NAMASTE TO ALL

by Jakub Józefczuk
Primary School no. 1 in Bieruń (former Gimnazjum no. 2 im. św. Walentego w Bieruniu)

Coordinating teacher: Anna Wadas

Travel broadens the mind” it is usually said, when one packs his or her suitcase and hits the road, but this time we could become more open-minded people without leaving our hometown Bieruń (Poland), thanks to two guests, who visited our school in May - Kubra from Turkey and Munisch from India. They visited Poland as volunteers of AIESEC, which is the international organisation of young people, who work on global issues and focus on developing leadership skills and student exchange programmes. As one of the goals of this organisation is cross-cultural understanding, our guests’ task was to present their culture to Polish students.
                             

A Trip into the Past: Monterozzi Necropolis

By Miguel Núñez García, 3rd year ESO A. 

A group of students from I.E.S. de Catabois in Ferrol have travelled to Bassano Romano in Italy as part of an exchange of students during the present scholastic year 2018/2019. One of the most interesting places we visited during our stay was the town of Tarquinia and the Etrurian necropolis of Monterozzi, which is located in the town outskirts.

Monterozzi has about 6,000 tombs which are classified as: external tombs or underground chamber tombs. The external ones are more ancient and display funny shapes as if they were huge mush-rooms of the Boletus family. The corpse of the dead was incinerated and the ashes were put in clay made funerary urns which were kept inside the stoned-coffin like the one in the photograph.

Bird Watching at Lake Vico

By Adrián Aneiros López, 3rd year ESO PMAR.

Lake Vico is a lake that is located near Bassano Romano (Italy), the place where we took part in an exchange of students this year. Its origin is volcanic and it is a natural reserve so it is very beautiful because there are a lot of trees and many birds of different species. 

Palazzo Farnese Gardens

By Nerea Lago Gerpe, 2nd year ESO A

Come and visit the beautiful gardens which surround the Farnese Palace in Caprarola! I visited them last May as part of the exchange of students I took part in and thought they were wonderful.

Here is a short presentation in the form of a magazine. Enjoy it!

Palazzo Farnese Gardens magazine

The Farnese Palace in Caprarola

By Daniela Costa Riesgo, 2nd year ESO
If you want to learn a few details about the Farnese Palace in Caprarola, which we have visited recently as part of a school exchange, click on the following link.

The Farnese Palace in Caprarola

Exchange of students IIS A. Meucci (Bassano Romano) and I.E.S. de Catabois (Ferrol)

Along the present scholastic year, students from I.E.S. de Catabois in Ferrol (Spain) and IIS A. Meucci in Bassano Romano (Italy) have been participating in an exchange of students and have been getting to know each other via Whatsapp, email and other digital media while having met in two occassions.
                                      Visit to Santiago de Compostela

Consumópolis at I.E.S de Catabois: recycling and reusing to make new products.

CONSUMÓPOLIS: INTRODUCTION TO THE PROJECT.

Through the present year, our school, I.E.S. de Catabois in Ferrol, Spain, has been taking part in a project called ‘Consumópolis’. We consider it a preparation for an Erasmu+ KA we have applied for, which is called ‘Recyclart’.

This project was born to make the students aware of the importance of recycling, reducing and reusing so that they realize how our lives can change for the better and how we can keep sustainability at acceptable levels thanks to recyclage.

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE COLOSSEUM.

By André Rico Noceda, (3rd year ESO A)

When we went to Rome in our last school exchange of students, we were in the Vatican a very cool place. After that, we saw the city from a bus where a tourist guide was explaining things about the city, which is a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

                            The Temple of Hercules Victor from the bus.

Life in Italy: Sutri.

By Óscar Benjamín Laya Torres (2nd year ESO)

Hello my name is Óscar. Today I will tell you how was my experience in Italy. When we got to the airport in Italy, all the families of our Italian friends and their two teachers were waiting for us.

After that, we all went to the homes of our Italian friends, but all the Italians lived in different villages. My Italian friend, Alessandra, lived in a town called Sutri. When we arrived home, her whole family gave me a great welcome and I was very surprised.

                        

Foreign Country, Foreign Family

By Sandra Cepero García, 4th year ESO.

 

Me and some boys and girls from my school were part of an exchange with students from Prague. They were here (in Ferrol) in February. It was really funny but it was difficult to start talking with my partner Marie.
We travelled to Prague about three weeks ago and I really liked the city. It has got beautiful old buildings and, from the top of them or from high zones, you can see how a lot of these buildings are very pointy, with large spiky towers. It’s really beautiful when you get this view of all the city.

 

Something that surprised me was that, when we arrived, it was snowing. I was very excited about it and I think Prague is more beautiful with snow.

Prague from the point of view of Czech students

A group of students and teachers from IES de Catabois in Ferrol visited Prague last March as part of an exchange of students between our school and Arcibiskupské Gymnázium, which is a secondary school located in the Vinohrady quarter, quite close to the city centre.

During the days we spent there, we did lots of activities and visited many places. Some of the most relevant ones were explained to us by some of the Czech students involved in the exchange. Below, you can watch a video which shows some of the activities and the explanations our hosts gave us.

  

Video of the experience

Prague: A Fairy Tale city.

By Nuno Baamonde Beceiro (4th year ESO)

This year we´ve been lucky: we took part in a foreign exchange with a school from Prague, seventeen of us and fifteen Czech students. They came to our school and houses in February, and we returned the visit in March, the week before Easter.

                                   
THE VISITS:
The first day we arrived late, but we had already booked the apartments for the first night. Next morning, all of us were surprised at how soon the sunrise was, and went to the most famous bridge in Prague, Charles Bridge, before breakfast. It was less than five minutes from the apartment!.  

 

My Experience in Prague.

By Lara Castro López (4th year ESO)

The foreign exchange I took part in this year with the boys and girls from Prague was an unforgettable experience. Despite the cold,we could go to a lot of amazing places.
The first day, we arrived in the evening and we slept in an apartment. We had dinner in a tasty restaurant which was next to our apartment. We ordered a lot of drinks and we spent a lot of money because, for example, a bottle of water (a small one) cost 4 euro! When we had finished dinner and were going to the apartment it started to snow. We stayed at the apartment and noticed that my suitcase was open. We called the boys and one of them came and slept at our apartment.

                              

Ahoj from Prague.

By Laura Álvarez (2nd year ESO)

Two weeks ago, me and other fifteen Spanish teenagers had the chance to travel to Prague (Czech Republic) and be part of an amazing exchange programme.
It was quite an experience to me because, first of all, I had never been outside of Spain and I just took one plane when I was seven years old. At first, it was amazing to me to see everything in another language (which was almost impossible to understand to a Spanish person) and to see a completely different lifestyle, but, in the end, I got used to it.

FERROL CONOCE A PRAGA. FERROL MEETS PRAGUE. (Español e inglés) (Spanish and English)

Desde el pasado 15 de marzo de 2018 hasta el jueves día 22 un grupo de alumnos y alumnas checos, de Praga, visitaron nuestro centro escolar I.E.S. de Catabois en Ferrol. Durante esta estancia de intercambio nuestros visitantes se alojaron en los hogares de alumnos y profesores españoles con la finalidad de mejorar sus competencias lingüísticas en español al mismo tiempo que se impregnaban de la cultura española en diversos ámbitos: celebración del carnaval, horarios de comida, tipos de comida, hábitos diarios, etc. Aunque la adaptación a algunos de nuestros hábitos resultó un poco complicada, el resultado de la experiencia ha sido muy positivo y enriquecedor para todos, incluyendo a las familias, quienes han participado de una forma muy activa en el desarrollo de las actividades que fueron propuestas. Nuestro enorme agradecimiento por su desinteresada colaboración.