Self-evaluation of the Comenius Project by the Portuguese students, teachers and parents

Here are the Portuguese results and conclusions about the self-evaluation questionnaires ...

 

Self evaluation final work from Gabriela Azevedo

The Portuguese Comenius team in Poland

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5th Meeting in Torres Novas (Portugal)

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Portuguese students' reports from Gabriela Azevedo

Meeting in Portugal - Programme

Please, have a look at the Programme and you'll have an idea about the planned activities during this week.

Video about Torres Novas

The Portuguese students want to present you our city "Torres Novas". This video is about it ....

Videos about Portugal

If you watch these videos you'll know a little bit  about Portugal





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Portuguese students in Barcelona (Spain)

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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 2^nd cycle and 247 from the 3^rd 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 7^th and 8^th 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 3^rd Cycle (7^th, 8^th and 9^th 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 7^th and 8^th 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 (5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th and 9^th) 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 5^th 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

Meeting in Antalya

Portuguese students' presentation in Antalya




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Meeting in Castelfranco - Activities

Portuguese Presentation (made by our students)

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• Activities at school

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• Asolo

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Fast Food Versus Traditional Food Fast food versus Traditional Food Our study was based on students from 3rd. Cycle (7th, 8th and 9th years) who are aged between 12 and 15 years. A questionnaire was set online for 15 days and198 students from the 255 of this Cycle answered the questionnaire, which is a good representative sample because it represents 78% of the students. The study shows that a high percentage of the students (68.69%) know what fast food is. However, a considerable percentage of students (28.79%) associate a fast food meal to burgers and pizzas and 2.53% of the surveyed students believe that fast food is a meal based on the Food Wheel. The survey shows us that most learners (76.26%) consume fast food less than once per week, 19.19% twice or three times per week and 4.55% more than three times a week. More than half of respondents (66.67%) regularly consume fast food at restaurants, while 33.33% said that they usually eat fast food at home. More than half of the students prefer pizza as fast food (58%), while 31.31% prefer burgers, 7, 07% hotdogs and 3.54% another type. 69.70% of the students stated that they consume fast food just because they like it, while 23.74% because it is more practical, 2.02% because it is "fashionable" and 4.555 for no mentioned reasons. From the results, we found out that the majority of students (83.33%) consume traditional food at home, 11.62% at relatives’ and 5.05% at restaurants. The results show us that more than half of the students (61.62%) eat traditional food more than three times per week and 29.80% twice to three times per week. 8.59% of students have traditional food less than once per week. Comparing these results with the frequency of fast food, we verified that the data is relatively consistent (the range does not exceed 14%). Regarding the "traditional food" most students (82.32%) showed a consistent answer with what traditional food is.   About 42.93% of students eat traditional food because it is healthier, 33.84% because they enjoy it, 22.22% because it is the consumed one at their homes and 1.01% for another reason.     When questioned about their traditional food preferences, 33.33% of students answered cod fish, 22.22% of them Portuguese stew.   In short, from the data presented, we can infer that more than half of the students know what fast food is and they consume it because they enjoy it. Most of them consume it less than once per week, mostly at restaurants. The preference of the surveyed students lies on pizzas and burgers. The data also shows us that students consume less fast food and more traditional food. Young people surveyed showed that the most famous dishes from traditional Portuguese cuisine are among their preferences. It’s important to highlight that half of the students have traditional food because they like it and because it is healthier. After applying this questionnaire to our students, we consider that it would be interesting to quest parents/ families about this same issue, once they are referred as people who consume and prepare fast food.

 

Portuguese presentation in Romania

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