marți, 6 iulie 2010

report from Bulgaria

Monthly report March, 2010

During March we made the following:
1. Participation in the project meeting in Vizini, Italy;
2. Preparation of CLIL geography lesson; collecting materials.


Coordinator:
Nedelcho Nedelchev


Monthly report May, 2010

During May we made the following:

1. Preparation of CLIL geography lesson; collecting materials.
2. A competition for Alice`s Traveling Guide dialog \conversational guide in 7 languages\ was conducted in school. The topic of the dialog was Farewell.

Coordinator:
Nedelcho Nedelchev


Monthly report June, 2010


During June we made the following:
1. The geography CLIL lesson was implement with students from XI grade;
2. Participation in the third project meeting in Lithuania;
3. Popularization of the activities in the local press;
4. Made a report on the first year of the project for the National Agency.

Reports from Portugal

APRIL 2010 Activities:

• Studying the Geography CLIL lesson plan sent by Spanish partners and
performing the lesson on 9C class, using a Geography-English teacher
partnership
• Videotaping the CLIL lesson
• preparing the CLIL lesson video material for the project partners
• preparing the trip to Italy
• Project meeting in Italy (24-28 April), including 3 teachers and 6
students, hosted by Istituto Tec.Commerciale Statale V.G.Orlando in
Vizzini(Sicily):
1. planning the forthcoming activities, as far as the:
a) Spanish, Lithuanian, Romanian, Italian and Bulgarian partners’
future CLIL lessons, based on the Portuguese CLIL lesson
experience;
b) Portuguese CLIL lesson report;
c) Creation of A.L.I.C.E.’s “Travelling Guide”;
d) Monthly reports.
2. Getting to know the Italian traditional costumes (Ricotta Festival and a
piece of Giovanni Verga’s Italian opera, Cavalleria Rusticana).
3. Students’ international interaction and communication with other
project students and with local family costumes.
4. Meeting with Italian school headmaster.
5. Documentary visit to Etna and Catania.

MAY 2010 Activities:

• Dissemination of the Comenius meeting in Italy in the local press and
school site.
• Dissemination of the Project meeting in the school Pedagogical Council.
• Preparing and sending of the CLIL Geography lesson report to all
Comenius partners;
• Applying the 2nd Project assessment questionnaire and sending of results
to all partners.
• Creation of ALICE’s Travelling guide, “At the Lost and Found”, in
Portuguese and English and sending to all Project partners;

JUNE 2010 Activities:

• Preparing the trip to Lithuania
• Project meeting in Lithuania (16-20 June), including 2 teachers and 3
students hosted by Klaipedos Endriejavo Vidurine Mokykla in :
1. planning the forthcoming activities, as far as the:
e) translation of all texts in ALICE’s Travelling Guide into each
partner’s native language;
f) Conclusion of monthly reports process;
g) Reshaping of Project assessment questionnaires;
h) Portuguese visit schedule (20-24 October)
i) Number of students and teachers visiting Portugal and student
selection criteria.
2. Getting to know the Lithuanian educational system and culture.
3. Meeting with the District Authorities, School Headmaster and local
reputed parish members as well as the village local authorities.
4. Documentary visit to Kleipeda and Nida.
5. Students’ international interaction and communication with other
project students and local host families.
6. Reporting Lithuanian meeting to the School Pedagogical Council and
approval of the following Project meeting in Portugal.
7. Dissemination of the Project Meeting in Lithuania in the local Press
and school site.

Report June - LITHUANIA

LITHUANIA
ENDRIEJAVAS SECONDARY SCHOOL
COMENIUS PROJECT “A.L.I.C.E. KNOWLEDGE ROAD”

Report June

On the 16th to 20th of June 28 students (15) and teachers (13) participated in Comenius project meeting in Klaipedos Endriejavo vidurine mokykla, Lithuania:

Romanian teachers
Anton Stella (Project coordinator)
State Nora Florenta
Agapie Nicoleta
Suner Ionica

Romanian students
Caras Gheorghe Victoras
Pislaru Stefan
Costea Elena

Bulgaran teachers
Galya Miladinova Rankova
Elena Nikolova Hristova
Nedelcho Ivanov Nedelchev

Bulgaran students
Tsvetomir Vladimirov Lazarov
Martin Krasimirov Todorov

Portugese teachers
Lucinda Bento
Eleuterio Santos

Portugese students
Carolina Martins
Inês Amaro
Joana Canas

Spanish teachers
Marga Lopez
Xavier Segui

Spanish students
Joan Company
Jose Lopera
Guillem Bernart
Marta Torrens
Sara Quetglas
Marina Soler
Laura Simonet

Italan teachers
Lidia Tomasello
Margaretha Lucia Maria Liefting


Comenius project “Alice knowledge road” visit to Lithuania program
16th to 20th of June 2010

The 16th of June

Meeting Romanian, Portugal, Bulgarian teams.
Teachers’ accommodation in a hotel. Students’ accommodation in families.

The 17th of June

8.30 Meeting at the hotel.
9.00 Trip to Klaipeda. Tour in the Baltic Sea beach and Klaipeda’s old town .
13.00 Dinner.
14.00 Free time.
16.00 Trip to Agluonenai for traditional dinner.
17.00 Traditional Lithuanian dinner.
Spanish team meeting at Riga airport, accommodating them in the hotel and in families.


The 18th of June

8.30 Meeting at the hotel.
9.00 -10.00 Meeting with district authorities and District’s educational department’s head.
11.00 Meeting teachers and students at school.
12.00 Dinner.
13.00 Teachers meeting with village’s elder and dean. Children travel to Norgelu mound. Balloon campaign the Battle of Grunwald, the anniversary of 600 years.
14.00 Comenius activities.
Activities with children.
15.30 Teachers visiting local places of interest.
18.00 National evening- party.

The 19th of June

7.30 Trip to Nida. Teachers and students get into the bus, in Endriejavas near school.
8.00 Teachers living in hotel boarding into the bus. Trip to Curonian Spit.
13.00 Lunch in Nida.
18.00 Students come back to families. Goodbye dinner in families.
19.00 Goodbye dinner in the hotel.

The 20th of June

5.30 Leaving the hotel and collecting the children.
Trip to airport and leaving.

Students were hosted in Lithuanian families. All school community tied to take part in the activities while organizing or during the meeting. Guests met local authorities, got a chance to find out more about Lithuanian culture and traditions, visited local places of interest. School community was very pleased to have all the guests here and got unforgettable experience. The students made new friend and continue to communicate using IT. Teachers also had a good practice using foreign language and have seen actual benefits of the project. Guests were given certificates signed by project coordinator Stella Anton, Head teacher of Klaipedos rajono Endriejavo vidurine mokykla Julius Gindulis and responsible for the project in Lithuania Egle Skoleviciene.

duminică, 9 mai 2010

PRESS INFORMATION





Between 23.04 2010-28.04.2010, Grup Scolar de Industrie Alimentara Fetesti, Romania participated in the second project meeting COMENIUS Alice’s Knowledge Road, in locality Vizzini, Italy. The four teachers from Romania joined seven teachers and 16 students from the partner schools from Portugal, Spain, Lithuania, and Bulgaria, as well as host school teachers and students, Italy.
The purpose of the meeting was to exchange information about how each school is developing the project activities, to exchange products made by students, to share experience of the implementation of CLIL geography lesson by Portugal, to establish methods of evaluation after completing the first two products of the project (Alice’s Winter Tales and The Geography Lesson CLIL) and to organize the next activity that will be the writing of Alice’s Little Guide of Conversation in English and all project partners languages. There have also been established, by mutual agreement, the responsibilities of each partner and the themes that will form the foundation of the discussion guide. The meeting program has been very busy, the hosts managed to combine very well the activities of the project, which took place in school, with other activities aimed at a better understanding of the region, local traditions and customs.
Project Coordinator,
Headteacher Prof. Anton Stella

duminică, 25 aprilie 2010

marți, 2 martie 2010

Clil lesson - geography lesson

WATER – BINDER OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNICATION

1. Who comes to the map to show the limits of Europe and indicate the cardinal and intercardinal points
2. You already know that our school is involved in a Comenius project called 'Alice’s knowledge road''. Does anyone know which countries are included in this project?
3. Fetesti is crossed by a river, which is the name of it?
4. Do you remember how many countries flows the Danube through?
5. What are their names?
6. Now, let's play again our memory game, to list all the 10 countries crossed by the Danube. The first will say: “we sailed on the Danube through Romania , for example, the following, we sailed on the Danube through Romania and we went through .... another country”.
7. Which is the environmental element that unites all these countries? Water
8. Our lesson from today is called, 'Water – the binder of the European communication''.
9. By this lesson the students will be able to:
- set up Alice’s water road from Fetesti to all 5 partner countries (Lithuania, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Bulgaria)
- To name the transit countries during Alice’s journey ;
- To name cities encountered by her in the journey
- To name the touristic attractions in those countries.
10. Every group, for 7 minutes, will find Alice’s way on the map of Europe from the school atlas sailing from Fetesti to the five countries.
The first group will find the way to Lithuania
the second group Fetesti – Portugal
The third group Fetesti - Spain and Fetesti - Italyand
the fourth group Fetesti – Bulgaria
You will note down on your notebooks rivers, streams, canals, seas, straits crossed by Alice during her journey, the countries she crossed, at least three cities that she saw.
11. one representative of each group will come and draw with a marker on the physical map of Europe which way you chose for Alice’s travel.
12. Another representative of the group will write on the blackboard rivers, streams, seas, straits
13. another representative the transit countries
14. and another the cities you have noted down
When Alice arrived in that country, she was forced to communicate in Portuguese in Portugal, in Spanish in Spain,in Italian in Italy, in Bulgarian in Bulgaria and in Lithuanian - in Lithuania to see some tourist attractions such as .

SO, during the journey from Fetesti to her other sisters in the other countries, Alice crossed a number of over 15 countries sailing the Danube, the Danube Canal / Main / Rhine, Baltic Sea, North Sea, Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Gibraltar Straits and had to communicate in English and other languages such as Lithuanian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Bulgarian


Evaluation Sheet/Paper

For home you will have to find similarities and differences between the partner countries included in the project ALICE ‘s KNOWLEDGE ROAD

Test
1 . The name of the girl who sails on the road to knowledge in Europe.
2. The capital name of Denmark state met by Alice in her journey to Lithuania.
3. What is the name of the sea located between the Bosporus and Dardanelles Straits that Alice is crossing in her journey to Italy;
4. Austria capital situated on the Danube River.
5. Before getting into the North Sea, Alice sails on ..................river travels
6. Alice’s sister in Italy is in the Island ..........................
7. River in Portugal which flows into the Atlantic Ocean and meets Porto city.
8. Capital of Slovakia
9. The name of the program that the project ALICE’S KNOWLEDGE ROAD is financed by.

More pictures on http://picasaweb.google.com/aliceclilproject/GeographyLesson#





luni, 1 martie 2010

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM - APPLICATION FORM BULGARIA

APPLICATION FORM

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

WATER - SOURCE OF LIFE AND KNOWLEDGE EUROPEAN



NAME Nedelchev FIRST NAME Nedelcho

PROFESSION School advisor

HOME ADDRESS Bulgaria, 5200 Pavlikeni, ul. Kiril I Metodii № 53, vh. B, et. 2, ap.2

PHONE / MOBILE 00359 888 142 324

E-MAIL n_nedelchev@abv.bg

SCHOOL Secondary School “Bacho Kiro”

TOWN Pavlikeni

COUNTY Veliko Tarnovo

COUNTRY Bulgaria

WORK TITLE APPLICABILITY OF THE PROJECT METHOD FOR INCREASING THE LEARNING MOTIVATION IN SCHOOL

WORK SECTION Practical achievements of pupils and teachers

PRESENTATION (check option chosen):

□PowerPoint □poster x other (specify) paper

NUMBER OF AUTHORS PER WORK (TEACHERS AND PUPILS) 1 teacher

SYMPOSIUM -APPLICATION LITHUANIA

APPLICATION FORM


INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM


WATER - SOURCE OF LIFE AND KNOWLEDGE EUROPEAN



NAME ....Skoleviciene ....
FIRST NAME Egle

PROFESSION ........English teacher....

HOME ADDRESS ......Gargzdu 26-7, Vezaiciai, Klaipeda ds, ...

PHONE
FIXED / MOBILE ........+37068029353.........
E-MAIL ......eglepl@yahoo.com....
SCHOOL .........Endriejavas Secondary School ............
CITY .....Endriejavas ...........
COUNTY .................................................
COUNTRY .....Lithuania.......................
WORK TITLE.........Alice's Trip in the Land of Four Waters........................

WORK SECTION - CREATIVITY.........

PRESENTATION (check option chosen):

x PowerPoint □poster □other (specify)

NUMBER OF AUTHORS PER WORK (TEACHERS AND PUPILS) ..

Dalia Zemgulyte (Geography teacher), Egle Skoleviciene (English teacher), Enrika Danielkute (7th grade), Viktorija Kazragyte (7th grade)

joi, 25 februarie 2010

portugal - disemination



Here goes two clippings related to the Project's dissemination in the local community newspapers.

luni, 22 februarie 2010

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM "WATER-SOURCE OF LIFE AND EUROPEAN KNOWL

 

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION,RESEARCH AND YOUTH

GRUP ŞCOLAR DE INDUSTRIE ALIMENTARĂ

FETESTI - IALOMITA

 

 

Str.. Bănăţenilor, Tel.0243/362713 Fax.0243/362713 E-mail.gs_ind_alim_fetesti@yahoo.com

 

 

 SIMPOZION  INTERNAŢIONAL  

« APA- IZVOR  AL VIETII  ŞI AL CUNOAŞTERII   EUROPENE»/

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

"WATER-SOURCE OF LIFE AND EUROPEAN KNOWLEDGE »

.

          The International Symposium "Water-source of life and European knowledge „, First Edition is organized by the Grup Şcolar de Industrie Alimentară - Fetesti, Ialomita county in the Multilateral Comenius project," Alice "KNOWLEDGE ROAD, developed together with partner schools in Spain , Italy, Bulgaria, Portugal and Lithuania.

 

In recent years, teachers of the Grup Şcolar de Industrie Alimentară have developed numerous educational projects and local, national and international partnerships . Our experience has materialized in the organization of many inter-county and national symposia.

 

We want this experience beneficial for all who are involved in school life to develop the themes offered by diversity approach. The participation of our colleagues and colleagues in the European Schools, the symposium will help develop the European dimension of the educational environment, considering it a real exchange of experience in alternative forms of organization of training and education.

 

Hoping that you will answer to our invitation, subscribing with work besides our partners in the Comenius Multilateral Project, ALICE, please see the documents we send and answer, as planned, by filling the application form .

 

 

ORGANIZERS

 Ministry of Education and Research by Ialomita County School Inspectorate

 School of Food Industry Group, Fetesti by Gessia Association.

 

PARTNERS

 Ministry of Education and Research by Ialomita County School Inspectorate

 National Agency for Community Programs in Education and Training-Comenius program of lifelong learning

 Teachers House Ialomita

 Ialomita County Council

 City Hall Feteşti

 Instituto Superiore di instruziones secondaria ISIS "V.E. Orlando "- Italy

 C.C. ES-Spain High School

 Escola Secundaria Marqués de Castilho-Portugal

 Endriejavo Secondary School-Lithuania

 Obshtoobrazovatelno Uchilishte "Bacho Kiro" – Bulgaria

 Association nongovernmental "Gessi"

 Association nongovernmental "Gessi Millennium III"

 The representative of the parents of Grup Şcolar de Industrie Alimentară Feteşti, represented by Mrs. Toma Luminita

 House of Culture "Light" - Fetesti

 

PURPOSE

Developing the European dimension by promoting personal and professional values of our society, of multiculturalism and linguistic diversity of both scientific and cultural.

 

 

 

PROJECT MOTIVATION

Beyond the cultural and economic Europe, there is an educational one. Moreover, one can say that the European value means first of all a new attitude, mentality and skills.

This change undertakes all the educational systems.

In this context the proposal is part of the Grup Şcolar de Industrie Alimentară to organize this international symposium, as an openness to change, knowledge and information.

Why, „Water-source of life and European knowledge''?

As water is an essential element of life, so that through this symposium we want to create and strengthen viable partnerships bridge between Romanian and European space, between students from different schools, for an European vision, modern education, fostering an environment healthy lifestyle with a developed sense of active European citizenship.

 

TARGET GROUP

 Teachers;

 Students;

 Local community.

 

GENERAL OBJECTIVES

 dissemination of good practice;

 valorification of the teachers extracurricular experience;

 Development of partnership relations;

 Involve students in presenting the products as a result of education and extracurricular activities.

 Stimulate creativity and imagination.

 

TIME AND PLACE     

March 27th , 2010, at 9 30 - 15 30, Grup Şcolar de Industrie Alimentară - Fetesti, Ialomita County

 

 

 

RULES OF PARTICIPATION

 Up to 1st March 2010 by e-mail : gs_ind_alim_fetesti@yahoo.com (Director Prof. Anton Stella), phone 0243 / 362713 will send the registration form and abstract (maximum 1 / 2 pages);

 A work can have no more than 2 authors and a coordinator;

 

By 15th  March 2010 there will be sent the paper electronically and on paper to:

 Grup Scolar de Industrie Alimentara; Fetesti city, Banatenilor, code 925150, Ialomita County

 For further clarifications tel / fax 0243 362713, contact:

• Professor Anton Stella-Director;

• Prof. Bordeianu Jeni-Mirela-educational adviser

 

RULES FOR PAPER DRAFTING:

• The work will be typescript on A4, Times New Roman, size 12, in a row, with accents, aligned left-right, with margins of 20 mm, will have more than 5 pages, may be accompanied by annexes;

 

• The title will be written in capital letters, centered;

• At two lines of the title  the author / authors  are indicated;

• On the next line there will be stated the school name;

• Allow two blanks to the first paragraph of the paper;

• References consulted will be referred to the end of the work (name and surname,book title, publisher, city, year of publishing);

• Pages should be numbered in the bottom-center.

 

SECTIONS

 water use in various fields

 Water Pollution

 practical achievements of pupils and teachers

 Creativity (Story of an European child named Alice sailing on the water road of native place or country - up to Fetesti, Romania)

 

SYMPOSIUM ASSESSMENT

Each participant will receive a folder with the activities program, the conference catalogue, the degree of participation

 

PRESENTATION OF THE PAPERS will take place at the Grup Scolar de Industrie Alimentara-Fetesti, Ialomita County

 

PRESENTATION OF THE PAPERS:

   9 30 - 10 00 Opening of the symposium, visit the exhibition of practical and creative work

 10 00 - 12 00 Presentation of the work into sections;

 12 00 - 13 00 Break;

 13 00 - 15 00 Presentation of the work into sections;

 15 00 - 15 30 Conclusions

 

COMMITTEE OF HONOR

 Prof. Ilie Stavar- School General Inspector of Ialomita county

 Prof. Rodica Barcari- Management and Institutional Development Inspector

 Prof. Mihaela Ionescu- Ecaterina - School Educational Activities Inspector

 Prof. Dumitru Despina –  Speciality Inspector

 Eng Catrinoiu Gheorghe - Mayor of Fetesti, Ialomita

           

SYMPOSIUM COORDINATORS

 Prof. Anthony Stella - Director of Grup Scolar de Industrie Alimentara Feteşti;

 Prof. Marga Lopez-C.C. ES-Spain High School;

 Prof. Agapie Nicoleta - assistant director of Grup Scolar de Industrie Alimentara Feteşti;

 Prof. Bordeianu Jeni-Mirela - educational adviser of the Grup Scolar de Industrie Alimentara Feteşti;

 Prof. State Florenta - Grup Scolar de Industrie Alimentara Feteşti;

 

THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

 Prof. Mariana Iordache- Grup Scolar de Industrie Alimentara Feteşti;

 Prof. Motoacă Ion - Grup Scolar de Industrie Alimentara Feteşti;

 Prof. Mocanu Mirela- Grup Scolar de Industrie Alimentara Feteşti;

 Prof. Thomas Valentina - Grup Scolar de Industrie Alimentara Feteşti;

 Paslaru Stefan - Students Council President

 

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

 Professor Nita Nicoleta-Grup Scolar de Industrie Alimentara Feteşti;

 Inv. Necula Marietta -Grup Scolar de Industrie Alimentara Feteşti;

 Ed. Elena Sumanariu- Grup Scolar de Industrie Alimentara Feteşti

 Prof. Eleonora Balducci - Comenius assistant, Italy

 

 IMPACT-EXPECTED RESULTS:

• Strengthen the relations between teachers in schools involved;

• Making a CD that will include all the work presented within the symposium, registered with ISSN;

• Enriching the educational experiences;

• Plan joint activities by  materialization of educational partnerships;

• develop teacher-student relationship in education and extracurricular activities.

                                                                                    Headteacher,

                                                                           prof. Anton Stella

                                                                                                                                   


 

 

 

APPLICATION FORM


INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM


<<WATER - SOURCE OF LIFE AND KNOWLEDGE EUROPEAN>>


NAME …………………………………FIRST NAME .... ..................................................................................

PROFESSION ................................................. .................................................. ..........

HOME ADDRESS ............................................... ...................................... .............................................

PHONE
FIXED / MOBILE ............................................... .................................................. ...................................

E-MAIL ............................................... .................................................. ..................................................

SCHOOL ................................................. .................................................. .............................................

CITY ................................................. .................................................. …………………………………….

COUNTY ................................................. .................................................. .............................................

COUNTRY
................................................. .................................................. ........................................................

WORK TITLE................................................ ........................................................................................................

.................................................. .................................................. ............................................................................

WORK SECTION  ...............................................................................................................................................

..................................................
.................................................. .............................

PRESENTATION (check option chosen):

PowerPoint                                         □poster                                              □other (specify)


NUMBER OF AUTHORS PER WORK (TEACHERS AND PUPILS) ..............................................................

 

 ................................................................................................... ................................................................................

 

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luni, 25 ianuarie 2010

Alice's journey in Mallorca

One day Alice found a suspicious folder in a cupboard. She opened it and found some papers, which she started to read. It was then when she discovered that she was adopted. Disappointed because nobody had told her before, she caught a plane to Mallorca. She wanted to find her real family there.

When she arrived on the island, she started to look for her parents. First, she took The Sóller Railway, a locomotive that takes you back in time and which has connected the city of Palma de Mallorca with the small town of Sóller since 1912. She was so amazed to see the beautiful landscape of the narrow-gauge railway that took her to the Valley of Sóller. But unfortunately, she found no clues.

She decided to continue along the coast so she crossed the Island from north to south, from Alcúdia to Andratx but to no avail. Then, she started to search in the centre of the island. She went to Binissalem, Muro, Puigpunyent, Petra, Manacor, and finally, to Sa Pobla. On her journey she made some friends, like Tomeu Quely, who is from Inca; he has a biscuit factory there. He helped Alice look for her family. Or like Tomeu Penya, a singer very famous in the villages of Mallorca. He invited her to a party in Sa Pobla (here we call it “guateke”). At the party there were Paquita Tomás, a famous cook; El Casta, a very funny comedian and Pedrito de Campanet, a special singer and Rafel Fiol, a very good teacher from Es Liceu. All of them became very good friends, and they all decided to help Alice find her mum and dad. The next morning, they went to Palma City and they put an advert in Diario de Mallorca, the local newspaper. It read: “My name is Alice, I was born on the 29th February 1988. I've just discovered that I was adopted three months after my birth and I want to know who my real parents are. I assume they are here because the adoption documents say that my orphanage is here. Please, help me. This means a lot to me. If you know something, please contact me, my mobile number is: 886905694769. Thank you. Alice.

The next day, she decided to visit the orphanage with one of her friends. The orphanage was closed and abandoned. They couldn't get any information from there. Alice was very disappointed.

A few days later, Alice received a phone call from a lady from Binissalem (a small town in the centre of the Island known for its wine) whose name was Pixeris. Tearful, she said: I've seen the advert in El Diario D eMallorca and I recognise the date of your birth. I can't believe it's you! I'm your mum! I want to see you.

Alice and her mum met the next day in “Sa Plaça dels brolladors”. They spent the whole day talking and that was when Alice discovered that her dad was from Italy. So she decided to travel to Italy with her mum.

TO BE CONTINUED...

vineri, 22 ianuarie 2010

ALICE’S WINTER STORY IN ROMANIA

Once upon a time, there was a little girl, very stubborn, with big puppy blue eyes and a beautiful dark silken hair, that was glowing when she was staying in light, like a irradiant halo around her . Her name was Alice, she lived in a little town with “big” people. Everybody loved Alice, because she was nice and kind with everyone , and of course very naïve .
When the winter was about to come, she was already waiting for the Christmas with eagerness, because she knew that someone very special to her had to come . It was his BIG time. Yeah , you are right, you know who it is. Santa Claus!! She believed in Santa Claus more than anything, he was like a second father to her, because she knew and she felt something special and pure between them . Like some teenagers saying “Forever is over” for them this was just a joke to laugh about, they were inseparable through all those letters and beliefs they confide in, and especially the power from their relationship when they were together .
In one day when she was 5, she discovered and met for the first time an “outside “ world, just when the Santa came. There is where Santa took her away in every Christmas. A beautiful world , full of elves and snow and a lot of sweets . It was something magic to her, because she could only stay there for one day , so she had to enjoy everything as much as she could . Now she is 12, she has been there for 6 times. Imagine , she was extremely anxious to get there again. But something happened, her parents called her in their room to talk with her about something . She didn’t know what they wanted or what were they supposed to talk about. They started talking about this Santa Claus thing, they told her that Santa doesn’t exist, and everything she thinks is not real, is just an illusion to make her childhood more happier . In that moment she vanished from there, actually she was gone and devastated in her locked room, she was crying and yelling at her parents, she couldn’t believe that. And this year she didn’t “wait” the Christmas, everything to her was in vain, because she couldn’t feel anything about this Yule-tide thing.
And when the Christmas came, and the Santa was on her house with Rudolf and the other reindeers, she cried till she fell asleep, instead of staying near the fireplace to wait for “him”. Santa came inside her house , ate those tasty cookies with milk and then she was looking after Alice, he couldn’t find her because she even hid herself under the bed. Alice didn’t want to see him, she denied him. But then it happened, Alice came out with a big smile on her face and Santa gentle took her little delicate hand and took her away in the “outside” world.
She couldn’t believe this, she felt very special inside, like it was for the first time there and she realized that Santa is real to her and everything is real only because she believed in him more than anything.
When she got home, she decided to keep this “little” secret hidden . Alice slept a lot that day, thinking in her dreams about that fantastic world where she doesn’t have to be afraid of what the others think about her beliefs, of course Santa for her is real, we all have something real, we just got to find it .Like all the “Alice” stories, this one should’ve been a fantastic one too , so there you have it 2 Alice,2 worlds .



ANDA NECULA
IXTH GRADE

Stai departe de oamenii care îţi micşorează ambiţia! Oamenii mici întotdeauna fac asta. Cei cu adevărat mari te fac să simţi că şi tu poţi deveni mare. (Mark Twain)

joi, 21 ianuarie 2010

Alice went to Bulgaria

Alice went to Bulgaria. She said that the people were wearing some strange decorations during March. They were colored in white and red. She also told that the Bulgarians always wear them because of a tradition. According to a legend, before khan Asparuh established the Bulgarian kingdom, he told his sister, Huba, that they had found a land near the river Danube. His sister was a slave in another kingdom and she escaped. She mounted a horse and she took off to the river Danube. When she got there she tied a white thread to a falcon`s foot and released it. The falcon was going up when suddenly it felt down, hit by an arrow. The white thread was colored red by the falcon`s blood and Huba knew that her brother and his people were just across the river. The decoration was called “martenitsa”, because it happened in March and after that all Bulgarian people started to wear this decoration as a symbol of health and success. Alice was inspired by the legend about this decoration and she immediately put a martenitsa on her jacket and she loved it.

marți, 19 ianuarie 2010

ALICE’s winter tour across Portugal

Once upon a time, Alice decided she didn’t know much about her own country and that it was time to undertake a journey to discover her country’s historical and natural landmarks. As summer time was crowded with foreign tourists and national holiday makers, she decided winter time was the best season to undergo this experience.
She started her journey when all the leaves had already fallen from the trees, rivers had overflowed banks and there was echo of the first snow flakes in the highest hills.
While crossing the country from North to South, Alice was amazed. She quickly became aware of its natural diversity and beauty and well preserved evidence of a nine-hundred-year-history.
Interested and curious, she met people who told her about ancient folk traditions; she learned about dialects and archaeological sites; she witness the growth of modern cities which contrasted with villages lost in time; she appreciated the Atlantic ocean breeze and smell along the 1230 km continental coastline. However she felt Azores and Madeira archipelagos were charmingly overwhelming.
Whenever she felt tired, wet and cold, in desperate need of an energy booster, she would stop at local cafés and restaurants to try the delights of Rich Mediterranean and Moorish influences and the wide variety of available ingredients which offered her the best flavours and textures. She was fully satisfied with both the hospitality and friendliness with which she was saluted everywhere.
She decided to stop her journey in front of the Monument to the Discoveries, which is homage to the Portuguese who set sail to unknown worlds, just like her own journey through her own country’s unknown. Like those sailors, she felt at home.

Aventura de Inverno da Alice em Portugal.

Certo dia, Alice chegou à conclusão que pouco conhecia do seu país e que tinha chegado a hora de empreender uma viagem para descobrir os seus marcos históricos e maravilhas naturais. Como no verão, o país era invadido por turistas estrangeiros e veraneantes nacionais, decidiu que o inverno seria a melhor estação para levar a cabo esta experiência.
Iniciou a viagem quando as folhas já tinham abandonado as árvores, os rios galgado as margens e os primeiros sinais de neve chegado às terras mais altas.
À medida que se deslocava de norte a sul, Alice ficou maravilhada e percebeu a maravilhosa diversidade natural nas paisagens, bem como os marcos de novecentos anos de história.
Interessada e curiosa, conheceu pessoas que lhe contaram tradições ancestrais, aprendeu que a língua assumia diferentes sotaques. Descobriu sítios arqueológicos e testemunhou o crescimento de cidades modernas em contraste com aldeias perdidas no tempo. Não pode deixar de apreciar a brisa e o aroma do mar ao longo dos 1230 km de costa continental e ficou esmagada com a beleza natural dos arquipélagos Açores e Madeira.
Sempre que se sentia cansada e desconfortável com o frio e a chuva, parava nos cafés e restaurantes locais e experimentava os partos típicos portugueses de influência mourisca e mediterrânea, bem como a variedade de ingredientes da terra e do mar que emprestavam à comida uma textura e sabor tão particulares. Ficou muito satisfeita, tanto com a hospitalidade e como com simpatia com que foi recebida.
Finalmente, parou em frente ao Padrão dos Descobrimentos, um monumento que homenageia o espírito dos homens que atravessaram os mares em busca do desconhecido. Parecia-lhe um bom remate para a sua viagem no desconhecido do seu amado país. Alice sentiu-se em casa.

joi, 14 ianuarie 2010

Alisos Kalėdos Lietuvoje

Alisa, kaip ir kiekvienas vaikas, laukia Kalėdų – svajonių išsipildymo meto. Šiemet ji Kalėdas sutiks Lietuvoje – įdomioje, bet Alisai nepažįstamoje šalyje, į kurią pakvietė nauja draugė.
Pirmiausia draugės lietuvaitės namuose Alisa pamatė Kalėdų simbolį – lietuvišką eglutę. Ji buvo papuošta blizgančiais saldainiais, obuoliais, megztomis snaigėmis ir varpeliais. Ant eglutės pleveno rami ir svaiginanti vaškinių žvakučių šviesa. Eglutė skleidė Alisai dar nepažįstamą kvapą. Draugė paaiškino, kad taip kvepia lietuviškas miškas.
Vakaras prieš Kalėdas Lietuvoje vadinamas Kūčių vakaru. Tada prie stalo susėda visa šeima, prisimena jau išėjusius draugus, gimines ir pažįstamus, kalba apie ateinančius metus. Lietuvaitė ir Alisą pakvietė prie didelio, balta staltiese apdengto Kūčių stalo, prie kurio jau buvo susėdusi visa naujosios draugės šeima. Jie ragavo dvylikos patiekalų (tiek, kiek metuose mėnesių), pagamintų iš žuvies, daržovių, grybų. Alisa skanavo ir sau visai neįprastų dalykų - aguonų pieno ir kūčiukų – tokių mažų sausainėlių, iškeptų visai be riebalų.
Po vakarienės prasidėjo burtai ir žaidimai. Visi iš po staltiesės traukė šiaudą, bandė įspėti, koks gyvenimas laukia. Jei ištrauki ilgą šiaudą – gyvensi ilgai ir laimingai, jei trumpą – bus daugiau rūpesčių. Pasilinksminę visi išėjo į bažnyčią, į Bernelių mišias, kuriose ir buvo sutiktos taip lauktos Kalėdos.
Kalėdų rytas išaušo baltas ir smagus. Alisa prie eglutės rado daug dovanėlių, kurių labai laukė. Tai buvo pačios nuostabiausios Alisos Kalėdos Lietuvoje

Alice‘s Christmas in Lithuania - english

Alice, like every child, waits for Christmas – time of dreams fulfillment. This year she is going to spend Christmas in Lithuania, interesting, but strange to Alice country. She was invited here by a new friend.
First in Lithuanian friends house Alice, has seen Christmas symbol - Lithuanian Christmas tree. It was decorated with shining sweets, apples, knitted snowflakes and jingles. Calm and dizzy candle light has wavered on the tree. Christmas tree has sent yet unknown smell to Alice. The friend has explained that it is a smell of Lithuanian forest.
Evening before Christmas in Lithuanians called Christmas Eve (Kūčios). When all family sits at the table, they remember passed away friends and relatives, talk about coming year. Alice was also sat by the big Christmas Eve table covered with white linen cloth, where all new friend‘s family has already sat. They have tasted twelve dishes made of fish, vegetables, mushrooms. Alice has tasted very unusual food to her poppy milk and kūčiukai - such little cookies, made without any fat.
After the supper wizardry and games have started. Everyone pulled out the straw from under the linen cloth and tried to guess, what their life will be. If you pull out a long straw - you will live long and happy, if short- you will have some troubles. After fun time, everyone has gone to the church for the Shepherd mass where Christmas celebrations have started.
Christmas morning was white and fun. Alice has found many gifts under the Christmas tree, that were waited very much. That was the most wonderful Alice‘s Christmas in Lithuania.

Festas Felizes!

Boas Festas

Bonnes Fêtes

Auguri

Festas Felices

Frohe Weihnachten und Glückliches Neues Jahr

χαρούμενος noλl Nuovo Anno Felice

Joyeux Noël Natale allegro Buon Natale Meilleurs vœux

Vrolijke Kerstmis en Gelukkig Nieuw Jaar

Bonne Année Je salue tous mes amis autour du monde

Saludo a todos mis amigos alrededor del mundo

Ich grüße alle meine Freunde um die Welt

Saluto tutti i miei amici attorno al mondo Bonnes Fêtes

Glaedlig Jul Boas Festas Meilleurs vœux

χαιρετώ όλους φίλους μου γύρω από τον κόσμο

GELUKKIG KERSTFEEST VESELA KOLEDA Craciun Fericit

Bonnes fêtes Feliz Natal Bom Ano 2010

Kala Christougenna

Hyvää joulua ja hyvää uutta vuotta

I Greet friends around the all my World Zalig Kerstfeest Hauskaa Joulua

Eftihismena Christougenna Su Kaledoms Laimingu Nauju Metu


Prettige Feestdagen Gledelig Jul Boze Narodzenie Sarbatori vesele


God Jul Fröhlichi Wiehnacht Auguri Boas Festas Feliz Natal

hello!



here is a clipping from a district newspaper " La Sicilia".
take care
lidia

joi, 7 ianuarie 2010

report from Bulgaria - december

SECONDARY COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL BACHO KIRO –
PAVLIKENI, BULGARIA

ALICE’S KNOWLEDGE ROAD PROJECT /ACQUIRING LANGUAGE INTEGRATED CONTENT IN ENGLISH/

Monthly report December, 2009

During December we made the following:

1. Exchange of Christmas cards among schools – around 70 students from ІІ, VІ, V and VІ class and 4 teachers participated in preparation of cards and their sending.
2. Collecting and preparation of CLIL materials – work in internet and discussions with teachers.

Coordinator:
Nedelcho Nedelchev



Средно общообразователно училище „Бачо Киро” – Павликени, България
Проект „Пътя на познанието на АЛИС”

Отчет за месец декември

През месец декември по проекта беше направено следното:


1. Размяна на коледни картички между училищата – в подготовката на картичките и изпращането им участваха около 70 ученици от ІІ, VІ, V и VІ клас и 4 учители.

2. Събиране и подготовка на материали за CLIL - работа в Интернет и дискусии с учителите.