Bacau, October 2012
The second year of project started with the transnational mobility in Romania during the 15th-19th of October which took place in two different places: in Bran Meociu area and in the host town- Bacau.
This meeting welcomed teachers from four countries, fact that promoted the intercultural exchange of ideas, values and gave everyone the opprtunity of communicating in English, tha language of the project.
Sports High School Bacau hosted the international group and the organizational team did their best to cover everything in the working agenda, linking the objectives, activities and results to the theme of the projet.
The objectives of the second meeting are :
· Getting to know the particularities of the educational system in Romania;
· Presenting the activities done at school level in each country, during April 2012-October 2012;
· Presenting the folk tales of each country involved in Let’s Meet Under the Spots! Project, focusing on specific details and particularities;
· Establishing the period of the next mobility in Croatia;
· Discussing within the group all the problems from the first year of project;
· Uploading on the web site of the project all the materials and pictures regarding the activities in each school
· Identifying, by means of the thematic visits, the elements found in the Romanain folk tale/legend and Romanian culture;
· Identifying the elements of Romanian cultural identity, promoted by popular literature;
· Discussing the progress of the newly created texts;
· Workshop on designing the covers of the booklet of fairytales and folktales, the outcome of our project;
· Feedback questionnaire;
· Improving communication in English.
During the first project meeting, the activities have been continuously connected to the objectives of the project as follows:
a) Activities regarding the management of the project
Debates and discussions regarding the management of the project took place all along the period of the transnational mobility, both in formal and informal environments.
The European teams participated in two workshops dealing with the following aspects:
· Each country involved in the project presented the ongoing process of the activities at school level;
· The Turkish team, as coordinating country team, presented a PPt material dealing with the first year of project, focusing on objectives, difficulties, new targets and activitites.
· A deadline regarding the newly created text was set;
· Each country presented a PPt material regarding the folktales in each country, emphasizing on characteristics, myths, truths.
· The partners in the ongoing project provided the Czech team the materials to be uploaded on the site www.letsmeetunderthespots.weebly.com;
· The teachers proposed new methods of diseminationof the LMUS activities and results of the project, discussed about the final theatrical play that will be put on stage in Croatia;
· The teams decided on the he date for the next mobility in Croatia, in April 2013;
b) Activities connected to knowing the host school and the participants:
On the 18th and 19th of October 2012 all the teams in the Romanian mobility visited the school – Sports High School Bacau as well as the Olympic Swimming Pool, where they had the opportunity to meet students and coaches from the staff. At school they were welcomed by the management who gave a speech and presented the school system, the difference between the public and private schools in Romania, the specific curriculum and timetable for sports students. In the same meeting, every member of the Comenius group introduced himself/herself. Everyone took place in the workshop focusing on designing the covers of the booklet of fairytales and folktales, the final outcome of the project. The workshop was designed as group activities, where students from Romania cooperated with teachers from the countries involved in the partnership.
c) Promoting the project:
During this meeting, the teams of teachers from the participating countries decided on creating a common poster for the folktales, task that Croatia will deal with.This poster will be used as a material for promoting the project.
d) Didactic activities:
Besides the workshops, the teams discussed the progress of text translation and decided on the dead line for the newly created texts.
The success of the meeting resides in the fact that all the objectives, activities and results were closely linked to the theme of the multilateral partnership. More that that, the thematic visits gave all of us the opportunity to know Romania from a social, educational, cultural and historical point of view.
d) vizite tematice:
The thematic visits were held in two areas: Bran Moeciu and Bacau.
The Romanian project team gave all the participants the opportunity to discover the beauty of Romanian history and folk tales by visiting the famous Bran Castle and Peles Castle, present not only in literature but also in other arts. If in Romanian literature Vlad the Impaler is seen as a historical character and not a vampire, we all followed his steps into Bran Castle. We also admired the unique architecture of Brasov, and relived some moments from the history of Romanian people by entering Peles Castle in Sinaia, Precista church in Bacau.
The results of this project meeting are obvious. Firstly I would refer to the communication in English all along the mobility days, and also after its end. Another step forward refers to the students’ pleasure for reading and the aroused interest in literature.
The second year of project started with the transnational mobility in Romania during the 15th-19th of October which took place in two different places: in Bran Meociu area and in the host town- Bacau.
This meeting welcomed teachers from four countries, fact that promoted the intercultural exchange of ideas, values and gave everyone the opprtunity of communicating in English, tha language of the project.
Sports High School Bacau hosted the international group and the organizational team did their best to cover everything in the working agenda, linking the objectives, activities and results to the theme of the projet.
The objectives of the second meeting are :
· Getting to know the particularities of the educational system in Romania;
· Presenting the activities done at school level in each country, during April 2012-October 2012;
· Presenting the folk tales of each country involved in Let’s Meet Under the Spots! Project, focusing on specific details and particularities;
· Establishing the period of the next mobility in Croatia;
· Discussing within the group all the problems from the first year of project;
· Uploading on the web site of the project all the materials and pictures regarding the activities in each school
· Identifying, by means of the thematic visits, the elements found in the Romanain folk tale/legend and Romanian culture;
· Identifying the elements of Romanian cultural identity, promoted by popular literature;
· Discussing the progress of the newly created texts;
· Workshop on designing the covers of the booklet of fairytales and folktales, the outcome of our project;
· Feedback questionnaire;
· Improving communication in English.
During the first project meeting, the activities have been continuously connected to the objectives of the project as follows:
a) Activities regarding the management of the project
Debates and discussions regarding the management of the project took place all along the period of the transnational mobility, both in formal and informal environments.
The European teams participated in two workshops dealing with the following aspects:
· Each country involved in the project presented the ongoing process of the activities at school level;
· The Turkish team, as coordinating country team, presented a PPt material dealing with the first year of project, focusing on objectives, difficulties, new targets and activitites.
· A deadline regarding the newly created text was set;
· Each country presented a PPt material regarding the folktales in each country, emphasizing on characteristics, myths, truths.
· The partners in the ongoing project provided the Czech team the materials to be uploaded on the site www.letsmeetunderthespots.weebly.com;
· The teachers proposed new methods of diseminationof the LMUS activities and results of the project, discussed about the final theatrical play that will be put on stage in Croatia;
· The teams decided on the he date for the next mobility in Croatia, in April 2013;
b) Activities connected to knowing the host school and the participants:
On the 18th and 19th of October 2012 all the teams in the Romanian mobility visited the school – Sports High School Bacau as well as the Olympic Swimming Pool, where they had the opportunity to meet students and coaches from the staff. At school they were welcomed by the management who gave a speech and presented the school system, the difference between the public and private schools in Romania, the specific curriculum and timetable for sports students. In the same meeting, every member of the Comenius group introduced himself/herself. Everyone took place in the workshop focusing on designing the covers of the booklet of fairytales and folktales, the final outcome of the project. The workshop was designed as group activities, where students from Romania cooperated with teachers from the countries involved in the partnership.
c) Promoting the project:
During this meeting, the teams of teachers from the participating countries decided on creating a common poster for the folktales, task that Croatia will deal with.This poster will be used as a material for promoting the project.
d) Didactic activities:
Besides the workshops, the teams discussed the progress of text translation and decided on the dead line for the newly created texts.
The success of the meeting resides in the fact that all the objectives, activities and results were closely linked to the theme of the multilateral partnership. More that that, the thematic visits gave all of us the opportunity to know Romania from a social, educational, cultural and historical point of view.
d) vizite tematice:
The thematic visits were held in two areas: Bran Moeciu and Bacau.
The Romanian project team gave all the participants the opportunity to discover the beauty of Romanian history and folk tales by visiting the famous Bran Castle and Peles Castle, present not only in literature but also in other arts. If in Romanian literature Vlad the Impaler is seen as a historical character and not a vampire, we all followed his steps into Bran Castle. We also admired the unique architecture of Brasov, and relived some moments from the history of Romanian people by entering Peles Castle in Sinaia, Precista church in Bacau.
The results of this project meeting are obvious. Firstly I would refer to the communication in English all along the mobility days, and also after its end. Another step forward refers to the students’ pleasure for reading and the aroused interest in literature.