EDUCULT - Let's Meet in Cultural and Educational Dimension

O ENCANTO DO CASTELO DE LEIRIA

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Public presentation of the book prepared by the classes of our school - Leiria - Portugal

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Public presentation of the book prepared by the classes in the 1st cycle and Preschool School Cross Sand - Leiria - Portugal " THE SCHOOL IS ALSO OUR HOME"

Even though it is far more a pleasure to share this event with our friends EDUCULT

FESTA DA FLOR CAMPO MAIOR - ALENTEJO - PORTUGAL

2011-09-05T23:26:00.002+01:00

A FESTA DA FLOR, realiza- se de quatro em quatro anos, em CAMPO MAIOR, cidade do Norte Alentejano. Esta festa é linda... e são os moradores de cada rua que fazem as flores em papel, escolhendo um tema. É um trabalho muito demorado... pois começam a fazer as flores no mês de Março, aos serões, para terminarem na véspera de enfeitarem as ruas. Uma festa digna de ser vista, pois as ruas ficam primorosamente enfeitadas.

So long...

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Our project is almost finished, but I hope that the blog EDUCULT continues to be a place of meeting, sharing and friendship.

I really liked to have known all of you and learned with you, too. I´ll continue to visit and giving the news in the blog. It will be the way to get news about you and your schools . I really hope that you will do the same. Until September...Have NICE HOLLIDAYS!

All the Best - São

Cortejo dos Rapazes 2011

2011-07-07T22:52:00.000+01:00

Ability or disability

2011-06-03T16:14:00.006+01:00

"Playing, amusement, training, employment, equal opportunities. Disability – from another point of view

Ability Park - a thematic amusement park that received national and international awards - is to help people get acquainted with the life of people with disabilities in an interactive and entertaining fashion that facilitates social inclusion. The idea behind our enterprise is to shift social attitude and offer a meaningful and pleasant experience through games led by people with disabilities to all visitors who wish to play, have a good time and test their abilities."

Yes, we all tested our abilities and it was a great experience to try out the everyday life of people with disabilities. They were all very kind and friendly to show us how they live. Thank you!

Enjoy your meal! 2.

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Enjoy your meal!:)

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Every school year the children have opportunities to try making, baking or cooking delicious and healthy food. This time the younger students prepared some salads which were easy to make. The members of the upper classes could cook some food from typical hungarian recipes and also some trendy ones, too.

After cooking everybody was full, of course, not just the chefs(children) but also the judges(teachers).

Enjoy the food by pictures:)

The Factory of Energy

2011-06-03T15:22:00.006+01:00

Welcome to Paks Nuclear Power Plant!

On 13 May 7.a class with 20 students and 4 teachers travelled to Pask to visit Nuclear Power Plant. During the science, chemistry and physics lessons they have already learned about the energy so this was the time they could gain experience about the method in pracice.

The company, as a member of the Hungarian Power Company Group, is the major participant of home electric power production. As they are a prominent participant on the Hungarian electric power market, the primary goal during the production is to ensure the reliable and cheap electricity supply of home consumers, in line with the protection of the environment and the atmosphere of the Earth, fostering sustainable development.

Welcome to Nordenia

2011-06-03T15:03:00.006+01:00

Our students form the 8th classes had an opportunity to visit a well-developed company called Nordenia. The company's factory was settled down in Szada, about 15 km from Gödöllő.
The childeren got know about the materials and the procedures of the packaging.

Enjoy their pictures!

"At NORDENIA, we recognize that there is much more included in the package we produce for you than product alone. We know that wrapped up in every package is your company’s brand image, its presentation, customer appeal, shelf performance and, ultimately, your success in the marketplace.

With this in mind our mission is to service the packaging and film needs of our customers by enabling them to differentiate their products in the global marketplace through technology, services and speed-to-market with the highest quality, continuous improvement and value pricing available from a single source.

For you, this means attention to the importance of every detail of the packaging process and a dedication to exceeding your package requirements."

Save the World

2011-06-03T14:36:00.005+01:00

The students watched films and listened short lectures about our world. Now, have a look at those things that our children made in connection with saving our world, renewable energies and different kinds of pollution.

The Day of the Water

2011-06-03T14:27:00.004+01:00

On 22 March is an international day of the water. With our students we have prepared a project about this important element of our life. On the science, art and technology and English lessons we have discussed the theme and made info-boards.

Mothers' Day

2011-06-03T14:19:00.003+01:00

Our children make special handmaded gifts for their mums or pick some flowers. Some of our classes not only perform nice songs and poems but also prepare a tiny things too.

25th of April 1974 - Carnation Revolution

2011-05-02T17:37:00.001+01:00

Carnation and Poems: symbols of April 25th - 1974-

37 years of FREEDOM
in Portugal.

Mothers´Day

2011-05-02T17:04:00.007+01:00

Mother,
You've given me two things
One is roots
The other's wings
- Anonymous

For all the things I didn't say,
About how I felt along the way--
For the love you give and the work you've done,
Here's appreciation from your admiring son.
- Anonymous

Mother's Day is celebrated on different days and dates around the world. In Portugal Mother's Day occurs on the first Sunday in May.
In the classrooms we did poems and gifts to give to our mothers…

Happy Easter! Nice hollidays...

2011-04-17T18:58:00.001+01:00

Happy Easter!Nice hollidays...

Aldeias de Portugal - O regresso às origens - Parte 2/3

2011-04-09T21:32:00.000+01:00

Vídeo 2 - Poland _V Meeting EDUCULT

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Vídeo By São Fernandes

Vídeo 1 - Poland History by Students - V Meeting EDUCULT

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vídeo

Video by São Fernandes

Trip to Bedzin, Poland

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We would like to say thank you for all your kindness and hospitality!

Love from the Hungarian Group:)

"Thank You for the good times,
The days You filled with pleasure.
Thank You for fond memories,
And for feelings we'll always treasure."

Hungarian War of Independence in 1848

2011-03-23T20:04:00.008Z

Dear Our Friends,

We have prepared together with our students from class 7 a and b a PPS file about 15 March 1848. It was a background of our script. Now, we are going to show some of the main pictures.

Among the photos you are going to find important people of the war of independence and also some famous places, buildings and symbols in connection with the commemoration.

Best wishes,
Diana, Tünde and the children:)

15 March in Hungary

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The Hungarian Revolution and War of Independece in 1848 was one of many revolutions that year and closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas. The revolution in the Kingdom of Hungary grew into a war for independence from Habsburg rule.

Many of its leaders and participants, including Lajos Kossuth, István Széchenyi, Sándor Petőfi, József Bem, are among the most respected national figures in Hungarian history, and the anniversary of the revolution's outbreak, on March 15, is one of Hungary's three national holidays.

In our school we celebrate this glorious day of our history. On the 11 March all students from the 7 classes took part a commemoration and told about the events. Also they were prepared with some important poems and quotations written by Sándor Petőfi, Dániel Berzsenyi and Albert Wass.

Please, have a look some of the photos which was taken in our celebration.

Spring has arrived...with the International Day of Poetry

2011-03-21T15:52:00.008Z

Spring has arrived in Portugal. Came together with the International Day of Poetry .

In the scool, children planted plants on land and words in white sheets.:))

El portátil en casa. Vodafone

2011-03-17T07:40:00.000Z

Japanese in our school de Cruz da Areia - Leiria

2011-03-16T19:00:00.014Z

On the 11th of March, a group of Japanese teachers visited our school and we exchanged experiences with them.
On 14th March the Ambassador of Japan,in Portugal, also visit our school and we show some Portuguese traditions and our lament for the victims of the earthquake and Tsunami in Japan.

http://tecletras.blogspot.com/2011/03/uma-delegacao-de-japoneses-de-tokushima.html

BEDZIN CITY HALL

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Friends, music, food, culture, sharing - IN BEDZIN

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Friends, music, food, culture, sharing ... feelings to remember with joy and SAUDADE!

Auschwitz - Remembering the horror of the Holocaust

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Krakow ... a city with history and many beauties!!!

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Memories,,,

Recreation of the Napoleonic wars in Leiria in 1811 - PLAZA RODRIGUES LOBO, 12th March 2011.

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Recreation of the Napoleonic wars in Leiria in 1811 - PLAZA RODRIGUES LOBO, 12th March 2011.
http://tecletras.blogspot.com/2011/03/invasoes-francesas-em-leiria.html

Meeting in Bedzin - Poland

2011-03-10T20:56:00.018Z

The meeting in Bedzin was great!
Learning, culture, dance, costumes and traditions, music, classroom activities, interaction and sharing ... was a little of what was lived Bedzin
Polish colleagues, thank you so much for organization the meeting.
Hugs for everyone

Portuguese and Polish students talking without borders

POLAND

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Artesanato Português

2011-02-20T21:21:00.000Z

The Portuguese Tipical Cakes were made at the Kindergarten!

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The kindergarten made desserts ....for the dinner in ethnographic week!

Ethnographic Week - Cruz da Areia - Leiria

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Endangered professions in Portugal

Newsvendor; Taylor man; Street photographer

Bread salesman; Sheperd

Farmer Fishman; Farmer; "Varina"; Fishmonger;

Shoemaker; Water Bearer

Endangered professions in Portugal - EDUCULT - Project Work - class 3th D

More information and photos in
http://tecletras.blogspot.com/2011/02/reportagem.html

Every one contributed!!!

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Teachers, staff and students made this ethnographic week a success!

After the week ...the good memories!!!

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Our friends came to visit us
(TEcLAR project)

Ethnographic Week - Cruz da Areia - Leiria- Old objects exibhition

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OLD OBJECTS EXIBHITION

Ethnographic Week - Cruz da Areia - Leiria- All classes participade!

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All the classes participade

Ethnographic Week - Cruz da Areia - Leiria

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Vídeo By Graça Jacinto

Ethnographic Exhibition- Cruz da Areia - Leiria

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From 7 to 11 February it was held in the Cruz da Areia school an exhibition of ancient objects.It was successfull.
More details and photos in:

http://tecletras.blogspot.com/2011/02/antiguidades-na-cruz-dareia.html

Preparing the ethnographic Week ...Cruz da Areia - Leiria - 7-11th February 2011

2011-01-22T18:31:00.020Z

All classes are busy with the preparation of the ethnographic week, which will occur the 7th - 11th February- 2011.
Exhibitions about antiques, live worshops with artisans, folk music, an ethnographic parade and a traditional dinner opened to the communit, are some of the many activities which are being prepared.

We will let you know more about this event soon...

Impressions of Gödöllö's Meeting

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Local Legendry (November's Activity according to plan)

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The Portuguese Team in Gödöllö - Hungary

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Christmas Activities - 3º D

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http://tecletras.blogspot.com/

Have nice holidays and a Happy New Year!

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Hugs for all partners-friends!:))

São

2010-12-08T19:44:00.005Z

Dear Our Friends!

Thank you so much the beautiful experience that we got in Vienna, Austria. We enjoyed the whole time very much. These are some of our pictures, from the hundreds, to remind you the pleasant time we spent together.

Love,

Hungarian group:)

Feliz Natal - Merry Christmas - Frohe Weihnachten - Joyeux Noel

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By Mª Bethania -youtube

News about Vienna Meeting

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http://tecletras.blogspot.com/ecletras.blogspot.com/

Blog Class 3º D - Cruz da Areia - Leiria

Vienna - 2010 - IV Meeting Comenius - EDUCULT

2010-12-03T19:44:00.079Z

The issue of learning the mother tongue by immigrant children was debated. The characteristics of the Vienna school, a school for Hungarian immigrant children, made this meeting to be a different one.The integration policies in Europe, cultural traditions (folk music and dances, food, heritage) provided moments of reflection and sharing.

Fritz organize everything for us! Thanks Fritz and other colleagues!

It was great!

(Assinatura de Strauss - original)

Fotos: By Nelson Oliveira

6th December

2010-11-29T20:12:00.003Z

Saint Nicholas

Early in the Advent season celebrate a feast that has been popular for centuries in Christian countries, especially in Northern Europe. In our over-commercialized society, this holiday gives us a good "teaching moment" to remind children that Jolly Santa Claus, is, in fact, Saint Nicholas, a fourth century bishop of the city of Myra in what is now Turkey.

Saint Nicholas was renowned for his great kindness and his generous aid to those in distress. Among the kind and miraculous acts attributed to him are saving three young girls from shame by secretly providing them with dowries, raising three murdered boys from the dead, and saving sailors caught in stormy seas. For these reasons, he is considered the patron saint of children, unmarried girls, and sailors, among others.

Traditional celebrations of Saint Nicholas Day in Northern Europe included gifts left in children's shoes (the origin of our American Christmas stockings). Good children receive treats - candies, cookies, apples and nuts, while naughty children receive switches or lumps of coal.

Today, in Hungary, children still put a shoe outside their bedroom doors on the eve of Saint Nicholas Day, and expect to find candy or small gifts in their shoe on December 6th.

In some households the father of the family may dress up as Saint Nicholas on the eve of his feast. He comes in, sometimes with his sidekick, Krampus, and helps each child examine his conscience. He admonishes the bad and rewards the good. If your family enjoys theatrics, this is a wonderful opportunity early in Advent to inspire children to amend their ways in preparation for the coming King.

Advent in Hungary

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Advent is the 4 week period before Christmas when the Church celebrates the first coming of Christ and anticipates his second coming. Advent can fall on any date between (and including) November 27 and December 3. This year (2010) Advent begins on November 28.
The word "advent," from the Latin adventus (Greek parousia), means "coming" or "arrival." The season of Advent is focused on the "coming" of Jesus Christ.

Advent Wreath History

The Advent wreath was likely first used as a Christian devotion in the Middle Ages. The design was borrowed from the customs of pre-Christian (primarily Germanic and Scandinavian) peoples, who used candles and greenery (often paired together) as symbols during the dark and dead winter, to represent light and life. The Advent Wreath is a circular evergreen wreath with four or five candles, three purple, one rose.

However, Catholics still use the traditional colours because they dually symbolize both royalty and penitence, two important Advent themes. A wreath may be hand-crafted of real or artificial materials, or may be purchased at craft and candle stores. The candles symbolize the light of Christ coming into the world. The evergreen symbolizes renewal in Christ, the kind of renewal hoped for by those before Christ's first coming, and the ultimate renewal we long for in Christ's second coming. The circular shape symbolizes the completeness of God. It is likely the symbolism came after the actual wreath was conceived of, but that does not detract from the power of the symbols.

The candle colors are derived from the traditional liturgical colors of Advent and Christmas, purple and white respectively. The rose color likely is derived from an old Catholic custom of wearing rose coloured vestments on the third Sunday in Advent and fourth Sunday, called Gaudete Sunday, i.e. "Rejoice" Sunday. Each candle is first lit on the appropriate Sunday of Advent, and then the candles may be lit each day as a part of the individual or family's daily prayers. Certain candles have been given various names.

Some systems name the candle as follows:
Candle 1. Hope (purple)
Candle 2. Peace (purple)
Candle 3. Joy (rose; the corresponding Sunday is "Gaudete Sunday")
Candle 4. Love (purple)

All Saints' Day

2010-11-29T19:01:00.004Z

All Saints' Day is a celebration of all Christian saints, particularly those who have no special feast days of their own, in many Roman Catholic, Anglican and Protestant churches. In many western churches it is annually held November 1 and in many eastern churches it is celebrated on the first Sunday after Pentecost. It is also known as All Hallows Tide, All-Hallomas, or All Hallows' Day.

Background

According to some sources, the idea for All Saints' Day goes back to the fourth century when the Greek Christians kept a festival on the first Sunday after Pentecost (in late May or early June) in honour of all martyrs and saints. Other sources say that a commemoration of “All Martyrs” began to be celebrated as early as 270 CE but no specific month or date is recorded. Pope Gregory IV made All Saints' Day an authorized holiday in 837 CE. It is speculated that the chosen date for the event, November 1, may have been an attempt to supplant the pagan Festival of the Dead.

All Saints' Day is not to be confused with All Souls’ Day, which was first instituted at the monastery in Cluny in 993 CE and quickly spread among Christian.

The liturgical colour is white on All Saints' Day.

All Saints' Day is observed by Christians in many countries around the world. In countries such as Spain, Portugal and Mexico, offerings are made on this day. In countries such as Belgium, Hungary and Italy people bring flowers to the graves of dead relatives. In other parts of Europe, such as Austria, Croatia, Poland, and Romania, it is customary to light candles on top of visiting graves of deceased relatives. It is also observed in parts of Asia, such as the Philippines, where people visit graves of deceased relatives and clean or repair them. They also lay flowers on the graves and light candles.

Church services in memory of all the saints are held on November 1 but by the evening the focus turns towards the dead. Cemeteries everywhere are crowded with people who come to clean and decorate family graves. All Saints' Day is closely tied with All Souls' Day, held on November 2, which is dedicated to prayers of the dead who are not yet glorified.

Tradtions - S. Martin Day in our school!

2010-11-14T21:54:00.018Z

The seller of chestnuts came to school to revive the traditions - November 11th - "Day of St. Martin " .
The students really liked the roasted chestnuts and they enjoyed the Seller, too!
Who guesses his real name? :))

"yerli malı", - Turkey

2010-11-11T18:15:00.001Z

Customs, traditions are likely in many countries.. We have some days like cookie day, but not same exactly, we called it "yerli malı", means: home produce. We celebrate it in a whole week of the second week of december in every year, particularly in primary schools. We make some cookies, some pastries, some other food and we share these each other and of course the pupils do as it...

Celal

Portuguese Traditions - Day Cookie and "Day of all Saints"

2010-11-09T18:04:00.023Z

November 1th
" DAY COOKIE" and "ALL SAINTS"

Source Is the millennial day celebrations on November 1, designated by the Catholic Church as the "Day of all Saints".Still today in many localities with the highest incidence in the villages of Portugal, people celebrate this holiday. In popular tradition the All Saints ' day is known as the "Day cookie" or "bread of God" as the uses and customs from region to region. At Leiria, early in the morning, groups of children with their made - bags , go door to door by streets and alleys, repeating with enthusiasm and joy the traditional auction "o aunt! gives cookie? ". It is interesting to know that, especially in rural areas, there are people who take very strictly speaking this tradition and are dedicated to making cookies which add to its mass, walnut, dried grapes and the pinion (dried fruit of the season) so that on this day, can give your family, friends and all the children who will happily banging all ports.
In our school we have celebrated the tradition "Cookie day",with delicious cakes made in the kitchen of School. Students made their cloth - bags, and have been asking for "Bread for God" to the neighboring classes. It was very fun and interesting!

Until next year and next "Day Cokie":))

In: 1th Novemberhttp://florliriodocampo.blogs.sapo.pt/19923.html

Photos about the Hungarian meeting

2010-11-09T17:59:00.003Z

Dear Our Friends!

Just a little surprise for everybody, look at some photos of the third Comenius-meeting on my own homepage.

www.missdiana.hu/Albums/Hungarian%20Project%20Meeting/index.html

Greetings,

Diana

2010-11-01T09:18:00.003Z

Hello!Hi:

Everything was perfect on the third meeting, in Gödöllö

Planned activities, dance performances, visits, meals were highly organized and succesful...

By the way talking with youngs was unforgettable experience for me and for other turkish participants. THere are many things to say, yes.. I'll publish some photos and videos and my remains of the thouhts, on the blog soon.

My king regards to Diana, Katalin and Judith, (and of course thanks for great meals to Great Istvan) and other colleagues. You'd managed king performance during the meeting.. Yes, great potantial great performance...

Congratulations,

Great Meeting in Hungary: learning and sharing

2010-10-26T23:49:00.000+01:00

The meeting in hungary was great!
Learning, culture, dance, costumes and traditions, music, classroom activities, interaction and sharing ... was a little of what was lived in Gödöllö.

Hungarian colleagues, thank you so much for organization the meeting.
Hugs for everyone

The reception

The greetings

Dance, costumes and traditions

Classroom activities

After the Meeting ...the good memories!!!

2010-10-26T21:10:00.005+01:00

When we arrrived at school, in the classrooms we talk about our trip and wonderfull it was. As soon as possible we will write again about our meeting in the Godolo and how well received we were.
For now you can watch some photos in the Blogue of my classroom

http://tecletras.blogspot.com/

Hungarian colleagues, thanks a lots for your kindness and your great metting.
Hugs for everyone

São

HELLO

2010-10-13T21:38:00.008+01:00

HelloHungarian colleagues

Our teacher is going to Hungary, Godollo and takes a lot of news of our school, our city and Portugal for all of you know us better. We also wrote letters. Answer us please, ok?
Lots of kisses from all the boys and girls :))
3th Class D

Our town

My name is Maria. I’m 8 years old and I live in Leiria. I like to play football, basket and to play with my friends.
Leiria is a small town that has a castle and has a river called Liz. One of Leiria’s traditional dishes is “Brisas do Liz”, a little yellow cake made with eggs and almonds. My grandmother makes them very well. Me and my brothers love to eat Brisas.
In Leiria there are also made “morcelas de arroz”, a kind of sausage made with pork, rice and blood. They are really good. There is even a “Confraria da Morcela de Arroz”.

AUTUMN ACTIVITIES

2010-10-13T12:48:00.010+01:00

GRAPE HARVEST

We are the children from the kindergarten Red Classroom.

Last week we visited a vineyard and we caught leaves and grapes.
When we were back in our classroom, we experienced the grape harvest process: we crushed the grapes, separated the must (grape juice), the pips (grape seeds) and the skins.
We drank the grape juice. The grape juice was very sweet.
After this process, the must goes to a cask and stays there for some time, until it becomes wine.

We learned new words:
Vinha – vineyard

Bago – grain
Cacho de uvas – bunch of grapes

Vindima – grape harvest

Pipo - cask

Some pictures about...

Portuguese traditional games

2010-10-11T21:27:00.009+01:00

Hello Everybody!

We began our new academic year of 2010/2011 on September 14, learning and playing some Portuguese traditional games.
Since we had such a wonderful time, we would like to share some photos of that day with you.
Good Academic Year to all!
We give you the description of the game, so that you can also learn to play.

QUOITS (rules)

Quoits is a traditional game played by both men and women.
Quoits is played in a field of land about 20 meters long, with a metal disc (an “iron cookie” about 7 centimeters thick and 12 centimeters in diameter, with a hole in the middle) and two pins (made of wood, about 15 centimeters high and 6 centimeters in diameter, sharpened at the top). It is played by two teams minimum; each team should have at least 2 players (maximum 5).
The pins are placed at one side of the field, about 15 meters distance between them. Each team is placed in front of each pin. The main goal of the game is to throw the disk to knock down the pins, or to leave it as close as possible from them. Each time the pin is knocked down scores 6 point; each time the disc falls down near the pin scores 3 points.
The game consists of three matches and each match comes to an end when a team scores 30 points. Three matches are needed to complete a game and the winner team needs to win two matches (scoring 60 points).

- Sandra Conde - 3º H

The Portuguese Republic is celebrating 100 years

2010-10-11T20:33:00.029+01:00

October 5th is a National Holiday.

On 5 October 1910 ended the Monarchy and began the Republican Regime.

In school, at 5 October 2010, we recreate the event.

3th grade

LONG LIVES THE REPUBLIC

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Portugal has not always been a Republic. It was a kingdom until the beginning of the 20th century, exactly one hundred years ago.
The establishment of the Republic in Portugal happened in October 5 1910. To mark this important historic date, the students of the 4th year A and of the 3rd year D joined together to present a debate between monarchists and republicans.
A group of students was representing the Monarchy and the other group was representing the Republican Party. The students were dressed according to the group and the historic period they were representing. It was very interesting to remark the commitment with which they recreated such an important event for our country.
To end this Memorial Day, a group of military personnel were at our school, conducting a military ceremony that ended with the raising of the Portuguese flag and the singing of the National Hymn.

4th Year A

Trip to Hungary!:)

2010-09-14T17:39:00.007+01:00

Dear All!

Almost four weeks and hopefully,we are going to meet again. We are in the middle of the organising programmes and accomodation...etc and everybody is really exciting about the Gödöllő's week here.
I will send all of you a doc file by mail and please, fill in with the information that will be asked. Send this form back to me as soon as possible.

Thank you!

We are looking forward to welcome everybody in Hungary!

Lots of love,
Diana

Classes 8. are in the Nursery

2010-08-21T18:40:00.005+01:00

The end of the year our oldest students, classes 8, went to the nursery to spend some time with the little children. They help them during the afternoons to draw,to cut and to make beautiful things.
Of course, they loved playing toghether too.:)

Drawing Competition: Botond-legend

2010-08-21T18:26:00.004+01:00

We have participated in a drawing competition. The theme was a Hungarian legend hero called Botond. Look at the story of him and enjoy the best pictures.

"Botond megöli a Görög vitézt

A középkori krónikákban is feljegyzettek szerint a Bizánc kapui elé vonuló magyarok elé kiállt egy hatalmas termetű görög vitéz, aki kijelentette, hogy ha őt két magyar legyőzi, a görög császár adót fog fizetni a magyaroknak. A görög ellen a kis termetű Botond állt ki a magyarok közül, aki előbb Apor vezér utasítására bárdjával bevágta Bizánc érckapuját, akkora rést vágva rajta, melyen egy gyermek ki- és bejárhatott, majd egyórás küzdelem után megölte ellenfelét.

Botond killed the Greek warrior

According to the medieval chronicles, when Hungarians marched in front of the gates of Byzantium, a giant Greek warrior stood against them. He declared that if he defeats two Hungarian soldiers, Greek emperor will pay taxes for the Hungarians. The small Botond stood up against the giant warrior from the Hungarians. Botond first got an instruction from Apor leader to hit the Byzantium’s brass door and he did. He cut a big hole into it, so a child could go in and out and then with a one hour fighting Botond won and killed his Greek enemy."

Portugal Reminders

2010-08-15T16:02:00.006+01:00

After a few months we are still talking about the wonderful week we spent in Leiria, Portugal.
We have decided to choose some pictures from the hundreds to say thank you again your hospitality.
Lots of love:
Judit, Katalin, Ildikó, Ágnes, Tünde, Diána, András and István

Folkmusic Singers' Competition

2010-08-15T15:47:00.005+01:00

In this schoolyear was the second time when we organized the Folkmusic Singer's Competition. Every classes from the nursery to the upper classes sang beautiful traditional songs together.
Into the jury our principal invited a famous folkmusic singer, Mária Mackó, who lives close to Gödöllő. She was very happy to hear such wonderful songs from children, especially from whole classes. The jury liked the extra dances and funny performances very much. Finally, Mária gave nice glazed ceramic presents to the winner classes.

The local folk museum in Tura

2010-08-14T16:27:00.004+01:00

Tura is a nice little town about 30 km far from Gödöllő. With some students we visited the local folk museum which is situated in the centre of Tura, inside a typical cottage.
We got some information about the life of our ancestors. It was really interesting. Just for fun, a boy and a girl got dressed in a day-wear folk costume.

Puppet Museum

2010-08-14T16:06:00.004+01:00

These pictures were taken near Hungary's highest peak,called Mátra. Our students visited a Puppet Museum full of cute dolls dressed in wonderful national folk costumes.
Enjoy the pictures!:)

Folk Traditions in Hungary

2010-08-14T15:34:00.007+01:00

If you would like to know more about Hungarian folk costumes, embroidery, architecture, furniture, instruments...etc. we recommend to look at these pictures.
The architectural models and posters are made by children from Class 6.

Trip to Máriabesnyő

2010-08-14T14:59:00.006+01:00

The weather was quite cold and windy but we spent a fantastic day in Máriabesnyő. This place is not so far from Gödöllő, so we went on foot. Four classes took part of it.
Máriabesnyő is famous for its church, monks, nuns and also the beautiful surrounding.
A very kind guide told us some historical facts and legends about the church's magical religious icons and statues. We felt a very warm atmophere there.
After this program we also had some time to have fun and play games together in the forest.
Look at our pictures:

Project Day in Gödöllő

2010-08-14T12:55:00.008+01:00

With the help of the following pictures you are going to have a short look into our project day. We have made some posters about each countries’ saints, and prepared other materials connected the countries and project-themes.

Our religious teachers had a great idea to discuss how we can feel after a good or a bad happening. This event was the first step of the ‘How can we improve tolerance?’ campaign. So we drew a candle full of good things and a cross full of bad things from our life. After work we went to the school gym to see and discuss other posters.

The end of the day we had a report about our trip to Leiria, Portugal to our colleagues. We made a power point presentation about the journey and all of us told shortly the experiences.