Video " Portuguese Rituals "
Fourth Visit Report
20th to 25th March 2011
Armamar, Portugal
Programme:
Lifelong Learning Programe
Sub-Programme:
Comenius
Action Type:
Partnership
Action:
Multilateral School Partnership
Project title:
“ We are surrounded by water, but there is no drop to drink”
Theme: Traditions and rituals related to
water
The 4th meeting of the partners
involved in the Comenius Project “We are surrounded by water but there is no
drop to drink” had as main objective to share DVDs presenting the activities
that were developed by the students in each of the schools that participate in
the Project, according to traditions and rituals from each country and region
related to water.
From 20th to 25th March 20011, the Agrupamento
Vertical de Escolas de Armamar hosted 20 people from 6 countries: 14 teachers
and 6 students. The teachers were accommodated in “Hotel Folgosa” where they
were surrounded by the River Douro, source of water to the UNESCO Heritage’s
Douro Valley, and the students were
hosted by 3 families of Portuguese students in the region of Armamar.
Working programme:
20th March- Sunday
Teacher from our school were picking up our
guests from airports ( Oporto “ Sá Carneiro” and Lisbon), bus stations (Peso
da Régua) and taking them to the hotel.
The students were taken to the
Portuguese host families.
21st
March- Monday
In the
morning of the 21st of March, in the auditorium gently borrowed by the
Firefigthers of Armamar, a small show of varieties was presented, with music,
dances, coreographies, performing and slides presentations, in which the main
intervenients were the students of the classes involved in the project: EB1 São
Cosmado, EB1 Aldeias, EB1 Folgosa, 4º A and 4ºB of Armamar classes A. B and C
of the 7th grade. After
the show the partners had lunch at the school canteen before having a meeting
for the rest of the presentations. They also participated in the school’s
Reading Week by reading poems from Greece,
Turkey and Lithuania.
22nd March - Tuesday
In the next
morning, the partners were officially hosted by the Mayor of Armamar, Hernâni
Almeida, in the Town Hall. After lunch
there was a visit to “Quinta das Carvalhas” in the Douro Valley
to get to know more about the vineyards and the wine, and more specifically the
Port Wine. The partners also visited a Douro cellar : “Nieport”.
23rd March -
Wednesday
On the 23rd
of March the partners visited the primary schools of Folgosa , S. Cosmado e
Aldeias, stopping along the way in Lumiares Dam which supplies water to part of
Armamar County. In the schools, the parents, the
sudents and the teachers warmly welcomed the visitors with musical and
gastronomical traditions of the region. In the afternoon there was a visit to
the Convent of Salzedas, to Murganheira’s cellar and to Lamego’s historical
part. In the evening the partners and some teachers of the host school gathered
during dinner, where the traditional Portuguese group “Jograis de Gogim” played
and danced traditional folk Portuguese music.
24th March - Thursday
In the next
day the partners left in the morning towards Oporto
to visit the Water Pavillion, the sea shore
of Matosinhos, and the mouth of River
Dopuro into the Atlantic Ocean. In the
afternoon, they had some free time to visit and explore the river shore of Oporto, a very traditional part of town.
25th March - Friday
The
partners returned to their countries.
Conclusions:
All aims
mentioned at the beginning were achieved.
The
partners evaluated the meeting and discussed some activities to the next
meetings.
All groups
received certificate and all documents were signed and stamped by our school.
The
Portuguese Coordinator
Head Mistress of the school
Ana
Lázaro CristinaMexia
Portuguese Tasks
Portugal- Poems related to water.
Portugal- Poster - Water as a symbol of creation
Portugal- Leaflets about water´s cycle in Nature
Thermal-Water
Portuguese traditions and rituals related to water
Causes-of-Water-s-Pollution
Water-and-Its-Importance
Water as a source of inspiration in Art
Water as a Source of- nspiration inArt -Monotipia
Water and Light - Photo experience- a view fromPortugal
Water- Way of Therapy and-Relaxing
Throughout the Universe - Water as a Source of Life
The 10 commandments to save water
