C4 Students' meeting
in Slovakia
12.11.2018- Workshop´s day
Arrival of all partners. After a school visit and after a short refreshment the participants moved to the second building, Ku Bratke 9, where workshops were organized. The first workshop was ceramics with Mrs. Slávka Prevendarčíková, where all foreign partners participated and created their own objects. After the lunch break there were workshops related to dry fetling and T-shirt painting. The workshops were followed by a short tour of the city and the castle with the project coordinator Mgr. Veronika Lauková.
13.11.2018 – Workshop´s day
The first workshop concerned the transfering of a photo on wood with PaedDr. Gabriel Kosmály. By special technique, the students transferred an artistic photo on wood. The second workhop was wet felting and batik with PhDr. Jana Vafinová and third was a graphic workshop monotypia with Mgr. Art. Klára Šmídová. The students engraved various shapes on the CD and then painted those CDs to have them printed on paper to create interesting graphics. In the afternoon, the workshops continued. At 17.00 a voluntary traditional workshop followed by the director Mgr. Jitka Pušková, deputy director Mgr. Katka Mistríková, project coordinator Mgr. Veronika Lauková and a teacher PaedDr. Oľga Tóthová was organized where we have shown to foreign students the cooking process of our traditional “bryndzové halušky” meal.
14.11.2018-Excursion to Brhlovce and Banská Štiavnica town
Participants went on an excursion to Brhlovce and Banská Štiavnica. At first they visited the rocky dwellings in Brhlovce (exposition of the Tekov Museum). Then they moved to the Street of crafts in Brhlovce (a historical alley, where still inhabited and uninhabited rocky dwellings). They moved to Banská Štiavnica by bus to the town center, where they viewed the church from the outside. Catherine, Trinity Square with Baroque Pillars, Birthplace of Marines and Bench of Love, Town Hall and Clock Tower were visited. Another point was the Old Castle, where there is a museum exhibition of pipes, tools for the production of local pipes, exhibition of Baroque Sculpture, exhibition of Kalvária in Asylum, archaeological exposition, which belongs to the oldest history of the town, exposition of blacksmiths, expositions of shooting targets, exposition of clocks and exposition of medieval the prison in the Himmelreich tower, Karner. They also visited the Kammerhof Museum.
15.11.2018 - Excursion to Bratislava
Participants went on an excursion to Bratislava. Our first stop was in Čunovo, where we visited the Museum of Modern Art Danubiana. It is one of the most romantic museums of modern art in Europe – Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum. After the Danubiana Museum, we moved to Bratislava and went through historical buildings such as Dome of St. Martin and from there we had a view of the Bratislava Castle and we passed through the old town. Then followed Nedbalka gallery, where the foreign partners had an English-language interpretation of the gallery and exhibition of the four floors.
16.11.2018 - Happening
At 8:00 we met with foreign partners in a synagogue where we prepared premises for an exhibition of works from workshops and performances of individual countries. This day was exceptional for our school because we also invited important people from the city council, school principals, the general public and, last but not least, the representative of the national agency Erasmus + Mrs. Naďa Cisárová. This day was in the spirit of the tradition of Slovakia, but also of all foreign partners who presented their countries with short presentations and performances. Poland presented the country with a presentation on the independence of the country, which is an important day for them in November. This year celebrated its 100th anniversary. Short ballet dancing gave way to this day. Bulgaria presented its country with a presentation of traditional folk costumes and short folk dancing. Latvia presented a presentation about the National Dance Festival and showed us a short folk dance. Estonia presented the school presentation. Then there was a fashion show where we could see clothing from Portugal. Finally the director of the Secondary Art School of Ladislav Bielik Mgr. Jitka Pukšová, a project coordinator Mgr. Veronika Lauková and deputy of the National Agency Erasmus + Mrs. Naďa Cisárová handed out certificates to the foreign students and teachers and Europasses of short-term mobility to students. The atmosphere was in the spirit of learning culture and it was very pleasant. In the afternoon, foreign students had free time for trips with families, or they could do their own program.
