to the 2nd HIGH SCHOOL OF KOMOTINI on 10-12 OCTOBER 2023
On 10-12 October 2023, a preparatory visit of two teachers from the Czech Republic took place at our school, in the framework of the ERASMUS+ mobility. A preparatory visit is called a visit to a potential host organisation by the staff of the sending organisation in order to better prepare a mobility activity for teachers or staff.
The aim of the preparatory workshop was to organise the hosting of a group of 10 students and their teachers from Neratovice, Czech Republic, in our school, which will take place in the second week of April 2024. The School Gymnázium Františka Palackého. It is one of our partner schools cooperating with ours within the framework of ERASMUS+ mobility. We have common interests and target: the development of transversal skills of our students (= basic life skills. They include the ability to think critically, be ambitious and creative, take initiatives, solve problems and cooperate, communicate effectively in a multicultural and interdisciplinary environment, adapt to circumstances and manage stress and uncertainty), equality of educational opportunities, opening schools to Europe, acquiring green skills and managing crises due to climate change, applying knowledge and research results in the field They will give back to their country and their school during the next school year, 2024-25.
During their visit, the Czech teachers discussed and drew up with their partners in our school the programme of activities they are going to carry out, which includes, apart from the guided tours of the city of Komotini and its wider region, apprenticeships in educational institutions, teaching visits to cultural associations, outdoor activities. The above activities and home hospitality will provide a good knowledge of Greek culture and mentality, representative of the modern Greek tradition. At the same time, they will offer both sides the possibility of practising foreign languages and virtual cooperation (= Any form of cooperation using information and communication technology tools to facilitate and support any relevant actions of the programme). In any case, the educational exchange programme, which will launch a series of similar ones in the coming years, will broaden the pupils” learning experience and foster European ideals in their minds. The experience of the two groups will then be disseminated to schools and their communities.
Responsible for this mobility are Ms Papacharalambous Zoe, German teacher and Ms Karapouli Efthimia, Greek philologist.
