The 1st Transnational Project Meeting of the Erasmus+ project DOVES in

Mielec on 14 – 16 March 2018

Within the DOVES project of the Erasmus+ programme the teachers’ meeting was held in

Zespół Szkół Technicznych in Mielec, Poland. The teachers from four partner schools in

Romania, Estonia, Greece and Poland took part in the work on the project.

The aims of the meeting were to prepare the activities for the transnational learning, teaching and

training activities (Short-term exchange of groups of students), discuss the report of the 1st work

meeting in Romania, present the final interpretation of the results of the Violence survey for

students and discuss the course for mediators.

The programme was as follows:

14.03.2018 Work on the project

9.15 Welcome meeting in ZST, head teacher's welcome speech, visiting the school

10.00 Meeting with the mayor and local authorities

11.00 - 15.30 Multiplier event (Manuka restaurant)

15.03.2018 Work on the project

8.30 Meeting in front of the hotel, leaving for the Auschwitz Museum

12.30 - 16.00 Violence against the nations during World War II, Visiting Auschwitz -

Birkenau Museum

17.30 dinner, visiting Cracow - Royal Tract and Wawel Castle, the evening walk through

the Old Town, leaving for Mielec *arrival at the hotel late in the evening

16.03.2018 Work on the project

9.30 English Language Gala, Gala Opening

10.00 Report of the 1st work meeting in Romania

10.30 Final interpretation of the results of the Violence survey for students, work on the

PP presentation

11.30 Continuation of the Gala - meeting with the students taking part in the Gala

competition, awards and the Ending of English Language Gala

12.00 Working on a questionnaire for selecting the peer - mediators and discussing the

course content

13.00 Lunch

15.00 Preparing the next meeting in Greece

15.30 Uploading project materials on the project website

16.00 Free afternoon

Welcome to ZST Mielec

On the first day of the visit the participants were kindly welcomed to Zepół Szkół Technicznych

by the headmaster Mariusz Wojciechowski.

Visiting the school

Visiting the school was very excited. The school facilities made a big impression. Visiting sports

halls and fitness gyms was the opportunity to feel again like a student. Flying a plane using the

flight simulator was the best attraction. While visiting the school the participants of TPM could

also see the ICT labs, new gastronomy labs and many other classrooms.

Multiplier Event

Later that day we all took part in the multiplier event of intellectual outputs of the Erasmus +

project. We learnt how important the Erasmus+ projects are for both students and teachers.

During the event there were various workshops about CLIL method of teaching, safety rules or

learning in the future. We also listened to the lecture titled "What is happiness?" by Ph.D Marek

Paduch.

Visiting Auschwitz- Birkenau Museum

Arbeit macht frei - work will make you free - these words welcomed everybody entering the

Camp. Visiting Nazi Concentration Camp in Auschwitz always makes us think how people could

have been so cruel to each other during World War II. Every nation experienced violence and

brutality during that horrible time. We do not want it to happen again. It was a really emotional

visit.

Visiting Cracow

On the way back from Auschwitz Museum we went to Cracow, we saw the main attractions of

the city. The most significant architectural structures are the defence walls of the Wawel Castle,

the Barbakan, Florian Gate, the Wawel Castle complex with the Wawel Dragon and the

Sigismund's Chapel and its cathedral, St. Mary's Basilica, with the altar by Veit Stoss and the

renaissance Cloth Hall (Sukiennice).

Wawel Castle

St. Mary's Basilica and the renaissance Cloth Hall (Sukiennice)

Dragon of the Wawel Hill

English Language Gala

Although working on the project took a lot of time, the participants of the TPM had a chance to

take part in the 8th English Language Gala. It is the yearly competition between the teams from

Mielec schools. First, they observed students’ competition and then they talked about their

schools in Estonia, Greece and Romania. Finally the students had the opportunity to ask them

questions and check their practical knowledge of English.

The three days of Transnational Project Meeting were short but really intensive, full of hard

work, kind meetings, workshops, attractions, pleasant atmosphere and visiting a bit of Poland.

We managed to achieve the set goals and finish the meeting full of new ideas and eager to work

even harder looking forward to the next meeting in Greece together with the students.