Kehtna Comenius project 2008-2010

Projekt Meeting in Germany 26.-30.05.2010

2010-05-31T16:47:00.006+03:00

After the trip

Gladis tells:

On Wednesday morning we went by minibus to Tallinn Airport. From there we departed to Munich. In Munich we had enough time for sightseeing in the centre of the town. I liked its old and big houses very much. There were also lots of people. After we had wandered around for some hours we boarded another plane for flying to Leipzig. When we had reached it, we were transferred to Delitszch and there we met our host families. Teachers stayed in a hotel. My host family was very friendly and I didn't have any communication problems with them. We chatted in the evening and after that I went to sleep because I was very tired of the flights. Next morning I went with my host Lina to school where we attended one lesson.

On Thursday we walked around Delitzsch and listened to mayor's speech. We had lunch in their school and after that we were taken by bus to Lakeland where we saw several lakes and listened to our guide. In the evening we had barbecue party.

On Friday morning we attended two lessons more together with our hosts and we had school lunch. After lunch it was time for presentations. I was nervous about it quite much, but afterwards I felt very ok. I think our presentation turned out well. In the evening my host family took me to Leipzig where we went sightseeing and shopping. On Saturday we visited Dresden which boasted with a beautiful old town and I could see horse carriages in the streets. There were also lots of people. After touring in Dresden we had some free time. We wandered around the town and had a meal in the cafe. When I was back at my host family, we spent some time there and went to a bowling club. We had so much fun there. I stayed up late and chatted with my host familyIn the morning we had breakfast all together again. I was glad to go home although I liked Germany very much. My host family took me to a museum which was very interesting and after that I said good-bye to Lina. Out of all towns we managed to visit, I liked Dresden best. It had the nicest old town. I was surprised that everybody was friendly with each other in the school, something I don't often see in Estonia. Everybody was so friendly and great. I made many friends and I liked this trip very much. I am grateful for the opportunity to travel and meet other people.

Sandra tells:

On our way from Tallinn to Munich we saw on the plane our Chancellor of the Exchequer Juhan Parts. When we had arrived Munich me and Gladis visited airport shops where we tested different perfumes. We also went all together sightseeing. After that we flew to Leipzig and from there by bus to Delitzsch and we were accommodated in families. I stayed with a very nice and friendly family. I could taste a raw meat dish there which was very tasty.

The next day I had to attend an English lesson where I was asked to speak about myself and Estonia. There were very many questions. I also made friends with my host's friends who were very excited to communicate in English. We took part in town tour which was organised by students and we also visited Lakeland - an area that used to have coal mines. Before that some of us went to a park, to the playground and we saw graduating students being dressed in colourful clothes. They also decorated their bikes. The next day we met the headmaster and gave presentation about making an eco brochure. I was quite jaded about the presentation, but I think I did well. We also visited Leipzig by bus and had lots of free time there. So we could visit a tower that belonged to Technical University and we could see the town well from there. On our last day we went to Dresden by bus and it took a couple of hours. Our guide talked rather silently but I enjoyed her enthusiastic and enthralling walking tour. As my feet were tired from lots of walking, me and Gladis had a long rest on the Opera House square by the enormous monument and we fell asleep there. I liked Dresden best for its posh old houses and churches. When we were back in Delitzsch my host family took me to a Greek restaurant. As I couldn't understand much of the menu, they ordered food for me. I could eat three different meat dishes, lamb meat included. I was said Greeks have a tradition to drink a shot of alcohol before and after every dinner. So I was given a shot of "children alcohol" as well although it tasted quite strong. After that we headed to a bowling club where we took lots of photos, watched Eurovision song contest. Departing was very sad and I said good-bye to everybody.

On Sunday morning my host and her father took me to the airfield and Porsche factory. I also saw wild horses. People were very friendly and I could experience new things and make new friends. I will miss everybody.

Richard tells:

In Munich we went sightseeing. We did a lot of walking. When me and Reino were interested mostly in technical stuff, then Gladis and Sandra liked shoe shops. Before heading back to the airport we managed to see famous Glockspiel in the tower of New Townhall. In Leipzig we met Birgit at the airport and went by bus to Delitzsch where our hosts were waiting for us. I was hosted by Tim who was good at English and very helpful. After I had managed to unpack my suitcase, we went to see football where I met Tim's friends. The next day we went to school. The students had prepared a walking town tour. After all of this we had some free time which we used to prepare for going to BBQ party. At the party everybody danced Macarena and other dances. We were entertained by several acts - gymnasists, dancers, singers. After the party me and Tim had to drive a few kilometres for getting back home. The next day we all met in the school again where we attended lessons. I visited Art and Music lesson. We were shown a great chemistry perfomance where they had fire and bangs and lots of different substances were mixed together to get effects. After this chemistry show we had a little break and then presentation time started. In the afternoon we went canoeing and shopping in Leipzig department store until we reached Alte Nikolaischule while being soaking wet. The next day we went sightseeing in Dresden. Me and Reino and others strolled around, had a meal at McDonald's and we also happened to see some sort of footall promotion event. When our spare time was spent, we went back to the bus. At home me and Tim took bikes and went to a bar where we could order drinks. Then we went all together to a bowling club. There we gave autographs to each other, took photos. I was sharing the last place on our track. We could also see Eurovision final show on tv. When Eurovision had finished, it was quite late. When leaving everybody said farewell. The next day was already our last day, but it was also the only day I could sleep at least till 10am. It was a great trip.

Reino tells:

On the plane me and Richard played with PSP to make time go faster. When we arrived in Munich, we had lots of free time between flights and we went to town by train. We did some shopping there. After that we went back to the airport by train and flew to Leipzig. From there we were escorted to Delitzsch where we were welcomed by our hosts. At "home" I unpacked my stuff and talked about myself. The next day we had town rally and after that barbecue party. At the party we were dancing and singing, eating and drinking. Me and Valentin danced Macarena and other dances and after the party we went back home. The next day we attended lessons in the school. I had an English lesson and Geography. After that we presented our project work. In the afternoon we left for Leipzig where we wandered around. In Leipzig me and Richard and our hosts went canoeing in the river and we saw muskrats. We had a race and eventually managed to bring victory to Estonia. After that - being wet from canoeing- we went to a department store. Soon Tim's mother picked us up and took us to a bar where we could talk about our day and then we drove back home. The next evening we went to play bowling. We shared autographs and watched Eurovision. After bowling and Eurovision had ended, we started to say good-bye. The last day was the only one when I could get a good rest and I slept till noon. When I eventually had woken up, I was taken to an Italian restaurant for lunch and after that we met teacher in the hotel, said farewell and left for the airport.

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Meeting

2010-05-21T08:43:00.005+03:00

On 20th May our eco brochure was finished. It is nice and attracts viewers to visit our region. Making it was really a lot of work. Students together with teacher Evelyn rehersed the presentations in English. Now we have a few more preparations to go before our trip to Germany.

13 May Meeting

2010-05-17T14:25:00.006+03:00

After an exhausting sports day our team got together again. Our eco brochure had to be finished. Material is put together by now and editing the texts may start. We have scheduled to get it ready by next week.

We also discussed our trip to Germany. Not all students have got a reply from their German hosts yet. Teacher Meeli promised to make some inquiries. In addition students have to practice their presentation. So last week will be busy again.

Celebration

2010-04-30T20:43:00.006+03:00

On 30th April we celebrated school's 176th and Comenius programme's 15th anniversary. In addition to other interesting events, we had a festive buffet lunch at the end of the schoolday. Dishes were made by teachers and students and the recipe book which was formed by our Comenius partner schools, was used. The event was great: tables prepared with dishes originating from different countries, well behaving people and nice atmosphere.

Our project's last bigger task is making an eco-brochure. For that reason classes have made boardgames. They turned out just wicked! The best results were from classes 4,1,7A and 7B.

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Eco Brochure

2010-04-08T16:18:00.004+03:00

Today we shall continue together with Sandra, Reino, Lauri and teachers Katre, Meeli and Riinaga creating our eco brochure. We have planned to prepare two routes. One would be for going by bus to see the sights in our home parish and another would be photo shoot in ancient nature. We hope to be ready with it soon.

Project Meeting

2010-03-18T15:45:00.003+02:00

Today Evita, Liisbet, Karol and Gladis together with teachers Meeli and Evelyn put up a board about the project meeting in Spain. Previously they had chosen out photos and attached description for each photo.

Feedback from Spain

2010-03-11T23:00:00.008+02:00

Our team is back from their journey. Today they shared their impressions about the trip.
Liisbet´s feedback is:
"We flew to Spain by three airplanes. After the second flight we had about 6 hours´ free time and so we went sightseeing in Madrid. When we arrived in Ferrol, it was already evening and we went straight to our host families. The next day we went to school and listened to presentations about the electricity saving campaign.
After that we ate lunch and walked to the town. We visited the shore as well. It was very beautiful, but also windy there. In the evening we went to our families.

On Friday we talked about healthy food and we did well on our presentation. We also made posters about this topic. We ate lunch and went to a national park called „Fragas do Eume“. It was very beautiful there and we loved being there. In the evening I went out dining and bowling with my host family. We arrived home about twelve o´clock and went directy to bed.
On Saturday we visited Santiago de Campostela. We went to a cathedral there and after that we had free time, which we used up by shopping and just looking around. In the evening we went to a restaurant and after that back to home. We had to wake up at 3.30, because we had to go to our teachers´ hotel and after that to the airport. We arrived in Estonia by three airplanes again. I really liked Spain and I´d love to go back there some day again."

Evita thoughts of the trip:

"On 3rd March, we reached Spain. On 4th March, we had a tour in Ferrol. We walked on the beach of the Atlantic Ocean and in San Felipe`s castle. The next day we went to Fragas do Eume national park. There was a dark-green coloured river. Next to the river, there was a pathway which was 8 kilometres long. On the other side, there was a small path, where we could also walk. On 6th March we went to Santiago de Compostela city. In Santiago we visited an old cathedral. It was really huge and gorgeous. We also went on its roof. Later we visited Hercules`s tower, but we couldn`t get inside because it was closed. In the evening we went to a restaurant for a meal in A Coruna town. On Sunday we came back to Estonia."

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Project Meeting in Spain 3rd March 2010.

2010-03-04T15:53:00.003+02:00

On 3rd March morning our team set off to Tallinn airport at 4.15 AM, to fly through Copenhagen to Madrid, from there to Santiago De Compostela. At 9 PM the team met the Spanish hosts and got on the bus to Ferrol town.
We have received a message that our team has succesfully arrived and that they have already had a look in Madrid.

Spain Project Meeting Preperations Conclusions.

2010-03-04T15:49:00.002+02:00

First of all, teachers put together the slideshow how the traditional foods were made and how the students decorated the recipes. The school is still running the energy savings program Switch Off. A brief conclusion of how much we've saved so far was made and the presentation for the project meeting.
In order to perform well, Liisbet, Evita and Lauri practiced their English presentation with teacher Evelyn for a few days. Liisbet and Evita communicated actively with the Spanish host students.
Lauri was a humble letter writer. Tuesday, before heading off, we discussed what we should take with us. Everyone was excited about the trip.

Project Meeting

2010-01-29T08:54:00.003+02:00

Now that the recipes are decorated we can send them to Birgit in Germany.

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Project Meeting

2010-01-24T18:53:00.004+02:00

The 14th January was filled with a lot of work. Teacher Meeli organized the plane tickets to Spain in March. This time our school will be represented by our school teachers Evelyn Kurg, Edda Rei and Raul Metsaäär and students Lauri Mölder, Liisbet Karjane and Evita Lohu. They already filled their forms, which the host families were already waiting for. As we decided to continue saving energy in our school, Reino started preparing the energy savings board. We are going to start on the 18th January and we will finish at the end of the school year. Sandra will ask the principal for the school electricity readings every week. The boys divided the school into sections, where they will monitor the corridor lights. We hope that the whole school will start saving energy with us. The girls with teacher Edda chose 3 recipies. Evita and Gladis translated them into English with teacher Evelyn. Liisbet and Karol with the teachers put together the energy savings board.

On 21th January Reino, Ingomar and Lauri finished the energy savings table which they put up on the ground floor. We anxiously wait for the results. The girls started decorating the recipes with teacher Edda.

Healthy Estonian Food Day.

2009-12-28T21:21:00.007+02:00

On 16th December we made our final preperations for the healthy foods day.

On 22th December we had the healthy Estonian food day, where the students could learn about eating healthy foods.

The day started with Anne Kersna lecturing forms 4.-9. . At the beginning of the lecture she introduced a book titled Estonian Food. We found out a lot of interesting stories about food customs, food ingredients, their origin and healthyness. At the end of the lecture students could show what they had learned at the lecture. The day continued with preparing the dishes. Students made traditional Estonian dishes, served them in the school canteen and decorated their recipes. The judges evaluated how the dishes were served, how the food tasted and how well the recipes were decorated. The best cooks were forms 5, 7b and 7a students, whose dishes tasted delicious and were beautifully served.

There were also special prizes given out:

6b - the school cook added their food to the school canteen menu.

8 - best homemade food.

9 - simple and traditional.

6a - the most Christmass-like food.

The project team has to decide next year, which Estonian dish we are going to present to our project partners to taste.

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Project meeting and Citizen Day.

2009-12-03T23:13:00.002+02:00

On 25th November we had a project meeting. We made conclusions about our trip to Ireland and divided the tasks for the tomorrow's presentation. Our newest task is to prepare healthy and traditional food. We are going to make a proposal for the school to hold an Estonian food day.

On 26th November the school celebrated the Citizen Day. The citizen week's main topic was the European Union. On the same day we shared our experiences with the school about Ireland. Every student that was on the trip talked about one day in Ireland. Teacher Meeli Jänes presented some pictures we took in Ireland.

On 3rd December we had another project meeting.

*we made preparations for the Estonian food day. On 22th December every class will prepare a healthy and traditional Estonian food. There will also be a lecture about healthy eating. Evita and Gladis drew an info poster.

*the boys and the teachers updated our school board with pictures taken in Ireland.

*teacher Meeli was already preparing our next project meeting, organizing the trip to Spain.

Project meeting in Ireland

2009-11-23T13:05:00.006+02:00

The Comenius project meeting was held in Ireland, Colaiste Chraobh Abhanni School, 18.-22. November.

On Wednesday we came to school with our luggage and after two first lessons we left for Tallinn Airport. The first flight was to Copenhagen. From Copenhagen we caught a plane to Dublin. In Dublin we were welcomed by an Irish teacher Ruth. From Dublin we went to Bray on a bus. The teachers stayed in hotel "Royal" while the students were taken to their host families. On Thursday morning we went to Colaiste Chraobh Abhanni School. There were a lot of students and they all had the same school uniforms. There were also a lot of exchange students from different parts of the world.

The feedback of "Switch Off" campaign was given in Media classroom where each school presented their results on energy savings. The students also attended classes. After lunch we went to Glendalough National Park where due to bad weather walking tour was canceled. Instead we visited the museum and watched a 5 minute movie about the history of nearby buildings and history. After that we visited a Christmas gift shop. Then we returned to school where students were picked up by their host families and teachers taken to their hotel.

On Friday morning we gathered in school again and students took part in classes while the teachers were having a project meeting in the music class. After that we went to see the tallest waterfall in Ireland which is 121m high. Later we our sightseeing tour continues in Powerscourt Manor and park. There we had a chance to walk around the park and see beautiful ponds and lakes, in addition to the sculptures. We also had lunch in the castle cafe. When we had eaten, a group photo was taken. After that we went back to school and students could experience making scones. After tea break we went into the music class where we were taught an Irish folk dance. In the evening we got together again in a fancy restaurant where we could order a three course meal.

On Saturday we went to Dublin by train. Our sightseeing day started with a bus tour. It was an open top double-decker. After the bus tour everyone got an hour to explore the city. We were also supposed to see a prison, but due to bad weather the trip was cancelled. After that we headed to the train station to catch a train back to the hotel and host families. Some of the students and teachers got off in Bray, the other in Greystone.

On Sunday morning we had to get together in hotel Royal. We took a bus to airport. From the Dublin Airport we flew to Oslo where we had a lot of free time.

Everybody was back at home by midnight and the next day we all were at school.

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Energy saving week conclusion

2009-11-11T20:57:00.004+02:00

Electricity expenses in school:

Normal week 12-19 October the amount of electricity used was 3062.2 kW.
First saving week(unsuccesful, while singers used our school rooms at the weekend) 19-26 October the amount of electricity used was 2928 kW.
Second saving week 2-9 November the amount of electricity was 2404.2 kW.

Amount of electricity we saved up:

First saving week 134.2 kW, it makes only 4%.
Second saving week 658 kW, it is 21%. SUPER!!!

We are going to continue saving up electricity because of the positive results.

Project meeting in Estonia

2009-11-05T13:02:00.001+02:00

Project Meeting in Estonia
(18-20 Sept)

On Friday afternoon, people from Germany, Turkey, Spain, Ireland, England and Pärnu arrived in front of our schoolhouse.
The majority of students and teachers had assembled outside of the school to welcome the guests. When everyone was back inside, we gathered in the assembly hall where the English teacher explained what was going to happen. After that younger folk dancers entertained the audience. The Headmaster gave his speech, our English teacher forwarded his text in English. Then Märt Riisenberg, a representative of Kehtna local governemnt also gave his welcoming speech. After that, a tour in the schoolhouse was held. After the school introduction we had lunch in the canteen. After the lunch we gathered in the media classroom, where every country showed its film, in which they introduced their homeland. Turkey had 3 films. After the film presentation we went back into to the assembly hall, where 4-member teams were formed and teams had a quiz about the watched films. Then each of the teams had to draw a poster related to the title of the project - "Life in Harmony with Nature". In the evening students went to their host families and teachers went to "Krantsi Kõrts" for dinner. On Saturday morning at 10 am we again assembled in front of the school and the tour around Kehtna began. It lasted for an hour. At 11 am we headed to Järvakandi Glass Museum. After two hours' tour we went to Nõmme pub. When everyone had eaten, we headed to Rapla. After 30 minutes' shopping in Rapla we finally arrived at Tarsi village, where we had a walk in the Keava bog. Once we arrived back at Tarsi farm, every country had a chance to perform folk dances typical to their country and others could practise. At 21 pm we left Tarsi and the students went back to their host families and the teachers to the hostel. On Sunday morning we gathered in front of the schoolhouse and the foreign guests went on the bus and headed to their homeland.

Meeting

2009-10-08T15:56:00.003+03:00

Today we had the first more serious project meeting, where we discussed the following subjects:

1. Campaign "Switch it off!". The British had prepared some nice stickers which we sticked above switches in the halls.
On the first week of campaign (12.-18. Oct) we will read and record the electricity meter. The second week (19.-25. Oct) the school will be notified about energy consumption and the energy saving week begins. At the end of the week Janette and Sandra collect the electricity meter results and a conclusion will be made. 10 students are going to carry out the same experiment at home and on the 6th November the conclusions will be sent to Ireland.

2. National foods. It was decided to organize all-school competition for national foods/dishes. The students shall prepare a dish and take a picture of it. We will add more information about the making of the food, degustation and whether we should recommend the foods to foreigners.

3. Eco-tourism brochure. We will begin the campaign next half-term.

4. The project meeting will now start on Wednesday at 15.00.

5. The project meeting which will be held in Ireland was discussed.

6. As teacher Airi is leaving for a few years from school, then it was decided that the students shall uphold the blog by themselves. First Richard will start, to whom teacher Airi Metsaäär will teach blogging.

7. Online food survey. The Spanish teachers have made a very good nourishment survey, which can be filled in internet. At least 20 students are required to test it before 18. During the biology and English classes the teachers Evelyn and Meeli agreed to test it out with 5.-9. grade students. Teacher Airi will test it with 2. grade students.

Like mentioned earlier, the first meeting was very bust - many things were discussed and decided.
The meeting was attended by: Lauri, Ingomar, Reino, Janette, Sandra, Richard and teachers Meeli Jänes, Mall Niinemets, Evelyn Kurg, Edda Rei, Airi Metsaäär.

See you next Wednesday!

Project meeting in Estonia

2009-09-21T20:16:00.002+03:00

Last week was very busy for us. Therefore we haven't put any new information here.

On 16th-20th September we had a project meeting in Estonia. All the partners came to visit us. It was nice and interesting time. We could meet some new friends and it was nice to see our old friends from previous meetings.

While there are 2 schools from Estonia who are in this project, our guests started their visit from Pärnu and ended in Kehtna. These two places are absolutely different - Pärnu is a town near the sea and Kehtna is an agricultural village almost in the middle of Estonia. But our guests from England told us that it was exciting to see the different places. It might be a bit complicated for the students who had to stay for 2 nights by the families in Pärnu and then for 2 nights by the families in Kehtna. But they managed it well.

The weather was sunny all these days. It rained before the meeting and it started raining again this night.

Project meeting in Turkey

2009-06-10T15:27:00.002+03:00

27. May - 1. June we participated in a project meeting in Turkey, in the city of Yenifoca. Teachers Airi Metsaäär, Meeli Jänes as well as a 9th grade student Oliver Männik attended at the meeting. At the meeting we discussed what we had already done and what are the tasks we should fulfill at the project meeting in Estonia. We participated in an international eco-related conference in the city of Foca, where a representative of each country introduced their country's educational system and enviromental actions. At the conference Turkish enviromental scientists made a presentation of global issues. We got a lot of interesting ideas. The presentation about our school was made by the teacher Airi Metsaäär. During our visit in Turkey, we also went on some intresting tours.
The reception was warm, friendly and caring. The people there were very helpful.

Meeting the teachers from Pärnu school

2009-05-12T15:37:00.002+03:00

On Friday, 8th May the teachers Airi Metsaäär and Mall Niinemets went to Pärnu Koidula Gymnasium to meet the project partners. We discussed the things we have done already and made some plans for the project meeting in Estonia on 17.-20. September. We also talked about the project meeting in Turkey.
In my opinion the meeting in Pärnu was useful and successful. Next time we will meet in Kehtna.

Airi Metsaäär

Making a stand about meeting in England

2009-04-16T15:25:00.003+03:00

Students and teachers are making a stand with pictures and information about the meeting in England.

Posters "Healthy Food"

2009-03-31T17:10:00.002+03:00

We draw posters of healthy food during this week and there will be a competition. Some students started their posters today.
Here are the posters:

The lecture about healthy food

2009-03-31T17:05:00.003+03:00

Today whole school got more information about healthy food. After the lecture everyone could have different snacks of healthy food.

Meeting in England

2009-03-26T17:31:00.003+02:00

We are back from the project meeting in England in Halifax. We enjoyed our 5-day-long journey very much. The students communicated intesivly. The teachers spent a good time together. It was great to get new information about England and see nice places. Our special thanks to Charlotte and the other teachers and to the host families. We are looking forward to meet you all in Turkey in May.

We had a meeting today, where we showed the pictures and talked about the journey to the other teachers and students who were interested in England.

Here is a nice picture of our friendly Comenius family.

Preparations for the meeting in England

2009-03-12T20:45:00.001+02:00

The last things have been done. We watched our film, it is ready now. Students practiced the slide show about Estonia that they are going to talk about in England.

We are looking forward to meet our project partners in England.

Summaries of stepcounters

2009-03-08T17:58:00.001+02:00

Today we analysed the stepcounter task.

Winter in Estonia

2009-01-26T15:40:00.001+02:00

Some pictures of our snowy winter.

Analyzes

2009-01-22T16:51:00.004+02:00

Today we started analyzing the results of the questionnaire that the students had filled in. Some diagramms are ready.

Stepcounters and film

2009-01-15T16:45:00.003+02:00

9th graders (13 students) finished the stepcounter task in the end of December. Now the 8th graders are doing it.

We still go on with working on the film. Today the students made some pages with subtitels for different parts of the film. On 18th December they looked for some nice pictures for the film. On 11th December we watched the film and changed the ideas about adding something and how it should look like finally.

The montage of the film

2008-12-03T15:13:00.002+02:00

On 24. November we started to montage the film. Today we gathered again to go on with the film.

Reflecting the project work at school

2008-11-20T19:32:00.001+02:00

Teachers Meeli and Mall put some information about the project on the wall. The students helped to translate the texts about the partner schools.

Step counters

2008-11-06T22:18:00.002+02:00

We got together to exchange the teachers' experience on using the step counters. Teacher Airi gave the students some advice of using the step counters. The students measured their steps and started using the step counters.

ACTIVITIES IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER

2008-10-30T16:48:00.012+02:00

I meeting
On 4. September the teachers Airi Metsaäär, Mall Niinemets, Meeli Jänes and Tiiu Speek had a meeting where Meeli introduced our next Comenius project "Life in Harmony with Nature". teachers decided to have regular meetings with students on Thursdays.

II meeting
On 11. September the teachers told the students, interested in the project work, about the project "Life in Harmony with Nature". We discussed the activities we are going to do at first. We chose the students who are going to film and divided the places they are going to film. Finally we took a picture of our project team and sent it to England to put it on the webpage.

III meeting
On 25. September we discussed the filming. We wrote down the texts and our English teacher Tiiu helped us to translate them into English. We decided to film our school's Teachers' Day and Sports Day that were coming soon.

Making the film

On 29. September we filmed in Keava bog to introduce the nature of our home neighbourhood. The weather was nice and warm. We found many cranberries that include a lot of vitamin C. Some of us went home with wet feet. We got the first experience on filming. It was fun and interesting.

On 3.October we celebrated the annual Teachers' Day in our school. The students of 9. grade gave lessons and got their first experience on teaching. The lessons and the ceremony were filmed by the project team.

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Translating the questionnaire

On 9. October students: Raimond, Siim, Mariliis and Oliver translated the questionnaire into Estonian. Teacher Airi put the questionnaire up in e-formular (www.eformular.com/airimets/kysimustik.htm). It is easier to fill it in there and to analyze the results.

Some pictures of translating.

Filming the school

From 13.-16. October Raimond, Mariliis and Oliver filmed the classes, school house and students' life. They got some help from Jane, Marelle, Kristel, Lauri, Ranner, Larsen and teachers Airi and Meeli. On 16. October the IT supporter of our project Raul Metsaäär helped us to download the filmed material to a computer. He also taught us how to montage the film.

IV meeting

It is our autumn school holiday. Teachers Airi, Mall and Meeli got together to learn how to use the step counters. They decided to use them for a week then it is easier to teach the students later. Teachers made plans for the next term at school:

to reflect the project work at school
to fill in the questionnaire in e-formular
to start using the step counters
to finish the montage of the film

Later on teachers Airi and Meeli wrote some texts and put the pictures to the Estonian blog of the project. They started a new blog in English that is for the project partners to get to know what we are doing. HERE IT IS!!!