Comenius Spanish team . The Portugal meeting, 2014 January

Participation of students and teachers from Santa Clara Institute Comenius Project Green Skills for Global Change . Brief news of our meeting in Portugal from 15 to 19 January 2014


We left our institute early Wednesday morning January 15. We leave by bus from Santander airport to Bilbao, the two professors ( Elisha Rabadán and Francisco J. Alonso del Val) and Professor ( Azucena Santiago Echeverría ) responsible , with three guys (Jorge Garcia, Bruno Carral Jesus Bedoya ) and a girl ( Carla Alonso) of our institute , the rainy morning of Wednesday, January 15th


Arrival to Costa da Caparica, near Lisbon , where teachers of all international group stayed .


The families who hosted our four students ( baccalaureate 1 ) take them to their homes , where they shared various experiences , we can cite the case of watching a match Benfica football team , the first night's stay.


Second day at the Colegio Guadalupe (our host partner ) presentations of student work in the Portuguese institute on the project theme : relationships and connections between the local / global in the heart of sustainable development and ecology. Was chosen by vote the common logo for our project.


Visit Cabo de Roca. Where to find the westernmost point of Europe .


Guided tour in English, the Palacio da Pena . Near the town of Sintra, in which students and teachers share a meal in a hotel that used to visit the famous writer Eca de Queiroz


An educational experience directly linked to the contents of our own project, with interesting explanations guides by two specialists in sustainable development and organic crops , Organic Farm in school.


Visit for the operation and history of organic wine company in Quinta do Sanguinhal Pombarral . A huge academic experience fertility for the group of teachers from the seven partner countries of the project : Spain , Portugal, Slovenia, France ( Reunion Island ) , Holland, Denmark and Turkey. The explanations of our guide were truly admirable .


Coexistence of teachers sharing the famous Portuguese fado music
Meetings to organize the next meeting in Slovenia will be the month of May.


To farewell dinner together students and faculty with a small party , including music and dance for young students .


On Sunday , after early, we fly to Bilbao and from there home in Santander by bus. At home, each of our three families gathered students and the student who has certainly lived an unforgettable experience.


We still have much work to do , the project will continue throughout this year and next. Worth it because we are learning and preparing all tools to enhance our abilities to adapt to the changes that the process of globalization brings us all from our local societies.



Posted by Professor Eliseo Fernandez Rabadán . Department of Philosophy . Comenius Project Coordinator at IES Santa Clara