We are pleased to send 4 students to perform a LTM at Gymnázium Ľudovíta Štúra (Trenčín). From 18th October to 19th December 2023.
About this project
KA121-SCH project (accredited) between IES Angel de Saavedra, Córdoba (Spain) and Gymnazium Ludovita Stura (Slovakia). Our motto is: "Opening the School: more diverse, more sustainable".
Objectives
General:
European dimension teaching-learning (inclusion, diversity, tolerance and democratic participation).
Knowledge of European heritage.
Promotion of European networks.
Specific:
Multilingualism: to get the B2/C1 level in English at the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
Sports, healthy lifestyle and environment: to raise awareness of ecological issues and help the environment, in addition to promoting health and well–being.
Diversity and tolerance: to promote international and intercultural dialogue by bringing our students together the opportunity of sharing and living in an educational immersive experience.
Internationalisation: to develop a positive attitude towards different cultures and lifestyles in Europe.
Academic issues.
Slovakian host teachers
Katarina Griffin
Erasmus + Coordinator. Teacher
The students
We sent 4 students to perform a LTM in Trenčín. They attended the lessons according to their individual learning programs.
Meanwhile, they must be on the loop of their lessons in Spain, keeping in touch with their teachers through Meet and Classroom.
Apart from the daily lessons they had the chance to get involved in leisure activities and winter sports as well as travelling through the country with their host families and partners.
The school
We sent 4 students to perform a LTM in Trenčín. They attended the lessons according to their individual learning programs.
Meanwhile, they must be on the loop of their lessons in Spain, keeping in touch with their teachers through Meet and Classroom.
Apart from the daily lessons they had the chance to get involved in leisure activities and winter sports as well as travelling through the country with their host families and partners.
The city
Trenčín is a city in western Slovakia of the central Váh River valley near the Czech border, around 105 km (65 mi) from Bratislava.
It has a population of more than 55,000, which makes it the eighth largest municipality of the country and is the seat of the Trenčín Region and the Trenčín District.
It has a medieval castle, Trenčín Castle, on a rock above the city.
Trenčín is chosen as the European Capital of Culture in 2026.
Source: https://www.wikipedia.org
Expectations and final experience
The Spanish students were sent to Slovakia knowing not many things about the country and city they would stay in. They told that during the travel to get there, they were just imagine how the food would be, the people, the families, the language...
What we can make sure is that this experience was a full-filling one, from knowing nothing, to be experienced in the Slovak culture. Our long mobility students had learned and enjoyed a lot in these two months, and who wouldn't in such an amazing experience?
The exchange students want to encourage next generations to participate in projects like this one. There will be difficulties, hard moments... but they will make you grow as a person, and most of the experiences will be awesome in such a wonderful time.
Useful websites and documents
Documents generated during this mobility:
Planning of this activity (by IES Ángel de Saavedra)
Provisional program for Spanish students' mobility in Sweden
IES Angel de Saavedra Project Proposal for European Schools during 2022-23