14TH - 18th november 2016
Seia IN portugal
ACTIVITY & EATING TEAM
Hunting for the rooster
What’s going on with this rooster? It’s everywhere in this country: on mugs, T shirts, bags, towels, pads etc. Wherever you go, you always see the black rooster looking at you. After some time in this country, it is obvious for every tourist that it is MUST HAVE of this trip. It is a symbol of justice that will always win if you fight for it.
Portugal welcomed us with a beautiful weather and warm hearts of host families. Seia is a town located in the centre of Serra da Estrela, a natural mountain resort of Portugal. Outstanding views, steep hills and clean air took our breath away. Seia is rich of places worth seeing and people always ready to help foreigners. The host partners, did their best to keep our Portuguese memories forever.
MONDAY 14TH November - OFFICIAL OPENING
THE SHOW TIME STARTED!
A day started with a warm welcome in a school library by the Portuguese hosts - the Headteacher Mrs Emilia Nascimento and the project coordinator Mrs Cristina Nunes Almeida.
The first day aimed at presenting
local options possible to ‘exercise’ by tourists. During the morning each school presented a PowerPoint
presentation Exercise your local Options and Be Active your Way
CLICK THE LINK TO SEE THE STUDENTS' PRESENTATIONS
The morning was completed with the work on the International
Exhibition of photographs, documenting the tours and all forms of activities taken
under the implementation of the 2nd and 3rd Step activities of the Project, titled
EXERCISE YOUR LOCAL OPTIONS
The school hall turned into a real photo exhibition. 150 photos
of local touristic attractions were hung
on a wall. We had an opportunity to admire a beauty of places we live in.
As it
was an art day, after visiting school's facilities the students were quite busy in the workshop
to create an International Dance under the heading CHALLANGE YOUR INSPIRATION. Each school presented and danced the
traditional music and afterwards decided to use some of the movements of each
to make a new international performance.
In the afternoon, we were invited for tea to the City Hall of Seia where a Deputy of the Mayor made a welcoming speech. With heads full of new
pictures, we fell asleep with hope to experience more.
tuesday 15TH NOVEMBER
NEED GOOD
EDUCATION? GO TO COIMBRA- A CITY OF HIGHLY EDUCATED PEOPLE.
It
was time for one of local attractions near Seia, Coimbra. The previous capital
city of Portugal. Coimbra, called a city of doctors, is well known as one of
the oldest university centre in the world. We admired ancient library and
audition halls, strolled through narrow streets of this place. Each year
Coimbra resounds with FADO music at the FADO festival that gathers thousands of
people. The day finished with a boat trip along the Mondego river. We had a
chance to rest and took some photos of sunlight bathed Coimbra.
wednesday 16TH NOVEMBER
EXERCISE THE SEIA’S OPTIONS.
Seia is the town full of natural, local attraction because of its location, in a centre of Serra da Estrela. We started our sightseeing tour with a cute train journey to the Museum of Bread. It was not only a place to learn something about a history of bread, its ways of production, but we had an opportunity to make some bread and then take it home. We were astonished by a fairytale surrounding and a cute sprat. In good moods we powered up our visit with the Museum of Electricity where students observed the process of power production. We finished our day with a long walk along the river Sra do Desterro. Its water reflected the beauty of Portuguese autumn. Hiking
is popular in this area so we experienced Exercise Seia Local options in the
Natural park of Serra da Estrela, in Mata da Sra do Desterro. The biologist, José
Conde, who taught us about the fauna and flora and showed enthusiastically some
species we found through the tracks. He took this opportunity to make us aware
of the importance of respecting nature and the living species inhabiting this
area.
The evening we spent in a casual but elegant surroundings in Escola Superior de Turismo e Hotelaria where all partners and students involved in the project spent an evening accompanied with live music. Apart from delicious food, small talks and good music, we danced until midnight and had a real fun.
tursday 17TH NOVEMBER
BOOST YOUR ENERGY IN MANNEQUIN CHALLANGE!
The Portuguese coordinator did not forget about being
active and fit. Montebelo Golf Club near Viseu
greeted us with perfect weather
and emotions we have never experienced. Many of us played golf for a first
time. It wasn’t as easy as we thought.
Even hitting a ball was a challenge for some of us J. As we always want to be in fashion, we took
part in The Mannequin Challenge.
Winter sports fans had a
chance to practice ice skating in Palacio do Gelo in Viseu. Searching for souvenirs
mastered our minds till the late evening. Finally the black roosters J squawked out of our shopping bags.
friday 18TH NOVEMBER
FOLK
FAREWELL PARTY- THROUGH THE STOMACH TO THE HEART
It is time for saying
goodbye, thanking the partners for good cooperation and devotion to the
A& E project and hugging all newly met friends. The Portuguese partners not only carefully prepared activities for a whole week of the short
exchange of students, but also perfectly led up the farewell day.
In the morning the students attended their mates’ classes. On
this last day we had a chance to enjoy another exhibition CHALLENGE YOUR ROOTS, in
which local products related to Eating and Wellness were presented. Then students
continued rehearsal for the final international performance CHALLENGE YOUR INSPIRATION.
At the same time teachers had a management meeting and later on attended a training workshop ETWINNING- AS A SUPPORT OF ERASMUS PROJECTS
with the eTwinning ambassador,
Teresa Lacerda. This workshop allowed us to understand how twinspace platform
can help to support Erasmus+ projects, learn how to integrate web2.0 tools and collaborate through twinspace.
In the afternoon the Closing Session began with the
delivery of Certificates.
Then the time for the final show came.
The students
presented the Challenge Your Inspiration dance and then a local folk group appeared
on a dance floor. We were amused by their performance and life music that
accompanied the show. Parents and
students prepared a wonderful dinner party. There were chestnuts, healthy
muffins and a tomato jam and other new tastes to test this evening. We are leaving enriched by unique memories of this unforgettable
week full of ACTIVITY in Portugal as well as EATING. All together we Exercised
Local Options and it is a motivation to continue being active and healthy. Each
of us has to find ways, strategies to be active. Schools and Projects like ours
can influence students to be more physically active and healthy.
Dear Cristina,
There are no words to express our gratitude and
happiness. Thank you for unforgettable moments.
Dear host parents and students ,
You stole our hearts but we will let you keep it J
