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.
.
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