POTUGAL REPORT TURKEY
Our school visited the Maria de Lama school in TORRES Novas İN PORTUGAL to join the meetings of the Comenius project of EU , 12-18 January,2014.
The project coordinator Emin Kutlu, the assistant manager Mevlüt Uğur and English teacher Zeki Demir participated the visit .
The students who joined the Portugal meeting were Esranur ELVAN, İdea Nehir ÖZLİMAN, Sevgi BAŞEĞMEZ, Musa Serkan DÜNDAR, Berk TOSUNve Ahmet Emre BOYACI.
We started our journey on the 11.01.2014 on Saturday at 23.55 via İstanbul and Paris to Lisbon. We arrived in Lisbon at 14.15.we went to the city centre and saw the sights for two hours.we returned to the airport to meet the other partners at the airport.the host partners met us at the airport cheerfuly and we waited for the others. We took a bus to the Torres NOVAS at 7,20 and we arrived at the hotel at 20 30. The host families took the students to their homes.we had dinner at the hotel together.
All the partner teams met the next day on 13.01 .2014 on Monday,we started our studies.The governer of Torres Novas welcomed all the teachers and students at the local library hall. They gave us some nice presents and we gave them our presents.After that we visited the library, the old church and town centre. They offered us the lunch at Maria Lamas high school.
After lunch we went to the project school , Manuel de Figueiredo. We visited the school.wewacthed the music,english geography,art and sports classes.we visited the part about Turkey. The geography teacher introduced a game called geocatching.the players try to find the secret boxes hidden in the different parts of the world using GSP on their phones. The game entails walking.the students tried tto find the box near the old mill and they walked in the open air.
On Tuesday we had a culture visit to the city and went to the oceon side. First we visited an important town called Fatima, a relligious place. We saw old and new churches there.Next we went to Alçobaca , another historical town and we saw thecathedral which was built in 1100s.the church redecorated many times later.
İn the afternoon we went to a beach town , Nazare, which is famous for the giant waves of the Atlas oceon.we had lunch here in a fish restaurantwith the teachers.we climbed to the hill to watch the waves and city.Later we also visited the third longest cave of europe. We climbed down 600 metres in the cave. İn the evening the students went to their host families.
On Wednesday,15.01.2014, we went to the school to watch the students’ presentations. After the presentations we went into the classrooms in different groups to watch the lessons.the students joined some of the activities.
The lunch was offered at Maria de Lama.after lunch we went to a bakery shop. The students cooked their own cookies there and we tasted it .while the teacher were meeting for the next project , the students made tiles.they prepared their gifts .they gave these tiles at the and of the visit.
After dinner the high school students gave us a small concert at the art home.
On Thursday we went to a place where we could see the footprints of dinousures.it was outside of the town.
We also visited the primary school, Serra de Aire.we met the students and talked to them.the lunch was offered here. We saw the old church there.
İn the afternoon, we went to a farm to see horses and to try horse riding.we also visited the house where the photography started.
In the evening we had dinner in a good restaurant with music.we watched the dances and karaoke performances.
On Friday 17.01.2014 we went to school and watched the students performances. The music and dance clup showed their performances.
After the show the students got their certificates and they exchanged their presents .
In the evening the host families gave us dinner at school. After dinner we watched a folk dance group,some students participated the dances.
On Saturday 18.01.2014 the host families and teachers met us at the bus station we got on our buses and said goodbye. We thnked for their hospitality.
Our students constantly participated the project and in the evenings they had good organisations with the host families.they showed their culture,traditions and food. They expressed their pleasure about our students.
We took our plane at 14,45. Via Paris and Istanbul at 03 we arrived in Antalya.the families met their children and went home.
During the visit our studentshad good relations .they learnt about different culture, compared to their own culture.they had good friends and overcame the fear of foreigner.they saw some historical buildings, people and towns. They noticed the similarities and differences,they improved their self confidence. They practised their english all the time and impved their level.and our teacher had the chance to see their schools ,classes and education system. We had good information and developed ourselves. İt was a very useful visit.
Emin Kutlu
Yusuf Ziya Öner FEN LİSESİ
EU comenius project coordinator
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