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.

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.

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

 

 

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!