Here are some newspaper aricles about the meeting in Norway:
1. Article in a Norwegian newspaper (Bergen Times)
Bergen Times article - click here
Here is the translation:
Playing in the snow for the first time
Youths from different European countries have become enthusiastic about Bergen in recent days. To the teenagers from Portugal the experience was special. They had never seen snow before.
‘The snow is fun, but a cold experience. To be honest, we didn’t expect it to be as cold as this,’ says Ema Madeira.
She and the other students from Portugal are spraying each other with snow and snowballs are flying through the air. They have taken the funicular to the roof of Bergen, but are more interested in the snow than the view. There are plenty of sights in Europe, but snow is harder to get close to.
‘The trip to Bergen has been an experience for life. Everything is so well organized here. All the people are nice. In addition, everybody speaks English. That was a surprise,’ say the 17-year-olds Ema Madeira and Beatriz Ferreira from Portugal.
Learning more
45 youths and 17 teachers from Norway, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and Portugal have for a week been crisscrossing Bergen and its outskirts. The teenagers are participating in a Comenius project under the aegis of the EU. Teachers at Arna upper secondary school have organized the meeting.
‘Youngsters learn a lot more from being together than reading about each other. They understand cultural differences, but also discover how similar they are in many respects even though they live in very different parts of Europe,’ says teacher Kåre Øvregård.
The students are staying at the YMCA’s centre at Nedre Korskirkeallmenning, within walking distance to many of the sights in Bergen. They have strolled along Bryggen, tasted fish at Lerøy Seafood. The Hanseatic Museum, the aquarium, and Nordnes have been visited. In addition they have traveled along the Hardanger fjord to Voss, visited Arna vidaregåande skule as well as Åsane church, Ikea and Fantoft stave church.
‘This week has been fantastic! Obviously, they do find that many things are different here in Bergen from what they are used to at home. At the same time they realize that young people have a lot in common. They listen to the same type of music and have the same dreams and longings. Not least, they understand how important language is,’ says teacher Huw Edwards-Westlake from Spain.
Getting to know their own city better
The youths from Bergen have been hosts and tried to make sure their new friends have enjoyed themselves.
‘Working with teenagers from other countries in a common project is a good idea. We understand other youngsters better, pick up a few words in different languages and have a really good time together,’ say Charlotte Hansen, Marte Hauge and Dorthe Neu Hatland.
You don’t necessarily have to travel far to learn something new. When they visited the aquarium they walked through narrow alleyways, which was an enjoyable experience. Because the youths from Arna had never walked there before.
2. Article in a Polish newspaper (Gazeta Czechowicka)
Polish newspaper article - click here
3. Polish online article (www.czecho.pl)
Poland - online article - click here
direct link to he article
Here is the article and its rough translation:
Czechowiccy uczniowie w Norwegii
Ugotowali pyszny barszcz i bigos
(dodano: 2010-12-13)
Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie w Czechowicach-Dziedzicach po raz kolejny przystąpiło do realizacji projektu współpracy wielostronnej Comenius.
Projekt „Wartość na przestrzeni pokoleń i granic geograficznych” zaplanowany na 2 lata ma pomóc młodzieży w poznawaniu Europy oraz nauce języków obcych. Oprócz czechowickich uczniów i nauczycieli w projekcie udział bierze młodzież z Niemiec, Hiszpanii, Portugalii, Norwegii i Holandii.
Pięcioro uczniów czechowickiego „gimpla” – Aneta Biernot, Natalia Jarczok, Agata Kłaptocz, Martyna Żmij oraz Marcin Błaszcz oraz nauczycielki: Dominika Owsiany i Ewa Zemanek uczestniczyło, w ramach projektu, w ciekawym spotkaniu w Norwegii.
Uczniowie z Czechowic-Dziedzic podczas tygodnia spędzonego w norweskim Bergen zwiedzili szkołę norweską, przedstawili prezentację multimedialną o swoim kraju, regionie, mieście i szkole, poznawali języki obce, a kolegów z innych krajów uczyli języka polskiego. Nie zabrakło również czasu na zwiedzanie m.in. norweskich fiordów, oceanarium i miasta Bergen.
Były też dwa wieczory z międzynarodowym gotowaniem, na które czechowicka grupa przygotowała pyszny bigos i barszcz biały. Oprócz wspomnień ciekawą pamiątką są karty albumowe z krótką charakterystyką każdego z krajów partnerskich, którymi wymienili się uczestnicy spotkania oraz setki zdjęć, z których powstanie wystawa fotograficzna.
Jeden z uczestników projektu Bartek Kopeć z klasy 2 c, ma nadzieję, że wiosną przyszłego roku wyjedzie na kolejne spotkanie tym razem do Hiszpanii. Możliwe, że przy okazji projektu spełni jedno ze swoich marzeń i zobaczy stadion piłkarski ukochanej FC Barcelony.
- Oprócz zagranicznych wyjazdów uczestnicy projektu współpracują ze sobą realizując zadania projektowe.
Jest to niepowtarzalna szansa na wykształcenie u uczniów postawy tolerancji oraz świadomości europejskiej oraz na przełamanie stereotypów dotyczących innych narodowości. Chcemy, by projekt przyczynił się również do wzbogacenia ogólnej wiedzy uczniów i pozytywnie wpłynął na rozwój ich osobowości oraz zmotywował do doskonalenia umiejętności językowych.
Dla nauczycieli to szansa na wymianę myśli pedagogicznej, a także dzielenie się wiadomościami i doświadczeniami związanymi z nauczaniem - dodają koordynatorki projektu Ewa Zemanek i Dominika Owsiany.
SK / czecho.pl
The Maria Sklodowska-Curie Comprehensive School in Czechowice once again started a Comenius project.
The project "Values Across Generations and Borders," is supposed to last for two years and is designed to help young people in Europe with language learning. Apart from the students and teachers from Czechowice, people from Germany, Spain, Portugal, Norway and the Netherlands are also involved in the project.
Five students: Aneta Biernot, Natalia Jarczok, Agata Kłaptocz, Marcin Błaszcz and Martyna Żmij and teachers: Dominika Owsiany and Ewa Zemanek participate in the project and took part in an interesting meeting in Norway.
Students from Czechowice-Dziedzice during the week they spent in Bergen, visited the Norwegian school, showed a multimedia presentation about their country, region, city and school, learned foreign languages, and taught the Polish language to their friends from other countries. They also had the chance to explore Norwegian fjords, visit the Bergen Aquarium and the city of Bergen.
There were also two nights of international cooking, for which our group prepared a delicious “bigos” (traditional Polish dish made of sauerkraut, tomato puree, sausages and spices) and a traditional Polish soup. In addition to souvenirs and wonderful memories of the visit, Polish students also brought scrapbook pages with brief descriptions of the partner countries and hundreds of photos. Some of these photos have been used to create a photographic exhibition.
One of the Comenius Club participants - Bartek Kopeć from class 2 c, is hoping that next spring he will leave for another meeting, this time to Spain. It is possible that on the occasion one of his dreams will come true and he will see the stadium of FC Barcelona - his beloved football team. In addition to trips abroad, the partner countries work together to realize certain tasks planned in the project.
It is a unique opportunity for students to develop tolerance and European awareness and to break stereotypes about other nationalities. We want the project to help enrich students' general knowledge and to influence the development of their personalities and their motivation to improve their language skills.
For teachers it is an opportunity to exchange teaching ideas and share experiences related to teaching - add project coordinators Ewa Zemanek and Dominika Owsiany.
