Farewell disco.
This is a brief overview of events.
These are some of the presentations created by the students.
Shapes in Liverpool
Symmetry in Levens Hall's gardens
“MATHS IS EVERYWHERE!”
2014-2016
COLLECTIVE EVALUATION
REPORT
For the
third short term pupil exchange in
Nelson,
UK, May 2016
Areas
and Activities Discussed/ Presented
During the meeting we presented/ discussed the following:
- Discussed the
main tasks for coordinators’ final meeting in UK to complete report and
final product.
- Format for
sharing lesson plans/ideas
- All photos to
be shared in Dropbox
- Introduced to
some British history, traditions, food and culture.
- Collective
project work by students from each country linking Maths and European Life
- Activities in school
- Presentation
of the activities (7,8,9,10,11,12)
Concerns
arising
- How to use mobility tool
- How to write the final
report
- Need to have schemes of
work for all activities in format relevant for each school to support
final booklet/ guide of popular tasks
- Ideas for final booklet
Joint student project
1.
Activity 1 Maths
Around Us: Staff and students took photos and identified symmetry during the visit
in Levens Hall and created a Power Point.
2.
Activity 12 Maths
and European Life: Students discuss the cultural differences
as to how different cultures spend their time. Together they make a
presentation that shows the differences or similarities between the daily
routines of children from different cultures.
Team Comments
Turkey Team Two members of staff
from Balikesir
Karesi Ortaokulu; Dumlupinar
Mah. Kocaokul Sok. No:13/4 and this is their evaluation
of the meeting
Evaluation of
the meeting:
We had a very good time in UK. The welcome of
our British friends was wonderful. There was a very warm welcome meeting at
school. Our students had the opportunity of improving their English as well as
making friends from other partner countries and they learned a lot about
British culture.
It was interesting to see that there were many
Muslim students at the school. We saw that they were integrated to the British
system well and rules but they were still keeping their traditions and customs.
And we also appreciated the respect given by British people to their customs,
traditions and religion.
Also it was really emotional to see that al the
teachers at the school were treating the students as if they were their own
children. We could really felt the love and compassion they felt for their
students. I personally impressed by the British headteacher’s conversation with
them after the welcome meeting. He talked with them like their father, maybe
their fathers aren’t giving that much support to them!
We presented our project activities and watched
activities prepared by all participating countries, prepared one presentation
about “European Life” together, played during Maths games and worked together
in groups, had a picnic, sailing, looked for symmetry in Lavens Hall Garden,
sightsaw many interesting places, took part in a disco or in the “treasure
hunt”
Last day, Italian friends prepared pasta for
us, also we prepared a Turkish desert for the project team and Romanian friends
also prepared deserts for us.
Lastly we were delighted to see the
opportunities for the special needs in our partner country and realized that we
have a long and hard way to go about education of special needs even there is a
good progress in the last few years.
We want to thank again to our friends for the
wonderful week and experiences.
Team Comments
Italian
Team Three members of staff from Scuola Media Statale M.
Pluchinotta; Via Marletta, 2 Sant' Agata li Battiati; Catania;
Sicilia; Italy
Evaluation
of the meeting:
The Italian team
was delighted both with our stay and the welcome we were given. Our English
partners showed us the reality of the school they work in and we were able to
compare notes on our ways of teaching, both with the British teachers as with
our colleagues from other countries. Debra and the staff looked after us
wonderfully, giving us the chance to get to know your beautiful country.
The project activities
were well prepared and were great fun to do. Our kids really enjoyed their stay
and all made the most of their opportunities to practice their English and
enjoy themselves in a range of new outdoor activities: the sail on the lake was
particularly memorable.
The days were so
action-packed that all the participants immediately became a single group
with moments of pure fun, music, dancing and tasting typical dishes
from each of our countries (we actually made three different pasta specialties!):
all this helped create a great climate.
Our kids really
enjoyed meeting and getting to know the kids from abroad: both the project
activities and the fun moments helped them make friends.
To sum up, we can
say that our journey went well beyond a simple project and instead became a
great adventure for us all.
Team Comments
Poland Team 3 members of staff
from Zespół Szkół w Rudkach; Poland
took part in this exchange
Evaluation
of the meeting:
The Polish team has a high opinion
of the meeting. Our British friends created an amazing atmosphere.
Teachers and students were
also able to take part in great variety of activities connected with Maths. It
was an interesting, and developing experience, and our students had a great
time playing with their friends from the UK,
Romania, Italy and Turkey . Teachers and students had
the possibility to discover amazing British culture and historical landmarks. The
meeting was really well prepared. Our
British friends did their best and were hospitable and helpful. They made an
effort to help us to get to know and appreciate the diversity of British
culture, customs, landmarks and traditions.
We had a wonderful time: presenting
and watching activities prepared by all participating countries, preparing one
presentation about “European Life” together, playing during Maths games and
working together in groups, having a picnic, sailing, looking for symmetry in
Lavens Hall Garden, sightseeing many interesting places, taking part in a
disco or in the “treasure hunt”. During the whole stay we saw many beautiful
and interesting places. During the meeting, all students talked incessantly
with their new friends, using every moment to get to know and build personal
relationships that are the most important aspects of a successful project.
This meeting was also a great
opportunity to improve our students’ language skills. Observation of
teaching-learning process and sharing experience during this meeting was an
opportunity to learn a new innovative methods and forms of working with disabled
children in our school.
Romanian
Team SCOALA GIMNAZIALA ,, SFANTA VINERI''; Municipiul Ploiesti No. 19, Postei Street;
Romania
Evaluation
of the meeting:
First of all, on behalf of my
team, I must say that we are grateful for the way the English team greeted us
and our students, making this experience an unforgettable one.
The meeting in the UK was a
great chance for all of us to get together again and present the activities
organized by each partner school over the second school year. This way, we had
the chance of an overall look at the achievements of our teams. The students
were especially proud of the chance given, namely to present their work and the
logical games and were also happy to be able to talk to students from other
countries about their daily activities and compare their daily schedules and
preferences.
Our team was especially
impressed by the warm welcome we had and even more so with the school we had
the honor to see. It had a great impact on us and it was truly inspirational to
see how the students’ work was displayed in the hallways, the happy colours
that could be seen everywhere, the modern equipment. We wish that one day our school
will also be as welcoming as theirs.
We were furthermore impressed
by the way the teachers encouraged their students with disabilities and also by
how well they got along with our teams, proving that maths is indeed a
universal language. Our students were able to make videos using geometrical
shapes and build English landmarks
together, in multicultural teams.
We also enjoyed our treasure
hunt containing maths clues that encouraged the students to discover a typical
English village and, at the same time solve maths riddles. Lavens gardens also
gave our students the opportunity to admire the beauty of geometrical shapes.
The meeting in the UK was the
perfect opportunity for our students to meet for a last time, share ideas, work
together, improve their language skills and discover England.
UK Team CO-ORDINATOR
Evaluation of the meeting.
Firstly I would like to thank all the partners for their generous words
and comments.
It was a pleasure to host the final exchange and also challenging in
trying to support project work into the week but I feel we successfully managed
to vary the activities to incorporate the theme of ‘Maths is Everywhere!’ and
to experience Britain and its cultures.
It was impressive to see all the young people totally unfazed when asked
to work in mixed groups and not just stay in their comfort zone with their own
nationalities. The students from all countries showed genuine enthusiasm to
join in activities from a treasure hunt around a typical English village,
creating paper aeroplanes from origami instructions in English or supporting
each other sailing whilst others created animations. It was lovely to see
everyone joining in and trying new things.
It has been a pleasure to meet and work with the coordinators and staff
from the other schools
and to learn from them but also to show them how we work with our young
people and have high expectations of them, no matter what their ability.
I believe this meeting rounded off what has been a wonderful 2 year
project, where all students have been included and involved in some way. As a Maths
teacher myself, it has been a terrific project to be part of and see that Maths
is indeed everywhere!
