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Erasmus News

New Erasmus+ Project 2015 – 2018

Schools involved

The Holy-Heartcollege in Waregem is one of the main schools

in the area. It educates approximately 1800 pupils in either general secondary education or technical eduction. In that respect, the school is roughly divided into three parts, each consisting of about 600 students. Its main fields of expertise are mathematics, sciences, languages and commercial education.

But that is not all the school offers. Having evolved from an all-boys college, the school developed

itself in its 85 year history into a school that educates across the borders. With 2 Erasmus+ projects

and several South-African partnerschools, all of the sixth graders are offered the possibility to go

abroad on an exchange. All pupils are furthermore offered on the spot training in languages in

London, Paris and Aachen.

A second item most pupils would probably mention

upon looking back at their career in our school, is its

kitchen. With 3 school restaurants and 1500 people

eating a fresh hot meal in school every day, our kitchen

staff faces an almost impossible daily task. The menu is

the most looked at item in the school site, and that is

not without a reason. Fresh soup, a main course with a

salad buffet and a choice of desserts with alsways

some fresh fruit included, provided us with the name

of ‘healthy school’. A team of teachers also offers a

seasonal selection of fruits to the students on a daily basis.

Our school also bears the label of a sportive school. Every Wednesday afternoon, school

competitions in rugby, badminton or soccer are held and for the not so sportive pupils, there is also a

wide range of reacreational sports to be chosen. Once a year, we offer all pupils a sports day at a

specific location, for example at the beach. This provides a great background for teambuilding and it

strengthens the bonds between teachers and pupils.

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Our school also bears the label of ‘caring school’. We have working groups of teachers that set out

guidelines for pupils who are dealing with learning disabilities or behavioral disorders. Each of them

is offered an individual learning proces in which communication between the school, the parents and

the pupils is the keyword. Thus, our tagline has become ‘Education is an art, we make it happen!’

Welcome to Hugo Treffneri Gümnaasium

in Tartu, Estonia

Hugo Treffner Gymnasium (HTG) is one of the oldest

schools in Estonia. It boasts a long history as HTG

started off as a private school for boys back in 1883.

132 years have left the school enough time to create its

own traditions and spirit. HTG is nowadays a leading

state school in Estonia for girls and boys aged 16 to 19,

located in Tartu, Estonia. We have 540 students

studying currently at our school.

We follow Hugo Treffner's principles and provide the

best opportunities for the development of

independent, broad-thinking and broad-minded

young people. Independence, the ability to learn,

make choices and take responsibility for them are

prerequisites for success in this century. At Treffner

learning and teaching has always been held in high

regard. We are working for the future - most of the

Treffner students continue their studies at universities

and colleges. We take great pride in the achievements

of all our students. Academic rigour, sound progress and supportive relationships are fundamental to

Treffner Gymnasium’s education. Founded in 1883, Hugo Treffner Gymnasium boasts a combination

of a historic building and modern facilities in the heart of Tartu.

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Our school offers a friendly environment and you can feel the fellow feeling in everyday school life,

especially at events like the school anniversary ball and freshmen week. The schoolhouse is really

cosy and nice and has all the modern equipment needed so that students could focus on their

studies. But in HTG, we have the

environment you won’t find in

every other school. This is the main

reason why many students like

studying in this school. Most of the

people around you are motivated

and they know why and what they

are doing. This motivates and gives

a boost to set higher goals, to reach

further. Secondly, there are so

many different people at HTG. All of

them have their own point of view,

which is really interesting.

Communicating with different types

of people improves yourself and

your understanding of life.

One of our former students has described his time at HTG like this: During my three years of studying

at HTG I have really enjoyed the environment that encourages studying and also the great group of

people I have met. The best thing about HTG is that it gives students a lot of opportunities to

immerse in academic pursuits but at the same time they can choose to just have a good time and

dedicate themselves to their hobbies or extracurricular activities.

Urspringschule Schelklingen, Germany

Our school was founded in 1930 as a private

grammar school and boarding school in an old

monastery by Bernhard Hell. We are situated in the

countryside near the town of Ulm in Southern

Germany. At the moment there are about 210

students from year 3 up to year 12 in our school

and 60% of them are boarders.

The school‘s campus is like a small village with its

own source, a church and even a pub‖ (our school

cafeteria) as well as stables for some horses and

other animals. The boarding students live in small

family groups of 6 - 8 students together with a teacher on the school campus in the buildings. They

come from all over the world but the majority comes from Southern Germany. The day students

come from the surrounding areas. School starts at 7.45 every morning and ends at 15.30 for the

younger students and at 17.30 for the older students.

The school has a focus on science subjects, which means all the students have to study two science

subjects and mathematics up to the Abitur level. All students have to study 11 subjects for the

Abitur, but they have to sit the finals exams in their five main subjects which include German, English

and mathematics.

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Additional to the academic subjects we offer the opportunity to do an apprenticeship in carpentry,

tailoring and mechanics. The students start in year 8 and finish with a diploma for the chosen

apprenticeship a year after they have graduated from school. At the moment there are about 50

students who are also apprentices.

Another specialization of our school is basketball. We are a ―High Performance Athletics Centre‖ for

basketball and more than 30 of our students come here to train together and to form successful

teams of different age groups. They have won many German championships in school competitions

and in the various basketball leagues. It is the aim of many of our successful basketball students to go

to the USA to study there and to play basketball in the NBL.

Our school has taken part in Comenius projects since 1997 and we are happy to have the opportunity

to find more friends all over Europe with this project.

János Xántus Secondary School Budapest - Hungary

Our school is located in the centre of Budapest, capital of Hungary, in a historic building that has served educational purposes for over the last 120 years. The elegant red brick building with its simple façade reflects the harmony of Italian Renaissance and matches its surroundings well. The school is named after János Xántus, (1825 -1894) traveller and ethnographer, who contributed to the development of natural and social sciences with his work and scientific research. His groundbreaking scientific work in geography and ethnography as well as his travels to unknown lands proved him to be a great mind of the 19th century. His work is an invaluable part of the history of Hungarian science.

Our school was founded 25 years ago, originally with a view to training students for jobs in tourism and hotel management – a field where extensive knowledge of foreign languages is essential. To achieve this aim, our school has worked as a bilingual institution from the

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beginning, which means that our students study subjects in their main foreign language, besides studying at least one other language at a fairly high level. Today our school has two sections – one for general knowledge classes and one for tourism and hotel management – with about 850 students and 120 staff members. Due to changing government regulations, however, our school will have to shut down its hospitality section within the next three academic years.

The school mainly works with a training program for five years and students pass their final exams at the end of that period. The first year is mostly used for studying your main language as from the 2nd year onwards students study subjects in that language, which could be English, German, Italian or Russian. Students, who come to our school with fairly high level English, close to B2 level according to the Common European Framework, may opt for skipping this language year thus doing their secondary studies in four years. The school has been involved in Comenius projects since 1997 and this exchange program is very important for us as it provides opportunity to practice life and language skills in perhaps their most enjoyable form for young people - by meeting students from other countries and experiencing other cultures. Our school has several traditions; some are universal in Hungary, such as the prom dance and school-leaving ceremony for final year students, others are unique to our school such as the school uniform for special occasions and the system of study tours covering the whole period spent in our school including a week-long tour abroad most often to Italy.

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Coordinators’ Meeting in Schelklingen September 2015

The good news arrived end of July – we got the OK for our new Erasmus+ project „T.E.A.M. – Together Everyone Achieves more“ . It had been a long way for us after the rejection of the project idea we had handed in in 2014. While we sat together in January in Schelklingen we promised each other that we would meet in September 2015 whatever the outcome would be and that we would go to the Lake Constance region for a day. We felt we had earned that. And then everyone arrived at Stuttgart Airport or at Ulm by train on 23rd September willing to work hard for the new project. This meant we started on Thursday morning in the library of Urspringschule and went through all the topics that are necessary to keep a multinational project on track before we continued with the fine tuning of the planned meetings for this academic year.

We will work together for the next three academic years and we have promised an ambitious programme in our application form and so we need to plan everything very carefully. For 2015 we had to organize student meetings in Germany, Estonia and Belgium with guests from Hungary, Germany, Belgium and Scotland visiting the partner schools. In this way each country was involved in the exchange activities and the project would start quite successfully.

We distributed the tasks to the various partner schools and discussed to work on certain

ideas to come to the promised outcome, e.g. a guidebook for studying and working abroad

or a teachers manual for exchange visits. Not to

forget the ideas for the half term meeting in

Scotland in November 2016 with all partners

going to Wallace Hall Academy.

After a good night’s sleep everyone was ready

for the tour to Lake Constance and even the

weather was perfect for this outdoor activity

with lots of sunshine and nice temperatures. We

picked up some colleagues in Urspring and used

the travelling time to continue the planning in small groups to develop the exchanges and

the topics to be worked on further with the teachers who would be involved.

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Our first stop was Mainau Island – the famous flower island

in Lake Constance and as always the “Boys” needed to go to

the kids playground to prove to the rest of the group that

there still is a little boy in each grown up man.

But this playground is way too tempting for kids of all ages.

The pictures just show a little bit of the beauty if the island

and we had a good time there with our friends .

In the afternoon the ferry boat took the bus and us to the little town of Meersburg where

we could visit the old town and the castle or have a stroll on the promenade along the lake.

Our paparazzi group was taking photographs at all directions so all our actions were well

documented.

In the evening we had dinner at a typical wine pub (“Besenwirtschaft”) in a village next to

the lake and everyone could try local specialties and the wine from the region.

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Saturday was reserved partially for finalizing the planning work on the project for the next

six months and partially for a visit to Ulm, the district town. We visited the local market and

those new to the area had a guided tour in the old parts of town and they had the

opportunity to climb up the church steeple of the “Ulmer Münster”. The view down on the

town and the surrounding area is worth the effort! As can be seen on the pictures.

In the evening we cooked dinner together and enjoyed once again Emmanuel’s famous

Belgian Mousse au Chocolat - the best dessert we could have to celebrate a good meeting

and a good company.

And then it was time to say good bye as everyone had to go back to their schools on Sunday.

But there will be another meeting in Belgium in February …

Students Exchange: Belgium and Germany in Tartu October 2015

Even though some time has passed since the exchange, I still remember everything like it was

yesterday. We had been preparing for weeks in advance and hopes were high, and, as it turns out,

our faith was not misplaced.

Having finished our last school day in the week, we headed home, just to get a little bit of rest before

the guests arrive, to see if everything was in order and tidy enough to host someone we’d never met,

someone, whose personality was a complete mystery to us. Driving to the bus station to pick up our

Belgian guests was probably the most frightening part of the whole project, for me, at least – anxiety

combined with a little bit of fear. What if I said something bad or did something wrong? All my

worries were unnecessary, as I later found out, because from the moment we greeted our guests,

the whole project went up and running as smoothly as possible. The German guests were scheduled

to arrive 3 hours later, but they missed their bus in Tallinn, so they caught a train that arrived 3 hours

after what we had planned, resulting in the loss of a family evening, but everything turned out just

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fine. Having housed all of our guests, our whole household went to sleep to prepare for the following

day.

Saturday morning, after a nice homely

breakfast, we set out to AHHAA Science

Center, which never fails to impress,

but now more than ever, because they

had a spy-themed exhibition. Running

around the center trying to keep an eye

on all of the guests was not an easy

task, especially because it was a

Saturday, and the center was a

cacophony of parents chasing their

children and us chasing our guests and

trying to see the whole exhibition at

the same time. Later, after three or so

hours in AHHAA, we went to Taverna to have dinner. As expected, we filled the restaurant right up,

but the staff was nice and the food was as good as always. That was a family day, not related to the

project’s theme of migration at all, so no actual project work was done, but everyone was tired and

quick to fall asleep.

How exiting, our first day of actual project work, which, of course, started with a mandatory tour

around the historical parts of Tartu, visiting Tartu University and Toome Cathedral and climbing the

towers. After a lunch much needed after a long walk and climb, we divided ourselves into groups and

begun on our project work. The groups were as follows – the theatrical performance group, tasked

with creating a play, the digital story group, whose job was to display an immigrant’s story digitally, a

songwriting and –performing group, a photo shoot and exhibition, and a board game design group,

all of which had to be migration-related. It just so happened that I ended up in the photo shoot

group, for which I did some modeling work. After about five hours of intense project work, we had a

snack and games for icebreaking (which should have happened earlier) and floorball.

Waking three guests and ourselves in order to get ourselves on a bus to Ida-Virumaa by 8 a.m. is no

easy task, something to keep in mind for future student exchanges. A three hour drive, but worth it,

since our visit to Narva College was very interesting and informative, we learned about migration in a

town that’s made up of 90% foreign nationalities. As if that had not been enough for a field trip, we

visited the historical Narva Fortress, learned about medieval ways and gazed over the Estonian-

Russian border.

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On the return journey, we stopped at Sillamäe, a town that was, for quite a while decades ago,

hidden from public view, because the Soviet war machine needed somewhere covert to operate. We

had a quick sandwich picnic out in the open air. Falling behind schedule, or rather, shivering from the

cold, we started towards home again, when I managed to snap a nice picture of the last sun rays,

disappearing behind the horizon.

Remember, when I said that getting five people up to catch an 8 a.m. bus was hard? Well, now we

did the same, but the bus we needed to catch left at 6.30 a.m. We hoped to reach the Selli-Sillaotsa

bog before sunrise, to watch it happen there, but, sadly, we didn’t make it in time. Still, a hike in the

bog is quite an experience, truly something one needs to do during one’s life. We might not have

caught the sunrise, but we caught rare pictures of a capercaillie, or wood grouse. Having walked the

narrow plank trail for five kilometers or so, we rode back to Tartu for; you guessed it, project work,

after which we had a food court with samples of each of the different countries’ foods’, just enough

to get an idea of what people eat there.

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It was on this day, when we were reminded that more than half of the exchange had passed, in fact,

we were having a gala dinner that evening, but we’ll get to that later. In the morning, we departed

for Koidula border crossing and met up with a students’ group from Sillamäe, so we could, yet again,

gaze over the Estonian-Russian border and listen to a guide talking about the history of the crossing

and problems related to border guarding. After this we went to Võru Gymnasium, where we were

divided into groups, so we could discuss problems and topics related to migration and being a

refugee. In the end, we had to compile and present a poster of what we came up with. After a

delicious lunch we went to Tamula Lake and took pictures. As mentioned, in the evening, we had a

gala dinner in Püssirohu Kelder, probably the only thing in Tartu that holds a Guinness World Record,

for having the highest ceiling in a catering location, because it is located in medieval gunpowder

storage rooms.

That evening we had a party for a boy, whose it birthday it was. Well, more of a small gathering, with

board games. Scrabble turned out to be the most popular one, other than that, we just socialized and

generally felt good.

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This was it, the last day; where we had to present our project work, have final discussions on the

topic of migration. This was good, to see that the project had run its course and that we had all been

educated on migration. Parting with our German guests was harder than expected, the week we had

spent together had had a big influence on us and, of course we had formed friendships. That evening

we had a little gathering and some pool playing, but the group had shrunk considerably with the

departure of the Germans. It was hard to go to sleep, knowing that we had to go through the same

parting ceremony the next day. After we sent of the Belgian group as well, it hit us, how hard it had

actually been, constantly speaking a foreign language and trying to get to know everyone.

Now, weeks later, when I look back at the ERASMUS+ student exchange of October, 2015, I feel

happy. It still feels good to think about introducing people to our way of living, our ideas, and our

society, as it should. After all, we all did a tremendous amount of work, the hosts, tending to their

guest’s needs, the guests, living in a completely alien environment, while trying to actively work on

something, and the teachers, who kept us all together while doing so. To conclude, the project was

well organized, and I’d say that every single one of us benefited from it. All we have to do now is

eagerly wait for our turn to visit a foreign country.

Students Exchange: Scotland in Belgium

The Belgian Report

Preparing project weeks is a fun experience, but the coordinators know more or less what to

expect. How do the participating students live towards an exchange week? We asked one of the

Belgian students who hosted a Scottish guest for a T.E.A.M. project meeting.

“My name is Michiel Kindt. I am 17 years old and I am in my sixth and last year Economics and

Sciences in high school. I live in Waregem, Belgium. The first time we heard about the exchange

project was last year. We had to fill in a form with the question whether we wanted to join the

project or not. Almost everyone was very enthusiastic about it so 10 of the 14 students in my class

signed in.

At the end of last academic schoolyear we had to write an application in which we had to answer

some questions and motivate our decision to join the programme. The day after the last exam of the

fifth year we were supposed to be in school at 8 o’clock (everyone was very ‘tired’) to write a test

about the European Union. If you passed the test you were accepted to join.

A couple of months later, in October, we received the first piece of information. We heard that the

exchange students were going to come in three weeks’ time. Our project would be an exchange with

10 Scottish student from Dumfries. We received 10 profiles. With these profiles we had to make the

decision who would host who. That means that our choices were based on the interests of the

Scottish. This happened without any problems. After that moment we had the opportunity to contact

them on Facebook. We all did this and made a page where we could post information about their trip

to Belgium.

Three weeks later the big moment was there. On Sunday the 25th of October we had to go to the

station in Brussels. It was late in the evening and everyone was present in the big hall of the station.

We were all very stressed, not knowing who or what was going to come down the escalator. And

then we saw a lot of young people and a teacher coming down. The first moment was a little

awkward. We lined up and they did the same in front of us. We all said hello to each other and

looked for the right student to take home. It was about a one hour drive home, so we had to find a

topic we could talk about. We spoke of general things like music, books, movies… I also asked my

student, Reid, what his expectations of Belgium were. He said he didn’t know what to expect. When

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we came home, he got to know the rest of my family and went to bed because they had had a 7 hour

trip.

The first morning the difference in eating habits became clear right away. I taught him to eat some

local things like ‘’speculoospasta’’ and our Belgian chocolate. It was 7:45 and we had to get going to

school. I live closer than 2 kilometres from my school so we could go by bike. Some Scottish people

had some difficulty riding a bike because they don’t do it very often where they live, but after a week

biking to school and back every day they got the hang of it. Once at school we had to listen to a

speech of the teachers about the week’s schedule.

After the speech we guided our guests around in our school, first they were impressed by how big it

was. In the afternoon we had to do some project work about ‘The School Of The Future’ and paid a

visit to a recently built ecological “passive school” in Gijselbrechtegem. It’s a primary school, called

‘De Verrekijker’. We got a tour round the school with the headmaster and her assistant. In this

project work we brainstormed a lot so we had the opportunity to get to know each other better.

After a day of hard work we all went to the centre of Waregem to grab a drink. There the

connections started to form. We had a nice conversation in group. We laughed a lot that evening.

The second day a trip to Bruges was planned. In Bruges we all got the opportunity to learn something

about the other students. After the trip we had to go home and that moment something special

happened: the Belgians and the Scottish mixed and sat all together in the bus. The connection was

formed.

On Wednesday nothing special happened during the day, we had to focus on the project work. But

before the programme we had seen that there was a soccer game of our local team on Wednesday

evening, so we arranged tickets for everyone, this had nothing to do with school, we could do

whatever we wanted. That evening was one of the highlights of the project. We all agreed to come

together and went to the match as 1 group. We had so much fun during the game. The places where

we sat in the stadium are normally very quiet and filled with older people who just want to enjoy the

game. But that particular evening it was filled with young and energetic students, we sang the whole

game! With result, our local team won with 5-0, it has been a long time since that happened!

Thursday, the last day, everyone was very tired because of the day before. We all had a sore throat

from shouting the day before during the game. We got to go to our capital city, Brussels. We walked

all day long as one big group. We talked a lot about our culture and our ways of life. After the trip we

organised a sort of a goodbye party in Café 56 in Kortrijk, about 10 kilometres from Waregem so we

all went home to eat and we got back to the station to get the train. It was their last evening

together with us. It was one of the best parties in my life!

Friday morning we all had to be at the station at 7 o’clock. Our Scottish friends had to leave.

Everyone was a little ‘tired’ after such a busy week and late evening… We lived together for one

week, we saw each other every day of the week, all day long and suddenly we had to say goodbye.

After that week, my exchange student became sort of a brother to me. The farewell was very hard.

Then the train came, everyone hugged their students, we took a last picture together in Belgium and

then they were off.

The next day was very confusing, I had the feeling that someone was missing. My exchange student

became a part of my family. The other strange thing was that I kept thinking in English. After a week

of speaking English all day, my brain had the habit of thinking in another language.

I still miss all of the students but we are going to see them back in January, then we go to Scotland.

I’m looking forward to seeing them again and learning about the differences between our cultures.”

Michiel Kindt, Holy-Heartcollege Waregem (Belgium)

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BELGIUM 2015 - Scotland reporting

On Sunday the 25th October 2015, 10 pupils departed from Wallace Hall Academy to

Waregem, Belgium. We arrived at Brussels late at night and then faced a 1 hour car journey

with our new families for the week.

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The next morning we had an early start and most of us woke up to the news that we had to

cycle to school. When we arrived at Heilig-Hart College we discovered that it was much

larger than Wallace Hall and any other school in our region. Roughly 1800 pupils attended

and a road runs through the middle of the school resulting in it having two halves. Due to the

large size they have to eat their lunch in shifts which meant we had our lunch at half 11, most

of us, although excited to be trying out their food to was too early to feel hungry.

The layout of the buildings at Heilig-Hart College seemed very confusing and, even after our

tour, we found it challenging to return to the classrooms we were working in. However, we

practiced our language skills and think we deserved an A+ for effort.

After a long lunch all the exchange students got on a bus which took us to a passive school – a

school which generates its own energy. We received a tour around the school in order to aid

in our task of designing an eco-classroom. Later that night we and the schools from Spain and

Finland set up a food court of traditional foods from our respective countries. We brought

foods such as tablet, salmon, haggis, oatcakes etc.

The next day we took a trip to Bruges which was a very old and traditional European city.

We saw some famous buildings and enjoyed local delicacies.

On the Wednesday we started our project work and were split into 6 groups. Each of which

had to present their idea in a different way. In the evening we went to a football match

between Waragem and Ghent. The Belgians were very passionate about the whole thing.

On the last day we went to the capital of Belgium, Brussels. The Belgians took us on a very

factual tour around the famous landmarks. On the Thursday we spent the night with our host

families and then met up with all of the other students for the last time. It was a great way to

end the trip.

We are all really looking forward to them coming over in January 2016.

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Exchange Visit: Hungary to Germany October 2015

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Exchange visit: Belgium to Scotland January 2016 Belgian exchange

On Saturday the 16th of January our Belgian exchange students came over to Scotland as it

was our turn to host them. They arrived at the school at 3:30pm and we all went straight

home from there. In the evening some of the exchange students and their hosts went to a

burns supper and others went to a concert organised by the Thornhill young farmers.

On Sunday we had time to spend with our families and let our Belgian guests get to know

them better. In the afternoon some of the students and their hosts went to airspace and in

the evening some of the other students went to a concert at the O2 ABC.

Monday came around soon enough and it was time to head to school, but not for long, as

we headed for Caerlaverock Castle at 11 am. Whilst there, we read the boards that give you

a bit of background on the castle and its history and learned some really interesting facts

about it. When we left the castle some of the boys thought it would be a great idea to start a

snowball fight. It didn’t end well… We then set off to Ruthwell church which contains a cross

that is almost over 1300 years old.

On Tuesday we went to Glasgow. When we were there we visited the transport museum

and also Kelvingrove art gallery. We then went to Braehead and got lunch.

Then came the day we’d all been dreaming of… Wednesday! This was the day when we had

to do project work. This involved researching different universities in our home countries

and writing a study guide. In the afternoon we took a trip to crawick multiverse and got a

guided tour from Ian Bell who gave us a little more information about the site.

On Thursday we went to Edinburgh. Whilst there we visited the Edinburgh Art gallery,

Edinburgh castle and had a general walk about.

Then came Friday, the day our guests departed. At 8:10am… it was an emotional goodbye

but everyone thoroughly enjoyed their week and we are all looking forward to seeing each

other again.

Coordinators’ Meeting in Belgium in February 2016 When the winter holidays in Germany and Belgium started it was time for the coordinators to meet again to discuss the progress of the project and to plan the main events taking place during the next year. Since we had been to Belgium the last time in March 2014 we could see that the Belgian partner school had already started a new school building around and on top of their sports hall. We held our meeting in one of the new rooms where we could use all the new electronic facilities.

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As it was holiday time we coordinators were very lucky, because the Belgian colleagues were cooking lunch for us and we were invited into their homes where we enjoyed wonderful typical Belgian meals. We could even discuss gardening topics with our hosts due to perfectly designed gardens.

Project work was done every morning until lunch time and in the afternoon we went sightseeing to various towns in the area around Waregem. The first afternoon was reserved for a trip to the North Sea to Oostende where we visited an old fort and had a nice walk along the promenade. It was good to get some fresh air and we even saw some sunshine.

The weather improved the next day and so we were enjoying a sunny afternoon in the wonderful city of Antwerp with its wonderful old houses and the Liebfrauen – Church. We even managed to get to the new Red Star Line Museum, which offered a lot of information about the migration to the US and Canada in the 19th and 20th century.

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On Saturday we were at the school earlier than expected by our hosts and the CCTV will show how hard we were trying to start our work!

And we finished just in time to go Kortrijk where we got a guided tour of the town under very bad weather conditions. We happily went to a shopping mall after that to get some hot coffee and to dry up a bit. In the evening we had our farewell party in a nice restaurant where we could try some more of the Belgian specialties as can be seen on the last picture.

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The partner schools in our project „Together everyone achieves more” are

Bel: Heilig Harthandelsinstituut Stationsstraat 85, 8790 Waregem, Belgium Email: info@collegewaregem.be Website: www.collegewaregem.be

Est: Hugo Treffneri Gümnaasium, Munga 12, 51007 Tartu, Estonia Email: kantselei@htg.tartu.ee

Website: www.htg.tartu.ee

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