Trilateral Meeting in Garbsen - Evaluation and Presentation of Comenius in English Classes

The Comenius participants have finished all that work, and they have done it very well.  Students and teachers feel  proud of themselves and of the products they have carried out.
But all that has to be evaluated.
Workshop VI is just for the Evaluation and for the Presentation of the Comenius Projects in Evening classes.

Evaluation  Comenius in English Classes - 2015

Comenius Trilateral Meeting - National Evening in Garbsen

No doubt, the National Evening is the long awaited event of the week.
Why is it so?
Every country has been preparing something special for the evening. Our hosts offer a buffet to recover from so much activity during the day and week. Music, dances, food, prizes, friendship... enlighten the evening. There are no more countries, only European friends living in different cities - Getxo, Bergen, Herouville Saint Clair, Garbsen.
Just look at the pictures and see.

National Evening 2015 from J. Carlos Martínez

Comenius trilateral Meeting - Garbsen - 4th Day

It has been a very hard working and ambitious day today. During the Workshop IV the participants have been finishing their works and preparing the presentation.
At 12:30 they have been to the cafeteria to have lunch and after lunch, during Workshop V they have presented their tasks.

Trilateral 4th Day

Comenius Trilateral Meeting - Garbsen. 3rd Day

Today all the participants have been to Berlin, an amazing city for all of them. It's the day for the field trip. They have started visiting The Wall Museum. After that, in multinational teams, with a citymap and a camera in hand, they have explored the city.

Comenius Trilateral Meeting - Third day

Trilateral meeting in Garbsen - Second Day

In the following PPT you can see the activities our Trilateral Meeting Students have done today.

First, the students went to regular classes for two periods with their German partners. Later, they started Workshop II and were working during the rest of the morning. At 12:30 they had lunch at the cafeteria. At 13:30 the began Workshop III and were working until 4:30 p.m.

On the other hand, in the evening, the teachers went to see another classical Comenius colleague and friend, Christoph Brehmer  in concert (he was in Getxo two years ago). It is most rewarding to enjoy time with our creative engaged teachers on these special occasions. Congratulations, Christoph!!!

Comenius Trilateral Meeting - Second Day

Comenius Trilateral Meeting in Garbsen - First Day

The First Day of the Trilateral Meeting in Garbsen has been exciting and amazing in many aspects.

At 8:30 a.m.the Headmaster of Geschwister Scholl-Gymnasium, Garbsen welcomed the students from the four different countries: France, Germany, Norway and Spain-The Basque Country at the cafeteria of the school.

At 09:00 the activities for the day started.  Over 100 students went to different rooms with international teachers in multinational teams, according to the activity they had previously chosen. They started with different enjoyable ice-breakings. After that, they answered the Quiz on European Landmarks.

Comenius Trilateral Meeting - 1st Day

Workshop I started the activities: National Evening, Press group, Photo story, Art, Comic group, Drama/Music group, European game and Euroean Youth Meeting. They were working for over three hours.

At one o'clock p.m.they went by S-Bahn to the city center of Hannover. They had some free time and lunch and made the field trip. They had a rally through Hannover in small groups. They started in the Opera House and the point after the rally was the entrance of Marktkirche (4:30 a.m.)

They had a free time evening.

On the other hand, all the Comenius teachers from the four countries attended an amazing profesional performance of the musical "Rent" directed by the teachers and performed by the students of the School GSG Berenbostel. Amazing, unique, fabulous are some of the adjetives to express the high level of performance. Congratulations!!!

News from Getxo before the Multilateral Meeting in Garbsen

Since January, our students from Getxo have been working via the internet on the Timeline of the European history. Our History teacher, Nerea Acebo, previously gave them an introduction to this period of our recent history. They have been researching on historical and cultural backgrounds  of the EU from World War II to nowadays by decades.
Finally, they have also refreshed the Comenius Corner, prepared some questions for the quizz on European history and rehearsed the song to be sung altogether in the Multilateral Meeting in Garbsen: Welcome home, to Europe, which we expect to sing altogether with the other participating countries.

Pre-Trilateral Meetings in Getxo, March 2015 

A Greek student's diary from Boudapest

A rather unexpected experience (Saturday)

The Comenius team arrived at the airport on time, checked in and waited with anticipation for their flight. Unfortunately, there had been some technical problems with aircraft and we were delayed for two hours and this was a terrible experience. The good part is that we ate some free sandwiches. At 15.20 our plane took off. When we reached our destination we were so nervous but our Hungarian friends embraced us warmly and made us feel relaxed. After the first meeting with the family, we went out all together to have a first impression of the town. At 11 o’clock we returned home exhausted from a day full of happiness and surprises.

Meeting the Hungarian culture (Sunday)

Well, this day was full of tours. First, we visited the amazing Heroes’ square.  It is such and impressive monument and the people which was built for totally worth it.  The Hungarian students helped us to learn more about the monument and generally for the Hungarian culture. Right after that we headed for the Houses of Parliament. This building has a beautiful and rich architecture. We saw the enormous room, where conferences are taking place and we were all taken away by the gold of this building. We continued with taking a quiz outside Buda castle in order to discover the place around it. Finally, we got home, ate lunch and went out.

Monday

We arrived at school early in the morning (8.15) and after taking another quiz about the origins of the school we visited English and chemistry lessons. The second one was rather impressive as the teacher made some experiments for us. Then we played an introductory game in which we got to know each other better. We continued by having lunch and working on our project. Finally we enjoyed ourselves at the Hungarian night.

Tuesday

Tuesday was full of interesting things to do. Firstly, we worked on our workshop and then we departed for the Greek village Belloiannis. There we took some interviews, we learnt about its history and the Hungarian students had the chance to visit an othodox church. The highlight of the day was the visit in Aquaworld where we had the time of our lifes.

Wednesday

At 8.15 we visited Deak square in order to do some sightseeing. After that we visited the marvelous palace of Arts.. Then we returned to school and kept working. The day ended with a night out.

 

Thursday

The day started with the final steps in our workshop. After that we visited the picturesque village Szentedre where we had the opportunity to taste marzipan. Lastly, we enjoyed a folk dance show and we got the chance to dance with our parteners.

Friday

The first thing we did in the morning was to present out workshops to the English students. Next we had some sports program in which the girls played volleyball and the boys played football. Then we had some free time to do our shopping for souvenirs and gifts for our families. After this we met again all together and we took a boat trip in Dounabis,which was a fantastic experience.

We finished our day with a moving farewell party,as we knew our time together would be over in the next day.

Saturday

Nothing good lasts forever. We packed our suitcases and at 7 o’clock we arrived at the airport. We said goodbye in tears and we took our memories back in Greece.