Program of the Meeting in Athens

“Building Europe from Roots”

2^nd Comenius Project Meeting

27^th January – 2^nd February 2011, Athens

Thursday, Jan. 27^th               Arrivals of teachers and pupils.

(Italians at 10.35, Poles at 14.45, Romanians at 15.50, Spaniards at 17.25, Turks at     9.30)

Friday, Jan. 28^th                                           

Morning                                Welcome the guests, both pupils and teachers at the Marousi Town Hall.

9.30 – 14.00                           Presentations on the project “Building Europe from Roots” from all the participating schools. 

Evening                                  Dinner at a traditional Greek tavern. Teachers only.

Saturday, Jan 29^th

9.20                                        Meeting of teachers and pupils at the Akropolis metro station. We are going on a sightseeing tour with a guide to the historical center of Athens (New Akropolis Museum, Dionysus Theatre, Akropolis, Ancient Market,  Monastiraki).

Sunday, Jan. 30^th                  

7.30                                      Departure early in the morning (teachers & pupils) for a one day excursion to the ancient theatre of Epidauros and to the archaeological place of Mykines. Then we will visit Nafplio, the first capital city of modern Greece. Those places are in the east Peloponese, about 200 km away from Athens.

Monday, Jan. 31^st     

Morning                                

8.15 – 10.45                           Pupils: the participating pupils attend lessons in the classes of their host pupils.

11.00                                      Pupils visit the Olympic gallery in Marousi.

                                               Teachers: It is a nice opportunity to visit sites in the center of Athens related to the Olympic Games like the Panathenian Stadium, where the first modern Olympic Games of 1896 took place, and the Zapeion Megaron, the first athletes’ Olympic village.

                                                

Tuesday, Febr. 1^st                            

Morning                                

8.15 – 9.00                             Pupils: the participating pupils attend lessons in the classes of their host pupils.

8.30 – 9.00                   Teachers: the participating teachers visit the school and are introduced to the members of the teaching staff.

9.00 – 13.00                                       Pupils: they take part in sports activities (archery and tree climbing) in Sygrou park. (They should wear trainers and tracksuits.)

9.00 –11.00                            Teachers: they visit the Olympic picture-gallery in Marousi.

11:30 – 13.30                    Teachers go to the municipal library and discuss issues concerning the project  like: evaluation – report on the second project meeting and schedule of the forthcoming project activities.

Evening                                  Farewell dinner at a restaurant with Cretan cuisine. Teachers only.

Wednesday, Febr. 2^nd          Departure of guests.

            (Poles at … , Romanians at … , Spaniards  at 9.15, Turks at 19.30)

Thursday , Febr. 3^rd             Departure of the Italians at 11.10.