Liège, from 12th-16th February 2014
This was the third visit of the Comenius Project “European Passport to Employability”.
Participants arrived in Liège on Wednesday 12th of February. The school was the meeting point
for all the arriving countries. Students were collected by the families while teachers were
brought to the hotel, which was close to the school.
On Thursday 13th, all the participants met at the school at 8:30 a.m. First of all, the headmaster
welcomed all the participants and gave a speech. After this, a guided tour through the school
was made for teachers and students. Then, teachers and students attended the French lesson,
where several songs were sung. Immediately after, students did their presentations about
immigration in their home countries. A resume of the presentation was given to each country
to be attached to the European Corner in their schools. Lunch was held at the school. After
that, the group visited the House of Metallurgy, near the school. At the same time, the
coordination meeting was held at school. At about 16:30, students were collected at school.
Finally, teachers had dinner together and then they went back to the hotel.
On Friday 14th, students and teachers met at school at 8:30 a.m. A guided tour to the city was
organized. The group was split in two and they were shown the most interesting places in the
old city of Liège. Lunch was held back in the school. At 13:20 we took the bus to go to Sart-
Tilman, where participants visited many different enterprises: CSL, Amos and Eurogentec. At
16:30 students were collected at school. At 20:00 teachers had dinner all together.
On Saturday 15th, special activities were organized. At 9:10 the group departed from the school
to visit the coalmines of Blegny-Mine, 15 minutes far from Liège. It was an amazing experience
for both, teachers and students. Back in Liège, students and teachers had lunch around
Médiacité (the shopping center) because at 14:30 they went into the Ice-skating rink. At 18:30
all the group met at school, where the families had prepared the farewell dinner. It was a very
special moment of the visit because parents, students and teachers gathered all together and
could talk about the experience of the visit and about many other issues. Students and
teachers also sang songs, took pictures of the group and burst into tears when saying goodbye
to one another!
On Sunday 16th, each country left for their homes.
Juan Pablo García Teba
Spanish coordinator
EUROPEAN PASSPORT TO EMPLOYABILITY (EPE)
Wednesday, 12 March 2014
Wednesday, 12 February 2014
REPORT OF THE VISIT TO GERMANY (27th November to 1st December 2013)
Köln,
from 27th
November to 1st
December 2013
This
was the second visit of the Comenius Project “European Passport to
Employability”. Participants arrived in Cologne on Wednesday 27th
of November. The school was the meeting point for all the arriving
countries. Students were collected by the families while teachers
were brought by the hosting teachers to the hotel, which was in the
city center.
On
Thursday 28th
all the participants met at the school by 8:00 a.m. First of all, the
headmaster welcomed all the participants. After this, a guided tour
through the school was made for teachers and students. Then, teachers
and students could attend some classes. As a special activity to be
mentioned, an ICT teacher showed us the new technologies that the
school used for teaching. Lunch was held in the school. After that,
some local teachers prepared some funny activities for students.
There, some teachers participated too! In the afternoon, Irish
students did the presentation that couldn’t be done in Ireland.
After the presentation, a logo contest was made in order to create
the project logo; to do that students made groups from different
countries. Then, each country began to prepare the products they
brought for the intercultural Christmas market. Meanwhile,
coordinators had a meeting to talk about the organization of the
activities for the next visit, among other questions; a minute of
this meeting was written. Finally, students went home and teachers
had dinner together and then went back to the hotel, finishing the
exhausting day!
On
Friday German teachers arranged a visit to the shoes factory ‘ARA’.
We took a train and then a bus to arrive to the factory, which was in
the outskirts of Cologne. It took the whole morning. We were shown
how they organized the whole process of shoes production; we had also
the opportunity to ask some questions. Back in Cologne, we had lunch
in the brewery ZIMS in the city center. The cold bad weather didn’t
prevent us from enjoying an interesting guided tour around the city
center organized by the host country. After that, people was free to
visit the different Christmas markets around the city and do some
shopping. Teachers had dinner and then they went back to the hotel.
Saturday
was a special day. At 11:30 the group met in the Rautenstrauch
Museum, which displays a lot of diverse clothing and materials from
cultures all over the world. It was an amazing experience. Finishing
the visit, the group took a bus to the amusement parc Phantasialand,
where the group spent the whole afternoon. It was a great experience,
especially for students, but also for teachers. Back in Cologne
students went back home and teachers had the last dinner in a typical
German restaurant and went back to the hotel.
On
Sunday, each country left for to their homes.
Juan
Pablo García
Spanish
coordinator
REPORT OF THE VISIT TO IRELAND (25th to 29th September 2013)
Milford,
from 25th
to 29th
September 2013
This
was the first visit of the Comenius Project “European Passport to
Employability”. Participants arrived on Wednesday 25th
of September. They were collected by a hired bus in Dublin. Visiting
countries met the locals in Letterkenny, 20 km far from Milford.
Students were hosted by local families while teachers stayed in two
hotels of Letterkenny.
Activities
on Thursday started at 9:00 a.m. at the school. Visiting teachers
were picked up by local teachers and students by hosting families.
The first activity was a guided visit to the school, to classes and
to the main facilities. After that, a concert took place in the gym.
Before dinner, the group had lunch in Rathmullan, a village by the
Atlantic 15 km far from the school. After dinner, participants came
back to the hotel and students stayed with the families till next
day. In the evening, teachers had dinner in another typical
restaurant, in Rathmullan again. Finally, all the participants were
brought back to their hotels.
On
Friday 27th
we met again at the school at 9:00 a.m.. The activities began with
the presentation of the students. The presented their schools and
their own countries. It was not possible to finish all the
presentations in the first hour so it was necessary to find another
moment along the morning. Even then, Irish student couldn’t go
ahead with the presentation, and it was decided to do it in the next
visit in Germany. Then, visitors could attend some classes. Around
12:00 pm coordinators held a meeting to agree on some details of the
project and to prepare the tasks for the next meeting in Germany. A
minute of this meeting was written. A bus took the group to Termon to
have a light and fast lunch. In the afternoon, visitors and hosting
students visited the Glenveagh National Park and Castle, an
interesting natural area not far from Milford. We had dinner made in
Lettenkenny. It was possible then, to have a moment of fun for all,
teachers and students. After that, students were collected and
brought home and teachers left for their hotels.
On
Saturday, the group took a bus to Derry in North Ireland,
approximately one hour far from the school. Once there, a local guide
showed the Walls of Derry and explained the history of the city.
After the tour, teachers and students had time to visit the rest of
the city and do some shopping. Back in Letterkenny, students went
back home and teachers had the last dinner in a typical restaurant of
the city.
Next
day, all the visitors left for home.
Juan
Pablo García
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