FOURTH PROJECT MEETING IN GERMANY

New friends, lots of activities and fun for the delegation of Italian students who participated in the fourth Comenius project meeting in Kirchheim from 7 to 11 February.

The Jakob Friedric Shollkopf Schule in Kirchheim welcomed all the delegations from the various European partner schools and the students presented the interviews they made at the Employment Centres and to a private employer in their areas.

They also had the chance to know one important tool the European Union has created to help students and young people to study and work in Europe: the EURES portal.

To understand the importance of the Europass CV and of speaking English, the participants simulated a job interview in pairs and then acted it out for their partners.

Finally they visited Stuttgart and, in particular, the Mercedes-Benz Museum, the multicoloured spice market and its most important squares.

Next meeting will take place in Rovigo and it will be the last for this Comenius Project!

I.I.S "E. DE AMICIS" IN SUPPORT OF BIODIVERSITY

On Wednesday, 24 November 2010 I.I.S. "E. De Amicis" organised two conferences for some classes of second-form students on an important issue, biodiversity and the environment.

The speaker was Ms Silvia Baldiotti, one of the Young European Ambassadors participating in a Project launched by the Italian Representation of the European Commission in Italy.

During the meetings, the speaker presented a survey of the main stages of the creation of the EU, the Lisbon Treaty and then of the policies adopted by the EU to tackle the issue of the protection of the environment and the preservation of biodiversity.

THIRD COMENIUS PROJECT MEETING IN IASI

From Monday 18 to friday 22 October the partners of the "Knowing me, you, us" Comenius Project met in Iasi (Romania) for the third project meeting.

Students and teachers from Italy, Portugal, France, Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic were hosted by the two Romanian partner schools - Grup Scolar Economic de Turism and Grup Scolar "Mihail Sturzda" - in the beautiful and friendly city of Iasi.

There the students worked together, monitored by their teachers, to carry out the project activities and then visited the city and its surroundings on Thursday.

One of the best events during the meeting was the Show held at the school theatre where hosting students danced some traditional Romanian dances and invited their European guests to join in.

The farewell party was organised at a local restaurant and everybody enjoyed themselves, after a simple but significative ceremony during which attendance certificates and presents were offered to the guests.

ETWINNING: A PROJECT TO LEARN FRENCH

Hello everyone,

here is a short presentation of another European project, called ETwinning, in which a group of second-class students are participating in order to improve their language competence in French.

ETWINNING: Un projet pour apprendre le français.

Le 25 novembre notre classe a participé pour la première fois au projet linguistique "Etwinning". Il est organisé par notre école en collaboration avec notre professeur de français.

En particulier notre projet s'appelle "Apprendre en chattant" et il encourage les élèves à communiquer en français avec les professeurs et les élèves des écoles ètrangères qui sont inscrites.

Il a eu lieu dans une salle de classe équipée pour la communication en visio-conférence.

Le sujet de cette séance était le système éducatif italien par rapport à l'enseignement des langues vivantes: les langues que nous étudions, les principaux projets linguistiques que notre école, l'I.T.C. "E. De Amicis", propose aux étudiants.

D'autres rendez-vous sont au programme sur d'autres sujets, comme les traditons de Noel, les loisirs des jeunes.

C'est un projet intéressaant et très instructif qui a enrichi nos connaissances en langue française.

CELEBRATING THE EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES

The "E. De Amicis" Institute celebrated the cultural and linguistic richness of Europe participating in the manifold series of initiatives which took place all over Europe before and after September 26th, the date chosen by the Council of Europe and the European Union to raise awareness about the importance of language learning.

Every year this anniversary, known as the European Day of Languages, is celebrated in almost all the 47 countries, members of the Council of Europe, with events such as seminars, conferences, performances, which are held before and after September 26th.

Our school participated with a show of songs, called "Languages in Music", sung by our students in the different foreign languages taught and learnt in the Institute, in English, German, Spanish and French, but also in Chinese, thanks to Lin Xuan, a Chinese student of class 5^ A Erica.

OFF TO A GOOD START!!

The 2010/2011 school year has just started and lots of activities have been proposed to our students: conferences, language courses at school and abroad, work placement in our province and ... European projects like the "Knowing me, you, us" Comenius project, Europa Ludens and the Students' European Parliament!
We wish both students and teachers a fruitful school year!

OUR COUNTRY, OUR REGION: OUR FUTURE IN EUROPE

Hello everybody,

before saying goodbye to all of you and going on holidays, some students of 2^A Erica collected some photos of Rovigo and its province, Polesine, and added short descriptions to introduce our town and our area to their European partners collaborating with them in the "Knowing me, you, us" Comenius Project.

A Power Point presentation had already been created by some students from 4^A Erica to present our Po Delta Park as their contributon to another Comenius Project.

Here are the links to the photo galleries and the PPT Presentation they created.

http://lnx.itcrovigo.it/siti_nostri/Album_Rovigo_Comenius_2010/index.htm

http://lnx.itcrovigo.it/siti_nostri/Album_provincia_Comenius_2010/index.htm

http://lnx.itcrovigo.it/images/stories/attivita_in_europa/comenius/2009_2010/THE%20PO%20DELTA%20REGIONAL%20PARK.ppt

And now, we want to wish you ... wonderful summer holidays!!!



Relax, have fun and .... keep in touch!


Hugs.



Paola