Eleven students from St. Aidan’s school were chosen as Ambassadors to represent the school on the Erasmus+ Irish Mobility - 'Europe, A Heritage Made of Stories' hosted by Killinarden Community School in March. They were accompanied by St. Aidan’s librarian Ms. Flynn and Ms. Kerr. We were joined on the mobility by Killinarden Community School librarian Ms. Kerr, teachers and their nine student Ambassadors. Killinarden Community School hosted us and the school based events for the week. St. Aidan’s students gathered each day in the Library from 7.30 am and the students from Spain and Czech Republic who were living in Avon Rí for the week arrived each morning at 8.00 am to St. Aidan’s to collect teachers and students for the day’s activities in Killinarden Community School. Each day started with a fantastic breakfast at 8.30 am in Killinarden student canteen with the day’s activities starting at 9.00 am. The students working in teams took part in Comic writing Workshops with author Alan Nolan producing a fantastic comic – ‘DRAT! Foiled Again’: - Dr. Cyrus wants to destroy Europe and conquer the planet. Only five Superhero Teams stand between the evil genius and world annihilation. Who will succeed? The students also worked hard to win the Kahoot quiz designed by the Irish Team and based on the novel they all read in advance of the mobility ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’. The international students from Spain and Czech Republic each prepared an activity in advance of the mobility to present at the school: - the Czech Team presented a very moving presentation about what the book suggested to them, the Irish Team prepared the Kahoot Quiz based on the book plus an Action Bound Virtual Reality Quiz/Tour of famous Dublin Statues. All the teams had to take part in the quiz answering questions about each statue; finally, the Spanish Team produced several short dynamic videos plotting different aspects of the book. It was a learning experience as the students were given an insight into each culture. The students and teachers also managed take part in a number of Literacy Get Together’s visiting ‘Make A Book 2020’ in Dun Laoghaire County Council Offices, touring the Lexicon plus joining in an author talk with Carmel Kelly who talked about being an author and the inspirations for her books. The students and teachers also managed to take part in readings from translated children’s books in Hodges Figgis bookshop, helping to celebrate World Book Day 2020. We also enjoyed author workshop with Dr. Barry Fitzgerald who helped the students celebrate Engineers Week in Ireland by giving a talk about ‘How to be an Engineer and Build an Iron Man Suit’. He signed a number of copies of his books which he presented to the students who could answer his quiz questions. The students were enthralled! The remaining days saw many cultural highlights including a visit to Butler’s Chocolate Factory and MoLI – Museum of Literature Ireland. However, by far the most riveting part of the week was the Magic and the Céilí in Avon Rí on Thursday night, with magician Reuben entertaining the students and teachers with his magic followed by singing, dancing and socializing! The students also had favourite moments and forever friends. The entire mobility was an enlightening and fun experience. We were sad that our Italian partners could not join us because of the border restrictions due to the pandemia .We all said goodbye hoping to meet again in the last mobility but unfortunately it was not possible in the end . "From 1st to 7th March 2020 there was the third exchange of student groups.Everything was ready to start another marvellous adventure with this Erasmus project, but we couldn’t partecipate to the meeting because of the Covid 19 emergency. Anyway,our partners shared their experience with us by sending us all the photos, and we tried to be present at the meeting with the work we had prepared and sent to them: the bookface, the Timeline of the most important events in Italian literature in the second half of the 20th century and a powerpoint presentation about the book all students had read for this meeting: “The boy in the striped pijamas” written by the Irish writer John Boyne. Written by Italian team"
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With regard to the aim of the project to obtain a current vision of reading as a leisure activity among teenagers and at the same time, a creator of culture, in November 2019 (from 16th to 22nd), the fifth transnational meeting was held in the town of Bitetto in Italy, where the Liceo Scientifico Amaldi is located. It consisted of training meeting on New Technologies and methodologies (Visual Thinking, Time line, Interactive Maps, Mind Maps, creation of animated comics, Accelerated Reading and their implementation) to introduce them as a methodological tool in the classroom and as results of the project. A meeting was also held to organise the activities to be carried out with the students at the next meeting in Ireland. To complement our knowledge of the cultural heritage and always in relation to the project, the cities of Bari and its National Library, Taranto and the archaeological museum and Lecce were visited. For all the participating teachers, this meeting provided not only knowledge to be applied in the classroom, but also a unique experience of bonding, exchange of experiences and teamwork with our European partners. "12- 16 November 2020 – Italy Activity C5 From 12 November to 16 November there was the second meeting in Italy of the project and this time it was a teachers’ meeting. The title of the activity of this meeting was ICT’s and new methodologies, its aim was to exchange experience and ideas about the use of technology in the process of reading. Teachers acquired new skills and work technique to foster reading in teenagers from comparison and sharing of ideas. The meeting started on 12 November with the arrival in Bitetto of Spanish, Czech teachers and Irish librarians. We all met in the evening to have dinner at a restaurant in Bitonto, and everybody was very happy to meet again. The next days teachers met at school in the morning and followed a workshop about the use of technology for the realization of Infographics, mental maps, interactive animations, maps and timeline, the knowledge teachers acquired during these seminars would be useful to create work and products by students for the last two exchanges of pupils in Ireland and Spain. In the afternoon the group went to visit places of historical importance of our region and precisely to Altamura, Bari with its National library and historical centre, to Taranto with its National archeological museum and finally Lecce with its famous expression of baroque art. The mobility was well organized and the training so appreciated by all, everybody liked it very much and the project intent was fulfilled again: we reinforced our friendship and exchange our views about the topic of the project , Our partners praised the contact they had with Italian life and culture. Written by the Italian team" 20TH MAY, MONDAY . Czech Republic, Spanish and Irish team arrives at the airport of Bary, the families picked up the students and the teachers had a first meeting in a restaurant in Bittonto. 21ST MAY,TUESDAY Students and teachers arrived at Liceo Amaldi and met the headmistress and teachers.There was a visit to the school and the students showed a presentation they had prepared from the different cities and regions they came from .In the afternoon, they worked on the project having a meeting with the journalist “Francesca Borri” (via Skype).Finally, the students and the teachers visited the historical town center of Bittonto. 22nd MAY,WEDNESDAY The students were working in the project during the morning with activities such as “I suggest this book because …" There was a Powerpoint presentation about the Italian Constitution and we placed the mobile library in the hall of the Liceo Amaldi school. After that ,the students continued working with the presentation of different activities related to the book “Don´t tell me you are afraid “.(Kahoot ) We visited the beautiful city of Polignano in the afternoon. 23rd MAY,THURSDAY The students and the teachers arrived to the school and we left for Bary to visit De Gemmis library, the historical town center, Saint Nicholas Church and the Cathedral. Then, we came back to Bittonto and the students worked on the project getting involved in the theater project of the school and they prepared some free interpretations of the book “Don´t tell me you are afraid “.They were really great performances. We had a meeting via skype with Giussepe Catozella, the author of the book “Don´t tell me you are afraid “.It was a great experience because the students could ask him a lot of questions about the process he followed to write the book. 24th MAY,FRIDAY we visited two of the most important cities in the south of italy,Otsuni and Alberobello 25th MAY,SATURDAY In the morning, we had a meeting with the author “Leonardo Palmisano”,teacher of philosophy at University, writer, editor and investigator. After that lecture ,we left to Matera, European Capital of Culture in 2019 and we visited Casa Noha and the cathedral.It was quite remarkable the visit to the “Sassi” in Matera. An incredible city carved in the mountain. The students reported about their experience during the mobility in E-twinning (twinspace ) after coming back to school .Finally ,we had a meeting with the local authorities and teachers and students received their Certificates of attendance . Farewell Party 26th MAY, SUNDAY Departure of Spanish team. "SHORT TERM EXCHANGES OF GROUPS OF STUDENTS 20 – 26 May 2019- Italy Activity C4 From 20th to 26th May 2019 there was the second group exchange of students and this time it took place in Bitetto, Italy. On Monday our partners were welcomed by nice weather, by our students and their families. On Tuesday students and teachers arrived at school and met the headmistress and the teachers, they visited the school, then we started with foreign students’ presentations but this activity was interrupted because there was an earthquake and we had to evacuate the school , we spent some time in the schoolyard and we had lunch there prepared by students’ families and teachers, despite the particular situation, it was a perfect occasion to socialize and taste Italian homemade dishes. After lunch we all went to Bitonto for a guided tour in the historical center. The following day we spent the morning at school to share the activities related to the project prepared by the students of each school. Italian students started with a powerpoint presentation about the reading and commentary of the first 12 articles of Italian Constitution. The other activity was the presentation of the work related to the reading of the book “Don’t tell me you are afraid”by Giuseppe Catozzella: a powerpoint presentation by Italian students, a rap song by Irish ones, a video on you tube by Czech students and a Kahoot questionnaire prepared by the Spanish team. Late in the morning, we left for Polignano where we arrived at lunch time and we ate a special food of the place , a sandwich with octopus, it was delicious and everybody liked it. After that, we visited the town and our partners could experience and appreciate the beautiful landscape and sea of our region. On Thursday morning we went to Bari to visit the De Gemmis Library and the historical centre of the town. In the afternoon the students worked at school on the project and this time it was the reading through theatre activity: Italian students showed their partners how they had read several parts taken from different theatrical works on the same topic and had used the acquired knowledge to rewrite the script and make a theatrical representation of it. Then, there was a meeting with Giuseppe Catozzella the author of the book “Don’t tell me you are afraid” via skype during which students could learn about the writing process and the reasons that lead this author to write. The students continued to work in groups to prepare free interpretations of the book, some students interpreted it through drawing, others through dancing and others by finding other literary productions with the same topic on the Internet, this activity was so challenging and stimulating for all students and they enjoyed it so much. The following day we had a all day trip, in the morning there was the visit to the city of Ostuni, with lunch at a vocational school in Locorotondo specialized in food and gastronomy, in the afternoon we visited Alberobello and it was so amazing for our partners to come into contact with such a unique ancient construction like the “Trullo”. Friday was the last day and a very busy one. It started in the morning with the meeting with another writer and journalist Leonardo Palmisano during which students could discuss directly with him about his journalistic activity. Later we left for Matera and when we arrived we had first lunch at a typical restaurant and then there was a guided tour to the “Sassi”. It was such a gorgeous experience for all of us. When we came back to school we made the last activities about the project: the exibition of a mobille library with the books that students’ parents had read when they were teenagers, and then all students wrote their opinion and impressions about the mobility on the Etwinning platform. Finally, there was a farewell party at school, we ate, danced and listened to music and said goodbye to each other. During the stay the new and existing friendships were mainly stregthened. The meeting was a success, all students experienced how reading can be turned into an active process and a source of pleasure as well as knowledge of the world. Written by Italian team" The last week of March 2019, three teachers of the project traveled to Dublin, specifically to Dun Laoghaire to visit and learn firsthand how reading and writing is worked and boosted in Killinarden and St Aidan's Community School. In addition, it gave us the opportunity to learn about Irish culture through books and their authors.
On Thursday, March 28, we were at Killinarden and St Aidan's Community School, where the librarians, Mairéad and Martina, showed us around their schools and, above all, showed us what their Library Project consists of and how they put it into practice. That day, the meeting was held to agree on the activities to be developed with the students during the mobility to Italy taking place from May 20 to 26, 2019 (continuation of the mobile exhibition, meeting with an Italian author, group work related to the book "Don't tell me you're afraid", organization of a Kahoot, Rap, booktoubers and theatre). In the afternoon, we visited the Folklore Collection at University College Dublin. There we were able to learn a little more about Irish culture and customs through photos, objects, books and recordings that are preserved there. To put an end to the day, we enjoyed a typical literary tour to the pubs in Dublin. In addition to appearing in famous literary works, such as James Joyce's Ulysses, Dublin's pubs have been frequented by some of the world's most famous authors. On Friday, 29th March, all the project participants moved to Dublin to visit the Trinity College Dublin where we could visit the Old Library with its popular Long Room and, after that, The Book of Kells, considered a masterpiece of Celtic Christianity and one of the most important remains of religious medieval art. After that, we headed to Trinity College Dublin, to visit the Pollard Children´s Book Collection where we were shown an exhibit of the legacy of Mary “Paul” Pollard, former Keeper of Early Printed Books, which is the largest collection of children’s books in Ireland. After having lunch, in the afternoon, we had a coffee meeting with a librarian of Trinity Comprenhensive School of Ballymun, who explained us that the Arts Guarantee and Library through Children and Young people, who read for pleasure and take part in structured cultural classes such as music, arts and drama, tend to be more engaged in school and have better academic skills and improved wellbeing. Finally, we had a traditional Irish night with an Irish and European dinner and a show at The Merry Ploughboy Irish Pub in Rafarthan, in Dublin. On Saturday, 30th March we did the Wicklow Tour all day long. We could see why Wicklow is known as “The Garden of Ireland”. In the evening we had dinner in a seefood restaurant located in Glasthule in Dun Laoghaire where we said farewell. The stay of six Marmaria students with two teachers in the Czech city of Písek from 13th-19th December has been an unforgettable experience, one of those that really contribute to creating Europe. For most of the people in the group, it was the first time they had visited the Czech Republic, largely unknown for most of the Spanish population. But even for those of us who had already been to Prague, the experience has been totally new, since we have stayed in a town, Písek, which is about 100 km south of the capital, and our students have been hosted by the families of the Czech students, so they have had the opportunity to know first-hand how people live in that country, as well as their customs, schedules, routines, free time activities, ways of socializing, meals, their currency ... we even dared to say something in their language! These are things that are not normally available to the average tourist. Meanwhile, the teachers have had the opportunity to exchange experiences and strengthen ties with our Czech partners, but also with the Italians and Irish, with whom we are creating a group that increasingly understands, gets along and works better with each other. The educational community of the Obchodní Akademie Písek gave us a very warm welcome at their school, making a great effort to make us feel at home at all times. The students have been able to enjoy the Student Club, with a table football session and parties included. But there has also been a lot of work: setting up the mobile exhibition working hand in hand with students from other countries, choosing the logo of our project in a vote in which the whole school participated, or trying to draw common conclusions about the results of the survey that had been previously designed and had been a success of international participation, with more than 1500 responses. But one of the activities that most impressed us, because of the preparatory work that we know it entails, was the magnificent performance that the Czech students made for us of a fragment of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion. In addition, they invited us to share with them their Christmas preparation activities, such as the rehearsals for their Christmas Carols Concert in the beautiful Church of the Birth of Our Lady. And they were able to boast of their beautiful city, showing us its historic center, the interesting hydroelectric power station or its Gothic bridge, the oldest in the country. There was even time to go bowling, or to movies in a group, activities that were great fun for our students. The excursions that the Czech teachers organized for us were also an extraordinary experience. We visited the city of Český Krumlov, which is a World Heritage Site, and covered as it was with snow, gave us many photos that looked like real postcards. The views from the castle left us speechless and looking forward to coming back soon. And the next day, Prague awaited us, with its magnificent libraries of the Strahov Monastery and the Klementinum, but also with the elegant Cathedral of St. Vitus, with the unique Charles Bridge and with an Old Town Square “invaded” with Christmas spirit, markets, mulled wine stalls and Delicious typical sweets. In short, a magical atmosphere, only tarnished by the terrible cold that accompanied us throughout the stay. In short, we have enjoyed an intense but very enriching week, from a personal and academic point of view. In these moments when the usefulness of the European Union is so questioned, it is necessary that there are initiatives like this one, in which our students have the opportunity to really know what differentiates us, but above all, what brings us closer and how much we share with our European partners. |
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