Christmas time - Creating cards

The children have been really busy this week creating Christmas cards for each of our partners in Catalonia, France, Turkey, Poland and Romania.

The children have used their creativity to print images themed to Christmas for the front of their cards. 

The children designed an image, transferred the design onto a polystyrene plate and used an ink layering process to form a print.

The children used rollers to apply the ink to the plate. The children had the choice of colours but realised that the 'simple but effective' created the best results.

The children also used their ipods to research the origins of Christmas. They used glue to stick these in each card.

The children then wrote their cards to the country they wanted their card sending to. Emily (below) is excited that she is sending her card to Santiago Ramon y Cajal in Hospitalet del Llobregat, Catalonia.

The children were pleased with their prints and look forward to recieving Christmas cards from each of the countries involved in the Comenius 2012/14.

Wales visits Catalonia - The beginning of the Comenius project

Having the opportunity to visit a primary school in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona was a fascinating and exciting experience for myself and provided the path to develop a strong international links with countries over Europe to my school (Ysgol Bryn Hedydd) in Rhyl, North Wales.

This was the first mobility and I (Alex Jones) arrived at Santiago Ramon y Cajal on Wednesday 14th Novemeber 2012. The countries involved in the Comenius Project 2012/14 are Wales, Catalonia, France, Turkey, Poland and Romania.

 

 

The school I visited is an Elementary school. The school has a great diverse of cultures from around the world with children attending whose families have come from the likes of South America, Morocco, Congo, Guinea, Pakistan and China.

 

 

The aim of the project is to unite the schools together and to develop the quality of teaching in schools through the exchange of educational experiences and sharing different methodologies.

 

During my time at Santiago Ramon y Cajal, I was able to develop a feel for how the school ran and was provided an insight into teaching strategies and learning.

 

The children had been very busy and prepared very well for the Comenius visit. They provided us with gifts on arrival

 

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat evening news came into the school in the hope to learn more about the Comenius project and ask myself for an interview

 



 

The children put on a little show for us which we really enjoyed watching

 

 

The main aim of the first mobility was to meet all the teachers and countries involved in the comenius project and to arrange dates for the following 2 years in roder to visit each country. Wales will be the second mobility so the children at Ysgol Bryn Hedydd will be busy preparing for the visit in March 2013.

On the final night in Barcelona, we were delighted with a water fountain display in the heart of Barcelona. A lovely end to a fantastic experience.