Videoconferencia con la escuela Sp46 para dar la bienvenida a la primavera

El pasado martes 8 de abril nos volvimos a reunir con nuestros amigos polacos de la escuela Sp46 de Czestochowa a través de videoconferencia. En esta ocasión queríamos dar la bienvenida a la primavera, contando cómo estábamos trabajando este evento en ambos colegios.

Los alumnos de la escuela Sp46 cantaron y bailaron canciones que habían preparado para la ocasión, y también nos contaron sobre las celebraciones que habían realizado durante los primeros días de mayo como homenaje a su bandera y a su primera constitución, aprobada en 1791 y también considerada la primera en Europa.

Nuestros alumnos les mostraron los trabajos que habían realizado con lana con motivo de la llegada de la primavera, y también les explicaron la labor social llevada a cabo por la Asociación "La Iaia", con la que estamos colaborando mediante la donación de todos los ovillos no utilizados. Finalmente, también les hablamos de nuestra colaboración con "Save the Children" a través de la participación en una carrera solidaria para reunir fondos y ayudar a mitigar los efectos del hambre en Sudán del Sur.

Nos lo pasamos genial compartiendo este momento, ¡esperamos que podamos compartir muchos más en el futuro!


Last Tuesday we met again in a videoconference with our Polish friends from the Sp46 school in Czestochowa. On this occasion we wanted to welcome spring, telling how we were working this event in both schools.

The students of the Sp46 school sang and danced songs they had prepared for the occasion, and they also told us about the celebrations they had made during the first days of May as a tribute to their flag and its first constitution, approved in 1791 and also considered the first in Europe.

Our students showed them the work they had done with wool for the arrival of spring, and they also explained the social work carried out by the Association "Ia Iaia", with which we are collaborating by donating all the balls not used. Finally, we also told them about our collaboration with "Save the Children", participating in a charity race to raise funds and help mitigate the effects of hunger in South Sudan.

We had a great time, we hope we can share many more moments in the future!

Ultimo dia en "Scuola primaria Arcobaleno"

Ultimo día en "Scuola primaria Arcobaleno"

En nuestro ultimo día en Lodi volvemos a la Escuela Arcobaleno donde en compañía de Gianfranca visitamos varias aulas (de primero a quinto de primaria)

En las clases de quinto participamos en una de las sesiones donde los alumnos se animan a preguntarnos en ingles para conocernos un poco mejor. No se les da nada mal.

La coordinadora del proyecto "Potenciata" para alumnos con alto grado de discapacidad (Cristina Passerini) nos muestra sus zonas de trabajo, métodos de enseñanza y materiales que utilizan con estos alumnos.

Posteriormente nos invitan a participar en un taller de expresión corporal con estos alumnos y algunos compañeros de quinto. Es una experiencia realmente maravillosa donde a través de distintas músicas se genera un clima de expresión, participación e inclusión entre alumnos y profesores.

Nos ha gustado especialmente la decoración en las puertas de las distintas aulas y las pinturas preciosas que podemos encontrar por todos los rincones del colegio.

Queremos agradecer a todos los profesores que nos han acogido con tanta amablidad y con tantas sonrisas: Cristina, Gianfranca, Francesca, Ivano, Daniele, Linda, Carla. Gracias por vuestro acogimiento y vuestra sabiduría. Nos habéis ayudado a poner Lodi en el mapa.

Last day in the "Scuola primaria Arcobaleno"

In our last day in Lodi, we come to visit the Scuola Arcobaleno with our friend Gianfranca. She introduced us in some classrooms, where we talked to them in English and they did it very well. All the classrooms are always open and it is very common to go to the big corridors to to some classes too.

Cristina Passerini, the "Potenciata" project coordinator (special students with severe dissabilities) shows us their teaching methods, places and material specially designed for those students. Later on, we are invited to participate in a body expression workshops for these students and also for  a group of year 5 students (they take turns to do it). This is a really beautiful and impressive experience and through different music the teacher create a really special atmosphere of expression, participation and inclusion among everybody in the group.

What we liked the most is the real inclusion atmosphere, the door decoration and the beautiful painting all around the corridors in the school.

Finally we want to thank gratefully to Gianfranca, Francesca, Daniele, Carla Stefania, Cristina, Linda, Ivano and all other teachers in all the schools we have visited for their kindness and availability in giving us their best smiles and everything they had. Thanks a lot for your welcoming and for your wise. You have helped us to put Lodi in our map.

Cuarto día en Lodi

Lodi es un pueblo italiano de la región de la Lombardia central que tiene 43.000 habitantes a orillas del río Adda. La parte antigua muestra su origen medieval y ademàs muestra una gran influencia religiosa que se puede admirar en sus magnificas iglesias. 

Aquí os mostramos algunas imagenes de su arquitectura y de su belleza.  Gianfranca Santantonio (una de las maestras del proyecto Comenius) nos acompañó a recorrer la ciudad y nos mostró orgullosamente sus calles e iglesias.

Fourth day in Lodi

Lodi is a small city located at the central Lombardi region with 43,000 inhabitants in the banks of Adda river. The old city shows its medieval origins and also the great influence of the religion which can be admired in its magnificent and "bellisimi" churches. 

Here you can see son images of its beautiful and impressive buildings.

Gianfranca Santantonio (one of the Erasmus project teachers) came with us to show us so proudly her city, the buildings and the beautiful medieval streets.

Tercer dia en Lodi

Hoy hemos visitado la escuela primaria Pezzani formada por alumnos de primero a quinto curso. Hemos visitado las distintas aulas presentandonos al profesorado y los alumnos. Hemos podido visitar algunas aulas y ver los trabajos que alli realizan.

Nos han mostrado tambien la zona de trabajo con los alumnos de necesidades educativas especiales con discapacidades severas y nos han invitado a participar en uno de sus talleres sobre el universo donde de forma muy visual, manipulativa y sensorial acercan estos conceptos a esos alumnos.

Por la tarde hemos tenido un encuentro con algunos profesores de la escuela primaria y de la seccion de ampliacion didactica que se encargan de organizar talleres para fomentar la inclusion y el aprendizaje.

Third day in Lodi

Today we have been visiting Pezzani primary school. It is a school with children with different degrees of disabilities. It is formed by students form year one to year five, because year six attend the lower high school.

At the beginning we have been greeting the students with more severe disabilities and then we moved all around the school to visit the different classes (they were at the break time) and have greeted the children and their teachers, speaking to them in English and also a little bit of Spanish.

After the visit, we have moved to attend a workshop for special needs education about the universe, were they could experiment through a multisensorial approach all the concepts for this topic.

In the afternoon we have had a meeting with some teachers from the primary school and the section of Enhance didactic (workshop to promote inclusion an learning)

Lo Stato Sociale - Una Vita In Vacanza (Sanremo 2018)

Dia 2 en Lodi/ Second day in Lodi

Día 2 en Lodi

Hoy ha sido un día fantástico y muy intenso con un tiempo espectacular aquí en Lodi. 

A primera hora hemos vuelto al Instituto de secundaria Don Milani donde hemos podido participar en varios talleres muy interesantes con alumnos de distintos cursos. Primero hemos estado en uno de creación de cremas y perfumes con esencias naturales y nos han obsequiado con una crema exfoliante realizada por ellos mismos. Después hemos asistido a un taller de costura donde hemos podido hacernos nuestra propia funda para el móvil con ayuda de las alumnas que han estado encantadas de ensenarnos. Posteriormente hemos participado en un taller de circo donde los alumnos practican diversas actividades de malabares, desplazamiento con zancos, diabolo, etc. y nos hemos atrevido a probar no con mucho éxito. Por último, hemos asistido a un ensayo de música clásica donde nos han interpretado bellas melodías con diversidad de instrumentos (guitarra, piano, flauta...)

Después de esta mañana tan intensa hemos repuesto fuerzas con una pizza deliciosa y hemos visitado una escuela de educación infantil, la cual se encontraba en otro edificio cercano.

Allí hemos podido ver cómo son las instalaciones de la escuela, hemos saludado a los alumnos de 3, 4 y 5 años, que estaban encantados con nuestra visita, a sus profesoras y los asistentes de alumnos con necesidades educativas especiales;  además hemos asistido a un taller precioso de danza y movimiento para dar la bienvenida a la primavera pensado para alumnos del último curso. 

Day 2 in Lodi

Today it has been a very special and amazing day in Lodi. The weather was also beautiful and the sun was shinning for us here in the nort of Italy.

First time in the morning we came back to the lower high school, Don Milani were we have participated in several workshops created for students from different courses. The first one was about to make creams and perfumes, where the girls have made a special cream for us, using natural products. 

Then we attended the sewing workshop and we could make our own mobile case, sewing the cloth with the help of the students. They were delighted to teach us how to do it. Finally we attended the circus workshop, were the students again tought us how to use the diabolo, the small balls for juggling, etc.

In the end we have attended a concert rehersal for the music students, who are going to participate in a contest in Verona and they were playing beautifully different instruments: the guitar, the flute, the piano... they were really good at playing and their teachers were so proud of them.

After this tiring morning we went to have a really good pizza!!!! and then we moved to an Infant Education school, called "Kawka". We greeted the children, the teachers and the assistants who were really excited for our visit and then we could see a movement and body expression workshop. It was really amazing; they were wellcoming the Spring and the activity was fantastic!!!!!!!

Día 1 en LODI

Hoy ha sido nuestro primer día en la preciosa ciudad de Lodi. Nos han venido a recoger al hotel y llevado al Instituto Comprensivo Lodi Terzo donde nos ha recibido Stefania Menin, la Directora del centro, que amablemente nos ha explicado el funcionamiento del mismo y nos ha enseñado las zonas comunes, aulas, talleres y nos ha presentado a parte del profesorado.

Por nuestra parte hemos hecho entrega de unos obsequios traídos desde Leganés.

Posteriormente hemos estado con uno de los profesores de inglés del centro que nos ha llevado a algunas aulas y otras zonas del instituto presentándonos al resto del profesorado. Hemos aprovechado para hablar con los alumnos de su tutoría (primero secundaria) en castellano, italiano e inglés.

Hemos participado en una actividad realizada en el huerto del colegio con alumnos con distintos tipos de discapacidades y en el taller de reparación de bicicletas, que nos ha parecido muy interesante.

Por último, nos han hecho varias recomendaciones para nuestras visitas culturales a la ciudad y a Milán.

Day 1 in Lodi:

Today it was our first day at the beautiful city of Lodi. One of the teachers came to pick up us from the hotel and she drove us to the Instituto Comprensivo Lodi Terzo, where the headmaster, Mrs Stefania Menin received us and she kindly explained us how everything works in the school: the different projects, the workshops... and finally she showed us the rooms, the common areas, the classrooms, the gym... 

From our part, we gave them the presents brought from Leganes and they seemed to be very pleased.

Then, after the break, a teacher of English guided us to some other places and workshops in the High School and we had the opportunity to speak with his students in English, Spanish and Italian. They were very vivid and cheerful.

We have participated in the school orchard where the students with different types of disabilities were working and also in the bicycle repair workshop where we could speak with the teacher and also with one student who came from Perú.

Finally they gave us some advises to visit the city and also Milano.