

II.      COMENIUS MEETING

With regards student mobility, we all agreed each partner school will carry out the mobility to each associated country with 4 students and 2 teachers, according the money we have been assigned in the project.

        However, it was discussed the possibility to increase the number of students in the mobility in the case they could be lodged in a family house. This, obviously, would reduce expenses in every student and would make possible to extend the number of students. In the case of Romania and Spain, it is possible to find families to lodge the students. In the case of Turkey, the school needs some time to consider the idea. The Swedish partner considered it was quite difficult the lodging in families due to the different conditions of their students (many students to lodge and families houses are usually small flats).

        On the other hand, we all agreed that our intermediate Comenius report will be elaborated in our meeting in Sweden, in May.

        We all agreed of the diffusion of the project, according to the guide lines reflected in the application form.

        The Spanish partner introduced the LOGO of the Comenius project: “Knowing the past to understand the present”. It was elaborated by the IES Valle de Aller teacher from the Arts Department, Mrs. Marta Rodriguez. After the presentation and the explanations about the elaborations of it, all the associated schools accepted it as the logo of the project.

        In this session, it was also created the blog of the Comenius project. It was decided the name of the blog: KPUP (Knowing the past to understand the present).

IES Valle de Aller will be in charge of this official blog of the project, and all the activities, reports, and materials will be reflected on it, from all the partner schools. We agreed that official language will be English, but we also contribute to the blog in our own languages, promoting the idea of understanding our customs and traditions. The Swedish partner, due to the special circumstances of the students (most of the immigrant) will only write their report in English.

        The creation of an official project blog (where all the information will be included) doesn´t mean that each school could create their own blogs in their schools.

III.    COMENIUS MEETING

The four Comenius associated school introduced their countries and schools to the educative community of IES Valle de Aller. In the case of students it was focused in students aged: from 14 to 16 years old.

IV.    COMENIUS MEETING

We all agree in the design of activities of students before the next mobility. We are all going to work in a general vision of each country History, but them we are to focus our attention in the History of the country we are going to visit each time. In this case Turkey. The teachers of each visiting countries are going to give us a guideline of the most important things to learn about their History to be used in our lessons of History with our students participating in the project.

At the same time, the students of every partner school will also work on a specific topic or theme about their History to present it in the guest country partner school.

In general, all the partner schools prefer to have a general vision of History of the whole country, with no distinctions among different areas or regions. In the case of Spain, the school would prefer to focus just on the region of Asturias, but they will try to adapt, apart from Asturias, to a general vision of Spanish History.

The activities that will be designed to prepare the visit are: Project songs, Language teams, History lessons, Debates discussion on History, Prepare common rules on debates, Common phrase dictionary of all common languages, Student blogs.

It is also agreed to develop a Project Guide in which all the activities we make are reflected. The official blog is a good tool to do that.

Romania partners express their wish to move the mobility to their school to October 2013, instead of November. That was accepted by all the associated partners.

It was also considered as an important point in the project to reflect the differences between past and present in each associated country, focus on comparison of all possible historical elements, including social aspects.

Finally, we are agreed in the criteria to choose students for the mobility to each associated school:

- Level of English

- Work on History

- Motivation on the project

The average of age of the candidates will vary between 15 to 17 years old. The Sweden partner school could increase the age until 18, depending of the special circumstances of some students.

It was given a certificate for all participants in the meeting according to the meeting calendar.

It was also made an evaluation of this initial meeting in Spain from the part of the participants

                               

                                Margarita Gandullo

                                Project Coordinator

                                Moreda de Aller, 11^th November 2012

DISEMINARE

“KNOWING THE PAST TO UNDERSTAND THE PRESENT”

Prima Reuniune de Proiect

                         Din 1 august 2012 Colegiul National Radu Negru Fagaras este partener in  proiectul scolar multilateral Comenius KNOWING THE PAST TO UNDERSTAND THE PRESENT (“Sa cunoastem trecutul pentru a intelege prezentul”), proiect in curs de derulare, inregistrat cu numarul de referinta 12-PM-504-BV-ES, realizat cu sprijinul financiar al Comisiei Europene, Programului Sectorial Comenius, component al Programului de Invatare pe tot Parcursul Vietii. Acest proiect se va desfasura pana in 31 iulie 2014 si reuneste parteneri din cinci tari europene : Romania (Fagaras), Spania (Moreda), Lituania (Vilnius), Turcia (Istanbul) si Suedia (Stockholm), care si-au propus ca in decursul celor doi ani de proiect sa coopereze in vederea atingerii obiectivelor principale ale proiectului.

                          Ceea ce urmareste proiectul cu precadere este promovarea atitudinilor pozitive fata de trecutul si  prezentul tarii noastre dar si un dialog cultural, sustinut intre toate tarile implicate in parteneriat. Urmarim perfectionarea abilitatilor de comunicare in limba engleza si motivarea elevilor nostri de a-si dori sa cunoasca mai bine spatiul european. Ca produse finale propune o varietate de strategii si instrumente didactice bazate pe activitati centrate pe elev, care pot fi publicate pe blogul proiectului si pe site-ul institutiei noastre dar si in presa locala.

                            Obiectivele primei reuniuni de proiect care s-a desfasurat in IES Valle de Aller, Moreda, in perioada 8 -11 Noiembrie, 2012, au fost: integrarea proiectului Comenius in programul curricular al scolilor partenere, schimbul de pareri cu privire la programul proiectului, calendarul activitatilor, stabilirea modului de comunicare pe parcursul proiectului.

                             Au avut loc sedinte de lucru privind mobilitatile elevilor si profesorilor participanti la proiect, dezvoltarea planului de lucru, pregatirea rapoartelor, introducerea logo-ului proiectului, prezentarea tarii, regiunii, orasului si scolii fiecarui partener, stabilirea modului de comunicare, crearea site-ului si grupului KPUP (Knowing the Past to Understand the Present), crearea blogului oficial al proiectului, organizarea vizitelor si activitatilor proiectului conform cu directiile stabilite de la inceput si inscrise in formularul de aplicare aprobat, discutarea si stabilirea datelor cand vor avea loc vizitele cu elevii.

                         De asemenea, au avut loc vizite culturale urmarind introducerea principalelor obiective turistice ale regiunii si cunoasterea prin observatie directa a specificitatii zonei.

                      Diseminarea primei reuniuni de proiect din Spania se efectueaza in prezent la nivelul scolii, la indicatiile Directiunii, si este  urmata de sedinte de lucru, activitati la clasa precum si activitati extracurriculare in cadrul Clubului Comenius al Institutiei noastre, realizate de coordonator si echipa de proiect formata din: profesor Bogdan Ion Directorul Colegiului, profesor Remus Mogos, Director adjunct, profesor coordonator proiect Bica Eugenia, responsabil Catedra de engleza si al Comisiei pentru proiecte internationale, profesor Ionut Marcela, coordonator de proiecte si programe de educatie, profesor Micu Elena, responsabil Catedra de socio-umane, profesor Manduc Alina, responsabil Comisia dirigintilor, profesor de istorie Comaromi Cristian, profesor de limba spaniola Negrila Anca, profesor de limba romana Gogea Magda, profesor de limba romana Nastasa Adriana, profesor de limba romana Anca Mogos, profesor de informatica Suciu Dana, profesor Ionut Dorin, membru in Consiliul de Adminstratie.

                      

                                                                                    Eugenia Bica

                                                                                    Coord Proiect

KPUP, 2nd Comenius Meeting in SAMANDIRA TEKNIK VE ENDÜSTRI MESLEK LISESI, Istanbul, Turkey 18th – 24th March, 2013

The Romanian Team of Nine Students and Three Teachers in Istanbul, Turkey, 2^nd Comenius Meeting 18^th – 24^th March, 2013

Our project “Knowing the Past to Understand the Present” (2012-2104), is funded by the European Union, through the Comenius Programme for school education, Lifelong Learning Programme.

Main Aims of the Istanbul Meeting:

1. To explore the development of the teaching of History

2. To explore how History is, at once, different and shared by the associated schools /countries and how history affects cultural outlook and cultural identity

3. To discover how different cultural heritage can enhance the learning of history

4. To look at the way History can teach pupils (aged: 14 to 18) about understanding the modern world and how this can influence the future

5. To boost and to encourage communication in English.

6. To encourage the feeling of European citizenship, promoting tolerance, and respect to other cultures and countries.

7. To promote the development of contents using ICT (Information and Communication Technology)

Our meeting in Istanbul had a communicative purpose, seeking to understand how people from different countries and cultures act, communicate and perceive the world around them. Our Istanbul activities included:

n      Visit of school and learning about the educational system.

n      Exhibition of drawings, paintings, stories, poems, role plays, life style compositions from the different schools partners.

n      Organization of workshops on historical discoveries, social and cultural issues

n      Students speeches on their own discoveries about History and distinction of national/regional, cultural affinities and differences of participating schools.

n      Intermediate evaluation of the development of the project.

n       Elaboration of a power point of the visit.

All the partners in this Comenius project, from Sweden, Lithuania, Spain, Turkey and Romania, adopted a historical, cultural and social approach in presenting their countries, region and school. The students prepared speeches, presentations, songs and plays reflecting traditions, customs, national identity and specific national features. Lithuania and Romania also came with a comparison between past and present events in the history of the Turkish - Lithuanian and respectively Turkish – Romanian relations.

All participating schools took part in the mobility with enthusiasm and showed competence in their research in the field of their own history and culture as well as in the history of the other countries represented in the partnership, an indicator that historical relevance, cultural heritage, and present solutions have been the core of their study.

The nine Romanian students accommodated in host families enjoyed the Turkish homes and became good friends with the Turkish students and teachers, feeling sorry to leave when the time came for departure. The Romanian teachers were also pleased with the accommodation in the hotel where they received very good treatment.

Both students and teachers from Romania enjoyed very much the company of their partners from Sweden, Turkey, Lithuania and Spain. The programme of the school activities and of the visits was efficient; the meetings were interesting and useful.  

The fruits of our cooperation are the joy of befriending new people and the new learned things that will help us to see our own culture with critical eyes.

Our Istanbul stay included visits to the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Seraglio, and the Grand Bazaar. The mosques, the palaces, the museums, the trips, the Bosporus tours etc were all full of delight and joy. We were enchanted to learn about so many cultural things in Turkey.

The Turkish people are very hospitable and friendly. We really had a very good time and I think all our partners felt excellent during our activities and visits.

Our conclusion is that we learned a lot about the Turkish culture and traditions through direct experience and observation but also through an exchange of opinions and reflections on different social, cultural and historical aspects. Through the discussion and the exchange of our Istanbul experiences among the students and the teachers from the five different schools and other people related to education in the idea of promoting cultural awareness, we consider that we achieved the aims of the Istanbul meeting.

                                    Diseminare - Intalnirea din Turcia, 18- 24 martie, 2013

Proiectul scolar multilateral Comenius, KPUP - “Knowing the Past to Understand the Present” (“Sa cunoastem trecutul pentru a intelege prezentul”), este primul de acest fel in Tara Fagarasului si suntem mandri sa il putem derula cu cinste, entuziasm dar si multa munca si responsabilitate in perioada 2012 -2014.

Reamintim ca scoala noastra, Colegiul National Radu Negru Fagaras, se implica in acest proiect cu multa seriozitate si daruire alaturi de scolile partenere: 1.IES VALLE DE ALLER (SPANIA), 2. SAMANDIRA TEKNIK VE ENDÜSTRI MESLEK LISESI  (TURCIA), 3. VILNIUS RAJONO AVIZIENU VIDURINE MOYKLA (LITUANIA) 4. ROSS TENSA GYMNASIUM (SUEDIA),  intrucat proiectul reprezinta un considerabil ajutor in consolidarea invatarii limbii engleze si istoriei, in experimentarea lucrului in echipa si in cunoasterea altor culturi si mentalitati, atat pentru elevi, cat si pentru profesori.

Obiectivele reuniunii de proiect din Turcia, desfasurata in perioada 18-24 martie, 2013, intalnire la care au participat trei profesori si noua elevi ai institutiei noastre, au fost in conformitate cu obiectivele specifice ale proiectului, anume:

1. explorarea modalitatile de predare si invatare a istoriei
2. demonstrarea modului in care destinul istoric este diferit sau impartasit de scolile/tarile asociate si cum acesta afecteaza viziunea si identitatea culturala
3. descoperirea modului in care cunoasterea zestrei culturale a fiecarei tari poate intari invatarea istoriei
4. aflarea felului in care istoria ii poate ajuta pe elevi sa inteleaga lumea moderna, si felul cum aceasta intelegere influenteaza viitorul
5. incurajarea comunicarii in limba engleza
6. intarirea sentimentului cetateniei europene, promovarea tolerantei si respectului fata de alte culturi si tari
7. promovarea si dezvoltarea continuturilor prin folosirea cunostintelor de informatica/tehnologie informatiei si comunicarii

            Mentionam ca activitatile din Turcia, 18- 24 martie, 2013 au fost precedate de o serie de activitati scolare integrate in curriculum - lectii europene de istorie si de limba engleza, de informatica, arte si de limba romana, de intalniri la Clubul Comenius si alte activitati extracurriculare, culminand cu organizarea unui eveniment special, anume o expozitie de desene, si picturi pe teme de cultura si civilizatie din trecutul si prezentul Turciei, insotita de prezentari si scenete, precum si de compuneri despre stilul de viata din tarile participante. Evenimentul, la care au fost invitati sa participe Primarul orasului nostru, domnul Sorin Manduc, autoritati locale, directorii institutiei, domnul Ion Bogdan si domnul Remus Mogos, precum si un numar impresionat de cadre didactice, a fost filmat in data de 4 martie, 2013, de catre cele doua televiziuni fagarasene.

            In perioada 18-24 martie, 2013 au avut loc in Istanbul, Turcia, SAMANDIRA TEKNIK VE ENDÜSTRI MESLEK LISESI, urmatoarele tipuri de activitati:

- organizarea de ateliere de lucru pe teme istorice

- prezentarile elevilor pe teme referitoare la afinitati si deosebiri culturale ale tarilor reprezetate in proiect

- lectii de limba natala a partenerilor predate elevilor turci

- evaluare intermediara a proiectului

- elaborarea unei prezentari Powerpoint a intalnirii

- vizite culturale care au inclus atractiile cele mai importante ale orasului Istanbul:     

Hagia Sophia, Moscheea Albastra (Sultanahmet Camii), Topkapi Seraglio, Grand Bazaar, Kadikoy Centre, Biserica Cisterna (Yerebatan Sarayi), muzee, parcuri, calatorie cu vaporul pe Stramtoarea Bosfor.

             

         Oras aflat la confluenta mai multor culturi, Istanbul, sau Constantinopol - fosta cetate crestina, capitala a Imperiului Bizantin, si-a lasat amprenta asupra istoriei universale. O serie intreaga de obiective turistice si monumente istorice au putut fi admirate de cei treizeci si unu de elevi si profesori din Suedia, Romania, Spania si Lituania, in calitate de participanti activi la acest parteneriat, prezenti la Istanbul in timpul celor cateva zile ale reuniunii, insotiti permanent de amabilele si placutele noastre gazde turce.

   

Delegatia romana a fost cea mai numeroasa, cei noua elevi romani fiind cazati in familii gazda. Elevii nostri s-au bucurat cel mai mult de atentia si ospitalitatea prietenilor turci, descoperind prin observatie directa si trairi profunde atat lucruri si obiceiuri comune cu acestia cat si elemente de traditie si civilizatie foarte diferite.

   

Concluzia noastra asupra reuniunii din Turcia este una pozitiva, anume ca Istanbul este un oras ce merita explorat si descoperit in toata splendoarea lui, care invata ca descoperirea respectului pentru ceea ce este diferit este esentiala in intelegerea altei culturi si civilizatii si care ne permite o analiza mai buna a propriei culturi. De aici si dimensiunea europeana a educatiei spre care tindem.

Mentionam ca proiectul este realizat cu sprijinul financiar al Comisiei Europene in cadrul Programului Sectorial Comenius al Programului de invatare pe tot parcursul vietii. Informatiile furnizate in acest material de diseminare reprezinta responsabilitatea exclusiva a echipei de proiect, iar A.N.P.C.D.E.F.P si Comisia Europeana nu sunt responsabile pentru modul in care este folosit continutul acestor informatii.

                                                                       

                                                                             Eugenia Bica
                                                                             Coordonator Proiect

KPUP 3rd Comenius Meeting, 25th - 31st May, 2013, Ross Tensta Gymnasium, Stockholm , Sweden

KPUP Comenius Project 3rd Meeting (May 25 - 31, 2013)
 Ross Tensta Gymnasium, Stockholm , Sweden

To prepare for the amazing experience in Sweden teachers and students in Colegiul National “Radu Negru”, Fagaras, performed the following activities: virtual journeys, investigations about Sweden’s past and present, research on the Swedish customs and traditions, presentations on topography and climate in Sweden, historical and geographical documentation and a questionnaire.

We also created a short play on the social cultural integration in the Swedish society of an adolescent, whose Romanian father becomes more and more abusive, a play with references to specific Swedish customs and traditions

( Feast of St. Lucia and Midsummer Day ).

We organized workshops on historical discoveries, exhibitions of drawings and paintings about Sweden and Stockholm, we had a history lesson on the Swedish -Romanian relations, namely the 30 year war, and then on Nicolae Ceausescu 's visit to Sweden. The most beautiful end products were displayed in the school hallways, on billboards and in the Comenius Corner.

All these activities were meant to promote the learning of new and useful knowledge related to Sweden and our continent, the encouraging lifelong sense of European citizenship and to promote tolerance and respect for other cultures and mentalities. We held meetings with parents and internet correspondence, discussing detailed knowledge of the excursion program.

In the resplendent capital of this Northern European country, the KPUP Comenius students and teachers gave some really interesting presentations on historical and social issues related to cultural affinities and differences between the countries represented in the project, aimed at encouraging a sense of European citizenship, tolerance and respect for other cultures and countries.

A working session was held to realise the interim evaluation of the project by the five coordinators who concluded that exploring ways of teaching and learning of history through workshops that prepared students to read the map of the capital of Sweden, followed by their discovery pedestrian trips and visits to the most important museums of the city, like the Wassa Museum and by an audio - guided journey by boat. We were presented the Swedish cuisine reflecting the refined tastes and culinary habits of the Swedes.

After visiting Sweden we made ​​an exhibition of photos, fragments of the students’ diaries, posters, flyers, maps, articles, essays and photographs relating to activities in Stockholm, cultural visits and everything we learned about the Swedish educational system. We also reported this to the school council and staff and met with the parents of the four students who visited Sweden, who provided positive feedback. Some articles appeared in the local press and on the school website, on the official blog on the College website there was some radio news about it as well.

Intalnirea KPUP din Suedia, 25-31 mai, 2013, Ross Tensta Gymnasium, Stockholm

Pentru pregatirea vizitei in Suedia, in Colegiul National “Radu Negru”, Fagaras, s-au desfasurat urmatoarele activitati: calatorie virtuala, investigatii despre trecutul Suediei, cercetari despre traditiile si obiceiurile suedezilor, prezentari ale reliefului si climei din Suedia, documentari istorice si un chestionar, crearea unor prezentari PP despre Suedia.

A avut loc si pregatitrea unei scenete pe tema cultural sociala a integrarii tinerilor si adolescentilor in societatea suedeza, cu trimiteri la traditiile si obiceiurile specific suedeza( Sarbatoarea Sf. Lucia si Midsummer Day). S-au organizat ateliere de lucru pe tema descoperirilor istorice, expozitii de desene si picturi despre Suedia si Stockholm. Lectii de istorie referitoare la relatiile romano-suedeze - razboiul de 30 de ani, vizita lui Nicolae Ceausescu in Suedia. Cele mai frumoase produse finale au fost afisate pe holurile scolii, pe panouri si in Coltul Comenius.

S-a urmarit si evaluarea prezentarilor elevilor si profesorilor pe teme istorice si sociale, referitoare la afinitati si deosebiri culturale ale tarilor reprezetate in proiect si a diverse comparatii dintre Romania si Suedia, incurajand mereu sentimentul cetateniei europene si promovarea tolerantei si respectului fata de alte culturi si tari. Au avut loc sedinte cu parintii elevilor si corespondenta internet pentru cunoasterea in detaliu a programului excursiei in Suedia din 25-31 mai, 2013.

Prezentarile elevilor si profesorilor pe teme istorice si sociale, referitoare la afinitati si deosebiri culturale ale tarilor reprezetate in proiect au urmarit incurajarea sentimentului cetateniei europene si promovarea tolerantei si respectului fata de alte culturi si tari. A avut loc sedinta de lucru a coordonatorilor pentru evaluare intermediara a proiectului. Explorarea modalitatilor de predare si invatare a istoriei s-a realizat prin ateliere de lucru pentru identificarea unor obiective istorice pe harta capitalei Suediei, urmate de excursii pedestre pentru descoperirea lor precum si vizite la muzeele de istorie cele mai importante ale orasului, de asemenea la muzeul Wassa si calatoria cu audio-ghid cu vaporul. In aceasta peroada am avut parte si de o prezentare a gastronomiei suedeze, reflectand obiceiurile culinare ale suedezilor. S-a urmarit si elaborarea unei prezentari in PP a intalnirii. 

Dupa vizita in Suedia s-a alcatuit o expozitie cu imagini, fragmente de jurnal, postere, pliante, harti, articole, eseuri si fotografii referitoare la activitatile desfasurate in Stockholm, la vizitele culturale si la tot ce am invatat despre sistemul educational suedez. De asemenea, am raportat despre acestea in consiliul profesoral si Directiunii scolii, au avut loc sedinte cu parintii elevilor care au oferit un feedback pozitiv. Au aparut articole in presa locala si pe site-ul liceului, stiri radio despre aceasta experienta minunata.

                                                          Eugenia Bica

                                                          Coord. Proiect

KPUP 4th Comenius Meeting, 7-13 October, Colegiul National "Radu Negru", Fagaras, Romania - One of The Most Rewarding Experiences

The Comenius Week

I can easily say that this week (7-13 October, 2013), has been one of the most rewarding experiences that we have had as students. By having contact with so many foreign visitors we have had the opportunity to improve our English, our speaking and understanding skills, as well as being able to make new friends. At the beginning of their visit we were a little shy knowing that they come from actual capital cities such as Stockholm or Vilnius, and that we might not be able to impress them in any way possible due to living in a small town such as Fagaras.

Fortunately it turned out that our guests were amazed by our cultural and historical objectives, and that they had a lot of fun by visiting them. We quickly became friends, and we started exchanging information about the living in their specific countries, such as how they go to school every week, what hobbies kids of our age have there, the most popular sports, their national personalities and so many other things.

At the end of their visit in Romania, we became so close in terms of friendship that some of us even burst into tears because of the thought that we might never see each other again.

With all this being said, the conclusion is that in this short week we learned a lot of things about their culture and their way of living, and I think they did the same concerning ours, but all this fades when thinking of what great friends we made.

                                                                 Horatiu Szalad
                                                                 XI B, CNRN