The first project meeting…

…took place at Pärnu Jaagupi from 23 to 27 January 2008 . The objective of the meeting was to get introduced to each other and to specify the plans of co-operation. Three wonderful days were spent together. The first day the guests and the students of Pärnu-Jaagupi Gymnasium visited Tallinn Water Treatment Plant and made a tour in the Old Town of Tallinn.

The second day of the project meeting included activities at school. At the chemistry lesson the purity of water was tested, at the biology lesson an attempt was made to find out how big damages oil pollution may cause. By the end of the day all the participating students completed a common work of art named "Underwater World". The teachers held a meeting at the same time.

In the evening students came together for a party in national style, each school introduced their country, culture and traditions. Estonian national dishes were served and our students played national instruments and danced folk dances.

We had also planned activities in the snow but unfortunately there was no snow, so we made a trip to the beach and to the moor on Saturday.

The final resolutions of the meeting were

• Carry out the studies on water usage at home using questionnaires compiled by the teachers from Pärnu-Jaagupi and Madrid.
• Test the purity of drinking water from all the participating countries at the meeting in Madrid in chemical way
• Hold the second project meeting in Madrid from 23 to 27 April 2008, the third meeting in October 2008 in Hungary and the fourth in May 2009 in Istanbul.
• For the project meeting in Hungary each participating school should prepare a PowerPoint presentation on the history of water usage in their countries
• The main topic of the fourth project meeting is poetry and essays about water.

Program of The first cooperative meeting at Pärnu-Jaagupi from 23 Jan to 27 Jan 2008

January 23th
- arrival at the Tallinn Airport
- Accommodating the guests at a hotel ,students in families (not all)
                       
January 24th 

- a tour in the Tallinn water cleaning station  
- Lunch  at Estonian House                    
- Excursion in the Old Town of Tallinn
- Bus trip to Pärnu Jaagupi at 6 pm
- dinner at Pärnu-Jaagupi
- accommodation in Pärnu, at the "Delfine" hotel

January 25th    
- driving to Pärnu Jaagupi                     
- Meeting at Schoolhall                                            
- getting to know the schoolhouse, visiting lessons
- Working groups:  our biology teacher carry out a lesson about  water  pollution  and chemistry teacher about chemical analysis
- Lunch in the school canteen
- All students involved in project are working together at art studio
- At the same time Project meeting for teachers
- Walking tour: visiting school museum, church, local authority ........
- Dinner at „Mõisa Köök”
- National evening at school
- Driving teachers to Pärnu

January 26th
- An outing into the wilderness - warm clothes
- Farewell lunch
- Back to the hotel.”Delfine”
- Free time at Pärnu or visiting the Pärnu Health Centre (the spa)
                  
January 27th    
- Leaving to Tallinn, goodbyes

The participating students and teachers were from 6 schools

INSTITUTO DE EDUCACIÓN SECUNDARIA JOAQUÍN ARAUJO
SPAIN, Madrid

Teachers: Rosalia Suárez, Felicísimo Pacho
Students: Aida Fernández, Roxana Nodis

ÖZEL ALEV LISESI
TURKEY, Istanbul

Teachers: Kucuk, Nimet

Students: Fulya Mucaviroglu
Huseyin Altay Orhan

LYCÉE PROFESSIONNEL RÉGIONAL DU BÂTIMENT
FRANCE, Nica

Teachers:: Dupre Marion
Zakacs Mathias.

INSTITUTO DE EDUCACIÓN SECUNDARIA “FRAY LUÍS DE GRANADA”
SPAIN, Granada

Teachers: Gloria Becerra Conde
Angustias Cabrera Orti

JONIŠKIO ANTROJI VIDURINĖ MOKYKLA
LITHUANIA, Šiauliai district

Teachers: Diana Šimaitytė
Nijole Speciene

PÄRNU-JAAGUPI SECONDARY SCHOOL,
ESTONIA