During the second week of
December (8th-12th of December), POW Team met in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria,
Spain.
Sonia & Miguel, teachers of
CEIP Utiaca, had organized a dream week for their guests. Though they had
experienced some misfortune because of a theft at school, they managed to fix
up this disturbing event and they could prepare the school for our visit.
They had prepared a chorus with
the pupils and a presentation of Gran Canaria's Culture by the help of the
students' families.
We also had some excursions to
several important places in the island.
On Monday, we have been to Galdar
which is
a town and a municipality in the north of Gran Canaria island that belongs to Las Palmas Province (Canary Islands,
Spain).
Later we have been to Antonio
Padrón museum with a guided tour about very interesting local pseudo-primitive
art. After we left this museum exposition, there have been a workshop
especially prepared for the kids in our group. There was a big paper and
painting tools ready for our POW Team at Antonio Padrón Museum Garden to paint
and show their impressions about a real picture inside. French pupils enjoyed
their time with colours and paper to much in the museum.
It was also Immaculate Conception
Day and we could have the chance to see the ceremonies in the village.
On Tuesday we have been to Gran
Canaria Botanical Garden (Jardín Canario) which is located in the
northeast part of Gran Canaria and 7 kilometers southwest from Las Palmas
Capital. The garden
comprises approximately 27 acres (10 hectares), on which approximately 500
Canary Island endemic plant species.
That day we have been to Columbus
Museum, Santa Ana’s Cathedral and Elder Science Museum.
On Tuesday night we have been to
Nutcracker ballet and kids in POW Team enjoyed the ballet too much.
Wednesday was the school day for
Comenius week in San Mateo. We watched the presentations prepared by
Spanish team and watched the performances of pupils in school.
All the teachers of CEIP Utiaca
had workedhard to prepare a wonderful welcome and several activities for us.
Many thanks to each of them.
We also exhanged Christmas
postcards made by pupils to be sent to their new friends.
Estonian teacher, Kristel had
brought their handmade dolls with traditional Estonian clothes. She gave each
team dolls that are specially prepared by her pupils.
In Spain, it was the time to play
traditional children games according to the project activities. And it had been
planned that French, Estonian and Turkish teams would teach one of their
traditional children games in CEIP Utiaca.
Levent, physical education
teacher from Turkey, had taught a game called “Tombik”. French and Spanish
students formed two teams and played the game for three times to learn better.
Here is abstract and video for the game:
“Tombik
9 tiles, one ball and 2 teams needed.
One of the teams is in the middle. The other
team try to hit the members of the team in the middle one by one by the help of
ball. The team in the middle tries tol ine up the tiles over and over beside
trying not to be hit. If the the team in the middle manages to line up the
tiles before its last player is hit, it gets one point.”
Here is the link for the game Tombik we
played in School Utiaca
Audrey, Pierre and Vincent from
France taught Spanish pupils to play the "thèque" which is a
variation of baseball and a good game for young children and teenagers. Audrey
said that they play it often at school and it is a game from
Normandie. The instruments for "thèque" is a tenis racket
and tenis balls.
Estonian teacher Kristel taught
us the game called “A Master Takes A Wife”
Here is the introduction
and words of the game:
“How to play A Master Takes A
Wife
Players march clockwise in a
circle holding hands and singing ’’A master takes a wife ... ’’
A boy (MASTER) is in the middle
of the circle and marches in the opposite direction. He chooses a girl to be
his WIFE and now they march together holding hands. While the second verse is
being sung, the wife takes one player to be their CHILD. In the third verse the
child chooses a NURSE, in the fourth the nurse chooses a MAID and in the fifth
the maid chooses a HELPER. In the last verse the helper remains in the middle
while the master, wife, child , nurse, and maid find a place in the circle of
players. The helper becomes a new MASTER and the game starts again.”
While playing the game kids sing
these words:
“A Master Takes A Wife
1 A master
takes a wife (2×)
And gets
a beautiful wife (2×)
A master
takes a wife.
2 The wife takes a
child (2×)
And gets
a beautiful child (2×)
The
wife takes a child.
3 The the child takes
a nurse (2×)
And gets
a beautiful nurse (2×)
The
child takes a nurse.
4 The nurse
takes a maid (2×)
And
gets a beautiful maid (2×)
The
nurse takes a maid.
5 The maid takes a
helper (2×)
And
gets a handsome helper (2×)
The
maid takes a helper.
6 The helper
becomes a master (2×)
Becomes
a handsome master (2×)
The
helper becomes a master”
In the late afternoon on
Wednesday, POW team have been to Artenara. Artenara is a village and a
municipality in the western part of the island of Gran Canaria in the Las
Palmas province in the Canary Islands. Its population is 1,198 (2013), and the
area is 66.70 km². Artenara is the smallest municipality of Gran Canaria in
population. The village Artenara is situated in the mountains, 24 km southwest
of Las Palmas. It is famous because there are many inhabited caves and cave
traditions as the "Lady of the Cave".
Then we have been to Teachers’
Center and had the opportunity to watch the music performance of an orchestra
consisting of families of some students from CEIP Utiaca. It was a fantastic
performance consisting of Canarian music.
We also had a project meeting
about the traditional children game activity. We decided that Polish&Slovak
teams would teach their games in France and Italian&Spanish teams would teach
their games in Turkey. We talked about next mobilities to France and Turkey as
well.
On Thursday, teachers have been
to Agüimes and students have been to Cocodrilo park.
During Thursday, Friday and
Saturday POW team said goodbye to Sonia & Miguel and Las Palmas.
The Comenius week in Spain had
been full of game activities and Canarian culture.
