Decisions

1. Project logo – preparation of the logo suggestions at school level - End of October - All project partners

2. Selection of 3 project logo suggestions from each of the schools for the voting - End of November - All project partners

3. Online voting for the project logo - Middle of December - The Portuguese team

4. Stating of the content and the requirements for the presentations on the first project sub-topic -  January - All project partners

5. Organisational arrangements in relation to the meeting in Portugal - Done at the present meeting - All project partners

6. Presentation of the receiving country’s background in relation to the project topic - Done at the present meeting - The Czech team

7. Distribution of tasks for the first project sub-term - Done at the present meeting - The Czech team

8. Requirements for the blog, agreement on its establishing - End November - The Czech team

9. Preparation and planning the debates for the meeting in Portugal - End of January - All project partners

Pictures from the First Meeting

María Luisa and José looking at the WAU logo proposals in progress

Our team from the left to the right: Alžběta, María Luisa, Verónica, Isabel, José, César, Vaida, Inga and Aneta

María Luisa explaining the symbol of her town to our students

Here we are with our headmaster Milan (on the right)

With more of our Czech colleagues in Český Krumlov

María Luisa, Aneta and Verónica in Český Krumlov

Do you remember which courtyard this is?

A visit in the Secondary School of Arts and Crafts in Bechyně

The first meal at school

One of our brainstorming sessions

The Portugese are showing us some examples of their culture (music, cheese and... well, it was after the school, okay?!)

Our First Meeting Through the Eyes of the Coordinator's Team

I don’t want to throw around any fancy pancy words which hold no meaning to anyone but bureaucrats so let me tell you this…

All 3 teams (Portugal, Spain, Lithuania) found their way to their coordinator’s country, the Czech Republic (also known as "the country of Dumplings which want to kill you" and "the country of many a liquid treasure" – but that’s a different story). And since the day they arrived they started to learn a lot about the Czech culture and all the things which they should take into account once they bring the children in.

Of course, the meeting included intensive brainstorming sessions in the mornings – we had to decide some important dates and competences for each team after all! I’m glad to say no one died in the process, there were no injuries nor did anyone faint.

After the not so popular lunch breaks in school canteen (dumplings, anyone?) we decided to show our partners some of the locations which will play key roles in the last meeting which will again take place in the Czech Republic. I believe I heard some jaws drop at the sight of Český Krumlov, the many lakes in our district, and our mild autumn temperatures which are unheard-of for those who came to our country right from the beach. 

As many have learnt, the best way to see all the Czech water is from a tower, which somehow resulted in a new hobby for someone (don’t want to point at anyone and unravel their identity *cough* José *cough*). So maybe, we will hear about a famous tower climber from Portugal one day. So don’t forget where it all started! ;-)

The days grew shorter and shorter (or longer and longer - damn you, relativity!- at least for some of us who are used to having at least 7 hours of sleep as opposed to those from the South who seem to have no need of sleep at all) and our meeting had to come to an end.

Surely, we’d like to keep our partners here for longer because they all were awesome and supportive but we have to pass our imaginary baton to the next team who will meet the first real challenge – can you entertain a bunch of pre-teens and teens in February and make them explore our topic, Portugal? The ball is in your court now... (See what I did there? Tennis and running! There are other sports apart from football!) ;-)

Feedback from the Potugese Team

Last week a team of portuguese teachers from Agrupamento de Escolas José Sanches e SVB - Alcains, visited their colleagues at Základní škola Františka Křižíka Bechyně, Czech Republic.

It was the start of a new Erasmus+ project, WAU – Water Around Us, with the 1st transnational meeting, a greatful productive time.

We were all very pleased with our czech colleagues kindness and professionalism as with all other colleagues from the different countries represented.

We look forward to the next meetings where we all be working again together with our students, to whom we wish to provide another enriching experience.

Best wishes to all of you.

See you soon in Portugal

Big hug from the portuguese team

1st Project Meeting Official Schedule

Date: 10th October – 17th October 2015

Venue: Základní škola Františka Křižíka Bechyně, Czech Republic 

Participating partners:
* Základní škola Františka Křižíka Bechyně, Czech Republic
* “Sandoros” progimnazija, Siauliai, Lithuania
* I.E.S. “Albaida”, Almería, Spain
* Agrupamento de Escolas Jose Sanches e Sao Vicente da Beira, Alcains, Portugal

Head of meeting: Aneta Petrunova, teacher-coordinator from the Czech Republic
Minute taker: Alžběta Němcová - teacher,
Jose Duarte Afonso Goncalves - teacher,
Cesar Miguel Cabaco Louro - teacher,
Maria Isabel Andias Vieira - teacher,
Inga Urboniene - teacher,
Vaida Buitvidiene - teacher,
Maria Luisa Cabrera Ibarra - teacher,
Veronica Navarro Lopez - teacher

Work programme
12th October
Time from 8:00 To 13:00 Planning of the Learning/Teaching/Training Activities for the meeting in Portugal.
Time from 13:00 To 13:30 Lunch break
Time from 13:30 To 19:00 Culture and project visit in the receiving region in relation to the project topic.
Time from 19:00 To 20:00 Dinner

13th October
Time from 8:00 To 12:30 Planning of the project activities in general.
Time from 12:30 To 13:00 Lunch break
Time from 13:15 To 18:00 Culture and project visit in the receiving region in relation to the project topic.
Time from 18:00 To 19:00 Dinner

13th October
Time from 8:00 To 13:30 Planning of the project activities in general.
Time from 13:30 To 14:00 Lunch break
Time from 14:00 To 18:00 Culture and project visit in the receiving region in relation to the project topic.
Time from 18:00 To 19:00 Dinner

14th October
Time from 8:00 To 13:30 Planning of the project activities in general.
Time from 13:30 To 14:00 Lunch break
Time from 14:00 To 18:00 Culture and project visit in the receiving region in relation to the project topic.
Time from18:00 To 19:00 Dinner