Our project results on the "European Shared Treasure" website

A summary of all the activities of our 2-year-project can also be found here:  european shared treasure

Photo Scavenger Hunt in Erfurt

Ein letzter Nachtrag... Jetzt ist schon wieder alles vorbei. Das Abschlusstreffen in Waltershausen und damit auch 2 Jahre Comeniusprojekt.

Beim letzten Treffen bestand eine Aufgabe darin, bestimmte Fotomotive in Erfurt einzufangen. Die Ergebnisse möchten wir euch nicht vorenthalten :)

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Here are some of the results from the Photo Scavenger Hunt you did in Erfurt!

How to play?

You have got 1 hour to take as many pictures as possible.  Whoever gets the most points wins.

Have fun!

1    Team forming a human pyramid (100)

2    Team standing in a water fountain (300)

3    Team with a KIKA sculpture (Bernd das Brot or Käpt’n Blaubär, Tigerente, Sandmann, …) (200)

4    Team doing YMCA in front of the cathedral (100)

5    Team hugging a stranger (300)

6    Team wearing burger king crowns with burger king employee also wearing a crown (500)

7    Team recreating a Disney scene on the Krämerbrücke (200)

8    Team sitting altogether on one couch in the Hugendubel (300)

9    Team dancing Limbo in the middle of the Anger (100)

10 Team with stranger giving piggy-back-ride to teammate (400)

11  Team lying on the stairs of the cathedral (Domstufen) (200)

12 Team in elevator (200)

13 Team next to a canon on the Petersberg (400)

14 Team having a group nap next to the Roland statue on the Fischmarkt (200)

15 Team member pretending to be a shop mannequin (in store or shop window, preferably wearing the same clothes as a nearby mannequin) (300)

16 Team standing under a sign saying “For Sale!” (200)

17 Team crossing a pedestrian cross walk duckling style (100)

18 Team member attempting to eat another team member in a supermarket (200)

19 Find a store or restaurant of your nationality and shake the owners hand (500)

20 Team reading a tourist guide about their country (200)

Unser letzter Tag / Time to say Goodbye

Gestern war dann leider schon der letzte Tag unseres Treffens. Das hieß aber nicht, dass das Programm weniger aufregender oder anstrengender gewesen war als die Tage zuvor.

Am Vormittag besuchten wir die verschiedenen Institutionen in Waltershausen, mit denen die Salzmannschüler  die letzten zwei Jahre zusammengearbeitet hatten: die GutsMuths-Grundschule in Ibenhain, die Regelschule und das Altershein. Dort gab es Gespräche mit den Schülern und Menschen über die geleistete Arbeit. Interviews für das Schulradio wurden auch gemacht.

Am Nachmittag stand ein Ausflug nach Gotha auf dem Programm. Nach einem Picknick im Park standen  der Besuch des Kunsmuseums, des Schlosses, der Forschungsbibliothek und die Besichtigung der Innenstand zu Auswahl. Natürlich gab es auch Zeit zum Souvenir-Kauf.

Ein Gruppenbild gab es dann vor dem Schoss Friedenstein auch noch.

Zum Abschluss trafen sich alle Teilnehmer im Pub 'The Londoner', wo nach einem tollen Buffet, bis in den Abend getanzt und gefeiert wurde.

Comenius Gala und Wohltätigkeitslauf / Gala and our Charity Run

Gestern jagte ein Höhepunkt den anderen. Zum einen gab es die große Comenius Gala, zu der alle Delegationen einen Beitrag leisteten mit Tanz und Gesang.

Gemeinsam sangen dann alle Teilnehmer des Treffens die Europhymne auf Englisch und Deutsch. Einge Schüler hatten sogar eine Version in Gebärdensprache eingeübt.

Nach der Festveranstaltung fand der Wohltätigkeitslauf zugunsten des  Kinderhospizes Mitteldeutschland statt. 76 Schüler und Lehrer drehten insgesamt 1372 Runden zu je 400 Metern. Für jede Runde zahlte die Firma ContiTech Waltershausen 50 Cent. Das trug 686 Euro ein. Die VR Bank steuerte auch 300 Euro bei.

Einige Teams traten in traditionellen, landestypischen oder lustigen Kostümen an.

Schule und ein Ausflug nach Erfurt / School and a trip to Erfurt

Das Programm am Dienstag startete mit Unterricht - aber nicht nur Hopsitationen wurden durch die Gast-Schüler und Lehrer durchgeführt, sondern selber Unterricht geplant und gehalten! Jede Delegation hatte die Aufgabe in einer halben Stunden einen Einführungskurs in ihre Muttersprache zu geben.

Nach getaner Arbeit folgt die Belohnung mit einem Ausflug nach Erfurt. Stadtbesichtigung für die Lehrer und ein Photo Hunt für die Schüler waren organisiert. Freizeit zum Shoppen gab es natürlich auch und zum Abschluss ein Abendessen im italienischen Restaurant.

Willkommen in Waltershausen / Welcome to Waltershausen

Am Montag gab es natürlich eine große Begrüßungszeremonie mit allen Teilnehmern und Schülern und Lehrern der Salzmannschule. Jede Delegation stellte sich vor und als Rahmenprogramm gab es Musik und Gesang.

Zum Abschluss nahmen alle am europäischen Buffet teil und ließen sich die kulinarischen Köstlichkeiten schmecken, die jede Delegation beisteuerte.

Bei einem Rundgang durch die Schule konnten die Gäste einen kleinen Einblick in das Leben an der Salzmannschule bekommen.

Großes Abschlusstreffen in Waltershausen / Our final meeting in Waltershausen

Es ist soweit! Lehrer und Schüler aus allen Partnerländern haben sich auf den Weg gemacht, um die nächsten 4 Tage in Waltershausen zu verbringen und das letzte gemeinsame Arbeitstreffen zu gestalten. 

Schon am ersten Abend (Sonntag) gab es einen Höhepunkt mit einem Konzert in der historischen Aula.

Heute wartet die große Eröffnungsveranstaltung in der Salzmannschule auf alle und dann werden alle Besucher bei Führungen die Salzmannschule kennenlernen. Unterrrichtshospitationen stehen genauso auf dem Programm, wie Teilnahme an AGs und zum Abschluss des Tages ein Bowlingabend.

Project Meeting at TUME SECONDARY SCHOOL, Latvia

On March 25-30, 2015 Tume Secondary School hosted the Comenius project meeting. We were delighted to welcome 36 students and teachers from Comenius partner schools in Turkey, Italy, Romania, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Estonia, Finland and Lithuania. Everybody was happy to get new friends or meet someone met before during previous project meetings.
Participants arrived at different times and were met at the airport or Riga and taken to Hotel Tukums or to host families. 17 host families took care of our foreign guests and tried to show Latvian lifestyle and hospitality during these six days spent together.
The project meeting started with the concert at Tume Culture Club situated next to our school. The concert started with a video material presenting our Latvia and song “Welcome to My Country”. Students and teachers had a possibility to see our children dancing our national folk dances, listen to the sounds of our national instrument ‘’KOKLE’’ played by Year 8 student Elza Vasermane and hear our language in songs sung by our school choir. The presentation about Latvia helped our guests to get some information about our country. 

The principal Inga Dāvidsone welcomed everybody and wished all the students and teachers a pleasant stay in Latvia enjoying our beautiful nature and culture, tasting our food and taking part in different activities. Then our folk dance group showed a national dance and everybody was able to dance it. Everybody tried really hard and the dance was perfect. We had invited the reporter of newspaper ‘’Neatkarīgās Tukuma Ziņas’’ whose article about the project meeting was published in Saturday newspaper.
After welcome concert, the students attended two workshops at our school. During the food workshop students had the possibility to make Latvian apple pie. Everybody worked as one team and the result was really delicious apple pie.  
The next workshop was ‘’Art’’ workshop but in the afternoon students discussed ideas and possibilities to care about nature and people, participating in charity activities and volunteering. International teams of students made four posters showing their ideas.
In the meantime, teachers were shown the school and attended meeting to discuss project issues. They got acquainted with the education system in Latvia, educational work done at Tume Secondary School and charity and volunteering possibilities at school. During coffee break we tasted national food from 10 countries. Everything was so delicious. In the afternoon teachers discussed issues connected with our project. During the reception at Tume Council teachers were able to taste the products of local farmers: apples, cheese and sea-buckthorn juice. Sea-buckthorn is grown in our area by a farmer who specializes in growing it, storing and offering juice to local people and shops. Meanwhile students visited our local kindergarten and gave them small presents showing that we care about small children.

In the evening students had a time together playing games at school. Teachers enjoyed Latvian dinner at restaurant ‘’ Smukausis’’. Thanks to Portuguese musical colleague we could enjoy the meal in musical atmosphere.

 

The next morning the project work started by attending classes and students presentations “We care about food’’. We learned about national food, typical food, healthy food, local food and even learned new recipes. In the afternoon students organized sport activities for Year 3-5 students who enjoyed the time spent together with older students from different countries very much.

In the afternoon students worked together to learn two Latvian songs. They were really good and their Latvian was so perfect that some of them were even ready to sing solo part in Latvian. Meanwhile teachers discussed the ideas of the project web page, final report and the next meeting in Germany.
Students went skating in the evening. Their skating skills were totally different from really excellent skating to first try on the ice. But they helped each other and enjoyed the time spent together. Teachers had a meal at TLH and watched their students skating and later supported the local hockey team ‘’Tukums’’ playing against ‘’Riga’’. Thanks to so many supporters from different countries our local team won.

On Saturday we visited Pure Chocolate museum where visitors were acquainted with the history of cocoa and chocolate. It was a fascinating excursion focused on extraction, treatment and use of chocolate. We were able to taste chocolate and create a chocolate figurine. We also bought a lot of chocolate.
Our next trip was to Jaunpils Castle. Jaunpils Castle is one of the rare medieval castles, which has preserved its historical look. It was built in 1301 as Livonia Order fortress. More than 350 years the palace was inhabited by von der Reckestrain. The castle had stone walls in some places up to 2.1 m thick. Jaunpils castle served as fortress and residence for a small military unit, order’s monks, and aged knights belonging to the Livonian order. Under the velvet ceiling, in one of the oldest parts of the Castle there is the Knight’s dining hall, where tourists can find the Jaunpils Castle medieval tavern and enjoy delicious meal by candlelight with the accompaniment of ancient musical tones. So after these two trips teachers enjoyed Monk’s feast eaten with wooden spoons but students were enjoying bowling at Hotel Tukums.

On Sunday we had a long trip to Kolka and Kuldīga. We were really lucky to have the sun shining for us. Our first stop was Kaltene- an attractive stony seacoast with boulders, dune pines, and beautiful scenery. We were lucky to find a small piece of amber and to take a photo of a seal.  On the way to Kolka we explored Nature trail “The White Dune of Pūrciems” which is created along the banks of the river Pilsupīte. This ancient place, which is located 300 – 600 metres from the sea was the home for fishermen of the Stone Age. This place gives evidence about the settlement place of Neolithic people.  

The White Dune of Pūrciems is about 20 metres high. The length of the nature trail is 900 metres, and visitors need up to 1 hour to complete it but we did it in half an hour. Our next stops were Ēvaži Steep which is the highest steep of the entire coastline of the Gulf of Riga and Kolka Cape- the place where the waters of the Baltic Sea meet the Gulf of Riga. 
We also visited Kuldīga and saw ‘’Ventas Rumba’’- the widest waterfall in Europe and Kuldīga Bridge-the old brick bridge across the Venta river which was built in 1874 and is the longest bridge of this kind of road bridge in Europe. 
Our farewells were said in the evening after Latvian meal prepared by our school cooks and a big surprise cake. Students had activities in school hall but teachers had their final meeting at school library with singing songs in several languages and tasting some more Latvian food. Estonians said goodbye to everybody on Sunday evening but others had a guided tour in Old Riga fighting with rain and cold on Monday morning and then said goodbye to Latvia. We really enjoyed hosting the visit. 

We hope everyone enjoyed the meeting and we all gained in knowledge and experiences from each other. We are looking forward to our next visit in Germany.

The Latvian team