Comenius Project 2007-2009

Aydin Sosyal Bilimler Lisesi, Turkey Gesamtschule Brüggen, Germany

Pöllönkankaan koulu, Finland

Germany: Planning the programme, deciding who is responsible for each part of the programme, reserving substitutes for teachers, trying to find sponsors for everything that costs, informing the partners, trying to get the needed information from the partners, booking hotels, preparing facilities, planning and booking transportation, informing own staff, planning home visits, planning where to eat, asking information about the allergies, informing every chef of the allergies, preparing evening programs, practising presentations for the welcome party, planning and booking visiting places and the transportation, booking a tourist guide, informing parents and press and everybody you can think of, preparing the pupils to meet the visitors, decorating the school, concidering all the cultural differences that need to be noticed, checking everything twice, making plan B since something has changed…

making plan C since something has changed…

making plan D since something has changed…

You need a Comenius

team, nobody can do this alone.

Finland & Turkey: booking flights and hotels, reserving substitutes for travelling teachers, preparing ideas for the meeting, (planning and purchasing gifts for the hosts)(planning and preparing lessons)

similarities, differences

Colleagues

Official meetings

WordPress : Blog based www-magazine

PS: Google ”Magazine Factory”

Food, culture, bonding

country,people, culture, art, past and present

The press conference

Having fun!

On Comenius trips you never get enough sleep…

February 2008:Meeting in Finland

(6 German teachers, 2 Turkish + 4 Turkish pupils)

- Preparations for the hosting of Turkish pupils

- Planning and training the guides for tours- Interviewing the visitors- Preparing questions for class visits

- English and German signs for every classroom and other premises, decorations

- ”Finnish night and oldfashioned Finnish sauna ”

4 Finnish teachers, 6 German teachers+ 6 German students in Turkish families

… and back home to work

And also:

-Comenius theme day.-International Christmas songs.-Renewing bulletin boards.

Project ends;summary of the two years.Working on the final report.

Possibilities to practice foreign languages

Familiarising with collegues in a new way

Finding new ways to work, both with pupils and collegues

Precious and unforgettable memories