Last SHORT-TERM EXCHANGE OF GROUPS OF PUPILS - Denmark

 LAST MOBILITY  (VIRTUAL MOBILITY) WAS HOST BY DENMARK 

Description of the Virtual Mobility

The last mobility with students and teachers in Denmark was not possible in physical form, but virtually. Before the mobility, during the preparation phase, the coordinators held a video-conference and decided the date, the program of the virtual mobility and the ways to achieve the objectives proposed in the application for this mobility. It was decided that the mobility should take place on 14 - 17.12.2020. Each coordinator decided the number of participants. The daily schedule was from 800 to 1200 Brussels time. The meetings were held on the Google meet platform. During this period in Denmark, Romania and Turkey - the school was only online, in Italy and Spain the students and teachers were present in the school in a small numbers, the rest of the students and teachers participating online. The objectives of the meeting:

- presentation of schools during the pandemic, preventive measures in all schools and traffic restrictions

- each school presented an information about the education system in their country (number of years of compulsory school, teaching materials, school curriculum, etc.)

- joint realization of the last final product of the project, the E-magazines

- Instead of the common volunteer activity, each school presented the social solidarity activities carried out by them in the local communities

- Instead of the joint exhibition, videos and photos about local traditions were presented and some students wore traditional folk costumes. The objectives of the meeting were achieved during the curricular activities as follows:

- At the beginning of each day, the groups of students introduced themselves, publishing their personal e-mail on the chat from the Google meet platform, so that they could communicate directly with each other. After the presentations, the teams presented photos and videos from each school (Monday - Denmark, Tuesday - Romania, - Wednesday - Turkey and Thursday - Italy and Spain) from the current time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Posters were posted in schools informing students about COVID-19 and rules of conduct to ensure their protection.

- Next, the students participated in English classes, during which the texts for the articles in the project magazine, for the blog, webpage were made.

- Students participated in IT lessons in which image processing was performed, their transfer in ppt format and posters were made. In this section, 2 students from Romania (Sofia Tolbaru and Vilcu Filip) presented software for animation and one for inserting subtitles in various movies.

– Students participated in art classes - different drawings were made on graphics tablets and paper that were used to present different moments of their daily lives. Others made drawings of the folk costumes participated in art classes - different drawings were made on graphics tablets and paper that were used to present different moments of their daily lives. Others made drawings of the folk costumes they wore to meetings. The software used was Print shop and Autodesk Sketchbook.

Virtual mobility had a greater impact than we expected - given the fact that many students were at home, the meeting was attended by brothers, sisters, parents and grandparents who were curious to see some activities presented - movies, ppt, discussions. At the end of the meeting there were discussions between the students and the participating teachers and everyone was very pleased with the great mobility of the students at these meetings. As evaluation methods we used the questionnaires made by each school and the discussions at the end of each day on the Google Meet site. Also, the large number of e-mails and Instagram addresses posted by students gave us the size of the general enthusiasm.

 

E-magazines

 SPANISH E-Magazine

E-Magazine 

TURKISH E-Magazine

E-Magazine 

ROMANIAN E-Magazine 

E-Magazine 

DANISH E-Magazine 

E-Magazine 

 

ITALIAN E-Magazine

 E-Magazine

SHORT-TERM EXCHANGES OF GROUPS OF PUPILS IN BAGHERIA, PALERMO, ITALY

REPORT - December 2019

First day

In the morning, all groups of students and accompanying teachers were present at the school. Some students wore traditional costumes. To begin with, all the students and teachers gathered in a large hall where the school principal, Mr.Giuseppe Carlino wished to welcome the guests.

Then the Italian coordinator, Mr. Antonino Maggiore, took the groups of school students to the labs, classes and gymnasium.

After the school tour, the students were divided into groups and attended classes.

The classes that received the foreign students were Gymnasium de primo grado, secondo e terzo. The students worked in mixted teams.

After lunch, the students from the working teams met in the school meeting room. Here was the deputy director, Mrs Alessia Maione. Each team of students gave some objects of art craft and promotional products of their schools for the Erasmus + corner. 

Danish team

 Romanian team

 Spanish team

 Turkish team

Then there was the presentation of Power Point materials and films titled "Be a hero saying no to violence" made by each country.

Turkish team

 Danish team

 Romanian team

 Spanish team

 Italian team

Second day

In the morning all the students attended classes.

After lunch, the international seminar “Be a hero saying no to violence” took place. At the seminar all teams from partner countries from Denmark, Romania Spain and Turkey participated. From Italy the participants were:

- The deputy director, Mrs. Alessia Maione

- Students and teachers from the project staff

- Members of the local community - parents and an Italian businessmen, Mrs. Mattuzzi Valter

- members of the NGO Association  “CASA DEI GIOVANI”  (http://www.casadeigiovani.it) who works for the recovery of drug addicts and girls who are victims of prostitution -  Mrs. Stefania Russello, psychologist, project coordinator “Maddalena” from the Association “Casa dei Giovani”,  a Roman Catholic Priest, Padre Giuseppe Lo Bue  and other 2 members. 

- Representatives of local authorities, Mr. Giuseppe Puleo manager at a union of the national state police SIULP

- Local television “TELEONE BAGHERIA“ who took interviews of 5 European coordinators (https://www.facebook.com/teleone.it/videos/vb.124859507554067/879005792501977/?type=2&theater)

The third day

In the morning the students attended classes.

Between 11.00 - 12.00 there was a visit to the school "Istituto Comprensivo Statale Padre Pino Puglisi". The school bears the name of a priest killed by the Mafia. Here the students and teachers were welcomed by the headteacher, DS Vincenzo Guarneri and the teacher Domenico Buccheri, presented the history of the school and its vision.

After the speeches, the students of the school performed a short artistic - musical program.

After lunch, the group visited “No Mafia Memorial Museum” dedicated to the Mafia victims, where the students learned about the horrors and violence that this criminal organization had on the inhabitants of Sicily and the risks that the generations of the young, uneducated or from very poor environments have such as taking part in any kind of illegal organizations.

Further, the group of foreign and Italian students together with the teachers were invited to the Bagheria City Hall (https://comune.bagheria.pa.it/) where they were welcomed by Mr. Barone Angelo. He greeted the participants in the project and emphasized the importance of this project for the local community. Several representatives of partner countries taking part in the project exchanged their local traditional objects.

The fourth day

In the morning, the students attended the classes.

After lunch, students from the project teams of 5 countries made an EXHIBITION of posters and photographs and drawings made together in the mixed teams during the art classes in the main hall of the school. There were exchanges of impressions between the participants.

In memory of all those who suffered and died in the name of social justice and the fight against violence, a Graffiti activity was organized in the school hall under the guidance of the teacher Marianna D'Acquisto. The symbolism of the red poppies represents the bloodshed and the tree from The image is called the Falcone tree, after the name of the magistrate Giovanni Falcone killed by the Mafia on May 23, 1992. In front of his house is a tree with messages against violence.

At the end of the exhibition, meeting evaluation questionnaires were completed and some pictures and impressions were posted on the project blog.

The coordinator, Mr. Antonino Maggiore and the other teachers of the project’s staff, Mrs. Nunzia De Luca, Mrs. Marianna D'acquisto, Mrs. Maria Concetta Ficano and Mr. Camilo De Lisi gave the Participation Certificates during the Farewell party. At this meeting participated also all the Italian families who hosted the foreign students in their home.

PHOTOS WITH THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHO HOSTED FOREIGN STUDENTS

IMPRESSIONS OR THE STUDENTS AFTER THE MOBILITY

ROMANIAN STUDENTS

- Italy and Italian people are very nice and warm. The family that I stayed with was very kind and eager to help. The food was tasty.

The school children were very friendly and I could understand them with ease.

I was impressed of Italian school because they have a lot of artistic events. I saw the Italian students are very happy at school. (CEZAR VANA SILAGHI)

- The school was beautiful with all those art pieces on the walls.

Through the project’s activities we learned how violence can appear in different forms and how we can fight it. I was impressed by the way the school pays great attention to the martyrs of violence in Sicily through the Memorial in the school hall and the graffiti we did together.

The family that I stayed at was very nice and friendly.

The other kids were friendly and we made strong bonds between us.(SOFIA TOLBARU)

- The experience in school was great! The Silvia’s family where I’ve been hosted was very kind and very nice. They were very thoughtful with me. Every day they gave me traditional food – I love “pasta”. I learn a lot about the lifestyle of our colleagues.

This was my first time in Italy and the city was very beautiful. I will miss the family and Italy! (MAIA MALUREANU)

- The families in Italy are very kind to the guests. The children from Italy are very understanding with all the others and they have some very strong connections between them.

Bagheria school is a school with many opportunities, teachers are very intelligent, full of understanding and help pupils understand their subjects – they work together. I made a lot of friends with Italian students but also the others students from Turkey, Spain and Denmark. We changed the e-mails and WhatsApp connections. We work together and it was just perfect. I liked a lot this experience, I love Italy and Italian people.💕 (EUGEN CIPU)

- This was my first Erasmus+ mobility. Bagheria really surprised me with its beauty and kind people. I felt welcomed and I had the chance to make new friends and learn about different cultures. I also learned about the really life and problems that the Italian students have. I thank to my teachers, to all the teachers that give us good education. Thank you Erasmus! (MARIA MERDESCU)

DANISH STUDENTS

SPANISH STUDENTS

TURKISH STUDENTS

ITALIAN STUDENTS