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Danish visit - May 2015

Programme for Comenius visit in Denmark (6th May – 10th May 2015)

Wednesday 6th May

Comenius visitors arrive at various times throughout day. Staff will pick you up at the airport.

19:15             We will meet everyone at the hotel. Dinner at Azurra – an Italian restaurant. Everyone to pay for themselves.

Thursday 7th of May

08.30             Picked up at hotel and taken to Kollegievejens Skole.
09.00             “Guided” tour around the school.
09:45             Coffee break.
10:15             Welcome to visitors. Gift exchange.
11:00             Comenius meeting - Sian to provide agenda.
11:45             Lunch provided by school.
12:30             Visit classes.
14:30             Go to hotel. Time on your own. Town is within walking distance (5 minutes).
17:00             Sightseeing in Aalborg by foot.
19:00             Dinner at "Kystens Perle". Traditional Danish food. Everyone to pay for themselves.
21:00             Goodnight drink in "Jomfru Ane Gade". Very famous street in Aalborg.

Fridag 8th of May

08.30             Picked up at hotel and taken to Kollegievejens Skole.
08.45             "Assembly" - Sing a long.
09:15             Coffee break.
10:15             Visit classes.
11:30             Lunch provided by school.
12:30             Headteacher Lars Jakobsen to tell about Kollegievejens Skole. Chance to ask questions.
14:00             Go back to hotel. Time on your own. Town is within walking distance (5 minutes).
18:15             Picked up at hotel. Party at school – provided by school.
??:??              Go back to hotel.



Saturday 9th of May

Sleep in J
11:30             Picked up from hotel and taken on a trip along the Western Coast of Northern Jutland.
13:00             Lunch at restaurant in “Løkken”. Everyone to pay for themselves.
17:00             Back at hotel.
19:00             Dinner at "Flammen". Everyone to pay for themselves

Time to say goodbye.

Sunday 10th of May


Visitors return.

Agenda for final meeting, 6th-10th May 2015

Meeting held in Danish School – Kollegievejens Sköle

Staff in attendance:
Norway –
Wales –
Denmark-
France-
Poland-
Germany-
Turkey –

Minutes will be taken at each meeting and distributed to all partners within 1 week of return.

1.   All partners would like to thank Thomas, Jeanette and all staff from the Danish school for their early internal travel details and for the planned programme / hospitality during the stay.

2.   Update on recipe book sales / distribution.
·         An enterprise project will take place in each school. Pupils will learn the skills of marketing, publishing and selling the joint recipe book with a view to understanding the need to cover outgoings.
·         Pupils will plan to produce sufficient copies to match orders received.
·         The pupils involved in the enterprise project will decide where any profits will be sent. Results to be detailed on the blog.

3.   Sporting event onto the blog.
·         If you haven’t already done so, sporting event to be photographed and displayed on shared blog
·         One sporting event to be recorded before school finishes for the summer.

4.   Update on emblem collage

5. Discussion on end of project questionnaires.
·         These will be compared to the original questionnaires in order to analyse the impact and benefit of the project in each school.
·         What does this tell us of the impact of the project on our staff and students?

6.   Any update on European day celebrations?

7. Discussion of final Comenius report
·         Ideas and thoughts of what to include
·         Look at aims set in November 2012: consider projected outcomes and success of project.

8.   All partners will be issued with a certificate of attendance by the Danish school.

9.   AOB - any other business that partners would like to discuss.

10. A final thank you and goodbye to all partners L. It has been a pleasure working with you all, visiting your schools and experiencing your cultures and getting to know all you amazing people who I am proud to call friends J

Minutes from Comenius project meeting
Kollegievejens Skøle, Aalborg, DENMARK
Thursday 7th May 2015

Present
Wales, Germany, Denmark, France, Turkey, Poland, Norway

·         Siân introduced the meeting with apologies that my laptop decided not to work so no notes for the meeting!
·         Siân extended thanks to Thomas, Jeanette and John for their fabulous hospitality during our stay and visit to the school. All parties agreed we have had a fabulous start to our visit, the assembly and welcome were great and the school should be very proud. It reiterates that the pupils are the stars of our project!
·         As this is our last meeting, we need to think about how the project has gone as a whole in order to prepare our final report.
·         Siân asked for updates on recipe book.
o   Denmark – worked out cost and posted on blog.
o   Wales – will be printing the books through a local printer and selling through parents evening and during a school Summer event. Staff interested in buying too.
o   Norway – not yet decided.
o   Germany – still in process of translating all recipes so it is accessible for their parents.
o   France – have translated some recipes but it will be ready for September. Each pupil has 2 books to sell, money will go towards a trip with the pupils to Brussels.
o   Poland – selling to book during an open day in school and local community.
o   Turkey – meeting on 29th May to discuss book.
·         Siân has re-sent the foreword to the book; please use if you wish as a nice introduction to our book.
·         Well done to everyone for continuing to use the blog to update photographs and activities, it’s lovely to see what is going on in each school. Please update with 2 sporting events before school finishes in the Summer.
·         Anything you can put on the blog, please do before your school finishes – the address will be included in our final report for assessors / National Agencies to look at.
·         RE: collage – thank you to Daria for coordinating the collage. Joanna said Daria will finish this by 15th May. Siân reminded colleagues that the final collage is to be turned into a jigsaw for the pupils to reflect the title of the project.
·         End of project questionnaires – if possible, please give these to staff and pupils to gain an idea of knowledge and understanding gained since the start of the project.
o   Siân explained that the pupil questionnaires from Wales had seen an increase in knowledge of flags from our partner countries and pupils were able to name things that come from countries, currencies, capitals etc. Knowledge has definitely improved.
o   Due to a change of school, Siân has asked all staff that have accompanied on a Comenius trip to write a piece outlining the impact of the trip on teaching and learning.
o   Denmark  - reported similar results from their questionnaires.
o   France – Pupils knew capitals of countries and flags.
o   Norway – asked whether we can use the data for the final project? Yes, we can use this to inform our final report writing and it will be nice to have something in writing in case of inspection by National Agency.
·         European Day: Wales do not have any plans at present but will celebrate before the end of term.
o   Norway – held yesterday.
o   Turkey – held tomorrow
o   Poland – not yet held, maybe over next couple of weeks.
o   France – European breakfast on 27th May presented to other classes and pupils.
o   Germany – not yet organised.
·         Siân asked if all celebrations could be placed onto the blog?
·         FINAL REPORT:
o   France, Norway and Denmark have received their final report forms.
o   We are unable to see whether we have the same forms or if they are all different. They also appear to be in varying languages.
o   The form is long and will reflect on the impact of our project on our schools, staff and pupils. We can look at the aims and agree whether we have met them and the objectives set.
o   We have until 30th September to complete the form – Siân will look at the form when received and complete. This will be sent out to all partners to add any further information.
o   All agreed we will complete and send forms before the end of the summer Term.
o   Please, send Siân any comments you wish to add beforehand.
o   All agreed with plan and there were no further questions.
o   Unfortunately, we cannot do anymore due to all parties not having received the form.
·         Denmark distributed the certificates of attendance to all in the welcome packs – thank you.
·         Gifts were exchanged.
·         One last farewell…thank you so much to all in the group. It has been an absolute pleasure working with you all and we have been very lucky that we have worked well as a group as well as becoming friends in the process! I know we will all keep in touch so it’s just a farewell, not a proper goodbye!


With best wishes, my friends!




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