torsdag den 22. juni 2017

Slovakia hosts - and the visit to Handlova

Students and teachers  from five countries visited the Grammar school of Ivan Bella in Handlová from 2.to -8.April 2017,. Our project Erasmus plus ,under the name Fair Trade, continues the second year .Young people from England, Germany, Italy ,Austria and Denmark came to discover the beauty and attractions of Slovakia and get to know new friends. 
  
The first day of the project we spent in Handlová. In the morning we went to the ceremonial hall  and we were  welcomed by  the Lord mayor,.Then our steps were directed to our school, where each country presented own country to the other partners through presentations. In the afternoon we were in the mining museum ,we did a workshop in the Carpathian Art gallery.Children could use their skills and made a presents for themselves or their friends.

On Tuesday, our journey has led to Trenčin, where after visiting the castle, the students in international groups  discovered the shops with Eco and Fair trade products and they competed to take the most original photoes with fair trade product.


 Wednesday we spent on the farm under Vtáčnik, where young people could  try milking the sheep., the production of cheese, the brave ones couldi ride a horse. In the nafternoon we moved to the Glass museum where we saw how the glassproducts are made and individuals could try it too.


 Bojnice castle and the ZOO were the focus of our fourth day.We are proud of our history and culture , so we wanted to show this place to our friends.In our Zoo we could find the signs of fair trade too.


 


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On Friday we went to Kremnica and we visited museum and mint, where coins for Slovakia and other countries are made. Students could see this proces . Afternoon we climbed to the tower of Kremnica castle where was a nice view to a historical town and nice nature.

The time of departure of our new friends came and gradually we said goodbye to them i. For the next school year, we are looking  forward to visiting our new friends in Italy and Austria