Monday 4 March 2013

Teachers' meeting in Pontevedra

In February 2013 the second project teachers’ session was held in Pontevedra. During the meeting the representatives of the partner schools made the evaluation of some actions done since November 2012 (conducting a questionnaire on the pupils’ lifestyles and the assessment of its results; exchanging letters by papermail between the pupils of the partner schools, making booklets and PowerPoint presentations on what people eat on some special days typical of its own country and sending them to all the other partner schools to be used during classes; carrying out a survey on the pupils’ favourite food) and made arrangements for the coming months (working out and conducting a questionnaire on how the pupils relax; launching a multilayered programme promoting fitness and a healthy lifestyle).

A panoramic view of Pontevedra
 

The building of CEIP San Benito de Lérez - the host school of the meeting

CEIP San Benito de Lérez - a welcoming lesson

CEIP San Benito de Lérez - maths classes

CEIP San Benito de Lérez - an exhibition on the partner schools

CEIP San Benito de Lérez - a board on Poland

A meeting with the teachers of IES A Xunqueira 1 (a secondary school)

IES A Xunqueira 1 - art classes

A multimedia presentation on Spain's education at the local teachers' training centre

A meeting with the Mayor of Pontevedra

A workshop on the project activities





Apart from being involved in the activities directly connected with the implementation of the project assumptions the teachers participating in the session had the opportunity to get to know what Spain’s educational system is like (tours of primary and secondary schools, a visit to a teachers’ training centre, a meeting with the Mayor of Pontevedra) and to deepen their knowledge about Galicia (touring such places worth seeing as Pontevedra, Santiago de Compostela, A Lanzada, Combarro).


Pontevedra - the Church of San Francisco

Combarro (a fishing village)


The Chapel of A Lanzada


Santiago de Compostela's Cathedral - the destination of the Way of Saint James





The local media got very interested in the meeting. There appeared a few newspaper articles on the Pontevedra session as well as a radio interview with its participants.