Turkey - mobility
Turkey - mobility
On Monday, May 16, 2022, the students of the "We are what we eat" project were received by the students of the host school .- Welcoming ceremony at the school garden - folk dance show- song and dance performance about nutrition by kindergarten students. our traditional music instruman kemençe show.- Introduction to the school staff and the school. Short presentations (power point, short movies) of the partner schools and of the Turkish school. - The Reception Ceremony at the school (Folk dance, songs, dance performance by kindergarten students, our traditional music instruman kemençe show, an anecdotal sketch about the importance of the expiration date of foods).- The online meeting with Italian partner school. Workshop:The bags with messages promoting healthy lifestyle. The students and teachers from partner schools painted messages promoting principles of healthy diet in English or their mother tongue by using the Internet, gathered materials. Through this activity, the participants acquired a vision of Europe in the context of collaborative learning.Day:2The participating students and teachers visited the tea factory - The adventure of tea, which is our healthy and national beverage. The formation process of the tea were shown and how it was harvested at the factory. The Italian partner school connected online to have the story of making the tea in Turkey.- Cultural visit: Uzungöl Lake. In order to promote the ways of spending free time in an active manner and the healthy lifestyle, the participants went for strolls there.Day:3 - Cultural visits: Sümela Monastery, Ayasofya Museum, Kanuni House, Ataturk's Mansion.Day:4The stadium was visited, but a player could not be interviewed because Trabzonspor players were in the camp due to the championship matches.- Cultural visit: Çal cave- Go for a picnic: Erikbeli Plateau. In order to promote the ways of spending free time in an active manner and the healthy lifestyle; the participants played some games and performed folk dance showed there. The Italian partner school connected online to take part in dancing traditional Turkish dances.Not all of outdoor games could not be performed because of the rain.Day:5- The online meeting with Italian partner school. Workshop: The students prepared and solve the crosswords in order to test their knowledge on healthy diet using the Web 2.0 tool 'learningapps'. Also with this event was promoted the ways of spending free time in an active manner. - A presentation on "Healthy Nutrition and Physical Activity" was made by dietitian Merve ÖZOĞLU and a healthy nutrition plate was prepared for the students in practice.- Due to covid 19, an obstacle racetrack competition was organized by PE teacher instead of the wrestling competition. There were created mixed teams which include students from different countries. After the competition all students are given a medal.- Folk dance show, certificates awarding ceremony.
Observing Turkish life style was very interesting. Finding how they combine healthy eating habits with physical activities was a gain for the participants.- All participants increased their awareness about proper nutrition - All participants increased in responsibility for job done / completed actions;- Students improved their abilities to work as a team, their foreign language skills, their IT skills through e-learning applications workshop; also searching and selecting information and the presentation of their work improved.- Parents were actively involved in their children's life at school. They learnt to cooperate with teachers. Prejudice in parents has been overcame.- The participants became more culturally aware, learning new things about the Turkish culture, traditions, culinary, history and other aspects.- Mutual acquaintance of partner schools;- Participants' knowledge and interest in various sport disciplines was increased, and it was raised the interest in pursuing them.- Teachers from partner schools will be able to use gained knowledge in teaching practice during the meeting and later in their schools.- All participants developed interest in sportsperson and sports and celebratеd the achievements of people who had the greatest role in raising the national consciousness.
Due to a new wave of SARS- CoV2 virus and in the context of anxiety about new illness in Italy, the students and teachers from Italian partner schoolparticipated virtualy to the mobility held physically in Turkey (Romania and Poland were physically present to the LTT activities in Turkey). Italianstudents and teachers connected virtualy to the Welcome festivity at school and meeting the local/county authorities, observe the host school activitieswith students; workshop: The bags with messages promoting healthy life. Understanding the importance of hot drinks in Turkey at the tea factory (OfÖz Çay Fabrikası): the adventure of tea Understanding the life style in Turkey Picnic, sports activities and local games at the mountain; the adventureof cheese: Tonya milk factory Creating simple e-learning applications (including quizzes, crosswords, etc.); calculating the Body Mass Index ofstudents; Sport competitions: Meeting with sportsperson and visit Şenol Güneş sport complex
