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Multilateral School Partnership Erasmus+ Programme 2015-2017 Youth, multilingualism and work perspectives in Europe

21.02-27.02.2016 Visit in Greece Â

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Monday 22.02.2016

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On Monday, the first point of the day was a visit to the Department of Education in Katerini , where he warmly welcomed us the director of that department Mr. Ioannis Kaztaridis . We learned here how the education in Greece and how much is in the vicinity of schools and what types.

The objectives of the project official said the Spanish project coordinator Fernando Maestre and Greek teacher Katerina Agorastou . Handed we imported from Polish gifts. Our costumes

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really like and arouse interest, and were made by a friend of our school Â

Ms. Karina Wedziuk , for which we are very grateful . Then we went on foot to the mayor of the city of Katerini , on the way visiting the city and taking commemorative photos , among others, in front of the Freedom Monument . Here we handed us the most important information about the region and the city of Katerini .

Here also we handed gifts to representatives local authorities The Mayor Popi Mpatala responsible for finances.

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Another point of the trip was a school them. Plato founded in 1993, which is a private school. Before the school greeted the director and owner of the school Mr. Anestis Papadopoulos. The hotel surprised us a modern shape - the school consists of three buildings in a part of an ellipse or circle of different height depending on the age of the students. Classes are small - count to maximum of fifteen students. There are 75 teachers. On the pitch you can admire the view massive Olympus.

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It is warm (over 20 degrees C ) and sunny. After seeing the school , which was presented to us Greek project coordinator, Mr.

Evangelos Kapetis, went to the lunch hour. We ate local dishes : spaghetti , salad with feta cheese, to the orange slices :). They were very tasty.

Then, in the computer lab we proceeded to perform scheduled tasks. In groups of international composition we had to develop your business plan on a selected topic . The lesson was led teachers from Greece. We gave great deal with it ! :)

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Then

our colleagues

from

Spain led classes on new

technologies in education using the "AppInventor" allowing to prepare or own applications on Android. We worked in pairs, prepared for us by performing sets of tasks. With this as a perfectly poradzlismy. At the end of the Greek group prepared their presentation on. Modern biotechnology. It was very interesting, and the film that was presented to us quite interestingly presented the use of bacteria to produce medicines. Â

About 17 hours, a little tired after a day of visiting intensive meetings, CLIL lessons, presentations and work back to the hotel, and students living into their houses Greek families. Tomorrow we go on!

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Tuesday 23.03.2016 We started this day with a visit to the plant producing electronic security systems and security named Olympia Electronics. The factory was established in 1979 and exports to 72 countries i. a. fire detectors, gas, temperature, and emergency lighting. We watched a very interesting film and a presentation about the activities of the company as well as devices that are manufactured by this company.

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Then we went to Thessalonika. During the hour journey we admired

the

beautiful

views.

Thessaloniki is the

second

largest(after Athens), Greece city and the capital of the region of Macedonia. This place has a rich history. We visited the White

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Tower - built by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, which is part of the fortifications and the symbol of the city.

There is the Museum of Byzantine Culture.

In many films and photographs with the appropriate sound shows the history of Thessaloniki from the earliest times to the present. From the vantage point at the top extends a magnificent panorama of the city.

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Then we went to the Arch of Galerius and built in 304 years Mausoleum of Galerius, also called - the shape of the building rotunda. We saw the beautiful preserved mosaics on the walls inside the dome.

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Now a museum, and in the past, the temple was inscribed by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage.

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Another place on the route of our journey was the most important temple in the city, the Orthodox church, one of the most valuable monuments of early Christianity and the object also a UNESCO World Heritage - St. Peter's Basilica. Dmitri. The temple was built in the fifth century. Holy Dimitri, patron of the city, was martyred.

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His remains are in the catacombs beneath the basilica, which we also visited. The church has many beautiful icons and impressive iconostasis. Basilica made big impression on us.

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After many hours of sightseeing we decided to dine at a Greek restaurant. We ordered there, among others, seafood and other Greek dishes that much we tasted. It was a real treat.

After the meal, we went for a walk down the main street of the city - Eghnatia - stopping at local shops to buy souvenirs and local sweets.

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We managed to take another photos at the monument of Aristotle and feed the pigeons on Freedom Square Aristotelus and at sunset we were on the return trip. Evening was a time of meeting and integration with our friends from many countries.

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Wednesday 24.11.2015 Today in the morning we visited the Chamber of Commerce in Katerini.That organisation handles, among other things, support in solving economic

problems

connected

with

running

business

activity,

aids

entrepreneurship of inhabitants of the region through sourcing financial means for investments, helps with applying to competitions for European funds and supports people looking for job. At the meeting we found out what is the main plant (kiwi fruits, wild cherries, grapes, cotton, water- melons, melons, strawberries and also oregano) and animal production (poutry, beef, lamb, eggs,

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honey) in the area and in Greece. About 17% of the above products is production for export. The most powerful branch in the Greek economy is tourism and there finding a job is the easiest.

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Next, again we went to the school named after Plato, where we took part in a lesson given by students from Lithuania. It was about laser industry. We‛ve been divided into international groups and we started doing our jobs. After the lunch lesson prepared by our team entitled “Genetic engineering as the first step to biotechnological industry” took place. Despite of cumbersome problems connected with interruptions in the access to the Internet, we holded the planned actions.

Particular

groups

of

students

worked

using

the

applications available on our tablets from the Erasmus+ project. Especial applause was awaken by an on-line quiz connected with the theme of biotechnology. Many teachers liked applications allowing to make interactive lessons and lessons online with a film or automatically checked tests with the usage of tablets or smartphones by the students.

Later we watched curiously a presentation of the Spanish students showing the usage of new technologies in education, the

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Lithuanian presentation concerning laser technologies and the presentation of Bulgarian group about global IT industry.

In our free time we integrate, learn new words, games and dances. Ms Agnieszka Czerska-Pawlak perfects her learning of Greek :-). And tomorrow - we‛re going to go on an excursion to the foot of the mythical Mount Olympus!

Thursday 25.11.2015 Today we started as usual joint breakfast.The weather is good -the day is warm, and sunny.

We are getting to the mountain Olimp and we stop in the ton Dion. In ancient here was sanctuary of the then Macedonia. Here, before the conquest of the ancient world Aleksander Wielki consisted of gifts of the gods and asked for a favor. In the 5th century the city was a mudslide making sculptures, mosaics, architectural elements are preserved in good condition.We watched

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the

ruins

of

an

urban

settlement

with

a

three-meter-thick walls and the remains of the Temple of Demeter and the Temple of Isis among the fountains and water channels, ruins of the villa of Dionysus. They amazed us underfloor heating elements in the thermal baths and marble toilet bowls.

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Followed by the stone slabs that recall Roman chariots we went to a reconstructed Greek theater.

Here on the stage, we managed to create a logo of program Erasmus+ spinning the letters of the word were students :)It was a real team work.

From Dion we set off in the direction of Mount Olympus watching the way many kiwi plantations.Entrance to the foot of the mountain gods, we started in the town of Litochoro (The name in Greek is ,,place of rocks"). In ancient times it was believed that mortal wishing to enter the Olympus immediately fall from rocks and die.Currently, in the summer you can get the highest peak (Mitikas, 2918 m n.p.m) without climbing equipment, but our

plans are less ambitious.We moved so gentle trail along the gorge Enipeas admiring the magnificent mountain scenery, gorges and waterfalls to a designated viewing point the water intake. We took a lot of interesting photos, including Mitikas in the clouds.

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After lunch we went to the amphitheater in a park in Litochoro. Here the Greek youth in national costumes presented

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us the Greco-Macedonian dances.Then the students from our group learned all the dances Belgian. Everybody have a good time.

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In the evening with our friends in other countries we went to Katerini on sweet snacks and frozen yogurt. It's hard to believe that tomorrow we must part.

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Friday 27th Feb 2016

Today we spent the day in the local school.

Presentation

about New technologies and lessons CLIL were conducted

by

students and teachers from Romania, Bulgaria and our Polish team. Presentation presented by the Romanian team was about new technologies used in informatics on the Romanian market, a lesson Bulgarians brought us a lot of information about modern technologies in communication. Our presentation was related to the

labour

market,

the

economy

and

the

economy

on

biotechnological industry, agriculture and medicine in relation to global, European and Polish market. After our school duties we ate school lunch.

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Teachers and project coordinators met together to discuss the international meeting, and to plan activities for the next months until the visit and summaries, which will take place in Romania in May this year.

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Students with our friends carried on sport activities that were organized by the Greek teachers. Late in the afternoon, in the international group we went to a nearby town - Paralia, where we spent time on long talks in cafe. After returning to the hotel we went for dinner then we organized farewell meeting which lasted until late hours of the evening. At three o'clock in the morning we were ready to go by bus to the airport.

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Multilateral School Partnership Erasmus+ Programme 2015-2017 Youth, multilingualism and work perspectives in Europe

21.02-27.02.2016 Meeting in Greece

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