Six schools, six countries working together in a common European School Exchange Project based on learning Art and improve our skills in English language through the study of our festivities and traditions as the starting point for the development of a coexistence in harmony.
These last weeks we have learnt a lot about Christmas. We focused on traditions all over the World and also we tried to discover the meaning of them.
To sum up, we have prepared different postcards to send them to our Erasmus+ friends. We have written them taking into account their different traditions and sharing ours too.
Although it is not
possible to travel for the moment, our team cannot stop learning and getting
close. it doesn´t matter if it is from home or the luckiest ones from school.
So, this time we were
learning about a special festivity in Romania. We know that Saint Andrew is
celebrated in many countries, but this year we have focused on Romania, as it
is one of the participant countries in our project.
It was very interesting to
learn that we have some very similar traditions although we celebrate them in
different dates.
So,we could compare Saint Andrew with Halloween
and, of course with our Samaín in Galicia.
We have taken into account
the superstitions and traditions beyond the religious part.
To grow wheatgrass is an interesting tradition and we are trying to put it into practice, You can try to do it at home.
In Ares, in Palermo, and in the whole team of our partnership we have been learning about Thanksgiving and how people celebrate it in different places of the World.
Our little ones have made their own turkeys using reciclying products.
Higher levels of primary school have made their turkeys using autumn leaves and their big imagination.
Secundary-school students have explored pointillism to create their own turkeys for the date.
In our schools we have been sharing our works, our videos and learning from each other. Working together is funnier!!
Also they have discovered with Angela Thanksgiving meaning throughout videos, readings and games.
On 26th November Thanksgiving is celebrated in the USA. In our school we organized a competition for a homemade turkey, Students were supposed to make a turkey out of paper and send a photo to the teacher. They had to do it at home as we all learn online. Here you can have a look at what they prepared.
Some classes took part in culture lessons - they watched films, played Kahoot and LearningApps.