Comenius: "Let's Travel!": In the Land of "Templarios" (Ferreira do Zêzere, 8

Wednesday 6 April 2011

In the Land of "Templarios" (Ferreira do Zêzere, 8 - 13/15 May 2011)

Sunday 8	Monday 9	Tuesday 10	Wednesday 11	Thursday 12	Friday 13	Saturday 14	Sunday 15
	9h Breakfast at school Reception in town hall. Celebration of European day	9h breakfast at school Cultural tourism day: Visit to the tourist region of the Templars, central forest and lakes (pack lunch)	9h breakfast at school Green day: Nature tourism In activity	9h breakfast at school Visit some traditional handicraft factories and land products in Ferreira do Zêzere region	Return to your countries or Vist Mafra	Return for your countries or Visit Lisbon (free day)	Return to your countries
	13h – in school		Pack lunch	At school	free
19.30h Reception at school Distribution of accommodation	Students – activities in school Teachers – 1º work session		Adventure tourism	Workshops of gastronomy and handicraft	Visit Sintra
At school	Families (or canteen)	Families (or canteen) / teachers dinner	Families (or canteen)	Folk Festival, handicraft and gastronomy	free
			Teachers meeting / 2ª work meeting	Folk Festival, handicraft and gastronomy	In youth hostel in Oeiras- Lisbon

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.