"THE SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE" - IN LEVERKUSEN, GERMANY (EN) EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY

1. THE SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE
LEVERKUSEN - GERMANY
December 2 - 6, 2013
ȘCOALA GIMNAZIALĂ DĂEȘTI, POPEȘTI
JUDEȚUL VÂLCEA, ROMÂNIA

2. "THE SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE" –
The third project meeting in Leverkusen, Germany
A group of eight students and four teachers from the
Secondary School Dăești, Popeşti, Vâlcea participated at a
Project meeting in Leverkusen -Opladen, Germany, between
2nd to 6th of December, 2013.
It is the 3rd project reunion of the Multilateral Comenius
Partnership Project “The School of the Future“.
Leverkusen is a city in North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany.
Leverkusen belongs partly to the Bergisches Land region,
but it is considered a city in the Rhineland region. Rapid
increase in population is due to the Industrial activity
represented by the giant pharmaceutical corporation Bayer
AG, which finances and sports club Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

3. PARTNERS:
NHEDERLANDS &
GERMANY & POLAND & ROMANIA & BULGARIA

4. MONDAY – DECEMBER 2nd, 2013.
Workshops at school
Each partner school showed the theme chosen for
investigation, study, research, in the second year of the
project. The team of Romania introduced the subject of
investigation:
"Teacher of the Future" - How students see the teacher in
the future and what he should do to attract students to a
successful and lasting learning (Lifelong learning).
The
Romanian
team
of
students
presented
an
interesting, documented, well done power-point prezentation
in terms of information and communication techniques. We
watched each partner presentations on the topic of
investigation chosen.

5. DAY 1
MONDAY, DECEMBER 2nd 2013

6. Tuesday - December 3rd, 2013
We had a documentation day in Cologne. At 09.00 we met at the
Opladen train station and we saw the first glimpse of
Cologne, from the Triangle Tower. The view was amazing. Next
we walked on the Rhine Bridge towards Cologne and after that
we visited the Christmas markets .
At around 13.00 we were ready to get headphones for the
documentation visit at the Cathedral of Cologne. We visited
it, with a guide, listening through headphones the information in
English. It is by far the symbol of the city: the medieval city
developed around it.
The twin towers are visible from almost the entire city. If the
exterior is impressive, the interior is stunning, with scenes from
the Old and New Testament. Afterwards we went on a short tour
through the old town of Cologne.

7. DAY 2
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3rd 2013

8. Wednesday - December 4th, 2013
We visited Leverkusen. The morning city tour by bus was
accompanied by a guide who explained the history of the city.
At 11.00 we stoped for a reception at Leverkusen City Hall. We
participated at an activity that impressed us all through the
solemnity and uniqueness. Te mayor of Leverkusen wanted to
talk to the students from this project and then invited us in the
Council Room of City Hall, where he spoke about the
achievements of the city, about the benefits of schools
patnerships.
In the afternoon we went to Solingen - Burg with the german
students.It was an impresive medieval castle. Then followed
"Bergischer Kaffee”, a coffee break with German waffes.

9. DAY 3
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4th, 2013

10. Thursday - December 5th, 2013
Workshops at school
In the morning we participated in various creative workshops at
the school, where students prepared ornaments for the room in
which we would have dinner and meet St Nicholas.
In the afternoon we went to the skating rink in Leverkusen, a
wonderful place where we participated at the activity
"Leverkusen on ice!“
In the evening, at 18.00, we ,all students, teachers, parents
participated at a farewell party in the large hall adorned with
ornaments and a traditional buffet made by the German
students and their families. Each group in the project, sang a
traditional Christmas carol. The group from Romania was
appreciated and applauded.

11. DAY 4
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5th, 2013

12. Friday - December 6th, 2013
Goodbye!
There was a meeting at the school where we assesed and
planed the next steps of the project. It was a meaningful
evaluation of the participation of each country in
Germany, the results of the project activities, knowledge and
learning experiences, progress in learning English and the
School of the Future research.
We said goodbye and went to the airport in Dusseldorf, led by
our hosts. We took off late because of the snow but we had a
nice flight. We managed to arrive safely in Bucharest and then
home to Râmnicu Vâlcea and Dăești, Popești.

13. DAY 5
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6th 2013

14. PROJECT TEAM :
Andreea AMZA
– Head master / Professor of Romanian
Sorina MIRCEA
- English teacher
Daniela POPESCU - Profesor of Physics & Chemistry
Elena DOBRINOIU – Project manager / Professor of Civic
culture

15. RESULTS