eTwinning – Nordplus project “Primary students experiment, observe, investigate and create“
The first meeting in Latvia
17-21-10-2014
After long wandering we finally reached our journey destination – Skujene school
School stadium. There‘s a fireplace for some activities.
After pupils and teachers come into school, they change their shoes, boots - it recalled the Scandinavian countries
The well-equipped school canteen
Small library
Schoolchildren, teachers and kindergarten pupils gathered to the common concert hall
Concert performers changed each other
Pupils sang and danced
Participants of the event
After the concert, Latvian and Lithuanian English teachers and small hosts organized motion games
Then three teams – Lithuanians, Latvians and Estonians went to Cesis where we had an educational program in Science centre
We made rockets
We put them high in the sky
We tried and observed some more interesting things.
Visited Cesis‘s castle, the rest of the Livonian times
Estonians, Lithuanians and Latvians sang Latvian song „Blow wind“
After pupils went back home to Lithuania, teachers Diana, Ingrida, Aurelija stayed to work on further project activities. They stayed in a hotel, which was in the forest protected by ancient dinosaurs.
We had lots of interesting work to do. The teachers learnt how to use the newest Twinspace, its tools.
Latvian teachers taught how to make paper.
Lithuanian teachers and pupils did researches: “Waterlily�
“The dance of colours in the water“
Proved that a human being has electricity
Together with children put out the rocket of joy
Estonian teachers helped to clarify which paper gets wet faster and ...
...when the moisture reacts severe (dark) and light (bright) colours
Guests partners presented their country and school
Presentation of “Juventa“ school
The symbols of the project - a hand-lens and a butterfly net were given to the headmaster of the Latvian school
We travelled a lot and admired the beauty of nature
Learnt how to make dolls
Enjoyed hospitality
Made candles
Visited an ecological farm
A visit to 250 year-old church
Thank you our partners - Latvians and Estonians. We had a very good time!
See you online or in reality! ď Š