Summary TPM2 Greece
We met, planned
and enjoyed our stay in Athens (written by Ľudmila Heľová)
The plane touched
the Greek land and cold wind blew sea wind around us. Thanks God, we were
there. And since that moment our teachers´ meeting started.
We´ve never been to
Athens before but it was easy to get to hotel thanks to information we received
few days before arrival. Orange trees
everywhere, watching the sea surface, taxis all around us, many motorbikes, amazing
monuments, mix of an old and a new world, streets full of tourists became our
new life for the next few days. For us, the teachers from central Europe, from
the small town, where everyone knows everyone, this was very fascinating point
of our stay.
The first day at
school was full of enthusiasm of meeting other teachers from the project. At
the beginning we exchanged our presents/souvenirs from our countries. Everyone
enjoyed welcome ceremony presented by children – singing, playing traditional
games, hand-made gifts....
Then the discussion started. What did we do in
the project, how did we solve problems, who worked well, who could work
more.... everyone expressed his ideas to work effectively.
The
teachers who were interested in job shadowing could attend different lessons at
this primary school. Maths, English,
Science....we had time to compare our teaching styles, seating organizations,
methods, decorations. Everyone found at least one thing that impressed him.
In the afternoon we went to the Stadium where the first modern Olympics
took place, our guide told us many interesting facts about history and
development of modern games and we saw Olympics torches in the museum. Our next stop was Greek parliament and we saw
changing the guards. In the heart of
Athens we spent nice afternoon walking around the historic centre, feeling the
atmosphere of traditional and modern culture, food, souvenirs, sweets, magnets,
soaps all around us. Just a while
to sit and breath these moments.
Thursday.
Another day full of activities. The bus took us to the museum where children
learnt about traditional games of ancient Greece and childhood of their great-grandparents. For us, teachers, pleasant
moments watching children in actions, „learning by doing“. After that our learning part began new
information about Acropolis, walking around these monuments. Modern museum
built under Acropolis hill is architecture star of modern age. It was worth to visit, too. Enough
information, enough activities for one
days. Now it´s time for traditional food „gyros“.
Morning
coffee and the last working day started. Few more information to the following
activities in the project, discussion, suggestions, last job shadowing.... and at the end
farewell ceremony. We said goodbye to
the children, packed our notebooks and left the school. In the evening, we
arrived to the traditional Greek restaurant and our last meeting was organized
in a non-formal place, with typical dinner and music. The rhythm of songs mixed
with laugh and our cross-country friendship became deeper.
| And what did we talk about? |
·
Moving box
·
World Dance Day
·
Meeting in Spain
·
Skype session
·
Evaluation of the first project
year
·
Important dates for the second
project year
·
TPM Italy
·
Meeting
in Slovakia
·
Meeting in Germany
See you soon in Spain!
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