Comenius
Let's discover hidden talents
The fourth meeting in Lithuania
18th – 25th October 2014
Thank you !!!!
Polish Comenius Team
Impressions of the visit to Lithuania
Dear Lithuania Team,
It was amazing time for all of us. The visit was prepared perfectly. It is your success! We had opportunity to know better Lithuania and Lithuanian people. We met a lot of wonderful, friendly and helpful people. We never forget your smiling faces and your kidness.
During the visit we had possibilities to see a lot in Lithuania. We visited your beautiful capital Vilnius and fabulous Druskiennikai, we were in a town hall, we learnt a lot about your educational system, we visited the kindergarden, many schools and the children’s house. We took part in lots of interesting activities and educational workshops. We had possibilities to taste taditional food, to know traditional dances and songs. We admired talented students and teachers.
We would like to thank all the teachers who have given us their time and to all parents and students who have opened their homes and took care of our students. It was a great effort to prepare such an interesting meeting.
It was real lucky to meet such wonderful people. For the whole Polish team, meeting in Lithuania is an unforgettable wonderful experience. Thank you very much.
Polish Comenius Team
The Impressions of Turkish Team
after Lithuanian Meeting
I really liked Lithuania. I could not believe that I was there in the first day. It was an incredible experience for me. Lithuanian people were very friendly. My host family was so nice to me. They were very hospitable, I felt very close to them. They made me feel at home.
It was my first trip abroad and I was so excited. When we reached there, they wellcame us warmly. We made good friendships. We had so much fun and I improved my English. Now I have more self-confidence.I am impressed by Lithuanian nature, history and culture.
I think this journey is unforgettable. I hope I can go there again. I am thankful to my teachers and to everyone in Lithuania.
Ayça AYKAÇ
Lithuania was amazing and so memorable. My family was hospitable and they behaved kindly to me. My host Karolina is a cheerful girl. She and her friends are very friendly. We had fun. I liked their school. It was such a big school and well organized.
Absolutely, I gained an interesting food experience. The historical places and the wonderful nature of the country is well-preserved. During the week, we built up unforgettable friendships.
Thank you my second home, Lithuania.
Felya HASATEŞ
Lithuanian visit was an unforgettable experience for me.
From the first moments of our visit, I felt the warmth and sincerity of all Project team members. Hosting of our students and our accommodations were planned perfectly. It was a good opportunity for me to get familiar with Lithuanian culture and history. The Lithuanian school hosted us very professionally and I am impressed by the school’s facilities about education. I admired their handworks, creations of art. They used natural materials and got many different nice works, now I have a large photograph collection of these works. I always took pictures of each detail in schools and in the environment. I would like to thank all team members who contributed this Project.
Neslihan DAL
I had another unforgettable week in Alytus. I found many similarities and differences in our culture and Lithuanian culture. I had a chance to observe Lithuanian spectacular landscape, climate and flora. I cannot forget those colorful leaves covering the land like a carpet.It was amazing. During our visit at school, I am impressed by the quality of education and their dedication to improve the standards. I liked the trips to Vilnius, to Beautiful Trakai and to the Peaceful Druskininkai. The music, the dance, the food and the traditional songs gave me a full understanding about their tradition and culture.
Lima, Daina and their team had a perfect planning to make us enjoy all the program. I felt myself at home in this beautiful country among friendly people. I appreciate Lima’s, Daina’s, Inga’s and Erika’s great efforts to make everything go fine.
Neşe ÇELİKEL
MEETING IN ALYTUS, LITHUANIA
19th-25th October 2014
From 19th to 25th October 2014, we held the 4th Meeting of our Comenius project Let's discover hidden talents in Lithuania. There, our students and teachers enjoyed a programme full of educational activities prepared for all of us!
Again, we experienced a great atmosphere thanks to our wonderful, hospitable and very committed host teachers and families!
Aldana’s host family Amin's host family Rocio’s host family Ayoub’s host family
At Alytus, teachers and students welcomed us with some traditional dances and we visited the town hall where the city governor emphasized the importance of taking part in such European projects.
At the town hall Welcoming at the school
The list of things to accomplish on our agenda was long: working on our vocabulary task, discussing on the nearest activities of the Project, our students’ performance of the Talent show ‘I can’ and discovering Lithuanian culture a little bit more.
Vocabulary contest Talent show ‘I Can’
Our students had a lot of fun working on the vocabulary contest,
performing their hidden talents, taking part in different workshops
(Friendship bracelets, Wonders of the Straw, Felts,
Paper manufacturing and Friendship tree) and, what is also important,
they made friends along the way.
We also went on a fantastic sightseeing tour of the capital Vilnius,
visited Druskininkai, tasted great food and got a great insight in
to Lithuanian day-to-day school!
Druskininkai
Trakai
Our students’ quotes are the best testimony of this wonderful experience:
ALDANA ‘I liked the friendship tree activity. We visited many places!’
ROCIO ‘I sang with my friend Saule. It was really nice!’
AYOUB ‘I met different boys and girls. I enjoyed a lot!’
AMIN: ‘My host family was lovey!’
Thank you to all of you for such a
great meeting once again!
2nd Primary School of Paleokastro
A comment on our visit to Alytus, Lithuania
The pedagogical team of our school has returned home after having visited Alytus in Lithuania on the occasion of the European Comenius Programme entitled “Let’s discover hidden talents”. This visit made an excellent impression on us. At the same time, we were given the opportunity to engage in several educational activities as well as get together and creatively cooperate with the pedagogical teams of the schools of the other countries involved in this programme.
First, we visited the Alytus Town Hall where we were warmly received by the mayor himself who made a brief reference to the history, economy and culture of the town. Moreover, it was made clear that the country is very keen on the European idea and it is willing to realize all kinds of European programmes. Finally, the mayor and the vice mayor of education announced that supporting schools that realize European programmes is one of the top priorities of the municipal authorities.
Our tour continued with our visit to the main city sights and the wonderful parks, all of which favourably impressed us. During the same day, we visited four schools in Alytus where we had the opportunity to familiarize with the different Levels of Education and the Educational System in general which serves different educational and social care needs.
During our stay, we went on two day-trips which included several educational activities/events. The first one was an excursion to Vilnious, the capital city of Lithuania. There, we marvelled at the imposing palaces and the medieval castles and we had the pleasure of visiting the Royal Palace. As we were touring the Royal Palace, there was medieval music played with medieval musical instruments. The second was an excursion to Druskininkai where, among other activities, we actively participated in several craftwork technics such as the art of sculpture and the plastic art. The raw material that we used was salt found in great amounts in the waters of the area.
Similar teaching approaches and educational activities took place in the Alytus Ethnological Museum.
We wish to congratulate the organizers on their work. We would also like to thank the families that offered hospitality to our pupils and made them feel at home.
In June 2015, we will be the hosting country and we wish to offer back our hospitality and organize a successful meeting event with the support of the municipal authorities and the Parents’ Association.
