Diversity through art, music and sport.

The days that we spent with our colleagues in Gmunden were a very satisfactory experience.
Franz, the head teacher, made us feel very welcome and he was the perfect host to us all.

During the days we spent in Gmunden, we established and prepared a plan to commence this exchange programme through sport, music and art.
Meanwhile when we were working, we created an atmosphere of unity between us which shall reflect on our pupils.

On the last day we had a conference in which we explained to all the staff, what we will work on the Comenius project, and also the most significant characteristics of the German and Catalan schools.

We have had the opportunity to learn about a school which is an entirely different model to our own. Nicolas-Lenhau schuele is a special school of education for mentally and physically disabled children which incorporates children without special needs.

The things which impressed us most were its infrastructure i.e.(the diversity and the amount of material needed for teaching, the adapted spaces provided for each class);the timetable which is from 8h.a.m. to 13h.p.m. for children and teachers alike; and also the fact that two teachers and one assistant are working in the same class at the same time.

Also we had some time to visit wonderful resorts around the town. There were exciting places to remember.

Maica Ramírez
Núria Guasch
CEIPM Arc Iris

A PHOTO ALBUM From the meeting

 

DIVERSITY THROUGH SPORT, ARTS AND MUSIC (SPORT)

Project 1: Basketball (Germany, Spain), Football or Gymnastics (Austria)
Steps:

1. Simplified rules and instructions of the games and the disciplines taught to the children.
2. Reflections about emotions before, while and after having played or moved: frustration, happiness,…
3. Special rituals, clothes and songs of each sport.
4. Presentation of a national star (interviewed by the children).

- Putting everything in the Blog
- March 2010: Presentation of the results of the project in Würzburg.

Project 2: Favourite games of our children
Steeps:

1. Questionnaires in the classes: What is your favourite “little” games? At home? At school? With your friends? What do you like on it?
2. Trying the games in he own classes and making a choice of 10-20 games.
3. Writing down and illustrating the rules of these games on little cards.
4. Mailing the rules to the others.
5. Creating an international game box for each school.

- May th 2010: last date for the results being in the Blog.
- June 18 th 2010: European Games Day in each country.

 

DIVERSITY THROUGH SPORT, ARTS AND MUSIC (ART).
Steps:

1. Presenting the art of the own city: children take photos of monuments, buildings, … and write little explanations about them.
2. Taking a visit to a museum: children get to know the artist and his work, develop own ideas how to work on with it.
3. Fixing the steps of the development of the work (Power-point, photos,…).
4. Working on with the results of the partners, create own ideas.

- Barcelona, November 2010. Big Exhibition of the Works.
- Finding a sponsor and making a poster or a calendar.

DIVERSITY THROUGH SPORT, ARTS AND MUSIC (MUSIC)
Creative  work with songs from other countries.

Steps:

1. Children choose 3 traditional and 3 modern songs from their own country, schools send an acoustic file, the texts and musical notes from the original version to their partners or put it on the Blog. Finish February 8th 2010.
2. Children listen to the choice of songs from the partner countries. The choose 2 songs from each partner. Active part begins: work with the songs of the other schools: parts of the songs are adapted and others are changed in a creative way (for example change of the rhythm, text,…) Those 4 songs are performed by the children and recorded on a CD or put in the Blog. Finish June 11th 2010.
3. Germany produces a CD and a booklet with the 12 new songs of all partners. Finish until the next visit in Barcelona (November 2010).

Second year:

Musical Workshop during the meeting in Barcelona November 2010, prepare a new creation, for example a sound story, a short musical,…