Tuesday 11 December 2012

We officially finalized our project process...

We sent the final report of the project in September. We waited for a reply from Turkish National Agency for a long time. Today, we have been given a respond which declares that our report has been approved and our project is agreed to have been finalized successfully. That is great news!

We have still good memories on mobilities, school activities, friendships, workshops, enjoying visits and so on. We would really like to get such experiences again in another partnership. As far as we have heard, we can't improve a project with the same partners; but it doesn't say "not with the schools in the same cities" :) We have close friendships with the colleagues and with the cutie students. I think, we can get in touch with other schools which are in contact with our partner schools.That is, we can get in touch again, someday somewhere.

Even if, we can't join a new partnership this term, I believe, the results of our project will be improved and we will be able to manage the sustainability as well.

By the way, we had some brochures pressed to promote what we have done so far. We got lots of pressed notebooks, diaries, files and pens, by which we managed the dissemination of our work. We announced the final product to the local governmental institutions.








Thanks to our partners for all their collaborations and good communication!


Monday 11 June 2012

Romania Meeting Report


COMENIUS

“Immediate Surroundings”

PROJECT MEETING IN ROMANIA
At Liceul Teoretic “Ion Neculce”

In Targu-Frumos, Iasi, ROMANIA
21-25 of May, 2012


Participants:       Liceul Teoretic ''Ion Neculce'' Targu-Frumos (Romania)

                           Midyat Anadolu Lisesi (Turkey)

                           Tapa Gümnaasium (Estonia)

                            Istituto di Istruzione Superiore L. Luzzatti (Italy)

                            Escola Secundaria de Cacilhas-Tejo (Portugal)

                            IES Llanera (Spain)

                            I.I.S.S. De Gemmis di Terlizzi (Italy)

Project meeting:    

On the 21st of May, the project meeting started with an arranged tour of Iasi city, the cultural capital of Romania, where the participants had an overview of the culture and daily lives of the inhabitants. Teachers and students visited the oldest university in the country, they had a tour of the most important park in the city and they were able to tour different museums and areas related to the Romanian culture and history.

On the 22nd of May, the formal opening ceremony of the meeting was held at Liceul Teoretic “Ion Neculce” in Targu-Frumos. Here the participants visited the school facilities, the school’s museum and the Green Corner (recycling system). The visiting students were able to spend time in classes with their Romanian hosts and the teachers attended an English class. After that, all the groups presented their plans for the Green Project, they were all very interesting and ready to be put into practice. After lunch, the participants were taken to visit an old and interesting palace, “Miclauseni”, where the natural environment has been well protected so far. They were able to walk in the forest and to visit a beautiful monastery where they were served with a special tea made by special plants from that particular area.
On the 23rd of May, the participants were taken to visit some beautiful mountain areas where they could experience the beauty of the nature. They have seen Piatra Neamt city, where they could take the gondola to admire the beautiful scenery, then they visited the Bicaz area, Cheile Bicazului and the Red Lake where the natural environment offered them a wonderful landscape. This experience helped them to remember once again about the importance of protecting the natural areas.

On the 24th of May, the working session started in the morning at school: the students attended some classes with their hosts, the teachers had a short meeting and then, all the participants attended the last power-point presentations. After that, the teachers had their last formal meeting where they have discussed about the last details of the project, about the website and the final report. Before lunch, the delegations were invited at the City Hall where the mayor welcomed them and told them some information about the life and the culture of the city Targu-Frumos. After the festive lunch, all the groups presented the most memorable moments of the project, everyone received certifications and small gifts and in the end the Romanian students tried to present small “pieces of culture” (songs and dances) they have learned from their partners in the last 2 years.

On the 25th of May, three delegations departed and the others had the opportunity to visit again Iasi city and the surroundings, while the students spent their day with the host families.

Conclusions:

-       -All the meetings scheduled in the application form took place successfully;
-       -All the activities have been done according to the plan;
-       -Each school has done its work for the project according to the schedule;
-     -The website and the blogs contain almost all the work done so far and they remain open to be completed with any material related to the project.
-      -The final report will be filled in by every school and after we will agree that all the information is correct, they will be sent to the National Agencies;
-       -The teachers and the students communicated successfully and they will remain friends for a long time :)

Wednesday 30 May 2012

Art Exhibition

This week we have organized an art exhibition where the students' all works of art produced in lessons, have been on view. Our art teachers Şule Yıldız and Fatma Keşküş organized the exhibition and they led and helped the students with their projects. 


Fatma KEŞKÜŞ  & Şule YILDIZ 




There are several concepts in the activity. The sub-topics are reproduction paintings, charcoal and oil paintings, "Ebru" art, and recycling and reusing the materials, which are also the main topics of our envionmental project.



Students tried to reproduce some famous works of art.


They tried the techniques of charcoal. There are really creative works.



There are very creative work of Ebru Art, as well. (learn more about Ebru)

There are also various oil paints. The following was made by a student who was given a postcard bought from Venice.


As the Project Team, what we are more interested in are the recycling and reusing topics. Here are some samples of the works made with the recycled or reused objects or materials.
These are the party masks made with the used papers . The papers are  wet  and then kneaded. It undergoes some other processes and then colored and shaped as desired.



A fish figure made from a broken mirror.

The following are all made from the papers of old magazines or newspapers. The technique is called "collage" (kolaj). 
 


The following is one of the most striking work of the topic. All of the pieces you can see are just the pieces of plastic bottles. They are cut and then colored as desired. Then they are brought together to picture a figure or a scene. Isn't it a vivid product?


We hope to see such good work the next year again. 

Conguratulations to all our artist students!

Tuesday 15 May 2012

We Are Preparing For the Meeting in Iasi, Romania

Our meeting in Iasi, Romania will be held on 21th-25th May. Now, we are preparing for this meeting. We are still studying on the green plan to make it perfect and effective. We have got the meeting programme and the contact information of the host students. The e-mailing traffic has already started.

We are 2 English language teachers and 6 students in our team. It is the first time for the students to go abroad and this is expected to be a great chance for them to make new friends, to meet new cultures and to practice English language. They seem very excited!

It's been told that Iasi is a mountainous area where you need warm clothes at this time of the year. So, we need to take jackets, coats or even boots! Anyway, It seems we'll have great fun!. Here is the meeting programme.

We are first flying to Istanbul from Mardin and by midnight we will have been in Bucharest. We will stay there one night and on Sunday evening we are flying to Iasi. We will work on the project activities; we will see new people and places and we will hold the closing session of the whole project. It will be a little sad for us as this will be the last formal meeting of the project. On Friday, we are going to get to Bucharest back and spend the Friday there. On Saturday evening, we hope to be back at home.


It is time to prepare the luggage! 

Tuesday 17 April 2012

Comenius In-Service Training

Comenius In-Service Training is a sub-action of Life Long Learning Programme.



The objective of this action is to help improve the quality of school education by enabling staff to undertake training in another country than that they normally works. In this way, participants are encouraged to improve their practical teaching skills and knowledge and to gain a broader understanding of school education in Europe. This action is funded by National Agencies of each country.
   
The logo of Turkish National Agency
                                   
Undertaking a professional development activity or attending a conference in another European country can help the staff:
  • learn new skills
  • build lasting relationships with colleagues throughout Europe
  • gain a greater understanding of European education.

Our school staff is interested in international activities regarding education.

English language teacher Mrs.Eda YÖRÜGER attended a course within Comenius In-Service Training "CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) Pratical Methodology for Teachers" organized in Portsmouth, England, in a previous course session.



Two of English language teachers also applied the Comenius In-Service training programme in January, 2012. Their applications have been accepted by the National Agency, the institution which will give the grant to attend the courses in Europe. They will attend two-week courses on English Teaching Methods, in England, in July, 2012.


Mr. Muhammed AKINCI will attend the course "Creative Activities & Motivating Materials for the Secondary Classroom" organized in Ipswich, England.



Mr. Özgen ÇAMLIBEL will attend the course "Language & Methodology for Teachers of English - A Blended Approach" organized in Scarborough, England.


 Conguratulatons to our teachers!


For further information about the programmes please see EUROPA   

Monday 16 April 2012

The Results of the Project Contest


There were very different kinds of projects. All of them were nice in their own contents.
But only four of the projects were in the scope of the project content in this contest.

These students are:

Sema ÇELEBİ           - 87 points
Ahmet Sina GÜL       - 70 points
Muhammed BİLGİÇ  - 66 points
Burak OĞUZ              - 65 points

Conguratulations to our students. Their award is to join the meeting in Romania.
Now, it is time for them to improve their projects together until the meeting.

Saturday 31 March 2012

STUDENT PROJECT CONTEST

31/03/2012
We started a contest among the students in our school. There are two topics. The first one is that they will decide on a building which is not compatible with the environment, in our city and they will plan a draft project to make it environmentally friendly. The second one is that they will find a "creative" recyling method, within our school, applicable by any students. They will work alone during two weeks. The award will be great! The first 6 students who will have the highest marks will be able to join in the meeting in Romania!! Hurray!

Then these students will improve their works with other students in the Comenius team to present in the meeting, which is also a project activity. 

Good luck for those hardworking bees!



04/04/2012 - The results are announced here!


Friday 30 March 2012

Meeting in Italy (Venice)

VENICE MEETING 5-9 March, 2012

The fifth meeting of our project took place in Venice, Italy. It was a journey full of adventures :))

San Marco Square
First of all, we, 3 teachers, 3 students, a husband and a baby started our journey very early on the 4th March; a very gloomy, windy, snowy, tricky, moody, hasty day; a very hard one... Our flight was canceled due to the snowstorm in Mardin. We had to move to Diyarbakır Airport in a very limited time. Finally, because of the icy highway, we were late for the flight which would connect us to the Venice flight from Istanbul!!

Luckily, we learnt that that flight was also delayed for an hour due to the weather conditions :)) All day long we rushed and rushed... At the end of the day, we were in Venice, breathing a mild and warm weather. That must be an award! Our kind host teacher Alfredo took us to our hotel (Hotel Venezia) in Mestre for a good rest. The students were taken by their host families.

On Monday morning, all the groups met in the hotel lobby to be taken to the school Instituto Luzzatti where we would join our official opening meeting.


It was a very distinct building.



We gathered to share information.


We made future plans.



After all the partners shared their presentations and experiences about the project work (organising seminars, preparing presentations about patrimony heritage.. etc.) done before the meeting, we left the school for a looooong afternoon walk in historical Venice. It was really a looooong walk especially for our team :))

First of all, Venice is a fantastic, fabulous, wonderful place where we had lots of memorable moments. You don't have chance to take a taxi or a bus for sightseeing. You just need to walk and the very important thing is "never lose your guide" :))

This was taken just before the "long afternoon" :))
During a historical walk in the narrow but sweet streets, we hung out a market or somewhere else until we realized all familiar faces around were gone. We were 6 people and a baby. Our team member Bedrettin was lucky as he was with the leading group and he was the only survivor :)

First we didn't hurry as we were sure that we could manage to find the rest of the group. As the time passed we got that we were lost and we decided to make the most of that! For example we enjoyed the view of the Rialto Bridge (as we passed there 4 times :))


We photographed every detail during this leisurely looong afternoon we had.



We (think that) discovered almost every street of the Venice as we often got the wrong address directions (in English) from the natives. Anyone planning to go to Venice should learn what "turn right" and "turn left" means in Italian. But it was really very late for us :))

We had no phone numbers to call someone and no other contact information. We stopped to think how we would survive after approx. a 10km walk :)


Anyway, at the end of the day, when we couldn't manage to find the right way to the bus stops, we decided to take a boat. It was also a nice experience, we enjoyed a lot!


We first tried our tickets given us at the hotel, but no, they were invalid! Then we intended to buy tickets from the box-office, but no, there was no one inside! Then we looked around to find one but no, there seemed no place to buy tickets in that stop. Then, we had to be hurry as there was a boat approaching the stop and we didn't know whether it was the last or not as it was getting dark... So, ashamedly, we got on the boat and went on our trip without tickets as most of the people did in the boat!! So the main idea of that case was that "transportation was free in Venice!" :))



The second day, we visited the islands Murano and Burano. Murano is famous for its handmade glass objects. We were taken to a workshop. It was an artistic and nice show. The weather was cold and a bit rainy, so also the fire was meaningful for us :)


We walked around and discovered the beauties.

Burano was also a cute, colorful and fascinating place. Every house has its distinct and shining colour, maybe like the owners of them.




The third day started with a morning walk to get the Provincia Di Venezia. We often discovered that Venice has found very intelligent solutions perfectly appropriate with its nature. This greengrocer's is an example.



Then we arrived at the Provincial Government building.


It was obvious that it was preserved well and when it was being restored they sticked to its historical patterns (which is also one the subtopics of our project).


The ceiling of the assembly salon.


We were also put up by Minister of National Education.




After this official visit, we were taken to Istituto Barbarigo (a vacational school on cooking) for lunch.

It was a very nice activity in that the servants were the students of that school and they were being evaluated in a "practice lesson". They were proud as they were successful in their work.



The next stop was Palazzo Ducale.


The last day of the meeting started at school with a teachers' meeting. We made plans for the next meeting in Romania. We reviewed the work done so far and emphasized on the drawbacks.


After that work, we were taken to the other building of the school to listen to a music concert!


The songs were really very nice. Even if we didn't know the language we communicated with the musical notes...

The Comenius Teams livened up the concert by their exotic dance :))

What about sharing these moments??



After this cheerful concert we had to go on with a similar activity in our free afternoon. Yes! The gondola pleasure must have been the best choice!


We were enjoying the sun, glitters on the river and the historic Venezia...


Renting a gondola seemed rather costly at first but the price was worth it.


We also experienced its danger. Our gondolas crashed!


The last activity of our meeting was in a pizza restaurant. It was also a farewell dinner.
We enjoyed the geniune Italian Pizza!





It was really an unforgettable journey in all aspects! We thank the Italian team for this well-organized meeting.
Now, we are preparing for the meeting in Romania in May. Hope to see all friends there!


Written by Eda YÖRÜGER


The Meeting Programme

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