Report of the fourth LTT project meeting in Ploiesti, Romania
(October 21st to 24th 2019)
October 20th – Arrival of partners.
Day 1 – October 21st
1. Transfer to Scoala Nicolae Iorga in Ploiesti.
2. Welcomig ceremony at the school. Greetings by Romanian students in front of the school.
3. Artistic program – performance by pupils: Romanian folk dancing and songs, a drama, dancing and songs with the project themes (taking care of the Earth by simple activities like ex. recycling, saving and reusing ) , a waste fashion show.
4. Welcoming speech by headmistress Ms. Veronica Iancu.
5. Visiting classrooms guided by the Romanian coordinator. Meetings with younger classes, watching their classwork and their short performance.
Break for snacks and coffee
6. Working session for teachers in the classroom:
a) presentation of the Romanian school system,
b) presentations prepared by all the partners (activities carried out by students in September and October 2019):
-presentation: „Clean up the world”
-presentation: handicrafts, decorations from recycled materials „Autumn”, flower pots
from recycled materials and planting
-presentation: „Please, take care of my plant” (plants in danger)
-presentation of the mascot’s journey
-exchanging mascots, some vegetables seeds or aromatic plants seeds and autumn decoration/handicraft
Break for lunch sponsored by the hosting school
c) handing certificates and an individual presents to each partner by the hosting school and exchanging presents among partners.
d) presentation of Polish meeting evaluation and evaluation of the impacts of the project on the students by the project coordinator
e) presentation of the multilingual dictionary about endemic flowers
f) deciding the agenda for the next LTT project meeting in Bulgaria in March:
in November 2019
- sowing seeds and sharing recipes using crops,
- creating sculptures and collages from recycled and reused materials which highlight heritage and history of each community – uploading photos
- EUROPEAN NATURE THROUGH LENS, organizing a photography competition (photos, posters and slogans, format A-4) – 3 the best products should be taken to Bulgaria,
in December 2019
- preparing Calendar 2020 with the students work – each country will send photos of 2 choosen months to Bulgaria by the end of the first week of December
- videoconferencing among the schools by Skypee/Etwinspace,
16th-18th December 2019 – singing carols/ New Year songs in native languages.
in January 2020
- sewing carrier bags made of old clothes, each country will prepare 6 bags for the
meeting in Bulgaria
- writing a common E-Story book: We share, We care about our planet – creating a chain story- character, Greece will start the story, the book should be finished by the meeting in Greece in May
7. Dinner in Schnitzel House Restaurant.
Day 2 - October 22nd
1.Educational excursion to Bucharest:
a) visiting The National Museum of Natural History
A guided explanation about mineralogical, zoological and paleontological collections.
b) walking tour around The Old Center of Bucharest.
Break for lunch in Carul cu bere Restaurant
3. Cultural excursion to „ Dimitrie Gusti” – The National Village Museum.
4. Transfer to the hotel .(Bus sponsored). Free time.
Day 3 - October 23rd
1. Educational excursion to Zarnesti and Bran.
a) Visiting Libearty – Bear Sanctuary in Zarnesti
A film and a guided explanation about the history of the sanctuary, stories of
some bears and the process that bears go through when they first arrive at the
sanctuary.
Watching the bears’ life there.
Break for lunch in Vila Bran Restaurant.
2. Cultural excursion to Bran Castle.
3. Walk for souvenirs around the market nearby the Castle.
4. Transfer to the hotel.
5. Dinner in „Mamaliguta” Restaurant.
Day 4 - October 24th
1. A handicraft workshop “Flower pots” – making pots of recycled materials: cans, strings, paper etc.
2. A lecture on Bonsai growing techniques as a tool for saving endandersed species.
3. Planting trees in the school yard.
Break for snacks and coffee.
4. Visiting Botanical Garden.(Bus sponsored):
a) planting flowers
b) planting tulip bulbs
Break for lunch sponsored by the hosting school.
5. Meeting with the Prahova country perfect.
6. Free time.
7. Farewell dinner at a hotel restaurant.
October 25th - Departure of partners.