Faith in My Life/Croatia

The video was made by German teacher Sandra Maglov.

Famous Sport People / Poland

Bozena Gobcewicz, English Teacher of Szkoła Podstawowa nr 47 im. J.K. Branickiego/Poland

Comenius Primary School / Italy

Michela Chiappini,English Teacher Of Istituzione Scolastica Autonoma n.11 Vezzano Ligure/ Italy

STUDENT'S SURVEY (DATES ARE RELATED TO 48 STUDENTS) /ITALY

Michela Chiappini,English Teacher Of Istituzione Scolastica Autonoma n.11 Vezzano Ligure/ Italy

Vilkaviskis Primary School Welcomed the Comenius partners from Europe/Lithuania

The last week of April the community of Vilkaviskis Primary school hosted forty five

 people-teachers, students and their parents from five European countries-Croatia, Czech Republic, Italy, Poland and Turkey.

Vilkaviskis Primary school is participating in Comenius Multilateral Partnership Project „Join Hands and hug Europe“. The multilateral learner-centred intercultural Project aims at providing a platform for close cooperation between six European primary schools- their pupils, teachers and other education staff in order to improve the school climate and create a safer, more tolerant and inclusive school by reducing violence and bullying and ensuring that every child feels accepted and develops its potential to the full.

Seventeen students from European countries were hosted by the families of Vilkaviskis Primary School students‘. While waiting for the young guests the parents said that hosting a kid from different culture and background  is a kind of a challenge to the whole family.

When the stay was over, one of the mums Gileta Naujokiene  who hosted a Polish girl Julija shared her impressions and gained experience. Her two kids-school chidren perceived the importance of ability to communicate in foreign language and understood huge perspectives that could await in the future if the skills of foreign language will be higher than average. Mrs Gileta noticed that during the stay they communicated in Russian, Polish, English and...the language of gestures. The third grade student-her son-made sure that the speaking English during the English lessons and communicating in English in a real life are two absolutely different things. During the stay the whole family were pleasantly surprised when Julija pronounced Lithuanian words „Labas rytas“(good morning), and „laba diena“ (good afternoon).

The Project „Join hands and hug Europe“ will last till September  2013. The delegation of nine people-five teachers and four students are leaving for Zagreb on the 21st of May. More students will be able to visit countries neighbours-Poland and Czech Republic next school year.

Renata Vitkauskiene,

                                                                                                                                                                       The journalist

Irada Miltiniene,English Teacher Of Vilkaviskis Primary School/Lithuania

Primary School Zitnjak

The presentation/video  was done by Ivana Cale, English teacher.

My Home

My home

                                  The film was made by pupils Ena and Nika (7.b),  
                                  Primary School Zitnjak, Croatia

Religion in My Life: Islam / Turkiye

I’m Berke. My religion is Islam. Islam appeared over 1400 years ago in Mecca, Arabia. The followers of Islam are called Muslims and I’m a Muslim boy.

ALLAH

We, Muslims, believed that there is only one god. The name of our god is Allah. We believe in Allah and all the prophets such as Adam , Moses and Jesus.

QURAN

We believe in our holy book Quran. Quran was sent to the Muslims via one of Allah’s messengers Mohammed. He is the final prophet and We, Muslims, believe in him.

SHAHADAH

The basic statement of Islamic faith is “Shahadah” It means that Allah is the only god and that Mohammed is Allah’s prophet. A Muslim believes in this statement with his whole heart.

EZAN & SALAH

Ezan is a chant that is used to call Muslims to salah. Muslims perform salah five times each day. Allah ordered Muslims to pray five times a day.

MOSQUE

The sacred place of we , Muslims , is Mosque. A mosque is the worship place of a Muslim. It has one or more minarets. A minaret is a tall thin tower. A muezzin stands at the top of the tower and calls Muslim prayer.

PRAY

For us, lifting our hands up for praying before sleeping or eating or anytime we need is enough to be heard by Allah. We don’t need any other people or things to hope wishes from Allah.

KAABA

The holliest place for Muslims is The Kaaba. It is a cube building in Mecca . Allah told the Prophet Mohammed that he should use the Kaaba to do his worship.Muslims must go to Hajj at least once in their life if they can afford.

ZAKAT

In the eyes of God all people are equal in race, gender, poor or richness and one of the ways to keep that equality is giving ZAKAT for poor people. We, Muslims, give ZAKAT for people to help them . Zakat can be given as money or food. A rich Muslim has to pay to benefit the poor and the needy each year.

RAMADAN

Ramadan is one of the most important event in a Muslim's life. We, Muslims, fast during Ramadan. It lasts almost 30 days. We don’t eat or drink anything from dawn to night. After sunset , with the evening salah , we start to eat  a big dinner with our family.

EUD UL -FITR

After Ramadan, We celebrate the festival of Eid ul –Fitr. It lasts for three days. We dress up and visit our relatives and friends and gather candies and chocolate.

NOAH'S PUDDING DAY : ASHURE DAY

Ashure is a traditional Turkish dessert cooking in the Ashure month. It symbolizes the true friendship and unity among God’s people.
In this day, our mums prepare the huge amount of ashure and share with families , friends and neighbours by serving in the small bowls.
We , Muslims believe that the prophet Noah and his family mixed all the storage and cooked pudding after the great flood to save themselves from starving. Now , Noah’s pudding is called ashure.

THE BIRTHDAY OF 
THE PROPETH MOHAMMED

We , Muslims celebrate the birthday of the prophet Mohammed on 20 th April. We believe that our prophet Mohammed smells like a rose. So giving the rose is a custom to greet and hug all people. The prophet Mohammed says “Your smiling in your brother’s face is charity.

Aslı Altan Altundal, English Teacher of Türkkonut Emel Önal  Primary School/Turkiye

My Hobby: Natalka/ Poland

BASKETBALL 

I play basketball every day. My favourite basketball stars are Michael Jordan and Marcin Gortat.

SKATING

I go skating at the weekends. I like this sport very much. I go skating for 4 years.

CINEMA

 I go to cinema every 3 months. My favourite movies are ,,Twilight saga’’ and ,,Spy Kids’’.

MUSIC

 I listen to music every day. My best music performers are Adele, Gotye, Małpa and O.S.T.R.  I‘ve got my favourite tracks on MP3 player. I like listening to music very much.

TELEVISION

 My favourite TV program  is ,,You can dance‘’. Our television is in the living room.  

BOOKS

 I like reading books. My favourite book is ,,Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’’.   

Bozena Gobcewicz, English Teacher of Szkoła Podstawowa nr 47 im. J.K. Branickiego/Poland

My Family: Karolina Dulko / Poland

  My name is Carolina.I’m 10 years old . I go to sport class. I like  drawing and desinging clothes

My Sister: Her name is Kasia.
Kasia is 14 years old . She likes painting and reading books.

My Mother: My mom's name is Małgosia. She is 36 years old.She likes cooking and reading books.

My Father: My dad’s name is Piotrek . 

He is 38 years old. He likes watching movies.

 Grandparents: My grandfather's name is Stanisław and my grandmother’s name is Jadwiga. They like playing cards.My grandfather's name is Stanislav. He’s 87 years old. He likes watching movies. He likes plants.

Great  Grandparents: Their names are Franciszek and Janina.

Bozena Gobcewicz, English Teacher of Szkoła Podstawowa nr 47 im. J.K. Branickiego/Poland

My Family :Marcin / Poland

 This is  my family.

 This is my dad . He likes drawing.

 This  is my mum . she likes cooking.

 This is my sister . She likes going to school.

 This is my cat . Its name is Lucky.It likes playing with me.

 This  is my  cat .Its name is Kawa.The photo is with his small cats

This is me . My name is Marcin . I like skateboarding.

Bozena Gobcewicz, English Teacher of Szkoła Podstawowa nr 47 im. J.K. Branickiego/Poland

Lesson Plan : Education For Peace and Tolerance / Italy

EDUCATION FOR PEACE AND TOLERANCE

LESSON PLAN

TOPIC:           The Meaning of Faith and feelings

Skills:              -   oral production

   -  written production and listening

Level:                          -  A2 or pre-intermediate

Duration:        -  120 minutes

Organization: -  plenary and group work

Material:          -   song by Leonard Cohen “Hallelujia”( attached file 1)

Objectives:

Linguistics

-          To understand discourse in L2 while listening

   

 Communicative

-          To understand and produce texts  in L2.

Structure of the activity:

Pre-listening activity:  brainstorming on vocabulary concerning faith, feelings and  tolerance (idioms in different languages, for example: faith, self-esteem, relationship, feelings...)

Listening activity:  Listen to the song from you tube and then read the script of Cohen’s song analysing its meaning

Post-listening production: write your own small e-mail on faith and tolerance and its meaning. (attached File 2).

Project:  Look for a movie or another song  on peace and tolerance in L2 and share it with the class.

Hallelujah

Now I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you
To a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light
In every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though
It all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

Michela Chiappini,English Teacher Of Istituzione Scolastica Autonoma n.11 Vezzano Ligure/ Italy

My Home- My Family / Turkiye

Şevval Akyıldız , 4th grade student , describes her house and family...



Berke Diler , 6th grade student, describes his house and family...




İrem Gülen , 5th grade student, describes her home and family...

Aslı Altan Altundal, English Teacher of Türkkonut Emel Önal  Primary School/Turkiye

My Hobby /Turkiye

Aslı Altan Altundal, English Teacher of Türkkonut Emel Önal  Primary School/Turkiye

My Hobby / Czech Republic

ICE HOCKEY

DANCING

WESTERN RIDING

THE WAR

Barbora Hejtmankova, English Teacher of Základní škola Bělá pod Pradědem /Czech Republic

The Relationship Between Lithuanian Students and The Orphans From Tanzania / Lithuania

Class 3A teacher Rima Kijauskiene together with Irada Miltiniene, the English teacher, took part in the establishing contacts among  the Lithuanian students from class 3A and the orphans from Tanzania and their teacher Jane Sanare. Next time we are going to exchange the video clips with traditional songs of both countries.

Irada Miltiniene,English Teacher Of Vilkaviskis Primary School/Lithuania