March 2015 ::

Regional round of competition AMAVET and national final of ROBO RAVE (GVM, Czech Rep.)

21/03/2015 20:30

There was regional a round of the AMAVET competition on 19 - 20 March in Pardubice, which is the capital city of our region. Our grammar school was represented by 9 projects (7 of them in the age category „junior“ and 2 in the age category „secondary school student“). 86 teams competed in the category “Junior” and in the category“...

Solar eclipse on March 20th, 2015 (GVM, Czech Rep.)

20/03/2015 19:15

On Friday 20th March there was a partial eclipse in the Czech Republic. We were lucky because it was sunny and the eclipse was at its maximum at 10:45, exactly at the time when the students (and teachers) have a 10-minute break. No wonder that some of them ( = both the students and teachers) didn´t hesitate a minute and when the bell rang to end the third lesson of the day,...

Health week (Portugal)

15/03/2015 10:58

The Health Education Project of the Schools Grouping Pinheiro e Rosa communicates to all schools community that next week the First Health Week will take place in some of our schools (16-20 March). During this week will be held several activities that aim to promote health and healthy lifestyles. They cover several priority areas of Education for Health, such as Food, Physical...

Film Nicky´s Family (GVM, Czech Rep.)

12/03/2015 06:57

On Wednesday 11th March, the students of our school went to the local Šembera´ s Theatre to watch the film Nicky´s Family (www.nickysfamily.com) about Sir Nicholas Winton who saved 669 Jewish children from post-Munich Czechoslovakia in 1939. The film tells a strong story about "Winton´s trains" and "Winton´s children". Before the showing there was...

Traditional skiing course (GVM, Czech Rep.)

09/03/2015 12:17

Traditionally the 2nd year students take part in the school skiing course and this year it was not different. On Sunday 1st March, early in the morning, we gathered on the bus station in Vysoké Mýto, put our luggage into the bus, said good-bye to our parents and set off to spend a wonderful week not caring for school. The journey was long but it was worth - the Austrian ski...

"We are playing with eTwinning" (GVM, Czech Rep.)

06/03/2015 23:31

In 2015 eTwinning (launched in 2005 as the main action of the European Commission’s eLearning Programme ) is celebrating the wonderful 10th anniversary. In the Czech Republic, a game “We are playing with eTwinning” started on 10th February and it will last till 10th October ( = 10/10) and it will culminate at the National eTwinning Conference held in Prague. All Czech schools...

How the Romanians celebrate the 1st and 8th of March (Romania)

04/03/2015 18:49

The first eight days of March have already become a big trend in Romania. Since the middle of February appear throughout stalls with all kinds of small gift waiting to be given to women. March was considered in the past, first day of spring and the traditions of this month take their origin in agrarian beliefs and...

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