Meeting in latvija

eTwinning – Nordplus project “Primary students experiment, observe, investigate and create“

The first meeting in Latvia

17-21-10-2014

After long wandering we finally reached our journey destination – Skujene school

School stadium. There‘s a fireplace for some activities.

After pupils and teachers come into school, they change their shoes, boots - it recalled the Scandinavian countries

The well-equipped school canteen

Small library

Schoolchildren, teachers and kindergarten pupils gathered to the common concert hall

Concert performers changed each other

Pupils sang and danced

Participants of the event

After the concert, Latvian and Lithuanian English teachers and small hosts organized motion games

Then three teams – Lithuanians, Latvians and Estonians went to Cesis where we had an educational program in Science centre

We made rockets

We put them high in the sky

We tried and observed some more interesting things.

Visited Cesis‘s castle, the rest of the Livonian times

Estonians, Lithuanians and Latvians sang Latvian song „Blow wind“

After pupils went back home to Lithuania, teachers Diana, Ingrida, Aurelija stayed to work on further project activities. They stayed in a hotel, which was in the forest protected by ancient dinosaurs.

We had lots of interesting work to do. The teachers learnt how to use the newest Twinspace, its tools.

Latvian teachers taught how to make paper.

Lithuanian teachers and pupils did researches: “Waterlily�

“The dance of colours in the water“

Proved that a human being has electricity

Together with children put out the rocket of joy

Estonian teachers helped to clarify which paper gets wet faster and ...

...when the moisture reacts severe (dark) and light (bright) colours

Guests partners presented their country and school

Presentation of “Juventa“ school

The symbols of the project - a hand-lens and a butterfly net were given to the headmaster of the Latvian school

We travelled a lot and admired the beauty of nature

Learnt how to make dolls

Enjoyed hospitality

Made candles

Visited an ecological farm

A visit to 250 year-old church

Thank you our partners - Latvians and Estonians.

We had a very good time!

See you online or in reality! ď Š