Comenius in Villafranca. October 2012

VILLAFRANCA COMENIUS PLANNING

TUESDAY 23rd October

--Meeting in Barajas airport terminals. Arriving to Villafranca about 4 or 5 00 a.m... Teachers and students will arrive to Diana hotel where they were picked up by the Spanish host families.

WEDNESDAY 24^th October

--11, 30 00 a free welcome coffee- cake in CAFÉ DEL CAMPO (teachers) .our students will pick the foreign students and take them to our school.

-- The students (Spanish and visitors) will arrive at school at 12,00pm. They will go to school theatre room where after the projection of “this is my village “, they will attend to CIENFERIAS, funny chemical experiments. 

--12, 00 to 14, 00 meeting at audiovisual room at school where after the projection of “this is my village “, Marisa and Rogelio will teach us (teachers to create a blog /webpage where we will begin to share information about our Comenius project)

-- Workshop IT specialist. How to use technology for project more inventively.

“How the project was born”

--14, 15 Lunch. Teachers will have lunch in HOTEL DIANA LAS BODEGUILLAS. Children will have lunch with the families.

--15, 30 – 17, 00 time to relax

-- 17, 00- 19, 00 students meeting to design our logo and

In this session, international groups will be created and there will be a logo design quiz, where the best logo for the project will be chosen to be printed next Friday in the T shirts.

--Teachers: meeting to discuss and compare the planned market research.

-19, 00—20, 30 free times. Relax?

--20, 30 Welcome at the Town Hall. Meeting with the Mayor (Sr. Ramón Ropero) and the media to show our project.

--21.00 – visit “the house of the culture”

DINNER:

-- teachers--restaurant Casa Cultura

The students will have dinner with their host families.

THURSDAY 25^th

Trip to – Caceres- Mérida

Departure: hotel restaurant DIANA at 8, 30

Visit to Caceres

Cáceres is the capital of the same name province, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. As of 2009, its population was 91,131 inhabitants. The municipio has a land area of 1,750.33 km², and is the largest in geographical extension in Spain.

There have been settlements near Cáceres since prehistoric times. Evidence of this can be found in the caves of Maltravieso and El Conejar. The city was founded by the Romans in 25 BC.

The old town (Ciudad Monumental) still has its ancient walls; this part of town is also well known for its multitude of storks' nests. The walls contain a  medieval town setting with no outward signs of modernity, which is why many films have been shot there. The Universidad de Extremadura, and two astronomical observatories are situated in Cáceres. The city is also a seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Coria-Cáceres.

Cáceres was declared a World Heritage City by UNESCO in 1986 because of the city's blend of Roman, Islamic, Northern Gothic and Italian Renaissance architecture. Thirty towers from the Muslim period still stand in Cáceres, of which the Torre del Bujaco is the most famous.

10, 30- A guided visit to medieval city.

12, 30-14, 00 Free time shopping (city centre)

14, 00-16, 00- Lunch at University (about 6 euros per person / or sandwiches prepared by the host families)

Visit to Mérida

Mérida is the capital of the autonomous community of Extremadura. It has a population of 56,395 inhabitants (2009) and there is an important Roman center, with the theatre and the bridge over the Guadiana river.

The "Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida" is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993.

It was founded in the year 25 BC, with the name of Emerita Augusta by order of Emperor Augustus, to protect a pass and a bridge over the Guadiana river. The city became the capital of Lusitania province, and one of the most important cities in the Roman empire. Mérida preserves more important ancient Roman monuments than any other city in Spain (including a triumphal arch of the age of Trajan).

--17, 00- visit to theatre and amphitheatre. (3 euros per person)

--18, 30 –free time in the city centre.

--20,00- go back to Villafranca de los Barros.

DINNER:

-- Teacher will have dinner together (tapas around different local restaurants .Students with their families

FRIDAY 26TH

-8,15

--Students:Workshop to stamp t-shirts and  touristic visit to Villafranca with a local touristic guide.

--Teachers: work session –evaluation of the activities and design the future activities.

LUNCH:

-- students will have lunch with their families and teacher will enjoy a BBQ at Rafael’ cottage.

AFTERNOON

- free time . shopping?

DINNER –

21,00 Special goodbye dinner for families,  students and teachers – RESTAURANT EL FIGON  with live music and a famous local DJ.

SATURDAY 27th.

School trip to Sevilla

Seville is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville, Spain. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of 7 metres (23 ft) above sea level. The inhabitants of the city are known as sevillanos (feminine form: sevillanas) or hispalenses, following the Roman name of the city, Hispalis.

Seville is the fourth largest city of Spain with a municipal population of about 703,000 as of 2011, and a metropolitan population (including satellite towns) of about 1.2 million, making it the 31st most populous municipality in the European Union. Its Old Town is one of the three largest in Europe along with Venice and Genoa (covering almost four square kilometers), which includes three UNESCO World Heritage Sites (the Alcázar palace complex, the Cathedral and the General Archive of the Indies). The Seville harbor, located about 80 km from the Atlantic Ocean, is the only river port in Spain. Seville was founded as the Roman city of Hispalis. In al-Andalus (Muslim Spain) the city was first the seat of a cora, or territory, of the Caliphate of Córdoba, then made capital of the Taifa of Seville (Arabic: طائفة أشبيليّة, Ta'ifa Ishbiliya), which was incorporated into the Christian Kingdom of Castile under Ferdinand III. After the discovery of the Americas, Seville became one of the economic centres of the Spanish Empire as its port monopolised the trans-oceanic trade and the Casa de Contratación (House of Trade) wielded its power, opening a Golden Age of arts and letters. It was the place of departure of the first circumnavigation of the Earth. Coinciding with the Baroque period of European history, the 17th century in Seville represented the most brilliant flowering of the city's culture; then began a gradual economic and demographic decline as navigation of the Guadalquivir River became increasingly difficult until finally the trade monopoly and its institutions were transferred to Cádiz

Departure : 9,00 , hotel Diana

Stop to taste delicious spanish ham toasts in CAFE BAR LEO

11,30- visit the historical city centre.

13,30 -Tapas (snacks) tour for teacher .

Children-  Lunch in Burguer King restaurant ?

       Free time –comercial city centre.

Arrival : about 20,00 with dinner on the way

SUNDAY 28TH

Departure to Madrid  to fly to the different destination

Telephones: Fernando Merino-653833499

María Carmen- 696975752