Scoala Gimnaziala Sfintii Constantin si Elena

Educational system in Romania

MAY 22nd  UNTIL 26TH 2023.

TOPIC : SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT

The last mobility of the project Ecological literacy for a sustainable future was held in Scoala Gimnaziala Sfintii Constantin si Elena in Buchurest, Romania.

Topic of forth mobility was sustainable environment. Partners from Turkiye,Ireland and Croatia visited  Scoala Gimnaziala Sfintii Constantin si Elena in Buchurest, Romania

We spend 5 days teaching and training mobility.

We visited Scoala Gimnaziala Sfintii Constantin si Elena  where the hosts welcomed us with an appropriate program prepared by the students of the school.The host welcomed us with traditional Romanian music. All school students participated in the school concert. That day was also marked as a school day.

 The hosts took us through the school and showed us the school premises. We also met the school employees.

Students prepared for us a fashion show from recycled materials.They emphasized the importance of recycling.

Later we visited Local food market where we explored local foor and talked about climate changes that affect the cultivation of food in Romania.

We also visited the Drumul Taberei park where the hosts introduced us to the green spaces they have for the community.

We started the second day in the morning at school with a game where we developed cooperation, precision and patience.

Later, the 7th graders gave us a dramatization with the elements that cretae life on Earth: water, wind, air, soil, biodiversity...

The guests at the school were the teachers and students of the STEM field Sensor ON who presented to us what they do and how we can get electricity from the ground. The students really made an effort and explained everything to us in detail. They also showed us their robots that they made.

The 8th grade prepared a fair of recycled materials for us. Each student brought to school an object that they no longer use and they made a fair in the classroom. Everyone could take 1 subject of their choice. In this way, we can also recycle things that we don't use.

We ended the day with a visit to the Village Museum, where we saw how Romanians lived in the past, how they built houses, what they used to keep warm, what they grew from food.

On Wednesday, the hosts took us to the Carpathians. We visited the natural history museum in Posada and learned about Romania's biodiversity.

The oldest trophy in the museum is a Chamois shot by a Saxon hunter in the Fagaras Mountains in 1934. Another unique trophy is a stag shot in 2003. Plus the eight bear skins which belonged to Harghita bears shot in 1984. It is good to say a few words about some of the species that have disappeared from the Romanian fauna. First the bison, which used to roam freely in Moldavia, but which disappeared when its freedom of movement was curtailed. Lucky that in 1950 or so they brought a few bison from Poland and now they have 100 bison as proud possessions in wildlife reserves. The males weigh a ton and the females 600 kilos. Another animal that has disappeared from  natural landscape because of mechanized agriculture and poaching is the bustard, but it can still be seen at the Posada Museum. Also, there are 6,000 mouflons (wild rams) imported from Corsica in wildlife reserves, and, of course, in this museum.

 We also visited the beautiful Bran Castle and medieval city Brasov that is situated in central part of Romania.

We spent Thursday at school where together with the students we built hotels for insects in groups. The students of the 7th grade also prepared a lecture about insects.

The guest at the school was Mrs. Ana Maria Paladus, who heads the association Sustainable cities. She introduced us to the work of the association and showed us what they do

Mrs Ana Paladus is profesional with more than 16 years years of experience in sustainable development, including local development, and climate change, with a particular focus on education.

In the afternoon, we visited the Palace of Parliament and then went sightseeing in the city.

On Friday the host took us to a trip to Constanta.

Constanța is a city on the shores of the Black Sea, in southeastern Romania. Its long history, which goes back over 2,000 years, is documented at the National History and Archaeology Museum, near the port. The adjacent Roman Mosaics complex displays tiled floors dating back to the 4th century A.D. Nearby, the Great Mahmudiye Mosque is furnished with a vast Persian rug, while its towering minaret overlooks the city.

A beautiful city worth visiting.

CIRCULAR ECONOMY QUIZ FOR STUDENTS