WELCOME TO THE FIRST PROJECT MEETING
IN SANTO TIRSO, portugal
Held in oCTOBER 2008
PM PROGRAMME:
Educational side:
· Welcoming activities; getting to know the coordinating teachers of the partnership.
· Open sessions of discussions about the project.
· Team work: global analysis of the project: aims, actors, calendar, instruments, evaluation, expected results, PMs planning etc.
· Team work : analysing the student’s blog: structure, accounts, etc. Training session by Chiara Pasquini (Italy)
· Team work : the Moodle platform, creating accounts. Training session by Simona Paris (Italy)
· Summing up of all the activities, drafting documents and updating the blog and Moodle platform.
Social side:
· Trips to nearby towns and recreational activities (details will follow).
· Study visit to Santo Tirso, guided by the municipal authorities,
· Study visit to Porto, Guimares and Braga.
· Farewell dinner offered by the municipality of Santo Tirso.
Some photos taken during the PM
The welcome speech made by the headmistress of the hosting school Maria Odete Barbosa, the local coordinating teacher Ana Maria Costa and Engenheira Ana Maria, the representative of Santo Tirso Municipality in charge of Education Matters.
The audience of the welcome speech: in the first rows the local coordinator teachers form the various partnered countries and the Portuguese students and teachers.
The map of Europe made but the Portuguese students with flags signalling the towns of the partnered countries.
Some tourist information
http://www.cm-stirso.pt/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=18&Itemid=200
Photos of Santo Tirso
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vitor107/sets/72057594050670978/show/with/2185885554
Comment by the coordinator of the Grundtvig on behalf of the entire partnership:
Thanks and recognition for the hard and highly effective work done by the coordinating teacher Ana Maria Costa, and the other Portuguese teachers Albertina Marques, Júlia Branco, Paula Araújo e Abílio Ribeiro. Sincere thanks also to the headmistress Maria Odete Barbosa for her professional and caring presence throughout the Project Meeting.
Chiara Pasquini
