Workshop in Hungary 11.5.-15.5. 2015
On Monday morning
16 foreign students and 10 foreign teachers met their Hungarian partners.
During the morning the headmaster of the school and her teachers greeted the
guests in the school. Then students and teachers who take part in this project
visited the village. We saw the three churches and the Mill Gallery. In the
afternoon everybody walked to our leisure park and sports field outside the
village. We saw a show: archery on horses and students could try it. Then we
saw an open-air theatre performance of Hungarian students about animals in the
Guth. This play was written directly about the life of animals in the forest
around the village.
On Tuesday
morning there was a joint-teaching lesson in the school led by Nagyné Lakatos
Szilvia, the Hungarian teacher and Vicente Parades the Spanish teacher.
Students examined owl pellets they collected the previous evening in the main
square of the village. They tried to find what animals owls had eaten before.
They had a test about it. Then we travelled to Guth. Students went by bikes,
teachers by bus. There was a wonderful program for us. Students and teachers travelled on carts in
the forest and found the traces of animals. After lunch in the forest (made by
foresters from vension) students watched a show of police dogs. Policemen
showed how they protect the forest with dogs. In the afternoon there was a race
in the forest. Students in mixed groups walked 10 kilometres and had different
activities.
On Wednesday morning
foreign and Hungarian students and teachers travelled to our first and biggest
national park to Hortobágy. Students signed birds with rings, travelled by
small trains in the ‘puszta’, took part in handicraft activities, visited the
unique bird hospital. In the late afternoon they visited the closest town,
Debrecen.
On Thursday
there was an all-day trip to Budapest. Guests and hosts visited the most famous
sights of our capital, even the Houses of Parliament inside. Students heard
stories about the Margaret Island that used to be inhabited with hares. They discussed how humans invaded nature long
ago.
On Friday
morning everybody travelled to Nyíregyháza. At first we visited the
open-air-museum. Everybody could
experience how village people lived in the past. Students watched the different
buildings where farmers used to keep animals. Then we went to the open-air zoo.
There students had a test in groups about animals. They had their homework
there. Each country has to make a poster about an animal symbolising the
country. In the evening there was an unforgettable farewell party. Each host
family, host teachers and guests took part in it at school. The host was the
bishop, the boss of the school. Guests could listen to zither music, and could
learn Hungarian folk dances. We said goodbye at the party and the next morning
guests travelled home with nice memories.