OTTA

A representative group of 6 students and 2 teachers from each partner school visited Otta between the 23rd and the 28th of January 2017. Our Norwegian partners created a fabulous programme for the visit which was a great start to the project.

As this was the first meeting of the partners, each school gave a brief introduction to their school and region, followed by a presentation of the 'Literary Hero' they chose to include in the project story.

PILLAR 1: CREATIVE LITERACY

Creative writing has a huge influence on the perception and production of language. Workshops were designed to help native and non-native English speakers to improve language skills and cognitive abilities as well as gaining a deeper understanding of the structures underlying narrative texts.
Students were able to share these skills with peers on their return home and begin work on their story. It was agreed that each school would draft a plan for their complete story and write 3 pages for the next meeting.

ERASMUS+ IN NORWAY

Graf   Gebhard,   Don   Quijote   and   Peer   Gynt   meet.   Don’t   believe   it?   Then you   are   not   familiar   with   the   new   Erasmus+   Project   at   the   HCA-Gymnasium   in   SulzbachRosenberg.       After   the   “Comenius”-   program   “A   Taste   of   Different   Cultures”,   the   HCA   successfully   applied   for   another   EU-funded   project   aiming   to   create   strategic   school   partnerships.   Under   the   responsibility   of   Alexander   Voss,   students   of   ninth   grade   will   until   the   August   of   2018   deal   with   regional   legendary   heroes.   Together   with   these   literary   heroes,   the   students   visit   each   one   of   their   home   countries   and   the   partner   schools   in   Norway,   Poland,   Ireland   and   Spain.   Within   the   project   students   not   only   get   to   know   different   cultures   and   regional   features,   they   also   learn   how   to   write   a   story   about   local   heroes   and   how   to   visualize   their   thoughts   through   the   usage   of   pictures   and   words.   Workgroups   about   creative   writing   and   the   usage   of   new   media   are   supposed   to   translate   the   stories   written   by   the   students   themselves   into   film   and   drawings.

At   their   first   stop,   the   students   alongside   Alexander   Voss   and   Angela   Deichler   visited   Norway.   They   visited   the   partner   school   in   Otta,   on   the   edge   of   Rondane   National   Park.   In   workshops,   among   others   with   the   author   Tanja   Kjeldset,   the   HCA   students   not   only   presented   special   features   of   their   home,   but   also   the   history   of   their   local   hero   Graf   Gebhard.   Their   program   focused   on   both   fun   and   culture.   They   visited   the   Viking-   and   Edvard   Munch   –   Museum   in   Lillehammer   and   had   fun   at   nightly   sleigh-rides.