End of Year celebration in Lugnano

This morning, in Lugnano, we celebrated the end of the school year and in this event the mayor announced the winner of the tale competition (Concorso per il miglior racconto) "Once upon a time there was a beautiful castle" that was an activity we carried out within the Comenius project.

The winner is Tommaso with his tale "Alberto and Selene in the kingdom of Lugnano"

Then Sofia gave the mayor the book with all the winning tales both from this year and last year.

After that we announced the winners of the photo competition who are: Filippo, Ilaria and Giorgia and gave them the prizes too!

After the all these prizes we also delivered the Trinity certificates (the drafts) to all the students who took the exam and passed with very good marks!

Before going home the parents had the chance to see all the posters we realized during the school year showing all the projects we carried out in English such as eTwinning projects, Comenius project, photo competition. 

Premiazione concorso "Miglior racconto"

Oggi, durante la manifestazione di fine anno scolastico, il Sindaco di Giove e l'Assessore alla Cultura di Penna in Teverina hanno premiato gli alunni che hanno scritto il "Miglior racconto" partecipando al concorso "Once upon a time there was a beautiful castle", attività svolta nell'ambito del Progetto Comenius. E' stato un momento particolarmente emozionante e gioioso. 

Gli alunni della scuola secondaria di I grado di Giove hanno anche consegnato al Sindaco e all'Assessore il libro "Mediterranean-European book tale" che raccoglie i racconti vincitori del concorso sia di questo che dello scorso anno scolastico ed alcuni racconti degli alunni spagnoli. 

I vincitori del premio sono:
Sara G., Leonardo V., e Leonardo B. con il racconto "A ghost for friend"
Sara A., Caterina B., con il racconto "The gold pendant".

WELL DONE!

Comenius project: our opinions

At the end of the Comenius project "Once upon a time there was a beautiful castle" (2010-2012), students, teachers, parents and our headmistress wanted to tell something about the experience we had in these two years. All of us are happy and grateful of the chance we had and in the following video you can see and listen to all the interviews.

Saying gooddbye!

Tuesday last week our Spanish friends had to go back to Spain and we greeted them at school. We took a lot of pictures, we kissed and hugged and we also cried! Yes we cried! In fact after 10 days together we had the chance of getting close and become friends and now we are all sorry we have to part.

But this friendship can continue in the years as we can keep on writing, chatting and sending messages; we can also travel and go to see each other just like Laura, one of the girls from last year, did last summer  together with her family, as you can se in this old post.

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Comenius Video!

Here is the video I promised you! It's a summary of our Comenius experience during the exchange in Italy (April 2012). I hope you like it. More videos and surprises to come!
Now enjoy this one.

The winning brochure

The students of class II A created three different brochures for the Comenius Project. They put together all the info their friends from last year and some 3rd year students of this year gathered about the following villages: Giove, Penna in Teverina, Alviano, Attigliano and Lugnano in Teverina.

All the three brocures were realy very nice and it was hard to choose one but we did it. The brochure you see here is the same the students gave to the mayors of the city councils and that our headmistress delivered to our Spanish friends of the Comenius Project last week. 

Yesterday some 2nd year students created a poster where to display the brochure in class.

Day trip to Assisi

Yesterday was the last day our Spanish friends were here and before they went back to Jerez de la Frontera we wanted to show them an other beautiful place so, as we had already planned, we went to Assisi. The students of class I D explained the history of the town and the most important churches together with some episodes of the lives of St. Francis and St. Clare. In the afternoon we visited the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli then we proceeded to the Clitumno Springs where the students of class I C told us the story of this romantic place.

Despite the awful forecast for the day we had nice weather and wonderful time together!

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The dinner party!

Friday night we had a fantastic dinner party. Some very nice and kind people of the "Pro-loco" of Attigliano cooked a delicious dinner for us and the parents prepared wonderful cakes!

We had nice time together with the students, the families, the mayors of the villages of our school, the teachers and the headmistress. 

After dinner we sang and danced thanks to Carlos, who played the guitar, and Teresa who taught us Spanish dances.

The headmistress gave each Spanish student a present to remember this great adventure!

Sara, an Italian student, and Marina, a Spanish student, thanked everybody for the unique experience they and their mates are having and the headmistress underlined the importance of the Comenius Project as a chance of making friends throughout Europe, practicing English and realizing the importance of mastering a foreign language to communicate and to create lasting links among people.

We all really know that this will be an unforgettable experience for everybody!

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In Alviano

Friday afternoon we went to Alviano where we visited the castle, the chapel dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi and where we met the deputy mayor. He welcomed us and showed us the mayor's office where we could experiment a very interesting phenomenon: in fact we whispered in a corner of the room and people at the other side could hear what we said very clearly! Then he also showed us a secret passage through very steep steps that from the main square led to the mayor's office.

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In Lugnano

On Friday morning we took our Spanish friends to Lugnano and the students of class I D showed them the school. Later we went around the village to see the most important places of interest and at 10.00 am we had the chance of watching "Much ado about nothing" by William Shakespeare at the theatre. Most students knew the story because they had seen the movie and read a handout, in this way they could follow the show  with attention and interest. To know more about the play you can see this old post.

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In Attigliano

Last Thursday afternoon we went to Attigliano where the pupils of primary school made a concert.

After the concert we went to the city council where the mayor welcomed us, gave presents to Spanish teachers and students and we gave him the touristic brochure we created. 

We also had a walk and listened to the history of the village.

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Spanish and Italian "Comenius" students in Giove

Last Thursday morning we visited the school and the village of Giove. Some 1st year students welcomed our Spanish friends and showed them the school. After that played board games with 2nd year students and we were received by the deputy mayor; then we went around the village guided by 3rd year students.

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While visiting Giove we stopped in a viewpoint and started talking, dancing and singing. Here you can see a Spanish dance.

And in this video Elisabetta, one of our 3rd year students, is singing with an amazing voice!

Firenze, Florence, Florencia

Yesterday we went to Florence together with our Spanish friends.

The weather wasn't very nice and it rained "cats and dogs" while we were inside the Uffizi Gallery. We had the chance to see beautiful paintings and the Italian students have been great tourist guides. In fact they explained the most important paintings in English, some other students told info about Palazzo Vecchio in French and teacher Paolo gave us full explanation on Santa maria Novella, on the Cathedral and on the awesome statue of David by Michelangelo! 

After all this "culture" we went walking in the rain and had a delicious ice cream!

For the description of the paintings in the Uffizi Gallery you can go to this post 

For the other pictures we took in Florence .... you'll find more in the website of our school in the followings weeks!

Piediluco Lake and Marmore Waterfalls

Piediluco

 Today we went to Piediluco (where we visited both the lake and the village) and Marmore Waterfalls. The beauty of the nature in these places is really astonishing and we can understand why a lot of poets and artists used to stop here during their "grand tour". In front of the Waterfalls we can see a monument to Lord Byron (a very famous English poet) who, having stopped here, wrote some verses on this waterfall: 

“The crash of waters! From its rocky heights the Velino ventures through the water flushed precipes. Waterfalls! As fast as light, the shimmering mass of water foams, shaking the abyss. Hell of waters! There where they cry out and hiss and bubble in their eternal torture; while the sweat of their immense agony sqeezed by their Flagetonte, embraces the black rocks that surround the abyss, spread with tremendous horror..” 

George Byron 

“Childe Harolds Pilgrimage”

When we visited the lake we went on a boat trip and in the middle of it we made an experiment: we shouted the words "ciao" and "hola" and we heard the "echo"! 

Piediluco lake

In this picture Eva Maria is telling that according to the legend, the nymph Nera had fallen in love with a shepherd, Velino, but Juno as a punishment for that love story, transformed her into a river, the Nera. Velino, anguished, threw himself down from the Marmore cliff in order to be united with his beloved: that mortal jump would continue for eternity: what a love story!  

Marmore Waterfalls

All together in front of the waterfalls

For more info on Piediluco Lake click here
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Teachers or tourists?

Today I've been a tourist together with the Spanish teachers, the headmaster and our families.

The Comenius Project is not only an exchange of students but even of teachers! So, today, while the students were having fun together with their host families, we (the teachers) went to Viterbo and we had the chance of talking about what we do at school but also to visit a really beautiful town.

Here you can find more info about Viterbo.

The arrival: more pictures!

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