1st wonder e journal

forms, record them in various

forms and present their dis-

coveries to their classmates,

partner schools and the pub-

lic. Moreover, they will have

the chance to communicate

with the pupils of partner

schools by participating in e

conferences and in some

cases in the nobilities for the

project.

The teachers will acquire pro-

fessional and personal theory

through exploring other

school systems, traditions,

school habits, educational

programmes, improve their

knowledge about European

thinking and culture, acquire a

closer and informal relation-

ship to their pupils, be moti-

vated to improve their skills

on foreign languages and es-

pecially English and ICT.

Finally, the participating

schools will incorporate the

European dimension into the

school learning programmes

and will be the good examples

for other schools to show

them that they are able to

implement European projects

and have international part-

nerships.

“The Seven Wonders of our

Region” is a Comenius – eT-

winning project involving 7

schools from Slovakia, The

Czech Republic, Poland, Tur-

key, Greece, Scotland and Cy-

prus. The project will last two

school years, 2013 – 2015.

The project idea is to explore

the seven wonders of a region

20 km around the place where

our schools are situated. The

seven wonders are: the high-

est place, the oldest histori-

cal place, the most tasteful

traditional meal, the most im-

portant personality, the most

interesting traditional handi-

craft, the healthiest place

and the most attractive place.

The project will motivate our

pupils to explore and discover

the beauties and interests of

the closest surrounding where

they live, be interested in the

regions of the partner

schools, perceive Europe as

home without national borders

and as the living space of own

future for working and living

opportunities. Working for

the project the pupils will im-

prove the use of English and

ICT, develop the ability of

working in teams as well as

their ability to collect pieces

of information in different

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DECEMBER 2013

YEAR 1, VOLUME 1

CONTENTS

Page 2: Meeting in Slova-

kia

Page 3: Meeting in the

Czech Republic

Page 4: The Slovakian

school

Page 5: the Czech school

Page 6: The Polish school

Page 8: The Turkish school

0: The Scottish

school

Page 12: The Cypriot

school

Page 13: The Greek school

Page 14: Meeting in Poland

and short movies. The pupils asked

searching questions and tasted sweet

European candies. In remembrance of

their visit we have the work of our

guests at the presentation boards in

the entrance of our school. Always

when we enter the school we remem-

ber this great visit.

In the afternoon we went to ex-

plore some of the wonders together

and we found: the highest located

place at Trenčiansky hrad in a tall

tower, the attractive places near

Omar’s well of love and near a water

sprite at the square in Trenčín. In

the evening we tasted our traditional

meals. On the other day we discov-

ered fantastic, healthy place in

Turkish spa Sina and a traditional

craft in a pottery workshop.

by Denysa

1st Comenius visit in Slova-

kia,

3-6/11/2013

16 teachers and 15 Polish and

Turkish children came to visit to

Slovakia. We missed just teachers

from Scotland. Although the visit

at us was short, just three days,

we had not only the work and

studying, but mainly fun. Children

took a lot of experiences, because

they visited Slovak families and

they could best recognize how we

live in Slovakia. In the morning our

guests explored our school and pu-

pils and our pupils got to know

your schools through the photos

1ST & 2ND PROJECT MEETINGS

and traditions. We taste

traditional Czech food and

made and decorated tradi-

tional Czech cookies. Chil-

dren competed in the sport.

In Sivice we visited the

Mayor . After an afternoon

visit to Brno, we shared

dinner passed Comenius an-

them. Last day of our

meeting was our day trip to

the capital city of Prague.

Thank you all for your

warm friendship and look

forward to meeting you .

by Paul and Mila

We are very pleased that

we were able to show our

school and to host our

friends from Comenius It

was a friendly meeting that

brought Czech children and

teachers with much joy and

experience. We talked

about our country , schools

other day we discovered

fantastic, healthy place in

Turkish spa Sina and

a traditional craft in

a pottery workshop.

There are many things in

our area that we are proud

of. If you follow up our

wonders, we believe, you

will get to know our area at

least a little and you will

understand why we love

them. And hopefully you

will hear somewhere at us:

AHOJ (Hi) and DOVIDE-

NIA (Goodbye).

2nd Comenius visit in Sivice, Czech Republic,

6 –9/11/2013

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cide, which one is the best

for them. The discovery of the

first wonder at Slo-

vak school

All the pupils of our school

have participated in the dis-

covery of the first wonder.

The task of the explorers

has been to search and visit

the highest located place,

which could become the first

wonder, then to bring photos

or a video and make a poster

with all the important infor-

mation about the first won-

der.

We have collected 32 post-

ers all together, which have

been presented around the

school. All the pupils could

see them and they could de-

2B.

by Denysa

Our highest located place: INOVEC,

1042 m high, has been discovered by sib-

lings Sofia and Samuel R. from the class

The winner has been chosen

through a school vote – it is a

hill in the mountains Považský

Inovec, 1042 meters high,

with a beautiful view to its

surrounding. This place is of-

ten visited by tourists.

Základná škola Andreja Bagara,

Trenčianske Teplice, Slovakia

YEAR 1, VOLUME 1

The exposed posters

of our pupils – the

first wonder

Our project started in Octo-

ber this year. 1.wonder was

The highest point of our sur-

roundings . We took the bus

to the famous tourist spot -

Indian quarry lookout tower

561 m high. We had to over-

come the difficult rocky

path . At the end of our ex-

pected view of the beautiful

surroundings. This task we

perform the entire school .

First, we found the place on

the map , and then we made

the trip . It was a beautiful

sunny day. We look forward

to continuing the project.

by Pavel & Mila

Projekt Sedm divů našeho

kraje v České republice

Náš projekt odstartoval

v říjnu letošního roku. Začali

jsme v říjnu – 1. div: Nejvyšší

místo našeho okolí. Vyjeli

jsme autobusem na známé

turistické místo – rozhledna

Babí lom 561 m vysoké.

Museli jsme zdolat nelehkou

skalnatou cestu. Na konci náš

čekal výhled do krásného

okolí. Tento úkol jsme plnili

celá škola. Nejprve jsme

vyhledali na mapě místo a

potom jsme uskutečnili výlet.

Byl to krásný slunečný den.

Těšíme se na pokračování

projektu.

The Primary School With The Preschool Sivice,

Sivice, The Czech Republic

Project Seven Wonders of our region in the Czech Republic

THE SEVEN WONDERS

ryone enjoyed their stay in

both, Slovakia and the Czech

Republic as it was a great op-

portunity to know other cul-

tures and traditions. We all

experienced hospitality and

friendliness. We are all now

looking forward to the meet-

ing in Poland.

From November 3rd to No-

vember 9th, we took part in

the first mobility of the

Comenius project “The seven

wonders of our region”. The

Polish group consisted of 14

participants –4 teachers and

10 pupils from classes IV –

VI. We visited two partner

schools – one in Trencianske

Teplice in Slovakia and the

other one in Sivice in The

Czech Republic. During our

stay, we visited Trencianske

Teplice, Trencin with its cas-

tle, Brno and Prague. Polish

pupils made friends with the

Turkish children, who were

also present, and with the

Slovak and Czech host fami-

lies. Children took part in

different classes and activi-

ties. We also tasted the spe-

cialties of the regions. Eve-

Zespól Szkolno-Przedszkolny Nr 2,

Szkola Podstawowa Nr 2 Im. Polskich Olimpijczykow,

Brodnica, Poland

YEAR 1, VOLUME 1

As far as the project is con-

cerned, we have assigned the

tasks, made information

boards and prepared a film

about our school. For the

first wonder:

- we have prepared a multi-

media presentation about the

Teutonic Knights’ Tower ( the

highest building)

- pupils have written stories

and poems about “The con-

struction of the Tower”

- we have organised a mul-

timedia lesson “The his-

tory of the Teutonic

Tower” in the town library

- there has been a trip to

visit the tower

- we have organised an

art competition (photos

and pictures) “The Brod-

nica Teutonic Tower” for all

the students of our school.

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informed the teachers about

the project, partners and

implementation process between

3rd and 9th September 2013.

The students began to come to

school on 16th September 2013

and for the first week the

project was presented to each

class. Teacher of English, Selin

Üstek, prepared a written and

oral exam for the pupils who

would take part in the first

mobility.

Our Comenius Project has

aroused much interest since

the declaration of the

acceptance of the project.

The project was presented

to the teachers in the

seminar period of the

teachers. Teacher of

English,Selin Üstek,

official buildings.

Some info was shared on

Twinspace on 5the october

2013.

The Teacher of English and

the headmistress attended a

general meeting of the

accepted Comenius Project in

İstanbul on 10the October.

A banner was designed by an

ICT teacher in the town. A

big banner, 15 smaller ones

and 2000 booklets were

prepared.The smaller

banners were hung on the

of the project on 20th

September 2013.

A blog was prepared by the

teacher of English on 21st

September 2013.

(letslookabroad.blogspot.com)

A Comenius corner was

created by the students of

English and Comenius Project

Club.It is updated each week.

The exams were held on 18th

September 2013.The results

were declared on 19the

September 2013.The tickets

were purchased on 20th

September 2013.

The headmistress

and the vice

manager had

some talks with

one of the

biggest factories

in the area for

the sponsorship

Emek İlkokulu, Ankara,

Turkey

YEAR 1, VOLUME 1

The local newspaper came to

our school and interviewed

with the teachers and the

students.Some students

thought of a traditional

ceremony to say farewell to

us. They saw the going ones

off. (In this ceremony,

people pour some water while

the others are going. This

means “go and come safely”).

School video was recorded on

25th October 2013.

Promotional and presentation

materails were made ready

between 26th and 30th

October 2013.

A contest was held for the

fisrt wonder, the highest

place. The first wonder was

declared firstly and then the

students made some guesses

about its height. They wrote

their predictions and kept

into boxes. All predictions

were read and the winners

was declared. He guessed

“1655”. The real height is

1650 being the highest point:

KARASENİR MOUNT. The

winner was given an award, a

book.

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We visited Local Governor on 1st November

and said farewell.

After coming back to our

town, we updated the

Comenius Corner and put the

materails which other

countries gave us.

A video was created by one

of the teachers and

presented to the all students

between 18th and 25th

November.

Blackfriars primary an-

nounced the start of the

Comenius project at their

assembly in October.

Blackfriars Primary School, Glasgow,

Scotland, UK

YEAR 1, VOLUME 1

We put our photos taken

abroad and this encouraged

students to attend the

exams which will be held to

select the students on 3rd

December.

Pupils in 2nd Grade were

wanted to draw

KARASENİR MOUNT, the

highest point. They were

free to draw because we

wanted them to use their

own imaginative

skills. These

pictures were

put on the

corner on 27th

November.

by Selin

Some Primary 6 children helped to make a

video about our school to put on the Twin-

space website.

We have been using the internet to research

our partner countries. Primary 6 made some

posters about the 7 countries to display in

our Comenius corner.

which can rotate 360 de-

grees! Primary 5 have been re-

searching the first wonder

of our region, the highest

points in Glasgow.

We started off by doing

some research as homework.

We found that The Glasgow

Tower at 127m is the tallest

structure in the city (and in

the whole of Scotland.)

It also

holds the

Guinness

World

Record

for the

tallest

structure.

THE SEVEN WONDERS

“Για να τραβ ήξετε την προσο χή του ανα γνώστη, τοποθετ ήστε εδώ μι α ενδιαφέρου σα πρότασ η ή ένα απόσπασ μα από το άρ θρο.”

Primary 1,2 and 3 made

postcards of themselves

to send to the children in

the other countries. We

sent them with Comenie

Mouse. Comenie Mouse is

going to visit all the coun-

tries and send some pic-

tures back to us, we hope!

We made

models of

tall build-

ings in

class and

also as a

homework

task.

by Seo-

naid

details. We saw old women

sewing these laces. You can

find laces in souvenir shops.

6th Classes

The highest and most im-

portant place of our region

We visited Lefkara village,

the highest and most impor-

tant place of our region. It is

a beautiful and small village

with a population of 1000

people. It is called “Lefkara”

from the color of the local

white rocks which were used

for building.

Lefkara village is famous for

its traditional laces. They

are very beautiful with many

houses are made of the local

white rock too. We visited a

traditional house and saw the

items that were used by the

locals. It was fascinating.

We walked

through Lefkara’s

narrow streets. It

was a great experi-

ence. The streets

are made of the

local white rock.

The traditional

Lefkara is also famous for its

silver jewelry made from lo-

cal craftsmen. We visited a

local craftsman who showed

us how are these jewelry

made. They are gorgeous.

You can buy them in jewelry

shops.

We also visited Lefkara’s

church, dedicated to the

Holy Cross. It is an old and

very beautiful church

which has a real piece of

the Jesus Christ Cross!

1st Demotiko Scholeio Aradippou,

Aradippou, Cyprus

YEAR 1, VOLUME 1

cooperating for the first

time as Slovakia, the Czeck

Republic, Poland, Turkey and

Scotland and others that we

cooperated in the past, Cy-

prus.

In the beginning of Oc-

tober, our pupils visited

the two highest places in

our region: Mountain

Imitos, grade 2 and

Mountain Parnitha,

grades 5 and 6. They

hiked and a guide in-

formed them about the

mountains, their fauna &

flora, and carried our

various activities.

In the beginning of our pro-

ject, the pupils of the 6th

grade searched for informa-

tion about the participating

countries and prepared PPTs.

Then they answered the on

line survey to check their

knowledge about the partner

countries and did rather well.

They also wrote letters to

the pupils of the partner

schools.

We are very happy to be

partners in the new Comenius

– eTwinning project “The 7

wonders of our region”. This

is our 4th Comenius & eTwin-

ning project and we believe

the beginning of new friend-

ships with pupils and teach-

ers from countries we are

We enjoyed our trip to Le-

fkara village very much. It

was a life experience. We

prepared a short video with

our comments too. Please

watch it at http://youtu.be/

dcoEuYXSjnI. You will adore

Lefkara.

Best regards

The sixth classes and their

teachers:

by Loukia, Adamos and

Panikkos

5 Dimotiko Scholeio Neas Smyrnis,

Athens, Hellas

THE SEVEN WONDERS

When coming back, they de-

cided that Mountain Parnitha

is the highest place and thus

the winner. They made book-

marks, posters with photos

and information about the

mountains, the model of a

mountain, drew pictures,

wrote stories and we pre-

pared a PPT with the out-

come of the pupils’ works.

In December, we made our

Christmas cards and mailed

them to all schools. We also

had a videoconference with

the Cypriot school during

which we sang Christmas

songs to each other.

The products of our work on

the project as well as some

of our partners’ work are pe-

riodically exhibited on the

project board in the en-

trance of our school.

Our work is regularly up-

loaded in the school blog

blogs.sch.gr/5dimnsmyrn/

as well as in the twinspace

and the common project blog.

by Stavroula

In the beginning of Novem-

ber, we participated in the

1st & 2nd Comenius meetings in

the partner schools in Slova-

kia & the Czech Republic. It

was a great experience and

we were impressed with the

work the pupils of both

schools have done for the

project and not only. After

our return, we presented

both schools to our pupils.

YEAR 1, VOLUME 1

Next Comenius meeting

Zespól Szkolno-Przedszkolny Nr 2,

Szkola Podstawowa Nr 2 Im. Polskich Olimpijczykow,

Brodnica, Poland

6-12/4/2014

THE SEVEN WONDERS

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