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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

"Some peasants"

All theater lovers in Romanian schools attended the June 8, 2013 at the National Theatre School Festival "Some peasants". How our students love the theater, we have been present at the festival.
Several students from our school, prepared by Mrs. Emily Măgureanu Romanian language teacher Mrs. Stanescu Aurora and librarian Mrs. Dutan Marioara attended the National Theatre School Festival "Some peasants" at Văleni Olt. The whole activity was monitored by the Ministry of Education, School Inspectorate and the Teacher Training Olt.
A panel of high-class professional with a honor to have the president of the jury actress Carmen Trocan, awarded prizes to the best of them. Fortunately, there were among them and our students. The play ,,Morometii” was awarded the prize I.







You can see more about theater festival at:
http://festivalulnistetarani.ro/curent.html

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Polish students at a regional conference in Katowice

On 12 June Regional Department for Education organized a regional eTwinnig conference. Gimnazjum nr 14 from Ruda Śląska was among 10 invited schools which presented their projects and achievements at eTwinning Fair which was a part of the conference. Polish coordinator and students were happy to share their eTwinning passion which visitors who are going to start their eTwinning adventure. We showed our presentations, films, common products and gadgets we got in a "culture box" exchange. So our partnets  - you were also present in Katowice:-) Thanks for all we did together in our project!





Polish students at a national conference in Warsaw

Polish students and a coordinator were invited to particpate in a national conference which was organized on 7th and 8th June in Warsaw. The most important part of the event was the a prize giving ceremony and Gimnazjum nr 14 was awarded for the EUrope project we run last year. we enjoyed the stay very much - the organizers prepared a lot of attractions. We really feel eTwinning is a part of our life:-)











Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Dissemination of our Project - ITALY

Dear friends,

8th of June was the last day of lessons in Italian Secondary Schools. Then my students of “terza media” are facing with final exams until the end of June.

During the “open day”  we ( my students and I) …

“gathered and presented the most interesting presentations of all countries, we talked about all the activities that took place during  this perfect collaboration, we showed pictures of all the participating countries,  we talked about our great partners… All our audience (students, teachers, parents) was impressed of this great job. We got such warm comments that made us feel very proud.” 

 Sorry if I use the same words as Anastasia but really I won’t find words more meaningful than that! :-)

My students will prepare a post to the final report even in our Italian blog


According to us, our eTwinning project  represented a great opportunity to meet people and growth in the European dimension!

Thanks to all great European teachers partners and mostly thanks to European students …


Students were the real stars of our journey!



Orlanda Sanvitale



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Sirtaki Dance Performance by Romanian Team

Monday, June 10, 2013

Margherita d'Austria e Ortona ( Italy)


 Margaret of Austria is  the prominent  personalitie  who scored significantly political, economic and administrative live of the ancient Abruzzo,  projecting  it into the great  national and european history.

On February 21st 1582, Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Parma, daughter of Emperor Charles V, purchases, for 54,000 ducats , the City of Ortona.

The city's economy was based on agriculture and the harbor, with considerable trade with the Mediterranean countries.

Margarita made his triumphal entry into Ortona at the end of October 1583, hosted in the house of Messer Camillo De Sanctis, in Piazza San Tommaso.

She  had to build a palace in Ortona that would  reflect the  magnitude of the daughter of the Emperor Charles V and sister of King Philip II.






The construction of the palace meant for the City and for the entire Abruzzo a cultural  remarkable happening.


Under each cornerstone of the building was laid in memory of the Duchess  three  bronze medals with the image of Margaret.


Today  the  splendid setting of Palazzo Farnese in Ortona, from 19 April to 30 June 2013, incorporates a new exciting exhibition dedicated to Margaret of Austria.
... masterpieces of painting and sculpture  by contemporary artists of Margaret to be rediscovered!





Sunday, June 9, 2013

Cascella… a family of artists from Abruzzo (ITALY)

To this extraordinary family the city of Pescara dedicated a museum where we went last month.


Before becoming a museum in 1975 to the Cascella family, this place was a home, a laboratory, an artists’ coterie, a place of experimentation and teaching. It is near the historical centre of the Pescara city, near the house of Gabriele D’Annunzio, and it fosters not only a precious art collection, but also a fascinating history.

From the progenitor Basilio (1860-1950), through his successor –Tommaso, Michele e Gioacchino, Andrea e Pietro, Marco, Tommaso jr and Jacopo- to the youngest progeny Matteo Basile (1974) and Davide Sebastian (1981).

From symbolism in the late 1800s to modern day digital art: there are over 600 pieces of art created by 5 generations of artists, an extraordinary dynasty, a great cultural adventure.

Ortona - piazzezza dei pescatori- Michele Cascella
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Basilio Cascella on the 1924 made  three polychrome panels for the tomb of the hero  Andrea Bafile in the memorial cave of Majella where we went to take these pictures to show you!



                     

Italian team

Friday, June 7, 2013

Dissemination of our project


15th of May was the last day of lessons in Greek schools. Then, the long period of one month final exams started. 14th of June will be the last day of the school year for the students.

On 13th of May we presented our project to the school community. We gathered and presented the most interesting presentations of all countries, we talked about all the activities that took place during  this perfect collaboration, we showed pictures of all the participating  countries,  we talked about our great partners.
 All our audience (students, teachers, parents) was impressed of this great job. We got such warm comments that made us feel very proud.  
Thank you our friends for this unique experience.


Here there are a few students' comments:

"I learnt how good is teamwork and also I learnt what we can do if we are together!
My favorite part was when we made the video of our shool's presentation.I like etwinning!!! : emoticon"
                                 Aggelos

"I learnt how to cooperate with others. I also learnt about foreign cultures ( dances and recipes, too!). In addition, this project gave me the opportunity to practise my language and ICT skiils and learn how to usesome tools, like voki.
Personally, I liked everything from the etwinning project. Not only did I meet new people, either from other countries or my schoolmates and make many friends, but also learn about their customs and traditions. I found really intereseted the photos our partners sent from their countries, too. I also loved presenting our school, city and country to them. What is unforgettable for me me, is the teamwork we did and the fun we had at our meetings!emoticon"
                                         Anna
"What I liked most in this project is the feeling of being part of a team representing my country, as well as communicating with students from other countries."  
                          Christos

"I learned things about others countries and how nice it is to work with other children." 
                            Kalliopi













Wednesday, June 5, 2013

The famous Italian poet Gabriele D’Annunzio

lunedì 27 maggio 2013

Today we took the bus and after about half an hour we arrived in Pescara to the house where the poet Gabriele D'Annunzio was born. His birthplace is open to the public as a museum


 On the first floor of the museum there’s an exhibition of paintings, photos and documents…


Gabriele D’Annunzio writes about Ortona, our town, in some poems: he writes about  her mother’s house, the Onofri’s detached house, the S.Caterina religious house where the nuns lived. He often went in Ortona to come over to his friends and relatives.


In Ortona I spent some good hours. Ortona nights are truly magical: the small curved bay is a wonderful twinkle of stars reflected in quiet water.  (He wrote)


The most famous description about Ortona is in the romance “Trionfo della morte ”.
D’Annunzio also writes about people from Ortona in his short stories called Novelle della Pescara


During our visit we saw each room. The furnitures were very beautiful. Each room is described with the words of the poem: “Il notturno” where the poet remembers the place and his relatives.
  
Luisa De Benedictis 
Luisa De Benedictis, his mother was born in Ortona on the 17th December 1839, she married Francesco Paolo D’Annunzio; Gabriele as a child turned out to be a child prodigy and he became  surely very important about the European literature


Some of his poetic works are very popular, most notably his poem "La pioggia nel pineto" (The Rain in the Pinewood), which exemplifies his linguistic virtuosity as well as the sensuousness of his poetry.

Hush. On the edge
Of the woods I do not hear
Words which you call
Human; but I hear
Words which are newer
Spoken by droplets and leaves
Far away.
Listen. Rain falls
From the scattered clouds.
Rain falls on the tamarisks
Briny and parched.
Rain falls on the pine trees...
greetings from the terd class f