Short-term exchanges of groups pupils in Nafplio
The European partners 20 students and 10 teachers from Corfu, Romania, Slovenia and Germany attended the activity program prepared by 35 students in the 1st Gymnasium of Nafplio and 15 teachers belonging to the program’s pedagogical team. This mobility was also attended by 3 persons from pedagogical team of the Erasmus + Partnership Coordinator, the Regional Directorate of Primary and Secondary Education of the Ionian Islands, including the Regional Director Mr. Petros Angelopoulos.
First Day Welcome Reception
The first day included welcoming the guests by the school choir, the pupils introducing their countries and schools, playing and dancing lessons at the Nafplio Sports Center. At noon an official welcoming lunch was held at the school with the amazing offer of our students’ parents and the coordination of all the teachers of the program’s pedagogical team.
Argos - Epidauros
On the second day the students and their accompanying teachers were guided to Argos by the greek students looking for the traces of Kapodistrias in the city of Argos. They visited important monuments in Argos that declare the life of the Governor and his work. The day continued with the visit to Ancient Epidaurus and the greek students guiding the visiting partners.
Argos
Epidauros
Thematic tour and workshop
On the third day, the greek students and their teachers had prepared a thematic tour of Nafplio that concerned the life of Kapodistrias as governor of Nafplio until his assassination. After the thematic tour, the students were divided into groups and played Hidden Treasure Hunting Gaem in the Old Town of Nafplio. In the afternoon the activities continued with the Experimental Workshop on “Enemies and Friends of Kapodistrias”. The workshop was prepared by the greek students with the help of their teachers. At the end of this great day, teachers met in a coordinating meeting at the Harvard Center for Greek Studies and discussed the details of the program’s outcome.
Thematic tour
Workshop
Visit to Palamidi
On the fourth day of hospitality the visiting partners were guided by the greek students to Palamidi and were informed about the Greek Revolution of 1821 and the persons who played an important role in it. Then they visited the Nafplio Branch of the National Gallery, the Permanent Exhibition of Persons of 1821 and the Exhibition of Women Portraits. At noon the official closing meal where certificates were given to the participants. And in the afternoon, one of the most moving moments of the program was the theatrical event on the Assassination of Kapodistrias by the greek students.
Palamidi
Theatrical event
Visit to Acropolis
The last day was dedicated to the Acropolis of Athens and the Acropolis Museum. The students were guided by professional guides to all the highlights of the Rock and the museum. Then they left for the airport and said goodbye to their new friends!
Testimonials
Pupils from Bucharest
I liked this experience at the school in Nafplio,because I met a lot of nice people from different countries.I also had the opportunity to see some of the most beautiful Greek traditions and the everyday life of the most hospitable people in Greece.
Pupils from Ettal
On Monday we met the other students. We presented ourselves, our countries and schools. The presentations helped us to get to know the other participants better. We continued doing that in the indoor gym where we played games and learned the most famous Greek dance, the sirtaki. This was so much fun! Back at school there was a huge buffet with such a great variety of traditional food. It was delicious. Thanks to all the Greek parents for all the preparation work! It was impressive that the Metropolitan Nektarios Antonopoulos, a very important person in the Greek Orthodox Church, joined us for lunch. He even gave us a book he wrote as a present.
This day was the beginning of a great week!
Short-term exchanges of groups pupils in Bucharest
The third mobility of our program was held in Bucharest in Romania, from 14 October until 18 October 2019.
The partners teams, composed by 21 students and 13 teachers, had a interesting program full of activities. The first day the hosting school Scoala Gimnaziala No 195 presented all the colladorating countries, with national costumes, dances and songs from each country. The event was attended by the German Ambassador in Romania, the Greek Counselor and the respresentive of the Greek Community in Romania.
In the following days students participated in training workshops (Architects instructed students to construct a model of the Manuc’s Inn building). Beside in the context of the program teacher and students had the opportunity to visit the historical center of Bucharest, the impressive building of the Romania Parliament House, where they had meeting with a Romanian senator and discussed about politics and diplomacy in Kapodistria’s era, the Manuc’s Inn the place where Kapodistrias signed official documents during his stay in Bucharest, the National Bank of Romania’s Currency collection and the Teodor Aman museum.
Also, they visited the Bran Castel and the castel of Katakouzinos family in Transylvania region. Generally, this trip has enabled our students to improve their language skills, broaden their horizons and make new friends.
Welcome Festivity - School
Parliament House
Historic old town-museum of the national bank of Romania
Dracula Castle
Cantacuzino Castle
Testimonials
On the first day we were welcomed with typical dances of each country. The Romanian pupils even wore traditional clothes of the different countries. The groups had also created PowerPoint presentations about all the participating countries. The German ambassador held a speech about Europe and said what a great chance we had to do an international project like Erasmus +. In the afternoon we went downtown and saw the beautiful city.
Short-term exchanges of groups pupils in Koper
From 18th to 22th of March.
Twenty students and thirteen teachers from the Erasmus + school partners “The many-facet personality of Ioannis Capodistrias” travelled to find themselves in Koper, Slovenia at the Osnovna Šola Koper School. The reception was very warm. The hosts and guest students presented their countries and their schools.
The whole week was dedicated to activities about the project. Moreover, students and teachers had a guided tour to the sightseeing of Slovenia.
Τhe program ended with the best impressions, full of new images, beautiful experiences, new friends and lots of knowledge.
Koper - Izola - Piran
Slovenia is a central European country. The small Slovene region along the Mediterranean is Slovene Istria, with Koper as its capital. Its Italian name Capodistria (literally “ head of Istria”) testifies to its former role as the capital of Istria. With length of 46.6. km, the Slovene coast is home to three coastal towns: Koper, Izola and Piran.
The origin and development of Koper were decidedly influenced by its coastal position and seafaring that can be traced back to the late Hellenistic period. When visiting Koper, both short and long walks will take you to the major sights and monuments of secular and sacral nature located in the old town core, in particular close to both main squares, as well as to some peripheral squares and streets.
On the Slovenian coast the Piran salt pans were formed more than 700 years ago. They maintain the traditional process of making salt by hand.
Koper
Visit to the town
Visit to Capodistrias statue
Visit to the Town hall
Izola
Piran
Οsnova sola Koper primary school
The doors of Osnova Sola Koper primary school opened for the first time in 1st September 2006.
Various project initiatives and international activities have spread the name of Osnovna Sola Koper Primary school across Slovenia and outside its borders.
Committed teachers and other staff members and the significant achievements of its students build strong foundations for primary education.
Education and instruction are two areas, the Municipality of Koper gives particular attention.
Lubiana
Testimonials
Koper was the best place for an exchange. We all lived near together. So we could spend a lot of time together outside. We met some new friends and they were all really nice.
Short-term exchanges of groups pupils in Ettal
28 January-1 February 2019
In the week from Monday 28 January to Friday 1 February 2019, 40 students of all school partners and their accompanying professors met in Ettal, in the Bavarian Alps.
The educational program followed by the students was about the philhellenic action that existed in the area at the time of the 19th century.
The students of the Benediktinergymnasium welcomed the students from partner schools of Germany, Corfu, Slovenia, Romania and Nafplio They presented themselves, their schools and their countries. They showed them around the premises of the monastery in which the Ettal school belongs, the boarding school, the basilica, the monastery, the library. Together with their teacher the students took part in activities related to I.Kapodistria and his Philhellenic action in Bavaria.
In the spirit of this educational exchange, they learned about the educational system of Germany and they exchanged experiences about it.
In addition, they came into contact with the cultural heritage of Ettal, the every day life the local mores, customs and traditions of the area.
Also the students and their teachers visited points of interest indicative of German Phelenhinism to the Königsplatz (the King’s Square) and the State Archaeological Collection of Munich.
The students and the teachers returned home with a lot of experience from this multifaceted contact, realizing at the same time the great personality of I. Kapodistrias.
Ettal-Benediktgymnasium
Linderhof
Munich
Oberammergau
Testimonials
School No 195 Bucharest Romania
ERASMUS+ programme is an opportunity of collaborating with some amazing people and the chance to meet students and teachers of different nationalities. I learnt to socialize with new people and I improved my English and German, too. The German school “Benedickter Gymnazium” from Ettal welcomed us with open arms and brought us to wonderful educational places. In the end I would just like to thank for this unforgettable experience!
1st Junior Highschool of Nafplio, Greece
I have never visited Germany before and I think that is the best country that I have visited! In
Greece we don’t have snow and for this reason the snowy mountains of Germany were
fantastic!
When I saw the school I said “wow”! It is so big and with the monastery it looks like a castle. Its
classrooms are spacious and they have amazing view from the windows. Monastery’s
architecture is magnificent and its history, which a polite monk explained to us, is very
interesting. Most of all I was impressed by the images of the monastery. They have many
details and the expressions of the faces make them look like real ones. On Wednesday we
visited two museums in Munich , from which I learnt many new things.
Now let’s talk about my partner. My exchange partner is named Veronika. She is a very kind
and cute girl and I had an amazing time with her. The hospitality was great and her house was
so beautiful. Veronika’s parents and sister were also very kind and they made me feel like
home. Her bedroom and generally all the house was warm and my bed so comfortable. I didn’t
want to return to Greece!
I miss everyone and hope to see them soon!
Capodistrias Museum – Guided visit
Wednesday November 7th 2018
Guided visit by Daria Koskorou to the Capodistrias Museum.
Capodistrias Museum – Introduction
Wednesday November 7th 2018
Guided visit by Daria Koskorou to the Capodistrias Museum.
Municipal Gallery of Corfu
Monday, November 5th 2018
Guided visit by Theodoros Metalinos, to the exhibition entitled “Ioannis Capodistrias the first Governor of Greece” and to the permanent collection of the Municipal Gallery of Corfu.
