CAVA DE’ TIRRENI (SA)

MULTILATERAL COMENIUS PROJECT

“FOOD AND HEALTH”FOOD AND HEALTHSchool year 2008/2009

PROJECT COORDINATORIstituto Tecnico per Geometri “L. Vanvitelli” - Cava de’ Tirreni (SA)

a s 2008/09a.s.2008/09

EUROPEAN PARTNERS

ROMANIA - Iasi RomaniaRomania

Grup Scolar Agricol“Vasile Adamachi”

ROMANIA - BucarestPORTUGAL – Amora

Escola Secundaria COM 3° Ciclo Do Ensimo

B i M l C l i

TURKEY – AydinNazilli Anadolu Lisesi

ROMANIA Bucarest Scoala Cu Clasele

I-VIII nr:/91

Napoli

ITALY- ScafatiITIS A. Pacinotti

Basico Manuel Cargaleiro

NapoliITALY - Cava de’ Tirreni

ITG L. Vanvitelli

SCHOOL PARTNERSISTITUTO TECNICO PER GEOMETRA “LUIGI VANVITELLI”

Cava de’ Tirreni (SA) IITALY

ISTITUTO TECNICO INDUSTRIALE “ANTONIO PACINOTTI”Scafati (SA) ITALY

SCOALA CU CLASELE I-VIIIn.191 BUCHAREST ROMANIA_

GRUP SCOLAR AGRICOL “VASILE ADAMACHI” IASI ROMANIA

NAZILLI ANADOLU LISESI AYDIN -TURKEY

ESCOLA SECUNDARIA COM 3°CICLO DO ENSIMO . M CARGALEIRO- Seixal- PORTUGAL

SCHOOLS AND ASSOCIATED PARTNERS

ITALY

ISTITUTO TECNICO PER GEOMETRI

COORDINATOR SCHOOL

ISTITUTO TECNICO PER GEOMETRI Luigi Vanvitelli Cava de’ Tirreni SA-Italy

Municipality of Cava de’ Tirreni

Education Councillor’s OfficeC d ’ Ti iCava de’ Tirreni

Local Health Service Salerno 1Cava de’ Tirreni

ROMANIAROMANIA

Scoala Cu Clasele I-VIII nr:/91-Bucharest

Municipality of Bucharest

TURKEYTURKEYNazilli Anadolu Lisesi

Municipality of Nazilli

Nazilli State Hospital

Ti t Od iTicaret Odasi

PORTUGALPORTUGAL

ESCOLA SECUNDARIA COM 3° CICLODo Ensimo M. Cargaleiro

Municipality of Seixal

ROMANIA

Grup Scolar Agricol “Vasile adamachi”

Municipality of Iasi

ITALYITALY

ISTITUTO TECNICO INDUSTRIALE “Antonio Pacinotti” SCAFATI

MUNICIPALITY OF SCAFATI

OBJECTIVES OF COMENIUS PROJECTOBJECTIVES OF COMENIUS PROJECTThe objectives for this European collaboration belong to different categories:different categories:

• - To encourage the learning of European foreign languages

T i il th ibilit t i t th l• - To give pupils the possibility to acquaint themselves with the language of a partner country

• - To practice foreign languages and increase theirTo practice foreign languages and increase their motivation towards language learning

• Intercultural communicationT d l t iti f d t di diff t• - To develop opportunities of understanding different

cultural environments (Romanian, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish…);

• - To raise European dimensions of education by promoting respect and understanding of the cultural and linguistic diversity;linguistic diversity;

• - To become aware of issues of global concern.

Pedagogical field• - To support improvements in pedagogical approaches

and school management;and school management;• - To enhance the quality and European dimension of

teacher training;• - To exchange and disseminate good practice examples

as a way of greater motivation among the different schools and teachers in order to achieve progress;p g

To encourage teamwork use of foreign language• To encourage teamwork, use of foreign language, develop social skills;

• - To develop students` self-esteem and self-awareness;pDevelopment of ICT abilities in teaching and learning

• - To develop communication with students and teachers from schools belonging to different geographicalfrom schools belonging to different geographical location;

• - To communicate via internet resources: chat, email, e-f fconferences, forums;

• - To disseminate the results of activities using internet resources: web page, forums;resources: web page, forums;

• - To exchange teachers’ ideas and resources quickly and efficiently.

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT“FOOD AND HEALTH”

• To motivate pupils to regularly participate in English language activities both within the curriculum and as an

t i lextra-curricular programme. • The historical research of different food habits and the

knowledge of different diets will be of great importanceknowledge of different diets will be of great importance for people involved in the project because they will develop the curiosity in searching the healthiest diet for p y gthem and become more aware of the necessity to eat healthy food and to know the substances in food that help people to stay healthy

• The project wants to help young people, our school communities, students’ families, their friends and the local communities in being aware about the importance of a healthy diet, in order to prevent some serious diseases such as anorexia or bulimia and other diseases caused by a bad way of eating and drinking.

• It wants to be a campaign to improve the quality of life of all people involved in the project.

• It wants to give pupils and teachers in our schools an opportunity to exchange experience and information with colleagues in other countries, to work together on one topic regarding the eating which has been identified like a common problem in our schools

SUBJECTS INVOLVEDSUBJECTS INVOLVEDE li h l• English language,

• Mother tongue language• History• History,• Chemistry,• Geography• Geography,• Science, • Mathematics and InformaticMathematics and Informatic,• Physical Education, • Geopedologyp gy• ICT /Computer Science• Consumer Education

MOBILITIES AND ACTIVITIES ALREADY DONEMEETING IN IASI ROMANIA ( 10th-16th Nov 2008)

GRUP SCOLAR AGRICOL “VASILE ADAMACHI”

Before the meeting, the school teams used ICT continuosly in order to communicate with each

GRUP SCOLAR AGRICOL VASILE ADAMACHI

yother,we regularly used :e-mails,web cam links,chat rooms coordinated by me,we also used fax and telephone in order to make arrangements and te ep o e o de to a e a a ge e ts a dagreements about the activities to be carried out.During the meeting we exchanged our materials prepared in the period just before each meetingprepared in the period just before each meeting.The students from different schools became “ambassadors”of their communities and presented:

1) Their National School Systems2) Their own Towns3) Their own Schools3) Their own Schools.

During the meeting in Romania, it were organized :1. A traditional food context

(Teams from each country brought the necessary i di t i d t t diti l i i thingredients in order to prepare a traditional recipe in the school canteen after that all participants tasted the products);products);

2 a project context(pupils created a project logo and mascot using (p p p j g g

colours,colored-papers, seeds and other materials.3 students prepared a power-point presentation of a

traditional healthy recipe from their country in the infotraditional healthy recipe from their country in the info- lab.

4 culinary decorative art products (students made4 culinary decorative art products (students made decorations using fruits and vegetables on the project theme.)

EXCURSIONS IN IASIEXCURSIONS IN IASI• Visit to the Botanical Garden • Visit to The University “AL.I Cuza”• Visit through the town• Visit to the Memorial Cathedral and Radio Trinitas

t distudios.• Visit to Cetatuia Convent.

MEETING IN SCAFATI- ITALY (16th-21st February 2009)

ISTITUTO TECNICO INDUSTRIALE “A: PACINOTTI

Communication before the meeting involved internet , mails, chat, fax.Communication before the meeting involved internet , mails, chat, fax. telephone..etc

During the meeting the students from different schools presented :1) Their own Food Habits history ( Powerpoint presentation) ) e o ood ab s s o y ( o e po p ese a o )

The coordinator and Expert Nutritionists presented :2) A Questionnaire about Food Habits and the2) A Questionnaire about Food Habits and the

Lifestyle of school communities ( the result of a cooperation among schools and the supervision of expert nutritionists from the Local health Service Salerno 1 –Cava dè Tirreni District.The main goal of the questionnare was to get to know the food habits of each school community .It was given to 15 students,15 teachers and 15 parents from 3

h l i h t f h h l tschools in each town of each school partner.The result of the survey was presented in Portugal during the third meeting

EXCURSIONS IN SCAFATIEXCURSIONS IN SCAFATI

• Visit to Town Hall• Visit to a Chocolate factory in Angriy g• Visit to Capaccio Paestum

a)Dairy Farm “Vannulo”a)Dairy Farm Vannulob)Archaeological site of Paestum

• Visit to the archaeological site of Pompei

Activities carried out from February to April 2009Activities carried out from February to April 2009• Intense activity in cooperation at distance for the

preparation of final products to be presented at the third p p p pand last meeting of the first year.In particular each school worked in order to help the others in the realization of:

• The Healthy Recipe Book (5 healthy recipes for eachThe Healthy Recipe Book (5 healthy recipes for each country) Amora - Portugal.

• The Booklet on the typical products (4 typical products for each co ntr ) Iasi Romaniaeach country) Iasi – Romania

• The implementation of the “food and health” web site (history of towns and materials presented during ( y p gmeetings). Nazilli-Turkey

• The results of the questionnaire. Scafati –Italy• The web quest tools Bucharest Romania• The web quest tools. Bucharest Romania• The implementation of a Blog. Cava de’ Tirreni Italy• The logbook (the Coordinator)The logbook (the Coordinator)

MEETING IN AMORA SEIXAL PORTUGAL (19th 25th APRIL 2009)MEETING IN AMORA-SEIXAL- PORTUGAL (19th-25th APRIL 2009)

Escola Secundaria Manuel Cargaleiro

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Before the meeting there was intense communication via internet, mails, fax, telephone, chat…among school

fpartners in order to take important decisions for teachers, students’ accomodation and materials for the final products.

During the meeting in Portugal the following activities wereDuring the meeting in Portugal the following activities were carried out:

• Students presented their school final products;p p• The coordinator prepared this “logbook” with all past

and future activities and mobilities (PowerPoint presentation)presentation).

• The school teams worked to write a final report about the first year of cooperation pointing out the positive and y p p g pnegative aspects of the cooperation, the possible problems and difficulties in working together and at the same time the happiness to have found very special pp y pcolleagues and planned future activities and agreements.

The following activities were organized in in Portugal :

• A Sports activitity for students involved in the project;A Sports activitity for students involved in the project;

• An Art& Craft activity : a tile board inspired by the topic y p y pof the project;

• A project party :students, parents and teachers met and tasted some typical food and sweet brought by participants;participants;

• An activity organized by the School Health Club;y g y ;

• A tour of the school.

ESCURSIONS IN PORTUGALESCURSIONS IN PORTUGAL

• A Visit to Seixal town• Guided tours to local industrial cork and naval museums• A Visit to Fidalga’s Manor House (Town Hall)• A Trip to Lisbon, Belèm p ,• A Visit to the Alentejo region (Olive oil Estate, a tour to

the village of Monsaraz)g )• A trip to Costa Azul (Azeitao, the Arrabida Natural Park,

Cabo Espichel)

FUTURE MOBILITIES2° YEAR

M ti i B h t ROMANIA• Meeting in Bucharest – ROMANIAScoala Cu\\Clasele I-VIIInr: 191 October 2009October 2009

• Meeting in Aydin TURKEY• Meeting in Aydin – TURKEYNazilli Anadolu LisesiFebruary 2010y

• Final Meeting in Cava dè Tirreni--ITALYFinal Meeting in Cava dè Tirreni ITALYIstituto Tecnico per Geometri”L. Vanvitelli”May 2010

FUTURE ACTIVITIESFUTURE ACTIVITIESF th d l t f th t i f th j t b t d iFurther development of the topic of the project by studying

in detail and pointing out the problems and solutions caused by eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia) and y g ( , )health care ( Dental care, physical exercises and food safety guidelines).A t d t b t th d t f t• Arrangement and agreement about the date of next meetings

• Exchanges of materials and products• Exchanges of materials and products• Comparison and contrast about different food habits• Final productFinal product• Exibition of photos and of works done • Dissemination: web pages, e-twinning, blog….p g , g, g

CONSIDERATIONSCONSIDERATIONS

During the first year the planned mobilities were fulfilled and all planned activities carried out and pobjectives reached.It has been a year of intense work and duties forIt has been a year of intense work and duties for teachers and students involved in the project but also of great satisfaction and gratification for the achievement ofgreat satisfaction and gratification for the achievement of the planned tasks .

It has been the f lfilment of a dream started atIt has been the fulfilment of a dream, started at distance, among some special teachers, scattered in different European places sharing the same passiondifferent European places, sharing the same passion for working together around a same theme, as well as the same wish to meet each other and to cooperate inthe same wish to meet each other and to cooperate in order to improve their methods of teaching, their English skills, their students’ motivation in learning g , gEnglish and how to eat healthy.

It is with great pleasure that we can state that we haveIt is with great pleasure that we can state that we have achieved our common goals, through debates, di i f t ti b t h l t hdiscussions, confrontations but we have also met each other and appreciated the contribution given to the project by all of us and the beginning of lifelongproject by all of us and the beginning of lifelong friendships among us.

The CoordinatorMrs.Gianna Barrella