Report of our week in Salerno 19-24 October 2014
The travel to and from Italia
After we gave a kiss to our parents, the headmaster spoke to us and wishing us
a save trip. Immediately Billie said that she shouldn’t be here and that she
should do this trip with her parents. It is true that this trip is exceptional for us,
to go to Italia on exchange with a lot of friend when the others are still in
Belgium at school studying. Now we only have to deliver our baggage and go
true the security. So we gave 15 baggage’s and we came at the security where a
lot of us where a lot of us where searched. Then the only thing that was left, was
boarding. Everybody on the plain? Italia here we come!
The flight was good and we landed on time, just grab the baggage and of to
Paola. After 14 of us had our baggage and the carousel was shut down, Ardijana
her baggage still wasn’t there we asked the Italian worker there. They didn’t
know anything so we left with one suitcase less.
We drove an hour and we met our new family for a week! The exchange could
begin!
Charlotte Depaus and Fay Crahaij
The theme of our exchange project in Salerno, Italy was sustainable
development.
It was a great experience.
In the mornings before lunch break sustainable development was all we talked
about. It seems very boring but our way of working was fun and at the same
time we learned a lot of things. We divided the subject in two parts: recycling
and saving water. We worked in pairs of two and had four coordinators which
had as task to make sure everyone knew what they had to do and when. We had
several points to treat in the recycling part and in the saving water part.
We worked as followed:
 research information
 make sure your information is trustworthy
 put your information in a fluent text
 make a PowerPoint and record your text in order so it matches with your
power point. We managed to do all of this in two days.
Later we presented our works to each other. The coordinators went back and
forth to check on everyone, to help us were we had difficulties and to correct if
necessary.
We also made a video asking questions to each other like: " Do you recycle at
home? Do you use separated waist bins? , ... "
I think we were all very proud of the results of our work at the end. We learned
to work in group without much help from our teachers and didn't have any
language problems.
We can't wait for Italians fellows to come so that we can continue on our project.
Marie-Eden Mumola Ndiwa, Billie Martiniello
The Italian school, a lot of difference?
A week long we got the chance to see an Italian Unesco-school and how students
live.
On Monday and Tuesday we stayed at the
school. We all worked for a presentation
about environment and recycle. We
thought about what we, students, can do
for the environment: for example: in our
home: turn the lights off when you go to
another room, take a shower and not a
bath... Recycling was also very
interesting. We thought about what we
can recycle or what we can make from
waste. For example from 2119 cans you
can make a bicycle.
The school has a lot of differences with our school. To start with the classroom.
The classrooms are very small and old (paintings on the wall) What's also
strange, is that there are 30-35 students in one class with one teacher. What we
like is that the school has automates. You pay only 0,30 euros for a bottle of
water or only 0,35 Euros for a cup chocolate milk. We like it!
OnTuesday afternoon there was a meeting with 4 Unesco-schools. Very nice
because than you can learn from each other and you can change your mind.
Each school explained why they are Unesco, what they do for or with Unesco.
Lora and Luna
20th of October: Salerno trip
Monday, October 20, we had our first night in Italy already behind us and we had
to get up early to go to school.
A choir and a school are surprised us with a warm welcome and fun.
Then we went to discover the school. We spent a few hours in the classrooms
through to us first to propose and then begin our project with our Italian partner.
In the early afternoon we left the school to go to lunch together at the seaside.
The accompanying Italian teacher gave us a tour of the city.
We were very excited and curious to explore the place we went to spend the
entire week.
Salerno is a county seat located in the province of Salerno in the Campania
region, with a population of 140 000 of people. The city is naturally bounded by
the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Apennine Mountains. Most of the streets were narrow
and the houses were painted in a cheerful and usually light orange color. We
visited a few main streets, were very wide. We also noticed a kind of slings that
were made with recycled material that decorated the streets. After a short walk,
partly on the sea, partly through the streets of Salerno, we ended up in a small
winding road on which we had the stairs. We arrived in the 'patio' end of
"Cattedrale di Salerno. The Romanesque style cathedral is dedicated to St.
Matthew. We visited the crypt preserves the remains of the saint.
Camilia and Aurore
In the afternoon of Tuesday 21st October, 2 other UNESCO-schools in Italy came
to the Liceo, so four UNESCO-schools were together in one school. All schools
presented why they were an UNESCO-school and what projects they do that are
UNESCO-worthy.
First, our school was presented by Miss Sevrin, and then the other schools: one
did a project about ocean pollution (and that we really need to do something
about it), and the other school made a presentation about Mr. Octopus.
It was very interesting and we learned what projects the other UNESCO-schools
did. After this we went skating with everyone, so it was a very nice day.
Flore and Soufiane
Amalfi, he 21th of October
On Wednesday, we all went to Amalfi. After a long bus trip,
we arrived at a small square near the sea. If we were all
together, we first went to a maritime museum. On the way
we passed by a statue of the Amalfitan Alfonso Balzico, of
which we don't know whether he really existed, but he is
considered as the inventor of the compass.
In the maritime museum we saw for example the 'prechiera del marinaio " (the
prayer of the sea), that is terminated every time they sail out.
There was also an explanation on an annual rowing competition between the four
major coastal cities in Italy: Every city has its own color and symbol on his boat:
Amalfi blue with a winged horse, Venice green with a lion, Genoa white with a
dragon and Pisa red with an eagle.
Amalfi existed before only of small streets. In an attack on the town everyone
went to the inner city. Because the streets to the city were underground, they
could already trow boiling pitch through the holes but down over the heads of the
enemy. Therefore Amalfi was a city
which was very hard to defeat. Now
there is a main street, built over a
river.
Amalfi also has a very large cathedral, dedicated to Saint
Andrew. The building has 57 steps to the top and is a coveted
place to marry, but the bride needs to go to a special designer
for her dress to overcome the steps. The oldest part of the
cathedral dates from the year 700, the newest part has been
renovated in 1920. During that restoration they discovered a
second wall behind the visible wall. Both walls were equipped
with frescoes.
Because many people rod over St. Andrew's head for luck, the
heads on big bronze gate, often have to be replaced.
6 times a year there is a strange miracle in the cathedral there is a liquid from
the skull of St. Andrew. It is remarkable that similar miracles only appear in
Italy.
The two meter high statue of St. Andrew also is taken out the church annually
and carried around the city.
After visiting the cathedral we were free for the afternoon. Tasty pizzas are never
far away in Italy. Amalfi was also a good place to buy a souvenir.
Margot and Charlotte W.
Pompeii the 23th of October 2014
After a long bus ride we finally arrived in Pompeii. The weather was good, the
sun was shining and there were almost no clouds . First of all we visited the
Basilica Pontificia, a beautiful cathedral. It was decorated with gold and beautiful
drawings. Then we walked a little and we stopped by a piece of the Twin Towers
that were destroyed on 11th September 2001 in the USA. We think it is a great
gesture of the Italians to show the Americans that they didn’t forget what
happened that day.
Then we went to the Amphitheatre of Pompeii. When
we entered the Amphitheatre we immediately had a great view of the beautiful
Amphitheatre. After visiting the amphitheater, we visited the leftovers of ancient
Pompeii and the Mount Vesuvius who destroyed Pompeii the ancient Roman
town-city .
Here we have a beautiful mural that’s very good preserved.
One of the Italian students who is enjoying the leftovers of Pompeii
Just enjoying the sun we hardly see in Belgium!
Waiting on the bus to pick us up direction Salerno!
Sami and Ardijana
The travel from Italia to Brussels
After 5 lovely days we had to make our suitcases again and had to be at 12h30
at the place where we first met our Italian friends. With 15 suitcases we returned
because the one of Ardijana was finally delivered on Thursday... After a lot of
tears we stepped on the bus and we were on our way home. The flight was a bit
delayed but then they were already calling our names so we were also not really
on time... So then a short flight and we were back in Belgium... Now just a few
months of waiting and we will see each other back!
Charlotte Depaus and Fay Crahaij