Apart from the videos we exchanged among the partner-schools, we organized different celebrations about Europe Day.
SPAIN:
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| Each pupil of the Spanish Pre-Primary and Primary schools made a drawing of a person and put them all together in a giant poster about EUROPE DAY 2015 |
SLOVENIA AND CROATIA TOGETHER FOR EUROPE DAY 2015
This year we marked Europe Day, which we
celebrate within the Comenius project, in a very special way. Together with our
partners, The Croatians, we arranged to honour this occasion with a two-day
visit from our Croatian friends and with a one-day visit of a Slovenian
kindergarten to Croatia.
We were excitingly expecting the day when we
would meet the friends from the Croatian kindergarten. We were excited about
their arrival to our kindergarten. After lunch we went on a boat trip which
took us along the Ljubljanica River, and then we took a walk up to the
Ljubljana Castle. On our way back to the centre of Ljubljana we enjoyed the
lovely weather by indulging in delicious ice-cream. In the evening hours we
took the bus back to the kindergarten where we then had a »pancake party«,
played grass hockey, rode the bikes and overall built new friendships. In the
late evening we set up beds in the playroom and before falling asleep we had a
real pyjama party. What is interesting is that at night some leprechauns visited
us and left a small surprise gift under each child's bed. The following day we
had workshops on various topics and unfortunately time passed very quickly
until we had lunch and our new friends returned back to Croatia.
In two weeks’ time we Slovenians then had a
chance to enjoy a one-day trip to our Croatian friends. They were very happy
about our arrival. In the kindergarten they organised a workshop on the topic
of face painting and in the playground they set up an inflatable castle. After
lunch we headed for a wonderful zoo where our guide told us many interesting
facts about wonderful animals. Once again it was not long before we had to say
goodbye, but we promised to each other to soon meet again and continue the
annual common celebration of Europe Day.
IRELAND:
The Irish school invited
parents, school management and the local community to the afternoon events. They
started with a ‘Handshake for Europe’ in the school playground. The European
Anthem ‘Ode to Joy’ was played on loudspeaker and they all listened while Third
Class pupils described the events of May 1950 and their significance. All
present then took part in a group handshake.
The next
part of the day was the ‘Taste of Europe’ exhibition. They had prepared foods
from Greece, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Germany, Denmark and Spain. It was fun
sampling the different tastes.
The final
event of the day was the ‘All About Europe’ Quiz. Four teams of 6 from 5th and 6th
class competed in a close contest over 4 rounds. The parents and other adults
present were impressed at how much the students knew about the EU and the
European Parliament. The most difficult round proved to be assembling a jigsaw
of Europe against the clock! Team ‘Denmark’ emerged as winners with 2 points to
spare.
