Evaluation of the project

COMENUS PROJECT „The world of myth and mystery” Poland – Cyprus 2012-2014

About the project‌ ,,The World Of Myth and Mystery� project concerned paranormal phenomena, mysterious stories and myths. Carrying out the tasks within the project required the students to demonstrate a creative approach to undertaken activities. Getting to know new paranormal terms, various paranormal stories, and discovering mysterious legends and myths allowed the students not only to gain new information, but also affected their spiritual development. Touching on paranormal or metaphysical topics required the analysis of the phenomena from the surrounding world and made the students to look for information and curiosities in different written and oral sources. Reffering to folk beliefs and traditions resulted in the strengthening of intergenerational bond and the exchange of experiences with the partner school enabled us to notice the universality of certain phenomena, norms and values. Knowledge about different religions and faiths, developing attitudes of tolerance, elimination of attitudes of racism and xenophobia were the main issues discussed during the lessons of Religious Studies.

The project also stimulated students to search for another phenomena in their neighbourhoods, and the fascination with the mysteries resulted in arousing students’ interest in literature, Art, film, nature, religion, philosophy or technology. During the implementation of the project, the students gained different kinds of information about unusual places, events and facts in their countries and in the world. They created numerous multimedia presentations, videos, digital posters, comics, puzzles, online albums, mental maps, quizzes, etc.

At the beginning we presented our schools and groups taking part in the project.

Cypriot school

Polish school

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Project logo We conducted a competition for the logo of the project. The jury consisted of 4 students and 2 teachers of each school who gave points for the presented logo designs. The winning logo was the one which got the most points from all the members of the jury. We chose three designs and the best one became the logo of our project.

The logo of the project

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Parapsychology To assess the youth’s and adults’ knowledge and attitudes towards parapsychology and paranormal phenomena, online surveys were conducted among students and teachers. The results were worked out and placed in Twinspace and project website.

We got to know a new area of knowledge which is parapsychology.

Getting to know its secrets gave us a lot of satisfaction.

Workshops with a parapsychologist The most exciting event during the project was the workshop with a parapsychologist – Mr Marek Szwedowski during which we deepened our knowledge of parapsychology. We had the opportunity to listen to some ‘voices from the afterlife’, what inspired the students and their families to delve into transcommunication - that is communication with the dead. Extraordinary experience was also being in a state of relaxation - kind of hypnosis, during which we felt, despite being in the classroom, that we touch real objects, hear real sounds and experience real adventures.

Interview with a parapsychologist: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5RzfogC01w

Workshops with a parapsychologist: Cz. 1

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RELIGIONS We deepened our knowledge of different religions and beliefs. We had discussions concerning life after death and reincarnation.

FOLK TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS Learning about different folk beliefs, comparing Polish and Cypriot traditions enabled us to deepen our knowledge and understand the partner’s culture better.

Mysterious places in our countries We gained a lot of interesting information about unusual places, events and facts in our countries. We tried to find the explanations of mysteries in the history of our countries and regions by discovering local legends and traditions. Curiosity of the world and shaping sensitivity to what is uncommon and "atypical" allowed us to discover and develop new skills.

MYSTERIOUS PLACES AND EVENTS - REPORTAGES We incorporated the roles of reporters, detectives, "seekers of the truth", and thanks to applying various research methods, we went beyond the classroom and school schemes.

Touching on paranormal or metaphysical themes required the analysis of the phenomena of the surrounding world. We conducted interviews with eye witnesses of mysterious events, collected information from the interviews with senior representatives of our families and prepared reportages, what made our project very innovative.

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During exchange in Cyprus From 27th September to 7th October 2013, 12 students and 3 teachers of Zespol Szkol Gimnazjum Nr 6 Szkola Podstawowa Nr 13 participated in the exchange of students in Cyprus.

During the exchange, students were divided into international (PolishCypriot) groups.

Working in these groups, we created a trilingual minidictionary of parapsychological terms.

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We designed a special hero – Polcyprus and created the first part of a comic book presenting his adventures in Cyprus.

During the ‘Film Evening’ we presented our favourite fanatastic films by means of multimedia presentations, Prezi, movies, digital posters and quizzes. There was the exhibition titled ‘Fantastic in films’.

During dance workshops „The dance of ghosts” was created

Polish students and teachers had the opportunity to visit a lot of interesting places and monuments like Tombs of Kings, ancient mosaics in Paphos, Aphrodite’s Rock, Ayia Napa, Larnaca, Nicosia, monastery in Kykkos and Troodos Mountains. Extraordinary experiences and wonderful people will stay in our memories forever.

We created a gallery of photos titled ‘Mysterious Cyprus’

The summary of the exchange was the ‘Goodbye Evening’ with a special "Eurodinner" consisting of traditional Cypriot dishes.

During the exchange in Cyprus we wrote our impressions in special diaries.

Astrology and numerology

We deepened our knowledge of astrology, numerology and magic creating materials concerning dreams, numbers, horoscopes, cards, predictions and divination.

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Divination Evening We organized ‘Divination Evening’ at the Polish partner school. There were divinations, predictions of the future and a meeting with a fortune-teller.

Mysterious places and events in the world Thanks to implementation of the project, we realized that there are so many mysteries around us and each of them is really fascinating and one of a kind. The world constantly changes and we discover new facts and information what proves that the world is like an open book to which we add new chapters.

Art Evening During the ‘Art Evening’ we presented our favourite pictures related to fantastic and popular painters.

We created our paranormal stories. We presented them via movies recorded by ourselves, Vokis, comics, presentations and other materials.

Paranormal stories

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9ki29dO098 Paranormal story about vampires https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmKB2ZPoMvs Bloody Marry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFNkarKPDNw – The story of a girl

We also undertook creative tasks while preparing a radio play about a mysterious legend -"The Iron Door". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScrOc7-is8A

EXCHANGE IN POLAND From 25th April to 5th May, 14 students with two teachers visited the Polish school. During the exchange in Poland we also cooperated in the Polish-Cypriot groups. We participated in joint music, Art and language workshops. The result of the music workshop was the creation of the ’Mystery Song’.

The Polish students presented a performance in English titled "The Witcher" for the Cypriot students. The students of both schools created works of art concerning the performance.

During the Art workshops we created pictures ‘Mystery in my eyes’.

We continued the comic book with the adventures of our hero Polcyprus. This time he was in Poland.

During the Literary Evening we presented our favourite books concerning fantasy.

We continued creation of the album containing Cypriot and Polish legends. We created an e-book.

We worked out a trilingual mini-dictionary of words and expressions related to magic.

Cypriot students and teachers visited many interesting places connected with Polish history and culture, such as the monastery of Jasna Gora in Czestochowa, Silver mine and Black Trout Tunnel in Tarnowskie Gory, a concentration camp in Oswiecim, Krakow, Wieliczka Salt Mine, Zakopane and castles located in the Cracow-Czestochowa Upland. An additional attraction was the visit to the ‘Adrenalina Park’ in Ogrodzieniec and Polish-Cypriot basketball game.

As participants of the exchange emphasized, they had unforgettable moments that will remain in their memory forever.

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We created a gallery of photos titled „The mysterious Poland”.

‘Euro-dinner’ consisting of traditional Polish dishes was organized during the ‘Goodbye Evening’ summarizing the exchange in Poland.

We kept our diaries

During the whole time of the project, we created the project portfolios, wrote "Never ending story", updated Twinspace and project website, developing our skills. We constantly cooperated and communicated by sending e-mails, participating in chats and video-conferences.

Before the exchanges in both schools there were classes during which we learnt the language of the partners – classes of Greek language in the Polish school and classes of Polish language in the Cypriot school. In the Polish school the classes were conducted by Mrs. Vassiliki Tsirevelou - a teacher from Greece staying in Poland within Comenius Assistantship.

During the whole time of the project we participated in extracurricular English classes, improving our language skills. We created materials in English, solved quizzes, crosswords and puzzles. The work on the project was not only learning but we also had great fun!

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