Tuesday, 5 April 2016

MARCH 2016 in GIM2 TRZEBINIA POLAND - the month of HEALTHY NUTRITION

The motto of this month was  GET YOUR PLATE IN SHAPE!!!

There are a lot of reasons why we eat, only one of which is hunger. We eat for pleasure, flavor, we break bread with friends and family, we eat for comfort as well as nutrition and health.
Eating healthfully is an important part of overall wellness.

It is a journey shaped by many factors, including our stage of life, situations, preferences, access to food, culture, traditions, and the personal decisions we make over time.
Everything you eat and drink matters !!!
For a healthy eating pattern, remember:

This means:
  • choose foods that offer variety from each of the food groups, giving you the basic nutrition you need
  • reach for foods and beverages with less saturated fat, sodium, and added sugars.
  • start with small changes to build healthier eating styles.
  • support healthy eating in your family.
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 March 2016 - GIMNAZJUM NR2 TRZEBINIA in POLAND -  SEARCHING FOR HEALTHY EATING SOLUTIONS FOR EVERYDAY LIFE  

In March we celebrated the arrival of spring.  On that occasion GIM2 TRZEBINA in POLAND has celebrated the feast of healthy snacks and drinks.

A&E ERASMUS+ students treated  their schoolmates and invited guests with the healthy colourful fruit and vegetables snacks and beverages.
On the richly pledged table, international snacks prepared according to ‘RETHINK YOUR SNACK AND DRINKS’ recipe cards appeared.
The students participating in the international meeting in FRANCAVILLA FONTANA shared their  experience from the staying in Italian school and the families.
During our spring feast event the students from the neighboring primary schools took part in a contest on a healthy nutrition, entitled ‘Live Tasty and Healthily’. They also had the chance to see a dance show and the performance of a school cabaret ‘Horrorek’  which in a humorous way tried to encourage a healthy and hygienic lifestyle.

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In the course of the month we aslo celebrated  EASTER HOLIDAY

The students participated in an interschool contest on ‘Easter traditions', organized every year in our school. This year they learned about Easter traditions in the partner countries, searched for healthy recipes for Easter and Lenten dishes.
We designed the postcards with motifs associated with the partner countries.
Finally we took part in the workshops in Traditional Bread Bakery
The students got acquainted with the production process of different types of bread, had the opportunity to enjoy a traditional sourdough, personally knead the dough and place their products in the ovens. They saw  the way of production traditional Easter lambs cakes. At the end of the visit they savored the fresh bread and had the chance to  prepare  Polish healthy colorful full of vitamins and nutrients sandwiches, thus referring to the theme of the month of March - HEALTHY DIET.


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                             And finally ‘Cooking Like a Master Chef’

 At the end of month March activities we took part in an extraoridinary culinary experience.  
The workshops run by A CELEBRITY COOK!!!
Our students, under the guidance of the finalist of a culinary show MasterChef Poland - Charles Daigneaultem prepared burgers with mushrooms, goat cheese and roasted vegetables, zucchini rolls stuffed with goat cheese with raisins and cream puffs for a sweet dessert
There were also other attractions such as  Napkin Folding & Table Setting class

You need to remember that the way a table is set contributes to the ambiance of a meal as much as the healthy  food



Monday, 4 April 2016

MARCH - the month of HEALTHY NUTRITION - in BME Budapest Hungary


INTERNATIONAL DAY

On the last day before Easter holiday, our school, BME International Secondary Grammar School, had a great event. It is called International Day, it is a competition between the classes. The topic is always different year after year, this year they had to prepare for gastronomy, cultural, historical presentations of the Erasmus project countries.

We had a very good day, with big fun!








Thursday, 31 March 2016

Healthy Nutrition Action with the Younger ones in AES-PORTUGAL

HEALTHY TRAINING ACTION


On 22 April 2016 at the Basic School auditorium Tourais / Paranhos – Seia Group of Schools it was held the session Training Action entitled "The Power of Food", addressed to Parents / Guardians, organized by the teacher Dulce Vicente, the nutritionist Rita Pires and the nurse Duarte Marvanejo (UCC Seia Health Centre) under the Project Promotion and Health Education and PEACE Program (Food Education in School Community).


The session began with the participation of students through several presentations.
First,the presentation of the song "The Heroes of Fruit" by the students  Luz Alvo, Jonas Andrade, Diogo Amaro, Martim Amaral and Clara Pereira from the Kindergarten-Tourais;


















Then there was Poetry recitation by two students Beatriz Pais of Class A and João Pais of Class C from the 1st cycle; Next we were delighted with the voices of Miriam Melo, Diana Lopes and Vanessa Duarte of Class B who sang a song;
 Finally several proverbs were said by Mª Carolina Amaral and Rafael Rodrigues from Class E.

Parents / Guardians present expressed themselves very satisfied with their participation in the activity, in which they acquired knowledge and exchanged experiences in this session that fundamentally addressed eating behaviors.
The Teacher Dulce Vicente, responsible for The Project  Promotion and Health Education appreciatedthe presence and participation of all Parents / Guardians who actively participated and the collaboration of the educator Maria de Fatima Miragaia and Silvia Couto- Operational Assistant from the Kindergarten- Tourais and 1st Cycle teachers Mª Augusta Pinheiro, José Alberto Silva, Rui Modesto and Dalila Brito.
                                       

 Poem
Bread and cereals
Orange or apple
I eat every day
At night and morning

Milk and diary
I like them too
At lunch and dinner
Water we should drink

Rice, potatoes and pasta
Vegetables and salad
We should have 
In a well balanced diet

To end 
It's good not to forget
Sweets in excess
We can't get
(Beatriz Pais- Student / Susana Pais (mother) 

  
 On April 26, the Class 5 ° C of the  School Tourais- Paranhos, Agrupamento de Escolas de Seia, attended a training session on "Energy Drinks" supported by the  nurses Aurea and Isabel Cruz of the Health Centre in Seia.
     They began the session by questioning the students about the drinks they knew. Surprisingly, some students mentioned some energy drinks. Nurses took the examples to inform about the composition of drinks; energy and health drinks. They insisted that the carbonated and energy drinks are made with ingredients that later cause harm to health, such as diabetes, overweight, tooth decay ... The Consumption of these beverages in their age in  a daily basis causes addiction in young people, with long term effects, making them anxious and nervous adults.
     This session was extremely important because students become aware of the bad eating habits through information provided by the technicians

Teacher- Alexandra Coelho

Wednesday, 30 March 2016

MARCH - the month of HEALTHY NUTRITION in Bon Sauveur FRANCE

BOWL OF RICE in Bon Sauveur FRANCE
              
On Friday18th March, the students at Bon Sauveur comprehensive school participated in the bowl of riceoperation. In this period of Lent and a few days before the Easter holidays, almost 300 students met for this surge of solidarity. Thus the collected money will help supporting a primary school in Guinea. The financed projects for this year :- Purchase of bicycles for the school’s teachers.- Construction and equipment for three classrooms.- Fitting-out of a playground.

Tuesday, 29 March 2016

The first short term exchange of students in IISS "Vincenzo Lilla",Francavilla Fontana ITALY.

29th FEB - 4th MARCH 2016  

  FRANCAVILLA FONTANA ITALY 



Full of energy, expectations and hope for new challenges ACTIVITY&EATING international team went to Francavilla Fontana, Italy, the place where the first short exchange of students took place.






DAY 1 
INTEGRATION TRIP


One of the main objectives of Erasmus+ project is to built good, international relations between students and teachers. The first trip, on Monday, was a chance to reach the expectation. While making friends, talking freely with our partners, hosting students, we went sightseeing to Valley of Iltria, a sort of natural park famous for its olive trees. Moreover, we were very lucky to see spring which has already come to Italy. We admired the wide variety of plants and flowers . The clean air was full of unforgettably flowery senses. Then we went to the UNESCO World Heritage - Alberobello, where we visited the town known for its conical-roofed houses, the so-called trulli. We all were astonished by these unique places. 





DAY 2
OFFICIAL OPENING


Warm  welcome at a local theatre, students presentations about their country, regions and schools were the most important elements of an opening conference. 
The Italian coordinator, Mario Andrisano indicated the main goals of the project, showed the aims to be reached in the future and expresses the hope for fruitful cooperation. He assured that he did his best to make that week unforgettable and it was so, indeed. Apart from the presentations mentioned above, the students were to show their proposals for healthy snacks and drinks, as a final product of the project fulfillment. In the afternoon students worked on recopies for healthy snacks and drinks that combines  their identities. The partners of the project discussed the details of activities to be undertaken. Then, invited by a mayor of Francavilla Fontana,  we went to a town hall. We had a chance to meet some town officials there, admire an outstanding building of the town hall. In the evening Italian students prepared a trip around Francavilla Fontana for us . They proudly described the history and the beauty of their home town. 









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PARTNER SCHOOLS OFFICIAL PRESENTATIONS IN A LOCAL THEATRE




FRANCAVILLA FONTANA ITALY
BUDAPEST HUNGARY
SAINT-LO FRANCE
TRZEBINIA POLAND
SEIA PORTUGAL

DAY 3

SPORTS TOURNAMENTS

On Wednesday and Friday morning international teams were supposed to take part in basketball and volleyball matches. All made a great effort to be the best, thought the result was not the most important issue. When the teenagers were active, fit and a member of the international team, they felt confident and responsible for teams. Full of glee, positive energy they easily came back to their project work.



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DAY 4 PORTO SELVAGGIO AND LECCE TRIP


Despite the weather,  Thursday was fantastic. In pouring rain we went to Porto Selvaggio, where we had a chance to stroll along the paths nearby the sea. This place, where Italian come to have a rest by the seaside, is very crowded during summer months.  A journey through the Province of Lecce took visitors from prehistoric civilizations, through Medieval architecture and to the masterpieces of the Baroque architecture of the city of Lecce, via ancient traditions and the skills of master craftsmen. Our excursion ended in Lecce, an old town. The very first thing we did there was having a hot cup of tea or coffee. We were wet and cold but eager to see this historical place




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DAY 5FINAL PRESENTATION





As mentioned above sport tournaments (basketball) started Friday, the last day of our Italian adventure. We observed fantastic relations between teenagers, how their friendship was developing through the week of the short term exchange. In the afternoon all students and teachers took part in a summary show where all international groups presented drinks and snacks. The audience had an impression that students did their best to show their team work. Besides gained language competence, they made friends and developed their social skills.




  FINAL JOINT PRESENTATION

 RETHINK YOUR SNACK&DRINK JOINT PRESENTATION

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A farewell party was a huge surprise for everyone. There was a local band invited, that made all feel relaxed after these exhausting days. Even the cold wind couldn’t stop us from dancing and singing.  
We are a mixture of all life flavors. Despite different cultures we awere able to aim at the same goal. Being aware of the fact that each of us is unique and has different needs, we were able to cooperate together. We had a chance to meet other cultures, new people and customs. We had the great pleasure to explore Italy..Unfortunately, the weather was not as good as we had wished for before the trip. 

DEAR Mario Thanks for a good cooperation, hospitality and warm heart. It was a pleasure for us to be there.

See you soon in France 



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