COMENIUS SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP

GREEN SKILLS FOR A GLOBAL CHANGE 2013- 2015

STUDENTS' DIARY N°1

MEETING IN PORTUGAL from 15th to 19th January 2014

TURKEY

Şeyma Günsel ÇELEN

1. At the meeting I learnt the importance of our nature and natural sources, how to be a useful person

for our world.

2. I was good at communicating with the other people coming from other countries.

3. I appreciated most; our first day in Portugal, teachers’ taking us to a thematic farm which was really

a good and funny experience for us.

4. I will improve my recycling actions and my English to communicate better with people.

Yeliz ŞAHİN

1. At the meeting I learnt to make presentations. I learnt how to express myself. I had a chance to

make a presentation in a different language.

2. I was good at communicating with my host family, my friends' host families and Portuguese

students at Colegio Guadalupe.

3. I appreciated the farewell party. I was happy about the warm welcome from students.

4. I will improve my vocabulary in English.

Yeşim ZENGİN

1. At the meeting I learnt other countries' problems about environment and I learnt Portugal's

geographical location and their education system and their precautions against these problems. I learnt

Portugal's culture and historical places.

2. I was good at friendship with other students and I taught our culture to the other students and we

communicated with other students.

3. I appreciated this project because Portuguese people are charitable,sincere and friendly. All host

families are charitable,hospitable,friendly,sincere and perceptive.

4. I will improve to speak English very well and I will improve our friendship with all the students in

Comenius project. I will contiune friendship with my host family.

Berke GÖKÇE

1. At the meeting, I learnt to respect other cultures, beliefs and religions. I also had information about

Portugal History.

2. I was good at communicating with other students and adapting to another culture and its meals.

3. I appreciated my host family, their hospitality, and hosting teacher because they did a lot of things

to please.

4. I will improve my pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary in English.

YELİZ ŞAHİN

YEŞİM ZENGİN

BERKE ŞEYMA GÜNSEL ÇELEN

FRANCE/REUNION ISLAND

Gwenaëlle

1. At the meeting I learnt to understand English, and to speak a little with the others.

2. I was good at watching TV with my host family, laughing with everyone, eating

chocolate walking, listening to each other and dancing, singing « in my corner » (with

shyness).

3. I appreciated everyone, they (students, teachers, host family) were very friendly,

sweet and full of attention to each other. I also loved many landscapes, cities,

beaches. The houses were great and I always dream to drive on this great bridge It

was great ! I really loved the farewell party at the end of the stay, I had a lot of fun,

everyone had fun on the dance floor, it was an unforgettable evening.

4. I will improve my English, my shyness, my confidence. Because all the other countries

are comfortable with English. This is their 2nd language, and I think if we really want

to have an excellent work one day we really need to improve in this language.

I am very pleased to have been able to make this trip. I'm glad I have met these wonderful

people. I want them to know that I will never forget them !

Ingrid and Gwenaëlle (Palacio da Pena, Sintra) Ingrid and Gwenaelle and Turkish students (Cabo Da Roca)

Ingrid

At the meeting I learnt that I was in a city of 10 000 people and over 2 million in Lisboa. The

capital city is really great. People in Portugal speak Portuguese, English and a little French.

Before, the Portuguese speak French a lot. And I also learnt that the Portuguese adore

cinnamon !

I appreciated the visits in Lisboa, the Palace (Palacio Da Pena) and eating at the

restaurant with the people of other countries. Lisboa is beautiful at night, there are

plenty of lights throughout the city.

I will improve my English because everywhere I went, everyone speaks English and

sometimes I didn't understand and that prevented me from communicating.

Gwenaelle, Ingrid and their teacher at With the other students at Colegio

the organic farm Guadalupe

SPAIN

Student 1 : At the meeting I learnt how people live in other countries and how they recycle and how they care about the environment. 1. I was good at watching a football match at Luz stadium with my partners.

2. I appreciated how to work at an ecological farmand the visit to Da Pena´s

castle. I will improve my English and my knowledge about the environment and the

global warming.

Student 2

1. At the meeting I learnt that we should arouse with the environment because

it is an important thing to have a good fututre.

3. I was good at visiting Lisbon with our Portuguese friends.

4. I appreciated the very great treatment which I received from my host family

and the incredible views in the Cabo di Caparica.

5. I will improve my English, I learned a bit of Portugues and to become more

ecological.

Student 3

1 At the meeting I learnt how people live in other countries and how they recycle and

how they care about the environment.

2 I was good at watching a football match at Luz stadium with my partners.

3I appreciated how to work at an ecological farmand the visit to Da Pena´s castle.

4 I will improve my English and my knowledge about the environment and the global

warming.

Student 4: 1. At the meeting I learnt to save the environment, I learnt to cultivate,about animals and ecological camping. 2. I was good at to awareness the people about the environment. 3. I appreciated the work of students and teachers who make possible these trips 4.I will improve in activities such as energy saving, recycling...

SLOVENIA

SLOVENIAN STUDENTS .

1. At the meeting the students learnt more about Portugal, especially the Lisbon area, the way

ecology and sustainability are addressed elsewhere in Europe, the Portuguese way of life,

school system , saw some good presentations and got the basis for the future meetings.

2. They were good at eating, drinking, dancing, communicating in English,interacting with

people in foreign languages, acquiring useful information…

3. They appreciated the given opportunity to co-operate in this project, to meet new people

and travel the world, a warm welcome and really nice families, the Portuguese hosts'

hospitality, the readiness of the Portuguese students to aid us in whatever we requested …

4. They will improve their level of English language and the way to contact other people .

DENMARK

Student 1 : Jeppe

1. At the meeting I learnt some new cultures and things about other countries.

2. It was good because i learned new things and new people, and saw a new country.

3. I appreciatedThat all the people was so nice and helpful.

4. I I would love to know more about the program, because the one we got was the teachers

program.

Student 2 :

1. At the meeting I learnt about new cultures.

2. I was good at enjoying all the good experiences I’ve had on this trip.

3. I appreciated the kindness from all the participants and from the host families.

4. I will improve my presentation about Green Skills for a Global Change.

Student 3 : - Anna

1. At the meeting I learnt a lot about other cultures, and how other students at my age

have fun.

2. I was good at making new friends.

3. I appreciated my host family's hospitality and that I got the opportunity to meet

students from other countries.

4. I will improve my presentation skills about Green Skills for a Global Change.

Student 4 :

At the meeting I've learned some new cultures to learn and learned how different we are.

It was really cool because I've got a lot of new friends and got some new experiences for life.

I was very over asket over how friendly and helpful they were.

I would love to know more about the program, because the one we got was the teachers program.

Green skills for Global Change

Portugal

Participate in this project to get students was a great experience I could live with numerous people of

different languages, cultures and custumes and learned a lot, especially with the student I've had in

my house. It was fantastic and an experience to repeat!

Maria Inês Santos 10ºC

From my personal point of view, this project was fantastic. It was amazing how all the students from

foreign countries were able to adapt and socialize with each other. Everybody made lots of friends and

we got along very well.

The teachers in our school were very nice and welcoming, allowing the foreign students to attend

classes together with the Portuguese students.

I’m sure that everyone had a lot of fun, made a great number of friends and learned very much

about Portugal and Planet Earth’s ecological situation.

Miguel Nunes Nº16 10ºA

Those five days were amazing for me! We all had the opportunity to share stories ,moments, cultures and also make new friends! Everybody was nice and helpful. This was an experience that I will never forget. Beatriz Almeida 10ºC

Between the 15th and the 19th of January of 2014, twenty students from Colégio Guadalupe received

in their homes students from six European countries (France, Spain, The Netherlands, Denmark,

Slovenia and Turkey), under the Comenius project. It was a very positive experience because we had

the opportunity of visiting an ecological farm, walking in the city of Lisbon and sharing our culture and

our way of life with the foreign visitors. I hope to participate in more activities related to this project in

the future.

Vítor Leitão 10º B

Comenius helped me improve my English, and furthermore i gained experience and learned so

much more about other cultures, so i think the only thing left to sai is that i am thankful for this

opportunity. Thank you Comenius.

João Silva 10ºA

COLÉGIO

Guadalupe

Guadalupe

It was a very nice experience hosting Berkê, I enjoyed a lot, and I understood the very

diferences beetwen our cultures.

Rodrigo Matias 10º C

Comenius project really helped me improving my English, meet new people and expect more of

the EU projects. I'm totally thankful to my school for let me be part of this amazing project.

Want to say a big "thanks" to everyone that made this come true.

Francisco Cruz 10ºA

I really enjoyed my time with Ingrid and Barbara. They were really nice, and kind.

I would like to meet them again.

Gaspar Teixeira 10ºB

Hello! I really like to be with people from other countries and cultures so I really enjoyed to

receive Gwen and I would like to be with with her again..

Caetana Serra 10ºB

Having students at my house was really great , we had a great time together and we got along

very well , we played games , went out and also had a city tour in Lisbon and that was a really

nice time I just hope to have more students in my house.

António Almeida 10ºA

I really enjoyed to meet Jasmijn and the other foreign people, because I like to speak english.

I had the opportunity to practise my english and to learn somethings about other cultures. I

would like to be with that foreign people again and repeat all the experience.

Joana Marouca 10ºB

The ability to take part of a project like this was amazing. The exchanged student was named Justin

Kloese, while staying with me, he always said that Portugal was a different place and liked all of the

sightseeing that we did with the school and with our one day with the families, while here he

experienced a new culture as well as I did, I learned knowledge that I didn’t even knew. So overall, this

opportunity was one of the best for both of us, and a fun experience as well.

Tiago Filipe 10ºC

HOLLAND

Students: Jasmijn Brouwer, Justin Kloese, Thomas Fuhler, Deli Issa.

1.At the meeting we learnt: At the meeting we learned that there are a lot of different

cultures in Europe and the Dutch culture could learn something from other cultures. We’ve

also learnt that the Netherlands is quite boring for us now and that we want to go back to

Portugal. But the most important thing is that we learned that we should be open to people

and get to know them, because you might not like them on first glance, but if you really get

to know them they are not so bad after all.

2.We were good at: talking to people, normally it's really difficult to make new friends, lay

contact with strangers. But everyone was really open and wanted to talk, and so we did. We

tried to talk to as many people as we could and we made many new friends, we're really

happy with all the new friends, we're actually still in touch with them since we returned and

hopefully that won't change quickly! Now we have friends that live all over the world.

Hopefully we'll see them sometime again. We wish we could say we were good at talking

Portugese but sadly we've only learnt a few words, more next time!

3. We appreciated: We appreciated their hospitality. They were very nice and always asked

us to feel home. We got a lot of nice food as well. Everything was nicely coordinated,

everything was done by schedule. Also when we went to a birthday dinner they paid for us,

because they took us there. They also took us to other things. Thomas went for example to a

Benfica game and Justin went to Cristo Rei, which is a big statue of Christ.

4. We will improve: Our behaviour to people who we don’t know, these 5 days really helped

us to make new friends which some of us usually aren’t not very good at. So this experience

helped us to improve our confidence. We learned that we shouldn’t be afraid to talk with

people we’ve never met. Because if you are nice to them they will also be nice to you.

We want to improve our ability to dare more, because of this experience we want to do

more such things as exchanges, because not only is it a nice opportunity to make new

friends, it’s also interesting to learn about the cultures of all the different countries.

Another thing we want to improve is our knowledge about other cultures, it was great to be

with so many people with different cultures. Especially to stay with a family with such a

different culture, it was really interesting. It made us want to improve our knowledge of

foreign cultures, especially the Portuguese culture.