TPM in Chania - 1st day

Welcoming the partners

The 5th Gymnasium of Chania, Crete hosted the 2nd TPM from 8 to 10 April 2019. We welcomed our partners from Burgos, Lanzarote (Spain), Livadia (Cyprus) and Athens (Greece) and we all took part together in activities and workshops. The guest teachers were also invited to engage with Crete's cultural heritage and discover various aspects of it. We came closer and had a great time together :)

Creative touches at the 5th Gymnasium of Chania

A lot of students wishing to honour the partners created drawings, sketches, collages and posters. They were inspired by landmarks and places of interest in Burgos, Teguise, Athens, Larnaca, Paphos and Chania.

Exchange of good practices

The partners presented a project activity they had implementedwith their students and described how students were involved. It was a successful and very informative exchange of good practices.

Exchanging presents

Exchanging presents with the partners was a very enjoyable experience. What a great way to celebrate a partnership with a gift!

Cooking workshop

The partners attended a cooking workshop to learn how moustalevria (grape must pudding) is made. The teacher who held the workshop explained how this traditional dessert is produced.

A traditional treat

Guest teachers were treated to a buffet to sample some Cretan appetizers and snacks such as graviera (local cheese, kalitsounia (cretan cheese savouries), fennel pie, local olives, cretan pastries, etc. All dishes were prepared by the students’ families.

Guided tour of the old town of Chania

The partners visited the old town of Chania to see monuments of various civilizations from the stone age to the present day and stroll around the picturesque alleys. Teachers and students were given a guided tour by members of the Environmental Education Centre of Vamos and participated in the programme called ‘A walk in Chania, 5500 years old’. They wandered around the old town of Chania, where, through exploration games with tabs, compasses and other activities, teachers and students sought and found monuments and places of historical interest, which unfolded before their eyes the long history of the town.

At the archaeological museum of Chania

The teachers visited the archaeological museum of Chania and saw a number of exhibits from the Minoan era. The teachers made clay tablets in Linear B script, which is a syllabic script used mainly for administrative purposes.

The teachers' meeting

A lot of issues were discussed such as:  review of communicative exchanges between students through eΤwinning forums and content of published activities, development of project activities, planning the development of the project blog and Twinspace, evaluation points, etc.