Sport Day at school in Slovakia

Sport  activities

We organized Sport Day at school for our Erasmus+ project. We danced, trained in the gym, played various ball games, ran,....

We have done something for our health.

38 Exhibition Market of the Abruzzi Agricolture and Craftsmanship

Read the article made by the students of Istituto Tecnico Agrario di Alanno (class 1) about the 38 Exhibition Market of the Abruzzo Agricolture and Craftsmanship.

Teacher coordinator: De Vincentiis Rita

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Pizza (Work in progress)

During the first part of March, Italian students and teachers of Cugnoli Secondary School were involved in the realisation of Pizza, the most famous traditional Italian dish.
Here is the recipe:

DOUGH

1 kilo of flour

a glass of olive oil

some salt

warm water

a piece of yeast

TOPPINGS

Basil, mozzarella cheese, olive oil, salt, tomato.

PHASES
In a large bowl combine water and yeast.

 Add in flour, salt and olive oil.

 Knead the dough into a ball and let it rest for two hours.

 Roll the dough on to the pizza tray.

 Put tomato, olive oil, salt, basil and mozzarella.

Put the pizza in the oven for 20 minutes at 200 degrees. Take the pizza and cut into slices. 

Enjoy it.

Traditional Italian cakes for Easter

On 14th March 2016, during the visit of the SOL delegations in Italy, teachers, students and parents of the Alanno Scalo Primary and Secondary School planned the realisation of Pupe and Cavalli (Puppets and Horses) typical Italian cakes baked at Easter time.

Live-baking of Šakotis cake

On the 27th of February, Saturday morning, the  representatives of Kacergine Basic School community  had an amazing trip to Šakiai district Lekėčiai town. They visited Lekėčiai women's club Suvalkian culinary heritage house, where they were welcomed by the women of the club with hospitality. The guests were treated to traditional dishes of this region. They had sauerkraut soup with cranberry jam and hot potatoes. The guests also tried pork jelly, cottage chese with honey, melted butter and a variety of herbal teas. Each dish was presented in detail, revealing  technological secrets of their production.

Tasting delicious food was a great experience. However,everybody waited impatiently for the other part of the visit to Lekečiai - šakotis baking process, when the students were allowed to do the part of the work themselves and observe how 21 layers of batter are turning into lovely little branches of tasty cake. A special moment of the program was removing cooled šakotis from the roller and smelling unique scent of the cake spread around the room. 

This dainty will go  to Italy to  Erasmus + project SOL  with our school delegation  after 2 weeks.

 

 

 

Slovak students cooking national meal

Dumplings with sheep cheese is Slovak traditional meal typical especially in the middle Slovakia in region called Liptov. Our students cooked it at school and then they translated this recipe into English.
We would like to present this meal in international cookery book which will be created during the visit in Italy . ( 13 - 19 March 2016 )

                                             

                                       

Picking up olives in Italy

Our school is located in a hilly region, where olive oil is one of the main agricultural products and also a is a fundamental ingredient in our diet.

As agrarian school, we have both a science lab and a panel test lab for virgin oil analysis, where we test its characteristics and assess its quality.

Olive oil is obtained through the cold squeezing of olives. It has various recognized positives characteristics: it's excellent for child alimentation because it has acid composition similar to maternal milk and it's composed predominantly of fat acid. It is at the basis of Mediterranean cuisine, whose healthy value is praised everywhere. In our laboratory we analyse organoleptic characteristics, including acidity.

In southern Italy olive trees are very common and they are part of the landscape, In each region there are different varieties of plants, from which the different characteristics of the oil. The plantations on the Adriatic side are very large, so other plants are cultivated in the same land, from which derive different flavours: in fact oil takes on the flavour of the surrounding plants.

The harvest begins around 10th November to avoid low temperatures and there are many harvesting techniques, their differences depend on type of plants but in past the harvesters used to collect the olives in a basket fastened to their waist. Nowadays we use modern equipment like mechanic olive harvester and the olives fall on a net that allow comfortable harvest.

Our classmate Ruben comes from Raiano, a village situated in the centre of Abruzzo, in the province of L'Aquila, precisely in the Peligna Valley. It was an important stretch on the road of the transhumance. The population, mainly composed of small farmers, still relies on agriculture and sheep grazing. The predominant cultivation of Raiano is the olive and many plants are hundreds of years old. His grandad says that some of the olive trees date back to 1600. 

Teacher Maria Cristina Nativio

Istituto Tecnico Agrario di Alanno 

Christmas cards and crafts in Italy

Students of Cugnoli Primary School were involved in making Christmas cards and crafts as gifts to their dear ones.

Transnational project meeting in Germany

From December 2nd to 6th, 2015, members from the Turkish partner school came to visit the Leonardo da Vinci Gymnasium in Neckargemünd, Germany. The visit was intended for the Turkish partners to get to know the partner school as well as the German school system as they couldn't participate in the first transnational project meeting in Germany in December 2014 when the topic was "music".

During the visit they spent some time at the school getting to know the school building and its curriculum, but also found out about highly gifted pupils and their specific demands on the school and its teachers.

Years 8, 9 and 10 got to also know a little bit about Turkish culture through a presentation and a special workshop organized by the Turkish partners.

In addition to visiting the school, the partners had a chance to see some of the beauty of Heidelberg, the nearest town to the school. Especially the Christmas market is a must see in December, but the castle and the old bridge were a part of the sightseeing tour as well.

Al in all, we were very happy to have the Turkish partners visit us in Germany and hope to work together in the future, beyond Erasmus+, too!

Merry Christmas from Slovakia

We wish you

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Angels

 

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Trip to Vilnius

On 6th November the students of grades 5-10 were in Vilnius. At first we visited the exhibition 'School 2015.' This year, the slogan of the exhibition was 'School without boundaries.' And indeed, this idea has been evident during the exhibition, because we got to know educational programmes of most Lithuanian Museums, the latest textbooks and fiction literature, but most of all we were attracted by the digital tools and software that can diversify the learning process. We spent a plenty of time at  the stands where experiments or laboratory tests were performed.

One of the objectives of the visit was to become familiar with more varied leisure opportunities. Such activities were offered by a leisure space in which educational programs took place in order to get to know more creative forms of spending free time. The exhibition fascinated  a lot of the students with its activities and services offered. Some lucky ones even had an opportunity  to talk to the President Grybauskaitė and make a photograph with her.

After the exhibition the group went to Vilnius Small Theatre and watched the play "MamaTomcat". The theatre, as another form of spending leisure time, was also evaluated positively by the students, They willingly shared their impressions in evaluating the  scenery of the performance,  acting of the  artists, musical interludes.

This trip was really memorable and gave pupils a lot of positive emotions and new experiences.

The trip was sponsored by Erasmus + programme finances.

 

Project Day in Slovak school

Another Project Day was held in our school in October 2015. We informed about the results of the project - Socialize, observe, learn -  exchange stays in  Lithuania and Turkey . We have reminded some traditions and customs.
We spent great time together singing, playing some musical instruments and dancing.

Students of Erasmus club. Primary school, Vráble

The students visited M.K.Ciurlionis museum

On October 22nd the students of the 5th-10th grades visited Kaunas M. K. Ciurlionis Museum. The students participated in 2 educational programmes where they listened to Ciurlionis' music, saw his pictures. The pupils found out the most interesting details from the artist's life and work told by the program managers. The students were involved in different activities - they drew the symbol of the picture they liked most, explained an abstract image of the drawing and so on. The children were also able to have their pictures taken at the zodiac signs paintings according to their birth date.

European mobility week

Our schoolchildren were actively involved in the sport week campaign "Agile School". The main aim was to encourage children to spend  actively as much time  in the open air as they can. Thus, during the breaks there were organized relays, joyous running and team games. After this campaign participants realized that sports can have fun together with friends.

Excursion of Slovak pupils

On 16 June 2015 we organized excursion for pupils working in Erasmusplus club and some parents. We visited Piešťany - our famous spa town, sailed in the ship on our river Váh and admired the castle Beckov. We spent great time together.

Striped Opera

The  5th form students of Kacergine Basic School went to Kaunas Musical Theatre. The students watched a performance 'Striped Opera' that presented a mysterious musical world in a funny and easy way bcause the main heroes of the opera become the most commonly used musical terms and symbols.

http://www.muzikinisteatras.lt/#/Vrtuali-ekskursija.html

Drama Festival in Nitra Sovakia

Our pupils working in the club "English theatre" took part in Drama Festival in English  with the story Enchanted Ella . We got an award for visual creation , songs and dance, nice choreography, and also beautiful costumes.

Here are some photos.