The third student and teacher mobility was held in Rokiškis, Lithuania. The

organizers of the 3rd mobility were the teachers and the students of

Rokiškis Juozas Tumas- Vaižgantas gymnasium. The mobilty was held in the

period from 9th to 14th October 2016.

On the first day of the mobility the opening of the project week was held

with the attendance of the Mayor of Rokiškis municipality and the

representatives from the Educational Department of the municipality of

Rokiškis district. The headteacher of the gymnasium Gediminas Matiekus,

Mayor Antanas Vagonis and educational representative Rita Gagiškienė gave

their speeches congratulating all the participants to the project meeting and

wishing successful work on project activities and unforgetable experiences in

Lithuania. After that all the guests and participants could enjoy the concert

of Lithuanian traditional dances and songs given by the young musicians from

Rokiškis mucis and choregraphy schools. After students‘ presentations there

was a sightseeing tour round Rokiškis town with an educational programme

„How cheese is made“ in Rokiškis regional museum.

On the second day, the participants of the project meeting went on a day

trip to Leliūnai (Utena district) and Anykščiai town. The participants visited

the pottery museum in Leliūnai where they also had a pottery workshop.

During the visit in Anykščiai the teachers and students visited the Museum

of Angels, Canopy Walkway and the Museum of Horse where they had a

workshop of making bread.

The following day started with the Croatian teacher‘s Igor Čizmadija lesson

about framily business. After that there were three workshops of distinctive

Lithuanian old crafts- paper cutting, straw plaiting and weaving from paper

Partner schools

Rokiškio Juozo Tumo-Vaižganto gimnazija (Coordinator)

Prva Ekonomska Škola

Agrupamento de Escolas de Santa Maria dos Olivais - Escola

Secundária António Damásio

Istituto Istruzione Superiori Francesco Orioli

Contents:

Summary of the 3rd mee-

ting p. 1

Partner schools p. 1

Opening of the project

week and sightseeing of

Rokiškis p. 2

Trip to hLeliūnai and

Anykščiai hhhhh h p. 3

Workshops of the Lithua-

nian old crafts and visit to

the cheese factory p. 4

Day trip to Trakai and

Vilnius sssssssss p. 5

Discussions, evaluations

and farewell party p. 6

Evaluation of the 3rd

learning/teaching meeting

sss p. 7

Previous and next events

to p. 8

3rd Project Meeting - Rokiskis

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(cont. p. 7)

The first day of the project

meeting in Lithuania started

when all the partners

arrived to Rokiškis Juozas

T u m a s - V a i ž g a n t a s

gymnasium. They were met

by the musicians playing

Lithuanian traditional folk

music.

When all the partners were

seated, the opening started

wi th the trad i t iona l

L i t h u a n i a n d a n c e

„Kepurinė“ There also were

some guests invited to the

e v e n t . A N T A N A S

VAGONIS, the Mayor of

the municipality of Rokiškis

district gave his speech in

English. He greeted

all the project

p a r t i c i p a n t s

e x p r e s s i n g h i s

apprec ia t ion o f

project activities and

meaningfulness of its

aims. The Mayor also

wished the partner

p a r t i c i p a n t s a

pleasant stay in Rokiškis.

The representative from the

educational department

R I T A G A G I Š K I E N Ė

introduced the information

about the projects in

schools of Rokiškis district

and pointed out the main

b e n e f i t s o f s u c h

international projects. The

Headteacher o f the

gymnasium GEDIMINAS

MATIEKUS greeted the

participants saying that they

all were welcome back

home as the Lithuanian

language is one of the oldest

languages from which family

the languages of project

partners developed. The

Headteacher wished not

only successful work but

also to comprehend things

and processes that connect

and unite us. The speeches

were accompanied with the

performances of Lithuanian

students who played

L ithuanian trad it iona l

instruments, performed

traditional Lithuanian folk

dances and songs.

After the official opening of

the project week, the

partners in three groups

were taken on a short tour

round the gymnasium which

ended in the project space-

DIY room where all

partners could taste

Lithuanian delicacies made

by Lithuanian students. They

also had a chance to see the

results of the Lithuanian

students‘ work using the

skills of learnt partner crafts:

a Portuguese Arraiolos rug,

the picture made from

painted tiles, Croatian

wooden toys and “Licitars”.

After a short brake the

partner students gave the

presentations about their

cities, towns and distictive

old crafts. The Lithuanian

students also showed two

videos which they created

after the project trips to

Portugal and Croatia.

In the afternoon the project

participants were taken on a

sightseeing tour round

Rokiškis. The tour started

from Rokiškis St. Mathew‘s

church and continued along

the alley leading to the

Regional Museum of

Rokiškis. On the way to the

museum the participants

visited the Center of Old

Crafts. The Lithuanian

students prepared the

information about the

visited places and were

guiding the partners during

the trip. In the museum

there a lso was the

educational programme

about making cheese with

tasting the different types of

cheese produced in Rokiškis

and other traditional

specialities.

OPENING OF THE PROJECT WEEK AND SIGHTSEEING OF ROKIŠKIS

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On the second day of the

student and teacher mobility

in the Lithuania, a group of

students participating in a

project “DIY” with their

teachers went to Leliūnai

village (Utena region) and

Anykščiai town.

First of all, the students and

teachers visited Vytautas

Valiušis pottery museum in

Leliūnai. In the museum,

they had a short excursion

round the museum and the

pottery workshop. The

gues t s adm ired the

Lithuanian culture and

listened to craftsman‘s

stories, which were really

interesting and funny. They

were impressed by the

abundance of the exhibits of

different pottery items in

the museum and the

originality and beauty of

Craftsman Valiušis works.

There are paintings and

sculptures depicting the

potter's work.

After the workshop, they

went to the shop of the

museum where they bought

traditional ceramic dishes,

whistles or other souvenirs.

After that, we left for

Anykščiai. There we visited

the Museum of Angels

where everyone had a

chance to write his/her

letter to his angel, and

climbed up the tower of

Anykščiai church to the

observation site. Later on,

we visited the Canopy

W a l k w a y w i t h i t s

magn i f i cent v iew o f

Lithuanian nature in autumn

colours.

TRIP TO LELIŪNAI AND ANYKŠČIAI

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However, the most

enjoyable part of the visit

in Anykščiai was the visit

of the Horse Museum.

There the project

participants had a guided

tour, which included

seeing some old crafts

such as weaving and

smithery. The tour ended

in the ethnographic

farmhouse where all

participants had a chance

to not only see how

Lithuanian bread is made

but also make their own

loaf of bread to take

home. While the bread

loaves were in the oven,

the hostess of the

f a r ms t e a d t r e a t ed

everyone with Lithuanian

national dishes.

The day was long but full

of impressions and

pos i t i ve emot ions ,

everyone was in a good

mood, because they had

the opportunity to learn

more about Lithuanian

traditions and customs.

Agnė Danytė , Lithuanian

student

The third working day of

the mobility started with the

warming-up activities for

students which let them get

to know each others better.

Then the lesson about

family business was given by

Croatian teacher Igor

Čizmadija.

It was decided to divide

participants into three

g r o u p s f o r t h e

workshops .The workshops

were organized in three

different classrooms so that

all participants could try

them and create their own

product. There were

enough materials for every

participant which were

prepared in advance by

Lithuanian Project team.

The Craftswomen Gita

Kolosovienė(paper cutting),

Regina Raišienė(weaving

from paper wickers)and

Laima Klasinskienė(straw

plainting)introduced the old

crafts and explained the

main techniques of the

crafts. They also helped the

teachers and students when

they needed some help. The

workshops were very

enjoyable especially when

the participants managed to

complete their work and

see a product. After lunch at

school we headed for

Rokiškis cheese factory

where we had a lecture

about the key factors of

successful business given by

Aušra Zibolienė, the PA of

the director. After the

presentation we had an

excursion round the cheese

factory and were invited to

taste different types of

cheese and curd bars

produced there.

THE WORKSHOPS OF THE LITHUANIAN OLD CRAFTS AND

VISIT TO THE CHEESE FACTORY “ROKIŠKIO SÜRIS”

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On the fourth day of the

project meeting students

and teachers went to Vilni-

us, the capital city of Lithua-

nia. Before that they visited

the historic capital of Lithua-

nia-Trakai. The partners had

a chance to see a magnifi-

cent Trakai castle and they

spent some time walking

along the ethnographic

streets of the historical cen-

ter of Trakai and shopping

for handicrafts and other

Lithuanian souvenirs.

The first stop in Vilnius was

at the Hill of Three Crosses,

which is famous for a pano-

ramic view of Vilnius. Three

Crosses is a monument for

the national identity and

resistance to the occupa-

tion. After having a view of

Vilnius old town from above

we went down to explore it

better. The students and

teachers visited the heart of

Vilnius old town- Cathedral

Basilica. It is situated in the

center of the Cathedral

Square. The Cathedral is the

heart of Catholics’ spiritual

life in Lithuania. Lithuanian

students prepared some

important information about

the most beautiful buildings

in the old town- Gediminas

castle, The Palace of the

Grand Dukes of Lithuania,

teh Cathedral square and

Clock Tower and etc.). The

most interesting part of the

sightseeing around Vilnius

old town was an orientation

task for students. The stu-

dents were divided into five

groups with the group lead-

ers who were leading the

group around the old town.

All teams got the same tasks

which included finding fa-

mous objects of the Vilnius

Old Town. All teams had to

find these objects, answer

the questions about them

and take a group photo in

front of each object.

At the farewell party the

groups that got the most

correct answers were

awarded.

Milda Milaknytė

Lithuanian student

DAY TRIP TO TRAKAI AND VILNIUS

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On the last day of the

mobility the students had a

free morning while the

teachers discussed the

project activities and

products. The Italian

teachers brought and

introduced the dress of a

mo dern i s ed na t i o n a l

costume. Each partner

country got one set of that

costume which has to be

decorated using national

patterns and materials untill

the meeting in Viterbo in

March of 2017.

After lunch a l l the

participants gathered in the

DIY room for the evaluation

of the 3rd project meeting

in Rokiškis. Soon afterwards

the closing of the mobility

w e e k s t a r t e d . T h e

head teacher o f the

gymnasium handed in the

certificates of participation.

The represantatives of each

partner country were asked

to say a few sentences

about their experiences and

impressions about the

project week in Lithuania.

The teachers of the

Lithuanian project group

and Lithuanian students‘

parents invited all the

partic ipants to taste

Lithuanian dishes most of

which were sweet . The

most enjoyable part of the

dinner was Lithuanian

dances and circles. It was

very sad to say `good bye`

to the

par tner s

as during

the week

friendships got closer and

emotions were the best

ones. We do not say „good

bye“, we say „we see you

soon“.

Irena Laužadienė, the coordinator

of the project

DISCUSSIONS, EVALUATIONS AND FAREWELL PARTY

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The 3rd project meeting

was held in Rokiškis,

Lithuania. Since the weather

in Lithuania during the

project week was unusaully

cold for this period of the

year, the warmth and

hospitality of the hosts kept

everyone warm and happy.

As in the previous meetings,

on the last day of the

meeting the participants had

to evaluate and comment

the main aspects of the 3rd

project meeting: the

presentations about schools,

cities and old crafts, the

workshops and the

sightseeing trips.

The project week in general

was evaluated as well

planned and organized as

everyone knew when,

where and what to do.

Keeping in mind that it was

a learning/teaching meeting,

the programme was very

intense with a lot of

interesting activities. Even

though some activities were

not closely related to the

project topic, they served

for communicational and

educational purposes. The

students stressed the

usefulness of communication

in English and getting to

know the culture, history

and lifestyle of Lithuanian

people while taking part in

planned activities and staying

in families. The hosting

families and students did

their best to make the

foreign students feel

comfortable and welcome.

The participants of the

project meeting also pointed

out that partner schools are

very different and unique in

their own way. Despite

differences in educational

structure and system, the

partner schools have

different school subjects,

spaces and other physical

conditions. The hosting

school was recognized as

being clean and cosy.

The presentations about

schools and partner cities

which included the videos

made by students were

evaluated as more vivid and

i n t e r e s t i n g . T h e

p r e s e n t a t i o n s a bo u t

distinctive old crafts were

very informative and led to

better understanding of the

customs and history of the

partner countries.

Despite some comments

that there were too many

workshops in one morning ,

the workshops of Lithuanian

old crafts were greatly

successful as all the

participants had a chance to

t r y e a c h c r a f t

t h e m s e l v e s w i t h t h e

assistance of very helpful

local craftswomen and

Lithuanian students. The

most enjoyable workshops

were paper cutting, straw

plaiting and making bread as

they were creative and easy

and almost every participant

managed to finish his/her

own work and take the

produced product home.

It was a wonderful week

wh ich enr iched the

participants culturally and

emotionally. Most of the

participants claimed to

hav ing amaz ing and

unforgetable experience of

their lives. The teachers and

students of Lithuanian

project group can be proud

of themselves for organizing

and holding the effective and

enjoyable learning /teaching

mobility.

Irena Laužadienė, the coordinator

of the project

EVALUATION OF THE 3RD LEARNING/TEACHING MEETING

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(cont. from page 1)

w i c k e r s . I n t h e

a f t e r n o o n t h e

participants of the

project meeting visited

the Rokiškis cheese

factory where they had a

lecture about the factors

of succesful business and

a tour round the factory.

The students spent the

evening playing board

games in the club .

On the fourth day , the

trip to Trakai, the old

capital of Lithuania, and

Vilnius, the present day

capital, was organized.

The orientational game

for s tudents was

organized in Vilnius old

town.

On the last day of the

mobility the teachers had

a discussion about

project activities and

real isation of the

produc t s . I n the

afternoon the evaluation

of the meeting week was

carried out. Then the

farewell party with

Lithuanian folk dances

and delicacies was held in

the gymnasium. The

certificates of the

par t ic ipa t ion were

h a n d e d t o t h e

participants from partner

schools.

I r ena Laužad i enė , t he

coordinator of the project

This newsletter has been funded with the support of the European Comission. This

information reflects only the views of the author and the Commission cannot be held

responsible for any use that can be made of the information contained therein.

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Rokiškio Juozo Tumo-

Vaižganto gimnazija

Taikos Street 17, LT-42141,

Rokiškis,

Tel: +370 458 31165

E-mail:

romuva@post.rokiskis.lt

Web: www.romuva.rokiskyje.lt

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Medulićeva ul. 33,

HR - 10000, Zagreb

Tel: +385 1 48 28 096

E-mail: prvaeksk@gmail.com

Web: www.ss-prva-ekonomska

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Damásio

Av. Dr. Francisco Luís Gomes,

1800-178 LISBOA, PORTUGAL

Tel. +351 218514837

E-mail: direcao@aeolivais.pt

Web: www.esad.edu.pt

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Via Villanova snc

01100 — VITERBO, ITALY

Tel: +39 0761 251194

E-mail:

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