Friday, November 16, 2007

Project meeting in Lodz, Poland

In October 22-27, 2007, the three teams met in Lodz, Poland.
The objective of this project meeting was to plan the activities and establish the responsibilities of each team for the 2nd year of the project.
On Monday, we were met by our Polish partner, Ewelina, and we had the afternoon off to rest after the long trip to Lodz and to wander through the city.http://s172.photobucket.com/albums/w13/DanielaB_album/?action=view&current=f3c644f0.pbw http://s172.photobucket.com/albums/w13/DanielaB_album/?action=view&current=6c682a50.pbw
On Tuesday we met at the Polish school, and we presented the schools and the activities within the project so far. http://s172.photobucket.com/albums/w13/DanielaB_album/?action=view&current=4a91d64c.pbw
On Wednesday we worked on the activity plan for the second year of the project. According to this plan, the Polish school will work on the new collection of games and a game about the European countries involved in the project; the Turkish team will work on upgrading the project website, so that the e-book and all the activities and end products for each peoject year be promoted on the website; and the Romanian team will keep the diary of the project through the project blog and work on the video documentary of the project. This documentary will also be published on the website.
On Thursday we visited a historical Polish city, Torun. There we visited the ruins of the Teuton Knights Castle, a beautiful church and the Planetarium. http://s172.photobucket.com/albums/w13/DanielaB_album/?action=view&current=406852e3.pbw
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On Friday we went on a sightseeing tour of Lodz and we spent some nice time at the Manufaktura (a former factory, now transformed into a fashionable leisure and shopping centre). http://s172.photobucket.com/albums/w13/DanielaB_album/?action=view&current=38e7e507.pbw
We had the opportunity to taste the Polish cuisine, as each day we had lunch and dinner in another restaurant. http://s172.photobucket.com/albums/w13/DanielaB_album/?action=view&current=0bf12b0d.pbw http://s172.photobucket.com/albums/w13/DanielaB_album/?action=view&current=24a6b688.pbw http://s172.photobucket.com/albums/w13/DanielaB_album/?action=view&current=c5498c89.pbw
The students participating at the meeting were hosted by local families. In the morning they had activities at school and in the afternoon their programme was organised by the host families.
Some of the Romanian students' opinions:
"It was an unforgetable experience and great fun. At first I thought differently because the Polish were not as open as the Romanians. But in the end everything was OK. The host family was very nice. I liked the city very much. Lodz is a very old city and this makes it special. The school in Lodz was ... different. I cannot compare it with our school. But the school is clean, with nice students. The last day spent there was unforgetable: we went to the Zoo and then we had a lot of spare time, only us, the teenagers. We went to the cinema at the Manufaktura, then we had lots of fun at the leisure centre. I did not sleep at all the last night there. I walked out in the garden and took advantage of the last hours there. We made special friends there and I'm looking forward to see them again in Romania." Izabela
"I liked the trip to Lodz. But I did not like the host family, for they did not make me feel good there. The host school is nice, but the classes are not so good, because the teachers don't challenge the students to study. The thing I liked best was the flight to Warsaw. It was for the first time I travelled by plane. I was also impressed by the trip to Torun. I also liked the last day spent in Lodz, for we had it to ourselves, without the presence of the teachers. I hope April comes faster so that we can meet again." Angelica

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Project meeting in Poland

This message comes in Romanian and English version:

Cinci elevi si trei profesori de la Scoala "Vasile Alecsandri" (fosta Scoala nr.5) din Baia Mare vor participa la reuniunea de proiect Socrates Comenius 1 "Junior inventors".
Reuniunea va avea loc in perioada 22-27 octombrie 2007, in localitatea Lodz din Polonia.

Proiectul "Junior inventors" se afla in cel de al doilea an de derulare.
Obiectivul proiectului este cercetarea jocurilor si jucariilor pe care le inventeaza copiii pentru a se distra in timpul liber.
Mai multe informatii puteti obtine de pe website-ul proiectului: http://www.junior-inventors.com
sau de pe blogul proiectului: http://junior-inventors.blogspot.com. Tot acolo puteti vedea aspecte de la activitatile derulate pana in prezent in proiect.

Scolile partenere sunt:
Coordonator european
Scoala cu clasele I-VIII nr.5 Baia Mare (care de curand si-a schimbat numele in Scoala cu clasele I-VIII "Vasile Alecsandri" Baia Mare)
Parteneri:
75 YIL KIRKÖY YATILI ÝLKÖÐRETÝM BÖLGE OKULU, KIRKÖY, Turcia;
si
LICEUM OGOLNOKSZTALCACE UMIEJETNOSCI TWORCZYCH (HIGH SCHOOL OF CREATIVE SKILLS) LODZ, Polonia.

English version:

Five students and three teachers from Scoala "Vasile Alecsandri" (former Scoala cu clasele I-VIII nr.5) from Baia Mare, Romania, will participate in the meeting of the Socrates Comenius 1 school project "Junior inventors"
The meeting will take place in Lodz, Poland, in the period October 22-27, 2007.

The "Junior inventors" project is in it's second year.
The main objective of the project is the research of the games and toys children invent to have fun in their spare time.
More information about the project and photos from the activities so far you can see on the project website: http://www.junior-inventors.com and
on the project blog: http://junior-inventors.blogspot.com
Enjoy watching them

The partner schools are:
The european coordinator:
Scoala cu clasele I-VIII nr.5 Baia Mare (which has recently changed the name to Scoala cu clasele I-VIII "Vasile Alecsandri" Baia Mare)

Partners:

75 YIL KIRKÖY YATILI ÝLKÖÐRETÝM BÖLGE OKULU, KIRKÖY, TURKEY
si
LICEUM OGOLNOKSZTALCACE UMIEJETNOSCI TWORCZYCH (HIGH SCHOOL OF CREATIVE SKILLS) LODZ, POLAND.

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Show must go on ...

The summer holidays came and went....
We worked hard on the activity report. We also worked hard to make the renewal of the project eligible for funding, for we wanted to finish what we started.
So, our project has recived aproval and got the grant to go on.
So the show must go on!
As any end is a new beginning, the end of summer means a new school year.
The new school year means the opportunity for the project team to reassemble and start having fun while working on this beautiful project.
We are sorry that Atilla has left the project team, but we welcome our new Turkish partner in the project, Ozden. I hope she will enjoy working with our team.

So
We are going to meet again. This time in Poland.
The meeting will take place in Lodz, in the period 22-27 October 2007.
The children are eager to meet their friends again.
Plans are made to travel, others to welcome the teams.
We are all counting the days left untill the meeting.

So
Poland, here we come!


Zilele vacantei au venit si au trecut....
Am muncit mult pentru a scrie raportul final al primului an de proiect.
Am muncit serios si pentru a scrie un proiect de reinnoire eligibil pentru finantare. Si, iata, proiectul nostru a primit finantare. Asa vom putea termina ceea ce am inceput.

Cum orice sfarsit inseamna un nou inceput, sfarsitul verii inseamna un nou an scolar.
Inceputul noului an scolar inseamna si posibilitatea ca echipa de proiect sa se reintalneasca si sa lucreze cu placere la proiect.
Ne pare rau ca Atilla nu mai este cu noi in echipa, dar ii uram Bun venit noii noastre colege din Turcia, Ozden. Sper sa-i placa munca impreuna cu echipa noastra.

Deci
Ne vom intalni din nou. De data asta in Polonia.
Reuniunea de proiect va avea loc in localitatea Lodz, in perioada 22-27 octombrie 2007.
Copiii sunt nerabdatori sa isi reintalneasca prietenii.
Unii fac planuri de calatorie, altii planuri de a primi oaspetii.
Toti numaram zilele care au ramas pana la plecare.

Deci
Polonia, iata-ne, ca venim!

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Reuniune de proiect scolar Comenius 1- Mus, Turcia

COMUNICAT DE PRESA

Elevii Katalin Molnar si Richard Guarza, din clasa a VII-a, insotiti de doamna profesoara Daniela Buda, de la Scoala cu clasele I-VIII nr.5 Baia Mare, au participat la reuniunea de proiect scolar Socrates Comenius 1 JUNIOR INVENTORS. Intalnirea a avut loc in perioada 23-28 aprilie 2007 in localitatea Muş din Turcia.
Proiectul JUNIORS INVENTORS (“Micii inventatori”) este un proiect scolar Comenius 1, finantat de Comisia Europeana. Are ca scop cercetarea jocurilor si jucariilor pe si le inventeaza copiii pentru a-si petrece timpul liber. De aici titlul proiectului: “Micii inventatori”.

Proiectul se afla in primul an de derulare. Scoala cu calsele I-VIII nr. 5 din Baia Mare este coordonatorul European al proiectului. Ceilalti parteneri in proiect sunt scolile: 75. YIL KIRKÖY YATILI İLKÖĞRETİM BÖLGE OKULU din Turcia si Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace Umiejetnosci Tworczych (High School of Creative skills) din Polonia.

Grupul tinta al proiectului sunt copiii in varsta de 6/7-14/15 ani.

Produsele finale pentru primul an de proiect vor fi:o culegere de jocuri realizata de catre elevi din cele trei scoli, care va fi publicata atat in format de cate pe support de hartie, cat si in foemat electronic, pe website-ul proiectului; o colectie de jucarii realizate de micii invatatori; un e-group (junior_inventors@yahoogroups.com ), care faciliteaza comunicarea intre membrii echipelor de cercetare. Produse finale partiale pentru primul an vor fi website-ul proiectului(http://www.junior-inventors.com), blogul proiectului (http://junior-inventors.blogspot.com/), care sunt updatate periodic, si care vor fi finalizate doar la sfarsitul celui de al doilea an al proiectului.
Programul intalnirii a fost foarte bogat. In cadrul reuniunii au fost discutate urmatoarele activitati ce vor fi desfasurate in cadrul proiectului pana la finalizarea primului an de proiect, modalitatile de realizare a produselor finale, cu sarcinile specifice fiecarei echipe.
Delegatiile din Romania si Polonia, impreuna cu echipa gazda, au fost primite in mod official de catre autoritatea educationala locala (corespondentul Inspectoratului Scolar Judetean), unde s-a discutat despre sistemele de invatamant din cele trei tari.
La seminarul de prezentare a proiectelor Socrates, organizat de catre coordonatorul de proiecte internationale din Muş , domnul Ercan Mutlu, a fost prezentat si proiectul “Junior Inventors”. Au luat cuvantul domnul Rahmetulah Yakti, directorul scolii gazda, care a prezentat proiectele derulate in scoala din Turcia, doamna director Daniela Buda, care a prezentat proiectele derulate in scoala din Romania, domnul Michal Kulik, coordonator de proiecte in scoala din Polonia. La seminar au participat reprezentanti ai autoritatii locale, directori de scoli, personalitati locale, elevi, profesori si parinti.
Tot atunci a fost organizata o expozitie cu jucariile realizate de copii din cele trei scoli partenere.
Schimburile culturale s-au realizat prin spectacolul de dans realizat de catre elevii scolii din Turcia, prin gazduirea copiilor din Romania si Polonia la familii din localitate. De asemenea, arta culinara turceasca a fost un alt element de comparative intre culturile celor trei tari. Vizitarea unor obiective istorice si culturale au oferit prilejul de a discuta despre legaturile istorice dintre cele trei tari de-a lungul istoriei.
Vizitarea celor trei institutii de invatamant, scoala gazda, liceul pedagogic si o gradinita din orasul Muş, au prilejuit comparatia intre nivelul de dotare al scolilor din tarile partenere.
Si in domeniul lingvistic s-au realizat schimburi: pana la sfarsitul reuniunii, atat elevii, profesorii, cat si familiile gazda au invatat unele cuvinte si expresii din limba engleza si cele trei limbi nationale: turca, romana si poloneza.
Partea de metodica a utilizarii jocurilor la clasa a fost asigurata printr-un atelier de lucru organizat cu profesorii de engleza din zona, sustinut de doamna profesoara Daniela Buda. Atelierul de lucru a fost foarte apreciat de participanti si s-a convenit realizarea unui e-group care sa faciliteze schimbul de experienta si informatii intre profesorii de engleza turci si romani.

Friday, May 04, 2007

Project meeting in Turkey

Our second project meeting took place in Muş, Turkey, in April 23-28, 2007.
We had a great time there. Atilla Gündeş, our host, together with his headmaster, Mr. Rahmetulah Yakti and their team, made our visit to Muş unforgettable. The program was very rich and interesting.
We had our technical meeting, when we discussed the details for the activities to be finished till the end of the first project year: the publishing of the book containing the collection of games, which will be done both in paper format and as an e-book on the project website, the upgrading of the website with the latest information and photos from the meeting and those with the toys the other children made; the updating of the project blog, etc.
The three project teams, from Poland, Romania and Turkey were met by the Education Authority from Muş and we had an interesting discussion about the educational systems from the three coutries.
During the Seminar organized by our hosts, the Socrates programmes were presented by the project coordinator from the Muş region, Mr. Ercan Mutlu, after which, the representatives from the three partners of project were requested to present their schools and the project "Junior Inventors". Mr. Rahmetullah Yakti, the Headmaster of the Turkish school, talked about the projects his school has been involved in. Then the Romanian school was presented by Ms. Daniela Buda, the Headmistress of the school. Mr. Michal Kulik, project coordinator, introduced the Polish school to the audience.
There was a large audience present at the seminar: many officials, headmasters of schools, pupils, teachers and parents attended it. On this occasion, the audience could admire the toys made by the children within the project.
The inter cultural exchanges between the 3 teams had several aspects: the beautiful dance show the children from the host school organized for the seminar, the fact that the visiting children were hosted by local families, which was an opportunity to compare different life styles. Another comparison item was the splendid Turkish cuisine, full of flavors and spices. Visiting the historical and cultural places offered us the occasion to talk about the common aspects throughout the history.
In Muş we visited the teachers' high school, very modern and well equipped, a kindergarten, and, of course, we visited the host school from KIRKÖY. This was a chance for headmasters to exchange experiences in running the schools.
When we visited the Turkish partner school, we met the local officials from the village, teachers and the pupils of the school, as well as the Turkish "junior inventors".
Another aspect of the inter cultural exchange was the linguistic one: by the end of the meeting, all people involved (pupils, teachers, host families) could say a few words and phrases in the four languages: English, as the communication language of the project, Turkish, Polish and Romanian. It was fun to hear people communicating, using words from the four languages.
There was also a methodological aspect of the meeting: the teachers of English from the schools from KIRKÖY and Muş gathered for a methodology workshop: the topic was "Using games in teaching English communicatively". The workshop was successful and the people gathered there decided to keep in touch in order to learn more active teaching/learning methods by exchanging such experience via the internet.
We enjoyed the visit to Turkey and made a lot of friends there.
So we think we achieved all our objectives for the first year of the project.
Next project meeting will take place in autumn in Poland, for the second year of the project.

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

April 2007 - 2nd project meeting - Turkey

We are preparing for the second project meeting.
It will take place inTurkey in April 22-28 2007.
The plane tickets are ready. We are very excited when we think about travelling to meet our partners again.
We are a great team.
The work on the project is also fun for the teachers and children alike.
We are also going to meet another culture.
We expect that the inter cultural aspect will have a great impact upon our children.
They will see that children in other countries are not much different than they are, just the customs of the place differ from country to country.

Saturday, March 17, 2007

Projectwork update

We have been working hard on the project so far. The children are enjoying themselves while working on the project.
The research teams have been collecting the games, some of these games have already been translated into English, I mean those that will be published in the book. We also decided to try something new: an ebook, which will contain the collection of games in the four languages: English, Romanian, Turkish and Polish. By the end of the first year of the project, that is in July, we'll have the book and the ebook ready.
The primary school children have been working on making the toys.
They will be ready by the time we will have the second project meeting. The toys will be exhibited during the project meeting .
The next project meeting will take place in Turkey in April 2007.
Please leave your comments if you like our blog and website. We appreciate your feedback.


Lucrul la proiect se desfasoara conform planificarii si eficient. Copiilor le plac activitatile care au loc in cadrul proiectului.
Echipele de cercetare au adunat deja o parte din jocuri si au tradus in engleza pe cele care vor fi publicate in cartea de jocuri.
Incercam sa facem si ceva mai nou, care nu era in plan: o carte electronica (ebook), ce va fi publicata pe site-ul proiectului si care va cuprinde jocurile adunate in limbile engleza, romana, turca si poloneza.
Copiii de la clasele primare au lucrat pe jucarii. Acestea vor fi gata pana la urmatoarea intalnire de proiect, care va avea loc in Turcia in luna Aprilie 2007, si vor fi expuse la intalnire, ca parte din produsele finale ale proiectului.
Daca va plac blogul si website-ul proiectului nostru, va rugam sa lasati comentarii. Apreciem feedback-ul oferit.

Saturday, February 17, 2007

Project website

Hello again!
Atilla has been working on the project website and it looks great!
Check it out and give us feedback.
The address is: http://www.junior-inventors.com/
Enjoy watching it!
Daniela