4. Comenius multilateral
Slovenian
students
in France
T welve students from Kmetijska sola Grm in
biotehniska gimnazija educated in florists, gar-
visited the horticulture schools in Ste. Livrade and
Tonneins. With French student they exchanged
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dener and horticulture technican programs and 2 their practical expiriences, played sports and had
teachers visited the partner school EPLEFPA Ar- a lot of fun. During the weekend they visited their
mand Fallieres in France. The visit took place bet- new friendsāfamilies and stayed with them.
ween 1st and 10th March 2011. Slovenian students
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he exchange was a great expirience for our stu-
discovered the school, another education system
dents. They got a lot of new friendships and im-
and a different culture.
proved themselves in English.
hey visited the museum of cork, the museum
tudents returned home full of knowledge and
of plums, the castle of Henrik IV and the exhi-
with the wishes that they will visit their French
bition of cattle. The students from Slovenia also
friends again.
Foto J.Obweger
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Slovenians visit to Czech Republic
nder the Comenius multilateral partnership ogether they discovered the hosting school, the
project the group of 12 students and two towns of Kromeriž and Olomouc. They visited
teachers from Kmetijska Å”ola Grm in biotehniÅ”ka a family farm VyjidaÄek, an agricultural company
gimnazija in May 2012 visited the partner school AgrojeÄminek, an ecological farm Greicarova and
Tauferova stredna odborna Ŕkola veterinarni ranch Kvasice. Students visited a lot of cultural at-
Kromeriž in the Czech Republic. At the same time tractions like castles, museums and churches. All
there was also another partner school: Landwirt- together Slovenian, Austrian and Czech students
schaftliche Fachschule Litzlhof from Austria. cooperated in practical works. They had practical
works in the fields of veterinary, biology, anatomy
and animal health care. They also exchanged their
experience of their practical training, their career
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and the differences between their countries.
he visit was a great opportunity to improve
themselves in English, to meet students from
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other countries and to get new friendships.
tudents spent a great time in Kromeriž and they
returned home with the wish that they will go
there again.
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5. Comenius multilateral
French students in Austria
T he first thing that surprised
us when we arrived in Litzl-
hof, the agricultural school with
we met the farmer who explai-
ned his production and it was
really interesting.
which we have a Comenius pro-
gram, was the space around the
school. This school is effectively
W e also visited towns not
far from the school like
Spittal, Salzburg, played sports
surrounded by woods, mountains
with the Austrian students
and it seems so opened to nature!
(football) or by ourselves (clim-
S econdly the way students are
led at the school: they are li-
ving with more autonomy than
bing). We also walk many times
in the Alps, on the glaciers and
it was impressive.
in France, free to go in or out of
the school, to take care about their
machinesā¦.Effectively there are
A t school we also practiced
with other students by
helping identifying herbs from
3 sectors of activity in the school
the mountains, taking care of
(animal production, vegetal pro-
the veals, preparing the ropes
duction and forestry)and each of
and catching the animalsā¦.
them is led by teachers helped by
and we also communicate on a
students.
presentation of our school in
A fter having visiting the
school and its sectors of ac-
tivities (apple juice processing,
France, what do we do, how do
we live in our school,what kind
of job we want to do,the way to
bees, farm) we discovered many find one at the end of our stu-
farms with different productions: diesā¦..
horticulture, yoghurt and milk,
herbs,ranch,woodā¦) Each time
W hat an interesting expe-
rience we had!
French students in Slovakia
W e left from Toulouse via Vi-
enna to āBanska Bystricaā, the
town where we have been staying for
W e ate in a traditional Slovaki-
an restaurant : the clothes of
the waitress, the tables, benches, the
ten days. architecture of the restaurant, the
food....were typically Slovakian.
A ctivities were numerous: we visi-
ted the school guided by Lukas,
the history and german teacher, who W e visited a castle which was
bought by the iron factory re-
supervises us during our whole stay. putated for it,a museum of resistance,a
kind of hotel/bergerie/restaurant,
W e went to visit the town, a cer-
tain circuit named <the cir-
cuit of the clock> which ended by
where there were animals (horses,
goats, pigs, chickens, sheep, rabbits..)
and we helped the care-takers to clean
climbing on the top of the clock: the-
the boxes and to sweep the floor .
re, we had a magnificent view on the
mountains and the forests.
T hen we were led behind the
school where tables and other ki-
W e also visited an original vil-
lage which represents, thanks
to its architecture, the slovakian fairy-
chenwares were settled to cook. The
programme was: preparing a Slovaki-
an recipe and the Slovaks had to pre-
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tales for kids ! And we did activities
pare a French recipe at the same time.
: planting water-trees at the front of
So our mission was to make Halushkis
the pond, arrangement of deck chairs
and they cooked Spaghetti carbonara.
on the site, spectacles etcā¦
W e also went into a museum,
connected with a passage of
I t was a nice trip full of discoveries
and surprises and we really enjoyed
meeting people from another country
the countryās iron factory ,visiting in-
and communicate and discover their
side where the conditions of life are
country with them.
difficult : heat, noise, dustā¦
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6. Comenius multilateral
Austrians in ...
... Slovak Republic
Erfahrungs-
austausch in
Omer Tchechoslovakia.
der Slowakei toFirst,
ur two visits lead us for-
in November 2011 we traveled to
S tudents spent the weekend at
the parentsā house of the Slo-
wakien students. It was a great
O ne day in the capital Prag
opened the horizon on cul-
ture and society. To walk through
Banska Bystrica, in the heart of experience to discover an every the historical part of the city was
Slowakia. With its 80 000 inhabi- day life in Slovakia. a little timetravel back into the
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tants itās the geographical center Habsburg Monarchy.
he second visit was to Kro-
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of the EU.
meriz in Moravia. in May he focus for both visits was
W e knew teachers and stu-
dents from their visit in
Litzlhof so it was a meating with
2012. We were perfectly introdu-
ced to the country, to its culture,
people and economy, especially ag-
not only our main subject:
farming but also culture and live-
style. The students were very ent-
friends. Different from the capital riculture. housiastic in museums and chur-
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Bratislava we noticed that this re- ches and not only in tractors and
he difference of family farms
gion is less rich and the prosperty agricultural machineries.
with a few cows and big far-
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is lower.
ming companies with more than nglish was the key for com-
W e visited some companies
which are connected with
farming. The students were int-
thousand cows was very interes-
ting. The excursion to the Thonet
company was also a highlight of
munication. Everybody was
very proud to be able to talk this
language and to understand each
roduced into the economy of this our trip. The manager told us that other. Students saw the impor-
area and they saw the necessity of he was inspired by a visit he made tance of English and were very
education to get a job. The owner into a chair factory when he was happy to use it.
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of Agrotourism accented the im- a boy. To see as much as possible
e will allways remem-
portance of learning during the is a big motivation to increase the
ber this two progressive,
whole life. chances on the labour marcet.
friendly and keen countries and
their importance in Europe.
... Czech Republic
Foto A.Lackner
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O A
Czech students in France
ne day during our stay in France s we were carefully listening to
in March 2012, we visited a wi- our guide talking about other
nery in the beautiful small town of production processes such as clari-
Condom. Immediately after our arri- fication, filtration, sulphuration or
val, we were attended by the friend- aging of wine, we could admire the
ly owner who guided āā through the
us huge stainless steel tanks where the
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whole process of wine production wine was stored during the process
from the very beginning to the wine of maturation. We were also shown
tasting at the end. bottling and expedition.
e started the excursion at asting wines belonged to the
the sieve where grapes were highlight of the excursion. We
separated from twigs, leaves and were offered red and white wine
other impurities. In the next step, sorts (both of them of excellent tas-
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the white berries are pressed into te) and Mr.Fingier, the director of
grape juice that undergoes the pro- the partner school showed us how
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cess of fermentation. The entire wi- wine should be tasted.
nery was full of the smell of fermen-
f course, we did not hide our
ted grapes.
excitement over both the aro-
nlike white wines, in the red ma and the taste and as a result
ones the skin is not separated we bought a few bottles for our pa-
from the juice. It gives the wine not rents so they could feel the touch of
only its typical colour but also the France in the pleasing atmosphere
vitamins and antioxidants are pre- of their homes.
served this way.
Czech students in Slovenia
W e enjoyed a busy but wonder-
ful day on 13th April in Grm-
novo mesto, Slovenia, where we visi-
the bus and went to a ex-student of
the Slovene school pig farm. He tried
to breed the female pigs (sows) and
ted Centre biotehnike in turizma. their young ones (piglets) as much
naturally as it its possible. Saws were
W e started our day early in the
morning milking the cows.
You can imagine how we were sur-
even allowed to move freely, graze
themselves on the outside meadows,
play in the muddy pond or just relax
prised seeing self milking machine
under the trees. The piglets are even
which operates itself, without human
given toys they can play with! That
intervention and the cows were calm,
this approach has its impact on only
quickly milked and even satisfied.
for the animalĀ“s quality of life but
A fter the shower and comforting
breakfast we headed for other
practical experience to the horse
also as we realized during the degus-
tation of the homemade products on
the quality of meat as well.
stables. There the work began. We
cleaned the boxes, carried in the feed,
and swept the floorsā¦ After we tided
T hen we continued our journey to
the turkey farm. That farm, large
in its grounds, consisted of two halls,
away all the tools we used we could
one for young ones hiding themselves
not wait for our rewards, out riding
under the heaters, artificial hens, se-
lesson. We were divided into two
cond for adult animals. All the floors
groups according our riding abilities
were padded with sawdust, always
and hurrah for outside riding hall.
fresh water and plenitude of feed was
That was an excellent experience for
a must and clearly natural thing.
all of us, nobody fell down and we
could all feel that we had good fun af-
ter a good work was done. T hanks luck and marvelous cooks
we even managed delicious diner
in the boarding house! That was one
T hen it was just a time for a lunch.
And after that, we jumped onto
of ours superb day in Slovenia.
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8. Comenius multilateral
Slovaks in ...
... Austria
Erfahrungs-
Slovak Students on their visit in Austria
austausch in
(Litzlhof) and Slovenia (Novo Mesto)
I Slowakei
der
n the autumn of the year 2010
twelve Slovak students (6 boys
and 6 girls) and two teachers, on
Villach or Klagenfurt and the
highlight - rainy - Venezia in Italy
were on our programme too.The
ed us the school and all the area
around it with cows, horses and
many various kinds of plants. Our
Thuesday got on the the bus early students spent their weekend with work started, we tried to take
in the morning and travelled for the new Austrian friends and their care about the horses in the com-
10 hours to Litzlhof, Lendorf in families. pany with Slovenian students and
Austria. other manual works. For the boys
I n the afternoon we arrived at
school and we were pleased and
T he last night there was a very
nice programme full of folk
music - thanks GĆ¼nter and Aust-
the tractor driving was absolutel-
ly fascinating and the girls enjo-
yed their work on the traditional
suprised about the school and the rian boys - and finally the giving
chaplets.
whole area around it. A very nice of our certificates. In the end, the-
stay and friendship started for us
and our schools. Our programme
was full of interesting activities,
re are very nice memories, new
friends and great partnership. Our
thank goes especially to Alois and
D uring the week we saw the
city Novo Mesto, we visited
Ljublana, the capitol of Slovenia
we visited some agriculture sheep Josef. and the highlight of the week, our
and cow farms. The students gai- weekend in Spa in Postojna Cave.
ned a lot of information, lots of
practise shows and new experi-
E xactelly one year later, in
the autumn 2011 seven boys
and five girls were on the visit at E xcept of the fog whole week
we enjoyed our stay in Novo
ence there.
school GRN in Novo Mesto. After Mesto and we would like to ex-
N ot only work, school and
education was on the pro-
gramme. Nice places, like Ossiach,
arriving we were acommodated in
the dormitory house and a beau-
tiful week started. They show-
press our thank to Mateja and her
students from Slovenia.
... Slovenia
Foto A.Lackner
