MAKING MEDIEVAL CULTURE AND TRADITIONS ALIVE IN OUR OWN DAYS
REPORT ABOUT THE PROJECT MEETING IN BALTAR – PORTUGAL
Partner schools
Biotehniški Center Naklo – Srednja šola, Slovenia
Lasnamäe Üldgumnasium - Tallinn, Estónia
Escola Secundária Daniel Faria – Baltar, Portugal
Centrul de Excelentǎ pentru Tineri Capabili de Performantǎ Iasi, Romania
All partner school representatives met in Baltar, Portugal, from the 16th
/17th till the 21st October 2008. We shared information and showed each
other the activities carried out during this school year and the final
results. The Estonian students presented a part of the medieval drama
they are writing “The nation without king” and which will be Estonian final
product. Two Portuguese students made a power point report on their stay
in Slovenia last school year.
We went through the activity calendar, expected results and mobilities
which were written in the application form and we made some changes and
add new ideas. Estonia cancelled the teaching experience in Slovenia and
Portugal cancelled teacher experience in Estonia. Two Portuguese students
will go to Slovenia in the last project meeting. We discussed the possibility
of moving the Romanian teaching experience in Slovenia from April to May.
The decision will be made until the end of November.
The following activities were added:
Slovenia – excursions to historical buildings and museums
- workshop on coat of arms
- workshop on how to make candles out of bee wax
- workshop on medieval dances
- workshop on archering and fencing
- workshop on medieval dishes
- exhibition with all final products
Estonia – students will make medieval stained glass imitation which will be
used as the stage decoration in the play
- the scenography will be made by the students
- students will make posters to advertise the play
- students will paint miniatures to illustrate the text of the play
Portugal – workshop on medieval dancing
We agreed on a timetable for the jointly produced results:
– project website will be upgraded by Romanian school with the following
sections for the this school year (project meetings, chart on medieval
events (one event for each century), multimedia material, photogallery,
articles, other interesting activities).
– all partners will upgrade their project websites.
– articles for the school or local magazine.
– A CD on medieval painting, family life, society and chemistry
– multimedia material with performances carried out by students by midMay, each school will send its material to the others.
Each school will have additional special results that will be presented to the
other schools in the last project meeting which will take place in Slovenia.
In what concerns mobilities we agreed on the following calendar:
th
– 14
- 18th May – all schools will meet in Slovenia for the final project
meeting and teaching experience with the participation of 2 Estonian and
2 Portuguese students.
The project results will be presented on local radios, newspapers and, of
course, on the web page. Schools will also have exhibitions of the final
products.
This project has enabled all participants (teachers and students) to focus
on the European dimension, mainly on the integration of different
communities so as to prevent xenophobic attitudes. The project has also
allowed the discussion of approaches to improve the learning of foreign
languages for students and for teachers.
During the meeting in Baltar, teachers of the different countries met the
school headmaster and teachers of different subjects. We attended
Portuguese and Estonian students’ presentations: the former on their trip
to Slovenia last school year and the latter on the drama they are writing
and playing.
On Friday evening teachers and students attended a food exhibition at
school “From Medieval times to our days” and the medieval ritual of
Queimada. On Saturday we visited medieval Porto and on Sunday we went
to a rural preserved village “Quintandona” where we had a typical meal in a
traditional kitchen and listened to traditional music. We also visited
“Mosteiro de Paços de Sousa” and “Mosteiro de Cête”. On Monday we
attended the Portuguese and Estonian presentations at school, we met
teachers and students and we planned activities for ending the project in
May.
Estonia, Juta Teral
Slovenia, Mojca Logar and Marjetka Kastelic Svab
Portugal, Fatima Poças
Romania, Mihaela Hendres and Doru Turbatu
Baltar, 20th October 2008