2 December 2013

Boys from Belle Vue

Hello! We were very happy to see you at our school. We spent a good time with you. We were with you in many places, such as museums, bowling and some others places. We were happy to see you in England in our school, and we hope that you enjoyed the week with us.:) From : Maros Benak and Aleksejs Bohans
We had a great time with our European friends. I wish they could come again and we could spend some time together. We had a great time learning about their culture and tradition. We enjoyed going to Saltaire and Industrial Museum to tell them about the past life in Bradford. Adam Lal, Tufail Shaikh THANK YOUUUUU!
Thanks to all our friends who came to Yorkshire for our project. We hope you learned about our industries and how they are changing, and that you had some fun, too! It was great to see you again, and look forward to working together more in future.
It was a wonderful time that we had from our visitors, especially the trips we had to industrial museums. I wish they could come back again and have another great time together. We asked questions about our new friends'school life and how they lived in their country and found out really fascinating things about their lifestyle. Our best time was when we had the party on Friday because we had lots of fun and learned new things like how to do juggling. Also we watched a show that was very fun and exciting, and we got to try new things out. The food was excellent, too. Thank you to our friends for coming to Bradford. We hope to see you again sometime. Bilal Hussain,Danish Khan,Abbas Ditta Bradford,Belle Vue Boys

Bradford Team

I think the Comenius project is very helpful for being confident and meeting other people. It was great going to trips with other people. I liked it the when we had the party. We took pictures using the photo booth. I got on well with all the visitors mainly the Spanish boys. The party was a fun time and it was the last time we were going to meet. So we all had the best time we could. I wish we could have a chance like this again! From Masab

8 November 2013

Great week in Bradford!

It was really nice here! Our host family house was great and host was fantastic. Our rooms were lovely. We did lot of things like get to museum almost every day and get bowling on thursday and ate pizza :D :D We were at leeds shopping and going again today. Best regards from Jere, Olli and Oskari, the Finnish team from Vatiala School

Slovak kids in Bradford

Greetings from England.
We have visited Soltaire, that used to be a mill and now it is an art galery and there are shops. We went to the Industrial museum that used to be a mill as well. We have learnet how the industrial revolution changed the life in this region. We saw how fabric is made of sheep wool. We have also visited the coal mine and learnt how they used to work in the mine before and later. We have made lots of new friends, played games, worked together. We visited Doncaster. We created a new virtual APP for cell phones. It was a great experience. We enjoyed every minute of it. :-)))





The Hungarian team again

Our best day was Wednesday, when first we went to Doncaster where we worked in groups. After that we had a guided tour in the school where we saw lots of colourful rooms and things. We loved it. After lunch we went outside. There was a big place for the children where we could play games.
In the afternoon we went to an underground tour which was very interesting. It was dark but we had lamps. We enjoyed it.

It was a good idea that we could come here. We enjoyed the time in England. Our favourite time was when we went to the mine, but today we are going to ride a horse, so we are looking for it. Tomorrow we are going to home.

Thank you for your hospitality, see you again!

Peti and Marci from Budapest

Barcelona Team

We are the Barcelona team and we're glad to travel to England. We've enjoyed everyday with our companions of all around. We've learned more English and many other languages like Suomi, German, Hungarian, etc.
In Bradford the English accent is very closed and it's hard to understand, but with time we've learned a lot of this accent.
The food is very oily here, but it's good, like fish & chips or typical English breakfast.
On Monday we were on Saltaire's factory, museum, art exposition, etc. We've also visited Saltaire's park and church. It's very interesting all the history around this term.
On Tuesday we went to normal classes of Bradford people. The education system is very different than Spanish, because here they use a lot of technology while they learn. In the afternoon we saw some fireworks because here it's a festival day.
On Wednesday we went to Doncaster. There, we went in a primary school that participated on Comenius project. It's very beautiful and big, the music room is the best because is very big and has a lot of instruments. Later, we went to a charcoal mine. It's 140 m. underground and it's very big, but so thick.
On Thursday we were all day in the school doing activities. The best activity was doing a T-Shirt design and a business plan. We've talked a lot with our group companions and we're glad to know them. In the afternoon we went to the Hollywood Bowl. It was very great and we've enjoyed a lot.
On Friday, we're waiting for the party that we have to celebrate. There is a lot of music, food, concerts, etc. here. We're waiting for a football match, too.
The conclusion is that we've enjoyed a lot this travel to Bradford, and we're glad to were here.
Thank you!

Our week in Bradford

Our week in Bradford was realy interesting. We have seen a lot of things I think, the coolest thing was the Bonfire with it's fireworks.We were sleeping with one friend in one familie and learned much about the daily schoolday. We had to find out about the working days in the past so we visited many museums and mils and a mine. We had a lot of fun and made many  interesting things like to make a t-shirt. In the Afternoon we all went with our hostetfamilie to had fun. The hostfamilies were friendly and polite.

7 November 2013

Belle Vue Brilliance

The children have had a wonderful day at Belle Vue finding out about the importance of promoting your business through a range of media. They started off looking at the importance of a logo and designing one that would match their business idea. Next, they moved on to designing t-shirts that promoted their business before finishing off with an advert again using persuasive forms to spread their message. 

Here are some of the comments from the children today:


Joshua – Shaw Wood

I have learnt that logos are worth more than just plain T-shirts and have enjoyed designing my own.

The difference between Belle Vue and Shaw Wood is that we end at 3:00 and Belle Vue finish at 4:00.

Kai – Shaw Wood

I have learnt that they don’t make fabric like they used to do in Bradford because it’s too expensive.

The difference between Shaw Wood and Belle Vue is that they have a bigger playground.

Danish – Belle Vue

I have learnt how to advertise different products and the importance of a logo. It has been fun because we have drawn the shirts ourselves. Also, we have started making shirts in Bradford.

Joan Nadal Santos – Spain

I have enjoyed designing my t-shirt, the football and eating in the canteen. I have learnt how to design a t-shirt and that Salt’s Mill was shut down in Bradford because of the fabric being made in other places, but that it was then made into a gallery so didn’t.

My school is smaller. In my school we have a computer each. We have both boys and girls in my school.

David – Spain

In Bradford people have different accents and they sound different. In Spain we sound the same. The people speak very fast. I have learnt about the lifestyle here, I like it.

Till – Germany

In my school there are boys and girls. We have only 30 PCs in school, they are very old. We can’t have phones at school or the teacher will take them. No internet.

Marek – Bradford

I enjoyed designing my t-shirt and it was interesting watching the business project presentation because we found out about jobs for us in the future.

Belle Vue Day 4 

The 3rd day - Hungary

On Tuesday we ate eggs for breakfast in the morning. At the school we attended on 2 lessons, Maths and English. We think that these lessons were very very easy, but we liked it. After that we went to Saltaire. This is a village where we were walking. There was a big park, some statues and the river. We visited a museum as well where we saw David Hackney`s pictures. These pictures were very colourful, nice, and we enjoyed it. Thank you for this day!  Peti from Budapest
Thank you Shaw Wood School for hosting our visit on Wednesday! We had excellent guides showing us around school. It was interesting to have a little taste of designing an app. The programme Apps for Good gives us a new way of solving a problem in a co-operative way. Thank you Patrick  and Bob for the introduction into a future way of learning.

After visiting Shaw Wood we went to the National Coal Mining Museum in Wakefield. We went 140 underground and experienced how miners have been working during the last two hundred years. We had an excellent guide, who taught us proper Yorkshire accent, 'eyup, Dobbin!

Our first day in the Uk - from Hungary

On the 3rd of November (Sunday) we were flying in the air and we arrived to England. After that, we went by bus to the centre of London. We had a shor sightseeing in the capital of England. We travelled by underground in London. In the afternoon we arrived to Bradford by train, it was very dark. From the school we went to our new home, and we were waiting for our week in England.

6 November 2013

Shaw Wood visit

"Wow! They were all amazing!" That was the enthusiastic response of our guest app expert Dr Bob Banks as he reflected on a manic but incredibly productive and insightful morning. Today, within a very narrow window of time the children were challenged to work in their groups to create an app design and then pitch that to either Dr Bob Banks or fellow expert Lee Penno. Both experts could not give the children enough credit for their innovative and collaborative approach. Here is a slideshow to represent the day.

Shaw Wood Visit
Greetings from Bradford!
This is the Finnish team, Jere Paavilainen, Olli Rintamäki and Oskari Villenius. On Monday we visited the beautiful old mill area of Saltaire. On Tuesday we visited Bradford Industrial Museum where we did a workshop. We learned how wool was processed in the mill.

Best regards from Jere, Olli and Oskari and the teachers Nina, Nannu and Matti


 
 

2 November 2013

Greetings from Sant Sadurní d'Anoia!!!


This is the Catalan-Spanish boys team who are travelling to England. David Cano, Joan Nadal, Joan Urpí and Jordi Magariño. They are very friendly, some music players and hockey players as well, and are really excited about the trip to England. They feel like working for the Comenius project because they have produced some material and searched  information about jobs, so they have a lot to explain to the other Comenius teams.

The teachers who are coming to England, are also very happy to travel and meet all the Comenius workmates again.

Best wishes for you all!

16 September 2013

Welcome To Bradford

Welcome to England on this project you will visit Salt's mill

Welcome to Bradford

Welcome to bradford!
This is one of our tourist attraction and where you will go.

Welcome to England

In this trip to England you will have lots of fun with Belle vue Boys. We will go to many trips. We will be going to many museums and we will be visiting doncaster. Hope you have a good time.

3 June 2013


Many thanks to our hosts in Budapest and Kosice.  We've got lots to blog about, but for now we're just testing to see if Teacher can figure out how to post a photo! x

2 June 2013

Greetings from sunny Finland!

Hello Dear Friends!
I big thank you once more to our hosts in Hungary and Slovakia for a wonderful time!
Our school year in Finland has come to end and the Finnish pupils and teachers start their summer holidays today. We have lovely summer weather here right now, +25 degrees. Our 6th grade pupils move on to secondary school, so when they go back to school on the 13th of August, they'll start in a new school. Henna, Akseli, Joona, Kaisa, Heikki, Aino and Marissa send their love to all their Comenius friends and wish them a lovely summer!

24 May 2013

Spanish-Catalan Team describes their stay in Kosice

KOSICE IN SLOVAKIA


We arrived in Slovakia on Wednesday by bus. The trip was four hours long but we had a nice time on the bus because we talked with the pupils of Comenius and Slovak girls. When we arrived in Kosica the host families were waiting for us and we met them and went home.
The next day all the Comenius people met at the school and we went to see the city and different monuments. We liked so much the city because we think that it is very beautiful. In the afternoon we returned  home and we enjoyed a lot with our host families.
On Friday we met at school and we went to a museum, next we went to a culture centre and we enjoyed a lot because we watched a very funny show about typical Slovak and Roman dances. Then we went to school and we had lunch. Later we went to the gym and we had a nice time with all the Comenius pupils :) .


We liked so much Kosice and we were very happy with our new friends.

Na Slovensku po slovensky

We are really sad, that our international visitors are leaving on tomorrow morning, but we will have lots of very nice memories. 
SIGHTS:
-on Thursday we went to the city center to see some historical monuments. We saw beautiful St. Elisabeth's Cathedral, scary Mikluš's prison, Singing fountain, Wax museum in Urban's tower and lots of old jobs at the Alley of trades. Then we went to the Technical Museum where we had a presentation about mining, and after that we were talking with former president of Slovakia - Schuster - about the life in the old Košice.
JOBS:
-at the Alley of trades we saw many old jobs: baker, smith, jewellery maker, herbalist, carpetner, executor...

Barbara Baraníková and Ema Zacharová

On Wednesday morning the guest children and we went to Slovakia by bus. On the way to Kosice we stopped in Tard which is famous for its embroidery called matyo. After that we visited the castle of Boldogko (Happy Stone in English). We arrived to Kosice in the afternoon where the host families were waiting for us.
Next day we had a tour in the school. The Slovak children gave a show for us, and we introduce ourselves. We saw museums e.g Mining Museum, Miklus`s prison and the Vax Museum in the city centre and in one of the museums we met the ex President of Slovakia called Rudolf Schuster who was the Mayor of Kosice. We liked the Kovacska street where we bought some presents for our family.
Today we saw the HUMNO where we tasted Slovak sausage and cheese and we saw a very nice performance in the Centre of Free time.
Thank you for your invitation and your hospitility, we liked to be here.

Greetings from the Hungarian children
Hi,
We are now in Slovakia. It has been fun here. Yesterday we were sightseeing the centre of Kosiče.
We were in the prison and mining museum and we met the first president of Slovakia Mr. Schuster. We had luck because we got out of prison, president was kind and funny person. Today we were in the centre of free time, there was a concert and dances. There were lots of exhibitions.Today was the last school day.
Soon we will be going Hungary again.We will miss our Slovakian friends!

Best wishes Akseli, Heikki, Henna ja Kaisa
This morning, we went to centre which was like a museum. We saw things made of wood, paintings, and Slovakian clothes. We had a snack of sausage and cheese. After that, we went to see a performance. We saw dancing, singing and a play. We liked the play. After that, we came back to school and we did group exercises. We wrote about sights, jobs and culture. The we chose a winner.

by Aleks, Marek and Maros.

Kosice 23.05.2013

The COMENIUS team today have been very busy. First the students and staff received a very warm welcome from the host school and students.
Not every thing always runs to plan especially when visiting the Technical Museum of Kosice when the former President calls into the museum during our talk on mining in the area. The Former President is thrilled to talk to our COMENIUS team and is happy to talk to us about the cites proud heritage and future.
The afternoon gave us chance to visit the local craft shops and see how people are keeping local traditions/crafts alive. This was followed by a visit and history lesson to Miklu's Prison. Local students from our COMENIUS team gave us a very knowledgeable tour of their city A big thank you students.
On returning to school our students were more than happy to re-join their host families for the evening.

A big hello to Mr Carroll and his class x

Lesley James

22 May 2013

Kosice Slovakia

Good evening from Kosice Slovakia.
The Comenius group said good bye to Budapest this morning and travelled throughout the day calling into a very beautiful traditional embroidery museum, with thatched traditional housing. Two of our Comenius students very kindly dressed in traditional Hungarian clothing for us.
Our tour then led us to a stunning castle that stood proud in the middle of a magnificent valley.
So on to Slovakia where we will be staying for three nights, students dropped off with host families and staff to a local hotel for a well deserved rest and evening meal.

Hello to all at Shawwood x
Lesley James

Budapest Tuesday

We have spent the day in school, first looking around. The school is very different to Shawwood, no school uniform. The school has three floors, but not a lot of outside area. The students here are very friendly and want to talk to their visitors. The visiting Comenius students are all happy with their host families and are enjoying the Hungarian school experience. I have been looking at new ideas to bring to our school.
Tomorrow we say goodbye to Hungary and hello Slovakia, calling at a craft centre and a castle on the way.

Missing you all at Shawwood x
Lesley James

21 May 2013

Slovakia team


We are at the End of our project meeting in HUNGARY, Budapest. We have learnt many things here, for example something about Budapest sights , new words in other languages, made some new friends, we got to know how Hungarian people live and how they act in their personal time.
First day- They came to pick us on station and then some of us went to shopping centre, played volleyball, went to park... Our first feeling was that Hungaian people are very shy and we still have the same opinion. We found out that Hungarian people have other marks and they have other school system : In Hungary the best mark is five and the worst is one. We visited Bakery, Fire station, Hurticultural plant, Bird watching,
Tv studio, ... and lots of historical sights.
We enjoyed it and we hope to stay in touch and keept our new friendships in the future.
                                                                            Thank you.


Hello from Budapest!

It is so warm here, and we love this country. People are really friendly.
And.. On Monday we were in gardenparty, and we ate lots of Hungarian food. It was so good. Akseli split water around the schoolyard, he didn't like that fizzy mineral water and we laughed. Heheh it was so funny:DD
Sightseeing bus was nice and we saw Hungarian buildings, really old church and many other things and henna hunted some souvenirs. Heikki was in the zoo with his hostfamily, Kaisa was in canoeing and they had fun.
Heikki, Akseli and Henna were in bird watching group. We saw many colourful birds, for example a Bee-eater, a Marsh Harrier and a Red Heated Pochard. And also a turtle. They were really cute.
Tomorrow we're going to SLOVAKIA, Kosice!


GREETINGS TO FINLAND, 6B, 6A and also to Nina's and Terhi's classes !


Miss u friends..<'33

Best wishes from Akseli, Heikki, Henna and Kaisa, Comenius-pupils from Kangasala, Finland


First we went to meat our family. Then we went to our family houses. Next day we went to the school and we went to saw our teachers and we did different thinks, Alex went to the garden to watch a duks and birds. Maros went to bakery. Marek went to the garden center. After that we came back to school to have a deaner with the teachers and our family. Then we plant our tree. Then we decide to go to the town with our family. Then we went to zoo with our family. We saw a lion  and the giraffe and we have a good time with  our family .



Maros,Marek and Alex.

Hello, we are the German team =D

The families here are very friendly, because they give us a lot to eat and drink. :-)
The Comenius-Casino was very funny and we won good prices, for example a Sponge.
The other children in our groups were smart and kind.
We had fun and made some bags which are very beautiful.
Today we are not homesick :P
The sandwiches  we made were very delicious and looked funny.

Last day in Hungary Spanish-Catalan Team

We are the Catalan team work, and today we went to the Hungary school.
First we went to the English Class and we played some games with different jobs, we had free time and we went to have breakfast.
In the school we did a Comenius Casino and it was fun. :)
In the COMENIUS CASINO there were a lot of activities like Memory games , Guess Who, Country flags memory game, Laberinth Gps, Hangman and other. We like it a lot, and we met new pupils. When we finished the games we were given some prizes.Joel's gameteam won the first prize, Montsant's the second prize, and Pau's the fourth one.Macia and Neus didn't have time to finish the Comenius Casino but they enjoy a lot too. We liked a lot he school, it is very big and there was an amazing atmosphere with the rest of pupils, they are very nice and kind people.
We will miss them.

20th May Budapest

The sun is still shining here in Budapest. Today the Comenius students and teachers looked at jobs in the district. The group split into three, the first Bird Watching, the second looking at the local Horticultural business and finally the third group visiting the local Bakery and the Fire Station. The students were able to look at these jobs and ask questions, such as "What skills are needed to do those jobs? What if any is the difference between this job in Hungary and the same job in your country?"
The students presented their findings to the whole group. The adults in the group especially enjoyed riding at high speed in the fire truck/engine!
The group were able to enjoy the company of the host families back at school for a BBQ lunch (Hungarian style) cooked by the families. Many, many thanks for this lovely afternoon of dancing, talking and eating.

Regards Lesley James

Hi from home

We are glad to see that you are having fun. We are busy taking part in activities linked to the project. We are having an enterprise day linked to what we learnt in Finland. We are also going to complete our surveys.
However, most interesting is the news that you visited a Television studios. We are hoping to get some of our children to become a news team for the school from September. They will create fortnightly news reports about what is happening in school and around the school community. They will research what is going on, interview people, decide on the topics etc before then putting together the videos. It would be good to have everyone involved because then we can be critical viewers and reviewers. Look forward to hearing more. Kind regards Shaw Wood

20 May 2013

Budapest 19th May

Hello from a very hot and sunny Budapest. Today we met up with new friends and old. We visited Chain Bridge, Hero's Square and Buda Castle. We have learnt many interesting facts about the city such as, the monument in Hero's Square is in memory of the 1000th anniversary of the conquest of Hungary. The Memory Stone in the middle of the square has this inscription on it 'HOSEINK EMLEKERE' do you know the translation?
We took a trip to the television studios while we were in the city, our students had the chance to look around the set and sit at the news desk, others enjoyed operating the cameras. Maybe a future in television for some of our students!

Lesley James

15 May 2013

Hello Comenius pupils and teachers looking forward to seeing you all again. See you in Hungary on the 18th May, looking forward to Slovakia 22nd May. Safe journey.
Lesley Doncaster England.

1 May 2013

Jacint Verdaguer Primary and Secondary School



This is our next Spanish Team travelling to Hungary and Slovakia.
Pau Rovira. He is 14 years old. His hobbies are playing the flute, listening to music, practising karate
and playing video games. He would like to be a chemist. He feels like travelling to take advantage of this great opportunity, seeing new countries,places and learning English as well. He is staying with Ferenc and Ruzinsky David.

 Joel Carrillo

He is 14 years old. His hobbies are going out  with friends and playing football. He would like to be a businessman.He feels like travelling to Hungary to see new places and getting to know new Comenius friends. He is staying with David and Jakub.

Neus Amat
She is 15 years old , her hobbies are listening to music, meeting her friends, playing basketball and watching TV series. She used to play basketball when she was younger. She would like to be a  psychologist, although she is not sure yet. She is eager to travel to Hungary and Slovakia to meet new people, know new countries, get to know new customs and traditions and have fun as well.She is staying with Dóra and Ema.

 Macià Guilera
He is 14 years old . His hobbies are listening to music and playing computer games.He would like to be  a  doctor. He feels like travelling to Hungary and Slovakia to meet new people,new countries and different traditions. He is staying with Bejamin from Hungary and Ivka from Slovakia.

Montsant Guilera
She is 14 years old , she is Macia’s twin sister. She would like to be a history researcher.She  wants to know new cultures, new countries, learn English and other foreign languages.She wants to travel to Hungary and Slovakia to meet new people and their language because learning has no boundaries. She is staying with  Dorka from Hungary and Sŏna from Slovakia. 


Best wishes from Spain!



We wish you a nice journey!

14 April 2013

Workshop on Economy for pupils on 4th year of Compulsory Secondary Education .




During four weeks a workshop on Economy is being held in our school by IEF- Financial Studies . This Catalan Private Foundation, the Institute for Financial Studies (IEF) has set up a project to train pupils on their last year of Compulsory Secondary Education to be financially competitive. Pupils will have the opportunity to get financial knowledge and preparation for their future career. This workshop will be very positive for pupils and it is held by bankers, people specialised on financial matters.


IEF- Finacial Studies
 This Institute was created in 1990 for the most relevant Spanish financial entities with two clear objectives. Firstly, to foster the maximum technical and practical preparation of financial professionals through specialised training in the quest of high levels of quality, efficiency and prestige.Secondly, to promote, through training, as well as applied research activities and dissemination, the generation of financial initiatives to reinforce the financial sector in Catalonia, and to situate it within  a framework of integrated growth in the international field.

20 March 2013

Will we be passionate MILLENNIALS?




Ask yourself if you are doing what you love, if not.........START, YOUR LIFE IS IN A HURRY!!!!!

 

5 March 2013

Thank you and Hello from Germany

Today we are sharing information with the other comenius students and preparing for the next trip to Hungary and Slovakia.
We want to say thank you to our Spanish and Finnish friends again.

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