Thursday, 19 December 2013
Tuesday, 17 December 2013
SPAIN MEETİNG REPORT
We visited the Institud Europe school in Barcelona in Spain between 29/9/2013 and 5/10/2013 at the framework of the Comenius project, teenagers between fast food and culinary food, which our school belongs to.
The teachers in the project were Sevtap ÇAM (school headmaster) Emin KUTLU (coordinator) Necla EROL, Burcu ŞAHİN and Fatma Ayçiçek.
The students in the project were Sena ARITÜRK, Aylin YILMAZ, Gizem EKSARI, Ali GÖKÇE, Yasin SARI and Rahim Doğukan ARSLAN.
We starded our journey in Antalya at 8:15 on Sunday, 29 september 2013. First we took the plane to İstanbul. Then we took another plane to Barcelano. We arrived in Barcelona at 13:05. The host families met us at the airport, they wecomed the students and took them to their home. We went to our hotel. In the afternoon, Pilar BALLOC, Spain coordinator took us to the important places in the city.
2n Report
2nd part of the Comenius report (from May to October 2013)
May
After Saint George Day, we continued working on our project. We began to work with the assigned part of the pyramid “Fruit and vegetables”. The students looked for information about the topic and the American assistant who was working in the school, helped them. Those in charge of summarizing the information and preparing the Power point were: Alba López and Alba Velàzquez prepared the topic of fruit, whilst Isabel Serrano and Kathy García prepared that of vegetables.
We wrote an article in the school magazine about the meetings and tasks that took place during the year. The magazine was printed in paper and also published on line.
We then began to prepare the 5 commandments and the school presentation for our virtual guide.
Following this, we wrote a draft for the Comenius visit to Spain. The students searched for information about interesting places where we could take our partners, the timetable, prices, descriptions, etc.
June
We only worked during the first week, because the students had to study hard for the last exams. When they were over, those who passed didn’t have to prepare any more exams and they could go on working on the project. They designed identification cards of all the Comenius members with the flag of their individual countries and the logo of the Comenius project.
In groups the pupils prepared the Powerpoint presentations about Barcelona.
Additionally, a parents’ meeting took place in the school to organize the welcome event.
We booked all the visits and asked our Town Hall for an official welcome.
July
It was a stressful time because this year we didn’t break up until the 16th July. Every morning the students came to school to continue working on the project. They prepared a big poster welcoming the partners which they decorated with the different flags, finished the identification cards for the teachers and students, organized the events, prepared the presentations about “Fruit and vegetables” and about Barcelona. Patricio Analuiza went to Barcelona and filmed a short film welcoming the partners and recommending the most important sites. Meanwhile, the other group began to write up our most traditional recipes and Brenda and Kathy García were in charge of preparing the Powerpoints.
The English teacher prepared the visit to Saint Sadurní d’Anoia, the cellars and the chocolate factory and explained the visit to the students.
We wrote a summary about Fruit and Vegetables for the virtual guide.
September
We worked on the presentations for the meeting, organized the tasks and duties of all the students and revised the activities. With the parents we organized the welcoming at the airport (welcome posters) where they went to pick up their son’s or daughter´s partner.
There was another parents’ meeting in order to clarify the possible questions about the Comenius meeting. We explained the activities to the rest of the teachers in a staff meeting.
The families proposed to organize a breakfast where the foreign students could taste our dishes and they also made a Comenius cake.
29th Partners’ arrival.
We posted all the materials on the blog. We have been able to disseminate the project thanks to our local TV help (Television de Hospitalet).
An evaluation sheet was made by our students.
We began to work on the next part of the virtual guide “To get fit”. The students have begun to interview their classmates and Alba, Isabel and Kathy García are in charge of picking up all the conclusions made by the other Comenius students and showing the final results in Powepoint presentations. Kathy Narvaez is making a poster about “Be fit”. Anna Jardí, Ruth Cisuelo and Carlos Fernández are preparing more recipes for the grandma’s recipe book.
The students of the 3rd year of ESO are preparing an article about the Comenius visit for the school magazine.
We hope that by the end of this term the students will be aware of the importance of doing physical exercise in order to be fit and healthy.
Written by Pilar Belloc
Friday, 22 November 2013
Portuguese students in Barcelona (Spain)
... and some photos to remember ...
The Portuguese students' presentation in the 4th meeting of the Comenius Project (Barcelona, Spain)
Students’ presentation guide (Meeting in Spain)
Our school is situated in an area of rapidly expanding population. It is located in Torres Novas, a city with a past history in the district of Santarém.
This year there are 544 students (297 from the 2nd cycle and 247 from the 3rd Cycle which means students from 10 up to 14 years old). It is a school with an increasing number of students coming from different sociological and economic backgrounds which affect their learning; 196 students received financial support including an alimentary supplement because they really need it. We also have some children with special educative needs (about 120).
Sports – We won several national and local prizes in different sports.
Music – Partnership with Choral Phydellius (Choral and musical institute located in Torres Novas). Our students learn how to play different musical instruments.
Environment – We are an Eco School and we also developed an Eco School Project. We have been rewarded with a Green Flag for some years and we still go on developing different activities in this context.
Projects – Since many years ago we’ve been developing many projects and different activities: Health Project, Cape Verde Exchange Project, Solidarity Club, Socrates Comenius Project – Language Assistant, European Club, Youth Parliament Club, Music Club,
Activities done so far:
Logo contest – The students from the 7th and 8th grades created a “Logo of the Project “. Each partner country elected its own and the winner was the Spanish logo. The logos are posted on the Virtual Guide.
Questionnaire about “Fast food versus traditional food” – The Comenius team applied a questionnaire to their students and their conclusions are posted on the Virtual Guide.
78% of the Portuguese students from 3rd Cycle (7th, 8th and 9th years) aged between 12 and 15 years answered the questionnaire. We can infer that more than half of the Portuguese students know what fast food is and they consume it because they enjoy it. The data also shows us that students consume less fast food and more traditional food and the most famous dishes from traditional Portuguese cuisine are among their preferences.
The study of one food group – In order to make students aware of the importance of eating well, different partners studied different food groups. The Portuguese students from the 7th and 8th grades studied the group “Legumes and oilseeds”. Their work is already posted on the Virtual Guide of the project.
Our Food Pyramid Poster Contest – After studying evolution of food pyramid and its importance, the students from the different grades (5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th) rganized a food pyramid contest where theyshowed their creativity and originality in all the works divulgated in a final exhibition. The winner poster was created by two students from the 5th grade.
How does our traditional food take part in the food pyramid?
Our first task was to do a research study about the most traditional dishes from the north, centre and south of Portugal and also in the archipelago of Madeira and the Azores. And it was really a big problem for us because, among so many different ways of cooking different types of meat, fish, birds, soups, side dishes, vegetables and desserts, we had to choose the best one to illustrate each region. Otherwise it would be a very, very long work. But we are sure that one of the biggest influences on Portuguese cooking is without any doubt the ocean. So seafood is an integral part of the Portuguese cuisine (from shrimps up to hundreds of varieties of bacalhau (codfish).
And here you can see our choices (video)
This picture shows us that the position of the Portuguese typical traditional food from the different regions of Portugal, including the archipelago of Madeira and Azores in the food pyramid is very similar. But even so we can say that the healthiest traditional food is in the south of Portugal.
The Portuguese Students
Friday, 15 November 2013
Portuguese Report
2nd Portuguese Comenius Report (May-October
2013)
After
the approval of the “Virtual Guide”
of the Project: http://comeniusgtpr.wix.com/virtualfoodguide presented
by our team in the meeting
in Antalya (Turkey 14th – 19th April 2013), we posted on the “Virtual Guide” all the work agreed in
our last meeting in Antalya sent by our Comenius partners, after adapting and
illustrating it in order to establish an equal space for everyone. To have the
work finished in the defined deadlines we had to send a “memorandum” to the partners who hadn’t sent their work yet.
In
what concerns the work done by our students (from May until October 2013) here
are the following activities:
May
and June:
§ A
brief research study about the “Food Pyramid History” – the students from
the 7th and 8th grades studied the evolution of the Food Pyramid from 1916 with
the first Food Guide established in the USA called “Food for Young Children” until 2011 with “My Plate”. The different shape helps to grab consumers’
attention and make them know how much food to consume in the 5 food groups.
§ A study of the food group “Legumes” (agreed in the meeting in
Turkey). The Portuguese students from the 7th and 8th grades studied the
legumes developing the following items: characteristics, functions, importance
in food, presence in the Mediterranean diet and the traditional dishes where
the presence of legumes is visible.
July
and August
§ A
research study about the “Portuguese Traditional Food” and the most traditional dishes from the north,
centre and south of Portugal including the archipelago of Madeira and the
Azores.
§ A
survey of “Traditional recipes” from
their grandmas, during their summer holidays.
September
§ “Food Pyramid Poster
Contest” – participated by students from all
school years (5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th grades). The posters, made by
different materials, obeyed the theme "Food Pyramid" . A jury made up
for the purpose selected the best poster according to the following criteria: scientific
and linguistic correction, originality and creativity. The winner was created
by two students from the 5th Year.
§ Poster Exhibition –
all the posters submitted and accepted entered a final exhibition in order to show
students’ creativity and originality.
§ Final work
about “How does our traditional food
take place in the food pyramid”. It was really a big problem for our
students because, among so many different ways of cooking different types of
meat, fish, birds, soups, side dishes, vegetables and desserts, they had to
choose the best one to illustrate each region. Otherwise it would be a very,
very long work. It wasn’t an easy task. But they
were sure that one of the biggest influences on
Portuguese cooking is without any doubt the ocean. So seafood is an integral
part of the Portuguese cuisine (from shrimps up to hundreds of varieties of bacalhau
(codfish).
The work
presented showed us that the
position of the Portuguese typical traditional food in the food pyramid is
very similar. But even so we can say that the
healthiest traditional food is in the south of Portugal.
§ A
video about the work done so far in
the context of the project to be presented in the meeting in Spain. Our
students made a great effort to finish their work nevertheless their English
teacher (our colleague Teresina Paz) was ill at the hospital having a very
complicated surgery. But with my help and of two Art teachers they were able to
elaborate a very interesting work to
be presented, to the other Comenius partners, in the meeting in Spain.
October
§ a
report (after the visit to Spain) about their experiences in a foreign
country and what were their feelings about it in what concerns its culture,
culinary tradition, people, places, etc.;
§ a
powerPoint presentation with the
most representative photos of the visit to Spain to be presented to the school (students,
teachers and other staff);
§ a
short information about the meeting
that was posted, with some photos, on the school website: http://www.agilpaes.pt and
sent to the local press to be published;
§ a
study about the physical activity pyramid to make them realize about the importance
of the physical exercise in their lives and the types of physical exercises
they should practise combined with a healthy food in a healthy growing.
§ answering the questionnaire “Be active” proposed by the Portuguese team
and agreed by the other partners in the meeting in Spain, in order to know if
our students practise physical activity.
In conclusion
I can say that the project objectives continue to be fulfilled. All the agreed
activities were carried out; the students had the opportunity to visit
different countries and to develop their language skills in English and their
research methods. On the other hand they are more concerned about healthy
eating habits and much more motivated to the benefits of the culinary tradition.
By the end of this term they’ll be aware of the importance of the physical
exercise in order to be fit and healthy.
The Comenius Project Coordinator
Gabriela de Azevedo Thursday, 14 November 2013
TURKEY April-September Report:
Preparations were done for the Comenius meeting in Turkey. Host families were arranged for 33 foreign students. Hotel reservations were done at the hotel of tourism high school for 19 foreign teachers. The date of visit to the factory of youghurt was decided on. Free entrance permissions were taken from TURSAB for the visitors.we planned the visits to the city centre,the buses and restaurants were arranged and orders were given.the programme took place as we planned. But on the first day we had to delay the presentations because of the bad weather and elecricity cuts. At the school ´’dining room local dishes were served to the guests. We visited the Yörükoglu youghurt factory. Trips to antalya center were done as we planned.Physical activity plans were done for the next term.the presentations for the Spain visit were prepared and the team got ready for the journey.we checked the preparations when the schools started. Spain visit took place well as we planned.
Preparations were done for the Comenius meeting in Turkey. Host families were arranged for 33 foreign students. Hotel reservations were done at the hotel of tourism high school for 19 foreign teachers. The date of visit to the factory of youghurt was decided on. Free entrance permissions were taken from TURSAB for the visitors.we planned the visits to the city centre,the buses and restaurants were arranged and orders were given.the programme took place as we planned. But on the first day we had to delay the presentations because of the bad weather and elecricity cuts. At the school ´’dining room local dishes were served to the guests. We visited the Yörükoglu youghurt factory. Trips to antalya center were done as we planned.Physical activity plans were done for the next term.the presentations for the Spain visit were prepared and the team got ready for the journey.we checked the preparations when the schools started. Spain visit took place well as we planned.
Sunday, 3 November 2013
Second Report Italy
ITALIAN ACTIVITIES “COMENIUS
FOOD”
May 2013 –October 2013
By teacher Paola Amadio - Italian Coordinator Comenius
Project
May 2013
After visit in Turkey in april,
the Italian Comenius team had to
continue the local activities of the
project.
-Meeting with the Leadership (Headmaster). Summary of meeting in Turkey and plan
future activities
Team
Comenius (3 teachers and Leadership)
-Students have prepared material of dissemination of turkish experience.
They have presented it in front
of other students
Team
Comenius (3 teachers) classes 3A,3B (29
students)
20th-30th of May 2013:
-Work for materials of Virtual guide.
The students of the target group, supervised by
the teachers involved in the project, realized a study about “the Meat and Fish”
agreed in the meeting Turkey.
-Lessons: “Comenius Food Meat and Fish”; work in teams and individual tasks.
Team
Comenius (3 teachers) classes 3A,3B (29
students)
June 2013
-We have continued the work about the materials for the Virtual guide.
-Lessons “ Pillar of
traditional Veneto cuisine and cultural
elements”.
Team Comenius (3 teachers) classes 3A,3B (29 students)
-Italian Coordinator presented
at all school in the last meeting – teachers school ISISS Sartor (Collegio Docenti) the whole work of Firts
Year of Project.
-Coordinator team has prepared
and sent to the National Agency a report for the first year of the project
Italian Coordinator (1 theacher)
July and August 2013
Italian school was closed for summer holidays but team Comenius
worked on project with individual tasks.
September 2013
New
Headmistress in ISISS Sartor and new Administrative Director
-Meeting to show
project and activities done, to choose the best way to organise the future
activities and to plan the next meetings and the classes for future works
Team Comenius (3 teachers and Leadership)
1st
-15th of Sept 2013
-Students realize PPT
about MEAT and FISH (work for spanish meeting)
The short form of this
material was sent to the Portuguese team to posting in the Virtual guide.
Team
Comenius (3 teachers) classes 3A,3B (29 students)
-Meeting with local institutions
to explore future projects about food and to
introduce the project food
Team
Comenius (2 teachers)
16th-28th
of Sept 2013
-Students realized different kind of
posters (painted by
themselves on water colours and realized then in PPT) about their own food
pyramid.
It was a competition
with these posters and the winners were 2 posters
They were sent to the Portuguese
team for the virtual guide.
Team
Comenius (3 teachers) classes 2A,2B,3A,3B
(about 50 students)
-Three students were selected for visit in Spain, meeting with families
Italian Coordinator
and other teachers
-The whole team finished the materials for the Spanish visit, students prepared
PPT in English
Team
Comenius (3 teachers) – English teacher,
classes 3A,3B (29 students)
30th Sept – 5th Oct 2013
MEETING in Spain
Fourth meeting
of project
Team Comenius 3 italian teachers and Headmistress and 3 italian students
(SEE
SPAINISH REPORT for activities)
During 28 September till 4
October a team formed by four teachers and two students have taken part to
visit in Barcelona, Spain.
It was a very wonderfull
visit, technical and cultural. The atmosphere was very very friendly.
October 2013
-Italian Coordinator has realised and presented materials
for colleagues
-Italian Coordinator has organized material for updating the new
school site with a summery of all Comenius Project done in the last 10 years in
ISISS SARTOR and the link to blog of Comenius food (www.istitutogariosartor.it)
-Italian Coordinator has organized material for updating BLOG (http://foodorfastfood.blogspot.it/)
-Italian Coordinator has written report for
Romania (Coordinator of Project Food)
about activities done in Italy during
the last period
Italian Coordinator (1 teacher)
15th -30th
of Oct. 2013
Students and teachers are working in the subjects
agreed during the meeting Spain
Team
Comenius (3 teachers) classes 2A,2B,3A,3B
(about 60 students)
Teacher Paola Amadio
Italian Coordinator Comenius
Project
Friday, 1 November 2013
Thursday, 31 October 2013
First Report Italy
ITALIAN
ACTIVITIES “COMENIUS FOOD”
September 2012 –April 2013
Teacher Paola Amadio - Italian
Coordinator Comenius Project
15th-
20th of Sept 2012:
Meeting with the Leadership
(Headmaster), Identification Team Comenius - Working Group
19th-20th of Sept 2012:
LLP and Comenius Project: purposes and characteristics
Lessons: “Comenius Food”;
Team Comenius (3 teachers) classes 3A,3B (29 students)
26th of Sept 2012:
The UE Brief History and characteristics
Team Comenius (1 teachers) classes 3A,3B (29 students)
3th of Oct 2012
Lesson with psycologist: FOOD and psychological aspects
Team Comenius, Psycologist, classes 3A,3B (29 students)
12th of Oct 2012:
Tecnical Visit in Longarone (BL): “Sapori Italiani – Italian Flavours”. The festival is an exhibition of foodstuff and typical food (food delights of our country) that pays attention to the area of the Dolomites; students made interviews to the operators about foodstuff and dishes. They made also statistical analysis about the results of the interviews.
Team Comenius (2 teachers) classes 3A,3B (29 students)
17th-23th, 24th of Oct 2012:
PPT Presentations “Comenius group and school”
Team Comenius (3 teachers) classes 3A,3B (29 student
“Photos of our school”
Team Comenius (1
teacher) classes 3A,3B (10 students)
15th of Oct, 13th of Nov 2012:
- Guided tour of Exhibition “Alimenta” at the Museum of Science and Natural
History of Montebelluna
Team
Comenius (3 teachers) classes 3A,3B (29
students)
Oct 2012
Local Press
Dissemination of the project – article in the local newspaper
28th Oct-3th Nov
2012 MEETING in ROMANIA
First meeting of project -Team Comenius (2 Italian teachers)
SEE ROMANIA REPOPORT -
Report for activities
1st-15th of Dic 2012:
Interviews about “Fast food and
mum’s food”
Team
Comenius (2 teachers) classes 1-2-3-4-5 B (60 students)
18th
of Dic 2012 -15th Jen 2013:
Graphic about statistical results questionnaire “Fast and mum’s food” and
PPT Presentations meeting ITALY in Febr.
18th-28th Jen 2013:
PPT Presentations of students –
Translations
Team
Comenius (3 teachers) classes 3A, 3B (29
students)
25th of Jen – 10th Febr 2013:
Students’ research and organisation of lunch with typical food
for Italian meeting in feb.
Team
Comenius (3 teachers) classes 3A, 3B (29
students) and other classes of the school
Jen –Feb 2013:
Organisation of Italian meeting
Contacts with local community,
search of sponsor, dissemination of the project, organisation of materials,
contacts and agreements for cultural
and educational visits, plans, contacts
and meeting with host families….
18th -22nd feb 2013 MEETING in ITALY
Second
meeting of project
Team
Comenius – All school
(SEE
ITALY REPORT for activities and impressions)
Mar 2013:
-
Lessons “Knowing how to read food labels”
-
Lessons “ Health and Drugs”
Team
Comenius (1 teacher) classes 3B (15
students)
-
PPT presentation of students for Turkish
– Translations
Team
Comenius (3 teachers, 5 students)
1st-10th
of Apr 2013:
Search “Food Pyramid” and PPT Presentation for Turkish meeting
Team
Comenius (1 teacher) classes 3B (15
students)
Apr 2013:
Movie Oscar 2010 “Food, Inc.” vision and discussion about differences
between fast food, traditional food and globalisation.
Team
Comenius (1 teacher) classes 3B (15
students)
14th -19th Apr 2013 MEETIN in TURKEY
Third meeting
of project
Team Comenius 3 Italian teachers and 5 Italian students
(SEE
TURKEY REPORT for activities)
By
Paola Amadio
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