ERASMUS+PROJECT
Co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union
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Monday, 27 May 2019
PROJECT'S E-MAGAZINE
“CULTURAL MAPPING OF EUROPE” was an
Erasmus+ school partnership between 6 European schools from Bulgaria, Greece,
Italy, Romania, Spain and Turkey during 2 years, from September 2017 till
August 2019.
The main aim of the project was to
improve the knowledge of different local cultures of Europe by producing
sustainable modern materials that preserve our cultural identity. Therefore,
one of the project's products was this e-magazine made by teams of students and
teachers from partner schools.
We have identified as important 6
chapters in which we have presented some cultural landmarks of each country.
Elaborating this material was a great joy for us to work together and we hope
this e-magazine will be interesting and enjoyable for other students and
teachers from all over Europe and beyond.
The Tourism club created a tourist map of
Lesvos for pupils!!
They chose special places of interest for
their age!
They are expecting for the foreign colleagues to visit them!
RECEIVING THE GUESTS
ALL TOGETHER
Mrs.ELENI ZERVOU (GR) and EMANUELA POPESCU (RO) sing along with the Greek chorus the song “Strose to stroma sou
gia dyo” by Mikis Theodorakis
GREEK
STUDENTS PERFORM THE SYRTOS DANCE FROM LESVOS
SIRTAKY DANCE
WORKING
TOGETHER IN CLASSES
STUDENTS LEARN HOW TO MAKE GREEK CAKES
TOGETHER IN THE SCHOOL YARD
STUDY
VISIT at “ISIDOROS ARVANITIS” FACTORY where the students saw how the
traditional Greek drink “OUZO” is produced
Posters made for the international exhibition of gastronomic traditions
Turkey
Romania
Spain
Italy
Bulgaria
Greece
Interview
with Mrs. Eleni Zervou on TV Mytilini TV
Farewell Party and Celebration 2 year of working together
Impressıon
of Turkısh students
AMİRHAN NAZİPOV: Hello,I am 6th grade
student. We woke up to a sunny Monday morning. We got our breakfast in hotel.
We went to school by bus. When we got there,students celebrated our coming to
school.They sang songs and danced. Mrs.Eleni Zervou sang a Greek song with
Romanian teacher, Mrs. Emanuela Popescu. We did activities with all the foreign
students in school. After that, we organized the Gastronomy exhibitions and we
tasted dishes. Everbody liked the Turkish dishes and we liked Greek dishes too.
After school we went to art museum.Paintings were beautiful then we had dinner
all together. Next day we visited to Forest museum,we had activities, saw the
fosils. On Wednesday we went to Molyvos castle.It was very breath taking.
We bought some souvenirs, the we had lunch there. On Thursday we visited the
Ouzo factory, then went to beach,swam there. Then before lunch we presented
Turkish cuisines by power point. In evening Greek school tidied wonderful
farewell party for us.They made us so happy. Thanks for Erasmus+ for this
experience. And thanks to anyone thats supported this Project.We got new datas
and we will always remember this trip.
PELİN SU ÖZCAN: Hello I am sixth grade
student. I was excited because of first day. We went to )th Primary school of
Mytilini and they welcomed us well. Students celebrated us. They danced Syrtaki
and sang songs. We visited classroom. We had lots activities at school but the
most important one was Gastronomy Exhibition. Then we visited to art
museum. We visited Petrified forest protected by UNESCO and then Natural
Historical Museum. We learnt fosil kinds. Molyvos village was wonderful.We took
lots photos there. We visited Ouzo factory for how producting ouzo.We presented
our Gastronomy in Plomari culture center. Farewell party was great. I enjoyed
so much. I am proud of myself to joined that mobility.Thanks Erasmus+ and my
school.
KAMİLE KULDEVLET: Hello. I am 6th grade
student. We had so much fun. We made many friends from other nationalities. We
participated in Erasmus+ mobility. We also made gastronomy posters and then we
made a presentation about Turkey gastronomy. I will never forget the memories I
had. I think it was a great chance. This is my first trip outside of my
country. It was the most enjoyable travel I had ever done. I was very
affected about Turkey-Greek people similarities. It was a great experience to
know about new culture in World. I loved so much that mobility. I learnt lots
things. Thank for Erasmus+ and thanks for our teachers.
M.KEREM ÖZÇITAK: Hello , I am Kerem,I am 6th
grade student. This is my first experience to go somewhere without my family. I
was worried but my family was more worried than me. I made new friends from
other countries. I loved so much Molyvos village. So natural village with
castle. We learnt other countries gastronomy and their cultures. I learnt some
Greek words too. Greek hospitality was same as ours. We are so close each other.
Specially I want to say Thanks to Eleni from Greek school. She was always with
us. I advise to all people to learn other cultures. We have lots richness in
World. Thank for Erasmus+ and thanks for Sultantepe Secondary School.
Unforgettable mobility for me.
Impressıon
of Italian students
"The trip to Greece was one of those experiences
that will remain in my heart forever. It is sad to think that those days passed
so quickly”. Stefani, 14.
"The best thing of our meeting in Greece was the
opportunity of speaking foreign languages, English and Spanish with real
students like us, but with different lifestyles." Giulia, 14
"According to me, the meeting in Greece was a
very amazing and interesting experience. I learned new things, improved my
English, made new acquaintances and so different cultures from ours" Anna,
14
"l had a lot of fun when we danced the Sirtaky
together with our European friends and teachers" Giulia 14
"In Mytilini, we made a lot of new friends of the
other countries, we talked all together and we had so much fun". Cristian,
13.
Impressıon
of Bulgarian students
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Hello! My name is Miroslav Vasilev. I am a student in Vladimir Komarov
Secondary school. I am in 8th grade. I am a musician. I love Bulgarian folklore
and folk dances. I am a member of the Folklore club in Erasmus+ project
Cultural mapping of Europe.
I
know a lot about our folklore and I interested in traditional music of all
European countries. My dream was to travel abroad and see the cultural diversities
and cultural richness of our Europe.
I
traveled to Mytilini, Greece and took part in a short exchange of students. I
met friends from Greece, Turkey, Spain and Italy there. I learned many
interesting things about Lesvos and volcanos, about Greek history and Greek
culture. Greek school is very good. We spend a perfect time there. It was a
great experience! Thank you, dear teachers! Thank you Erasmus+!
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Hello friends! I am Dimitrar Dimitrov from Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. I am fourteen
and I am a student in Vladimir Komarov Secondary school.
I
am a member of Foreign languages club and we translate all information about
our school clubs’ activities. We make translations for all publications and
also we work on texts for Bulgarian parts of electronic magazines.
The
mobility in Greece was my best travel ever. I had a chance to visit interesting
places and to meet a lot of boys and girls from our partners’ schools. Our Greek
hosts were too king and careful. The week was perfect. I practiced and brushed
up my English. I made a lot of friends. I
love Erasmus+!
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My name is Feim Mustafa. I am from Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. I study in
Vladimir Komarov Secondary school. I am a member of UNESCO club. I love History and foreign languages. I speak
Bulgarian, Turkish and a little Greek also I learn English Russian in my
school.
I
was happy to take part in the Short exchange of students in Mytilini, Greece.
I
learnt too much interesting things about Greece and Lesvos. The week in Greece was
big challenge for me. I used all languages which I speak. It helps me to
communicate better and to learn a lot of new information about my friends’ home
towns and their schools. I want to tell thank you to our Greek hosts and to all
teachers who are in this project. Thank you for giving us chance to believe in
ourselves!
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Hello! I am Kaloyan Asenov from Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. I am ten. I am a
student in Vladimir Komarov Secondary school. I love cooking and football. I am a member of our Gastronomy club.
In
this school year we prepared a lot of meals from all six countries in the Erasmus+
project Cultural mapping of Europe. I was happy to visit Mytilini and to try
plates from all these countries we were talking about. I met a lot of friends
and learnt Sirtaki. Thank you
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Hello! I am Nikola Iliev from Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. I am ten. I am a
student in Vladimir Komarov Secondary school. I love swimming and cooking. I am a member of our Gastronomy club.I wanted
to travel to Greece because I love Greek music and Greek cuisine. I liked all
kids. We are all same. We like games, dances and sports.
I
am sure that I will brush my English and one day I will come back in Mytilini
to see again my friends!
Impressıon
of Spanish students
Hello, we are a group of students from CEIP Mestre Pere Garau School, a small school in the South-East of
Mallorca, Spain. We went to Greece from the 12th May to the 18th May 2019. It has been a great experience for
us because we did a lot of things:
We enjoyed visiting Mytiline school. We danced and sang together
different songs. We played some games with other students from Italy, Bulgaria
and Turkey. We watched some Project photos, and we saw our school in these
photos, by Lucia.
We visited different classrooms and did different workshops. After
this, there was a big Gastronomy Exhibition. We took lots of photos and we ate
different food from Turkey, Romania, Italy, Bulgaria and Greece. We presented
our Gastronomy e-magazine in Plomari. We were very nervous but we did it well.
Farewell party was great. We enjoyed it so much. Thank you, Erasmus+! by Joan
S, Joan A, Elsa, Lidia and Pau.
We were very interested in the Petrified Forest Museum (UNESCO
monument) in Sigri. We learned that all Lesbos island have got 4 active
volcanoes. 4 million years ago the climate there was subtropical. Most of the
island has got volcanic rocks. In Lesvos the most important vegetation is:
olive trees and pine trees. All Lesvos is a UNESCO geopark, by Joan Sitjas and
Pau.
We loved making new friends in the swimming-pool and in the beach.
by Lidia and Xisco and Joan A.
We visited the Ouzo factory in Plomary, which is an alcoholic drink,
made of different herbs. They gave us a present to all of us, by Adrian.
Last day of our trip we visited Athens and the Acropolis, which is
one of the best places we have ever been, by Joan A, Lidia, Elsa Lucia and
Xisco.
I will never forget this trip, traveling with my friends and
teachers. Joan S, Pau and Lidia.
From teachers:
The teachers involved in the Erasmus project have learnt a
lot:
-Being part of a team of European teachers sharing ideas and
creating a rapport between teachers. The trip has created a mutual
understanding between people from different cultures and you become more
open-minded through this experience by Jaume.
-It’s very rewarding to be in contact with other teachers from
different countries and discover that we have a lot of things in common as
teachers by Maria.
-As teachers we feel that we have an even better relationship with
the students since the trip and have a closer bond with them. I feel that the
students know us better now by Maria.
Overall, we believe this experience has broadened our cultural
horizons and personally as teachers, we feel that it has been very rewarding
for ourselves; there is a lot of work and effort that has gone into taking part
in this program and we came to the conclusion that the students have learnt a
lot from this Erasmus program, by all the teachers from our school.
Impressıon
of Greek students
1. Irene H. I am a student in the 5th class of the 9th
Primary School of Mytilini. When the students of the other schools came, I
thought I would be shy to talk to them and then all was simple, -and I spoke, I
laughed, I played with them and all that...in English. It was magic!
2. Thomas. I am 11 years old and I was very happy to
welcome the students from Italy, Spain, Turkey, Bulgaria to my school. We have
the same hobbies and talked about the videogames we play and we will now be
friends on cyberspace.
3 .Asimina L. I am a student in the 5th class and I loved
the gastronomy exhibition-a lot of the Turkish food and Greek food are the
same!!
4. Myrto S. I am 12 years old and I can say that this
international meeting at our school is something I will never forget. All the
students and teachers were so friendly and loved the welcome we made for them.
We talked, sang, danced, ate and drank!!It was the best party with new friends!
5. Nick V. I am a student in the 6th class of the school
and I loved meeting the students from other countries and played with them-to
see their food was also interesting and I wanted to taste everything. A big
thank you to my school which got into this programme Erasmus+!
6. Konstandina T. (6th grade) I loved everything about
the visit. We danced our traditional dances in our costumes and sang-everyone
loved syrtaki. What beautiful presents we exchanged! I also loved that our
whole school,our parents joined in to make this special…and our guests were
very nice-now we have new friends on Instagram from other European countries.
7.
Tania S (mother).During the past two years I had the opportunity to take part
and help my daughter in different activities about the programme. I could see
how important it was to her and her classmates!!But hosting the partners in May
has been an unforgettable experience for my family-all the guests were so nice
and wanted to see our culture and show us theirs!!I wish the school would
participate in more programmes like this.
Panagiotis
K. (father). I had the chance to help in organizing the meeting in Greece and I
think that it was amazing. It brought all the school together and we opened our
door to the local community to join in the preparations-my son couldn’t stop
talking about the new friends he made and the tasty food he had!
LOCAL PROJECT'S DISSEMINATION WITH THE TEACHERS, PUPILS AND PARENTS in GREECE
