March 20, 2015

Jazzy Classics

 

Kaunas Philharmonic (photo from: www.teatrai.lt)

On March, 5, the team of Kačergine Basic School project „Socialize, observe, learn“ went  to Kaunas Philharmonic to listen to the concert of the group „Jazzy Classics“. The group consists of these members: Rūta Rinkevičiūtė-Piano,vocal, Saulė Rinkevičiūtė-Violin, Nerijus Bakula-Accordion, Tadas Dešukas-Jazz Violin, viola, Vytis Nivinskas -Contrabass, Vytis Vainilaitis-Drums, Percussion. We had a pleasant evening listening to the arrangements of the most famous classical pieces, such as Antonio Vivaldi – „Spring“ and „Winter“ from ‚Four Seasons‘, Johann Sebastian Bach –‚Aria‘, M.Ravel „Bolero“,  A. Chachaturian ,Sabre Dance‘ etc.

More information about the group you will find in the ,Jazzy' Classics website.

Meeting with a film and theatre actor

On the 24^th of February our senior students participated in an interesting event. They were at the meeting with Marius Jampolskis who is known as a film and theatre actor, a TV presenter and the member of music group ‘Chilinam’ Marius Jampolskis told the students that the inclination towards arts and music came from the family. The actor stressed that vocation and job satisfaction from working is important when choosing a profession. During the event, the children were able to listen to the concert of peers. The students from Garliava School played to the audience.

The way of bread

The students from the 6th-8th grades of Kacergine Basic School participated in the integrated Literature and Ethnic Culture lesson 'The way of bread.' In the lesson, the students found out how bread was worshiped in the past, read extracts about bread from Literature works, discussed them. They also listened to the folk proverbs and sayings, identified rye among other grain.
The other part of the lesson took place in Pypliai farm which is located next to Kacergine. This time the students took part in the educational programme 'Magic bread is being baked' that presented the preparation of batter for bread and baking it according to the recipe of this district. Everyone who participated in the program kneaded the dough up, shaped a loaf of bread and after that put it into the oven. While the hostess Dalia was telling interesting stories, the children were listening to them and impatiently waiting till the tasty bread will be ready. When sweet smell filled the room, everybody understood that the bread was baked. The programme was useful as well as filled with plesant emotions. It gave a chance to the students to get acguainted with old Lithuanian traditions, rituals and heritage.
This activity is one of the international project Erasmus+ „Socialize, observe, learn“ events which let the participants learn more about the culture of our country.

Introduction

Erasmus+: Comenius project

Socialize, observe, learn

The project is aimed primarily at teenagers.  The project participants - students and teachers - are not only from different countries but also from different-sized cities and schools. On one hand, this is the age when the students are trying to find their own place in the world on the other teachers are often faced with a variety of students' educational problems, therefore they are constantly looking for new teaching methods.  In addition to this, in times of globalization it is important for pupils to develop their own tolerance levels, gather an understanding and acquaint themselves to different life styles in Europe.

This project will give a chance to learning by observing and active participation. The purpose of the teachers and parents is to promote healthy and meaningful lifestyle choices. Furthermore, the intent of this project is to encourage and teach pupils how to work collaboratively with pupils from other countries in a non-formal learning environment. The students in partner schools will learn how to eat healthy and how to spend their free time in a healthy, active and fun way. The teachers will improve their competencies, linked to their professional profiles; they will gain a broader understanding of practices and systems in education across the different countries. The parents will be more involved in the common activities of the school community.

All participants will gain the knowledge and wealth of national cultures and national languages, they will acquire ITC skills as a way to communicate and be able to use it as an everyday tool.