TURKEY MEETING REPORT

COMENIUS 3^rdMEETING

“Immediate Surroundings”

PROJECT MEETING IN TURKEY

At Midyat Anadolu Lisesi

In Midyat, TURKEY

16-20 of May, 2011

Participants:Midyat Anadolu Lisesi (Turkey)

Tapa Gümnaasium, (Estonia)

Istituto di Istruzione Superiore L. Luzzatti (Italy)

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

Escola Secundaria de Cacilhas-Tejo (Portugal)

IES Llanera (Spain)

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

Project meeting:

On the 16^th of May, the project meeting started with an informal meeting at the hotel with the participant teachers. The students started with joining the classes at Midyat Anadolu Lisesi with their host friends. After all the partner schools arrived in Midyat, all the participant teachers and students took part in the arranged tour of historical Midyat. They had an overview of the culture and daily lives in the city.

On the 17^th of May, the formal opening ceremony of the meeting was held in Midyat Anadolu Lisesi. The objectives of the project were referred to once again. The participants enjoyed the mini Türkü (Turkish folk music) concert. The groups presented gifts to each other. All the groups presented their video-taped theatre plays prepared at each school before. All the plays were really very interesting with their unique performance. Then, participants were taken to Hasankeyf, an ancient, historical city.

On the 18^th of May, the participants visited beautiful Mardin city where there are hundreds-year-old stone houses, reflecting the lives of the ancient civilizations. The city is very important in that its natural environment has been well protected so far.

On the 19^th of May, the Turkish Youth and Sports Day was celebrated. The participant students were told about the importance about the day, about the role of the young for healthy and peaceful future generations. The students had a Turkish lesson where some cultural behaviors were exemplified and some traditional games were played. At school, the participant teachers met to plan what would be done in the next meeting in Portugal. At dinner, certifications were delivered. In the closing ceremony, some cultural souvenirs were presented to the participants and the participants offered their good wishes to eachother. At the end of the ceremony, traditional“Turkish Henna Night” (Kına Gecesi) which is organized in the night before the wedding day, was animated by a group of students and teachers composed of different members of the groups.

On the 20^th of May, some of the groups left Midyat and some of them joined the picnic organized especially to experience the very beauty of the nature on the spot. It was helpful to make the students to comprehend or remind once more the importance of protecting the natural areas from the hazards of exogenous factors like human beings.

Throughout the meeting, teachers and students. were able to share experience and ideas about the project, their cultures, daily lives, their own environments and the solutions for common problems.

Decisions:

• Next project meeting will be held in Portugal at the beginning of October.
• The fourth meeting will be held in Italy, probably in February 2012.
• Romania have gathered the questions from each school and have prepared a questionnaire.
• For Portugal meeting, all schools will prepare powerpoint presentations presenting the school life, daily life and culture of the each partner country.
• In Portugal meeting, the results of the questionnaires delivered in Turkey will be shared.

Meeting in Turkey

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The Meeting Programme

SPAIN MEETING REPORT

COMENIUS 2^ndMEETING

“Immediate Surroundings”

PROJECT MEETING IN SPAIN

At IES LLANERA

In Posada de Llanera, Spain

21-25 of february, 2011

Participants:Midyat Anadolu Lisesi (Turkey)

Tapa Gümnaasium, (Estonia)

Istituto di Istruzione Superiore L. Luzzatti (Italy)

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

Escola Secundaria de Cacilhas-Tejo (Portugal)

IES Llanera (Spain)

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

Project meeting:

On the 21^st of February, the project meeting started with an informal meeting at the hotel with the participant teachers. The students who had already arrived, attended the lesson at school with their partners. After the meeting, all the teachers and students took part in the arranged tour of Oviedo. They visited the cathedral the old part of the town and had the opportunity to see how daily life goes on in the city.

The teachers continued with another meeting at the hotel after lunch.

On the 22^nd of February, there was a formal reception at IES Llanera in which the principal welcomed our guests and students and teachers visited the school.

Afterwards, the first official meeting session was held in our auditorium. We had the chance to get to know the new participants and the students presented the work so far done to the rest of the schools. We all had lunch together at school and , in the afternoon, we visited Gijón, the biggest city in Asturias. Gijón is situated on the coast

On the 23^rd of February, the participants took part in the second meeting in which we agreed on the woks to be done until May.

At 11:00 there was a reception at the Town Hall for all the visiting students and teachers.

In the evening the teachers met for a typical dinner in Oviedo.

On the 24^th of February, the participants went on a trip to the countryside to the Bear Track, an old mining railway which has been adapted for rural tourism. We also had the opportunity to visit The Bear Museum, in which they explained the fauna of our region to us. We had a walk in the countryside, and we enjoyed a typical Asturian meal. After lunch, our principal handed out the certificates and then we visited the prehistoric museum in Teverga.

On the 25^th of February, some of the groups left Asturias and the rest joined the normal activities at school.

Decisions:

• Next project meeting will be held in Turkey, in May 2011.
• A play should be prepared for the next meeting (about saving environment).
• The fourth meeting will be held in Italy, probably in February 2012.
• The final meeting will be held in Romania in May 2012.

Meeting in Spain

A Visit to Spain

Our first stop was a kebap restaurant in İstanbul. We enjoyed the marvellous büryan kebap.

 

Then we started  sightseeing in Istanbul that was quiet tiring.

 

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At four a.m. we were at the airport to fly to Madrid. We got on bus to g oto Oviedo where the meeting was held. On the way the scenery was fascinating. 

 

On the morning of Monday we met our dear collegaues in the hotel and had a meeting there about the meeting. Then in the afternoon we enjoyed the old town of Oviedo with the guidance of Ana Badia.

 

On the morning of Tuesday we were at school to hold the first project meeting and meet the students and the principal.

 

 

The Exchange of cultures and how the Project works.

On Tuesday afternoon we visited Gijon a city in the very North of Spian.

On Wednesday morning we had another meeting of the Project. We talked about te meeting in Turkey.

 

On Wednesday afternoon we visited the municipality and a castle.

 

On Thursday we enjoyed the excellent countryside and a warm spring day.

The bear museum

The pre-historic museum

Waiting to receive our certificates…

On Friday morning we said goodbye to Oviedo and went back to Madrid to take the planet o Istanbul.

Written by Muhammed AKINCI

The Meeting Programme

Collecting Plastic Bottle Tops

"Excuse me! Have you got any bottle tops?"

Nowadays you can hear such a question from a neighbour, a student, a friend or anyone else!

There is a very common and famous campaign across the country. Anyone who collects plastic bottle tops as many as possible and sends them to the related organisations can contribute to that campaign. Our students also collaborate for that social responsibility project in groups.

Any kind of bottle tops is acceptable in that campaign.

This activity has social and environmental aims. The social one is that these tops are sent to the recycling companies. These companies are requested wheelchairs (not cash money) for disabled people. Then these wheelchairs are given to the people who needs them, through the related organistions.

The environmental aim is that people get conscious about importance of recycling. Even little children know about this campaign thanks to mass media and also their neighours, students, grocerymen and anyone using plastic bottles.

The question is "Why are the bottle tops collected only?"

The answer is easy; they are easy to find and collect. You can have 4 wheelchairs in return for 1000kgs of bottle tops. When you think of the contribution of many people in every city, every street, every school across the country the profit is rather high.

"Very small things bring huge hopes!"


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