April 2022 : Health, Safety and Environment (Italy)
Despite the sanitary conditions and after a year 2021 during which no trips were possible due to the covid pandemic, the Erasmus + HILS project was finally able to resume its course ! From April 3th to 9th 2022, 4 students from our school, accompanied by their teachers Mrs. Elodie Cormier and Mr. Mathieu Joostens, were able to travel to Syracusa in Italy (Sicily), to meet their Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Slovenian and Portuguese partners in person, and take part in a week of amazing exchanges around the unifying theme of the environment.
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After an outstanding opening ceremony about peace, all the students made high-quality presentation about the situation in each of their countries, then they had the opportunity to participate to outdoor ice-breaking activities. All along the week, they attended conferences about safety and environment, participated in several workshops about various topics such as “safety in hearing” or “safe warming up and cooling down”, and had the privilege to visit the Vendicari Nature Reserve and the Plemmirio Marine Protected area near the Maniace castle in Syracusa, as well as the unique antique sites, without forgetting the delicious Sicilian gastronomy! |
Congratulations and a big thank you to our Italian partner, the Liceo Leonardo da Vinci in Floridia, organizer of the week, for their extraordinary welcome, which once again allowed the students to improve their English, a language common to all activities, while getting to know their European comrades better, in an atmosphere that was alternately studious and festive. Everyone agreed that it was a truly unforgettable experience!
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I decided to go on this Erasmus trip because I wanted to improve my English, discover a new country and also make new encounters with others students. It is for me a huge opportunity and in the future, I want to work in others countries than France. During this mobility, we went to the Leonardo da Vinci highschool to meet our penpals and do our HILS presentation. We also met Spanish, Portuguese, Slovenian and Dutch students. We had several workshops, many conferences, a guided excursion to the natural reserve of Vendicari, a guided visit to Maniace castle, we had to do another presentation at the end of our stay and then we had a farewell party. We ate at the restaurant for dinners. What I preferred what the beautiful city of Syrcusa, spending time with the others students, making connections and improving my English. I loved the dinner times, Sicilian food is amazing ! What surprised me the most was the fact that in Italy, when you order a « hot chocolate », they serve you thick melted chocolate. I think I will always remember the connections between all the students, the times when we taught each others our languages and the fact that all the students made an effort to speak English and have interesting conversations. Discovering other cultures and tasting local specialities such as the incredibly declicious « aranchino », was one of the best times we had ! But most of all this experience gave me confidence — Louise, 16 |
I participated in this Erasmus mobility because I wanted to be able to improve my level of English while discovering the culture of another country. During the mobility, we were able to make friends with the students from all the participating countries through work groups during which we had to interact. We also visited two places related to environment : the Vendicari Natural reserve and the Maniace castle. The last day we had to make a presentation about an environmental subject with our international group. What I also enjoyed a lot were the free times we had during which I was able to talk to people from other nationalities, it helped me to improve my English and mu Spanish a lot. The thing that surprised me the most was our ability to talk to each others that fast and to understand each others even if we don’t speak the same language. What I will always remember was on the last day of the trip, when everybody started singing and dancing to share a last moment together, it felt like we were all from the same country and I appreciated that moment a lot. — Martin, 16 |
I wanted to participate to the Erasmus project and to this trip to Sicily because I wanted to be in an English environment so I could improve my language skills. During this mobility we visited a natural reserve and a castle, and we had workshops in international groups. What I liked best were the visits and the time that we spent with other students from all the other countries : it was very nice ! I think what I will remember the most were all the dinners with everyone including our Italian penfriends who were so friendly ! It is an amazing experience and I would encourage all my classmates to participate as well. — Mélissa, 16 |
I decided to participate to the Erasmus mobility to represent our school, to discover other cultures and also to improve my English skills. During this mobility each group did a presentation on the first day to present their school, we also had workshops about mental and physical health, hearing safety, pollution and environmental issues. I think the moment that I preferred was when we visited the natural reserve and also the castle because I had the opportunity to learn more about the history of Sicily and Syracusa. I met a lot of people with whom I became friends so I think I will remember them and this mobility for all my life. — Samuila, 16 |