Monday 5 September 2011

We are in EST !!!!



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Thursday 7 July 2011

Let's keep our blog alive

Thank you very much again for the great work done during this two years of our project!!
It brings up all of us really nice memories!
This school year is already over, summer is here and let's enjoy the well-deserved holidays!

We kindly remind you that our blog will be open, so it would be fantastic if we all keep it running a bit forward by uploading and showing little pieces of any interesting activity, project, festival, school trip...
We've been building up a nice blog during these two years of our project, pretty much to look at!
So it would be a good idea to keep it a bit alive; so, feel free to post something more on it from September onwards.


HAVE A VERY GOOD SUMMER!!

Tuesday 5 July 2011

Lots of GAUDÍ art works in the school

We chose to work GAUDÍ because he was a wonderful artist; we also though we could work about him with our pupils; so we have worked hard with our children and we have produced a great variety of art works. Working on different techniques (drawing, painting, building models, watercolour, collage, modelling with clay,...) in each levels (from P3 to 6th level) we are proud of our young school artists!

Techniques and Art Works on PhotoPeach

Techniques and Art Works 2 on PhotoPeach

Techniques and Art works 3 on PhotoPeach

Techniques and Art Works 4 on PhotoPeach

These are samples of all the work done... We didn't expected so much!

Tuesday 28 June 2011

End of the school year celebrations

One more school year has finished!
At school we celebrate it in different styles, depending to the age of the children.
Infant school and 1st cycle enjoyed themselves in a WATER PARTY with different water games, and ending in a very refreshing way.

Water party games on PhotoPeach

Water games 2 on PhotoPeach

2nd and 3rd cycles celebrated a SPORT GIMKANA.

6th level children are leaving the school, so they deserve an special day:
There is a FLOUR BATTLE, where 5th level children attack 6th level children with a mixture of flour and water.
Then, 6th level children are graduated receiving a Diploma and a farewell T-shirt.

6th level chidren graduation on PhotoPeach

We will miss you!!

HAVE A NICE SUMMER HOLIDAYS!!!

Monday 6 June 2011

23rd Aprıl Chidren Day

This day was presented to all children in the world by Ataturk. And a lot of festivals are done all around the Turkey on that day. And children enjoys and celebrates with songs,poems,dance shows, role plays...etc.Shortly whatever they want they do as owners of that day.
As you see in the photos,our pupils enjoyed too much,too. It was really good.No lesson,no class,no homework,no mark,no duty... only entertainment...!They worked and did a lot exercises for that day.They were really tied but it worthed it.


This is a modern dance show from our 7th grade students under the leadership of our physical education teacher. Firstly they wore those scared masks,but fortuanetly took off them after a while. They had worked for this dance for months and they were very nice.









This is a kind of traditional dance belongs to Black sea Region called 'Kolbastı'. You can really enjoy and also get crazy while you are dancing it. If you are sad or under stress, open this music ,dance and get crazy how you want. You are free:)))







This is our schools chorus. They entertained us too much.









She is our 7th grade pupil,Nergis. She likes english very much so she sang an english song called 'Perhaps' that day. She has a great voice.












And she also a great voice and sang an english song from 'Kesha- we r who we r',too.and she entertained us and pupils to much.












He,Mahmut, also has a great voice ,but he wanted to make a difference for his friends and he wore a traditional costume and said his song. Pupils really liked his appearence and voice.Normally he hasn't got a moustache, he is just 6th grade students:)))



















And chorus with violin. She is learning to play the violin, and she is really good at it. She prepared a surprise for us that day and played the violin. She made us excited,it was excellent...












Thursday 26 May 2011

Final Meeting in Esplugues. Farewell

Dances Festival went on with the impressive 6th level children dancing Ball de bastons(Sticks dance)!!
This traditional Catalan dance has its origins in the Middle Age, when soldiers and warriors invented it to keep fit, to practise during the peaceful periods.
Originally only men were taking part in this dance, but from the sixties (60’) women are actively participating and having a relevant role in this dance nowadays.

After this great festival of dances from each level, now time to dance altogether.
We invited our guests to take part dancing in the last dances: Ball del rogle (Circle dance) and Sardana; typical Catalan dances where everybody is welcomed to dance.
Laughs, happiness and emotion on the farewell!

Dances and Farewell on PhotoPeach

Final Meeting in Esplugues. Dances Festival.

On a hot and sunny afternoon, children from 3rd to 6th level danced happily for Comenius partners visitors.
Tipical dances and some surprises.
3rd level danced “Contradansa” called like this because of the steps, done and to the opposite: in/out and forward/backward.
4th level performed "La Bolangera”, from Tarragona. This traditional dance was very popular because it was usually performed as an “opening dance” in every festival.
5th level danced “Ribbons' dance” time ago part from rituals made to the trees in April and May. This dance praised to the Deities for a good fruits’ harvest.
So the ribbons were originially used to decorate the tree and dance around, but the tree was replaced for a pole/long stick holded by a dancer, who keeps standing it up during the dance.
And... a surprise for our guests at the end of "Ribbons' dance"

We hope you enjoy this video:

Dances Festival on PhotoPeach

Final Meeting in Esplugues. Working meetings

In each Meeting we have time for visiting the school, for talking, for eating, for enjoying the city and... we also need time to work.
Here you can see a sample of presents exchange and working meetings.

Presents and meetings on PhotoPeach

Wednesday 25 May 2011

Final Meeting in Esplugues. Workshops with 5th level

5th level pupils enjoyed a lot the Comenius workshops with our partner teachers!!
There were 5 groups of children that worked about 15-20 minutes in each workshop.
* Italy proposed two Art and Craft activities: a peg with a pig and a flowered basket.
* Austria brought the Owl game (Mozart's favourite game) to play.
* Belgium prepared an Art and Craft activity painting with Chinese ink on vegetal paper.
* Turkey brought Hacivat, Karagöz and Tily puppets to paint.
* Spain prepared the Gaudí game.

Now you can see some photographs that show just a little sample of a great afternoon ... Not everyday you have the chance to meet, talk, work and play with teachers from four European countries working together at our school.
It was a short but intense experience!

Final Meeting in Esplugues. Visit to the Town Hall

After visiting the school, we walked to the Town Hall.
There we met our Major, Pilar Diaz; and our Education Councilman, Juan Fernandez; who congratulated everybody for working on Comenius project.
There were nice speeches and presents from each Comenius partners.

Visit to the Town Hall on PhotoPeach

Final Meeting in Esplugues. Visiting the Primary school.

We left the Infant school classes and came back to Primary building to visit Primary classes.
We started dancing in the Music class.
Our pupils and teachers were happy to meet partner teachers from our Comenius project.
Intense feelings our children receiving letters from their penpals brought by our visitors!
Always interesting to know foreign people; Comenius partners "in person"
Nice greetings, short conversations, astonished looks, laughs and smiles everywhere walking along all the school.
And breakfast to recover forces to go on.

Visiting the school on PhotoPeach

Final Meeting in Esplugues. Welcome and Infant school visit

Our Comenius Project is finishing now! You can't believe it! Everything started here more than two years ago... and now; Final meeting in Folch i Torres school.
Our school was dressed up for the occasion: Tilys, welcomes in each language, flags from each country gave the welcome to our partners.
We all met in the school's hall on a sunny May Wednesday morning.
Kisses, welcomes and greetings and we started visiting the Infant school.
The Infant school always so charming and nice decorated. Little children received our guests happy and emotioned, a bit overwhelmed for so many foreign people visiting their classes.

Welcome and Infant school visit on PhotoPeach

Friday 20 May 2011

Learning about our Comenius countries partners

To learn about our Comenius countries partners, 1st cycle classes decided to chose a typical tale from each country to name each class. They learned the stories and told to the other classes.

1st Cycle Doors: Typical tales from our Comenius countries partners on PhotoPeach

Sant Jordi (Saint George's) day

In Catalunya Sant Jordi is a very important day.
It can be considered the Love Day, because men give their beloved women a rose as a proof of love. This tradition is based on the Legend of Sant George.
Moreover, it's the Books' day. So everybody buys books as gifts.
Sant Jordi is not a holiday, but it looks like it!
Everywhere in the streets you can find stalls selling books and roses and lots of people choosing books to buy.
Also at school we set our own stall in Infant school playground. During all Sant Jordi's day children from 6th level recomend and sell books and roses to children that visit the stall, as well as to their parents that also come.

Books and roses stalls on PhotoPeach



We live intensely Sant Jordi festivity at school.
During Sant Jordi's previous days, there's a big books exhibition at school library. All classes visit it and our librarians show and tell them nice stories from brand new books.



The dragon comes to the school!!
Leaving footprints, and other smelly traces... everywhere.
It appears on the school's roof trying to frighten us.
The princess and Saint George also come to the school.
On Sant Jordi's day there is the books and roses stall in the Infant school playground.
On the afternoon, there are the "Jocs Florals" (poems and narrative contest) and dances exhibitions in the Primary school playground.





After Sant Jordi day there is a comic play where Saint George comes to rescue the princess and to fight and kill the dragon; however the play every year is different, and not always the dragon is killed...

Saint George, the princess and the dragon on PhotoPeach



This is a sample of what means Sant Jordi.

Friday 13 May 2011

Arts & Crafts: the antic woolen dolls and Tily

Arts & Crafts: the antic woolen dolls

Arts & Crafts: the antic woolen dolls

Arts & Crafts: the antic woolen dolls

Arts & Crafts: the antic woolen dolls

Arts & Crafts: gastronomy

Arts & Crafts: gastronomy

Comenius Day: Arts & Crafts at school

Comenius Day: Arts & Crafts at school

Comenius Day: Arts & Crafts at school

Comenius Day: Arts & Crafts for Mom

Comenius Day: Arts & Crafts for Mom

Arts & Crafts

Arts & Crafts

Arts & Crafts

Arts & Crafts

Arts & Crafts

Arts & Crafts

Arts & Crafts

Arts & Crafts

Hacivat-Karagöz & Tily



These are the activities from our pupils to Spanish pupils. We hope they will enjoy while they are painting and learning how to use them!

Monday 9 May 2011

A healthy day





On Friday, May 6 organized by the school as part of our year health project a healthy day.
First we got a rice cake with a milk drink.
Then we followed three workshops in small groups:
* singing
* drawing
* gymastics
* learning about food and healhy
* help prepare for brunch
At noon all children feasted on the delicious brunch.
In the afternoon there was a movement game .
In small groups we played games with the teachers.
At half past three we also enjoyed a delicious fruit salad.
The sun was shining and we had a fantastic day.

A gift for mom with tiles.





Completely in the context of our Comenius project and Tily the children made a flower pot for mom.
At first the pots were painted.
Then each went to work with some mosaic tiles and tile adhesive. In a nice pattern stones were glued to the jar. That was not such an easy task.
Then we put a layer of veneer on the pots.
On Thursday we planted a beautiful plant and we could take the gift for mom home.

Friday 6 May 2011

A HARD COMPETITION!




There was a knowledge contest in our school recently and it made students excited too much. Every class between 6th grade studied too much and tried to be winner of the contest. And the picture you saw at the left side is second winner of this contest and of course they took their nice presents (T-shirts)




This class is the WINNER. They were announced as the best 6th grade in our school for this education year.As you see,they are very happy and of course they took their presents:)))








Their happiness was worth to see.!!!




Now they are answerin the questions and their friends are watching them excitingly!!!













This is an english question. Let's try to answer to this question:))





























They had fun too much...











While someone was crying :(((