CAVA DE’ TIRRENI (SA)
MULTILATERAL COMENIUS PROJECT
“FOOD AND HEALTH”FOOD AND HEALTHSchool year 2008/2009
PROJECT COORDINATORIstituto Tecnico per Geometri “L. Vanvitelli” - Cava de’ Tirreni (SA)
a s 2008/09a.s.2008/09
EUROPEAN PARTNERS
ROMANIA - Iasi RomaniaRomania
Grup Scolar Agricol“Vasile Adamachi”
ROMANIA - BucarestPORTUGAL – Amora
Escola Secundaria COM 3° Ciclo Do Ensimo
B i M l C l i
TURKEY – AydinNazilli Anadolu Lisesi
ROMANIA Bucarest Scoala Cu Clasele
I-VIII nr:/91
Napoli
ITALY- ScafatiITIS A. Pacinotti
Basico Manuel Cargaleiro
NapoliITALY - Cava de’ Tirreni
ITG L. Vanvitelli
SCHOOL PARTNERSISTITUTO TECNICO PER GEOMETRA “LUIGI VANVITELLI”
Cava de’ Tirreni (SA) IITALY
ISTITUTO TECNICO INDUSTRIALE “ANTONIO PACINOTTI”Scafati (SA) ITALY
SCOALA CU CLASELE I-VIIIn.191 BUCHAREST ROMANIA_
GRUP SCOLAR AGRICOL “VASILE ADAMACHI” IASI ROMANIA
NAZILLI ANADOLU LISESI AYDIN -TURKEY
ESCOLA SECUNDARIA COM 3°CICLO DO ENSIMO . M CARGALEIRO- Seixal- PORTUGAL
SCHOOLS AND ASSOCIATED PARTNERS
ITALY
ISTITUTO TECNICO PER GEOMETRI
COORDINATOR SCHOOL
ISTITUTO TECNICO PER GEOMETRI Luigi Vanvitelli Cava de’ Tirreni SA-Italy
Municipality of Cava de’ Tirreni
Education Councillor’s OfficeC d ’ Ti iCava de’ Tirreni
Local Health Service Salerno 1Cava de’ Tirreni
ROMANIAROMANIA
Scoala Cu Clasele I-VIII nr:/91-Bucharest
Municipality of Bucharest
TURKEYTURKEYNazilli Anadolu Lisesi
Municipality of Nazilli
Nazilli State Hospital
Ti t Od iTicaret Odasi
PORTUGALPORTUGAL
ESCOLA SECUNDARIA COM 3° CICLODo Ensimo M. Cargaleiro
Municipality of Seixal
ROMANIA
Grup Scolar Agricol “Vasile adamachi”
Municipality of Iasi
ITALYITALY
ISTITUTO TECNICO INDUSTRIALE “Antonio Pacinotti” SCAFATI
MUNICIPALITY OF SCAFATI
OBJECTIVES OF COMENIUS PROJECTOBJECTIVES OF COMENIUS PROJECTThe objectives for this European collaboration belong to different categories:different categories:
• - To encourage the learning of European foreign languages
T i il th ibilit t i t th l• - To give pupils the possibility to acquaint themselves with the language of a partner country
• - To practice foreign languages and increase theirTo practice foreign languages and increase their motivation towards language learning
• Intercultural communicationT d l t iti f d t di diff t• - To develop opportunities of understanding different
cultural environments (Romanian, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish…);
• - To raise European dimensions of education by promoting respect and understanding of the cultural and linguistic diversity;linguistic diversity;
• - To become aware of issues of global concern.
Pedagogical field• - To support improvements in pedagogical approaches
and school management;and school management;• - To enhance the quality and European dimension of
teacher training;• - To exchange and disseminate good practice examples
as a way of greater motivation among the different schools and teachers in order to achieve progress;p g
To encourage teamwork use of foreign language• To encourage teamwork, use of foreign language, develop social skills;
• - To develop students` self-esteem and self-awareness;pDevelopment of ICT abilities in teaching and learning
• - To develop communication with students and teachers from schools belonging to different geographicalfrom schools belonging to different geographical location;
• - To communicate via internet resources: chat, email, e-f fconferences, forums;
• - To disseminate the results of activities using internet resources: web page, forums;resources: web page, forums;
• - To exchange teachers’ ideas and resources quickly and efficiently.
OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT“FOOD AND HEALTH”
• To motivate pupils to regularly participate in English language activities both within the curriculum and as an
t i lextra-curricular programme. • The historical research of different food habits and the
knowledge of different diets will be of great importanceknowledge of different diets will be of great importance for people involved in the project because they will develop the curiosity in searching the healthiest diet for p y gthem and become more aware of the necessity to eat healthy food and to know the substances in food that help people to stay healthy
• The project wants to help young people, our school communities, students’ families, their friends and the local communities in being aware about the importance of a healthy diet, in order to prevent some serious diseases such as anorexia or bulimia and other diseases caused by a bad way of eating and drinking.
• It wants to be a campaign to improve the quality of life of all people involved in the project.
• It wants to give pupils and teachers in our schools an opportunity to exchange experience and information with colleagues in other countries, to work together on one topic regarding the eating which has been identified like a common problem in our schools
SUBJECTS INVOLVEDSUBJECTS INVOLVEDE li h l• English language,
• Mother tongue language• History• History,• Chemistry,• Geography• Geography,• Science, • Mathematics and InformaticMathematics and Informatic,• Physical Education, • Geopedologyp gy• ICT /Computer Science• Consumer Education
MOBILITIES AND ACTIVITIES ALREADY DONEMEETING IN IASI ROMANIA ( 10th-16th Nov 2008)
GRUP SCOLAR AGRICOL “VASILE ADAMACHI”
Before the meeting, the school teams used ICT continuosly in order to communicate with each
GRUP SCOLAR AGRICOL VASILE ADAMACHI
yother,we regularly used :e-mails,web cam links,chat rooms coordinated by me,we also used fax and telephone in order to make arrangements and te ep o e o de to a e a a ge e ts a dagreements about the activities to be carried out.During the meeting we exchanged our materials prepared in the period just before each meetingprepared in the period just before each meeting.The students from different schools became “ambassadors”of their communities and presented:
1) Their National School Systems2) Their own Towns3) Their own Schools3) Their own Schools.
During the meeting in Romania, it were organized :1. A traditional food context
(Teams from each country brought the necessary i di t i d t t diti l i i thingredients in order to prepare a traditional recipe in the school canteen after that all participants tasted the products);products);
2 a project context(pupils created a project logo and mascot using (p p p j g g
colours,colored-papers, seeds and other materials.3 students prepared a power-point presentation of a
traditional healthy recipe from their country in the infotraditional healthy recipe from their country in the info- lab.
4 culinary decorative art products (students made4 culinary decorative art products (students made decorations using fruits and vegetables on the project theme.)
EXCURSIONS IN IASIEXCURSIONS IN IASI• Visit to the Botanical Garden • Visit to The University “AL.I Cuza”• Visit through the town• Visit to the Memorial Cathedral and Radio Trinitas
t distudios.• Visit to Cetatuia Convent.
MEETING IN SCAFATI- ITALY (16th-21st February 2009)
ISTITUTO TECNICO INDUSTRIALE “A: PACINOTTI
Communication before the meeting involved internet , mails, chat, fax.Communication before the meeting involved internet , mails, chat, fax. telephone..etc
During the meeting the students from different schools presented :1) Their own Food Habits history ( Powerpoint presentation) ) e o ood ab s s o y ( o e po p ese a o )
The coordinator and Expert Nutritionists presented :2) A Questionnaire about Food Habits and the2) A Questionnaire about Food Habits and the
Lifestyle of school communities ( the result of a cooperation among schools and the supervision of expert nutritionists from the Local health Service Salerno 1 –Cava dè Tirreni District.The main goal of the questionnare was to get to know the food habits of each school community .It was given to 15 students,15 teachers and 15 parents from 3
h l i h t f h h l tschools in each town of each school partner.The result of the survey was presented in Portugal during the third meeting
EXCURSIONS IN SCAFATIEXCURSIONS IN SCAFATI
• Visit to Town Hall• Visit to a Chocolate factory in Angriy g• Visit to Capaccio Paestum
a)Dairy Farm “Vannulo”a)Dairy Farm Vannulob)Archaeological site of Paestum
• Visit to the archaeological site of Pompei
Activities carried out from February to April 2009Activities carried out from February to April 2009• Intense activity in cooperation at distance for the
preparation of final products to be presented at the third p p p pand last meeting of the first year.In particular each school worked in order to help the others in the realization of:
• The Healthy Recipe Book (5 healthy recipes for eachThe Healthy Recipe Book (5 healthy recipes for each country) Amora - Portugal.
• The Booklet on the typical products (4 typical products for each co ntr ) Iasi Romaniaeach country) Iasi – Romania
• The implementation of the “food and health” web site (history of towns and materials presented during ( y p gmeetings). Nazilli-Turkey
• The results of the questionnaire. Scafati –Italy• The web quest tools Bucharest Romania• The web quest tools. Bucharest Romania• The implementation of a Blog. Cava de’ Tirreni Italy• The logbook (the Coordinator)The logbook (the Coordinator)
MEETING IN AMORA SEIXAL PORTUGAL (19th 25th APRIL 2009)MEETING IN AMORA-SEIXAL- PORTUGAL (19th-25th APRIL 2009)
Escola Secundaria Manuel Cargaleiro
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Before the meeting there was intense communication via internet, mails, fax, telephone, chat…among school
fpartners in order to take important decisions for teachers, students’ accomodation and materials for the final products.
During the meeting in Portugal the following activities wereDuring the meeting in Portugal the following activities were carried out:
• Students presented their school final products;p p• The coordinator prepared this “logbook” with all past
and future activities and mobilities (PowerPoint presentation)presentation).
• The school teams worked to write a final report about the first year of cooperation pointing out the positive and y p p g pnegative aspects of the cooperation, the possible problems and difficulties in working together and at the same time the happiness to have found very special pp y pcolleagues and planned future activities and agreements.
The following activities were organized in in Portugal :
• A Sports activitity for students involved in the project;A Sports activitity for students involved in the project;
• An Art& Craft activity : a tile board inspired by the topic y p y pof the project;
• A project party :students, parents and teachers met and tasted some typical food and sweet brought by participants;participants;
• An activity organized by the School Health Club;y g y ;
• A tour of the school.
ESCURSIONS IN PORTUGALESCURSIONS IN PORTUGAL
• A Visit to Seixal town• Guided tours to local industrial cork and naval museums• A Visit to Fidalga’s Manor House (Town Hall)• A Trip to Lisbon, Belèm p ,• A Visit to the Alentejo region (Olive oil Estate, a tour to
the village of Monsaraz)g )• A trip to Costa Azul (Azeitao, the Arrabida Natural Park,
Cabo Espichel)
FUTURE MOBILITIES2° YEAR
M ti i B h t ROMANIA• Meeting in Bucharest – ROMANIAScoala Cu\\Clasele I-VIIInr: 191 October 2009October 2009
• Meeting in Aydin TURKEY• Meeting in Aydin – TURKEYNazilli Anadolu LisesiFebruary 2010y
• Final Meeting in Cava dè Tirreni--ITALYFinal Meeting in Cava dè Tirreni ITALYIstituto Tecnico per Geometri”L. Vanvitelli”May 2010
FUTURE ACTIVITIESFUTURE ACTIVITIESF th d l t f th t i f th j t b t d iFurther development of the topic of the project by studying
in detail and pointing out the problems and solutions caused by eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia) and y g ( , )health care ( Dental care, physical exercises and food safety guidelines).A t d t b t th d t f t• Arrangement and agreement about the date of next meetings
• Exchanges of materials and products• Exchanges of materials and products• Comparison and contrast about different food habits• Final productFinal product• Exibition of photos and of works done • Dissemination: web pages, e-twinning, blog….p g , g, g
CONSIDERATIONSCONSIDERATIONS
During the first year the planned mobilities were fulfilled and all planned activities carried out and pobjectives reached.It has been a year of intense work and duties forIt has been a year of intense work and duties for teachers and students involved in the project but also of great satisfaction and gratification for the achievement ofgreat satisfaction and gratification for the achievement of the planned tasks .
It has been the f lfilment of a dream started atIt has been the fulfilment of a dream, started at distance, among some special teachers, scattered in different European places sharing the same passiondifferent European places, sharing the same passion for working together around a same theme, as well as the same wish to meet each other and to cooperate inthe same wish to meet each other and to cooperate in order to improve their methods of teaching, their English skills, their students’ motivation in learning g , gEnglish and how to eat healthy.
It is with great pleasure that we can state that we haveIt is with great pleasure that we can state that we have achieved our common goals, through debates, di i f t ti b t h l t hdiscussions, confrontations but we have also met each other and appreciated the contribution given to the project by all of us and the beginning of lifelongproject by all of us and the beginning of lifelong friendships among us.
The CoordinatorMrs.Gianna Barrella