The fourth transnational meeting on Erasmus + Project "Practice Makes Perfect" was held in LSS "Taki Daskalo"- Bitola, Republic of Macedonia from 02 to 06 October 2017.
The host school LSS "Taki Daskalo"- Bitola organized a great variety of classroom, cultural and social activities so that the project's partners from Bulgaria, Lithuania, and Romania could fully experience the peculiarities of the educational system within the school and the country itself as well as they were given a chance to gain insight in Macedonian history and tradition.
The meeting focused primarily on meeting the Project's main objectives which are: improving the students' knowledge and use of English language and IT tools by putting them into practice and enhancing students general knowledge about Europe.
The host school LSS "Taki Daskalo"- Bitola organized a great variety of classroom, cultural and social activities so that the project's partners from Bulgaria, Lithuania, and Romania could fully experience the peculiarities of the educational system within the school and the country itself as well as they were given a chance to gain insight in Macedonian history and tradition.
The meeting focused primarily on meeting the Project's main objectives which are: improving the students' knowledge and use of English language and IT tools by putting them into practice and enhancing students general knowledge about Europe.
Day I
After being given an official welcome organised in a traditional way, the quests were presented a retrospective of the activities on the previous three meetings held in Turkey- Aysegul Arsoy Ortaokulu, Аfionkarahisar , Bulgaria- Vazrazhdane Secondary School, Ruse, and Lithuania - Užupio Basic School, Ukmergė.
After being given an official welcome organised in a traditional way, the quests were presented a retrospective of the activities on the previous three meetings held in Turkey- Aysegul Arsoy Ortaokulu, Аfionkarahisar , Bulgaria- Vazrazhdane Secondary School, Ruse, and Lithuania - Užupio Basic School, Ukmergė.
Afterwards, the project partners attended an English lesson with KAHOOT and PADLET – IC tools, as the project's aims are strengthening and improving the students' IC and English language skills. The topic of the lesson was "National identity" in which the quest students took an active participation.
Visiting the Municipality of Bitola and meeting the local representative of Ministry of education is a must activity for this project, since its purpose is to make the partners get to know each other with the specific characteristic of the educational systems operating within the partners' countries and to exchange positive and innovative experiences and practices.
In the afternoon we paid an official visit to "Kole Kaninski" - Primary school of Bitola where the project partners were first shown around the school facilities and then they were given profound presentation on the school's E twinning experience, which was a great opportunity for sharing and experiencing good practices.
The partners ended up the first day by planning the upcoming activities for the fifth meeting in Romania (27.04.2018), whereas the host students organised a workshop on topic wordbuilding.
Day II
The second day started with the visit of one of the largest primary schools in Bitola "Kliment Ohridski". After the quests were toured around the school they attended ICT and English lessons which was a great chance to get to know the methods and techniques used to make students learn specific topics.
The second day started with the visit of one of the largest primary schools in Bitola "Kliment Ohridski". After the quests were toured around the school they attended ICT and English lessons which was a great chance to get to know the methods and techniques used to make students learn specific topics.
Later that day, while the students were involved in a creative workshop for celebrating international teachers day, each partner school gave a presentation of already implemented ICT tools in their school lessons - Kahoot and Padlet. teachers were engaged in planning the upcoming activities for the fifth meeting in Romania(27.04.2018).
The afternoon was reserved for the visit of the ancient city of Heraclea Linkestis, founded by Filip II of Macedon and the National Institute and Museum - Bitola and sightseeing along the well-known main street „Shirok Sokak“ famous for its boutiques, cafes and souvenir shops.
The partners were especially pleased to be given a chance to walk around the old part of Bitola – Old Bazaar and to visit some of the town churches and mosques.
Day III
Excursion to the town of Ohrid - the pearl of Macedonia, famous for its uniqueness and its lake. The excursion included visiting the historical architectural complex -museums and churches and the centre of the town famous for its architectural style and many traditional shops.
The fourth transnational meeting on Erasmus + Project "Practice Makes Perfect" held in LSS "Taki Daskalo"- Bitola, Republic of Macedonia from 02 to 06 October finished by presenting participants certificates of participation.