COMENIUS
PROJECT
2012 - 2014
2012 - 2014
“Recycle today for a better tomorrow”
Our teachers gave
a presentation of our Comenius Project to the students during their English classes on
September 26th (European Day of Languages).
The work done was displayed on the Comenius notice boards around the school and
in the language lab.
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To celebrate the “World Animal Day” (October 4th)
we did different activities.
To celebrate the “World Animal Day” (October 4th)
we did different activities.
The kindergarten classes made pig and lion paper
plate masks.
The first grades made a sea animal mural
with
paper plates and newspapers.
The second graders made a shoe box toy that we
call “Bean bag toss”. It is a game in which players take turns throwing recycled
paper balls into the box.
The third and fourth graders made Tic-Tac-Toe board
games with plastic bottle caps. Each class has its own boards and chips to play
at break time on rainy days.
The fifth and sixth graders
made animal pencil holders with tetra bricks.
made animal pencil holders with tetra bricks.
All these crafts were made in the English and Art classes.
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It was decided that all classrooms have some
containers in order to gather recycling materials.
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The waste gathered to recycle is paper,
plastic
and batteries.
Some containers for plastic bottle caps were placed
in the lobby of the infant school building and underneath the stairwells of the primary school building for charity purposes.    The children from each class are responsible for recycling these materials weekly. They take turns to carry the recycled materials to the containers located outside the school. 
THE LOGO FOR OUR
COMENIUS PROJECT
An introductory session on how to design a logo
was presented to the students in their English classes. After that, they made a logo design to represent the Comenius school project in their Art classes. A contest was organized in which all Primary students participated. One finalist from each class was chosen to go into the final selection. 
The winner of the logo contest represented
our school at the international competition in the first Comenius meeting. 
Finally, from the logos representing
each partner country, the logo for our Comenius Project was chosen. 
ROMANIA
    
THIS IS THE LOGO FOR
OUR COMENIUS PROJECT
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P E N F R I E N D S
Fifth and sixth graders have penpals
with students from our Comenius partners in Turkey, Latvia, Poland and Greece. 
Q U E S T I O N N A I R E S
At the beginning of the project we gave questionnaires to our students and
their families about the application of the 3’Rs in this school, in their homes
and in our town. The goal is to evaluate the increase of the students and families understanding of the 3R’s (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) by the
end of the project. At the end of project, we have given them the same questionnaire
to measure the effectiveness of it by comparing the results between the two
questionnaires.
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RECYCLING DURING
CHRISTMAS
IN CONSUEGRA
As the New Year approaches, each
partner country chooses to represent one of their traditions with recycled
materials.
In Spain, we have chosen to decorate our school for Christmas with
recycled materials. We also enjoy preparing and sending Christmas cards to each
of our Comenius partners.
Our English teachers wrote an article explaining all of the recycling activities that
were performed in the school for Christmas and New Year’s.
This article appears in our digital newspaper for our Comenius Project.
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The fifth graders visited the Energy Room and the Wind Farm in Villacañas
with their teachers. The aims were to learn about different power plants and natural
resources used in the production of electricity, to know what
the different types of renewable energies are and
value the importance of saving energy. An engineer
showed us different renewable energy models in order to learn how each of them
work. We ended our visit at the wind farm, where we were able to see real wind
turbines. 
