Visit to Germany

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From June 4 – 9, five teachers and four pupils from our school visited Germany, where the second meeting of the project “Bread ‘ round Europe” took place. The first meeting took place in Tallinn last November.The trip to Germany was interesting both for pupils and teachers as we went there on our school mini bus and drove through Sweden and Denmark.

The meeting itself took place in Sustrum, which is a small village in the north-west of Germany. The pupils and some teachers lived in host families.

There were many interesting outings, one even to neighbouring Holland, but as our project is devoted to bread, the main focus was on it. We visited an old windmill and a workshop, where the children could try their hand in assembling mini windmills, which was actually quite a demanding and painful task.

The last day was the busiest. It started with football matches between four teams (Germany, Estonia, Lithuania, Slovakia). If the teams could not be manned with their own nationals, German children helped out. Football was followed by cultural and alimentary presentations of the guests.

We all felt sincere hospitality in Germany and left the country with the most pleasant memories.

08.05.2008
Talupäev Vabaõhumuuseumis
1.-5. klassi õpilased käisid Vabaõhumuuseumis talupäevadel. Lapsed said ülevaate talutöödest, said ka ise nendes osaleda ja proovida pesupesemist, kartulikoorimist, puude saagimist, ubade külvamist, aedikust kivide koristust. Kui tööd tehtud, võis lustida. Õpiti selgeks huvitav "Hobusemäng". Suur tänu tublidele ja toredatele muuseumitöötajatele, kes lastele ka viisakat käitumist õpetasid.

25.04.2008
Oli tore perepäev.

Some weeks ago the National Agency has sent the COMENIUS shield to our school. Together with all pupils it was fixed at the school wall.

Here you can get some picture impressions of this event at school. We are very proud about this. In the last months the pupils got used to a new way of thinking - which means feeling German as well as European.

Breadfriends in Tallin

Having been invited by our breadfriends from Tallin to take part in the 1 st project meeting in their town, we set out for the journey in very early hours of 21 November.

It was going to be a 20- hour long journey so we decided to make the best of it and had a good laugh from the very beginning of the day seeing Lucia carrying the heaviest suitcase I ve ever seen while travelling. It looked as if she was having her whole wardrobe in it. But she had never travelled on her own before and she really is a perfectionist when talking about clothes and image so ........... and also she expected to meet some handsome young men and she really wanted to look good.

Anyway, we had a very nice bus drive to our capital Bratislava from where we had a flight to Prague in the afternoon. That left us some time to walk around the Old City of Bratislava .

Our pupils were very excited before the flight. For them and for the headmaster it was the first time to travel by plane so we also tried to teach them how to get around at the airport, how to check in and how to check arrivals and departures, destinations and thinghs like that. But of course the most exciting moment was the take off . And the views from the plane..................

Breadkids had a great fun while using the elevator at the Prague airport while the breadteachers found free seats and could watch a hockey match at the airport café . They had their most expensive coffee ever but saw an excellent match where the slovak team scored 2- 3 goals which cushioned our amazement over the bill in the café.

After the smooth flight from Prague to Tallin where we landed at about midnight we I saw Maiu and her family – it was amazing after 1 and half year- and Tallin was true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We couldn ´t have imagined better care in Tallin- everything was arranged so perfectly and all the activities and events just fit into the 4- day programme so immaculately . The accomodation was excellent – right in the centre of the beautiful Old City of Tallin. And the service and receptionists were also very helpful and caring. The views from the hostel window couldn´t be nicer - the St. Olaph´s tower just in front of you.

Not only the town is beautiful, it is also very clean and vivid all the time , day or night. And it wasn´t the busiest time of the year I guess, too.

The most fascinated we got when we first saw the Breadfriends- face to face – estonians, germans, lithuaninas - at Konstantina Pätsi school - with very friendly and warm atmosphere, nice and kind school staff and cute, lively kids all around.

I really felt like I was at my old friends´ house with that huge fire place that made the dining room the centre of the school life and it reminded me of so homely atmoshere.

But this was just the beginning of something unrepeatable- the first meeting is always so unique- first time to meet new people, new places, games ................ that meeting with all the kids presenting their activities done in the first months of the project- only then we could see how hard they worked on the topic and how interesting the topic of BREAD can be. All the films and games were just so interesting and I think they all will help our breadkids understand the bread topic better.

And all the breadkids participants were, I suppose , completely taken the breath when the first project meeting started- at least our pupils could still not believe they are there and that the „ virtual“ people they had known from mails and talks really exist.

Thanks to our estonian breadfriends we spent so extraordinary days in Tallin- the trip to marshland was unbeatable, the ballet performance and the visit to the oldest estonian pub with the great „ guide“ was absolutely fantastic. We were impressed by how she could play with all off us easily and how estonian care for their.

For the teachers , with no doubts, visiting the lessons and special laboratories at school was an enriching experience- we could spend time with our breadfriends at real lessons, brush our russian language, see how the students work and how relaxed is the relation between the teachers and the pupils – no firm and stiff teachers but real friends to their pupils.

Our kids were astonished by giving marks where the mark 1 means worst and the mark 5 the best .

Although we had heard about electronic form of teacher- parent cooperation before we came to Estonia and sure many teachers do it in our country too, I personally was amazed by how effective and usefull can be the teachers´on- line evaluation - I really can´t imagine when the teachers find time to do it but am strongly convinced we should adapt this system in our school, too.

I think the headmaster is a real „ mighty leader „ of the school and thanks to him the school work is so succesful. We admire all the teachers´ enthusiasm and involvement into the school work in this partner school and the results are visible- the pupils´products, pupils´s performance and above all -the warm and friendly atmosphere and personal relations at his particular school .

I think this meeting was just the right occasion to make real friends and get acquainted with each other, the activities and pupils´ presentations did help us learn about the countries participating in our Breadproject. We learnt how important it is to learn languages and be tolerant and how useful it can be to share best practise and experience.

Our pupils tried to do their best to present their work, countries and of course the Bread topic to their friends from partner schools.

I do appreciate the work of our partners- teachers who work with kids with special needs, in the estonian school we could see it is the valuable work, and the estonian school system is so concerned about teaching these children- the conditions they adopted to be able to teach these children is

on a very high level – the staff fully qualiffied and very well skilled not only in terms of teaching skills but also computing, communicative and social skills and the school very well equipped with modern technologies.

THANK YOU our dear friends( especially MAIU, ARLAN, ULLE, JANI MR. Headmaster, Mrs. Deputy ) VERY MUCH FOR THIS GREAT TIME WE SPENT IN TALLIN

We are all looking forward to see you soon again.

PROJECT MEETING “Bread ´round Europe“ in Tallinn

Õpilased joonistasid kavandeid. Nende hulgast valisime välja oma projekti logo. Slaidiprogramm algab enim hääli saanud logoga.

PROGRAM OF PROJECT MEETING “Bread ´round Europe“
TALLINN 2007:
PROGRAM.doc

At the same time we hade EXPRO in Tallinn.
22.11.2007
EXPRO 2007 lauluväljakul.
Meil oli seal oma boks, kus demonstreerisime kunstiõpetaja Jaana juhendamisel valminud mängu, pakkusime võileibu, seinal näitasime filme ja pildiprogramme.
Messi külastasid ka meie Comeniuse leivaprojekti partnerid.

The trip to the Open- Air Museum Vychylovka- 28 October

The trip to the Museum of the Traditional Way of Life

Kysuce- Vychylovka 28 October 2007

Not only the weather but also the atmosphere of the beautiful natural landscape provided that the time we spent in this splendid part of the Northern Slovakia was an unforgetable experience for all of us- children and adults.

We came here to learn about the process of making bread in the past but learned much more- about the great respect to people´s life and even greater respect to all natural features which are basis for humans to survive and live a worthy life .

We found out much about very sophisticated old tools and machines used in the past to make the life simplier. Children saw how difficult it was to live in the past and had time to think about their ancestors´ life.

We were lectured about bread- making process in the past and we could also taste newly baked bread made from different grains .

The actors all dressed in period costumes and using period equipment demonstrated the functions of the different kinds of tools and taught us everything from recognizing different kinds of grains to kneading and baking the bread loaves.How lovely they tasted you can guess!!!!!!!!!!!

Bread' round Europe - Lithuanian bread group

Bread is our daily food. But the thing is that nobody thinks about the way how bread comes to our tables.

With children we wanted to find out what kind of bread and cake sorts are there. So we went to a little bread bakery.

The children taste bread and cake products. Warm and flavourful bread has gave the children an appetite.

When we came back to school, we asked the lunchroom cook to show us, how buns are made.

After a few moments the buns will go into the oven. Soon we’ll taste them…

Sillaotsa farmstead Museum

Study Visit to Sillaotsa Farmyard – Museum
Students from grades 1 – 5 visited Sillaotsa Farmyard- Museum and participated in the Bread Programme. The children learned to identify various grain varieties grown in Estonia, among them, the variety from which our black bread is made – rye. They were shown ancient farm tools : a grain beater and a sickle and it was explained to them how they were used in the old days. The most interesting part of the visit was when the children were able to see dough being kneaded in the mixing vessel. Every student could try his/her hand in adding flour and shaping scones. After a short quizz and browsing around in the museum, everybody could taste warm bread, which was washed down with milk and tea. That bread did taste good!

10.-16.10.2007 NEAC konverents Varnas
NEAC konverentsil "Feeding, culture and society" Varnas, Bulgaarias osalesid Maiu Plumer ja Mait Tõitoja.
Maiu Plumer esines ettekandega leivaprojektist ja tutvustas eesti koolileiba.
Koolileiva andis kaasa leivaliidu tegevjuht Arnold Kimber.
VAATA ESITLUST: SIIT

Bread' round Europe - slovak bread group

October 2007 - pupils of our school started their own grain field - of course in a traditioanl way - all works done without machines- with our own hands. A special event for a special reason- to learn how the bread was obtained in the past. It was a " hard and long - winded" road. It involved much of people´s effort and sweat . This is why people paid so great respect to BREAD.
Our headmaster also told us stories from his childhood- his father would even bend down on his knees and kiss the field which was going to be " the nice, warm and life-giving bed" for the grain for a few months during the cold winter and cool spring. He would say a prayer and then he would seed the grain from a special hand- made canvas bag .
Now when we have the grain seeded we are looking forward to see how it is growing in the spring but before that we are looking forward to see other works which must have been done before eating a nice, crispy and tasty slice of bread.

On 28 October we are going to visit the Museum of Traditional Way of Life where we will learn other important things about threshing the grain, making bread dough and baking bread.
Yummy, yummy -

Õpilased kirjutasid:

Merje 8.kl: Oktoobrikuu esimesel neljapäeval käisid meie kooli 6.-9. klassi õpilased Tartu lähistel põllumajandusmuuseumis. Muuseumis näidati vanu tööriistu, masinaid. Saime ise proovida vilja peksmist ja jahvatamist. Saime maitsta omatehtud leiba. Käisime ka Adavere lähistel viljakuivatis. Seal nägime nii tänapäevaseid kui ka vanemaid viljakoristamismasinaid.
Lenno 8.kl: Oli huvitav päev. Nägin, kuidas rukkiteri saadi viljapeast kätte, kuidas vilja puhastati ja purustati. Näidati vanu tööriistu ja nende kasutamist. Nägin 1919. aasta aurumasinat. Saime näha leiva tegemist ja maitsesime värskelt küpsetatud leiba.
Evely 8.kl: Muuseumigiid jutustas meile, kuidas vanasti rukist kasvatati, lõigati, rehte peksti. Nägin erinevaid tööriistu. Sain näha, kuidas leiba valmistati ja maitsesin värskelt küpsetatud leiba.
Mariliis 6. kl: Sain teada, kuidas vilja peksti ja teri sõeluti. Teri sõeluti suure sõela sees. Tegime leiba ja sain maitsta koolileiba.
Siiri 8.kl: Näidati, kuidas vilja peksti ja sain ka ise seda proovida. Nägin tööriistu, millega vilja peksti. Vanasti peksid vilja enamasti naised. Näidati, kuidas vilja jahvatati ja saime ka ise jahvatamist proovida. Meile näidati erinevaid tööriistu. Nägime, kuidas leiba tehti ning saime ka ise leiva tegemist proovida ja värsket leiba maitsta. Meile näidati ka filmi sellest, kuidas vanasti inimesed põllul töötasid. Seal mängiti suurt põrandamängu - see oli väga huvitav ja õpetlik. Seda mängu oleks põnev veel edaspidigi mängida.
Janne-Liisa 8.kl: Sain teada, kuidas vanasti vilja võeti, seoti, pärast peksti. Näidati vanu tööriistu ja masinaid. Üks masin oli seal 89 aastat vana. Leivaküpsetusruumis tegid Kaido ja Sass leiba. Meie sõime eelmise grupi küpsetatud leiba.
Siiri: See oli tore päev ja selliseid võiks rohkemgi olla.
Merje: Oli väga tore ja sisukas päev. Tänud neile, kes aitasid selle päeva läbi viia.

Our students wrote:
Merje , Grade 7: On the first Thursday in October, the students of our school from grades 6-9 visited the museum of Agriculture of Estonia near Tartu. At the museum we were shown old tools and machinery. We could try our hand in thrashing and grinding grain. We could also try home-made bread. We also visited a grain-dryer near Adavere. We saw both modern and a bit older harvesting eqipment there.
Lenno, Grade 8: It was an interesting day. I saw how it was possible to get seeds out of rye ears, how harvested grain was cleaned and ground. I saw old tools and how they were used. I also saw an old steam engine, which dates back to the year 1919. We saw bread being made and tasted newly baked bread.
Evely, Grade 8: The guide told us how rye used to be grown, harvested and thrashed in the old times. I saw different tools. I also witnessed how bread was being made and tasted newly baked bread.
Mariliis, Grade 6: I found out how grain was thrashed and sifted. Grain was sifted in a big sieve. We made bread as well and I could taste school bread.
Siiri, Grade 8: We were shown how grain was thrashed and tried our hand in it. I saw tools which were used for thrasing grain. In old times it was mostly women who thrashed grain. We were also shown how grain was ground and tried it ourselves. We were shown various tools. We saw bread being made and tried it ourselves and tasted fresh bread. We were also shown a film about how people used to work in the fields in the old times. We could also try our luck in an exciting huge board game, which was played on the floor – it was really interesting and very informative. I’d like to try that game in the future again.
Janne-Liisa, Grade 8: I found out how in the old days grain was harvested, tied and later ground. We were shown old tools and machines. One of them was 89 years old. Kaido and Sass prepared dough in the museum’s bakery. We ate the bread baked by the group that had visited the museum before us.
Siiri: It was an enjoyable day and I wish there were more such days.
Merje: It was a nice and very informative day. Our big thanks go to those who organized it.-