Comenius: "Let's Travel!": “A TASTE OF UMBRIA” (27th March

Wednesday, 23 February 2011

“A TASTE OF UMBRIA” (27th March–01st April 2011)

	Sunday 27	Monday 28	Tuesday 29	Wednesday 30	Thursday 31	Friday 1
Morning	ARRIVAL DAY - Arrival of delegations (students and teachers) from Portugal, Poland, France and German. - Train station pick-up service - Accomodation at the youth Hostel and check in	OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE MEETING - Welcome from Headmistress - School visit - Presentation of the programme - Visit to the City Hall, Welcome from the City Mayor	THE GREEN HEART OF ITALY: NATURE, TYPICAL PRODUCTS AND LEGENDS -All day long excursion to Norcia and to the Sibillini National Park	WORKING ON THE PROJECT - Working session for teachers -Activity at school for students	CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN FOLIGNO Guided tour in Foligno, visit of the main historical buildings	DEPARTURE DAY
Lunch		Lunch at school	Tasting local food	Lunch	Lunch in the town centre
Afternoon		HISTORY: MIDDLE AGE AND ANCIENT CRAFTS IN UMBRIA -Bus trip to Medieval towns of Bevagna and Montefalco	GAMES AND FOLK TRADITIONS ON THE “PIAN GRANDE”.	ARTISTIC HERITAGE AND MISTYCISM IN UMBRIA -Bus trip to Assisi and discovery tour of the “ town of peace”	GOING BACK TO 1600: THE HISTORICAL RIEVOCATION OF “GIOSTRA DELLA QUINTANA”
Dinner	Dinner at “ Taverna dei Picari ”	Welcome dinner for teachers “Pizza” for students	Dinner in a typical family run farmhouse	Dinner in a traditional Restaurant	Dinner in a Taverna
Evening		- Students’ proposal for socializing with School Theatre Lab.		Spello by night	Farewell party at Palazzo Trinci

This Blog

The project Blog contains everything related to the Comenius project “Let’s Travel!”: summary, objectives, activities, mobilities, project meetings, results, evaluation… It is a visual and dynamic online platform which illustrates and disseminates the project development through regular updating: writings, introductions, descriptions of places, pictures and videos on Tourism as a topic. All outcomes on the Blog are the results of students’ and teachers’ common team work at the seven partner schools.

The Garden in Portugal

Although uncompleted, coordinators from the seven partner schools decided to maintain the Garden in Portugal as one of the most emotive outcomes of our project. Seeds of plants from the local flora in each country were sent to the school in Portugal. Students of Tourism and Gardening from Ferreira do Zêzêre collected and let them germinate. They created a greenhouse, which was unfortunately seriously damaged by a destructive tornado at the beginning of 2011. A big part of the garden got lost.

Evaluation Questionnaires and Power Point Presentation

Three model questionnaires for mobilities were made, separately for guests (teachers and students) and hosts (students). Teachers and students who took part in mobility filled these questionnaires after each meeting and conclusions were compiled by Polish teachers to make our work better and more efficient. The most important conclusions from questionnaires were summed in the Power Point presentation which was presented during the last mobility in Spain, were all coordinators from partner schools were present.

7 Different Kinds of Tourism in 7 Different Countries

The seven partner schools of the Project “Let’s Travel!” did of Tourism a topic to investigate and analyse. They found out the characteristics, the means of transport, the baggage, the accommodation, the duration and the money required for seven different kinds of tourism and tourists in the seven partnership countries. They produced a considerable quantity of documents with information and pictures on activities related to cultural, historical, religious, natural, health, sport and educational tourism.