SHORT-TERM EXCHANGES OF GROUPS OF STUDENTS

9^th PRIMARY SCHOOL OF MYTILINI, Lesvos, Greece  

13-17.05.2019

PREPARATION OF THE MOBILITY IN THE GREEK SCHOOL

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 

- 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+!

- 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+!

- 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!

- 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

- 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!

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