Comenius project: GOEM in Brussels

On 3-4 May, the European Commission organised a conference dedicated to Comenius school partnerships in Brussels. 

12 Comenius school partnerships presented themselves in an exhibition at the conference and more projects served as examples in workshop discussions.

They explored the links between school projects and wider school policy developments in four thematic workshops looking at school co-operation in the light of current policy issues such as improving learning environments, teachers' competences, inclusive education and the internationalisation of schools.

In the 4^th theme, about supporting the internationalisation of schools, was our Comenius-GOEM project represented by the coordinator Ian Patterson, from Belfast.

More info at:

• http://comeniuspartnerships.teamwork.fr/en/information
• http://comeniuspartnerships.teamwork.fr/docs/partnerships.pdf
  

(THEME 4 Supporting the internationalisation of schools)

It means that we are doing a great job!  =)

GOEM – GO ON AND EMPLOY ME - 3rd day in San Sebastian, TUESDAY

We started the day with GAZE which is a project for new entrepreneurs that came to the school and did some exercises about it.

We bought lunch and brought it the beach to eat there. We spent the afternoon there playing with volleyballs, paddles, Frisbee and some of them were eager enough to try surfing even though the water was very cold.

Nerea & Jon Mikel

GOEM – GO ON AND EMPLOY ME - 2nd day in San Sebastian, MONDAY

We got together at 9:ooam at the Zubiri-Manteo library and after the welcome meeting, we presented the Job Guides one by one. It was very interesting to see the job search process from the perspective of other countries. After that, we went to visit Victoria Eugenia Theater and what we saw it was amazing. We had lunch in a very typical restaurant/bar of Guipuzcoa (a province in the Basque Country).

In the afternoon, the basque students prepared a touristic route passing all the most important points in San Sebastian. It was very entertaining and fun.

The dinner was in a gastronomic club in the center of the city. After that everyone went to their house or hotel because it was an exhausting day and we had to rest.

Jon Mikel & Nerea

GOEM – GO ON AND EMPLOY ME - 1st day in San Sebastian, SUNDAY

The guests arrived in San Sebastian throughout the day. They came from Norway, Ireland and Germany to present Job Guides helping people find jobs in their countries.

Throughout the week we had prepared different activities to do altogether, and we hope to become more comfortable with them.

We didn't have the opportunity to meet with them this day because they arrived late and went directly to the hotel.

Nerea & Jon Mikel