Hello everyone,
here is the adress of the new site where you can see our sport activities from Colegiul Tehnic Aurel Vlaicu ,Baia Mare , Maramures, Romania
https://sites.google.com/site/sportctaurelvlaicubm/
Thursday 10 June 2010
Friday 5 February 2010
Project Entries
Hello Everyone
You should all now have the application form and confirmation of acceptance.
My apologies for the confusion over the application form - this was due to some IT problems at my school.
Please make sure that you submit the form and confirmation to your local agency by February 19th. This is very important - Comenius does not accept late entries.
The successful projects will be announced on July 1st.
Meanwhile, we should assume that our project will be successful - and we should be planning to integrate the plan agreed at the preliminary meeting into our schemes of work for next year. Shaun, for example, will be holding a meeting at Varndean with the team of eight teachers who have volunteered to lead our project. In addition, we will be meeting with the PE department to look at introducing the seven new sports into our PE curriculum. I'm pleased to say that we have also been awarded £1,000 (Euro 1200) by our national government to help us to do this.
Elena - you will be pleased to know that amongst the 15% of our students who are from overseas, Romanians are the third biggest group!
You should all now have the application form and confirmation of acceptance.
My apologies for the confusion over the application form - this was due to some IT problems at my school.
Please make sure that you submit the form and confirmation to your local agency by February 19th. This is very important - Comenius does not accept late entries.
The successful projects will be announced on July 1st.
Meanwhile, we should assume that our project will be successful - and we should be planning to integrate the plan agreed at the preliminary meeting into our schemes of work for next year. Shaun, for example, will be holding a meeting at Varndean with the team of eight teachers who have volunteered to lead our project. In addition, we will be meeting with the PE department to look at introducing the seven new sports into our PE curriculum. I'm pleased to say that we have also been awarded £1,000 (Euro 1200) by our national government to help us to do this.
Elena - you will be pleased to know that amongst the 15% of our students who are from overseas, Romanians are the third biggest group!
Tuesday 19 January 2010
Fisrt Day PREPARATORY VISIT in Romania
Hello Everyone ,
We already had a first meeting with Belgium and Romania
Could you to give comments on the things we already discussed ?
We don`t want to rush you or the other partnerschools but it would be nice to have some comments by tomorrow morning so we could take notice of the things you don`t like or want to change.
1)We agreed to meet each other 4 times per year because there are 9 schools (2 in Roemenia) and that way we would be able to see each country.
This is the planning so far:
YEAR 2010-2011:
- first meeting from the 25th till 30st of Oktober 2010
- second meeting from 7th till 12th of of February 2011
- third meeting from 21st till 26th of March 2011
- fourth meeting from the 9th till the 14th of May 2011
YEAR 2011-2012: - first meeting from the 10th till 16th of Oktober 2011
- second meeting from 6th till 12th of of February 2012
- third meeting from 19th till 24th of March 2012
- fourth meeting from the 7th till the 13th of May 2012
We though it would be a good idea to go to 2 eastern and 2 western european countries each year.
We still have to decide together when it would be the most convenient for each country to host a meeting. Could everyone have a look and maybe send us by tomorrow when they could have the hosting?
2) At the beginning of the first year we would make a film of the typical sport in each country and send it to each other via email and the blog before the first project meeting.
3) We thought it would be the easiest to let the teachers decide which students can come to the meetings based on social skills, being good at English and being good at sports.
We also agreed to bring only 2 students per meeting because if we come with 8 countries it will be already hard enough to find hosting families for all of them. We will go for 24 mobilities: 8 countries to visit x 3 teachers = 24 mobilities.
And maybe we can ask students to pay for the trip or a country could come with less teachers ( every school has to look at that seperately)
4) As an end product we would like to have a booklet with a presentation of the schools and countries, all the sports, presentation of the rules, pictures, mascottes,..
We ( the belgians) were thinking about having a sportsshow at the end of the second year to show everything we have done in those two years to parents and press and colleagues in presence of all the delegations so maybe we could have the last project meeting in Belgium
5) In each project meeting we would present the sport of the hosting school and a popular folk game and learn it to the students.
After that the pupils will have to learn the sport in the own schools.
Thank you,
Elena, Martine and Sara
We already had a first meeting with Belgium and Romania
Could you to give comments on the things we already discussed ?
We don`t want to rush you or the other partnerschools but it would be nice to have some comments by tomorrow morning so we could take notice of the things you don`t like or want to change.
1)We agreed to meet each other 4 times per year because there are 9 schools (2 in Roemenia) and that way we would be able to see each country.
This is the planning so far:
YEAR 2010-2011:
- first meeting from the 25th till 30st of Oktober 2010
- second meeting from 7th till 12th of of February 2011
- third meeting from 21st till 26th of March 2011
- fourth meeting from the 9th till the 14th of May 2011
YEAR 2011-2012: - first meeting from the 10th till 16th of Oktober 2011
- second meeting from 6th till 12th of of February 2012
- third meeting from 19th till 24th of March 2012
- fourth meeting from the 7th till the 13th of May 2012
We though it would be a good idea to go to 2 eastern and 2 western european countries each year.
We still have to decide together when it would be the most convenient for each country to host a meeting. Could everyone have a look and maybe send us by tomorrow when they could have the hosting?
2) At the beginning of the first year we would make a film of the typical sport in each country and send it to each other via email and the blog before the first project meeting.
3) We thought it would be the easiest to let the teachers decide which students can come to the meetings based on social skills, being good at English and being good at sports.
We also agreed to bring only 2 students per meeting because if we come with 8 countries it will be already hard enough to find hosting families for all of them. We will go for 24 mobilities: 8 countries to visit x 3 teachers = 24 mobilities.
And maybe we can ask students to pay for the trip or a country could come with less teachers ( every school has to look at that seperately)
4) As an end product we would like to have a booklet with a presentation of the schools and countries, all the sports, presentation of the rules, pictures, mascottes,..
We ( the belgians) were thinking about having a sportsshow at the end of the second year to show everything we have done in those two years to parents and press and colleagues in presence of all the delegations so maybe we could have the last project meeting in Belgium
5) In each project meeting we would present the sport of the hosting school and a popular folk game and learn it to the students.
After that the pupils will have to learn the sport in the own schools.
Thank you,
Elena, Martine and Sara
Saturday 16 January 2010
Follow-Up to The Meeting
Hello Everyone
One or two people have asked me what happens after the meeting.
Elena will send to me a report on the meeting and I will then complete the application form. Varndean School is technically the lead school on the project although we are much more democratic than that - and in practice, Elena leads the project in terms of the academic content.
I will then send a copy of the application to everyone within ONE WEEK. This will then need to be translated into your local language - but not changed in any way - and sent to your local agency by Feb 19th (in most countries - please check with your local agency)
Let Elena and I know when you have sent it - and also the response that you get - which is usually about 6-8 weeks later,
Andrew
One or two people have asked me what happens after the meeting.
Elena will send to me a report on the meeting and I will then complete the application form. Varndean School is technically the lead school on the project although we are much more democratic than that - and in practice, Elena leads the project in terms of the academic content.
I will then send a copy of the application to everyone within ONE WEEK. This will then need to be translated into your local language - but not changed in any way - and sent to your local agency by Feb 19th (in most countries - please check with your local agency)
Let Elena and I know when you have sent it - and also the response that you get - which is usually about 6-8 weeks later,
Andrew
Saturday 9 January 2010
news
Hello ,
Bruno Graziano from Italy decided to leave the project.
Adriana from Italy , Nese Ceylan from Turkey and Olia from Bulgary not received funds for preparatory meeting in Baia Mare.
I have no confirmation from those in Poland and the Netherlands.I still expect news .
I propose that those who will not come in Baia Mare to write on paper their ideas about the project where we can discuss at the meeting, and then send it to Andrew and me.I will send you by email the The main points have to discuss and agree together for aplication file.
Please fill there your ideeas.
Bruno Graziano from Italy decided to leave the project.
Adriana from Italy , Nese Ceylan from Turkey and Olia from Bulgary not received funds for preparatory meeting in Baia Mare.
I have no confirmation from those in Poland and the Netherlands.I still expect news .
I propose that those who will not come in Baia Mare to write on paper their ideas about the project where we can discuss at the meeting, and then send it to Andrew and me.I will send you by email the The main points have to discuss and agree together for aplication file.
Please fill there your ideeas.
Friday 1 January 2010
Thursday 17 December 2009
What is Turkish Oil Wrestling?
What is Turkish oil wrestling
This is one of the most popular sports in Turkey. Yagli gures means literally oiled wrestling. The wrestlers wear tight short leather trousers called "Kispet", made of water buffalo leather weighing approximately 13 kilograms, and they cover themselves with olive oil. Matches take place throughout the country but the most famous and most important tournament takes place in the northwest of Turkey by the end of June and beginning of July.
It's a big fair as well with music and celebrations and it goes on until the morning.In the entertainments, belly dancing is accompanied by Turkish traditional musical instruments 'davul' (drum) and 'zurna' (a type of flute) and singings.
In Olympic wrestling, holding from the wrestling suit is regarded as a foul. In oil wrestling, most games are made on the kispet.The wrestlers try to put their hands go through the kispet of their opponents as much as possible. To a kispet tied well, it is not possible to put a hand or arm through. The pehlivan that can achieve putting his hand through his opponent's kispet, can control him this way and hold from the lower end of his pants, 'paca', and this way can beat his opponent with the game called 'paca kazik'. A younger wrestler defeating an older wrestler would kiss the older wrestler's hand.
Originally, matches had no set duration and could go on for one or two days, until one man was able to establish superiority, but in 1975 the duration was capped at 40 minutes for the baspehlivan and 30 minutes for the pehlivan category. If no winner is determined, another 15 minutes—10 minutes for the pehlivan category—of wrestling ensues, wherein scores are kept to determine the victor.
This is one of the most popular sports in Turkey. Yagli gures means literally oiled wrestling. The wrestlers wear tight short leather trousers called "Kispet", made of water buffalo leather weighing approximately 13 kilograms, and they cover themselves with olive oil. Matches take place throughout the country but the most famous and most important tournament takes place in the northwest of Turkey by the end of June and beginning of July.
It's a big fair as well with music and celebrations and it goes on until the morning.In the entertainments, belly dancing is accompanied by Turkish traditional musical instruments 'davul' (drum) and 'zurna' (a type of flute) and singings.
In Olympic wrestling, holding from the wrestling suit is regarded as a foul. In oil wrestling, most games are made on the kispet.The wrestlers try to put their hands go through the kispet of their opponents as much as possible. To a kispet tied well, it is not possible to put a hand or arm through. The pehlivan that can achieve putting his hand through his opponent's kispet, can control him this way and hold from the lower end of his pants, 'paca', and this way can beat his opponent with the game called 'paca kazik'. A younger wrestler defeating an older wrestler would kiss the older wrestler's hand.
Originally, matches had no set duration and could go on for one or two days, until one man was able to establish superiority, but in 1975 the duration was capped at 40 minutes for the baspehlivan and 30 minutes for the pehlivan category. If no winner is determined, another 15 minutes—10 minutes for the pehlivan category—of wrestling ensues, wherein scores are kept to determine the victor.
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