8/10/2011

Introductions: Green Flag High Schools in Belgium, Finland, Greece, Portugal and Romania

The Collège Saint-Barthélemy, Liège, Belgium 
The Collège Saint-Barthélemy is situated in the city of Liège. It has about 1.500 students and 150 staff members. Anxious to address environmental and health concerns for many years, our school has followed the objective to obtain the "AGENDA 21" quality label. We already got a first quality label called "School for Tomorrow" in June 2008 and felt that we were on the right track to go on. In 2010 we got the "3 planets" label, the highest reward for eco-schools in Belgium.

Laanila High School, Oulu, Finland 
Laanilan Lukio is a high school of approximately 300 students and 25 teachers in the city of Oulu. Oulu is situated at the sea of Gulf Botnia in northern Finland.
Since spring 2009 our school has had the status of an Eco-school. We have an active green flag-group of students who plan and implement activities related to sustainable development tutored by teachers. Recently, our themes have been co-operation with the societies in the neighbourhood area and diminishing of waste recycling. During the ongoing school year, our main focus is to reduce energy consumption.

The 4th Lyceum of Thessaloniki, Greece
The 4th Lyceum of Thessaloniki is situated in the historical centre of the city near its coast. It is one of the oldest schools in the city (established in 1933). The number of students is 118. The staff consists of 20 teachers. The students and teachers of the 4th Lyceum of Thessaloniki think that their participation in this program will sensitize them more towards the environmental issues in Europe and develop their language skills as well.

Sà de Miranda School, Braga, Portugal 
Sà de Miranda School is situated in Braga, a city with a vast historical and cultural heritage in the North of Portugal. The total number of students who enrolled at the beginning of the present school year is around 1425, 825 of whom attending Scientific-Humanistic courses, and 500 attending Vocational courses. Trying to cope with the challenges of such a heterogeneous school population, it is the school's priority to foster the holistic development of all its members, by promoting personal and academic growth.

GRUPUL SCOLAR "ALEXANDRU CEL BUN, Botosani, Romania 
Founded in 1974, GRUPUL SCOLAR "ALEXANDRU CEL BUN operates with 53 classes. Among these classes, 20 are for general education (philology, computer and natural sciences), 7 classes for vocational education and 8 for professional education (technician in textile and clothing design)  Altogether, 1371 students are trained in our school, and there are about 100 teachers. Among the extracurricular activities, the students enjoy getting involved in educational projects. "Let's Do It, Romania!" is one of these actions carried out at national level. 300 students of our school participated in this program organised by the Environmental Care Agency in 2010.  For instance, they cleaned up some polluted sites. From October onwards, we have been organising the sorting of rubbish at our school.  

30 comments:

  1. We have a great combination of different kinds of schools from east and west and north and south in this project! Let's make this project a memorable one, enjoy it and learn new things from each other!
    Tiina "Finland"

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  2. "You must be the change you wish to see in the world."

    — Mahatma Gandhi

    Tintti

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  3. The Belgian team is looking forward to meeting you...we hope everybody will enjoy this big adventure...

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  4. In a couple of weeks we are going to meet each other in Liége. It's nice to hear one of the most beautiful languages in the world - French - and get to know new people. Can't wait.

    Nina

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  5. Hi everybody! Could we know what the pupils who will take part think? Can they give their opinion? come on! Just dare! I know the first step is difficult...but try!
    This blog is not only for the teachers...
    Françoise-Belgium

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  6. This adventure will offer us a special life experience.It will be wonderful to meet new people and explore other cultures and communicate in different foreign languages.


    Cosmin, Madalina - Romania(pupils)

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  7. This is the first time our school has got involved in a european project. I'm sure this will be a memorable experience for me and for our students.

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  8. Anonymous... but not too much :)
    Isabel - Portugal

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  9. I'm looking forward to meet you all and I think this experience will be great, helping us as students and as citizens by giving us the chance to explore other cultures and meet new people.

    Fernando - Portugal

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  10. this type of project is great as we can meet new people, have a lot of fun, have a new experience in a different country and at the same time learn form each other on how to take care of our planet!


    Pedro - Portugal

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  11. I hope to meet some of you as soon as possible :))) Billy - Greece

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  12. "I'm looking forward to what is ahead us. It will be a great experience, where we are going to have the opportunity to learn how to treat and care the earth we living on. It's not just "thinking green" or "take the train instead of the car".
    It’s absolutely necessary to communicate and share opinions with different people, countries, cultures, as we are going to do in this European project.
    We are also getting the chance to meet new people, and develop ourselves as citizens.

    Lígia - Portugal

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  13. All I can say is that I just can't wait to meet new people and exchange opinions on environental issues. As Lígia said, "it is necessary to communicate and share opinions", that's why we participate in this project after all, isn't it? :D

    Theo - Greece

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  14. Great! dear partners, I am so happy to read what you have posted...and I am waiting for you to show you a part (just a small one, sorry!) of Belgium...It will be wonderful, I hope for all of you!
    Françoise (Mrs Comenius)

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  15. I'm glad to see that things are "warming up". I'm sure that this is just the beginning of a fruitful interaction among us all, which I hope won't finish with the end of the project.

    Isabel-Portugal

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  16. can't wait for this experience!!! meeting new people, exchange ideas, discuss, learn new things... it's gonna be great!
    see u all in a few days!

    Dimitra-Greece

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  17. I hope this interaction among all of the participants won't stop with the end of this project ^_^ looks like I and Isabel agree :)

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  18. Hey!!! It's great to finally have the chance to communicate with you!!As many of you know Greece is a country with sunny weather... So the only thing I wish for, is that this experience will be full of this sunshine!!! Therefore I hope that me and my partners will bring some of it there with us <3 <3 <3 :):)

    Areti,Greece

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  19. I' m eager to meet you all people . Unfortunatelly, it' s not possible for me to see you at Liege but I' m looking forward to meeting you at Botosani, Romania . I hope we all enjoy the cooperation .
    Anna , Thessaloniki-Greece

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  20. First Belgian to write on this blog after the teacher :D This project will be a great adventure for everybody and I can't wait to meet you all ... Different culture, different languages, ... We are going to have a lot of fun.
    So I say "Welcome in Belgium !"

    Marco - Belgium

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  21. Hi :D I suppose you've never been to Liège...So I just want to say that I hope you will enjoy your trip in our beautiful city :) I'm looking forward to meet you all...

    Léonore, Belgium

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  22. Dear friends
    I sent you my best wishes for the success of the project. I am sure that all this time all together will achieve a higher level of friendship and understanding. Enjoy the meeting at Liege.
    Kaiti- Greece

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  23. There is only a couple of days till we meet each other and i still can't handle myself of imagine how wonderful it is going to be !!!
    See you at Liege...

    Kleiw-Greece

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  24. I just want to say that the trip was amazing. Everybody was friendly and willing to help. It was a great experience... i miss everything!!! Thank you mrs Fransoice for the oppurtunity you gave us and we hope to see you again.

    Dimitra, GREECE

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  25. Hi, everybody! It was really great to know each one of you and have the chance to spend time together. Thank you, Tiina, for the photos! It's nice to be able to see everyone's faces whenever I want. It will feel good to remember these happy days in Liège!

    Isabel, Portugal

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  26. this experience was incomparable. apart from seeing another country, i learnt new things and made new friends! i hope that many other students will be able to experience something like that... thank you all very much! let's keep in touch!

    KLEIW, GREECE

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  27. Hello, everybody! I'sure you are still telling everyone in your school about the great experience we had in Liège. The photos are great! Tina can you send me the photo of the Portuguese group?
    Who has the first photo we took together at the school under the flags? Can anyone sent it too?
    A warm hug from Portugal.
    Ana Paula

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  28. It would be very nice if we all post our e-mail addresses and facebook accounts so that we could communicate sooner!It's not necessery for those who don't want!

    Areti,Greece

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  29. Don't worry, Areti...and don't be so impatient, I will soon send a list with all the e-mail addresses...!
    Françoise, Belgium

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  30. Hi everybody! Are you already hibernating??? No reaction, no comment for a long time...! What's up? Did you get my mail with the e-mail addresses? Next time I will post the recipe of the honey gingerbread...so that you could prepare it for your family..
    Françoise, Belgium

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