Report - Second Mobility in Romania

REPORT

“European Path (e)Motion”

2017–1–EL01– KA219 – 036151

2nd MOBILITY

The second mobility of the Erasmus+ Project “European Path (e)Motion” - KA219 Strategic Partnership for Schools only – 2017-1-EL01-KA219-036151 – took place in Romania from 9^th to 15^th December 2018, as planned in the project and during the first transnational meeting. The programme organized by Liceul Teoretic “Aurel Lazăr” – the host school, included the following activities:

Monday

In the morning the greeting ceremony started in the school entrance hall where the guests were expected by the Romanian students dressed in traditional popular costumes who offered them homemade bread and salt as the symbol of hospitality, showing that the guests are welcomed. The ceremony was started by the head teacher, Mr Gheorghe Tirla who greeted the Erasmus+ international delegation. The guests were invited into the assembly hall where the programme of the activities included in the mobility week was presented. In the first workshop each team presented specific themes related to the Artistic Path that was followed by a workshop called “Art from the bin”. During this activity the students created different objects from recycled newspapers using the napkin decoupage technique. The exhibition displayed all the objects created by international teams of students. In the afternoon students and teachers admired the Art Nouveau building in the centre of the town of Oradea as part of the Architectural Path.

Tuesday

The morning was devoted to psycho – kinetic activities. Each partner school used the theatrical play across the paths with environmental or humanitarian approach. The theatrical plays were filmed and will be uploaded in the blog. The staff considered that all the plays presented by the three teams of students were of good quality, had strong humanitarian messages and were well chosen and acted to answer the requirements of the project. The Historical Path was followed in the afternoon by visiting the Fortress of Oradea. The students and teachers took part in a visit in the Fortress Museum to discover the reason why it is the symbol of the city. Then they participated in a workshop specially organised for them at the Craftsman’s House, situated inside the walls of the fortress to get in touch with an old traditional craft – creation of Christmas decorations from colourful beads.

Wednesday

The theme of the path for this day was related to spirituality – the Spiritual Path – that took students and teachers to the most beautiful churches and synagogues of the city. In the afternoon, the Erasmus+ teams were at school again to take part in the workshop “Emotional health – Euphoria – Expression”. The students, separated in three transnational groups, expressed their experience of pleasure, excitement and intense feelings of well-being and happiness by creating land art posters for which they used materials from several paths in Romania or brought from their countries. During the workshop each team created a poster and the 3 posters were exhibited in the project room. The last activity of the day – the Christmas Path – led the students and teachers to the Christmas Fair (in the centre of the city) that consisted of numerous stalls offering traditional baked goods and hot food, lots of artisanal objects created by craftsmen from the nearby villages, quality regional organic products and herbal remedies to prevent or cure diseases sold by accredited producers, seasonal and festive decorations, Christmas and gift items, etc.

Thursday

The entire day was dedicated to the Speleological Path combined with the first part of the Rural Path. The study trip was an opportunity for students and teachers to admire the beautiful structures sheltered by “The bears’ cave” that is also a remarkable paleontological deposit – the bones of Ursus Spealeus. The cave is situated at the border of Apuseni Natural Park and it is the first cave in Romania arranged according to modern tourism standards that was accidentally discovered in 1975 inside the limestone quarries from Chișcau village. On the way back to Oradea the group stopped at the town of Beiuș to take part in presentations of some old crafts (e.g. creations of collars of beads, egg kerning, carpet weaving) and at Brătești village to visit an old little wooden church (built in 1738 in Sitani village and brought to Brăteşti in 1977) and to taste the traditional pies (as part of the village cuisine) and to feel the Christmas atmosphere by singing carols in the church.

Friday
The Monastic Path took the participants to the Holy Cross Monastery – a monastic ensemble founded in 1994. The building is covered on the outside in paintings which are unique in Transylvania. On Friday morning, the team experienced another path – the Winemaking Path part of the Rural Path that included a visit to a wine cellar in Lugaș village where the Erasmus+ group were presented the winemaking process and where they tasted some traditional rural products: pork sausages, bacon and greaves, goulash, polenta with cream and cheese. The visit to the village church in Țețchea was doubled by a surprise as the international Erasmus+ team was invited to the local school where the lower secondary students sand some Christmas songs and where they tasted the pancakes of the area.

An assessment questionnaire on the activities of the mobility provided relevant information about the progress and effectiveness of the project.