APRENDIENDO A CONOCERNOS: EL PROYECTO - GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER: THE PROJECT

Here we are, ready to celebrate the Europe Day 2010. GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER is a project aimed for students aged 12-18 from different countries. We would like to celebrate the Europe Day in an original way so we've thought about the following some different schools are needed for the project, and if possible from different countries. Each school should group students into ten teams according to their ages and topics. That day, schools should arrange the classrooms and time schedules so that each group can write about a topic in one hour. Previously, teachers should have taken photographs of each student (13x15 approx), in which just their faces are shown. On 9th May, the photographs should be handed out to the students , who are to write about the topic at the back. Photographs in each group should be kept in an envelope with the address of the group and country assigned to them so that we can build a spider web. When the activity finishes, a representative of each group will go to the post office accompanied by a teacher (It would be a good idea to take a picture of that moment so that we can publish it on the blog.) When the photos are received in each school, students can share the information given by their pen-pals and decorate the classrooms with the pictures. Topics: Me, my school, my town, my country, Europe (eldest students.) The project is based on ordinary mail, but we are following the process in a blog. Students mustn't write their names to keep privacy This project aims to encourage pupils in each country to examine their school community, the local area, their country and Europe. By comparing these ideas with the partners, pupils will be able to develop creativity as well as it will help them reach positive conclusions about their own lives and those in other cultures. We are looking for teachers of English (or other subjects) in other European countries in order to develop this project, in which our students will practise English and other languages.







From Widnes

First of all our apologies for adding to the blog at this late stage. This is the first blog we have participated in so we are just learning ourselves. All our pupils are looking forward to learning more about your town which look so interesting and pretty. Here in Widnes the local area is very industrial but it does have some nice parks and surrounding countryside. We live close to Liverpool where there is much more to see and do and some of the pupils chose to write to you about that.




We had good fun writing to you, and a good laugh at our own photos! We hope you like them and that we can continue to develop our friendship over the coming months.


Primero perdonadnos por no haber añadido este blog antes, es todo nuevo para nosotros. Todos nuestros alumnos tienen ganas de saber más de tu pueblo que aparece bonito e interesante en las fotos. Aquí en Widnes el pueblo es industrial pero hay unos parques y alrededor hay campo bonito. También está cerca de Liverpool donde hay más que ver y hacer.



Nos divertimos de escribiros y también nos reímos de nuestras mismas fotos. Esperamos desarrollar nuestra amistad durante los proximos meses.



Ciao por ahora!



(Here are some of our Year 10 pupils with the letters ready to go to post.)