Meeting in Burgos , Spain
From the 23rd
April till the 27th, Liceo Castilla Maristas school had the
privilege to host the sixth meeting of this project. It has been the first time
that this school has taken part in any Comenius project and we were not
complete sure how well we could organize it.
We started in
March with all the preparations. Finding the families to host the students was
the most difficult things, though it is fair to say, that at the end, all of
our students and families love their partners students and had a lot of fun
with them. Organizing a tour around the school by our 13 year old students and
the decorations took part during the English lessons. Then we arranged the
visits of the monuments, places to eat and so on, and the funniest part was
organizing the karaoke party. WE LOVED IT!!!
The meeting
started on Wednesday 23rd when someone sent a text message, “We’ve
just landed!! Come to pick us up!!” By that time, there was a bus going from Burgos to Madrid
airport to take all the Comenius party home. It was a sunny and beautiful day
in Madrid , and the way back to Burgos did not last more
than three hours. At six o’clock in the evening, we were in front of the
school, matching foreign students with our correspondent families. The meeting
has just started.
Thursday was
an intense day. In the morning our 2º ESO students took all the teachers around
the school, showing them all the facilities. Foreign students were working in
the computer room, doing a Comenius blog for their schools. Afterwards, teachers and students will have a
Spanish language lesson, where all of them finished with a Spanish surviving
kit, which was very helpful for the rest of the days. Then, we had our project
meeting and the presentation of the tasks for the meeting, our healthy sayings
glossary, which everyone presented very well.
Thursday
afternoon, after having lunch in the school, was a bit of time off, so everyone
could relax recharge our batteries for the karaoke party that took place in the
music room. Everyone enjoyed a lot, Ciprian let us sing just a few of songs and
we had all the students dancing Macarena.
A big success!!!
Friday
morning, students came to school to finish their work. Apart from the blogs
that they finished, they also had a lesson on SketchUp which was very
interesting. Then we went to collect the teachers and visit all together the
MEH, Museum of Human Evolution . There we could see our ancestors, as the
first human being found in Europe was from Atapuerca, just 10 km from Burgos city centre.
Afterwards, we had a walk around city centre, going up to the castle where we
enjoyed beautiful sights of all of Burgos .
After lunch, we visited the Cathedral, one the best gothic monuments of the
world. Simply, we loved it as well.
Saturday was
our trip day, and we went to Salamanca .
In Salamanca we had the chance to visit all the most
important monuments of the city, cathedrals, different churches and the main
square, which people say that it is the most beautiful in Spain . After
having lunch all together, we had some time to walk around the city and enjoy
the smells of this beautiful town.
At the end of
the day, although we were exhausted, some of the Spanish students organized a
party for the Comenius students. We do not exactly know how it was that, though
it seems to me that they had a wonderful time.
COMENIUS
MEETING, LICEO CASTILLA, BURGOS ,
APRIL 23RD – 27TH, an experience we will not forgive
ever!!!