12/12/2012
meeting in Lakeside november 2012
Van 22 tot 25 november waren we voor een tweede keer te gast in Lakeside school in Welwyn Garden City. Het was voor vier van onze collega's een eerste kennismaking met deze school. Voor twee van ons was het een blij weerzien met de kinderen en de begeleiders. Op donderdag leerden we het Diwali feest kennen. Het is een Indisch feest van het licht. Er werd rond dit feest gewerkt in de school. Een danser leerde de kinderen een Indische dans. We kregen ook de kans om verschillende activiteiten mee te maken in de klassen. In de namiddag was er een workshop over het maken van sensory stories. Hier kregen we meer info over het ontstaan van de verhalen en tips waar je op moet letten als je zo een verhaal gaat maken. Tot slot zijn we begonnen aan een verhaal vertrekkend van het materiaal dat voorhanden was. Dat gaf verrassende resultaten.
's Avonds was een speciale activiteit aangekondigd. We waren aangenaam verrast toen we zagen dat het ging om een glijbaan. Het ging om glijden in banden van een kunstskibaan. Gedurende één uur deden we niets dan op en af lopen en glijden. Het was dan ook niet te verwonderen dat er de volgende dag wat stramme spieren te voelen waren.
Achteraf hadden we nog een gezellige avond in het restaurant van het hotel.
Vrijdagvoormiddag bezochten we een school voor motorisch gehandicapten in Lonsdale. Hier was het net alsof we in onze eigen school rondliepen maar dan wel in onze oude gebouwen. De kinderen, de materialen, alles was heel herkenbaar. De school stond op drie weken van verhuizen naar hun nieuwe schoolgebouw. We hebben contactgegevens uitgewisseld want dit is een school om te betrekken in een eventueel volgend Comeniusproject.
In de namiddag hebben we een activiteit in de klassen gedaan. Dat was voor sommigen heel confronterend omdat de kinderen waarmee we werkten een vrij laag mentaal niveau hadden. We zijn dat niet zo gewoon. Afsluitend was er nog een bijeenkomst met al de kinderen en begeleiders van de school. Elke groep bracht kort naar voor wat ze in de klas deden. Wij namen afscheid van de kinderen.
's Avonds was er gezorgd voor speenvarken aan het spit. Het had acht uur rondgedraaid boven het vuur. De avond werd georganiseerd in de school. Er waren verschillende collega's, leden van de oudervereniging en van leden van het schoolbestuur aanwezig. We hadden de kans om met iedereen te praten.
Op zaterdag zijn we naar Brighton geweest. Het was een fijne uitstap naar de kust alleen het weer wilde niet mee. Het regende de hele dag. Jammer want Brighton is een mooie gezellige kuststad met een pier vol met kermisattracties, smalle winkelstraatjes en een geweldig Italiaans restaurant (dat we toevallig ontdekten). Zeker een aanrader voor wie de Engelse kust wil zien.
De meeting werd afgesloten met een traditioneel Engels kerstdiner. Nadien hebben we in een lokale pub nog nagekaart over deze meeting.
Bedankt Lakeside school voor alle werk en voorbereiding.
BuBaO Sint-Gerardus
11/26/2012
Comenius meeting UK
V termínu 21.-25.11. jsme, již podruhé, navštívili, společně s belgickými kolegy, partnerskou školu Lakeside v britském městě Welvyn Garden City. Protože podobná setkání proběhla již několikrát, bylo to jako návštěva u dobrých známých. Hudba a zpěv Ódy na radost, inspirované anglickým překladem našeho "speciálního" textu v květnu 2012 u nás zahájila třídenní zajímavý program.
Zčásti pracovní a inspirativní - ukázka terapie v bazénu, tvorba smyslových příběhů, terapie těžce postižených dětí prostřednictvím výběru vhodných metod krmení, návštěva ve škole podobné našim praktickým třídám 2. stupně...
Thank you for your hospitality and excellent organization :)
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| Please To meet you here in Lakeside |
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| workshop - sensory story |
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| visit - St.Luke school |
A protože šlo o setkání přátel, tak také s humorem a odpočinkovými aktivitami - snowtubing na umělém povrchu, výlet do přímořského města Brighton, nebo třeba pravá anglická vánoční večeře s krocanem a vánočním pudinkem.
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| snowtubing without snow |
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| Christmas party |
Thank you for your hospitality and excellent organization :)
7/20/2012
The Evaluation form - Czech republik meeting
UK - BELGIUM - CR
Evaluation
Form
- What did you like the most?
The school had a very warm and
welcoming. Very organised and prepared
for our visit. Dog therapy was an
interesting experience and it was clear it had some benefits for the pupils which
seemed to link into physio programmes.
The tour of the school showed us
the similarities and differences between our schools.
The work stations for the ASD
students and seeing the pupils use.
Enjoyed working with the staff
and the students in their classroom
The children’s enthusiasm during the ceremony and the warm welcome.
The hospitality and the efforts from the teachers to make themselves clear all the time. The introduction to the Canis-therapy
The working with the I-Pad’s.
The characterplay in the class (teachers being autists)
The endgame with all the teachers
The well-organised and varied program. The trip to Kutna Hora
Cycling to school was a very good idea and great fun.
The participants the most appreciated friendly atmosphere and opportunity to speak about the common themes of special education. We liked that the visitors interested in our work. Jindriska and Iva loved sport activities like bocca and kin-ball and they were glad that the visitors liked trip to Kutna Hora.
The participants the most appreciated friendly atmosphere and opportunity to speak about the common themes of special education. We liked that the visitors interested in our work. Jindriska and Iva loved sport activities like bocca and kin-ball and they were glad that the visitors liked trip to Kutna Hora.
- What can you use in your
own school?
Displaying work on strings. ASD workstations. Ipads were a very important teaching tool in
the Podebrady school and we saw students using a variety of ipad apps which
will be useful for some of our students at Lakeside. Thanks to Lenka we now
have an extensive list of recommended ipad apps!!
Working with autists : working according a taskplan, enhanced with images.
We could use that in our school too. Children would be helped with this plan.
The I-pads would be interesting to work with in our school.
We are thinking about setting up a project and program to introduce I-pads in the school. Physical handicapped children could have many benefits from the I-pad. Not only for learning but also as help in their daily life.
The sensory stories are very inspirate. Especially about Queen Elisabeth and her celebration. We definitely will try the similar stories.
We would like to use the sport activities which we saw. Our children love it very much.
The sensory stories are very inspirate. Especially about Queen Elisabeth and her celebration. We definitely will try the similar stories.
We would like to use the sport activities which we saw. Our children love it very much.
- What did you learn about
stories and communication?
The use of IPads for stories and
communication is interesting tool. The Ipad
books were also easy and quick to create.
Communication is promoted
throughout all activities in the Podebrady classrooms. Teachers were very
sensitive to the needs of their students and work very herd to encourage and
develop the communication skills of their students, using symbols and ipad communication based apps to
consolidate learning and understanding. There was a wide variety of story based
activities evidenced in the school. The Dragon Story was very impressive and
students hard worked very hard on this.
Communication is cross-border, with word, sound, gestures, signs, expressions.
We would to learn from our students about communication without the border :)
We would to learn from our students about communication without the border :)
- How could the visit be improved?
The visit was well planned and
enabled us to get a good feel of the school.
Next time it may be beneficial to see a story/communication being taught
in two different classes e.g. ASD and PMLD.
This will enable us to compare the similarities and differences between
the schools.
More time to chat with the other
teachers from the school to evaluate and plan future interschool and class to
class projects.
More opportunities to work with
staff in their classrooms to observe good practice and to interact with
students.
It was a very well organized meeting so we don’t have any comment on that.
The meeting would be even more useful if they could remove the language barrier for all participants. We must to improve English!
The meeting would be even more useful if they could remove the language barrier for all participants. We must to improve English!
- What would you like to
learn more about from Podebrady Special School?
The use of workstations in the
classroom e.g. how long does the pupil work at the station and how much social
time they have and are the results better when the pupils work at a station
rather than in a group? I would be
interested to know how the school is planning to harness the educational
opportunities facilitated by the internet. Are there interactive educational
learning sites available in the Czech Republic?
We like to learn more about the school system, the class-system, evaluations, parental contacts,
Interesting pedagogical applications for the I-pad.
A specific visit to a class with first-grade readers and more time to see the working with the I-pad’s.
We were glad, that all teachers are able to cooperate and to prepare interesting programme for our visitors.
We were glad, that all teachers are able to cooperate and to prepare interesting programme for our visitors.
6/25/2012
COMENIUS VISIT TO PODEBRADY FROM THE UK
For all of us it was our first visit to the Czech Republic , so we were very unsure about what we would encounter. Many of us expected grey buildings and factories, and of course we were VERY wrong. The Czech Republic was full of colour, warmth and welcome. We encountered helpful friendly people throughout our trip, before we even reached the school!
The trip was so well organized and we had opportunities to enjoy Czech life through, cycling, traditional music, singing, dancing, food and conversation.
Educationally the school was extremely welcoming. We toured the school, visiting different classes and bringing back ideas to use at home. The staff and students were very enthusiastic and eager to learn form us, and teach us new skills. We particularly enjoyed learning new words and phrases in Czech.
Our school is now learning to use new Apps on the Ipad and using Ipads as educational tools in a range of curriculum areas.
6/20/2012
Comenius setkání v ČR
Ve dnech, 30.5. až 3.6. 2012, jsme přivítali naše belgické a anglické přátele u nás ve škole. Setkání jsme zahájili slavnostním shromážděním na školním náměstí.
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| assembly in the school square |
| ceremony with the flags |
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| Kinball and Boccia |
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| Queen Elisabeth Universary |
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| dog therapy and using of iPads in special education |
V sobotu se skupiny rozdělily na zájemce o účast na Učitelském summitu pro speciální školy a zařízení, druhá skupina strávila den prohlížení památek v Kutné Hoře.
Večerní program napomohl navazování partnerských vztahů mezi učiteli, což je jedním z velmi důležitých předpokladů pro smysluplnou spolupráci mezi našimi školami.
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