1. Almere, the city our partner school resides, is well-known with its unique architecture. The building that can be seen behind represents for the relationship of The Dutch people with water and was built with the inspration of waves.

2. The first meeting of the students at the ROC FLEVOLAND 3. A Dutch legend, Madam Stefani, was performed by the Dutch students . 4. The second day in ROC, we had an amazing class with exciting activities arranged by Jasper, the music teacher. 5. A scene from the music class. 6. Turkish students visited the schools where the Dutch Students do their internship in order to make observations and attend activities. 7. Observation was made at the classrooms of internship. 8. We were informed about Almere by the docent at the museum called CASLA 9. A scene from the publicity by means of the model of the very young city,Almere where the first building was built in 1976. 10. Digitalis, is a school whose programme depends on digital technology obtained by means of i-pad using. Its origin derives from an idea of a parent who considered that the schools are inadequate about using the contemporary technology. Now the idea is so popular that many schools are thinking about applying the same programme. 11. A Turkish students from Digitalis is explaining the process of the education of the school. 12. The students who are playing a game providing them to learn how to use keyboard fast, also have opportunity to gain various kinds of skills 13. The nursey class teacher in Digitalis wears different costumes according to the subject of the class. For example she wears and (also students wear) traditional Dutch shoes while she is teaching syllables. Students know that she is going to teach the items of a sentence when she wears a hat that can be seen in the picture. Acting is a common method at schools. The methods targetting the kinaesthetic skills of the students are usually preferred. 14. A scene from the observation of a class in Digitalis. 15. The students who come to school at 08.00 a.m. review the subjects till 10.00 a.m. Then they have new classes till noon. In the afternoon they have workshops by means of which they can apply what they learned in the morning session. They have an opportunity to choose one of the seven workshops which lasts 30 minutes. 16. De Watertuin is a school for thosewho have behaviour disorders, mental deficiency and learning disability. 17. The director of Watertuin is informing us about the school. 18. In classses for physical education at De Watertuin students, thanks to the very easy physical activities, have opportunity to develop their social skills. 19. In music class, various symbols represent for musical notes so that students playing the instruments can understand that its their turn by following the symbols on the blackboard. 20. For instance, the dots on the board stand for drums. The students playing the drums can catch the moment that they have to beat it. 21. One of the songs of Bob Marley whose death anniversary was that day, is being trained. 22. The American teacher of the school is well-known with her innovative methods. She is using a kind of teaching technique which targets to the touch sensation of the students by means of using different materials inclusing shaving foam, a kind of sand, paints and wood. Students do painting and writing activities with these materials. 23. Of course we also tried it. 24. In ROC, students from both sides did an activity to exhibit the differences and similarities of Holland and Turkey 25. At the final phase, students acted out the outcomes of the activity. 26. In Zuiderzeemuseum an old Dutch village museum, we learned some traditional Dutch games. 27. A plenty of nice photos were taken in the glorious nature of this open air museum. 28. The old schools classrooms were not so bad. 29. Students enjoyed the old village with its traditional houses, roofs and bridges. 30. Aventurjin is a school for those who have learning disability between 12-20 year old students where they have opportunity to experience indoor and outdoor internship to be ready for the real life. 31. The director told us that they seperate students into 4 groups according to their handicaps. The first group is those who have physically handicapped. The second is those who have disorders for long term. The third group is those who have learning disability. The last group is those who have disorders at home. They are seperated according to their IQ levels and have classes at the same classrooms those who have mental or physical disorders. 32. While our students were observing the process at he class, it is understood that the activities carried out by means of digital devices especially targets the senses of disabled students. 33. Our students cared about not missing any details while they were following the teacher carefully at the class. 34. An example of an activity made by students. They banded their pictures together by patchwork technique. 35. Our students took part in the activities individually, too. 36. Our students followed the workshops closely, too. 37. Gardening is one of the most useful activity for the students. 38. Bahar Seven, one of our students, gave an interview for a local paper. 39. We deeply impressed with the educational process in Aventurijin. 40. The interior and exterior architecture of the school decorated and painted in order to make the students feel comfortableand peaceful who have mental, sensual and physical disorders. 41. Maybe the most interesting school we visited is Opvang Krullevaartie kindergarten which depends on the philosophy of German pedagog Steiner. The approachs main idea is to create asymetric external architecture for schools in order not to restrict the imaginations of the kids. 42. Without taking the weather conditions into account kids let to play in the garden for half an hour every day. One of the approaches of the school is to upskill the kids in living in the nature. 43. The director informed us about the philoshopy and applications of the school. 44. All the furnitures and toys in the kindergarten are wooden so its possible to form and strengthen the relationship between the kids and the nature. 45. We made an observation at the units of the kindergarten. 46. The director is introducing one of the toys they use. 47. Unieke Kinderopvang is a school whose priority is the idea that all the students are unique. They have an individualized education program and are educating students between 4-12 years old. 48. Unieke Kinderopvangs program depends on encouraging the social and emotional progress of the students rather than promoting academic success. 49. By means of the activities depend on games and art, they provide a continuous development in emotional and social skills of the kids in the classrooms which are founded by age groups. 50. A game room for elder students. 51. Safety is very important in the kindergarten unit. 52. Students come together at the hall 08.00 a.m to get ready for the day. After this meeting lasts 15 minutes, they go to their classes. 53. Various kinds of materials such as wood, sand, concrete, gravel, soilare used to construct playgrounds in the garden in order to let the kids form a close relationship with the materials that can be found in the nature. 54. The students of ROC can intern not only at schools but also at the activity schools in the neighbourhood. By means of these courses students who come here after school, have opportunity to gain skills in painting, cooking, drawing. They also socialise in this courses. Moreover working parents feel peaceful as they know that their kids are in safe hands. 55. We also took part in drawing class. 56. A scene from the activity. 57. 8-12 year old children attend to the cooking-class which is formed as a cooking contest. 58. We also prepared some foods. 59. A kind of independent art-school called Twisted has a mission to train talented young people who had problems in social-life. Of course we had some classes there, too. 60. Before the performance some warm-up exercises are done. 61. Our students were expected to reflect an upset facial expressions, but ... 62. A scene from warm-up exercise for drama 63. The stage is being set for the play. 64. A scene from the preparation for music-activity. 65. A short play written by Turkish and Dutch students was staged. 66. Esra, one of our students, played the drum for the first time in her life. 67. Our principal Emine ERFINDIK had her Attendance Certificate after the farewell dinner. 68. Baar KARATA, the teacher, had his Attendance Certificate after the farewell dinner. 69. And our students also had their Attendance Certificate 70. The family photo 71. Time to say GOODBYE 72. On the way to the airport