A World of Differences Comenius Multilateral Project 2008-10

Poems

Poems written at IES Blas Infante as we agreed on our Hungarian meeting in November. These poems deal with interculturality and immigration. Here follow the presentations of the poems and bilingual versions in the case of poems made in Spanish. Students from the five countries in the project will hold poetry workshops in our Uffenheim meeting from the 22nd to the 25th of April 09. We hope you like them.

 

4º F  

 

Llantos de miseria,
voces de dolor,
gritos de amargura,
sueños que comienzan y terminan
en un viaje sin salida.
 
El viento aullaba,
lágrimas sobre la arena.
Ella yacía tumbada
soñando con tierras que anhela.
El sol despertaba
a la crueldad del día.
Sus sueños son fantasías,
está muerta en vida.
Sueños que comienzan y terminan
en un viaje sin salida.
 
ALUMNADO DE 4º ESO F
Cries of misery,
Voices of pain,
Shouts of bitterness,
Dreams that begin and end
In a trip with no destination.
The wind howled,
Tears upon the sand.
She was lying
Dreaming of lands she longs for.
The sun woke
To the cruelty of the day.
Her dreams are fantasies,
She is dead alive.
Dreams that begin and end
In a trip with no destination.
 
STUDENTS FROM 4º ESO F
15-16 YEARS OLD

 

   4º C

 

 

En los colores de las razas,

en los rincones del alma,

en culturas variadas

pensaba un día en calma.

 

Como por arte de magia,

vi ciudades lejanas,

personas que viven esclavas

siendo víctimas de su rabia.

 

Veía niños y guerras,

enfermedades, pobreza,

egoísmo de los militares,

mientras en nuestras ciudades

no existía la tristeza.

 

¿Cambiará esto algún día

o permanecerá la noche sombría?

Nosotros lo decidiremos,

nosotros lo cambiaremos.

 

              ALUMNADO DE 4º ESO C

 

In the colours of the races,

In the corners of the soul,

In different cultures

I was thinking calmly.

 

As if by magic,

I saw faraway cities,

People who live like slaves

Victims of their fury.

 

I saw children and wars.

Illnesses, poverty,

Selfishness in soldiers,

Meanwhile in our cities

There was no sadness.

 

Will this change one day

Or will the gloomy night remain?

We will decide,

We will change it.

 

STUDENTS FROM 4º ESO C

15-16 YEARS OLD

 2º D

 

Tengo poca imaginación

pero es suficiente

para conocer a mucha gente.

No tengo dinero,

pero sí lo bastante

para comprar ilusión.

 

En mi mundo habito yo,

pero me doy cuenta

De que solo no estoy;

Siento que hay alguien más,

gente a mi alrededor,

que comparte mi dolor,

que me comprende,

que me quiere

y me ayuda

sin pedir nada a cambio.

 

Porque hay personas que,

estés como estés

a tu lado caminan

día a día.

 

ALUMNADO DE 2º ESO D

 

I have little imagination

To know a lot of people.

But it is enough

I don’t have money,

But it is enough

To buy illusion.

 

In my world I live

But I am aware

I am not alone.

I feel there is somebody else.

People around me

That share my pain

That understand me

That love me

And help me

Without asking anything in exchange.

 

As there are people that

However you may be

Walk next to you

Day after day.

 

STUDENTS FROM 2º ESO D

13-14 YEARS OLD

 

 

 

 

 

IES BLAS INFANTE HOSTS A SOLIDARITY COMENIUS PROJECT

 

IES Blas Infante in Córdoba, Spain had the honour of hosting the participants in the last Project meeting of our Multilateral Comenius “A World of Differences”, which took place from the 30th of April to the 6th of May 2010.

A total of 12 members of staff and 41 students from the partner schools attended the meeting. Students were hosted by Spanish families.

 Among other activities carried out along these days we stand out the Intercultural Exhibition opened by our former inspector Mr. Juan Rubio and the visits to Granada and the city of Córdoba, these ones guided by our tourism students. Our European partners attended some of our classes, especially the ones in our plurilingual section, taught in English. They could also enjoy a workshop of Dances of the World.  

But the main Project activities were related to Helping Ryan’s Well Foundation.  We liked the example of Canadian boy Ryan Hreljiac, who when he was only 6 years old, decided to fund a well in Africa and, when he was only 10, he founded his own NGO with the objective of getting safe water to all the children in the world. Along all this school year Blas Infante has been working raising of awareness and helping in the building of a well, water canalization, latrines and a training programme for teachers in a school in Togo. We have written a theatre play in five scenes which tells Ryan’s story. Each partner school had prepared several scenes and the 4th of May we performed the common play. All a success of a very ambitious Project. We were deeply moved by the performance of the play with five different accents where more than 70 students took part.

We also made a recipe book to help the NGO, which we called A World of Recipes. The book has more than 100 recipes from families and staff of the five partner schools, 82 of which were cooked in Córdoba Project meeting on the 4th of May, after the theatre play. Each European student and his or her Spanish partner cooked a dish from his or her home country and another from Spain. The book is still on sale to contribute with Ryan’s Well. We have edited it three times. Our school has already raised 2380€ and our European partners more than 1000€.

We conclude this European School Partnership with the satisfaction of having established multiple cooperation and friendship links among the participating schools at the same time as having contributed to such an exemplary solidarity Project.

There was the third project meeting of our Comenius School project "A World of Differences" in Sanliurfa, Turkey between 19th - 23 rd October 2009. The participating schools were from Spain, Germany and Hungary. There were 29 teachers and students from the visitor schools. The teachers stayed in "El-Ruha" hotel ; which is five starred and locaded  nearby "Fish Lake" (Balıklıgöl) and the students were hosted by the Turkish families. On the first day at our school "GAP Anadolu Lİsesi" we had an opening ceremony. The mayor of Sanliurfa and the headteacher had opening speeches. Then all the students at our school enjoyed the international fair. They got informed about their schools, countries and culture. Then, on the second day, the Spanish and German students had a theatre performance at "Vali Kemal Gazezoğlu Kültür Merkezi". All students of our school enjoyed it as well. After the play, our guests visited the old city "Harran" in the afternoon. On the third and the last day, we all enjoyed the boat tour in the town of "Halfeti" and rare birds called "Ibis" in Birecik. Finally, we said "good bye" to all our guests at Sanliurfa GAP Airport as we said "wellcome" when they had arrived. 

 

Meeting in Uffenheim, Bavaria, Germany.The meeting took place from the 22nd to the 24th of April 2009. More than 120 students from the five schools have met. We have hold poetry workshops about interculturality where students from the five countries have worked together. The Turkish school presented us the traditional Turkish wedding ceremony, the Spanish school performed a theatre play about the Córdoba of the Three Cultures, the Hungarian school danced a song about "differences" and performed folk dances. All the schools presented their schools to the gym. All the visiting students enjoyed the German hospitality in homestays. Thank you very much, Uffenheim.