Project meeting- Istanbul, Turkey, 26th of April -2nd of May

The second meeting of the multilateral Comenius project “Let the Music Play” was held in Istanbul, Turkey, at “Gazi Ilköğretim Okulu” School.

We were waited and welcomed with much warmth and enthusiasm by the students and teachers from the partner school in Istanbul, proving once again that they are our friends.

From the Eco School “Matei Gr. Vladeanu”, Candesti-Vale participated in this project meeting 4 teachers and 6 students and from School Principessa Elena di Napoli, Palermo, Sicily, 8 teachers and 4 students.
The project meeting was a real success.

The Romanian students were accommodated in families, having the chance to know their daily life with customs, family activities, religion, family relationships, traditional food and, last but not least, the hospitality of the host families.

The students from partner schools became friends, exchanged impressions and participated together in the activities of the project.

The project activities were very interesting and consisted of visiting the school (primary, secondary and preschool), artistic and cultural activities very well prepared that reflected the culture and traditions of the area, meetings with the headmistress of the school, Mrs. Halime Nisan, with the local authorities of Sultangazi, with representatives of the economic agents in the area, thematic visits to religious and cultural objectives of Istanbul.

We discovered together that we have common points in our concerns for promoting in school and community the traditional music, dances, instruments and folk costumes.

The partners in the project offered to each other products made by the students in their schools (brochures, ceramic objects, painted glass, drawings, DVDs with presentations of the schools, of the countries, folk costumes, traditional music, specific dances, UNICEF objects made by the students and beautiful gifts with traditional symbols of the regions and countries of origin).

It was chosen from the logos made by the partner countries the most representative one for the project. The student Popescu Ana Maria from Romania was the most inspired and the partners considered that her logo is the most appropriate for the project.

The students and teachers that participated at this meeting were left with a special and beautiful impression about the partner school and the city of Istanbul- city filled with history, at the crossroads of European and Asian influences, Christian and Muslim, which offer it originality.

Our hosts- teachers, local authorities, parents and students have left us a very pleasant impression: they were friendly, always attentive to our needs, willing to share with us their customs traditions, concerns, history and culture of this great and beautiful city-ISTANBUL