LTT 3 - Meeting in Portugal
Hosted by Agrupamento de Escolas Teixeira de Pascoaes, Amarante
March 21st to 25th 2023
Tuesday, 21st March
| Welcome Ceremony
Reception with the flags of each invited partner country.
Musical and dance moment performed by the students of the Articulated Teaching of Music and Dance ( CCA)
Tuesday, 21st March
| Find someone who...
Warm up Activity / Getting to know each other
Objectives:
- To shake up the group;
- To contribute to team-building;
- To foster positive group dynamics;
- To develop language skills.
Description
Students use a checklist as they walk around the room trying to find a person who has a certain characteristic. When students find “someone who …”, they write that person’s name on their checklist of paper and move on to the next person with the hope that that person meets one of the other characteristics on the master list.
Tuesday, 21st March
|The Internet is great, but are we safe?
Ojectifs:
- Raise students’ awareness about online safety;
- Improve students' English skills;
- Develop students` social skills like working in pairs, team, respect for others` ideas, self-confidence, taking responsibilities for tasks;
- Experience joy from investigating and working collaboratively on the topic;
- Gain experience on basic skills in use simple ICT tools.
Tuesday, 21st March
| Visit to the Cultural Center of Amarante
Objectifs:
Get to know the entities with which the Agrupamento de Escolas Teixeira de Pascoaes has partnerships in terms of artistic teaching of dance and music.
Wednesday, 22nd March
| People and places to visit, for an European dimension to reach
Study visit to Historic Center of Porto (UNESCO World Heritage Site) and Cruise of the 6 Bridges
Objectifs:
-Offer the perfect informal setup for discussion, dialogues and
experiences which help in developing different life-skills;
-Accept and respect differences and diversity, exposing students and teachers to different lifestyles, places and people.
Thursday, 23th March
| Escape Room "DIY- Do it yourself"
An Escape Room is a game in which a team of players, working as a team, discovers clues, solves problems and performs tasks in one or more rooms, in order to progress, in a limited period of time, to reach a goal: to escape !
Objectifs:
- Develop reasoning in problem solving and logic in the construction of robots and in the applications for control of the mechanisms;
- Apply the functions and potentialities of the visual programming languages to visual programming languages to create various solutions to the identified problems and for everyday problems;
- Promote collaborative work and mutual help.
Thursday, 23th March
Blow up Minds
Workshop on Fair Trade and Development for Equity.
Objectifs:
- Discover an Association that promotes Fair Trade, Sustainable Agriculture and European Voluntary Service.
Friday, 24th March
The art of sharing and the sharing of art
Students make creative adaptations of Public Domain and/or CreativeCreative Commons) and give due credit to the author of the image/painting appropriately.
Objectifs:
-Ensure that students learn about the different types of copyright and Creative Commons licenses;
- Ensure that students learn how to give proper credit to the
author/owner of an image;
- Help students to improve their digital skills in order to produce creative adaptations of art pieces.
Friday, 24th March
|Amarante – The perfect Spot (Azenhas Trail)
The Trail of Azenhas in Amarante is a linear route that connects the city of Amarante to the parish of Vila Caiz. This route is about 7km in each direction and is located on the right bank of the Tâmega River.
Objectifs:
- Enjoy Nature in all its fullness.
Friday, 24th March
|Group photo
Objectifs:
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Inspire the participants to pursue further learning opportunities and mobility experiences;
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Create a sense of belonging;
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Strengthen the bonds of friendship.
Saturday, 25th March
|Guided Tour to the Museum Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso and São Gonçalo Convent and Church
The museum is housed in the Dominican Convent of S. Gonçalo de Amarante, a historic building from the 16th century.
Objectifs:
- Discover the work of Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso, one of the most important Portuguese modernist painters;
- Discover the history and architecture of the convent and S. Gonçalo church, which were built between the 16th and 18th centuries, with influences from various styles, such as the Renaissance, Mannerist and Baroque.
Saturday, 25th March
|Tour with the families
Families welcomed foreign students for lunch at their homes and for an afternoon walk.
Objectifs:
- Promoting the integration of foreign students into the school community;
- Stimulate the exchange of experiences and knowledge between foreign students and their Portuguese colleagues, enriching diversity and plurality;
- Strengthen the bonds of friendship and solidarity between foreign students and the host families.
Saturday, 25th March
| Lunch with the teachers
The teachers gathered for a farewell lunch at the restaurant "Pobre Tolo" in Amarante.
Objectifs:
- Celebrate the end of the mobility;
- Expresse gratitude and appreciation to the teachers who are leaving the city;
- Strengthen the bonds of friendship and collegiality among the teachers, sharing memories and experiences and having fun together;
- Relax and enjoy a nice meal after a challenging and stressful week.