Our school and Comenius

The vocational school “ Ezio Aletti” was named after the engineer Ezio Aletti, the previous owner of the building, which in the past was a bathing establishment and that later was donated to the Town Hall of Trebisacce stating in his will that it should have hosted a vocational school. The building is near the train station and a few metres away from the beach .It is a three-storey building and in the 40s and 50s it hosted people who used to spend their Summer vacation in this town. In the 70s it was restored inside to host the school.
It is found in the School District N° 29 and hosts about 850 students with different social backgrounds coming from villages and towns found on the nearby mountains , hills and coasts of the “ Alto Ionio Cosentino” .
It is a mixed school where boys and girls, aged 14-19, can choose from the following courses: the electronic and electrotechnical course-the chemistry-biology course-the hotel and restaurant course.
Our school has also links with the University of Calabria which is 100 km. far from where we live and with which we have signed a Protocol that gives students the possibility of taking at school the admission test for the Faculty of Maths and Science.It was the first to be accredited by the quality certification in the whole Calabria region.
In order to speed up the intercultural process among students we offer them the opportunity to take part to school projects (POF) and national projects (PON) that are always students’ centered and where the equality of gender is also guaranteed.
Another target of our school formative plan is the European dimension. Allowing our students to take part to Socrates projects we are also taking them into the history, the cultural heritage, lifestyles , working procedures of other European countries.
Our school has grown a lot since we started this Comenius project: etwinning, Youth projects are also being proposed to our students who are willing to take part showing an increasing interest and motivation towards other cultures.

Our garden

We started looking where we can have our herbs garden at school. We decided to plant them in our school internal courtyard where the big tree standing in the middle fell and that now left room where we can plant our herbs with the new coming year. We will plant rosmary, hot peppers , parsley, wild fennel, basil, dill, garlic, and sage and other seasonal herbs that we use in our kitchen.

The picture is with the tree but we wanted to post it just to show you where the garden will be.

At the beginning of the new year in March we will plant our herbs.

Recipe card "Mackarel with scamorza crust"

Here is our fish dish combined with scamorza cheese!

Recipe card "Bagia Sibarita"

This is a special yet simple dessert that makes use of one of our main products: figs!!

Recipe card "Maccaria with fava licurda"

This is a very popular dish in our region where simple ingredients are used!

The city of Almeria

We had a great time in Almeria with our Comenius friends and with the teachers and students of the Spanish school. We visited the city with the tour guide giving us news about places and people that we wouldn't had otherwise.

Domenico and I went to the market in the city centre and of which some of the partners told us great things about the great variety and goodness of the products sold there : fruit, vegetables. fish, meat, cheese, salami . They were right it is really a wonderful market!

We were taken to churches, tapas places, typical restaurants , wine producers, greenhouses.

Pictures (from top) : The medieval castle that we visited before leaving realized during the Turks' domination; Almeria landscape taken from the castle; cruise ship; at a tapas place with the Comenius partners; at the wine cellar we visited up in the Sierra Nevada; at the greenhouse where peppers are being grown and that are sent to all Europe, a landscape of all the greenhouses in Almeria

Almeria, October 2008

We had a great time in Almeria. We set to work and each of us showed the initial part of the blogs that have been made by each partecipating school. We had a great time because we all worked for the buffet planned in Gravdal . Each scool had to prepare a dish and it was fun going to buy the ingredients we needed to make our dishes , it was exciting seeing everybody working in the kitcken of IES of Almeria and how the students of the hosting school helped us in making everything ready for the buffet.

DURING THE MEETING

- Presentation of the educational trainings in Almeria as well as of the different parts of their school
- Visit of the fittings of the school
- Preparation of the objectives and of a common technical form
- Conditions of the creation of a blog for the project in each centre
- Meeting with the press
- Visit of the central market and of typical products
- Preparation and dressing of an international buffet of local food products in the restaurant of the school.Each school, preparing one of the creative dishes imagined by the students during the year
- Visit of a greenhouse of organic products in the region of Almeria
- Visit of a wine cellar and tasting of Laujar wines
- Visit of some villages of the Alpujarras
- Visit of a traditional restaurant
- Guided visit of the town
- Achievement of an Andalusian meal by the students of the school and served to the participants in the school restaurant
- Meeting with the local authorities , Radio, Television and Press

Planning of the activities for 2007/2008

October 2007

Comenius meeting in Almeria : preparation of the objectives.
Organization of the groups of work in each school.

November 2007

Each school will have to create its own blog . In this blog the students can introduce themselves (in their native language and in English). All along the year , the blogs will have to be regularly supplied , including all the technical forms of the previous year in English and in another language.

Beginning of 2008

Each school will have to prepare a theme evening in the school restaurant using the technical forms of the other partners (technical forms prepared for the menus in 2006/2007) The menu will be proposed by the students in their school in order to spread outside the school the work done.A jury will give their opinion.
This jury can be composed of some of the clients dining that evening.

Photos will be taken during the preparation in the kitchen and during the service in order to illustrate the file.

A common questionnaire will be given to the clients. This questionnaire will particularly focus on the cooking differences highlighted by the dishes proposed.
March 2008:

Translation of the professionnal glossary. This glossary made in 2006/2007 will be translated into 2 languages (at least into English).

This glossary takes all the words used in the technical forms proposed last year. Then it will be put on the blog .

First term 2008

Creation of a garden or a green house of aromats in each school (except Lofoten because of the climate. They will use aromatics from local producers.).

The students will see the importance of the use of these aromats and will exchange ideas with their partners: all the students must take part in this creation.
Photos will be taken and put on the blog.

From november to march 2008

Creation of a dish based on aromatic herbs. In March the students will have to propose a creative dish using aromats They will use the common technical form and will present photos. This dish will have to respect the project which aims at a creative gastronomy and use only traditional products. This dish will be presented in La Spezia in May.

Geographic cultural study of the countries in the partnership.

During history and geography lessons the students could be taught some notions about the culture, the geography, the history, the language and the gastronomy of their partners The students can make files and exhibitions.

Exchange of the work of the students during the year

Each center will inform all the partners on the development of the work and with the webcam teachers and students will discuss. Some time slots will be installed to allow each school to exchange with a partner.
During the preparation of the menus in the school restaurants the evening party will be broadcast through a webcam.

Communication between students

The students who are interested in an individual exchange can exchange their e-mail address through their teachers

Next project meetings

The next meeting will take place from May 19th to 23rd 2008 in la Spezia in Italy.

Another meeting is planned in October in Montauban.
Each center will present the work of the year (photos, blog,...)and will make the technical form of the dish based on aromats.