Erasmus+ KA2
Project 2016-1-FR01-KA116-022868
Newsletter for our third Learning Teaching Training in Portugal from March th th 24 to 30 2019
Sunday 24th March The meeting at the airport for the French team was at 8:30 am. Everyone was there. The plane on time. Cior bus driver was waiting for us at the airport in Porto to drive us to the hotel. We arrived too early to check-in so we left our luggage at the hotel and looked for a restaurant for lunch. André found a nice and typical restaurant called “Pensai Santo Antonio”. Each one had what he wanted (fish, beef, chicken) then we went back to the hotel and there we each discovered our rooms. Then we discovered the town center and the park of V.N. Famalicao. It was a beautiful and sunny day. For dinner we went to the firemen canteen another typical place. We went back to the hotel all tired. The Cypriot arrived late around midnight Monday 25th March In the morning we met our Cypriot partners. We al had breakfast outside the hotel because in fact they didn't serve breakfast in the hotel. We went to a nice coffee shop. Each one ordered some cakes and drinks. Then it was time to meet the Portuguese team. They came to meet us at the hotel. They showed us the way to CIOR school by foot. We were welcome by the director of the school and we visited the school and the different workshops (car repair, electronics, metal work) We had lunch at the canteen (soup, main dish 5 choices of food, a fruit, a drink) we changed the schedule instead of going into the classroom to do the activities we went to the seaside at Póvoa de Varzim to do the ice-breaking activities. The teachers had time to discuss and work in the project activities done so far and especially on the Europasses. At 5:00 we went back to Famalicao and to the hotel. It was time to write the summary of the two days. We all had a welcome dinner at Henrique-Joane. It is typical Portuguese restaurant with typical food.
Tuesday 26th March At 9:30 the bus came to pick us up at the hotel and we went to Braga. There we were invited to meet the boss of the Itec Company. He was a former teacher of Ciorschool and he quitted in 2006 to create his own company his company designs and develops electronics equipments for cars. It was a very interesting company, we were taught a lot of interesting stuff about technology and marketing and proper entrepreneurship. He presented his company how he started and what is his company about and its evolution.
Then he took us to show us the different machines that they build. We were able to see different machines at work. Students showed a lot of interests in asking questions. Then we went to Bom Jesus to have a view of Braga and see around. At 1 pm we had lunch at the shopping center. Teachers gave money to students and they could eat where they wished. In the afternoon we went to Braga historic center to discover the old buildings. We were back to school at 5pm at the hotel. Students had some free till the dinner at Churrascao do Minho all together.
Wednesday 27th March We had breakfast at 8:30. Then on our way to school we passed on the market. It was a huge market. At school we started the day with an Ice Breaking activity " the ball". Students had to write 3 sentences to describe themselves , shuffled the paper into a ball, threw it in the middle of the room, then each one picked up a ball, had to read what was on it and find the person who is corresponding to the description. 10:30 It was time to work on entrepreneurship.
Nilza presented the course on entrepreneurship on the creation of mini companies. First the students had to find for themselves the quality of a good entrepreneur. Then teachers gave them the result of the survey which had been done among entrepreneurs to compare their opinions. 4 groups of international teams were randomly created. They brainstormed on finding ideas to create companies after 20 minutes. Then in their respective group they had to keep the idea which they liked the most to create their minicompanies. 12:30 it was time for lunch at the canteen. At 13:30 we left for Guimaraes. We had a cultural discovery we visited the castle of the first king of Portugal. Then we went to the old historic city center. We came back around 5:00 at the hotel. Dinner at Ganesh -VNF. Thursday 28th March 9:30 Time to create Nilza explained the next step for the work on entrepreneurship. We explained them how to fill in a Canvas business plan. The 4 international groups continued to work on the creation of their companies, they had to fill in the canvas step by step. The teachers helped them to complete the chart. 12:30 We had lunch at school. Then we went for a cultural visit in Porto. We had a boat tour on the Douro for about 50 minutes. We could admire the different bridges which crossed the river and the different buildings which are boarding the river. Then we walked into the city of Porto. Students had an ice cream and teachers a drink. We had free time to buy souvenirs. And we were back to VN Famalicao around 19:15. We had dinner in a restaurant BarĂŁo. Some of us had fish other a brazilian dish.
Friday 29th March 9:30 Time to present. Nilza presented the work of the day. Students worked in groups. They rehearsed their presentations. They had to decide among themselves who would be presenting in Portuguese, in Greek, in French and in English their companies. Then each group did their presentations in different languages. Teachers and students asked questions to clarify their ideas. Their companies were: - Fastlook
- Sunglasses - Aircooler - Airbag cover
The jury composed of the 6 teachers gave their opinions on the different companies and explained their choices. They voted for the best presented and convincing one. The “airbag cover� won. We took a group photo in front of the school. 12:30 we had lunch at the school canteen 13:30 -14:30 students connected on Twinspace and in international group of two they wrote the report of the week to realise the newsletter. Then they answered the evaluation. They had to find 3 words which described best the week, fill in a questionnaire and told if they liked the week. 14:30 -15:30 The Cior students presented their worked in electronics, they programmed robot and a drone. The host students tried the different games. 15:30-16:00 To end of the week together a certificate of attendance was given to all participants and photos were taken.
It was time to say goodbye to the Portuguese.
We went back to the hotel. The Cypriot team went shopping, the French team went to buy iรงe creams. Some of them wanted to buy some souvenirs and other wanted to go to the park. We had dinner with dinner in "kitchun" and then time to say goodbye to the Cypriots. Saturday 30th March The Cypriots left early morning to catch a plane at 7:00 in the morning in Porto airport. The Cior bus pick us at 4:45 from the hotel. The French had breakfast and the packed and went for a stroll in town the lunch at VIP. Last meal to taste the Portuguese food. The Cior bus came to pick us up at the hotel at 1:15 am to take us to Porto airport. Our flight was at 4pm.
Written with the collaboration of all the participants of the Learning Training Teaching in Portugal.
Erasmus + KA2 Project 2016-1-FR01-KA116-022868