Istituto Comprensivo " Karol Wojtyla" Castellammare di Stabia, Italy

Project coordinator: Rosa Merolla

Have you ever heard about Karol Wojtyla? He was Pope John Paul II, a Catholic Polish pope. He loved children and wanted to instill peace and love among people. He met the most important political and religious leaders of the world for talking with them and trying to establish a better world based on love for God and for people. In the hall of the school there is a big painting of Karol Wojtyla.
Our teachers always tell us about him and his great example for young people.
The building is new and situated in the suburb of the town. It hosts pupils from 3 to 13.
We can have Physical Education in the school gym and use computers in two labs. The headmaster and secretary’s offices are downstairs. Upstairs there is Rosa Merolla's classroom.
We go to school from Monday to Saturday. Lessons start at 8.20 and finish at 1.20, but on Wednesdays and Fridays, lessons finish at 2.20. At 10.00 we have ten minutes break and we can talk with our friends and eat something. Our subjects are: Italian, History, Geography, Maths, Science, Tecnology, Art, English, French, Religion, Music, Physical Education.
 

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C.P/Ramon Menendez Pidal, Gijón, Spain

Project coordinators: Celes Pérez and Maria Dolores Alejandro Montalvo

Our school is 75 years old and it´s called Ramón Menéndez Pidal. The two floors building is situated in the centre of the city but not too far away from one of the three main beaches we have in Gijón.
Downstairs there are the headmaster and secretary´s room. There are also the classrooms for the infants students.
Upstairs there are classrooms for the older students, aged 6 to 12.
Classes start at 9 A.M and finish at 2 P.M. We go to school from Monday to Friday. We do not have lessons in the afternoon.
Some children do come in the afternoon two days a week and two teachers help them with the homework.
It’s very important for us that there is no school on Saturdays.
We have very nice subjects like: Maths, Spanish (Literacy), Music, Science, Art, Physical Education, English, Religious education and the native language of Asturias.
We have a computer room and a library and we love going there.
We have 25 minutes break every day.
We put a lot of effort in decorating the classroom and the hall.
 

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Kymijoen School, Kymentaka, Finland

Participating pupils and teachers from Kymijoen School, Kymentaka, Finland
Mrs. Arja Suikkanen's classes and Mrs. Taina Mikkola's classes

Here are some details about our school:

     It is a village school in the south-east of Finland (140 km from Helsinki). The nearest towns are Lahti and Kouvola. It is quite easy to come here from Helsinki by train. We have 60 pupils (aged 7-13), 3 teachers, 1 school assistant and 1 cooker.

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Pedagogical High School, Caransebes, Romania

Participating pupils:4th grade

Project coordinator: Mrs. Mihaela Laura Pral          

   Our school is an old one with a rich history of about 450 years. It was first mentioned in the official documents in 1582. We train here the future teachers.
During the centuries, Caransebes Pedagogical School has promoted our Romanian language, the national identity and the ideals of freedom and unity.
About 100 teachers (400 in primay school) and 1400 pupils work and learn here. A lot of our teachers are authors of textbooks, exercise books and teacher's books. Each year our pupils are awarded important prizes at different national and international competitions. Our students are encouraged to publish school magazines and write books.
Our school has: 14 labs (for each school subject), 2 computer labs (with Internet access), a library and a reading room, a modern sports hall, a ceremony hall and a refectory.
We train our pupils using traditional and modern methods. We use critical thinking and Step by Step methods. We are involved in many projects (for example, for a couple of years, some of our primary and secondary classes have been participating in a Comenius project together with other European countries).

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  School No. 2, Andijan, Uzbekistan

Project coordinator Nilufar Begibayeva

It is the oldest school in our town. It was built in 1909.This is the school no. 2. It is a secondary school and there are more than 2800 people who study there. At first it was a gymnasium for boys. Then it became a hospital from 1941 till 1946 year. Now both boys and girls study there and it is one of the best schools in Andijan.
Andijan is the eastern city of Uzbekistan. It is the smallest city, too. But we have heavy traffic there.
It is one of the industrial cities of our Republic and it produces much more cotton than other cities of Uzbekistan. Every day there are crowded people in markets, in the streets.

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School no.1 Mangalia , Romania

Participating pupils:4th grade

Project coordinator: Mrs. Luminita Gheorghe                

Our school is the oldest school in Mangalia. Some of our teachers were pupils in this school many years ago. Our school has two modern buildings which include 20 classrooms, 3 laboratories, an IT classroom, a gym and a library.750 pupils of different nationalities learn here. 40 well trained teachers support them to achieve good results. We are involved in many national and international educational projects and we participate in many competitions.

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Gustavo Riemann High School (IPEM 76)
Villa Rumipal, Cordoba, Argentina.

Participating pupils: Class 5A

Project coordinator: Cecilia Quevedo 

The name of our school is IPEM 76 Gustavo Riemann. It is a State High School located in Villa Rumipal, a tourist village in the Province of Córdoba, Argentina.

We are seventeen students in our class (5A) but we are 480 students in the school altogether. In our class we have special subjects related to Food Technology. We prepare products such as canned food and sell it in a fair in order to collect money and improve the school facilities.

We study English as a foreign Language and we are very interested in participating in this project.

Class 5A, Gustavo Riemann High School, Argentina.
Participating teacher: Cecilia Quevedo. Subject: English

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