30/10/2012

Turkey - Video Conference - Turkey & Bulgaria

VIDEO CONFERENCE
TURKEY &BULGARIA
On the third of the week of september , our pupils have connected to peers from Bulgaria,England,Spain . 
It was a great chance for students to meet face to face
 In video conferences  they have talked about their schools, daily life, hobbies,interests and wishes .
 It was the first time to  practice their  foreign language and helped to encourage them  to  use the language to connect.
 

25/10/2012

Bulgaria, INTRODUCING STUDENTS TO EACH OTHER

 Bulgaria, INTRODUCING STUDENTS TO EACH OTHER
Bulgaria, October 2012


Skype videos were organised to meet students from the partner countries, working on the project.

23/10/2012

Turkey - Video Conference - Turkey & Spain

VIDEO CONFERENCE
TURKEY & SPAIN
On the third of the week of september , our pupils have connected to peers from Bulgaria,England,Spain . 
It was a great chance for students to meet face to face
 In video conferences  they have talked about their schools , daily life, hobbies ,interests and wishes .
 It was the first time to  practice their  foreign language and helped to encourage them  to  use the language to connect.

 

18/10/2012

Turkey - Video Conference - Turkey & England

VIDEO CONFERENCE
TURKEY & ENGLAND 

On the third of the week of september , our pupils have connected to peers from Bulgaria,England,Spain . 
It was a great chance for students to meet face to face .  
In video conferences  they have talked about their schools, daily life, hobbies,interests and wishes
 It was the first time to  practice their  foreign language and helped to encourage them  to  use the language to connect.


03/10/2012

United Kingdom : Preparation of material about the school, city and country Oct 2012

United Kingdom : Preparation of material about the school, city and country Oct 2012


With the help of some pupils and staff we created some powerpoints to present at the first meeting in Turkey. These contained information about our school and education system in the UK, the school itself and a section about the town we live in and our country. We created a DVD about our school to show how our pupils learn and the facilities at the school.
We also bought several local food and drink to take with us to Turkey for our partners to taste, especially tea and cakes! :-)


30/09/2012

United Kingdom : Questionnaire and logo design Sept 2012

United Kingdom : Questionnaire and logo design Sept 2012

Some of the questions that our pupils suggested are as follows:
What time do you start school?
What do you do for fun?
What's your favourite food?
Do you wear a uniform?
What do you learn at school?
What do you do in your spare time?
Do you like where you live?
What is the area like where you live?

The final 20 questions that were compiled from all contributions from our partners follows. This was then given to the pupils to answer.


Combined pupil questionnaire


1.Do you speak different languages/ dialects in your country?

2.What is the main religion of your country?

3.Do you have a school uniform?

4.What time do you start and finish school?

5. Do you need to learn about different cultures ?

6.Do you want to learn a foreign language ?

7. Have you ever been to another country ?

8. Do you know anything about global climate change ? Please explain .

9.What are your expectations about the European Union Comenius school project?

10. How do you recycle your waste?

11.How do you dispose of car tyres in your country?

12.What are your homes like?

13.Which animals are native to your country?

14.Do you recycle materials in your country?

15.Do you have different rubbish bins for different types of rubbish?

16.Do you make your own compost to use in the garden?

17.Which animal species in your region are endangered and what can you do to prevent that?

18. Do you think it is important to take care and be aware of the enviroment? Why?

 19.What are the main environmental risks in your city / region?
  
 20. What can you do to reduce unnecessary consumption and use / recycle what you use / consume?


These are scans of our suggested logos 






29/09/2012

Turkey - Creating Our Blog - LTTVON.blogspot.com


Turkey - Creating Our Blog

On the fourth week of september ,we have created a blog contains everything  related to the
  Comenius Project ‘Listen to the voice of Nature  :  
Summary,objectives,introductions,photos  and videos from mobilities ,activities..  It is a visual online platform that shows the project progress through continuous updating.
All the shares on the blog  are going to be common  works of studentsand teachersfrom four partner schools. This blog will encourage  pupils to exchange ideas on environmental issues.

        

 BLOG ADDRESS :    http://LTTVON.blogspot.com/

28/09/2012

United Kingdom:Online meeting via the internet Sept 2012

United Kingdom: Online meeting via the internet Sept 2012


Using SKYPE we talked to our new partners in Turkey, Spain and Bulgaria. This was a great opportunity for the pupils to speak with students from a different country and a great opportunity for staff to be introduced to our partners.
Internet meeting with Bulgaria

Skype with Bulgaria

Conference with Spain - eventually! It took a while to make the connection :-)



Our first video conference with Turkey

26/09/2012

Turkey - Informative Seminars For Parents

Turkey - Informative Seminars For Parents

During september,we actualized  some of informative seminars  .The first one organized for our teachers and school staff .In this meeting,The general information was given  to school  staff  about Comenius projects funded by European Union and meeting included the advantages of taking part in this project   e.gnew experiences  the knowledge about culture,traditions,customs, chance to improve the language competence and  ICT skills ,getting the encouragement  to communicate and integration .
The  other  meetings  were  organized  for  students and parents .
By the help of these seminars ,the all school staff ,students and parents  were informed about the first Comenius  project of our school  and  created  awereness to the European Union projects and their advantages.
 Photographes from Informative Seminars For Parents

20/09/2012

United Kingdom: UK Meeting to acquaint everyone with the objectives of the project Sept 2012

United Kingdom:  Meeting to acquaint everyone with the objectives of the project Sept 2012


The project was introduced by the UK co-ordinator to pupils and staff. The pupils were given examples of the tasks that would happen in the project and learnt which countries were involved.
There was a question and answer session about the project and then the pupils went into groups and thought of questions to ask our partners about their country and about the project themes.




Introducing our partner countries