Our Comenius Team
Graça Rønning
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English teacher
I am looking forward to learning more about your countries’ customs and traditions.
I hope this project will enhance intercultural competence and mutual understanding.
My hobbies are reading and walking.
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My name is Lene, I’m 34 years old and teach German and Tourism & Languages.
I’m looking forward to meeting new people from different countries.
My interests are sports, travelling, reading, languages…
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- 18 years old
- Hobbies: listening to music
- I hope this project will be exciting and educational
- I am looking forward to learning about new cultures and meeting other people.
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Simen Bagsjøberget
I’m a 17year old boy from Trysil, Norway. I enjoy watching football and being with my friends. At the moment I’m having my second year at “Trysil Videregående skole”. I hope to learn a lot about other cultures and places.
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Linnea Myrvold Bergqvist
I am a 17 year old girl from Trysil, Norway. My interests is skiing in the mountain, hang out with friends and travelling. When I heard about this project, I immediately signed up for it, and I already know this is going to be very interesting. I would like to get an impact on how the other cultures of Europe are, and most of all meet new, interesting people. I’m looking forward to these two years.
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My name is Martin and I’m 18 years old. I live in Trysil with my family. In my spare time I create music and work out with my friends. In the winter season I work as a cabin inspector. I am rescently on my third, and last year of upper secondary school. I study genereal studies to get higher education.
What I wish to learn from this prosject is several things. Primarily I want to learn about other countries and cultures, and how the youth are like in those countries. I look forward to meet the people that comes to visit our school later this school year.
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Hello, my name is Kamilla. I am 18 years old live in Trysil with my parents and my younger brother. In my spare time I like to play soccer and hang out with my friends and my boyfriend. During the winter season I work in a Trysil Mountain. At Trysil Upper Secondary School I study economics, art, tourism and language. What I will learn from the Comenius project is: to meet other people with different ethnic backgrounds, learn about other cultures and languages. I would also like to improve my English.
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Hello, my name is Karoline. I live in, Norway. I am 17 years old and I am in my 2nd year of high school. In my free time I enjoy reading, drawing and watching series.
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Ida Hemstad
Student, 18
- My hobbies are hanging out with friends and playing football
- I am looking forward to learning more about the other countries’ culture
I hope this project will help me improve my English skills and maybe learn about other languages as well
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My name is Karoline.
I’m 17 years old.
I like to listen to music.
I want to learn more about different cultures.
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Marlèn Kjeldstad
- 18 years old.
- Hobies: Hanging out with friends, and shop.
- I hope this project will be interesting and exciting.
- I am looking forward to learning about different cultures, countries and meeting new people.
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Ina Koller
- 18 years old.
- My hobbies: cross country skiing.
- I hope this project will be exciting and educational.
- I am looking forward to learning about cultures and meeting new people.
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Hello! My name is Silje and I am 18 years old. I live in Trysil with my parents and I have three brothers. In my spare time I like to work out and hang out with my friends. In the winter season I work in a rent shop in the Trysil Mountain. At Trysil Upper Secondary School I study economics, tourism and language and biology. What I will learn from the Comenius project is: to meet other people with different ethnic backgrounds, learn about other cultures and language. I would also like to improve my English.
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My name is Vilde Linstad and I’m 18 years old. I live in Trysil with my parents and my elder sister who is 4 years older than me. In my spare time I like to hang out with friends, spend time with my boyfriend, working out and dancing. I attend Trysil Upper Secondary School. I’m looking forward to meeting new people and making new friends, learn more about the other countries and their cultures. I hope this project will be as exciting as it was last year.
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Hans Ola
My interests are for example writing and photographing.
In this project I hope to learn more about other cultures and to teach people from other cultures some aspects of my own culture.
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Hello, my name is Marlene and I’m 18 years old. I live in Trysil with my parents and my three years younger brother.
In my spare time I like to hang out with friends, spend time with my boyfriend, dancing and working out. I attend Trysil Upper Secondary School.
I’m looking forward to meeting new people and making new friends, learn more about the other countries, and I hope this project will be as exciting as it was last year.
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-Student, 18 years old
-My name is Sonia Maria Øverbekk and I am 18 years old, and I attend Trysil Upper secondary school.
-I like hanging out with my family, friends and I like to working out.
-I hope this project will help me to improve my English and I look forward to meet new people!
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Linn Myhr
Student, 18
- My hobbies are playing handball, travelling and hanging out with friends.
- I am looking forward to participating in this project and to learn about new cultures and meet new friends.
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My name is Anne Maria. I like to read and listen to music. I want to learn more about different cultures.
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My name is Kristin Rønningen, and I am a 17 year old girl from Osen, Norway. My interests are cross-country skiing, but also skiing in regular. I really like to hang out with my friends, and do different things together with them. Horseback riding is one of my biggest interests. I like to travel, therefore I like this course, and I would love to learn more about different cultures in Europe. Meeting new people is to me very interesting, and in that way you learn more things than you would do if you only read about it. I am looking forward to this project!
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Student, 18 years old
My hobbies are listening to music, playing football and hanging out with friends.
I hope this project will help me improve my English and be as exciting as it was last year.
I am looking forward to meeting new people and making new friends. I am also looking forward to learning more about the other countries in this project.
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Eline Sandbakk
My name is Eline, I am 17 year old and live in Trysil. I am interested in music, and play trombone and piano. I look forward to meet new people and learn about other cultures.
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Hi, my names Ruben Saunes. I am 18 years old and I live in Trysil. I live with my parents and I have none siblings. In my spare time, I like to work out, and I like to hang out with my friends. In the winter season, I work in a restaurant/nightclub in the Trysil mountain. At Trysil upper secondary, I study general studies with specialization in social studies, economic studies and tourism and language studies. What I will learn from the Comenius project is: to meet other people with an different ethnic background, learn about other cultures and language.
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- Ranveig Skålerud (18)
- Student
- My favorite things to do are listening to music and playing the clarinet.
- I am looking forward to participating in this project and learning about the other countries in the Comenius project.
- I am looking forward to working with this project and learning about new cultures.
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Presentation about myself
My name is Bror and I go to Trysil Videregående Skole in Norway, and I’m 17 years old! At my spare time I like to play videogames, be with friends and watch television. I’m hoping to wide my horizons considering other cultures and way of living. I feel that by living in Norway these horizons are not widened.
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Christina Stenseth
– Student, 18 years old
– My hobbies are listening to music, watching TV-shows, hanging out with friends and my boyfriend.
– I hope this project will help me improve my English and be as exciting as it was last year.
– I am looking forward to meeting new people and making new friends. I am also looking forward to learning more about the other countries in this project.
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My name is Julie Stenseth. I’m a 16 years old girl from Norway (Osen). My interests are football, cross country skiing and hanging out with friends. I would like to learn more about other cultures in Europe.
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Hello, my name is Robin. I am 17 years old and I’m currently taking my 2nd year at Trysil Videregående Skole. I like to play videogames and hang out with friends. What I’m hoping to get out of this project is to get a better perspective of other peoples cultures and getting to know other people.
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Taimi Wedul
- 18 years old
- Hobbies: Hanging out with friends.
- I hope this project will be interesting and exciting.
- I am looking forward to learning about other countries/cultures and meeting new friends.
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Poland’s Presentation
Poland’s Presentation: PREZENTACJA RUMUNIA
Project meeting in Moreni, Romania
Project meeting in Moreni, Romania
This year Rīgas vakara ģimnāzija is taking part in the international project Lifelong learning programme COMENIUS Multilateral school partnerships ”Let’s First Understand Our National Heritage in order to Define and Build Our European Identity”.
The students and teachers of Rīgas vakara ģimnāzija take part in the project together with the partners from Romania, Spain, Turkey, Greece, Norway, Estonia and Poland. One of the main study aims for every teacher is to make the study process interesting and exciting, and this project enables us to get acquainted with the culture, history, beliefs and traditions of the partner countries in an informal atmosphere, as well as to practice and develop our English skills.
During the period of 14th-19th October two teachers of Rīgas vakara ģimnāzija – J.Jevdokimova, the teacher of psychology, and A.Sidorova, the teacher of social sciences and English, – went to Moreni, Romania, with the aim to improve communication bounds between the partner schools and get acquainted with the culture, traditions and country of Romania. We arrived in Bucharest in the evening on Monday and went to the hotel in Targoviste, where we had dinner together with our partners.
On Tuesday, the first working day, first, we went to Moreni city council, where we met the city major and discussed different issues connected with culture and education. Second, we went to the Liceul Teoretic ,,I.L.Caragiale”, where we were welcome in the Romanian traditional way with bread, salt and flowers. The Romanian students proposed an interesting game in which every student made a presentation of each country referring to its geography, culture and civilization and in the end the partners had to guess the name of the country. Next, the representatives of every partner school presented a power point presentation about the geography, culture, education and interesting tourism places of their countries. The teachers of Latvia, Romania, Spain, Turkey, Greece, Norway, Estonia and Poland shared their experience about the aspects regarding the organization and successful management of the project group, the proper unfolding of the project activities. There were settled the responsibilities of the Students’ Wisdom Committee and The Transnational Students’ Wisdom Committee.
On Wednesday we went on a documentation trip to Bucharest, the capital of Romania, where we had a guided tour of the Palace of Parliament (People’s Palace) which represented a facet of the Romanian history in the Communist regime. The day was warm and sunny, and we had a great experience at The Village Museum and at The Romanian Peasant’s Museum, where we saw old Romanian houses and country farms. We also saw exhibitions of the Romanian handicraft at a Romanian traditional fair in Bucharest. During the trip
we had a workshop in which we discussed the common and different points between folk traditions and customs, culture, architecture and folk craft of Romania and partner countries.
On Thursday we had another documentation trip to Brasov, where we visited the Museum of Ethnography and Bran Castle, which was home for the legendary Vlad Dracula in the 15th century. We wanted to establish the difference between myth, legend and reality and we saw, moment at which the Romanians explained who Vlad the Impaler really was. The day was rather dark, cloudy and cold and the weather reflected the mythological atmosphere of the castle. Our guide said that she was a great-great-granddaughter of Vlad Dracula and invited us to visit the castle at night, of course, if we were not afraid of her.
On returning to Moreni, we had a working session in which we had group work and talked about reality and myths in Romanian culture and the culture of the partner countries, comparing common and different points in the legends and ethnography in our cultures.
On Friday we had working sessions and established the way in which the Project Evaluation Team for each partner is chosen and also there were settled the members’ responsibilities. We discussed the upcoming mobilities to Turkey, Norway and Spain and the activities we have to unfold before going to mobilities, as well as communication management and solutions for unexpected problems. The project partners evaluated the project meeting in Romania as a positive experience and hoped that our upcoming meetings would also be pleasant and productive.
The time of the mobility passed so quickly, and it seemed to us we had just arrived to Romania and we already had to return home. The mobility was interesting, full of new experience and knowledge.
The next project mobility is coming – on 25th-30th November two teachers and three students of Rīgas vakara ģimnāzija are visiting Turkey, where they are going to present the beliefs and traditions when human beings are born, get married, have children or die, as well as get acquainted with the traditions of the partner countries. Let’s wish them an interesting and full of impressions trip!
Anna Sidorova
Rīgas vakara ģimnāzija
Brauciens uz Rumāniju starptautiskā projekta ietvaros
Brauciens uz Rumāniju starptautiskā projekta ietvaros
Šajā mācību gadā Rīgas vakara ģimnāzija iesaistījās starptautiskā projektā Mūžizglītības programmas Comenius apakšprogrammas „Skolu daudzpusējās partnerības” partnerība „Sava nacionālā mantojuma apzināšanās, lai definētu un izveidotu Eiropiešu vienoto tēlu”.
Rīgas vakara ģimnāzijas skolēni un skolotāji piedalās projektā kopā ar partneriem no tādām valstīm kā Rumānija, Spānija, Turcija, Grieķija, Norvēģija, Igaunija un Polija. Veidot interesantu un saistošu mācību procesu ir viens no katra skolotāja darba mērķiem, un šis projekts dod mums iespēju iepazīt partnervalstu kultūru, vēsturi, paražas un tradīcijas neformālajā veidā, kā arī praktiski pielietot un pilnveidot angļu valodas prasmes.
Laikā no 14. – 19. oktobrim divas Rīgas vakara ģimnāzijas skolotājas – psihololoģijas skolotāja J.Jevdokimova un angļu valodas un sociālo zinību skolotāja A.Sidorova – devās pieredzes apmaiņas braucienā uz Rumānijas pilsētu Moreni ar mērķi izveidot ciešākas komunikācijas saites starp partnerskolām un iepazīt Rumānijas kultūru, tradīcijas un valsti. Mēs ielidojām Buharestā pirmdienas vakarā un, atbraucot uz viesnīcu pilsētiņā Targovište, iepazināmies ar projekta partneriem kopīgo vakariņu laikā.
Pirmajā darba dienā, otrdien, kopā ar partneriem mēs devāmies uz Moreni pilsētas mēriju, kur satikāmies ar pilsētas mēru un apspriedām dažādus ar kultūru un izglītību saistītus jautājumus. Tad mūs mīļi sagaidīja Moreni skolas Liceul Teoretic ,,I.L.Caragiale” skolotāji un skolēni, parādot savu draudzīgumu un viesmīlību. Skolēni prezentēja interesantu spēli – katrs skolēns stāstīja informāciju par vienu no partnervalstīm, un katras valsts pārstāvjiem bija jāuzmin sava valsts. Pēc tam partneri rādīja prezentāciju par savu valsts ģeogrāfiju, kultūru, izglītību un interesantām tūrisma vietām. Latvijas, Rumānijas Spānijas, Turcijas, Grieķijas, Norvēģijas, Igaunijas un Polijas skolotāji dalījās pieredzē par projekta grupas organizēšanu un veiksmīgu vadīšanu, apsprieda projekta aktivitāšu izpildes nosacījumus, lika pamatus katras partnerskolas Skolēnu komitejai un Starptautiskajai skolēnu komitejai.
Trešdien, mēs devāmies mācību ekskursijā uz Buharestu – Rumānijas galvaspilsētu, kur apmeklējām Parlamenta pili (Tautas pili) un iepazināmies ar Rumānijas vēsturi un kultūru komunisma laikā. Siltajā, saulainajā rudens dienā, mēs izglītojāmies un atpūtāmies Lauku muzejā un Rumānijas Zemnieku muzejā, kur apskatījāmies rumāņu veco laiku mājiņas, lauku sētas un rokdarbu izstādes. Ekskursijas laikā mēs izveidojām darbnīcu, kurā diskutējām par kopīgajām un atšķirīgajām iezīmēm rumāņu un partnervalstu tradīcijās, kultūrā, arhitektūrā un tautas rokdarbos.
Ceturtdien, mēs bijām mācību ekskursijā Brašova pilsētā, kur apmeklējām Etnogrāfijas muzeju un Bran pili, kur 15.gadsimtā dzīvoja leģendārais grāfs Drakula. Mēs gribējām izpētīt atšķirības starp mītiem, leģendām un reālo vēsturi. Šī diena bija diezgan drūma, mākoņaina un auksta, un likās, ka šie laika apstākļi ļoti labi atspoguļo šī pils mitoloģisko atmosfēru. Mūsu gide paziņoja, ka viņa ir grāfa Drakulas pēcnācēja un aicināja apmeklēt pili naktī, ja mums nav bail.
Atgriežoties uz Moreni, mēs strādājām darba grupā, diskutējot par realitāti un mītiem rumāņu un partnervalstu kultūrā un vēsturē, meklējām kopīgo un atšķirīgo mūsu kultūru leģendās un etnogrāfijā.
Piektdien, mēs piedalījāmies darba sesijās un apspriedām kā izveidot projekta novērtēšanas komandu katrā partnerskolā, diskutējām par turpmāko mācību braucienu uz Turciju, Norvēģiju un Spāniju norisi. Mēs arī izrunājām mājas darbus, kuri būs jāsagatavo, dodoties šajos braucienos, kā arī apspriedām ar projektu saistītus neparedzamos jautājumus un to risināšanas paņēmienus. Novērtējot pirmā brauciena norisi, visi partneri izteicās pozitīvi un pauda pārliecību, ka arī turpmākās projekta partneru tikšanās būs tikpat patīkamas un produktīvas.
Brauciena laiks pagāja tik ātri, un likās, ka mēs tikko atbraucām uz Rumāniju, bet jau jādodas atpakaļceļā. Šis brauciens bija interesants, bagāts ar jaunu pieredzi un zināšanām.
Nākamais projekta brauciens jau tuvojas – no 25. – 30. novembrim divi skolotāji un trīs skolēni dosies ceļojumā uz Turciju, kur prezentēs Latvijas paražas un tradīcijas, kas saistās ar cilvēka dzimšanu, kāzām un vecumdienām, kā arī iepazīs partnervalstu tradīcijas. Novēlēsim viņiem interesantu un iespaidiem bagātu braucienu!
Anna Sidorova
Rīgas vakara ģimnāzija
Evaluation of the activities unfolded on the first project meeting in Moreni, Romania, 14.10 – 19.10.2013
‘ Let’s first Understand Our National Heritage in order to Define and Build Our European Identity’, A Comenius Multilateral School Partnership
Evaluation of the activities unfolded on the first project meeting
in Moreni, Romania, 14.10 – 19.10.2013
The purpose of this report is to record the teachers’ opinions about the Comenius
first project meeting in which they participated. The meeting took place in Moreni, Romania from 14th to 19th October 2013. The report is based on questionnaire which was anonymous and consisted of 11 questions. The participants were offered the possibility to add more comments, if they wished.
1.To what extent do you think that the project issues are important, if you consider the latest events in the world?
Very much – 11 people, 65%
Quite a lot – 6 people, 35%
2.Were the activities appropriate to the proposed objectives of the firs project meeting? Were there any reasons to reconsider them?
All teachers agreed that the activities were appropriate to the proposed objectives (100%).
3. Have your students reflected positive attitudes related to the topics covered in this project?
Very much – 10 people, 59%
Quite a lot – 7 people, 41%
4. Which part do you consider most valuable for your students?
- Preparing presentations, posters, charts a.s.o – 10 people
- Delivering theirs presentations – 1 person
- Going on local trips – 2 people
- Going abroad as members of you country’s project team – 12 people
- Working in groups – 8 people
5. Which part do you consider most valuable for you?
- Helping students to prepare presentations, posters, charts a.s.o – 11 people
- Guiding students for delivering their presentations – 2 people
- Going on local trips – 2 people
- Going abroad as members of you country’s project team – 14 people
6. What are the subjects at which your students’ knowledge will be improved owing to their participation in this project?
- Foreign languages – 17 people
- Geography – 14 people
- History – 15 people
- ITC – 14 people
- Others – music, art, communication and self-presentation skills,
7. Do you think that your students’ involvement in the project has been useful/ not useful?
All teachers agreed that their students’ involvement in the project has been useful (100%).
8. Do you think that your involvement in the project has been useful/ not useful?
All teachers agreed that their involvement in the project has been useful (100%).
9. Thanks to the project you have improved:
- The use of new ICT tools
very much – 6 people
quite a lot – 5 people
slightly – 4 people
- My planning and organizational skills
very much – 7 people
quite a lot – 7 people
slightly – 1 person
- My awareness of different cultures
very much – 9 people
quite a lot – 6 people
- My awareness of the European dimension in education
very much – 5 people
quite a lot – 8 people
slightly – 2 people
- My communication skills
very much – 10 people
quite a lot – 6 people
not at all – 1 person
10. Did you enjoy taking part in this project?
very much – 16 people, 94%
quite a lot – 1 person, 6%
11. Would you lend your support to another Comenius project based on your experience of this one?
All teachers agreed that their experience gained in this project will be helpful with another Comenius project (100%).
Students’ Wisdom Committee
1.Biliali Stergiani
2.Biliali Maria
3.Naka Evaggelia
4.Kotoula Androniki
Project Evaluation Team
1.Georgia Barouta (Teacher)
2.Biliali Stergiani
3.Biliali Maria
4.Naka Evaggelia
5.Kotoula Androniki
6.Chyta Eleni
Estonian Students’ Wisdom Committee
- Inna Akulitš
2. Nikita Piljavets
3. Rauno Haav
4. Karina Tumanova
Project Evaluation Team
- Raine Lindepuu- teacher
- Kristo Metsalu
- Daniil Tšaštšin
- Aleksei Kraft
- Rauno Haav
- Inna Akulitš