I love this, great fun.  If you want to make your own images or even order posters, mugs and so on then visit 

http://www.keepcalmandcarryon.com/creator/

A great page.

 

Meeting September 23rd

Today we had another meeting.  We created our groups and started to think about the logo.  We also took a group picture (two people are missing here).

Our first Comenius meetings

This week we have just had our first two Comenius meetings.  The first one was just to see how many people were interested in the project.  Alfred and I were pleased to see almost thirty people at the meeting.  We explained the project and said that the next day we would be running interviews to choose the most able students.

The next day when everyone came we saw that the numbers had gone down to only sixteen!  It seems that a lot of people didn't like the idea of meeting in the afternoon, here school finishes at 14.45, and so had decided they weren't interested.  Personally I think that maybe the idea of an interview scared them off.

Anyway we were talking and fortuntely a few more people appeared who were still interested so in the end we have a complete group of 21.  All went well and so now we have agreed to meet on Monday.  Then we will decide groups and I will begin to explain the project themes.

Oh, we have seven people who want to go to the Netherlands.  They had already decided!!  Six girls and one boy.

The Teachers from Roquetes

Hi, we are Huw and Alfred, we are the teachers who will be running the Comenius Project here in Roquetes.

First we should introduce ourselves.

Huw Edwards-Westlake

My name is Huw, I am the coordinator for Roquetes and in fact the coordinator for the whole project.  I don't look very Spanish do I?  Well that is because I am not, in fact I am British.  I come from Stansted a small village to the north-east of London.  I originally studied History and Politics and then after working for a year I decided to leave the UK and go to live in a foreign country.  I chose, by accident, to come here to Roquetes.  I didn't originally intend to stay but I met the girl who is now my wife and... the rest is history.

I have been here now for longer than the time I lived in Britain.  I am an English teacher, big surprise right, and I consider myself to be a European, a Catalan and then a British citizen.  You notice I didn't say Spanish... more of that at another time.

I have been in two Comenius projects already.  One called YEAD (Young Europeans, Alike but Different) and then VAGAB (Values Across Generations and Borders).  I love doing these projects and I greatly enjoy meeting all of our partner teachers and students.  We are all going to work really hard but also have a lot of fun... I hope you all like singing and dancing and playing silly games!!

Alfred Valldivieso

Hallo! Ahoj! Pozdravi! Hei! Geia sas! Salvete omnes!

Hi everyone,

My name is Alfred Valdivieso and I am delighted to be Huw’s partner in this new  adventure. I come from Valencia, but I teach Ancient Greek and Latin in Roquetes and I really enjoy doing it.  Although I am fond of languages, my English is not very fluent, so I hope you are patient with me in the beginning. I also love music (I play the flute in the band of my city), dancing (my colleagues and even my pupils know it well...) and meeting people from  other countries. 

I’ll do my best to run this Project with Huw, as I am sure we all are going to share a funny, amazing and unforgettable experience.