Spletna predstavitev I. gimnazije v Celju.

Comenius project 2009-2011 : A Ticket to EU Culture

(multilateral school partnership)

Partner schools:

• Spain : IES Balfia ( www.iesbalafia.com )
• Germany: Herbert Weinberger Schule Staatliche Fachoberschule und Berufsoberschule ( www.fosbos-erding.de )
• Ireland: Loreto Community School ( www.loretomilford.com )
• Danemark: Braenkjaerskolen ( www.brkskolen.kolding.dk )

Introduction

With this project, we want our students to be aware of the importance of knowing a foreign language in the 21^st century, but at the same time we want them to appreciate that this is absolutely compatible with the preservation of our regional languages, histories and patrimonies (both cultural and natural). Preserving our cultural and natural heritage must be a priority if we want to offer something to our visitors. Our heritage makes us different from others, but at the same time it helps us to look towards the future knowing who we are, what we can offer the others and how we want them to appreciate it.

Our specific aim is to create a tourist guide for young people in those two years. The students create the different paragraphs throughout the years so that – at the end – all schools will have collected local information and put them together in one booklet. The booklet includes information about sights, traditional recipes, useful phrases and recommendations to guide you through the stay.

We will share our findings and results within our local communities and we hope our tourist guide will actually prove useful for the local tourist information centres.

Comenius students about the importance of cultural heritage:

Cultural heritage is a key player in defining a nation and it is as such of vital importance when one would wish to represent his nation's roots and its culture. Although some people are quite aware of its significance I daresay the attitude of the vast majority (especially among the youth) shows much disrespect toward it and tries to discredit it of its value and influence on what we are today (as a nation). As stated above cultural heritage represents our historic path and it therefore deserves to be preserved by all means necessary (to add a dramatic value to this issue). But reconstructive work isn't enough to keep the heritage alive – in order to really preserve it, more awareness of the historical value must be raised so that it can be appreciated for what it really is - not piles of old rocks but  proud achievements of a nation. If I were in charge of a tourist group I would surely show them some of the (in my opinion) more interesting historical sites in our area. Perhaps I would start with our school; nonetheless it is a 200 years old establishment. I would continue with the Celje's old castle, Necropolis of Šempeter, Žička Kartuzija. and so on and so forth. My goal would be to show the vast historical and cultural diversity that our land has to offer.                                                                               Rok Vahter

Cultural heritage is important because it allows us to keep on improving our knowledge and it is also a reminder of the past. The cultural heritage of a nation contains within it everything that represents that nation.

Some historical sites are not well protected and are thus commonly the targets of vandalism such as graffiti. One could of course argue that graffiti is in some way also a form of cultural heritage – it can reflect a social or political view from a certain era, and sometimes graffiti can be wonderful art. It is nonetheless sad that so many beautiful statues and buildings are defiled by vandals without such meaningful motive. And they are not the only ones causing damage. Many times, not enough effort and money are invested in the restoration of important historical sites. Sometimes they are abandoned altogether and left to slowly crumble.

Young people do not think much of cultural heritage. It is a fairly broad term and I do not think they are all aware of what is encompasses. And even if they do, I think many of them will simply ignore something if it is old, regardless of its quality or meaning. This way of thinking is rather unfortunate, since many artists, stories, paintings, songs etc. never get picked up only because of their age.                                                                                                     Jaka Javernik

Cultural heritage is important for many reasons. For example it is something that reminds us of the past and our roots. It tells us why things are the way they are and cultural heritage is a guarantee that some things won't be forgotten. Every single person should be proud of the cultural heritage in his city, village, country. But cultural heritage must become something that we really know it is important. We have to realize that it is the reason why we are here and if something changed things could be so much worse or sometimes even better. For this reasons statues, historic places, statues and artifacts must be preserved and maintained for future generations. Also we must build and create cultural heritage for next generations and at the same time we must look in the past and also into the future.                   Tomaž Mlinarič

1st project meeting – Slovenia – I. Gimnazija v Celju

(23.-27. September, 2009)

Wednesday, 23.09.09

-       Arrival

-       Transfer to Celje

-       Accommodation

Thursday, 24.09.09

-       9.00 – 9.35 meeting at the pricipal's office (the press)

-       9. 40 – 10.25 reception in a classroom :  short programme and  presentation of the school by the Comenius students

-       10.30 – 11.45  : meeting other teachers in the staff room / project meeting

-       11.45 – 12.30  : attending lessons

-       12. 30 – 13.30 : project meeting

-       14.00 – 15.30 : lunch

-       16.00 – 18.00 : sightseeing – old town centre ; museum

Friday, 25.09.09

-       Sightseeing: Lake Bled  (the castle and the island) and the capital - Ljubljana

Saturday, 26.09.09

-       10.00 – 12.00 : project meeting (at school)

-       12.00 - 16.00 : lunch  (typical Slovene food)

-       16. 00 – 17.00 : sightseeing (Celje - the old castle)

-       19.00 - evening cultural event to celebrate * the European day of languages and

-                                                                         * our new partnership

-       ... farewell party .

Sunday,, 27.09.09

-       Departure

Okvirni program aktivnosti (2009-2011):

• 24.-27. Sept. 2009  -  projektni sestanek (SLOVENIJA)


• oktober 2009 – 'NAŠA ŠOLA'  - dijaki naredijo  power-point predstavitve (sebe in šolo predstavijo drugim udeležencem) – predstavitve bomo zbrali na CD-rom, izmenjali in tako spoznali partnerske šole in dijake


• december 2009 – 'BOŽIČNI PAKET' - vsaka šola bo pripravila pakete za ostale šole (napolnjene s predmeti, ki predstavljajo njihovo tradicijo v zvezi z božičem); pakete bomo poslali na vse šole in si tako na 'klasičen' način z drobnimi darili voščili vesel božič in hkrati spoznali raznolikost naših kultur


• januar 2010 – 'PRIDITE IN NAS SPOZNAJTE' RAZSTAVE FOTOGRAFIJ – z informacijami o sodelujočih državah bomo seznanili ostale dijake, starše, profesorje, lokalno skupnost z  razstavo fotografij opremljenimi s komentarji dijakov na vseh sodelujočih šolah


• februar 2010 – projektni sestanek (DANSKA)


• april 2010 – 'OUR FAVOURITE PLACES' KRATKI FILMI – dijaki vsake šole bodo posneli kratek film, ki bo prikazoval, katere kraje/znamenitosti/zanimivosti v njihovi regiji bi oni pokazali (mladim) obiskovalcem ; film bo vseboval tudi njihove komentarje, zakaj bi nekaj  priporočili (film bo del končnega izdelka - turističnega vodiča za mlade po regiji)


• maj 2010 – projektni sestanek (IBIZA)


• september 2010 – 'KOLEDAR 2010/2011' en koledar s prispevki iz vseh držav – koledar v vseh jezikih partnerskih držav opremljen s fotografijami dijakov, ki prikazujejo lokalne znamenitosti; koledar bo izdelan do konca leta in razdeljen na vse sodelujoče šole


• september /oktober 2010 – projektni sestanek (IRSKA)


• november 2010 – 'KNJIŽICA Z RECEPTI' - kot del kulturne dediščine bodo dijaki zbrali recepte za nekaj tipičnih (lokalnih)  jedi in jih skupaj s prevodi v tuje jezike zbrali v knjižici, opremljeni s fotografijami in njihovimi komentarji (tudi del končnega izdelka)


• januar 2011 – 'UPORABNI IZRAZI IN PRIPOROČILA ZA OBISKOVALCE' dijaki bodo sestavili majhen slovarček uporabnih izrazov (pozdravi, hvala.) in nasvetov glede obnašanja v različnih državah glede na različno kulturo (npr. primernost objema / poljubljanja ob pozdravu .); tudi to bo del končnega izdelka


• marec 2011 – končna naloga 'NAŠ VODIČ PO IBIZI, CELJU, MILTONU, etc.' turistični vodič za mlade po regijah sodelujočih šol; dijaki bodo izdali vodič v knjižni (in elektronski) obliki, ki bo vseboval izdelke aktivnosti obeh let projekta; vodič bomo ponudili turistično informacijskim centrom, uporabili ga bomo lahko ob prihodnjih izmenjavah dijakov / študentov .


• april 2011 – projektni sestanek (NEMČIJA)