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This is the blog specially created for the Comenius project called H.U.G.E.S. Here there are the 5 EUROPEAN schools working together in this challenger adventure:
1- The Coordinator school: LAUDIO BHI from The Basque Country (Spain)
2.- COLLÉGE DE TERRE SAINTE from La Réunion Island (France)
3.- AGRUPAMENTO VERTICAL DE ESCOLAS E JARDINS DE INFANCIA do Concelho da Chamusca (Portugal)
4.-NORGARDENSKOLAN, Uddevalla (Sweden)
5.- FAZEKAS MIHÁLY FÓVAROSI GYAKORLÓ ÁLTALÁNOS Iskola és Gimnázium Budapest (Hungary)
1- The Coordinator school: LAUDIO BHI from The Basque Country (Spain)
2.- COLLÉGE DE TERRE SAINTE from La Réunion Island (France)
3.- AGRUPAMENTO VERTICAL DE ESCOLAS E JARDINS DE INFANCIA do Concelho da Chamusca (Portugal)
4.-NORGARDENSKOLAN, Uddevalla (Sweden)
5.- FAZEKAS MIHÁLY FÓVAROSI GYAKORLÓ ÁLTALÁNOS Iskola és Gimnázium Budapest (Hungary)
Sunday 12 January 2014
Our COMENIUS project has been awarded as THE BEST ONE in Spain (2011/2013)
Jueves, 9 enero 2014
“Hands Up for a Green Energy School”
El IES Laudio recibe un premio nacional por su participación en un proyecto europeo
Alumnos y profesores del IES Laudio han participado durante dos años en el proyecto Comenius, y recibieron ayer la noticia de que su trabajo ha sido premiado a nivel estatal entre otras 700 candidaturas. El profesor de inglés del instituto, José Mari Fernández ha explicado que “se trata del reconocimiento al trabajo realizado durante más de doce años, una iniciativa que ha consistido en trabajar sobre la energía y el reciclaje junto a otros institutos europeos”.
“Lo que pretendíamos es concienciar a los jóvenes en la necesidad del ahorro energético y que fueran ellos mismos ideas para llevar a la práctica. Ha sido un proyecto muy enriquecedor”. Ha asegurado.
El proyecto premiado se ha coordinado desde Laudio, se ha desarrollado íntegramente en inglés con el nombre “Hands Up for a Green Eneregy School”, y han trabajado junto a los alumnos y profesores del IES Laudio, otros institutos de Portugal, Suecia, Hungría, y de la isla francesa de Reunión, situada en el Océano Indico.
http://zaraobedigital.com/not/18858/el_ies_laudio_recibe_un_premio_nacional_por_su_participacion_en_un_proyecto_europeo/
Wednesday 3 July 2013
Students' comments about the visit to The Basque Country
This comenius project has been a very
useful experience in our lives. That week we did some new friends that I hope
we never lose our friendship. We met a
lot of people. People from other countries and other cultures, but thanks to
this project we have learnt to understand them and how to live with them. Apart
from this, we learnt how to recycle and how we can make the world better. In
conclusion, this Comenius week has been one of
my best weeks ever in my life, it
was an unforgettable week and I hope to see all of you again in the future.
Aitor Arana from the Basque Country
In this Comenius proyect I haven't traveled to any country but the meeting in the Basque Country has been great! The people we met here was very very nice and I have made very good friends.
During the meeting the weather wasn't very good but, anyway, the trips, the free time and the weekend in Zuhatza was amazing. That week will be unforgettable!
I hope everyone had a great time here, and I hope I could see all of them soon :)
Yaiza Gonzalez from the Basque Country
In this Comenius proyect I haven't traveled to any country but the meeting in the Basque Country has been great! The people we met here was very very nice and I have made very good friends.
During the meeting the weather wasn't very good but, anyway, the trips, the free time and the weekend in Zuhatza was amazing. That week will be unforgettable!
I hope everyone had a great time here, and I hope I could see all of them soon :)
Yaiza Gonzalez from the Basque Country
Meeting with parents from the Basque Country
Before our partners' visit to our school we had a meeting with the students and their families.
One of the last tasks in our project was to compare the different lifestyles, our students have nowadays, with their parents' and grandparents' when they were similar age.
Students had prepared a questionnaire for parents and they explained how their lives were when they were younger. They talked about paper, food and water, in terms of "Energy". How the situation was like when they were at school.
This meeting was one of the last activities we had prepared at school within the "Energy Awareness Campaign" involving students, parents and teachers.
Here you can find some of their conclusions:
Paper waste
Paper at school
When our parents were young,
there weren’t photocopiers and when they needed a copy of something they had to
trace it. At that time paper wasn’t recycled and people used to use newspapers
to wrap things. They weren’t worried about paper waste because they didn’t use
much paper.
Toilet
paper
When our parents were young
most of them had toilet paper at home
but our grandparents didn’t. If they were outside they used leaves instead of
toilet paper because there weren’t any toilets. At school they had toilet paper
but it was bad quality paper.
Food
waste
After watching the videos, we
did some questions to our parents. Our topic was food now and then. According
to the answers, this is our conclusion: nowadays we throw much more food than
when our parents were young. We also eat yunk food. Some parents know that
their sons and daughters don’t like the food from the canteen, so they give
money to them to buy something in the break instead of eating food from the
canteen.
Parents also commented that
when they were young the food was bought in local moarkets or taken in their
own farm ( baserri). They also said that the food was never thrown as they
always ate all the food they had. So, when they saw the video about the canteen
they got really shocked because of the enormous waste of food.
Finally, they told us
something that nowadays seems incredible: when they were young people who lived
in the cities usually went to the farms (baserris) to ask for food because
people from the cities were poorer than the ones who had their own farm.
Water
waste
When our parents were young
they had running water except in some cases. Some had to go far to take it.
They couldn’t waste it because they needed it for other things. In short, they
reused it. The water at home was drinkable. They had a shower once or twice a
week and they heated the water on a range.
There weren’t any toilets in
the house so they used a box or they went to the garden. They hadn’t a washing
machine. Nowadays we use much more water than when our parents were young.
It was great to see students and parents talking together and discussing about the posible solutions to the waste of energy we have at school and also in our houses.
Friday 21 June 2013
Meeting in The Basque Country
Our comenius week in Basque Country
We come from Réunion Island and first we would like to thank teachers and pupils for their warm welcoming in their country and, parents and pupils for having received us so well!
In the Basque Country we visited:
The Salt valley of Añana
Valdejo Natural Park
Legazpi, the valley of iron.
-The city of Bilbao and the museum.
-AND Zuhatza Island where we camped for 3 days.
It was very very very beautiful but very very cold too.
We made a lot of friends and we miss them a lot and we couldn't dream of a better visit.
We hope to see you again
Laurie, Renzo, Jade, Eglantine, and Indira from Réunion Island
Tuesday 30 April 2013
Our COMENIUS week in Budapest, March 2013
We came from Réunion Island and as
you know it, it's a tropical island . So when we arrived in Budapest , our
first reaction was: «It's COLD!»
but we had very good moments , we think it was a really great week . The people were very very friendly , the teachers and students from all the countries were funny .
We really love this week and of course the last night , except the fact that it was the last night , We had a party prepared by our Hungarian friends . All the students became “crazy “ and we had a lot of fun together . We will never forget this week .
During the week we visited very nice place such as Szentendre. It was a nice and very interesting visit, except that it was still cold , there was snow , it was really great with the architecture of Szentendre . An ancient architecture with the white snow , really good mix , We liked it .
but we had very good moments , we think it was a really great week . The people were very very friendly , the teachers and students from all the countries were funny .
We really love this week and of course the last night , except the fact that it was the last night , We had a party prepared by our Hungarian friends . All the students became “crazy “ and we had a lot of fun together . We will never forget this week .
During the week we visited very nice place such as Szentendre. It was a nice and very interesting visit, except that it was still cold , there was snow , it was really great with the architecture of Szentendre . An ancient architecture with the white snow , really good mix , We liked it .
We went as well to visit the Hungarian Parliament Building . It is the seat of the National Assembly of Hungary, one of Europe's oldest legislative buildings, It is situated in Lajos Kossuth square, near the Danube.
The Parliament Building is in the Neo-Gothic style; it has a beautiful central dome and when we entered inside we walked on beautiful and big stairs and we saw impressive frescoes on the ceiling.
We saw as well the Holy crown of Hungary , it's here since 2000.
When we went to the mall , the chemical experiences were fantastic , with the liquid hydrogen .
We liked the zoo too , there were very different species , start to owl to lizards , and more .
Our hosts were very very friendly and funny.
And we thanks so much our hosts for the hospitality and for everything!
We will be back in Budapest because we really liked :)
And of course you are welcome in Reunion Island !
Thanks you so much Teachers, Students for your hospitality :)
Saturday 2 February 2013
VISIT TO PORTUGAL: Students from Réunion Island
The students from Reunion Island would
like to thank parents and pupils for having received us so well ! And
teachers, pupils for their warm welcoming in their college.
Upon our arrival we were already comfortable.
We had new friends but now we miss them a lot not to mention the parents.
When we were in school, the students were all smiling, we were welcomed like celebrities, the school is wonderful, we had the opportunity to visit the school in French thanks to Rita and Afonso.
We visited Nazaré and here is a really beautiful beach, the sand is really fine compared to ours, unfortunately we didn't bath because the Atlantic ocean is really cold!
Then, Obidos, this city is really different in comparison with Nazaré, the castle of Obidos is really beautiful, the view from there is really wonderful !
And finally, at Lisbon it was magical. We visited the Belem Tower, next to one of the largest bridge in Europe, then the Jeronimos Monastery where Vasco da Gama was buried. This monastery, which is in Gothic style, was built by King Manuel 1st in 1502 for information.
We tasted some specialties of Portugal which were very sweet but very delicious. It's called pasteis de nata.
This week was unforgettable , and the weather was fantastic. We were really lucky. All that will stay engraved in our hearts
We hope to see you again ! WE LOVE YOU!
Eva Rangayen, Juliette Ruzic, Mickael Rambouillé, Océane Blancard
Upon our arrival we were already comfortable.
We had new friends but now we miss them a lot not to mention the parents.
When we were in school, the students were all smiling, we were welcomed like celebrities, the school is wonderful, we had the opportunity to visit the school in French thanks to Rita and Afonso.
We visited Nazaré and here is a really beautiful beach, the sand is really fine compared to ours, unfortunately we didn't bath because the Atlantic ocean is really cold!
Then, Obidos, this city is really different in comparison with Nazaré, the castle of Obidos is really beautiful, the view from there is really wonderful !
And finally, at Lisbon it was magical. We visited the Belem Tower, next to one of the largest bridge in Europe, then the Jeronimos Monastery where Vasco da Gama was buried. This monastery, which is in Gothic style, was built by King Manuel 1st in 1502 for information.
We tasted some specialties of Portugal which were very sweet but very delicious. It's called pasteis de nata.
This week was unforgettable , and the weather was fantastic. We were really lucky. All that will stay engraved in our hearts
Eva Rangayen, Juliette Ruzic, Mickael Rambouillé, Océane Blancard
Saturday 3 November 2012
COMENIUS Week in Portugal. October 2012
"At first, I was a bit nervous because I didn't know the people I was going to meet in Portugal" "Later in Chamusca, I discovered that the partners there were very friendly and we had a lot of fun together". " It has been an amazing experience and we learnt so much about culture and life, but the best thing was that we did lots of good friends and we're still in touch thanks to Internet".
IRENE BARAÑANO.
"When I was selected... I couldn't believe it... I was travelling to Portugal!!! At the beginning I was nervours. On the plane I was wondering things like: How will it be? How will I manage with them? But when we arrived at the airport all the nervousness disappeared." "My partner was a very good host and her family was lovely."." I was very upset when we had to come back home but I remember that the Portuguese teacher told me: To be able to return again, first you must go. and it's true" IRATI SERRANO.
"My trip to Portugal was an unforgettable trip. It was
my first trip without my parents and the first time with my friends. My stay in
Portugal was very pleasant and very funny because people from Portugal are very funny and their hospitality
is very good. Chamusca, Lisbon, Nazaré and Obidos are very beautiful
places. I met a lot of friends in the comenius project in Portugal, from all of the countries but
specially from Portugal. My host family was a very nice family. I felt as at home. And the food was also
very good. This has been an experience that I will never forget. XABIER ROJO."
"Chamusca is a small town in Portugal. It is located near Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Chamusca is a picturesque village
with lovely white houses and beautiful streets and shops. It is quiet and clean
because there are few cars.
The journey was fantastic. It took us more or
less five hours to get there. We were a little bit tired but happy to stay there. When
we arrived at the airport all the families were waiting for us. The next day they showed us the school; In the afternoon, we went
to the Townhall, this day we met new people. On Tuesday we visited Nazáre and
Ovidos it is a typical medieval town. It was a beautiful visit, we took
some photos and bought some postcards and souvenirs. The next day ,in the schoo,l
all the countries did their presentations. Before lunch we sang our Comenius
song. In the afternoon we visited the ecological park of Elvao. On Thursday we visited Lisbon, it was fantastic, the first thing
we did was to visit the Monastery of Jerónimos and Belen Tower. Later we left Belén Tower and we went to Rossio and visited
downtown Lisbon." LAURA CASTAÑOS.
Friday 2 November 2012
Visit to Pizzeria PICCOLA in Laudio
For our visit to Portugal we had to prepare a presentation about " the story of..." a product following the life of "something" from when it is produced till it is finally wasted, talking in terms of ENERGY. The energy needed to produce that product, the energy needed while we are using it and finally the energy needed to recycle it.
In this Comenius project, the Basque team has been working with "food", it has been our task, so we decided to follow the life of a PIZZA trying to know, also, if it could be considered a healthy food or not.
Our teachers took us to Pizzeria Piccola inLaudio. It is a place where they prepare homemade pizzas following the traditional recipe. And we learnt that pizza can be a healthy food, it all depends on the ingredients we use. The main difference with the pizzas produced in factories is that in PICCOLA they don't use preservatives or similar things. In the food industry they normally add a lot of salt and sugar and not very "healthy fats" to their products. Be careful with the cheese, order a pizza with more vegetables and it will follow the rules of a good Mediterranean diet.
Wednesday 31 October 2012
Hungarian experiences in Portugal
Here you can see us on the airplane. It was David’s first flight. We were flying for almost 4 hours. We had a great time and quite good food on the plane. |
In the afternoon we went on a
sightseeing tour around Chamusca. It’s a small town. We were honoured to have the opportunity to visit
the Town Hall and to be received by the mayor himself. We are grateful for this opportunity.
We aldso visited a tower. The view was beautiful from
upstairs. An interesting thing is that almost
every house is white because of the weather.
On the white
houses there are stripes in various colours. The colour of the types talks
about the influence of rich families in Chamusca. The colours represent the
family under whose influence the owners of the house belonged.
We also added
some other pictures taken
of Chamusca, this lovely small town.
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Wednesday 30 May 2012
Comenius week in Sweden May 2012
The week here in Sweden with all the comenius students was amazing !!!
All students from Sweden miss our friends so much, we had so much fun and everyone loved the week!
Before the students came it was bad weather but when they came it was sunny and warm all days of the week, when they went back to their countries the weather here in Sweden got bad. So now we want you back !
Everyone got many new friends and some fell in love….. hihi..
The week was one of the best weeks ever in our lives!
We miss and love you guys so much!
Hugs and kisses from Alice, Grynna & Arvid!!!
We thought it was a really succesful week. We had a lot of fun, and learned to know many nice people, not only people from Sweden. It's interesting to get to know other cultures, and it did show us that we have many things in common and also that we are different. We have got many memories that we will remember for our whole life, and new friends of course from all different countries in the world. It was really sad to say good bye, because we did get so tight to each other and we felt like a big family. We didn't just hang out in the school, we did also hang out in spare time, we did things like having bbq, go to Liseberg and had a movie night. No we look back at the week and miss everybody and hope that we could meet them again. :) we miss you guys very much, and hopefully we can meet again! :) Sanna och Clara
This Comenius week was the best week in our lives. Everybody got new friends from other countries and everybody miss them very much. It was very fun up on the Herrestads forest and lakes there we met everybody for the first time and it was very fun! The bus trip was also very fun because everybody got to see our beautiful natur. David, David and Daniel
It was really fun when they were here! We learned a lot for example new words, differences between the countries and about the environment. We got really close to each other. We also learned more about Sweden and other countries! We became one big family. It was really nice weather all the time and that was really good!! We were really happy when they said they liked Sweden! And to say goodbye was not good : (Olivia, Unni, Frida and Ronja. We think that the week in Sweden was very fun and we have learned a lot of things. We have gotten many new friends and memories. We have also discovered new places in Sweden, and we have seen how beautiful it actually is. The communication was difficult in the beginning but after a while we learned how to make it work and we helped each other. It has been an amazing week with beautiful weather! The funniest things we did were when we were at Hafsten and Liseberg! We did very many funny things together there and we laughed very much, we got to know each other better and everybody spoke to each other! This week has been an instructive week with many laughs and memories! In the end, it was very sad to watch them leave and we hope that we’ll meet them again. / Emelie Hansson, Frida Niklasson och Alicia Larsson
We thought the week was veeeeery good! It was very fun to meet people from other countries and get to know them, especially when we did fun activities together. We got to know very many new people, both from Sweden and the other countries. The good weather also made it even more perfect and we went to the ocean and swam. Most of the students wern´t shy and they wern´t afraid to talk, and that was very good because then you get to know them even better! We will never forget this trip!! /Paulina Thorsell and Julia Magnusson Björk This week was the best I ever had in school. It was very fun to make new friends and contact. When the Comenius people came to Sweden the weather got really nice, but when you left the weather got rainy and bad… We really liked being host family. The bus trip and all the other things we did went very well, and it was fun to… We miss you all and hope we could meet again Bye bye Erik L Thorsson Erik af Geijerstam
We thought it was a really succesful week. We had a lot of fun, and learned to know many nice people, not only people from Sweden. It's interesting to get to know other cultures, and it did show us that we have many things in common and also that we are different. We have got many memories that we will remember for our whole life, and new friends of course from all different countries in the world. It was really sad to say good bye, because we did get so tight to each other and we felt like a big family. We didn't just hang out in the school, we did also hang out in spare time, we did things like having bbq, go to Liseberg and had a movie night. No we look back at the week and miss everybody and hope that we could meet them again. :) we miss you guys very much, and hopefully we can meet again! :) Sanna och Clara
This Comenius week was the best week in our lives. Everybody got new friends from other countries and everybody miss them very much. It was very fun up on the Herrestads forest and lakes there we met everybody for the first time and it was very fun! The bus trip was also very fun because everybody got to see our beautiful natur. David, David and Daniel
It was really fun when they were here! We learned a lot for example new words, differences between the countries and about the environment. We got really close to each other. We also learned more about Sweden and other countries! We became one big family. It was really nice weather all the time and that was really good!! We were really happy when they said they liked Sweden! And to say goodbye was not good : (Olivia, Unni, Frida and Ronja. We think that the week in Sweden was very fun and we have learned a lot of things. We have gotten many new friends and memories. We have also discovered new places in Sweden, and we have seen how beautiful it actually is. The communication was difficult in the beginning but after a while we learned how to make it work and we helped each other. It has been an amazing week with beautiful weather! The funniest things we did were when we were at Hafsten and Liseberg! We did very many funny things together there and we laughed very much, we got to know each other better and everybody spoke to each other! This week has been an instructive week with many laughs and memories! In the end, it was very sad to watch them leave and we hope that we’ll meet them again. / Emelie Hansson, Frida Niklasson och Alicia Larsson
We thought the week was veeeeery good! It was very fun to meet people from other countries and get to know them, especially when we did fun activities together. We got to know very many new people, both from Sweden and the other countries. The good weather also made it even more perfect and we went to the ocean and swam. Most of the students wern´t shy and they wern´t afraid to talk, and that was very good because then you get to know them even better! We will never forget this trip!! /Paulina Thorsell and Julia Magnusson Björk This week was the best I ever had in school. It was very fun to make new friends and contact. When the Comenius people came to Sweden the weather got really nice, but when you left the weather got rainy and bad… We really liked being host family. The bus trip and all the other things we did went very well, and it was fun to… We miss you all and hope we could meet again Bye bye Erik L Thorsson Erik af Geijerstam
Sunday 27 May 2012
Besök av utländska elever på Norgårdenskolan
Elever från Baskien
Elever från Baskien
Under veckan har Norgårdenskolan besök av 24 elever från våra Comeniusländer (Baskien, Portugal, Ungern och Reunion). Eleverna kommer att bo i värdfamiljer under veckan.
Eleverna har även med sig två lärare från respektive land. Under veckan kommer eleverna att medverka på lektionerna på Norgårdenskolan. Utflykter är inbokade till Unda, Herrestadsfjället samt en båttur med M/S Gustafsberg. En busstur genom Bohuslän och besök på Innovatum i Trollhättan.
Ett bra tillfälle att visa upp Uddevalla och Bohuslän, säger Helen Hibell, koordinator för projektet på Norgårdenskolan.
- För våra elever och världfamiljer är detta ett bra tillfälle att få träna upp sin engelska. Det knyter också samman föräldrarna när dom ställer upp som världfamiljer, då våra gäster följer med sina värdfamiljer under deras aktiviteter, säger Helena.
Under veckan kommer vissa uppdrag att utföras som sedan ska dokumenteras och redovisas. Uppgiften handlar om miljö och energi där eleverna får göra efterforskningar om förbrukning och samla in information, identifiera problem och att hitta lösningar för att förbättra situationen på våra skolor.
Comeniusprojektet är ett EU-projekt där Norgårdenskolan är en av de skolor som deltar under åren 2011-2013. Under projektets gång står man värd för minst ett comeniusmöte i det egna landet. Nästa comeniusmöte är i Portugal i oktober, Ungern i februari och avslutningsmöte i Spanien under maj månad 2013. Det är det tredje projektet inom EU som Norgårdenskolan deltar i.
Vid frågor kontakta:
Helena Hibell (koordinator för projektet)
huges-comenius.wikispaces.comlänk till annan webbplats
huges-comenius.blogspot.selänk till annan webbplats
Baskien - ett område i norra Spanien.
Reunion - fransk koloni (en ö) som ligger i Indiska oceanen mellan Madagaskar och Mauritius.
Lärare vid Krokestugan
Lärare vid Krokestugan
Kanotpaddling på Herrestadsfjälet var mycket uppskattat
Kanotpaddling på Herrestadsfjälet var mycket uppskattat
José Marie, koordinator i Baskien och Alexe från Reunion Iceland bakar kanelbullar under hemkunskapslektion
José Marie, koordinator i Baskien och Alexe från Reunion Iceland bakar kanelbullar under hemkunskapslektion
Friday 25 May 2012
Wednesday 28 March 2012
Did you know?
Energy Conservation Myths
Leaving a light on uses less energy than turning it off and on several times. Truth: Leaving an incandescent or fluorescent lamp on uses more energy than turning it on and off as needed. Tips:
• Get into the habit of turning off lights when you leave a room.
• Use natural day lighting when possible and reduce or eliminate artificial lighting. Day lighting has been proven to have many benefits.
• Use compact fluorescent lights instead of incandescent bulbs whenever you can. Compact fluorescents are 3-4 times more efficient than incandescent and last 10 times as long.
Myth #1 Additional Information: When fluorescent lights first came into use in the 1950s, people developed the habit of leaving the lights on. Like many myths, this one has lived well past its useful life. As a general rule, you should turn off the lights whenever you leave a room. It's just a good habit to develop. Turning off the lights reduces operating costs in two ways: it saves energy and reduces the number of lamp replacements. But doesn't it take more energy to start up the light than it does to run the lamp for several minutes? No. It is true that fluorescent lamps draw an inrush current that is five times greater than the operating current. However, the initial surge of a rapid start lamp lasts for only 1/120th of a second. So, you have to turn the lamp off for only one second to save the same amount of energy used to start it up again. But, doesn't the starting cathode erode each time the lamp is started? Yes. Cathode erosion is one factor that limits lamp life. While turning off the lights reduces the number of hours the lamp will burn, it extends the time between lamp replacements. For example, a standard rapid-start fluorescent lamp operating continuously will burn for 38,000 hours or 4.3 years. If the same lamp burns only 12 hours per day, the number of operating hours drops to 30,000. However, the lamp will remain in service for 6.8 years. So, you cut operating energy in half and reduce lamp replacement costs by 30 percent. It's not necessary to go through elaborate calculations each time you leave a room. As general rule of thumb, it's always better to turn off the light, even if you'll be gone only a minute or two. Make a habit of turning off the lights every time you leave. Forty years ago, leaving the lights burning continuously may have been the best thing to
do. However, a few things have changed since then. Fluorescent lamps are more durable, energy is several times more expensive, and fluorescents are used in more locations than ever before. If you want to save money on energy and lamp replacement, turn it off!
• Use natural day lighting when possible and reduce or eliminate artificial lighting. Day lighting has been proven to have many benefits.
• Use compact fluorescent lights instead of incandescent bulbs whenever you can. Compact fluorescents are 3-4 times more efficient than incandescent and last 10 times as long.
Myth #1 Additional Information: When fluorescent lights first came into use in the 1950s, people developed the habit of leaving the lights on. Like many myths, this one has lived well past its useful life. As a general rule, you should turn off the lights whenever you leave a room. It's just a good habit to develop. Turning off the lights reduces operating costs in two ways: it saves energy and reduces the number of lamp replacements. But doesn't it take more energy to start up the light than it does to run the lamp for several minutes? No. It is true that fluorescent lamps draw an inrush current that is five times greater than the operating current. However, the initial surge of a rapid start lamp lasts for only 1/120th of a second. So, you have to turn the lamp off for only one second to save the same amount of energy used to start it up again. But, doesn't the starting cathode erode each time the lamp is started? Yes. Cathode erosion is one factor that limits lamp life. While turning off the lights reduces the number of hours the lamp will burn, it extends the time between lamp replacements. For example, a standard rapid-start fluorescent lamp operating continuously will burn for 38,000 hours or 4.3 years. If the same lamp burns only 12 hours per day, the number of operating hours drops to 30,000. However, the lamp will remain in service for 6.8 years. So, you cut operating energy in half and reduce lamp replacement costs by 30 percent. It's not necessary to go through elaborate calculations each time you leave a room. As general rule of thumb, it's always better to turn off the light, even if you'll be gone only a minute or two. Make a habit of turning off the lights every time you leave. Forty years ago, leaving the lights burning continuously may have been the best thing to
do. However, a few things have changed since then. Fluorescent lamps are more durable, energy is several times more expensive, and fluorescents are used in more locations than ever before. If you want to save money on energy and lamp replacement, turn it off!
Students' conclusions about their task in the "ENERGY BLOG" (WIKI)
ABOUT WASTE AND RECYCLING BY PANNA GEHÉR AND HER TEAM (Hungarian School)
We’ve recently interviewed some of the caretakers in school. We asked them about recycling and how to make our school green. We realized that the school wastes a lot.
Students don’t usually turn off the lights. They should put some stickers on the light switches that ask the students not to leave them on.
Secondly, the staff must control the insulation of the windows. If the windows aren’t insulated well, we’ll waste lots of energy.
Students shouldn’t get canned soft drinks because they usually don’t drink it. Someone should rather put some wells to each floor so everybody would drink clean, cold water and they wouldn’t make that much rubbish.
Secondly, we got to know that the school uses recycle bins. caretakers carry all of the waste down to the basement. There, a kind women, called Miss Csóka Istvánné selects the different types of rubbish. We think this is not a good solution. It might be a good idea to put recycle bins to each classroom. So students can select their own litter. Miss Csóka thinks reycyling is very important. She teaches her grandchild to do so as well.
Students usually don’t eat the food that they got. They should be given as much food as they want to eat.
Miss Csóka also told us that the whole school produces 14-15 bags of waste a day. These are terrible figures. We think if we cared more about recycling, we would produce less than 10 bags of litter a day.
The next step in our project will be to find solutions to these problems!!!
More conclusions displayed in our WIKI click here
Saturday 4 February 2012
El programa Comenius del IES Laudio BHI recibe una alta calificación por parte de las instituciones y prepara destino a Suecia
3 de Febrero de 2012 |
Al viaje a Isla Reunión han podido acudir 4 alumnos y dos profesores.
La distancia y el precio del desplazamiento han obligado a rebajar el
número de plazas. Para próximas ediciones se contará con una media de 6 o
7 alumnos que viajarán a Suecia como próximo destino. No priman las
notas ni el nivel de inglés, sino la actitud y el saber estar de los
alumnos cuya elección se hace mediante sorteo.
Aiala Mendieta, Anjuli Colomo, Aleix Unzaga y Asier García han sido
los alumnos que viajaban en la última edición del programa Comenius a
Isla Reunión acompañados de los profesores del centro y coordinadores
del proyecto, Carmelina Calavia y José Mari Fernández. En esta ocasión
las energías renovables han sido el apartado de estudio en los últimos
meses, y el proyecto que tuvieron que presentar en su viaje. Ha habido
también tiempo para el ocio y han visitado la parte volcánica de la
isla, una factoría de producción de energía, han recibido una
conferencia en la universidad sobre energías renovables y han disfrutado
de las paradisíacas playas, y la rica gastronomía y hospitalidad de las
gentes y familias en las que han sido acogidas. En 2013 les devolverán
la visita en Llodio.
El IES Laudio BHI se ha mostrado contento con el desarrollo del
programa Comenius hasta ahora y durante el año pasado, y esto ha quedado
refrendado por parte del Departamento de Educación del Gobierno Vasco y
por parte del Ministerio de Educación del Gobierno Central en Madrid
que han calificado, en un informe, de excelente la gestión de este
programa por parte del centro.
Friday 3 February 2012
You can listen to the radio program in this link here.
The really bad weather that we were suffering during the begining of Febreary 2012, was not an impediment to take us to the Radio Station.
Sunday 29 January 2012
Saturday 28 January 2012
Tuesday 27 December 2011
Le Journal de la I'lle de la Réunion. .
Neuf enseignants et onze adolescents européens sont accueillis, pendant une semaine, par le collège de Terre-Sainte. Une visite dans le cadre du projet Comenius. Connexion entre près de 500 collégiens autour de la thématique des énergies propres.
Comenius est aux collégiens ce qu’Erasmus est aux étudiants. Un échange international. À Terre-Sainte, les élèves de quatrième découvrent le dispositif pour la première fois. Depuis la rentrée scolaire, 26 d’entre eux ont fait la connaissance de leurs correspondants européens, sur le net. Via un “wiki-space”, les ados travaillent ensemble qu’ils soient à la Réunion, en Hongrie, au Pays Basque espagnol, au Portugal ou encore en Suède. Comenius court sur deux années. Et l’un des axes fondamentaux du projet reste la mobilité. C’est donc l’équipe réunionnaise qui ouvre le bal en accueillant, pendant une semaine, une délégation venue des quatre pays partenaires du collège saint-pierrois. “Ce dispositif vise à permettre aux jeunes européens de se découvrir et d’apprendre sur leurs voisins qui font partie de l’Union. Sur les 100 Espagnols qui participent, personne ne connaissait la Réunion. C’est ça le but principal, à mon sens”, explique José Mari Fernandez, professeur d’anglais au Pays Basque espagnol.
Depuis le mois de septembre, les petits Réunionnais travaillent sur le thème de la géographie et des langues des pays avec lesquels ils échangent. Les uns travaillent sur la culture ou le sport, les autres sur la musique. Tout ça en anglais. “Les collégiens utilisent beaucoup le wiki-xpace sur lequel ils discutent et s’échangent des informations”, continue Catherine Lusseau, professeur d’histoire-géo et coordinatrice du Comenius à Terre-Sainte. Les énergies renouvelables sont au cœur du projet. Pendant la visite, cette semaine, les collégiens européens travailleront notamment sur le “water blog”. Ensemble, ils définissent les méthodes pour économiser l’eau. Des sorties sont bien entendu au programme : fermes éolienne et photovoltaïque à Sainte-Suzanne, volcan et lagon, tout ce petit monde reprendra l’avion vendredi soir. À noter que mercredi, l’Arer animera une conférence sur les nouvelles énergies. Les collégiens réunionnais se chargeront d’en faire la traduction en anglais pour leurs correspondants européens. La séance débute à 17 heures à l’IUT de Saint-Pierre. Entrée libre.
Tuesday 8 November 2011
Teachers' meeting in Budapest. September 2011
During the last week of September, 2011, teachers from the different schools, met together in Budapest (Hungary) to prepare the COMENIUS project that we want to develop with our students, in our schools. It was a long week. We had a lot of meetings but we also had the chance to visit some parts of the city (Guided by nice students from the Hungarian school), enjoy the Hungarian food, and had fun together, chatting, walking around and knowing better each other. It was a really good start for our project. Here is a summary of the visit written by the Hungarian team: A Visit to Budapest (25th September -30th September) 26th September, Monday The first encounter between our students and the Comenius partners took place in the hotel lobby, from where they were escorted by two volunteer students (early birds) to school. On the way to school they were given a taste of the city by these two students, Réka Mándoki and Eszter Lévai, who introduced some of the famous buildings and let the enthusiastic teachers take several photos of them. In the morning there was a reception in school. The teachers met the head mistress, Ms Veronika Hámori, and the deputy head, Ms Katalin Szabó, who showed them around in the school building. Then, the teachers visited two classroom lessons, one of them being an English lesson where they enchanted our students with their introductory presentations describing the country they come from. The second lesson was an advanced Chemistry class, in which our guests were involved in carrying out experiments. Although they blew and blew, they didn’t blow up the school building. In the afternoon, together with the students involved in the project (8.d), we went on a sightseeing tour organised by the students themselves. A report on the event by a pupil, Viktória Bíró 8.d At the end of September my English group took a trip to the heart of Budapest. We were there with teachers from different countries in Europe. We walked along Danube Promenade, crossed Chain Bridge and went up to Fishermen’s Bastion. Fortunately, the weather was sunny and warm. From the east-bank of the river Danube (Pest) we had a look at the enchanting Buda Castle, the Citadel and Gellert Hill on the west-bank. We passed by beautiful squares, restaurants and buildings. From the other side we admired Pest with the Parliament. Our group had presentations about famous landmarks of Budapest such as the Citadel and Matthias Church. Our guests seemed to have enjoyed the tour very much. I felt proud of living in this amazing city. Another report from Anikó Jakab: Some teachers were here from different countries because of a Comenius project called H.U.G.E.S. We needed to organise a sightseeing programme for them. Our tour started at the gates of the school, where we had a welcome sign saying WELCOMENIUS. First, we went to the hotel where the teachers were staying. While they changed clothes, we had some nice ice cream. Next, we walked along Váci Street and across the River Danube. At the feet of Chain Bridge we stopped and Marci told us some information he had collected about the history of the bridge. After that, we went up to Buda Castle by bus. In the castle we went up to Fishermen’s Bastion , from where we could see the breath-taking view of the city. It was the first time for me to be up there. While we were there, we had mini-presentations about the bastion and the Parliament. Finally, we sang a Hungarian folk song that we translated into English, accompanied by two of my classmates playing the recorder. I think it was fun, I really enjoyed it, I had never seen Budapest through the eyes of a tourist before. 27th September, Tuesday On the second day of the visit to Budapest we had loads of work to do. Due to the fact that two of the schools had not been accepted by their National Agencies, we had to plan the whole project again. A trip to Vácrátót by Luca Pápay A few weeks ago we had a trip to the Botanical Garden and Geoterm Visitor Centre by passive house technology in Vácrátót, a small town near Budapest. On our arrival the guide was already waiting for us. He showed us around the botanical garden and told us about the history of its founding. The garden was beautiful, although I think the trip was a bit long and we were tired. We heard a lot of information about the trees, plants and lakes there. We quite enjoyed the description of this typical romantic garden, where every decoration is fake; there are artificial ponds, a fake mill and ruins of a castle. We got to know that a castle used to be there and the place itself was owned by a count, who donated it to the National Science Academy in his testament. After the visit to the botanical garden, we went to the visitor centre, which was still under construction, it had officially opened the day before our visit, so we were the first non-professional visitors of the centre. The site manager was there to tell us lots of interesting facts about the construction of the visitor centre and the innovative geothermal and biomass based heating system they have planted in Vácrátót to provide green energy for the greenhouses and research institute buildings in the botanical garden and for some of the community buildings in the town. He told us about the temperature being constantly 15°C there because of a special heating system. It consists of tunnels with hot and cold water. The insulation and the windows are special as well. Adults could go up to the roof as well to see the green roof with grass and the solar power station. The reason for having plants on the roof is that they provide shadow, which helps keeping the temperature in the house in the same level. We saw two rooms there; an exhibition and a conference hall. The main reason why this visitor centre cannot be certified as a passive house is in its nature of being designed for fifty people who need fresh air during a conference or an exhibition and whose entrance and departure cannot be controlled in the same way as in a private residence. That’s why there’s a ventilation system installed as well. The site manager emphasised the fact that a passive house cannot possibly be public because in that case the doors would have to be opened too often. Neither can it have any machines, such as air conditioning, so although the visitor centre is supposed to demonstrate how a passive house works, it cannot be referred to as a passive house. The most fascinating part of the visit was Question Time, when we could ask the construction manager to explain things. We inquired about the advantages and disadvantages of having a passive house, and finally, we asked him whether he would build a passive house for himself. He gave us a fascinating outlook on the opportunities and the obstacles someone who wants to build a passive house has to face in Hungary. He also put special emphasis on how important the personality of the owner is. Owning a passive house encourages a more eco-friendly lifestyle, a greater interest and awareness of weather patterns, a good passive house owner must not be a messy person. After the tour we had lunch at a restaurant, and then we went back to Budapest. All in all, we liked this trip because it was interesting and we learned a lot, collected a lot of information which can help us in our project called H.U.G.E.S. even if we won’t have the opportunity to build a model of a passive house during the two years of the project. One thing is for sure and it is an important conclusion we can draw from the trip to Vácrátót, and that is that the super-insulated windows and insulation itself are essential to reduce our carbon footprint, and thus the installation of these in our schools could mean a giant step towards the creation of a green energy school. Nevertheless, we also got to know that the cost of these super-insulated windows were probably the highest in the project. Many thanks to everyone involved in extending such a warm, Hungarian welcome to our guests, and congratulations to the above mentioned pupils for being such great hosts.
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