The Erasmus+ week came to an end – and with it, time to say goodbye. The farewell was emotional and heartfelt: so many new friendships had been formed, and the experiences shared throughout the week created strong bonds across borders. There were tears, hugs, and promises to stay in touch. 💬💧 With suitcases full of memories, the group […]
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The final day of our Erasmus+ week began in our school with a moment of reflection and creativity. Exchange students were welcomed with a special movie of our student-made tale about Duck Lake—a project our pupils had worked hard on. The video was a beautiful showcase of storytelling and teamwork. Following the screening, students participated in
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The next morning brought a true mountain experience. Heavy rain poured down, and the wind howled through the peaks, making some of us hesitate. The descent from the mountains wasn’t just wet—it was a test of will. We packed into our outdoor gear, locked away our fear, and began the hike back down to Tatranská
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Wednesday was all about connecting with nature, learning through experience, and enjoying the beauty of Slovakia’s iconic High Tatras. The students didn’t jump straight into a hike—after all, a gentle start was in order. The morning began with a visit to the Botanical Garden in Tatranská Lomnica. In international groups, students explored local plant species, taking close-up
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This day was spent in the comfort of the school. The topic of the day wa “oracles”. It began with students working in mixed international groups, sharing traditional weather folklore (old sayings about weather) from their home countries. In the art room, students brought these folk sayings to life through colorful illustrations using markers, paints, and plenty
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The Erasmus week started at the Moskovská school in Banská Bystrica with a warm welcome from the headmistress. After that the Slovak students took their twins and teachers to a guided tour of the school and its many special rooms and classes, such as physics, chemistry or biology, school´s kitchen, gym… They also learned about
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On Sunday, students spent the day with their host families, exploring the region and enjoying a wide range of activities: Hiking in the beautiful Slovak landscape, adventures in climbing parks, visits to museums and historic mines, exploring the city of Banská Bystrica, etc. Of course, there was also time to enjoy traditional Slovak food – a perfect chance
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Team Augsburg and team Cerklje were ready to go. The bags packed, the spirits were high. The journey led through Vienna , with a longer stop in Bratislava , including a guided city tour. Over lunch, everyone had the chance to enjoy their first taste of Slovak cuisine – a delicious introduction to the week
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Our journey to Slovenia began early in the morning with a long but exciting train and bus trip for the team Slovakia through Bratislava, Vienna and Villach and for the German team through Munich, Salzburg and Villach before finally arriving in the city of Kranj. There, our host families welcomed us warmly and took us
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This day started with documentation, documentation, and again documentation. In international groups, we were working on reports for our blog on the project webpage. Here we could learn how important it is to be able to cooperate, to share ideas and communicate in a common foreign language, to accept the ideas of the teammates and
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Our journey into the mountains started at 9.09 am on 16 October 2024 at Augsburg main station, where we boarded the regional train to Kempten. We changed trains there and took the next train to Sonthofen. After getting off there, we took a bus, where after a half-hour journey we arrived at a viewing platform.
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The next day at JFG started with a scientifical input by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Buermann from the University of Augsburg. His presentation painted a stark picture of the future of our climate, both globally and regionally. As CO2 levels continue to rise and temperatures climb, we face a future of more extreme weather events, shifting rainfall
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On Monday, all the students and teachers involved in this Erasmus+ Project met at the Jacob-Fugger-Gymnasium ready to start working. The day started with a warm welcome from the headmistress, Mrs. Felber. After that, the German students took their foreign classmates for a tour around their school and showed them rooms like the gym, edu-lab
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For three partner schools from Germany, Slovenia and Slovakia, the next Erasmus+ adventure started on Saturday, 12th October 2024. The hosting students and teachers from Augsburg were anxiously awaiting every beep of their phones with messages from their foreign classmates and colleagues with news about their journey. Since they all are responsible EU citizens, they
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We are not finishing… on the contrary, we are starting a new adventure. The previous year of intensive work on the project activities has brought all participants a lot of new knowledge, interesting lectures and meetings with experts, new places, cities and countries, new friendships that will hopefully last a lifetime and information that will
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Friday was again marked by project work. After two days spent in a pleasant environment surrounded by Alpine peaks, we moved to the working environment of the school. Project work is always divided into several parts: getting to know the project topic better, working with texts and new vocabulary (in our project it is a
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On Thursday, we visited Saint-Gervais-les-Bains in the French Alps, a town very popular for tourists, and thus also facing challenges from mass tourism and climate change. We were welcomed at the town hall by the mayor Mr Jean Marc Peillex, who was talking about the challenges the region must face and the decisions he and the town
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During the third day of this exchange, we visited some classes with our hosts. Then, after lunch we left for Chamonix, which is one of the most famous tourist resorts in the French Alpine region. It is situated at the foot of the Mont Blanc, the highest mountain of the Alps. In Chamonix, people can ski but we came
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Today, hard work on the project was on the agenda. The international teams were working on their multilingual glossaries, ebooks and questionnaires for Chamonix. Also a second external input was on the agenda: Professor Doctor Gilles Escarguel, a global warming expert, biologist and paleontologist from the University in Lyon. He began his lecture by discussing Europe’s projected
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After the French students showed us the impressive school building, we were welcomed warmly by the team of the headmaster and his two deputies. Thanks to a short “petit dejéuner” with croissants and pain au chocolat we had enough power for the presentations of our schools and our tasks we’re working on in multinational mixed teams
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