Pupils travelled from Alicante to Amsterdam and took advantage of the travel day by walking around the capital of The Netherlands to soak up the atmosphere of this intercultural city.

On the first day of our project, we met our partners from RSG-Enkhuizen and a presentation of the school was given. 

Icebreakers

Before starting to work, pupils enjoyed some games to break the ice  and get to know each other.

Our main goal: a guidebook for teenagers

Students were given instructions about the completion of several tasks to collect information and elaborate our end product: to write a guidebook of Enkhuizen especially aimet at teenagers. First, they would do it in English which was the common language of the project. Then, they would translate it into Spanish and Dutch.

Students were given instructions about different places they had to visit to collect information and take their own photographs. They were allocated time to visit, consider the information needed and design questions to ask for their guidebook.

On return to school , students wrote up their pieces together in English and translated the information into Dutch and Spanish, including their own photographs and a QR code on the digital platform designed for this purpose.

As part of the cultural programme, Dutch students invited the Spanish ones to their homes for dinner and to show the guests Dutch hospitality.

Indirectly, all pupils realised upon completion of the tasks that they had been involved in sustainability throughout the week: 

They had been riding to school on bicycles or walking and had arrived in Enkhuizen by train (Sustainable cities and communities). 

They had been drinking fresh water from the lake from sustainably-produced bottles (Clean water and Sanitation). 

They avoided wasting food at breakfast buffet in the hotel by not filling their plate with food they couldn't eat (Zero Hunger) and they took some steps to help minimize their carbon footprint when travelling by not printing boarding cards. Instead, they had digital copies of their flight tickets on their mobile phones. 

Finally, they paid special attention in the hotel to avoiding wasting energy and water or keeping their towels instead of asking for new ones everyday when they were still clean (Climate Action). 

After some time to reflect on the activities carried out at the school and outside the school,  groups were offered a range of topics to discuss about the learning from the week and wrote their ideas on large A1 sheets of paper. 

At the end of the morning, pupils prepared one of the topics for the afternoon presentations. Then, they had some time to practice before giving the final presentation in front of the Mayor and the Headmaster.

Students were awarded a well-earned certificate for their participation in the Erasmus+project Responsible Travellers: Creating a path to Sustainability.