Polish report (September 2012- April 2013)

Short report of done activities by the Polish team

September 2012-April 2013:

September

1.Writing the article about Comenius in the local press;

2.Desining newsletters wall (Comenius corner);

3.Creating of target group;

4.Meeting with a psychologist about healthy eating.

October

1.Preparing of school’s presentation for the first project’s visit.

November

1.Meeting with a diet specialist about eating habits.

December

1.Logo competition for the best logo of our project;

2.Presentation of traditional Christmas foods.

January

1.Promotion of partner’s countries – posters made by students;

2.Workshops for students about healthy food in the local bakery;

3.Survey for students of target group about eating habits.

February

1.Preparing of school presentation about done project activities for the second project’s visit.

March

1.Preparing of Comenius students’ profiles;

2.Conducting of two surveys among Comenius students  about healthy eating and about family and  material situation.

April

1.Film presentation for students “Supersize Me”;

2.Preparing of school presentation about done project activities for the third project’s visit.

Coordinator

Jarosław Jassak

GREEK REPORT

REPORT OF GREEK TEAM

SEPTEMBER 2012 - APRIL 2013

SEPTEMBER 2012

Information about the Comenius Project (OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES)

Creation of Comenius team of 1^ST and 2^ND grade

OCTOBER 2012

Suggestions

Interviews of scientists and specialists on the topic

   Information for students on course program

28 October-3 November 2012 first meeting in Romania

Comenius team (3 Greek teachers)

NOVEMBER 2012

Logo creation

Creation of questionnaire

Interviews from fast food

Creating three teams of action to achieve project goals

First team: aiming at creating the logo

      Second team: aiming at the making and the spreading out of the questionnaire also working on the results of the research

      Third team: interviews with qualified scientists and visits to food places

     Each activity group informed the others about their activities

Select students for the next trip

DECEMBER  2012

     The second group printed and studied the questionnaire that had been filled out at the meeting in Romania, divided in 5 classes of 20 students they collected 100 questionnaires and elaborated the outcome of the research

JANUARY 2013

      The students decided after interactive discussion to visit and interview a psychologist of our town for scientific validity of the program

Preparation of visit in Italy

Creation of portfolios

FEBRUARY 2013

      Useful and valuable has been the interview with our gymnastic instructor at school who believes that regular exercise and healthy diet contributes to extend long- living

18 -22 February 2013 second meeting in Italy

Comenius team (4 Greek teachers and 3 students)

MARCH 2013

The three activity teams get informed by their Comenius project teachers about the creation of a questionnaire related to food pyramid survey

First part of virtual guide

Preparation materials for Turkey

APRIL 2013

The students found out the benefits of healthy nutrition and daily physical exercise

The accomplishment of food pyramid

14 -19 April 2013 third meeting in Turkey

Comenius team (3 Greek teachers and 3 students)

PREPARED BY GREEK COORDINATOR

VASO  ALEXAKI

Romanian report for June- July 2014

Report about activities of the Romanian team

June- July 2014

June 2014

 In the first part of this month the Comenius team prepared the materials for the Seminar of dissemination about the second project year.

The Seminar took part on 16th of   June in the Club of the school. 

The purpose of the seminar was to make known  for other educational institutions   from Gorj county about  the project development, activities and objectives. Were invited and attended the seminar: Assistant Inspector General of Gorj CSI Director of  Gorj CCD, the  inspector for  European projects in the CSI Gorj, directors and teachers  from Technical College Nr. 2 Tg Jiu, teachers from schools in Targu Jiu, representatives of the target group. Work has been conducted by the implementation team: Anca Peptan (coordinator), Elena Contras, Romeo Bibirigea, Eliana Bistreanu.

The activity was conducted according to the following schedule:

- Receiving of guests was conducted between 13.00 to 13.15;

- Brief word of welcome forthe participants addressed by the headmaster of Technical College Nr. 2, MergeaTeodor

- Project Coordinator, Anca Peptan, made a brief presentation of the project stating:

 motivation behind the writing of this project : the need to acknowledge by youth that their health or behavioral problems are caused largely by unhealthy eating style

 the fulfillment of objectives: defining and understanding the concept of healthy eating rediscover culinary traditions, discover other cultures through culinary tradition, intercultural and communication skills in English, using complex methods of research;

 materials resulting from project activities

- Representatives of target group members who participated in mobilities presented following:

•  Rusu Mihai and Vlad Iriza showed mobility in Italy

• Andronescu Claudiu presented the mobility in Turkey

• Cristina Babalau presented the mobility in Spain

• Adrian Vilan presented the mobility in Portugal

• Soichiţoiu Madalina presented the mobility in Poland

- Members of the target group presented the ​​materials  realised  during the project.

- Between the hours 14,40-15.00 held open discussions with guests, about European projects, and the opportunities   for a continuous improving of teachers and employees from educational institutions.

In 6^th June the coordinator of the project took part at the meeting of  Comenius coordinators with representatives of the National Agency  for the final report and the completing of  EST base.

July 2014

 Was the last month for project implementation and for students was the beginning of the holiday.

 During this month the local activity was addressed to the management of the project.

 All the teachers of the Comenius team involved in the second year of implementation presented their personal reports for this period.

The coordinator and part of the implementation team verified the documents of the project and began the preparing of the final report and the loading on EST base.

 Prepared by coordinator,

 Anca Peptan

Comenius sport

INTRODUCTION

TEENAGERS THROUGH CULINARY TRADITION AND FAST FOOD

We have begun a Comenius multilateral school partnership project with seven schools from: Poland, Italy, Romania, Portugal, Greece, Turkey and Spain. This project began in September 2012 and will finish in July, 2014. Our first meeting was in Romania, in November, 2012, where we decided to create a general blog called “Mum's food or fast food? “and it will be the place where we are going to post all the photos, comments, activities mentioned in our application form, such as the album of the project, Grandma's recipes, the healthy eating guide and the new ones we decide to do.

The aim of this project is to make student aware of the importance of having healthy eating habits. So during this project we are going to focus on the following objectives: to define and understand the meaning of healthy eating, to rediscover the culinary tradition of each country and to know  other cultures through their culinary tradition. The target language will be English.

The project aims to involve teenagers in a debate with the topic of intercultural food style of young generation and the consequences in cultural identity’s field. Students from partner institutions will be helped by coordinators teachers to explore the issues of unhealthy food, and probe the medical, social and cultural implications. They will oppose two concepts, (food type) fast food and culinary tradition, understand the break that happens in the individual mind by assimilating artificial culture that tends to become universal food code.

The teens will reflect on their food preferences, the culinary tradition and family backgrounds. They will explore areas related to nutrition, food technologies, traditional and ecological agriculture they will also confront cultures and traditions by extending the dining experience in partner countries.

Each partner will initiate an investigation in two directions: a foray into the fast -food that will give the possibility to study chemical compounds used in preparing menus (will talk with nutritionists and sociologists, will confront opinions and ideas.

  On the other hand, it will be  a culinary journey in the region to which it belongs, approaching  tradition and customs. The students will be invited by a family that keeps cultural tradition of the place. There they can assist to the preparation of a traditional menu, they will taste the products and  find recipes, ingredients,   traditional ways to  prepare food and natural conservation of food .

These experiences will be shared within   the project visits, on the web site and materialized in the final products (European guide of healthy menus, book of traditional recipes , brochures,

This project will help students improve their English competence, raise awareness of belonging to a common European culture and know their own culture and their partners’.   We will also promote culinary and cultural traditions, having easy access to the results obtained in the partnership.

Spanish student self-evaluation

Conclusions

The first Comenius in our school has been evaluated very positively by parents, teachers and students.

As we can see in the graphs, parents  very much appreciate the possibility what this project has offered to their children in terms of getting to know other countries, cultures, traditions and get used to respecting other realities. Thanks to this, now they can appreciate  their own culture more.

The students have recognised that now they are more motivated to learn English because they see it as a communicative tool that helps them meet other people and integrate into other cultures.  They have also said that they have very much enjoyed doing the activities and preparing the meetings where they have shared their knowledge and experience.

With regards to the topic of ´healthy food´ which included the importance of healthy eating and appreciation of traditional food, the students have added that they are now more conscious of them, but they have not changed their eating habits.  Perhaps it is a question of time and maturity and we hope that when they grow up, they remember the things learnt in this project and they will improve their eating habits.

The teachers are very satisfied with the project.  We have seen that our students are more motivated and more curious to learn about other cultures.  A fact that confirms our statement  is that there are a great number of students who want to take part in new projects and parents are asking for a new Erasmus project now.

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