2nd Transnational Project Meeting
Report
Project "Cycling on Nature´s Wheels"
Specific local aims
The second Transnational Project Meeting was held in the Basic School of Moure and Ribeira do Neiva, Vila Verde, from May 7 to 9, 2018.
During the meeting the coordinators:
- discussed and summarized project activities of the 1st year;
- evaluated the development of the project, based on the results of the on-going evaluation in each school;
- discussed current matters related to the project implementation;
- planned in detail the next activities and the future LTTA;
- solved any problems that might have occurred during the realization of the project.
Cultural activities and thematic workshops related to the project were also held.
Delegations from Cyprus, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Italy and Portugal were present at this TPM.
Participants
Banner
Welcome poster to partners
First day - May 7
Partner Reception
Partners enjoy typical sweets and Port wine
Partners and students
Welcome meeting
Introduction to school and staff
Exploring the TPM program
School tour
School tour
Erasmus+ Corner of the project
Native Trees of Portugal - "know how to protect".
Visit to the bio school vegetable garden
This project at school aims to involve students, teachers, staff and parents in maintaining the garden in the school space according to the principles of Organic Agriculture.
It is also important to emphasize the importance of Organic Agriculture in the community, contributing to a healthier diet, a sustainable soil exploration and a return to the soil traditions that with industrialization, mass production and distribution were lost.
Vegetable garden resources
Conservation of the existing water resource - brook and riparian vegetation of the banks and also, the use of water for irrigation.
Bug house - Auxiliary insects contribute to a considerable reduction in the population of pests in garden crops ... They are a free and renewable natural resource present in all agricultural ecosystems.
Identification of herbs, spices and medicinal herbs
Trees of the bio vegetable garden - peach Paraguayan
Role play
The play tells us about a family that respects and preserves the environment, separates waste and respects the forest.
The text was created by the students of the 4th grade, in the Portuguese class. In English class they performed the translation and the staging. In the area of Expressions the props were made.
Coordination meeting - development of the project
Reception in Vila Verde Town Hall
Gardens of the Town Hall of Vila Verde
Councillor for Education, Culture and Social Action
Participants in the meeting
Cultural activities in Vila Verde
A space that provides the promotion of the patrimony " Valentine´s handkerchiefs", of dynamization of the traditional industries and the activities of the craftsmen.
Process of production of flax
Application of embroidery on various products
Namorar Portugal - crafts
Cultural activities in Braga
Historical center of Braga
Dinner-party
Second day
Workshop in Vila Verde - House of Knowledge
The visit began at the Multimedia Auditorium, with a brief presentation of the history and mission of this space. The visit continued with the guided visits to the various facilities of this building dedicated to the new information technologies, namely the Immersive Room, Training and Multipurpose Room, Room for Creative Technologies, Interactive Room. In all these spaces several virtual contents linked to robotics, 3D printing, interactive spaces with information on history, crafts and culture of the county were made known. The exhibition on "Biodiversity" of the region was also visited.
Visit to the "Paper Museum" in Paços Brandão
The Terras de Santa Maria Paper Museum is part of the group of industrial museums, constituting, by its characteristics, a monographic museum dedicated to the History of Paper in Portugal.
Assuming itself as an industrial museum in activity, it has as main characteristic a coexistence of museographic spaces, allowing simultaneous readings on exhibition spaces manufacturing, proto-industrial and industrial of the History of the Paper, involving the visitors in the processes of manufacture, a sharing of memories paperwork and interiorization of gestures, so often repeated by the workers and workers who worked there since the beginning of the nineteenth century.
Visit to Porto
The city of Porto is known as the Capital of the North or the Invicta City. It is the city that gave the name to Portugal - from very early (c. 200 BC) that was designated Portus, later to become the capital of the Portucalense County, or Portucale (Kingdom that gave the name to Portugal).
It is also a city known worldwide for its wine, its historical center, listed as a World Heritage by UNESCO.
Cruise of the 6 bridges in the Douro
Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar
The city of Oporto, built along the hillsides overlooking the mouth of the Douro river, is an outstanding urban landscape with a 2,000-year history. Its continuous growth, linked to the sea (the Romans gave it the name Portus, or port), can be seen in the many and varied monuments, from the cathedral with its Romanesque choir, to the neoclassical Stock Exchange and the typically Portuguese Manueline-style Church of Santa Clara.
Afurada is the youngest parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia.
Dinner in Barris do Douro
Third day
Workshop "Cream Production" with beeswax in school
Guided by Graça Pereira,
Degree in Biology and Geology
Organic Lavender Moisturizing Cream
Workshop "Composting" in the bio school vegetable garden
Guided by Dr. Natália
Pedagogical Farm of Braga
Why compost?
Composting is an agricultural method that is based on biological and aerobic degradation (with oxygen in the process) of organic compounds, producing a humic substance which is called compound or composted. This will be used as a natural fertilizer and soil corrective allowing a better physical and chemical structure beneficial to the plants.
In addition to all the advantages, composting is still a way of combating food waste and waste processing.
Visit to the "Fair of Professions"and "Erasmus+Day"
Fair of professions
Fair of professions
Erasmus+ day
Erasmus+ day
Erasmus+ day
Erasmus+ day
Visit to the "Portuguese Seed Germplasm Bank" in S. Pedro de Merelim, Braga
The Portuguese Bank of Plant Germplasm (PPGB) was created in 1977 and has one of the world's most important seed reserves, a kind of "Noah's Ark", directed by Eng. Ana Barata, containing the genetic heritage of the country's vegetables and many more.
The mission of the PPGB comprises the collection, conservation, documentation and enhancement of genetic resources, ensuring biological diversity and current and future sustainable agricultural production through strategic objectives:
♦ In situ and ex situ conservation of genetic resources;
♦ Support for the implementation of policies related to the protection of biodiversity.