The document summarizes the first project meetings between schools participating in the "Seven Wonders of Our Region" Comenius project. It describes visits between partner schools in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Poland where students explored local wonders, exchanged cultural knowledge, and strengthened international partnerships. Activities included visiting landmarks, tasting traditional foods, and sharing school presentations. The initial project discoveries included the highest hills in each region. Students in all countries expressed enjoyment in learning about other cultures through the international collaboration.

1. forms, record them in various
forms and present their dis-
coveries to their classmates,
partner schools and the pub-
lic. Moreover, they will have
the chance to communicate
with the pupils of partner
schools by participating in e
conferences and in some
cases in the nobilities for the
project.
The teachers will acquire pro-
fessional and personal theory
through exploring other
school systems, traditions,
school habits, educational
programmes, improve their
knowledge about European
thinking and culture, acquire a
closer and informal relation-
ship to their pupils, be moti-
vated to improve their skills
on foreign languages and es-
pecially English and ICT.
Finally, the participating
schools will incorporate the
European dimension into the
school learning programmes
and will be the good examples
for other schools to show
them that they are able to
implement European projects
and have international part-
nerships.
“The Seven Wonders of our
Region” is a Comenius – eT-
winning project involving 7
schools from Slovakia, The
Czech Republic, Poland, Tur-
key, Greece, Scotland and Cy-
prus. The project will last two
school years, 2013 – 2015.
The project idea is to explore
the seven wonders of a region
20 km around the place where
our schools are situated. The
seven wonders are: the high-
est place, the oldest histori-
cal place, the most tasteful
traditional meal, the most im-
portant personality, the most
interesting traditional handi-
craft, the healthiest place
and the most attractive place.
The project will motivate our
pupils to explore and discover
the beauties and interests of
the closest surrounding where
they live, be interested in the
regions of the partner
schools, perceive Europe as
home without national borders
and as the living space of own
future for working and living
opportunities. Working for
the project the pupils will im-
prove the use of English and
ICT, develop the ability of
working in teams as well as
their ability to collect pieces
of information in different
THE SEVEN WONDERS
OF OUR REGION
DECEMBER 2013
YEAR 1, VOLUME 1
CONTENTS
Page 2: Meeting in Slova-
kia
Page 3: Meeting in the
Czech Republic
Page 4: The Slovakian
school
Page 5: the Czech school
Page 6: The Polish school
Page 8: The Turkish school
Page 10: The Scottish
school
Page 12: The Cypriot
school
Page 13: The Greek school
Page 14: Meeting in Poland

2. and short movies. The pupils asked
searching questions and tasted sweet
European candies. In remembrance of
their visit we have the work of our
guests at the presentation boards in
the entrance of our school. Always
when we enter the school we remem-
ber this great visit.
In the afternoon we went to ex-
plore some of the wonders together
and we found: the highest located
place at Trenčiansky hrad in a tall
tower, the attractive places near
Omar’s well of love and near a water
sprite at the square in Trenčín. In
the evening we tasted our traditional
meals. On the other day we discov-
ered fantastic, healthy place in
Turkish spa Sina and a traditional
craft in a pottery workshop.
by Denysa
1st Comenius visit in Slova-
kia,
3-6/11/2013
16 teachers and 15 Polish and
Turkish children came to visit to
Slovakia. We missed just teachers
from Scotland. Although the visit
at us was short, just three days,
we had not only the work and
studying, but mainly fun. Children
took a lot of experiences, because
they visited Slovak families and
they could best recognize how we
live in Slovakia. In the morning our
guests explored our school and pu-
pils and our pupils got to know
your schools through the photos
1ST & 2ND PROJECT MEETINGS

3. and traditions. We taste
traditional Czech food and
made and decorated tradi-
tional Czech cookies. Chil-
dren competed in the sport.
In Sivice we visited the
Mayor . After an afternoon
visit to Brno, we shared
dinner passed Comenius an-
them. Last day of our
meeting was our day trip to
the capital city of Prague.
Thank you all for your
warm friendship and look
forward to meeting you .
by Paul and Mila
We are very pleased that
we were able to show our
school and to host our
friends from Comenius It
was a friendly meeting that
brought Czech children and
teachers with much joy and
experience. We talked
about our country , schools
other day we discovered
fantastic, healthy place in
Turkish spa Sina and
a traditional craft in
a pottery workshop.
There are many things in
our area that we are proud
of. If you follow up our
wonders, we believe, you
will get to know our area at
least a little and you will
understand why we love
them. And hopefully you
will hear somewhere at us:
AHOJ (Hi) and DOVIDE-
NIA (Goodbye).
2nd Comenius visit in Sivice, Czech Republic,
6 –9/11/2013
THE SEVEN WONDERSPage 3
Be sure to watch this: http://www.ttzs.sk/comenius/
navsteva/priebeh.pdf

4. cide, which one is the best
for them.
The discovery of the
first wonder at Slo-
vak school
All the pupils of our school
have participated in the dis-
covery of the first wonder.
The task of the explorers
has been to search and visit
the highest located place,
which could become the first
wonder, then to bring photos
or a video and make a poster
with all the important infor-
mation about the first won-
der.
We have collected 32 post-
ers all together, which have
been presented around the
school. All the pupils could
see them and they could de-
2B.
by DenysaOur highest located place: INOVEC,
1042 m high, has been discovered by sib-
lings Sofia and Samuel R. from the class
The winner has been chosen
through a school vote – it is a
hill in the mountains Považský
Inovec, 1042 meters high,
with a beautiful view to its
surrounding. This place is of-
ten visited by tourists.
Základná škola Andreja Bagara,
Trenčianske Teplice, Slovakia
Page 4YEAR 1, VOLUME 1
The exposed posters
of our pupils – the
first wonder

5. Our project started in Octo-
ber this year. 1.wonder was
The highest point of our sur-
roundings . We took the bus
to the famous tourist spot -
Indian quarry lookout tower
561 m high. We had to over-
come the difficult rocky
path . At the end of our ex-
pected view of the beautiful
surroundings. This task we
perform the entire school .
First, we found the place on
the map , and then we made
the trip . It was a beautiful
sunny day. We look forward
to continuing the project.
by Pavel & Mila
Projekt Sedm divů našeho
kraje v České republice
Náš projekt odstartoval
v říjnu letošního roku. Začali
jsme v říjnu – 1. div: Nejvyšší
místo našeho okolí. Vyjeli
jsme autobusem na známé
turistické místo – rozhledna
Babí lom 561 m vysoké.
Museli jsme zdolat nelehkou
skalnatou cestu. Na konci náš
čekal výhled do krásného
okolí. Tento úkol jsme plnili
celá škola. Nejprve jsme
vyhledali na mapě místo a
potom jsme uskutečnili výlet.
Byl to krásný slunečný den.
Těšíme se na pokračování
projektu.
The Primary School With The Preschool Sivice,
Sivice, The Czech Republic
Project Seven Wonders of our region in the Czech Republic
THE SEVEN WONDERSPage 5

6. ryone enjoyed their stay in
both, Slovakia and the Czech
Republic as it was a great op-
portunity to know other cul-
tures and traditions. We all
experienced hospitality and
friendliness. We are all now
looking forward to the meet-
ing in Poland.
From November 3rd to No-
vember 9th, we took part in
the first mobility of the
Comenius project “The seven
wonders of our region”. The
Polish group consisted of 14
participants –4 teachers and
10 pupils from classes IV –
VI. We visited two partner
schools – one in Trencianske
Teplice in Slovakia and the
other one in Sivice in The
Czech Republic. During our
stay, we visited Trencianske
Teplice, Trencin with its cas-
tle, Brno and Prague. Polish
pupils made friends with the
Turkish children, who were
also present, and with the
Slovak and Czech host fami-
lies. Children took part in
different classes and activi-
ties. We also tasted the spe-
cialties of the regions. Eve-
Zespól Szkolno-Przedszkolny Nr 2,
Szkola Podstawowa Nr 2 Im. Polskich Olimpijczykow,
Brodnica, Poland
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7. As far as the project is con-
cerned, we have assigned the
tasks, made information
boards and prepared a film
about our school. For the
first wonder:
- we have prepared a multi-
media presentation about the
Teutonic Knights’ Tower ( the
highest building)
- pupils have written stories
and poems about “The con-
struction of the Tower”
- we have organised a mul-
timedia lesson “The his-
tory of the Teutonic
Tower” in the town library
- there has been a trip to
visit the tower
- we have organised an
art competition (photos
and pictures) “The Brod-
nica Teutonic Tower” for all
the students of our school.
THE SEVEN WONDERSPage 7

8. informed the teachers about
the project, partners and
implementation process between
3rd and 9th September 2013.
The students began to come to
school on 16th September 2013
and for the first week the
project was presented to each
class. Teacher of English, Selin
Üstek, prepared a written and
oral exam for the pupils who
would take part in the first
mobility.
Our Comenius Project has
aroused much interest since
the declaration of the
acceptance of the project.
The project was presented
to the teachers in the
seminar period of the
teachers. Teacher of
English,Selin Üstek,
official buildings.Some info was shared on
Twinspace on 5the october
2013.
The Teacher of English and
the headmistress attended a
general meeting of the
accepted Comenius Project in
İstanbul on 10the October.
A banner was designed by an
ICT teacher in the town. A
big banner, 15 smaller ones
and 2000 booklets were
prepared.The smaller
banners were hung on the
of the project on 20th
September 2013.
A blog was prepared by the
teacher of English on 21st
September 2013.
(letslookabroad.blogspot.com)
A Comenius corner was
created by the students of
English and Comenius Project
Club.It is updated each week.
The exams were held on 18th
September 2013.The results
were declared on 19the
September 2013.The tickets
were purchased on 20th
September 2013.
The headmistress
and the vice
manager had
some talks with
one of the
biggest factories
in the area for
the sponsorship
Emek İlkokulu, Ankara,
Turkey
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9. The local newspaper came to
our school and interviewed
with the teachers and the
students.Some students
thought of a traditional
ceremony to say farewell to
us. They saw the going ones
off. (In this ceremony,
people pour some water while
the others are going. This
means “go and come safely”).
School video was recorded on
25th October 2013.
Promotional and presentation
materails were made ready
between 26th and 30th
October 2013.
A contest was held for the
fisrt wonder, the highest
place. The first wonder was
declared firstly and then the
students made some guesses
about its height. They wrote
their predictions and kept
into boxes. All predictions
were read and the winners
was declared. He guessed
“1655”. The real height is
1650 being the highest point:
KARASENİR MOUNT. The
winner was given an award, a
book.
THE SEVEN WONDERSPage 9
We visited Local Governor on 1st November
and said farewell.

10. After coming back to our
town, we updated the
Comenius Corner and put the
materails which other
countries gave us.
A video was created by one
of the teachers and
presented to the all students
between 18th and 25th
November.
Blackfriars primary an-
nounced the start of the
Comenius project at their
assembly in October.
Blackfriars Primary School, Glasgow,
Scotland, UK
Page 10YEAR 1, VOLUME 1
We put our photos taken
abroad and this encouraged
students to attend the
exams which will be held to
select the students on 3rd
December.
Pupils in 2nd Grade were
wanted to draw
KARASENİR MOUNT, the
highest point. They were
free to draw because we
wanted them to use their
own imaginative
skills. These
pictures were
put on the
corner on 27th
November.
by Selin
Some Primary 6 children helped to make a
video about our school to put on the Twin-
space website.
We have been using the internet to research
our partner countries. Primary 6 made some
posters about the 7 countries to display in
our Comenius corner.

11. which can rotate 360 de-
grees!
Primary 5 have been re-
searching the first wonder
of our region, the highest
points in Glasgow.
We started off by doing
some research as homework.
We found that The Glasgow
Tower at 127m is the tallest
structure in the city (and in
the whole of Scotland.)
It also
holds the
Guinness
World
Record
for the
tallest
structure.
THE SEVEN WONDERSPage 11
“Για να τραβ ήξετε την προσο χή του ανα γνώστη, τοποθετ ήστε εδώ μι α ενδιαφέρου σα πρότασ η ή ένα απόσπασ μα από το άρ θρο.”
Primary 1,2 and 3 made
postcards of themselves
to send to the children in
the other countries. We
sent them with Comenie
Mouse. Comenie Mouse is
going to visit all the coun-
tries and send some pic-
tures back to us, we hope!
We made
models of
tall build-
ings in
class and
also as a
homework
task.
by Seo-
naid

12. details. We saw old women
sewing these laces. You can
find laces in souvenir shops.
6th
Classes
The highest and most im-
portant place of our region
We visited Lefkara village,
the highest and most impor-
tant place of our region. It is
a beautiful and small village
with a population of 1000
people. It is called “Lefkara”
from the color of the local
white rocks which were used
for building.
Lefkara village is famous for
its traditional laces. They
are very beautiful with many
houses are made of the local
white rock too. We visited a
traditional house and saw the
items that were used by the
locals. It was fascinating.
We walked
through Lefkara’s
narrow streets. It
was a great experi-
ence. The streets
are made of the
local white rock.
The traditional
Lefkara is also famous for its
silver jewelry made from lo-
cal craftsmen. We visited a
local craftsman who showed
us how are these jewelry
made. They are gorgeous.
You can buy them in jewelry
shops.
We also visited Lefkara’s
church, dedicated to the
Holy Cross. It is an old and
very beautiful church
which has a real piece of
the Jesus Christ Cross!
1st Demotiko Scholeio Aradippou,
Aradippou, Cyprus
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13. cooperating for the first
time as Slovakia, the Czeck
Republic, Poland, Turkey and
Scotland and others that we
cooperated in the past, Cy-
prus.
In the beginning of Oc-
tober, our pupils visited
the two highest places in
our region: Mountain
Imitos, grade 2 and
Mountain Parnitha,
grades 5 and 6. They
hiked and a guide in-
formed them about the
mountains, their fauna &
flora, and carried our
various activities.
In the beginning of our pro-
ject, the pupils of the 6th
grade searched for informa-
tion about the participating
countries and prepared PPTs.
Then they answered the on
line survey to check their
knowledge about the partner
countries and did rather well.
They also wrote letters to
the pupils of the partner
schools.
We are very happy to be
partners in the new Comenius
– eTwinning project “The 7
wonders of our region”. This
is our 4th
Comenius & eTwin-
ning project and we believe
the beginning of new friend-
ships with pupils and teach-
ers from countries we are
We enjoyed our trip to Le-
fkara village very much. It
was a life experience. We
prepared a short video with
our comments too. Please
watch it at http://youtu.be/
dcoEuYXSjnI. You will adore
Lefkara.
Best regards
The sixth classes and their
teachers:
by Loukia, Adamos and
Panikkos
5 Dimotiko Scholeio Neas Smyrnis,
Athens, Hellas
THE SEVEN WONDERSPage 13

14. When coming back, they de-
cided that Mountain Parnitha
is the highest place and thus
the winner. They made book-
marks, posters with photos
and information about the
mountains, the model of a
mountain, drew pictures,
wrote stories and we pre-
pared a PPT with the out-
come of the pupils’ works.
In December, we made our
Christmas cards and mailed
them to all schools. We also
had a videoconference with
the Cypriot school during
which we sang Christmas
songs to each other.
The products of our work on
the project as well as some
of our partners’ work are pe-
riodically exhibited on the
project board in the en-
trance of our school.
Our work is regularly up-
loaded in the school blog
blogs.sch.gr/5dimnsmyrn/
as well as in the twinspace
and the common project blog.
by Stavroula
In the beginning of Novem-
ber, we participated in the
1st
& 2nd
Comenius meetings in
the partner schools in Slova-
kia & the Czech Republic. It
was a great experience and
we were impressed with the
work the pupils of both
schools have done for the
project and not only. After
our return, we presented
both schools to our pupils.
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15. Next Comenius meeting
Zespól Szkolno-Przedszkolny Nr 2,
Szkola Podstawowa Nr 2 Im. Polskich Olimpijczykow,
Brodnica, Poland
6-12/4/2014
THE SEVEN WONDERSPage 15