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THE FIFTH WONDER

The Seven Countries in

our project announce the

winners of the

Fifth Wonder of our Re-

gion, The Healthiest

Place

In This Issue

Read about how the

seven countries went

about finding the

healthiest places of

their region.

Comenie Mouse in Europe

The healthiest place Each of the seven schools in our project have been busy visiting places, re-

searching and making posters, paintings and crafts about the healthiest places of

their region.

Twinspace

Don’t forget to check out our Twinspace webpage to see all the current videos

and news about the work everyone has been doing.

http://new-twinspace.etwinning.net/web/p88451/welcome

Comenie Mouse in Scotland

Comenie Mouse is back in Scotland. He will travel with Martin McCormick to

Greece in May for the last meeting of the project.

The Seven Wonders of our Region Year 2 Volume 5 April 2015

Home!

Slovakia Slovakia has discovered the 5th wonder

We have discovered the healthiest place of our

region

Our spa town Trenčianske Teplice

Discovering of the 5th wonder in our region was very fine and funny, because we

actually live in the healthiest place in our region. So, it is our town, because we

are lucky that our school is situated at the edge of the spa town where a lot of

people from whole Slovakia and other countries use to travel to relax and recre-

ate.

There are a plenty of spa houses and pools in the town. Although, you are not sick

or ill, you can stay in beautiful hotels, swim in hot healing water, be wrapped into

some special wraps, have a massage, have different procedures according to

your wishes. Principally, you can relax, go for a walk in the spa park, breathe the

fresh air and do forget about your job and problems.

Our town is a small oasis of health in this busy world and we can see it from our

school windows. So, do not hesitate and visit us.

The Winner The Turkish spa

The square with the hotel

The pedestrian zone with the spa houses

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Hot pool for sitting

The Hotel called The Bridge of Glory

Spa procedures and massages

Czech Republic 5th wonder:The healthiest place of our

region

The Winner The manufacture of herbal teas and spices

As a healthy place we chose the manufacture of herbal teas and spices in a

nearby village. We visited the company that these herbs are grown, produced

herbal teas and spices and some organic food. We had a lecture about growing

herbs for drying, storage and production of herbal teas. We also tasted and

rated the best samples.

At school we also prepared the tea, evaluated and competed. We learned to

gather and learn about herbs. We organized a tasting of teas to the public and

we recognized the importance of herbs for our health.

Jako zdravé místo jsme si vybrali

výrobu bylinných čajů a koření v

nedaleké vesnici. Navštívili jsme

firmu, která tyto byliny pěstuje,

vyrábí bylinné čaje a koření a

některé biopotraviny. Měli jsme

přednášku o pěstování bylin, o

sušení, skladování a výrobě

bylinných čajů. Také jsme

ochutnávali a hodnotili nejlepší

vzorky.

Ve škole jsme také čaje

připravovali, hodnotili a soutěžili.

Učili jsme se sbírat a poznávat

byliny. Organizovali jsme

ochutnávku čajů pro veřejnost a

poznali jsme význam bylin pro

naše zdraví.

Greece

The lake waters are indicated for rheumatic

diseases, sports injuries, nervous system and

skin disorders. A lot of people swim in the

lake throughout the year. In the premises

there is also a restaurant-bar.

A kind of sea anemone the species of fish Garra Rufa, otherwise known as Doctor Fish Spa Fish live in the lake.

In the green areas of the lake, group fitness classes (Yoga, Pilates, etc.) are organized on a weekly basis. The exercises designed to relieve stress, relaxation and gentle muscle toning.

The Winner Vouliagmeni Lake

Vouliagmeni Lake is the healthiest place in our region. Class 5 visited Vouliagmeni Lake and was guided by the lifeguard and the doctor working there.

Vouliagmeni Lake is a natural lake with healing properties and is

located half a meter above sea level. In the lake there is an under-

ground cave. The

lake was created

when part of the roof

of a large under-

ground cavern col-

lapsed about 2000

years ago.

Turkey We have chosen “Salt Lake” as the healthiest place in our

region. Thanks to Salt Lake, many hair, body, skin and

foot care products are produced via natural nıot chemcial

methods. These products have been proven to be very

useful and healing for the body. Moreover, the mud in Salt

Lake is used to prepare a specail mixture, a perfect recipe

for the blemish and spots on the face. With the additives

of salt, some medicines, cream for migraine or tinea

pedis, are prepared and they are really fast to cure you.

Teachers and students made a short trip to Salt Lake and the specialists informed us there about the health effects of Salt Lake. You can watch the videos on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-QMRh--DCw and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_RmhRYM84g.

4th graders prepared useful information about the health effects of Salt Lake.

Kindergarten work:

In the month of 5th wonder, kindergarten students made activities

about health. They learned about the effects of food on their teeth and

designed two teeth models showing harmful and useful food. They

baked healthy bread and pastry with the help of their teacher and ate

with their friends at luch time. They learned and enjoyed together and

talked about healthy diet.

You can watch a small movie on https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=gU77uyylfaM

The Winner THE SALT LAKE

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Kindergarten pupils

Baking healthy bread and pastry

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The Winner The “ Seven ” Club

Poland

Next, we visited the Town Library to see the multimedia

lesson, devoted to popularizing healthy life style. As al-

ways, Ms Sylwia Salej presented a very interesting les-

son to encourage the children to discover the fifth wonder

in Brodnica .

Discovering the fifth wonder of our

region – the healthiest place in our

region

The awareness of healthy lifestyle should be formed from the

earliest years. We started work on discovering the fifth wonder

from the basic question – What should we eat to be healthy?

What should not be missing at our menus? The students from

grade two prepared recipes for salads and preserves, full of

vitamins, which can compensate for the lack of fresh fruit and

vegetables. Then we created food pyramids and presented

them to our partners from Turkey during a videoconference..

Basing on our work, we prepared a brochure with recipes for

simple and healthy salads and preserves.

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Who will the winner be……?

Knowing that healthy lifestyle must be accompanied by physical activity, we started

looking for the healthiest place in Brodnica. One afternoon a group of parents and chil-

dren and the coordinator of the project visited a fitness club “Seven” in Brodnica. Su-

pervised by the instructor, we were able to know the details of all the kinds of physical

exercises on offer and to try them ourselves. Kind instructors and a generous offer

helped us to decide that it is the friendliest place in Brodnica for, both, the older and the

younger ones. You can see the whole report from the visit on our project website. We

haven’t had so much fun for a long time. The children liked the activities with their par-

ents and the instructor so much that it was difficult to get them out of the club.

So, unanimously, the “Seven” Club was chosen to be the fifth wonder of our region as

children and their parents can influence their health there.

A sound mind in a sound body.

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Here you can read some special characteristics for the park.

Cyprus

Students of classes 3A and 3B were the lucky ones to explore the most healthiest place near our community. Students got excited and gave a lot of ideas for some places that could earn this title. Among the candidate places were some gyms that include weight training and zumba lessons, the municipal swimming pool, boys' favorite football fields and several sport fields like tennis, basketball and so on. The decision was difficult but students agreed to elect the place that most of Aradippou citizens enjoy most. They chose a national forest park called Rizoelia which is located next to our town. The park is well known for the plethora of trees and bushes but also is the place where many citizens enjoy running and walking through it.

The Winner Rizoelia park

It is situated 3 km east of the town of Aradippou and 7 km from Larnaka.

Objects of the park:

Its protection and conservation as a green area

Its protection from other uses To provide an opportunity for the public

to engage in sports Recreation

Recreation Facilities: Picnic area Children’s playground Sports and walking trails Bicycle track Observation points Sport playgrounds

Flora 184 of species, subspecies and plant varieties have been established. Of those, two are very rare and it is the first time they have been spotted in Cyprus. These species are: Herniaria hemiste-mon J.Gay, Cyprophilu linearifolia (Fisch. et May) Boiss and Chrozophora oblique (Vahl) A. Juss ex Spreng.

Fauna: Various species are found in this park such as the hare (Lepus europaeus), the partridge (Alectoris chukar), various small birds and rep-tiles.

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The 5th Wonder

Primary Five took on the challenge of

finding….Glasgow’s Healthiest Place

Our first job was to think about

healthy places around Glasgow.

There were lots of good suggestions.

We narrowed our choices down to five.

Gorbals Leisure Centre

The Emirates Arena

George Square

Glasgow Green Pollok ParkToryglen

Football Centre

Scotland

The winner Glasgow Green

Scotland

We worked in groups to find out all about these healthy places.

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We also made models of some of our healthy places.

Toryglen Regional Football Centre

The Emirates Arena

George Square

And it was………..

Glasgow Green

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Project meeting in Turkey

EMEK İLKOKULU Şereflicoçhisar, Ankara

21-26/4/2015