LTTA PROJECT MEETING 13 TO 19 OF MAY 2019

4 EPAL KAVALAS GREECE

INCLUDE ME

he third meeting of the Erasmus+ Project “INCLUDE ME” was

held in Kavala, Greece, from 13/5 to 19/5 by the 4th Vocational

High School of Kavala. All the participants, having set the goals of

the project in the previous meetings, and having developed a strong

bond and group dynamic among each other, including a personal

understanding and friendship that is always a cohesive factor in any

group, proceeded to the meeting in Greece with a renewed sense of

working on and further shaping the final outcome of the project.

The first day of the meeting was spent at school.

The entire school community of the 4th Vocational School, worked

together in order to present a program that included a video presenting

clips from the participant countries.

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and a variable and interesting program of singing and dancing from the

host country Greece.

There were ice-breaking activities, organized by the school, where the

pupils of all the participating countries formed a bond of better knowing

and co-operating with each other, through testing themselves and their

linguistic abilities.

The students presented their ppt about their strategies and about traditional classroom in their countries in order to see the differences.

1. GREECE: -Cooperative Learning 2. ITALY: -Peer Tutoring 3. GERMANY: -Project Based Learning 4. FRANCE: - Student-Led Performances 5. POLAND: - Physical Fitness Programs -Beyond Sports

Then they had a Workshop - writing an article

Students presented their activity.

There followed a lunch

break with a buffet of local

specialties and for the rest

of the evening there was the

teachers meeting in order to

discuss the present status

of the project, to delegate

the various tasks

undertaken by each country

in order to proceed, and to

set the future goals of the

project.

The second day was spent on the

beautiful island of Thassos, across

from Kavala, where the participants

were presented with the rich history

of the island, visiting the

Archeological Museum, and they

also visited the Archeological site of

the Ancient Theatre of Thassos

while they took a walking tour of the

modern town of Thassos, a famous greek holiday destination.

The third day included a boating trip along the sensational coast of the

gulf of Kavala

and a stopover at the picturesque village

of Nea Iraklitsa for lunch. The most

intrepid of the participants didn’t shy of

taking a dive in the crystal yet chilly sea

of May. The next day was dedicated to

the importance of the history of Kavala

due to its position in the ancient Macedonian kingdom. The participants

had the chance to visit the archeological site of Philippi and get a first

hand experience of the variable significance of the area into shaping

today’s European values.

The day continued at the famous tourist resort of Nea Peramos, where

everybody enjoyed the best that the greek summer has to offer.

During the last day before departure, the participants delved into the

history of Byzantine and modern Kavala. The day started with a visit to

the Tobacco Museum of Kavala, a place of great significance for the city,

both financial as well as emotional, as the tobacco processing factories

of the city, during the early 20th century were not only what made Kavala

one of the richest and most important merchant ports of the

southeastern Europe, but it was also the field of many struggles for the

basic working rights and laws that shape the working conditions in the

entire continent even today. The day continued with a walking tour of the

old city of Kavala, the Panagia peninsula, and the Byzantine castle

where the participants witnessed the history of the city on its transition to

modern times.

The meeting ended with all participants having a concise idea on the

next steps of the projects, a better understanding of the background of

each other and an eagerness to continue the journey of this adventure to

the next stop, Perpignan, France.