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and to help them explore how our everyday life is linked to numbers and mathematics.
In this issue • About the project
In addition, students will gain new digital competencies in photographing, preparing script, • Introducing partners´ schools shooting and editing a short media piece of work that focuses on mathematical concept and skills in • The first project meetusing ICT by preparing different kinds of presentaing in Slovakia tions, websites and using ICT as a means of com-----------munication with partners.
With a variety of different activities we want to encourage students’ interest in mathematics, help them to overcome the worries towards it, improve their ability to apply logical thinking in order to solve arrange of problems in everyday situations
What's more, the project will give the opportunity to both students and teachers to improve their English as the working language of the project and increase their interest in other foreign languages. Special prize of the logo contest – the best picture created by Vanya Barakova, Bulgaria
athematics is a universal subject; it is a part of our everyday life. Many fields in our society rely on understanding of mathematics; many decision-making processes in business, politics, economy and the personal environment require at least a basic understanding of principles in mathematics.
Matematika je náš spoločný jazyk Математиката е нашият общ език
Matemática é a nossa língua comum THE LOGO OF THE PROJECT
The winner of the international logo contest Authors:
Štefánia Galandová, Simona Gerbová
Slovakia
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission within the “Lifelong Learning Programme – Comenius multilateral school partnership”. This publication reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. 2012
preparing introduction of the schools and the countries to be presented at the 1st project meeting 1st project meeting in Slovakia
Logo Contest – international round Creation of the Comenius corner 1st common newsletter promoting the project and ongoing activities
2013
Preparing and dissemination of the questionnaire Analysis of the questionnaire in all partners’ schools
2nd project meeting in Bulgaria 2nd common newsletter Working on the movie "Can you imagine life without numbers?" 3rd project meeting in Portugal
Publishing multilingual dictionary 3rd common newsletter “Geometry in real life”
a tourist guide book 4th project meeting in Bulgaria 4th common newsletter 5th project meeting in Portugal
2014
Publishing the brochure "Teaching Maths with the outdoor activities"
5th common newsletter promoting the project and ongoing activities
Finishing the movie "Can you imagine life without numbers?"
6th – the last project meeting in Slovakia. 6th common newsletter promoting the project and ongoing activities.
Final reports and evaluation of the two year project.
Publishing the brochure "Teaching Maths with the help of ICT "
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C O O R D I N ATO R O F T H E P R O J E C T
Grammar School – Gymnázium – in Snina was established in 1953 to become the school aimed at providing general education and preparation of students for university studies. At present time there are 466 students studying in 18 classes in the school, 12 classes of four-year study and 6 classes of 8 -year study. The priority of the school educational programme is reinforcing of foreign languages education – English,
French, German, Russian and Spanish languages are taught in our school – and an implementation of ICT into each of the subjects. The school has been taking part in various educational projects for a long time, whereby the competencies for students and teachers are increasing and the material equipment of classrooms and other places are improved and innovated. There are the laboratories of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, the foreign languages laboratory, specialized classrooms of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History, Geography, Slovak language, educational subjects, two classrooms for IT, and three classrooms for foreign languages in our school.
PA R T N E R S Secondary school ”St. Paisii Hilendarski”, Parvomay, Bulgaria
There are 441 students, aged 7 to 19, studying in Secondary school ”St. Paisii Hilendarski”, Parvomay. They are divided into 20 different classes. The teachers who work in the school are 34. The classrooms are situated into two school buildings – one for the students studying from 1st to 4th grade and the other for the students from 5th to 12th grade. Besides their educational activities, the students are engaged with many extracurricular activities and clubs by interests. The degrees received at school are as follows: Primary education – after 4th grade Lower secondary education – after 8th grade Secondary education – after 12th grade
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Secondary School Manuel da Fonseca, Santiago do Cacém, Portugal
The current Secondary School Manuel da Fonseca has not always had this name and location. The first building was built in 1959, and it was a private school. From 1970 to 1976 the building was bought by the Ministry of Education and became one Section of the National Gymnasium of Setúbal. In 1977 it changed to Secondary School of Santiago do Cacém. The school had, at that time, 17 normal classrooms and 8 specific rooms. On 16/10/92 it was name after the well-known writer Manuel da Fonseca, and in 1995/96 the school began to operate in the current building. Nowadays the school has 21 normal classrooms and 15 specific rooms. Our school has more or less 500 students from 11 to 18 years of age distributed by elementary, secondary and vocational levels and about 80 teachers. We also have some adult courses at night.
All project activities are certainly interesting enrichment of the educational process in partners´ schools and they contribute to the development of students´ knowledge and skills in various fields. Undoubtedly, international project meetings belong to the most popular and interesting project events. The first of six meetings was held from 22nd October to 26th October 2012 in Slovakia at the premises of the coordinator of the project Gymnazium in Snina. The first day of the week was aimed at mutual introducing of the partners, presentations of the partners´ schools and countries, introduction of teachers and students teams. In the afternoon all the partners took a tour of the town and visited the mayor at the town hall, where the guests from Bulgaria and Portugal enrolled in the memorial book of the town. The peak of the first day was a welcome party during which Slovak students presented traditional Slovak songs and dances and the guests had also the chance to taste traditional Slovak dishes. On the other days of the project meeting students and teachers attended workshops and activities related to the project plan in the mornings and in the afternoons they visited some of the interesting cultural and historical places in the region for example wooden church in Ruský Potok, water reservoir Starina, Astronomical observatory in Kolonica, castle and museum in Humenné, Andy Warhol´s Museum in Medzilaborce and the second largest city of Slovakia Kosice. During the whole week students from Bulgaria and Portugal stayed in the families of Slovak students, so they spent also free time and evenings together, as typically for their age, they had parties, went for pizza or bowling. The programme of the first project meeting was rich in new experiences and a lot of new friendships were established. We dare to say that it was a very successful start of our two-year collaboration and we are looking forward to our next meeting in Bulgaria in April 2013.
Presentation of the teams, schools and countries
Visiting classrooms, labs and other school facilities
Meeting the local authorities and the Mayor at the Town Hall
The project logo contest
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Excursion to the town centre and Snina surroundings
Welcoming party – traditional Slovak dinner for everybody; introduction of traditional Slovak food and dances; ice-breaking activities
Starina – Excursion to the water reservoir
Study visit of the region
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Workshop about the educational systems and studying and job opportunities for young people in partners countries and in Europe
Signing to memorial book
Official closing of the first project meeting
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