Comenius Teachers meeting - Naples, Italy 16 – 21 February

Evaluation of visit to Naples, Italy

Fabiana opened the meeting by asking for the groups’ impressions, views on the planning and preparation and evaluation of the visit to Italy.

Feedback from the delegates was very positive.

·  Elaine commented that she thought the visit had been very successful, she had enjoyed the central location of the hotel, the need to use the Metro system and said that the arrangements for both students and staff had been very good.

·  Costas commented that he too thought the visit had been very good, the places we had stayed in and visited were very good and the hospitality had been excellent. He felt that the agenda had been action packed and the day of the strike had been off putting.

·  Several delegates commented that all Comenius visits had an action packed agenda in order to see and do as much as possible in the time available.

·  Artemis commented that she had enjoyed the food and restaurants, that the performances by each country had been very good and imaginative. The use of the theatre environment for the performances was also very good.

Fabiana said that Italy were in the process of producing a DVD record of the performances and that these would be shared during the visit to Poland.

Arrangements for tonight

All delegates should meet at Vanvitelli Square at 7.30pm where they will be met by Italian teachers and shown the way to both the funicular rail station and the night club. Metro trains stop at 10.30pm, thereafter the funicular can be used until 12.30am.

Arrangements for tomorrow

Host families have been made aware of the times of departures and will take students to the airport. A bus has been organised to transport teachers from hotels at the correct times to the airport to meet up with their students. Students and teachers should meet up just inside the entrance to the airport.

Fabiana said that she hoped everyone had enjoyed the visit and would have a good time at the farewell dinner tonight.

Claudia proposed that someone from the group should volunteer to make a vote of thanks during the celebration tonight. Elaine agreed to offer the vote of thanks.

Visit to Poland

Monica stated that Poland is excited to be hosting the final meeting. The dates for the final meeting have been agreed as 1- 6 June 2014.

Monica advised delegates that they will need to exchange their money to Zlotys on arrival in Poland as Euros are not accepted, nor are Scottish pounds.

Activities for the visit to Poland are:

Movie – approx. 3 minutes. There should be an introduction explaining why you picked this topic or why you think it is important to reduce violence in schools or how you made the movie. The theme for the movie should be about stopping / reducing violence in schools or promoting positive activities for young people to be involved in. It was agreed that countries could make a new movie or use / adapt previously used material.

Powerpoint Presentation – between 5 – 10 minutes. The theme is, ‘We have respect for others and we have respect for ourselves’. The PowerPoint slides should take the form of a comic strip, movie board, fairytale or story and there must be a moral to the story. Including sound effects, music, photos etc would be good.

Multi Lingual Dictionary – Monica will issue to each country a list of words in polish and in English. By the end of March each country should add the translation of these in their own language and return the completed form to Monica. Poland will compile the returns and produce a multi lingual dictionary which will be issued to delegates during the visit to Poland.

Booklet of our experiences – Poland will compile a booklet showing our experiences during the project. Each country which has hosted should write an article (250 words) outlining the activities and experiences during the visit to their country. Poland will also prepare a table which will seek the views of students. All delegates will ensure that their students complete the table by writing 2 or 3 sentences about their visit to each of the countries. Additionally each country should send 2 or 3 photographs from any of the visits. Poland will use this information to compile a booklet recording our experiences throughout the project. This will be shared with delegates after the visit to Poland.

Possible attendees in Poland

Each country was asked to say how many students and staff would visit Poland

Country / Number of Teachers / Number of Students
Male / Female
Italy / 1 / 1 / 3
Romania / 1 / 2
Scotland / 3 / 4
Greece / 2 / 4 students
Turkey / 2 / 1 student
Cyprus / 2 / 4 students
Bulgaria / Undecided as yet
Germany / Undecided as yet

Hotel accommodation has yet to be finalised but costs should be about.

·  Double room – 55 Euros

·  Single room – 40 Euros

·  Prices include breakfast

Commitment by Turkey

Turkey has agreed to pay for the cost of one meal for delegates during the visit to Poland. They will carry out the final survey about our views and opinions and prepare an analysis and comparison to our views from the start of the project.

Final report

Completion of the final report was discussed. All delegates will be involved in the completion of it. Elaine will contact each country with what she would like them to do. Fabiana offered to share a previous report as an exemplar. All delegates were reminded to continue to upload their results on to the EST.