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.