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MINUTES COMENIUS Legends Across Europe Multilateral ProjectEvaluation meeting.

Venue : Isoniittun Koulu school, KlaukkalaFriday 16th November 2012.

Minutes taken by : Valentina Cuadrado Marcos (Overall Project co-ordinator)

IES Alonso de Madrigal from vila in Spain, Isoniitun Koulu from Klaukkala inFinland and Meadowhead School from Sheffield in United Kingdom meet inKlaukkala from 11th to 16th November for the third Transnational Visit in the Comeniusproject Legends Across Europe, being coordinated by the new Finnish coordinator:Katja Viitanen.

Teachers: Jos Ramn Ladrero and Valentina Cuadrado (overall coordinator) fromvila, Jo Silverwood (English coordinator), Denise Aitken and Elaine Pollard from

Sheffield and Mika Pottonen and Katja Viitanen ( Finnish coordinator ) from Finland,attend workshops and activities together with 10 Spanish students, 9 Englishstudents and the Finnish students involved in the project.

According to the Itinerary organized for the visit, the following activities are carriedout:

On Monday students go to lessons with their partners while teachers are introducedto the principal and school staff.Then, everybody joins for the Getting to know each otheractivity.Aimed to get a friendly and collaborative atmosphere in the group, it is held in 4steps:

1. Students move around the class in order to find out: somebody who for aquestionnaire. Once they have completed the whole paper they sit down tomake their answers public.

2. Students sit with their partners and try to discover something they did notknow about them so far. After a few minutes, students announce what theyhave learned about their partners.

3. International groups are made so that participants discover what they have incommon. One student is chosen to tell the whole group their discoveries.

4. The same international groups try to learn something they do not have in

common. Once again, a student is chosen to give the results publicly.When the activity finishes everybody joins for lunch at school, which can also beconsidered an activity, as students learn about the proceedings.

The day ends with a Helsinki Tour, where important monuments such as the Operaor the Parliament are shown. Explanations are given and free time is allowed forsightseeing and shopping.

On Tuesday students and teachers participate in LAE Workshops.During the first one Power Point Presentations with the results of this years work are

shown. They are aimed to let everybody know the kind of villains we can meet in ourlegends. Villains as counterparts of heroes are explained. Coincidences in the

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conflicts are found in the legends from the three countries. There is also a shortmusical moment offered by two Finnish students: singing and playing the Kantele, atraditional Finnish string instrument.

As a way to break with the academic workshop, participants are taken Skating.

Friendship and collaboration are common among students, helping those who cantskate so that everybody enjoys this typical sport in Klaukkala.

After lunch, workshops are continued. Creating a contemporary Villain tasksprovide students in groups with the opportunity to discuss their own opinions abouttodays conflicts and villains. Interesting ideas are gathered in posters which will beshown in Sheffield with the ones created in Spain.Two students from each school work in a different workshop Last performancescript. The objective of the work is to agree on a beginning and an end for the playperformance.

On Wednesday students go to Spanish and English lessons in order to exchangelanguage expressions, songs, habits.After lunch all the participants are taken to Mrki Camp Centre for a day-off tocelebrate a typical pre-Christmas party. Games and outdoors activities are carriedout and in the end of the evening Santa Claus, as the most famous Finnish legend,visits and everybody gets a present. The groups sing traditional carol songs fromtheir countries and after it there is a barbecue with sausages and pancakes.

On Thursday, students enter different classes: PE, art, cooking, handicraft whileteachers meet for a Project Evaluation Session.There are three main topics to work on:

1. Arrangements for departure the following day.2. Arrangements for the next visit in Sheffield:

a. Dates are confirmed: 3rd 9th Marchb. Trip to Whitby: Prices. Food. Accommodationc. Transport from and to airport.d. Teachers accommodation.e. Plans for the week.f. Performance facts:

I. 10 -15 minutes for each country performance.II. Slideshow with music and information from each town.

III. Deadlines: 30th November to send 10 sentences 18th January for script end January for the full act

IV. Programmes for parents: contribution from schools.V. Schedule for the performance.

VI. Rehearsals schedule:

g. Other activities during the visit: Welcome meal for teachers (Sun 3rd March) Sheffield Tour for Spanish/Finnish visitors (Fri 8 th)

Farewell Party for students/families( Fri 8th)

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3. Project evaluation:a. Lot of work and learning involved during the visit.b. Intercultural understanding and friendships made amongst students. All

get on very well. No issues.c. Host families without problems for Spanish/English students.

d. Leisure activities connected with Finnish tradition and culture.e. Participants feelings are extremely positive.f. Finnish coordinator Katja Viitanen and teacher Mika Pottonen

supportive and helpful.g. New teachers to the project (Elaine / Katja) feel confident about their

roles in the project.

The whole visit is considered positive and successful.

Klaukkala 16th November 2012Valentina Cuadrado Marcos (Project co-ordinator)