Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Portugal: Days 1-2




The morning was early, we left Kadrina at 04.30 and left Estonia at 07.00. By the time we arrived to Lisbon we had already been awake for about 12 hours. The girls yelling "Palm trees!" when sighting them did not, however show any signs of fatigue. After arriving and checking in at the hostel we took some time and went to see the city on our own. We had dinner and took a ride with the metro to see the city a bit more. When we got back to the hostel we met the Polish students, a bit later also the Italians and the Turkish. This was the end of day one.




The second day started with a breakfast, obviously. After that, the bus from Moimenta da Beira arrived with some of the Portuguse students and we had the official tour around Lisbon. We visited the amazing Jeronimos Monastery (Vasco da Gama's resting place) and the famous Belem Tower. Near the monastery we tasted some delicious small cakes, which were originally made by the monks. We drove around a bit and we were told about some other sights such as the 25th of April bridge.
After lunch the long drive to Moimenta began. Everyone was excited because most of us hadn't seen our hosts yet. We arrived quite late but that did not matter. The dinner was served and after that we spent some time in school where the cultural week activities were taking place (Karaoke that evening :) ). Everyone went home with their hosts at some point. That was it for the day.

Monday, April 26, 2010

Conference of the Estonian language

It took place on 18th of March. On this day, students from 9th – 12th class had no usual lessons. It was dedicated to our mother tongue and we had many activities during the day. In the beginning, we had to be in the hall at quarter to nine. School had invited two famous people Erni Kask ( an actor in Rakvere Theatre) and Loone Ots (PhD, lecturer in Tallinn and Tartu University) to talk about different things related to Estonian. During these speeches, students had to take notes. I think this part of the day was very interesting and educative. After that, we were all invited to Kadrina church to watch a play written by Loone Ots.



This was about one religious man Reiner Brocmann, who worked in Kadrina church centuries ago and who is also famous for passing along the Estonian language. So, it was really meaningful for us.




When this play was over, we went back to the school hall. We all were aware of this day coming and every class had to prepare one play. These plays had to be taken from famous writers’ books. So it was our time to perform. The best play got an award. It was performed by form 12b and based on " Names in Marble"
















The jury also chose the best female and male actor. This was worth an effort. In conclusion, this day wasn’t just about getting a day off, it was about learning new things and appreciating our mother tongue.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Italian week 29th March to 6th April



Like we had Turkish week some months ago, now we had the same but with Italy and the main concern was on Sicily.
While walking around in the school, little labels with Italian words were greeting everyone. People really enjoyed the phrases.
The students of the Comenius project made posters about Italy and the themes we had discussed in the class. All the posters went on exhibition and later, an online quiz could be done based on the information found on them.
The students who went to Palermo, had to talk about their trip in different classes. Firstly, they talked about the places they saw, people who they met and so on:D Then time for questions and finally the quiz.
People had the chance to see some of the trip photos which where on the wall, in the library there was a book exhibition about Italy books and Italian authors and listen to Italian music from the school radio.
On 30th March, we had a chance to listen to Daniela Martini, the culture and commercial attache from the Italian Embassy. Also, the students, who had visited Sicily, made a presentation about it. They showed us a video about one flower carneval, which was really magnificent :) And for the grand finale they played their favorite Italian music, which also was kind an anthem for the trip :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4JwHWlVul4&feature=player_embedded

Monday, April 12, 2010

Friday, April 2, 2010

Video - CARNIVAL IN ACIREALE

http://www.vimeo.com/9918503

Videos - PALERMO and TRIPS AROUND SICILY

http://www.vimeo.com/10390417

http://www.vimeo.com/11399511

Slideshows

Due to technical reasons we will now have links to the pages with slideshows. Embedding from the page slideshare.net causes difficulties opening the page.