PORTUGUESE IMPRESSIONS from LTT in Zagreb, Croatia

It is the opinion of the Portuguese team that Croatia has provided diverse work on sensory development, with very simple and easy-to-replicate activities in school.

Perhaps the least achieved fact was that we could have visited just one Museum of Senses, as there were some repeated experiences, although we found it very interesting globally.

The Croatian team organized excellently the week, there were plenty of motivating and interesting moments where all the visiting elements – pupils and teachers - got positively involved.

We must highlight the friendship, care, sympathy and involvement of school students and staff both in the games that we played and in the activities we were invited to participate in.

In general, it was a very interesting week, particularly, for all the experiences, knowledge, best practices, techniques and devices that the schools and institutions dealing with special needs pupils shared with us.

All week long, hosts were always present, always caring, always very professional.

Coordination revealed excellent organizational capacity, well adjusted to objectives and aims of the week and the project.

We could really feel, meaning sense, inclusion!!

Italian regiment - dance workshop in Primary school dr. Ljudevita Pivka Ptuj, Slovenia

How we learned to dance Italian regiment

We wanted to learn Italian regiment dance. These are the basic steps of an Italian regiment with our students. We danced to the music of the famous composer Rachmanin entitled Italian Regiment.

First we listened carefully to the teacher's Dragica instructions. She showed us the dance in five steps.

1.      4 x jump on one leg

2.      turn left and turn right

3.      4 steps forward and gripping partner

4.      leaps for the dancer's back

5.      jump and kick

.... and finally greetings to you ...😃😃

The students from 6th to 9th grade danced and were tutored by teacher Dragica Emeršič.

"Inside out" workshop with students from Primary school dr. Ljudevita Pivka Ptuj, Slovenia

We watched a cartoon "Inside out" 

With the students classes 6 and 8 we watched a cartoon Inside out. Students were very exicited and full of expectations. One and a half hour passed quickly. Then we talked about cartoon movie. We split into four groups. We represented four different emotions: anger, happiness, sadness and fear. Students talked about the chosen emotion. They were drawing and writing on a poster. When they finished, they presented the emotion to the other students. Interesting products were created. We spent time full of emotions and laughter.

The workshop was held by the social Pedagogist Marjeta Svenšek Kristovič and a Special teacher Damjana Vršič

Erasmus Day in Metin Sabanci special education school - Istanbul, Turkey

As Metin Sabancı Special Education Schools for the ErasmusDays on 11th October 2019 we have attended to the “Project Market” event organized by the Istanbul Provincial Directorate of Ministry of National Education.

As one of the schools who implement Erasmus+ projects we were personally invited to present and promote our Erasmus projects. On behalf of our school a psychological counseling and guidance teacher attended to the event with Basia and promoted our IDEA Project.

Additionally to the presentations of the projects the sessions covering implementation of Erasmus projects, eTwinning Space, Erasmus+ projects and eTwinning award ceremony were held. The event hosted great number of school representatives from all around Istanbul.

                           

After the event our colleague has also shared the promotional materials of other Erasmus+ projects with all other teachers.

Erasmus day in Szkola Podstawowa Specjalna nr 40 - Bytom, Poland

On  October, 11 we celebrated  Erasmus  Day in our school. We called that day „Erasmus’ Kitchen”. Our aim was to create the multicultural kitchen. Students were given different tasks and they had two hours to do them. They were asked to design table pads, plates, mugs. They were also sewing and decorating kitchen aprons, painting a multicultural tablecloth and cutlery. All these things included the colours and motifs of us and our partners. Moreover, children planted herbs used in the kitchen like basil, mint and parsley. Another task was to make six cookbooks with photos and recipes of the traditional dishes of Croatia, Slovenia, Portugal, Italy, Turkey and Poland. But that’s still not all! We also did some cooking. Students, under teachers’ supervision, learned how to make Italian pizza or Polish „pierogi”. This was a real fun! When the students were ready with the tasks, we fulfilled our kitchen with all the products. At the end of that day everybody had an occasion to taste what they cooked while watching some culinary programmes. This was an awesome day for all of us!

Erasmus day in Aver-O-Mar Elementary School, Portugal

October 11^th, 06:45 pm, auditorium of Aver-O-Mar Elementary School: meeting with the school community to share best practices developed under the Erasmus + projects taking place in the grouping, namely the IDEA-Together We Can project; SWITCH and TOGETHER – the very last one.

In the presence of local authorities and the Director of the grouping, the session began with a brief introduction by the President of the Grouping General Council, followed by a brief presentation of the objectives and guiding dynamics of the European Erasmus + program.

Thereafter, each projects’ coordinator presented their project: partners, strategic goals, activities developed and planned, sharing the good practices and experiences within Erasmus.

The presentation can be viewed in https://prezi.com/view/0101PRTxJty0JoCDKJBf/

Finally, time for dialogue: some parents asked questions regarding the participation of their children in these projects, about budget and responsibilities; curiosities and pieces of advice were shared by members of the Erasmus’ Teams.

The meeting finished with some delicacies and interesting informal conversation.

Above all, there was a need to highlight and promote European citizenship among young people, giving new opportunities for life and fostering friendships.