third project meeting - catalonia 23 rd – 27 th september 2013

COMENIUS MULTILATERAL PROJECT “ LITERACY SKILLS DEVELOPMENT THROUGH NATURE POETRY REDISCOVERY-INDOORS AND

OUTDOORS” 2012-2014

THIRD PROJECT MEETING - CATALONIA

23rd – 27th SEPTEMBER 2013

MOBILITIE IN ALCOVERDuration: 6 days7 participants: 4 pupils, 3 teachers

Agenda of the meeting:- a seminar where participants present a written and media report on the effectiveness of teaching methods and literacy activities performed in the first year;- lesson observations, exhibitions of pupils’ work;- cultural visits;- social programme – intercultural exchanges;

PARTNER SCHOOL: FONTS DEL GLORIETA

The city is approximately 10 km from Tarragona and Reus on the Costa Daurada and 112 km from Barcelona.

Aside from its string of beaches interrupted by rocky coves, and its landscaped promenade, one of its main attractions is the PortAventura resort.

Cultural visit: SALOU

• In the middle of the esplanade Passeig de Jaume I is the monument of its namesake. This monument helps the town of Salou to commemorate the most important event in their history when, in 1229, the king Jaume I left for sea with his armies to conquer the Balearic Isles.

• The monument to the fisherman is a symbol of the town’s seafaring roots and it’s the work of Ramon Ferran inaugurated in 1990.

Cultural visit: SALOU

Agenda:- Welcome- Visiting the school- Presentations- Reception in the City Hall- Visiting the Museum and village- A walk to Mas de Fores

ALCOVER

ALCOVER - Visiting the school

ALCOVER - Presentations

ALCOVER - Presentations

ALCOVER - Reception in the City Hall

ALCOVER - Visiting the village

ALCOVER - Visiting the Museum

The exhibition provides visitors with examples of perfectly conserved marine fossils predating the appearance of the large dinosaurs of the Jurassic period.

ALCOVER - A walk to Mas de Fores

ALCOVERWriting and illustrating poems

Exhibition at school

Port Aventura Park is the theme park where you will live incredible adventures and amazing experiences within five theme zones: Imperial China, the Wild Far West, the exotic Polynesia, the Mexico of the Aztecs, and the warm Mediterrània.

Trip to PORT AVENTURA

PORT AVENTURAReading, telling, writing poems

FONTS DEL GLORIETAPlanting the trees and readind the poems

Trip to CAMBRILS

A classy fishing town, Cambrils is one of the most popular places to head for a picturesque getaway on the Costa Dorada. It sits about 100 km south of Barcelona on Spain's craggy and beautiful North-East coastline.

Trip to CAMBRILSThe monument 'in the Pla de les Serenes' is a group of sculptures, six elements, who celebrates its centenary in 1911 victims, known as the "Year of the Misfortunes" since 1911 along coastal fishermen died many Catalan and Valencian, several of them in Cambrils : •The Dolça i la Calma two mythological creatures;

•Adrià, young fisherman, who represent the future and hope.

Trip to CAMBRILSHaving typical lunch: PAELLA

The "castellers" of Catalonia form human pyramids, named castells ("castles"), up to ten men high. In Catalonia, several statues commemorate this old tradition.

Back to ALCOVER: HUMAN PYRAMIDS

From 1915 Gaudí devoted himself almost exclusively to his magnum opus, the Sagrada Família, a synthesis of his architectural evolution.

Trip to BARCELONA: Sagrada Família

The nave in the Sagrada Familia with a hyperboloid vault. Inspiration from nature is taken from a tree, as the pillar and branches symbolise trees rising up to the roof.

Trip to BARCELONA: Sagrada Família

Gaudi introduced new techniques in the treatment of materials, such as trencadís, made of waste ceramic pieces.

Trip to BARCELONA: Park Güell

The salamander in Park Güell has become a symbol of Gaudí's work.

Trip to BARCELONA: Park Güell

FONTS DEL GLORIETA - PROJECT MEETING

In Roman times, the city was named Tarraco and was capital of the province of Hispania Tarraconensis.The Roman ruins of Tarraco have been designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Trip to TARRAGONA:Visiting TARRACO ROMANA

•The Cathedral, dating to the 12th-13th centuries, combining Romanesque and Gothic architectural elements.

• Tarragona Amphitheatre was built at the end of 1st century BC and the start of 2nd century BC (Before Christ), down from the walls and facing the sea. It could house up to 15,000 spectators, and measured 130 x 102 m.

Trip to TARRAGONA:Visiting TARRACO ROMANA

Trip to TARRAGONA:Visiting TARRACO ROMANA