martes, 15 de noviembre de 2016

THE END OF THE MEETING...

Saturday  was a sad day for all of us in France because this was the final day of the project, so it was the last day in which we were with the people we had spent an unforgettable week with.



Students started the morning with the presentation of the projects that they had worked on throughout the whole week and after that they participated to contests organised by each team to see how much they remembered from all the presentations. They answered quizzes made with the online application kahoot.





As it was expected, thier work was rewarded with little souvenirs to remind them about these wonderful days.





It was then time to take the last group photo and to transmit a message to our Turkish friends who could not be here with us.


The rest of the day was scheduled by each one: some went out with the French and their partners from other countries, and the others spent their afternoon with their host. Some  went in the city centre together and we participated in a flashmob to support the candidacy of Amiens to become the European Capital of Youth.


France meeting – Day 2 by (Maria Covalciuc)

France meeting – Day 2

Wednesday was a sunny day when we combined project work with a visit of the most important sights from Amiens.
At 8:30 AM I was at school with other teenagers from Spain, France and Estonia. We worked on a movie about the negative effects of the methanol.  The other groups worked on their own topics.





After two hours and half of work we finished the movie and we started the second activity.This activity was very interesting because all the students, divided in teams, visited the town. My team took some photos of the tourist spots like the huge museum of the city, the city hall and last but not least the great cathedral Notre Dame from Amiens. I was shocked by the size and beauty of cathedral, imagining at the same time how much work was required for each stone carving.




Then our team walked on the riverside, which was dotted with terraces that made this place look like a colorful landscape from fairy tales.
At 1 PM we finished the activities and we had lunch together. We had a picnic in a park and we had fun.
In the evening me and my partner went home where we had a traditional French dinner which I liked so much and then we watched a movie.
Quite late I felt asleep thinking about the next day and hoping it would be as wonderful as the day that was over

France meeting – what we learned, what we achieved

The fourth meeting of the project focused on discussing the topic of harmful chemical substances.
We had study visits to bio farms to learn how food can be produced without using chemical substances. We also visited chemical plants to find out how waste can be turned into fuel, how bacteria can be used safely to make fertilisers and how safety standards can be respected.







But we also worked in mixed international groups in order to do research on the set topics and to create videos to inform other people about what we have learned. Here is our work:
Bee-killing chemical substances



Methanol – windscreen washer




Preservatives in cosmetics




Greenwashing








Glyphosate







the Seveso accident






jueves, 5 de mayo de 2016

LAS RAZONES DE LOS ESTUDIANTES





HOY, A LAS 19:30, VARIOS COLECTIVOS DEL BARRIO JUNTO CON LA PLATAFORMA AIRE LIMPIO, SE REÚNEN EN EL IES GRAN CAPITAN PARA EXPLICAR LAS RAZONES QUE ENCUENTRAN EN SU LUCHA CONTRA LA INCINERACIÓN EN LA CONOCIDA CEMENTERA COSMOS,SITUADA EN NUESTRO BARRIO.
DESDE EL PROYECTO E+ TRABAJAMOS LA SOSTENIBILIDAD, EL CONSUMO Y LA PRODUCCIÓN RESPONSABLES....NUESTRA TEMÁTICA TRIMESTRAL "CONTAMINACIÓN DEL AGUA Y AIRE".
NO HACE FALTA DECIR MUCHO MÁS.
PARTICIPAMOS BAJO EL NOMBRE "DOS CARAS DE UNA MISMA MONEDA" EN LA VISITA A LA CEMENTERA (VER POST DE DICIEMBRE) Y REFLEXIONAMOS SOBRE LO QUE ALLÍ VIVIMOS.
AYER DECIDIMOS MANIFESTARNOS DURANTE EL RECREO PARA PUBLICITAR ESTA CHARLA, DESCUBRIENDO CON PANCARTAS NUESTRAS RAZONES.

 ESTAREMOS PRESENTES APOYANDO LA INICIATIVA Y PARTICIPANDO EN LOS PRIMEROS MINUTOS DE LA MISMA.
OS DEJAMOS LA PRESENTACIÓN  ESPECÍFICA QUE HEMOS PREPARADO.





viernes, 29 de abril de 2016

PLANTANDO ÁRBOLES


Hoy viernes 29 de mayo nuestra compañera Gracia ha conseguido plantones de árboles de sombra, desde Conserjería Luis y Manolo se han puesto manos a la obra las 3 últimas horas para, en colaboración con grupos de alumn@s ( 2º ESO, Erasmus, FPB, CFGM, 4ºESO...) plantar un espacio de futura sombra y descanso para todo el IES...ahora sólo queda regar, que agarren en este mes y medio de curso que queda y mucho mimo.... Gracias a tod@s por esa colaboración tan altruista.
Sorprendid@s nos hemos quedado l@s profes de tanta voluntariedad del alumnado, dispuest@s a coger pico y pala para plantar su árbol....




jueves, 28 de abril de 2016

Chon nos lleva a Tallin...

En un ratito y con mucho humor, nuestra compañera Chon Guzmán ha contado a los estudiantes E+ que van a viajar en el mes de mayo a Tallin su experiencia este verano en la ciudad. Respondiendo con cercanía y familiaridad nos ha mostrado una breve selección de su experiencia...hemos conocido a Margarita la gorda, a Toompea, la farmacia más antigua del mundo...
Gracias Chon...tod@s nos hemos quedado con ganas de más.



miércoles, 27 de abril de 2016

Sibiu Meeting – Day by Day.



Day 1


Wednesday, March 30th brought for the students from Octavian Goga College, Sibiu, involved in the Erasmus + project, a series of special surprises, after welcoming the participants from the 5 partner  countries. We had been preparing for this special visit for a long time and it was now the moment to get together to discuss the topic of “Land and Forest Degradation”.
Here are some images from the welcoming ceremony, during which  every team presented their school and country



To get to know each other better, we had planned some interesting social activities,in which  every student and teacher could give details about themselves and realised what they had in common with other partners.



Then came time to present the city. As it was expected, we started with the local town hall, where we had a short meeting with local officials. After the lunch break we went  to discover the beauty of the town in an attractive and competitive way. The guests participated in a Scavenger Hunt in which they had to go from one sight to another and complete different tasks in order to find the next clue.
In the evening, we went home accompanied by our partners, thinking about what prize the winning team would receive the  following day and looking forward to the next days’ events.




Day 2

Thursday,  March 31st was the second day of the Erasmus+ project.
We met as usual at 9 AM in the room 30.We watched a reflection video about the previous day’s Scavenger Hunt. Some funny photos and impressions were presented there too.
We also reflected on a given video and picture and wrote our thought on the post-it pannel.



After the reflection all the countries began to present their work – the SWOT analyses about the soil degradation. All the presentations were special because the students highlighted  their countries’ problems,but I was impressed by the French team’s movie because they said that in France the government and the population had begun to plant trees so the soil wouldn’t degrade.
During the workshops the guests learned many things about the forests and the soil. They did practical things like puzzles with information about soil and he forest and even created their own crosswords about the forests.
In conclusion the second day of the Sibiu meeting of the Erasmus+ project was fun and we learned a lot about how to be friendly to nature.






Day 3

Friday- 1st of April
We started the day, of course, by remembering the day before and by another Reflection moment after watching an awareness-raising video.


After this, we began to watch the Challenge Videos made by every country on the theme ‘The Story of a Tree’. Every short movie made us laugh or cry, each of them having their strengths. Then we moved on to a little bit more serious work, but fun nonetheless. Here are some videos of the story of a tree. 





On the idea ‘Let’s Experiment with Nature’ we had 3 Practical Workshops
  •  Kokedama – we made flower arrangements from soil, moss and a plant wrapped up with twine
  • Soil Analysis – we compared the Ph level of soils brought from different countries and made their own edible ‘soil’
  • Leaf Skeleton – we removed the fleshy part of leaves by using chemical processes and obtained beautiful skeletons


We couldn’t wait for the evening, ‘The International Evening’, where every country presented something specific for itself and its tradition. We had dances from Spain, Turkey, Italy, Estonia, a song from France and all kinds of performances from the host, Romania.  After the show, we went back to the school for the After Party, where we had a traditional buffet, dancing, singing and many others.



In conclusion, we really had a lot of fun, no April’s Fools’ Day joke.





Day 4

On Saturday, the 4th day of the meeting in Sibiu, Romania, we had lots of experiences outside the city, while learning how to plant little fir trees and how to take care of them, admiring the scenery from above, from 1681 meters more precisely and then testing our strength in Arka Park.
At 9 o’clock, the entire group left with 2 coaches from the parking lot of Thalia Hall. Our first destination was Rasinari, a village near Sibiu. There, we stopped at a farm for trees, where some enthusiastic people told us stories about their work as forest rangers and also about what they were doing in the tree farm. Then, we helped them clean the soil from weeds between the firs. They needed special conditions, as they were only 3 or 4 years old. Then, we went to the planting sector, where firs of only 1 or 2 years old were planted. All of us managed to plant 5 firs but then we had to leave to continue our journey to Paltinis.

But before leaving, our hosts gave us some little firs, to plant in our gardens or in flower pots to remind us about that day. We were so surprised when we saw some little lizards in the grass, which were way more friendly than we would have ever thought.
Our next stop was at Paltinis, at the bottom base of the lift. We chose a partner and then we took the lift up in the mountains, for a length of more than 1 km. There we had a picnic, took some photos (phototos, as we liked to call them), had some ‘fights’ with snow, explored the nearby forest and then fought again with snowballs. We had such a great time there, but we had to take the lift again to go down. Even though we were sad that we had to leave from there, we got over very fast, because we realized that we were heading now for Arka Park.
At Arka Park, as I already said, we tested our limits, for real. We had 3 hours to try the easiest or the hardest trails from the outdoor park. We had so much fun there, even though, sometimes, our legs, arms and hands hurt. I managed to finish just 3 trials, because the time slipped away and we had to go back in the city. But I don’t think that any of us will be able to forget the experiences at Arka Park: being hung on a rope at 5 meters above the ground, jumping from tree to tree, trying not to let ourselves be scared of the things that we had to do
At 6:30 pm we came back in Sibiu, where our parents were waiting for us to take us home, after that extraordinary day. We went home, had dinner and a shower and then most of us met in the Large Square to celebrate the last day in Romania for some people of the group, the Turkish team, who were going to leave the next afternoon.  After we have spent some time there, we headed home, waiting to see what other activities we were going to have the next day.

Day 5

Here, in Romania, Sunday is that day spent with family. Therefore, our great Erasmus+ family began the day with a lot of happiness and enthusiasm. Because of the fact that we were together, everything was different in a good way.
In the first part of the day, we stopped near our city, somewhere in the forest. There, with the help of scouts from Amicii Muntilor Association, we took part in an orienteering competition. Teams formed of 3 participants from different countries had to find 8 posts and then cross the start/ finish line as rapidly as possible. Even if only 3 teams won, everybody had a huge smile on their face before, during and after this event.


After that activity, we went to one of the most beautiful places in Sibiu: the Village Museum. There, that reassuring silence was waiting for us. This place put a little part of the beauty of the past in our souls. This could be seen on everyone’s face, as when you looked at somebody, everybody was smiling, enjoying the view and the fact that we could be together in that amazing place.
I can say that Sunday was the best day spent with family. I am looking forward to feeling something like that again.






lunes, 11 de abril de 2016

CIUDADES IRRESPIRABLES. air and water pollution











AQUI TENEMOS ALGUNOS VIDEOS QUE PUEDEN EMPEZAR A SENSIBILIZARNOS SOBRE EL TRABAJO QUE PRESENTAREMOS EN TALLIN




Introduction




Factors Spoiling environment


Air pollution : Importance of Air



Air pollution: harmful effect & causes



Air pollution: Industrial Emissions





Acid Rain



Air pollution: Automobile


Air pollution : Control





Catalytic converter Automobile


Greenhouse effect







Global warming



Water Pollution: harmful effect


Water pollution : causes




Water pollution : Control












BOOST PLASTIC RECYCLING


sábado, 5 de marzo de 2016

USEFUL GUIDE TO ROMANIA

El pasado viernes 4  asistimos a la presentación de nuestro siguiente lugar de encuentro Sibiu, en Rumanía.
Nuestro compañero de viaje, Federico Abad, profesor de música en el IES,  nos deleitó con algunas de sus fotos personales, nos contó su experiencia en la visita que ya ha realizado a la ciudad a título personal, y respondió a las inquietas preguntas de los estudiantes seleccionados.






Aquí os dejamos una useful guide to Romania



viernes, 4 de marzo de 2016

The Advantages of being an International Student with the Erasmus Programme


Being an Erasmus means being tolerant cultural (and personal)differences

Being an Erasmus student also means learning or improving on English

Being an Erasmus students means being flexible and able to deal with fast changes

Being an Erasmus means being independent

Being an Erasmus means being brave too!

Some students tell us about their experiences in an E+project










#sandwicheandoE+


Viernes 4 de marzo, primer #sandwicheandoparaErasmus...

Decía Einstein que " Hay una fuerz motriz más poderosa que el vapor, la electricidad y la energía atómica: La voluntad" 



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