DIFFERENT ROOTS, SAME LANGUAGE: 2013

Lipdub-Barakaldo

Here you are! The wonderful, incredible and utterly fascinating lipdub made by the Salesian school of Barakaldo. Thanks to everyone engaged in it, specially to Ariadna Elvira, Andrea Angulo, Joana Zurita, Mirari Fresno, Raquel Espinosa, Iñigo Líbano and Ruben Ayala, who have designed it. Enjoy it!

Let's know our schools!

Amongst the different activities of our project, there is one based on computer presentations in order to show creatively both schools. It's time to see them and to know a bit more about our same viewpoints. Remember that, beyond the differences, there are many, many common things between our two schools!

Thank you very much to the students who have prepared these presentations. Saioa Laderas and Jaione Santurtún did their best!

Lipdub coming soon!

Our lipdub was recorded last week but the final version isn't ready. Maybe the final version will be mixed and shown after Christmas. Attached are three photos taking today during Christmas feast. In the photos you can see the students of COMENIUS, mostly those who are coming to Spain in February.

Merry Christmas!

Today, we've been able to meet some Polish friends through Skype. Despite the connection problems, it's been a wonderful experience to see each other and to share our different traditions and customs regarding the Christmas time. There have been Christmas carols too!

Enclosed is the blackboard of the classroom wherein the Skype video conference has taken place. Zelai, a girl who studies Bachillerato, has painted this nice drawing dedicated to our Polish friends!

Finally, this link will show you the special Basque carol related to the OLENTZERO, the coal man who brings the gifts for the kids...

M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S!

Maider and Nerea

Nerea and Maider, two students belonging to Bachillerato, share with us their feelings towards the Christmas time!

The exchanges are coming! We remember when the Polish teachers came to our school in September and now there are two months left to meet you. Time is short! We are very excited about this project because we have never travelled abroad. It will be a new experience to live with other family and to stay in a city where there is nobody who speaks spanish.

Although the weather in Poland is colder than in Barakaldo, If we were you, we could take winter clothes and umbrellas because here it's always raining! It hardly ever snows here but there is no need to snow to feel that we are in Christmas time. We are so excited about the Christmas and New Year's Eve dinners because we haven´t met with our family since a few months ago.

In our city, Barakaldo, there aren't Christmas lights but in Bilbao, the city becomes amazing. The streets are illuminated by colorful lights, specially in Blue Klein. and in front of the historic "heart" of Bilbao (named Casco Viejo) there must be a very beautiful and enormous Christmas tree. We love Christmas time as you have seen...

We wish to be able to go to Poland and enjoy with our exchange´s students. Best wishes for you and merry Christmas!

Maider Iparagirre and Nerea Díaz

Do you want to learn Polish language? Great!

Did you think Polish language was difficult? You were completely wrong! These links will make easier the task of learning the nice and attractive sounds of the Polish language. Here you are,

Polaco fácil
Hablar polaco

Spanish teachers in our school, by Piotr Płonka‏

Our school has a partner school in Spain. This is a Salesian school in Barakaldo. Two teachers came to our school from Spain to work on the project and to meet us. They were with us from the 24th to the 28th of October 2013.

On Friday, the 25th October Oscar and Sergio came to our mornig meeting „slowko”. They and our teachers were having speeches, then our students were dancing and singing to show them our talents. After that we could take part on special lectures. Sergio taught us Basque language and Oscar told us about the history of the Second World War. It was very interesting for me.

At the weekend Sergio and Oscar were seightseeing with our English teachers. We met again on Monday to say good bye and to thank them for the visit. They were very happy to be in our school and gave sister Dorota a special black Basque cap with Polish and Basque flags on it.

After the meeting they went along our school. I had the chance to talk to them in English. Two hours later they went back to Spain.

I decided to start writing E-Mails with a friend from Spain. I think, it is a good idea.

Piotr Płonka‏

Julia Piotrowska remembers the visit!

More recently teachers from Spain visited my school. I was surprised because it was so simple to talk with them. One man (in my opinion) spoke very good English, so that I could understand him. While the other teacher could speak English, but he preferred (and said) mostly in Spanish.

I am very glad that I belong to group two (English) because I had the opportunity to participate in a lecture with one of the Spanish teachers. This is the gentleman who spoke mostly in Spanish, it turned out that he teaches Euskera. I admit that I can say some basic phrases. What is interesting that students in Spain have half of the lessons in their native language (Spanish) and the other in Euskera.

The second Spanish teacher spoke in English about historical themes (specifically about the Second World War). Unfortunately I didn't participate in these lectures. It was funny for students but older people were not forgotten. On Friday at 6 o'clock p.m. there was organized a meeting for history buffs.

On Monday during saying good-bye our school gave many gifts and warmly thanked for coming. We (our school) have received also generous gifts we have been given for example a cap which shows strong ties between our school and the school in Spain. In february some students will travel to Spain in exchange (for 10 days). And some students from Spain will come to us to Poland too.

I must say in the end that I really liked Spanish teachers. I am satisfied with their visit, and with the fact that my school organizes such exchanges meetings. This allows me to explore the world and language.

Pozdrawiam,
Julia Piotrowska.

Ania Zaradna's impressions

On 25th to 28th of October 2013 our Salesian School had the pleasure to host nice, friendly teachers from Spain. Our school and school from Bask Country are taking part in a Comenius - project which involves the exchanges of schools from different countries in order to learn languages and meet a lot of new friends.

On Friday, 25th of October one of the teachers taught us Spanish and language from Bask Country ( Euskera ). The lesson was funny, interesting, well-organised and on that lesson I learned a lot of words, sentences such as: Hi - Kaixo, Goodbye - Agur, Friday - Ostirala, Seven - Zazpi, Mom - Ama, How are you ? - Zer moduz ? , I'm fine, thanks. - Ondo nago, mila esker, What day is today ? - Zein egunetan gaude ? , What's your name ? - Zein da zure izena ? , My name is Ania - Ania naiz. I really liked the new language and these words and sentences I will never forget. The second teacher was a history teacher and writer. He wrote enganging and fascinating books about The World War II. He loves his work and hobby. He devoted a lot of time to discover new, interesting facts about the war.

I really liked both of teachers during the last days. They taught me a lot of about the World War II and some words in a new language. I can't wait the next meeting with these wonderful, smart and wise people.

Kacper Maciejewski writes about the D-DAY lecture

On 25 October, staying in Ostrów Mr. Oscar Gonzales Lopez led three lessons about D-Day-Normandy Battle in 1944. He told that his desire to deepen his knowledge about the war comes from the call to inform people that war is senselessness. It is a kind of appeal for the peace in the world.

He stressed that he did not satisfy himself by only historical facts- more important thing is to touch history. That's why he travelled to places marked by the death of many people, talked with people who lived through these events, and corresponded with them, touched the exhibits.

He documented it all in the form of photographs and books. He was talking in a very interesting way , it was obvious that history is his hobby. We could touch the history, a piece of parachute, which American soldiers were using during D-Day.

The only downside of this meeting was the length, after one hour we felt unsatisfied, we wanted to listen to him even longer.

Barakaldo online newspaper and our project

These two articles are related to both, the first visit of the Polish teachers to Barakaldo and the one made by Sergio and Óscar to Poland. They've been published by the local Barakaldo newspaper.

---Barakaldo Digital, September 2013

---Barakaldo Digital, November 2013

Ostrów-Wielkopolski newspapers and our Comenius project

These are the articles recently published by some Ostrów-Wielkopolski newspapers related to our common project.

Comenius Corner

Finally, we can show our Comenius corner! The authors of these two nice displays are Nerea Jimeno, Borja Ordóñez, Mikel Jiménez and Iván Villarán. All of them have worked hard for the last week. The main display has been set close to the main stairs of the Bachillerato section. Another one is also located at the main gate of the school. We can now state, we have a "piece of Poland" with us!! Congratulations to the artists and designers!

Dawid Bartkowiak shares with us his impressions

"On Thursday, the 24th of October visitors came to our school from partner school in Barakaldo in Spain. On Friday, the junior high and high school students greeted them during "Good morning". At the beginning, the students presented Polish costumes and folk dances. Then they played the trumpet song and a vocal-instrumental song. Teachers welcomed us and told about themselves in English and Spanish language. They also displayed pictures of the tours of students from Barakaldo.

Mr. Sergio Martin led an interesting lesson in the Euskera language, in which we could learn basic phrases in this the Basque language. We learned how to introduce yourself, and say, for example, what is the day of the week. Mr. Sergio Martin asked us about something, and we had to answer correctly. We got cards with the expressions, stored in three languages: Euskera, Spanish and English. At the end we heard a hymn of a football club Athletic Bilbao and the song that is liked by the Basque students.

In the afternoon, Mr. Oscar Gonzalez Lopez, author of nine books of war, led the history lesson about the invasion of Normandy and about his own book. On Saturday, the guests went to Auschwitz Museum and to Jasna Gora. On Monday, during "Good morning", the teacher of Spain thanked for hospitality and handed gifts.

I think that this visit was a good idea and it will help develop cooperation between our school and the partner school in Barakaldo. Guests who visited us are very friendly and nice. They are able to make contact with young people. I really liked the encounter by the Basque teachers and I hope they will visit us in the future".

Sister Dorota, Zofia and Ewelina in Barakaldo

"A month ago we received the visit of three kind polish teachers called: Zofia, sister Dorota and Ewelina. It was really nice to have them with us and we hope they also enjoyed the visit. They thaught us a little bit of Polish. The Polish lessons were so interesting that we are looking forward to learn more when our friends visit us on February.

We tried them to have an unforgettable experience here in Spain. Some students of our school showed them a traditional Basque dance as a part of our culture.

Finally, they gave us a wonderful speech about the Comenius proyect, their school and students which made us feel even more impatient about the exchange and we can’t wait to have the Polish students with us here in February, we will try to make them feel comfortable, just like if they were in their own school."

Comenius_Visita 2013, an album on Flickr.

This is it! Our soundtrack for the Lipdub

Today was the deadline for chosing our Lipdub soundtrack, and finally, this is it! ALL STAR, by SMASH MOUTH.

Are you all ready for designing and performing a wonderful and creative Lipdub? Good luck!!

Some impressions from Ostrów-Wielkopolski!

These are the impressions of our students about the visit of Óscar González López and Sergio Martín:

-- “Last week the two teachers from Spain came to our school. They told us a lot about their school in Barakaldo. I participated in the Basque language lesson. It was so difficult and the pronunciation was terrible for me to learn. But then Mr. Oscar Lopez had a lecture about World War II. I’m not interested in this topic but the lecturer told us interesting facts and showed the photos. I think that this meeting was a very good idea.”

Sergio and Óscar in Poland

Comenius_Polonia 2013, an album on Flickr.

These are some photos taken during the stay of Sergio and Óscar in Ostrów-Wielkopolski.

They took part actively in the "life" of the school, meeting teachers, students and parents and giving History and Basque Language (Euskera) lessons. Furthermore, they visited some important places related to the Polish history and traditions. In short, they had a nice time with very friendly people, checking that beyond our differences, we are members of the same FAMILY.

We are very lucky, indeed! Thanks to everyone who made possible these wonderful days in Poland.

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