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'What's outside your window?' is our comenius project. Each partner school will explore the 'great outdoors', encouraging pupils to be more active, whilst being involved in intercultural dialogue about their environment and culture. Activities will include such things as describing the view from their window, comparing typical plants and creatures, investigating pollution, sharing traditional myths and legends, orienteering games and gardening .
Saturday, 15 September 2012
VIEWS FROM OUR SCHOOL WINDOWS
Monday, 18 October 2010
VIEW FROM OUR CLASSROOM WINDOW - ITALY - Villastellone classes
VIEW FROM OUR CLASSROOM WINDOW – ITALY
Hello! Here there are the descriptions from Villastellone primary and nursery classes!
VILLASTELLONE PRIMARY CLASSES
CLASS 3B Villastellone - WHAT’S OUTSIDE THE WINDOW? – description for ROMANIA.
My classroom is on the first floor of the school, is wide and has two big windows.
At first we can see the school yard that run along the building. We can also see a row of horse chestnuts which have different shade of colours: from brown to yellow, to red and some sprinkle of green, all this tell us that the autumn season is coming.
The school yard is enclosed by a barrier with a grey iron railing on it.
Further there is an asphalted road where you can see a row of small villas with yellow walls or red bricks. They have sloping roofs and the roofing tiles are red, the windows’ shutters are brown. Behind there is a grey building which gives a bit of sadness nevertheless the blue sky is shining. There are some clouds but we are not frightened.
CLASS 3C Villastellone - WHAT’S OUTSIDE THE WINDOW? – description for UK.
Our classroom is on the first floor; outside our window we can see the school yard which is mostly covered by a carpet of synthetic green. The school yard is enclosed by a barrier with a grey railing on it.
Between the carpet and the railing there is a row of five horse chestnuts and there are two pines close to the door of the gymnasium.
By this time the leaves of the horse chestnuts are almost dry and they have all the tonalities of the brown colour.
There is a gate in the alley along the tailing, on the other side there is a yellow house with four windows, a front door and a door on the only balcony.
The house has a courtyard with tiles and a big kitchen garden.
On the background we can see a big villa and furthermore a condominium of six floors.
Today is an autumn day, the sky is blue with a lot of small white clouds that look like small sheep.
CLASS 4A Villastellone - WHAT’S OUTSIDE THE WINDOW? – description for TURKEY.
Outside our classroom window we can see the school yard that we use in the break when the sun is shining.
The school yard is rectangular with synthetic grass.
On our left we see a side of a building with wide windows, on the other side there is the railing enclosed by horse chestnuts and two pines.
In front there is a blind alley with small villas with gardens and kitchen gardens.
On the background we can see the buildings and the supermarket.
CLASS 4B Villastellone - WHAT’S OUTSIDE THE WINDOW? – description for POLAND.
The courtyard of the school is rectangular: it borders on three sides with the school building whilst one of the longest side it borders on a small road. Beyond it there are the houses of our village.
If you look about you will see a sidewalk along the school building, there is also an area covered by synthetic green , there is also a garden plot and after all a railing made by a low wall with a railing on it.
In the garden there is a row with five horse chestnuts that are almost high as our school building and now they are already without leaves. On the side of those trees there are two red pines very high too.
On the sidewalk of the shorter sides you can find the dustbins. On the opposite side instead there is a small staircase ant the canteen’s door.
We reach the school yard through a door with four steps, on the opposite side, in front of the door, there is a gate that goes on the small road.
VILLASTELLONE NURSERY CLASSES
4 years old Villastellone Via Cossolo Nursery School - WHAT’S OUTSIDE THE WINDOW? – description for SPAIN.
Hello children! From our classroom window we can see: a playground with two trees, a slide, a little house, a swing and a lot of bicycles!
Bye bye!
5 years old Villastellone Viale Signorini Nursery School - WHAT’S OUTSIDE THE WINDOW? – description for Greece and Hungary.
Outside our school window we can see the garden, the trees, our toys: a slide, a little house, a little train and a swing.
Today it is sunny and there are some clouds.
The trees have still the leaves.
At the end of our garden there is a hedge. Beyond the edge there is a beautiful park (called Levà Park), where we play with our friends.
Monday, 11 October 2010
VIEW FROM OUR CLASSROOM WINDOW - ITALY
VIEW FROM OUR CLASSROOM WINDOW - ITALY
Hello! We are pupils from Italy!
Our school, the “Secondo Circolo” of Carmagnola includes five school buildings located in three different towns and villages about 25 kilometres from Turin: Carmagnola, Villastellone and Pralormo.
There are three primary schools (one for each village) and two nursery schools (both in Villastellone).
Only the school in Carmagnola (with 8 primary school classes) and the schools in Villastellone (4 primary school classes and 2 nursery classes) are involved in the project.
Carmagnola has got about 30,000 inhabitants. Our primary school is in the town centre. It is an area where there are a lot of other schools, for this reason you can reach it only on foot during school entry and exit times.
Villastellone has got about 5,000 inhabitants. The primary school is located in the main street in the village centre. The Via Cossolo nursery school is located in the same street, 300 metres from the primary school. The Viale Signorini nursery school is in a residential area situated opposite a beautiful park.
CARMAGNOLA PRIMARY CLASSES
CLASSES 2A and 2B Carmagnola - WHAT’S OUTSIDE THE WINDOW? – description for GREECE.
First floor.
I can see a big unevenly shaped playground. It’s tiled in grey and red; there’s a fence on one side and another school on the other side.
Inside there are two spaces with trees and flowers. There are wooden benches and tables. The only playground games in it are two wooden climbing frames.
Over the fence I can see a tower and a basketball court.
CLASS 2C Carmagnola – WHAT'S OUTSIDE THE WINDOW? – description for SPAIN.
Ground floor.
Out of the window we can see our playground. Its floor is covered with grey and pinkish paving stones. There are two wooden benches in it.
Opposite, beyond the playground, there is a nursery school with a garden to the left. It’s a brown building and it has got four big windows. There is a dark green gate between our playground and the garden.
Behind the nursery school there is a path and beyond it we can see a very old ancient castle with a tall tower.
On the right of the nursery school there is the playground of another primary school. In it there are some horse chestnut trees.
On the right side of our playground there is a part of our school which borders the other primary school.
On the left of our playground, there is a garden with two climbing frames and a table with two benches on either side of it. The garden, where there are also many trees and some bushes, is surrounded by an iron fence. Over the fence there is a basketball court.
CLASSE 3 A – WHAT'S OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW? – description for POLAND.
First floor.
Our classroom has got a wall with big bright windows that face the inside playgrounds of our school and of another one.
In foreground, further down, to the right we can see part of our playground with its beige and grey stone tiles. We can also see the horse shoe – shaped playground of the other primary school which is called “Primo Circolo”.
Six majestic horse-chestnuts shade two opposite sides of this playground and in the middle we can see some children who are playing with some soil and are running after one other.
Nearly in the middle, opposite our windows, we can see one of the ochre rectangular-shaped fronts of the other school. The building, which is on two floors, is illuminated by two windows on each floor, through which we can catch a glimpse of teachers, children and people going along the corridors that lead to the classrooms.
Further down, to the left, there is the nursery school gate.
If we look further to the left we can see another part of our playground and our school garden in which gigantic trees rise up with their golden leaves. They almost hide two climbing frames, a table and three wooden benches.
Behind these we can see an iron fence that separates the two schools; beyond it there is the nursery school lawn with some games and toys on it.
Further up, to the right, behind the brown tiled roof of the “Primo Circolo”, we can see the green leaves of the plane-trees along Corso Sacchirone which act as a frame to the Collegiate Church bell tower.
Further up, to the left, we can see the watch-tower of the very old castle in our town. Today it is the seat of the Town Hall.
The background of this view is surrounded by a wonderful blue sky, with soft white clouds. It’s a warm, sunny autumn day.
What we can see outside our class window gives us a feeling of peace and quietness.
CLASS 3B Carmagnola - WHAT'S OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW? – description for UK.
First floor.
If we look straight out of our window, in the centre and on the right we can see a large rectangular courtyard paved with red and grey tiles. Further right, a wing of our school building borders the playground.
On the left we can see part of a courtyard with two very big trees and between them is a climbing frame.
In the background to the left we can see the fence that separates our playground from another school’s playground. Beyond it there is a nice green lawn, many trees and some toys and games.
Further left we can see another gate and beyond it there is a concrete platform on which you can play basketball or go skating. In the centre we can see the front of the other school: it is orange and has got four windows, two on each floor.
On the right there is a rectangular clay playground surrounded by big horse chestnut trees with brown leaves.
In the background on left there is the tower of Carmagnola’s medieval castle, which now houses the Town Hall offices. It is a brick building and on the top there is a large window. In the distance we can see a cross on the roof of a church. Everything is framed by an autumn sky.
In the background right over the roofs of the nearby school the tops of the plane trees which line the avenue peep out. We can also see the brick bell tower of the Collegiate church. It is shaped like a parallelepiped and has got a sloping roof with a lightning rod on it.
CLASS 3C Carmagnola - WHAT'S OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW? – description for HUNGARY.
First floor.
Hello! We are class 3C from the Italian school in Carmagnola
We are looking out of our classroom window and we can see…
In the foreground we can see the big schoolyard where we go and play in the afternoon: on the right there are grey and pink tiles, on the left it’s covered in earth and grass.
On the left there are three big trees which still have many green leaves, but some leaves are already yellow and brown. Between two of the trees there is a climbing frame which we climb on and we spin round on. It is shaped like a hexagonal prism and it’s made of wood with yellow iron bars.
Beyond there is the nursery school playground where the little pupils play, and there is a wing of our neighbouring school, the “Primo Circolo” : it’s a big orange-brown building which has got two floors. On the ground floor there is the canteen door. The first and second floors have got two windows each, one of them is narrow and the other one is wide; both the windows are made of white iron.
In the background we can see the old Town Hall Tower. It’s a big parallelepiped made of reddish bricks; its roof is shaped like a pyramid and it’s covered in brown tiles. There is a window almost on the top of the tower, which protected by an iron net to keep the birds out.
Above everything we can see the blue sky and the sun.
This is all for now… See you with the next activity!
CLASS 5 B – WHAT’S OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW? – description for TURKEY.
Our classroom is on the ground floor.
Outside our classroom window we can see the school yard.
On our left there are some trees with green, yellow and red leaves; there is also a small peach-tree.
Beyond the school yard there is a basketball court and a skateboard ramp.
In the background we can see the bell tower of an old castle.
In the middle of the school yard there are some trees: a big plane tree and two horse chestnuts. There is a wooden table and a bench.
Between two of the trees there is a climbing frame and few metres further back there is another one.
In the background there is the nursery school yard.
In the foreground on the right we can see only a part of an orange building, which is another primary school.
To the right of the playground there is the canteen and the school gate.
CLASS 5 C – WHAT’S OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW? – description for ROMANIA.
Our classroom is situated on the ground floor of the school building.
Out of our window we can see the school playground. It is very big.
On the left there is a garden with some trees, whose leaves, in this season (autumn), are green, yellow and brown. In the garden there are two climbing frames that we love playing on. There is a fence around the garden. Beyond it there is a court where we do a lot of sports (in particular basketball, football and skating).
Opposite our window, at the end of the playground, we can see a nursery school. It is a brown building.
On its left there is a garden.
Behind the nursery school, in the distance, we can see Carmagnola’s old castle with its tall tower. Now it is the Town Hall.
On the right of the nursery school there is another primary school’s garden. Further right, we can see the building of this school that communicates with ours.
BYE FOR NOW!!
Saturday, 9 October 2010
DESCRIPTION FROM TURKEY
Wednesday, 6 October 2010
VIEW FROM OUR CLASSROOM WINDOW - SPAIN
Description 1 for UK
We love looking through the window!!!
Description 2 for Italy and Greece.
We are the Year 4 students and we are describing what we see outside our classroom window.
We see a lot of very beautiful things. We are very fortunate because not all students in Huelva see the marshes of the Odiel river.
The first thing we see are: the football pitch, basketballs pitch and a big area with grass where we play our outside games.
We also see the end of the Odiel river, many plants, a very long bridge that we take to get to the beaches of Huelva, and further, we see a very small village called Corrales.
By year 4
Description 3 for Poland and Turkey
Sometimes we can see estuary birds, such as flamingos and herons, in the distance.
We love seeing the marsh every day because it is beautiful. When it is hot we wish we could swim. During sunrise, the sky is orange.
Description 4 for Romania and Hungary
Our school is on the slope of a small hill. From the window of our classroom we can see a beautiful landscape, the marshes of the Odiel river. The first thing we can see is our playground, which has trees and a red football pitch. Behind the fence there is a road, and on the other side of the road there is a row of low houses with white walls and red roofs. Behind the houses we can see an empty plot of land and then the green grass and blue water of the marshes of the River. Sometimes, we can see some birds like flamingos and herons. In the distance, on the other side of the marshes we can make out two small villages. We can also see an immense blue sky.
By year 6
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
View from our classroom window - Greece
Description 1 for UK and Spain
Our school is in a quiet area. Looking out the window we can see the endless blue sky with a few small white clouds and the bright sun. Furthermore we can see a diversity of trees some big and others rather small but all covered with bright green leaves. One of them is an olive tree. We can also see four houses in the background, which are hiding behind the trees letting us see only their rooftops made of tiles. We can also see the cables of electricity where some birds rest on.
Description 2 for Romania and Italy
Our school is in a quiet area.When looking out our window, we can see our rather big school yard which has white gravel on the ground and in which there is big palm tree. Our school yard is also surrounded by a fence made of stones. Just behind our yard there is a large beige house with windows covered with white shades. We can also notice a man standing at the door. The house has a yard with a smaller palm tree on the side. There is also a variety of trees in the garden and some red flowers. Unfortunately we can only see a little piece of the sky as we have a roof right above our window. Today the sky is blue with some white clouds.
Description 3 for Hungary, Turkey and Poland
Our school is in a quiet area.When looking out our window, we see our school yard, which has white gravel on the ground and on the right side a pathway made of paving tiles. We see our play yard and the stone fence that surrounds our whole school yard. There is also a big grey iron door and a smaller one on the right at the end of the pathway made of paving tiles.We also see big and small trees, two palm trees, bushes and red and pink flowers. Outside the fence we see the road with a few cars. Near there is a big house and some others a little bit far. A small blue sign shows the name of the road. Moreover we see columns of electricity. From our window we can also see the sky. Today the sky is blue with some white clouds.
Monday, 4 October 2010
View from our classroom window - Hungary
Just outside our window we can see a ruined brick wall, a bike shed and lawn along the brick wall. Behind that we can see a grey concrete surface for a market place with a green fence around it. In the far distance there are some trees, houses and cars in the road. The landscape is flat.
View 2 to the main street: Description for Italy, Greece and Poland
As we look out of our window we can see some tall trees with colourful falling leaves and lawn. Beyond that we can see a road and a car park with some cars. Behind the car park there is a small park with a small fountain and flowers. In the distance there is a block of flats with balconies and shops under the flats. It is sunny and the sky is blue. The landscape is flat.