2. About the project...
Comenius Multilateral School Partnership Project
“I Feel Good- Well-being in the Contemporary World”
Jeronimas Ralys gymnasium students
and teachers participate in Comenius
multilateral school partnership
project “I Feel Good - Well-being in the
Contemporary World” since December,
2013.
This project covers 4 modules which
address the issue of well-being from
different points of view: biological,
psychological, social and
occupational ones. Each module will
contribute to raising participants’
awareness of healthy lifestyle, self-
esteem, of how to build social network
based on positive relationships,
how to cope with stress and find out
creative ideas and solutions to achieve
self-realization and life satisfaction.
There are 5 participating countries:
Poland, Turkey, Sweden, the Czech
Republic and Lithuania. The project is
aimed at students aged from 15 to 19
and the whole school community.
It is the first Comenius multilateral
school partnership project in our
gymnasium. The first preparatory
coordinators’ meeting was held in
February of 2013 in Lublin, Poland. As
a result of this gathering, Education
Exchanges Support Foundation
(www.smpf.lt), which administers life-
long learning program in Lithuania,
positively valued project proposal and
allocated funding to implement the
project.
Comenius work group, consisting of 20
students and 5 teachers, was brought
together to implement the main project
tasks, spread the ideas and encourage
others to participate in Comenius school
events, seminars, group discussions,
lessons,videos and exhibitions. The most
important and enjoyable thing is that
students share their experience inside
the school as well as outside it keeping
in touch with students from other
countries through the Internet or their
visits to participating countries.
We believe that this Comenius project
will not only expand and deepen
project participants’ knowledge about
healthy living, psychological, social and
occupational well-being, but also give
them great opportunity to share good
experience with local and foreign
students, get to know better different
European countries and their cultural
and linguistic diversity, encourage them
to improve English language skills in
authentic environment.
Text by: Rita Lamokovskienė
3. Students‘ Thoughts about Well-being...
Well- being is the state when you feel
having everything you want at the
glimpse.
Greta
Well- being is closely related to happiness,
health and a good company of close friends.
:)
Emilija
Well-being is trying
to do good things
even if you fail.
Kamilė
Well- being is a wish
that other people
would feel good even
when it’s extremelly
difficult for yourself.
Judita
Well- being is the opportunity to be
yourself and feel safe.
Simona
Well- being is a
hard work which
is directed not
only towards
yourself, but also
towards other
people.
Gabija
4. Unforgettable Moments in Lublin, Poland...
Our preparation for the trip to Poland
was easy. Comenius group students and
teachers friendly worked in these project
groups: biorhythms, sports, psychology
and healthy diet. Students presented
their ideas, had several discussions with
specialists, carefully prepared for lessons
and led them to their acquaintances.
Everyone was more than satisfied with
the outcome.
A group of 6 gymnasium students and 2
teachers traveled to Lublin, Poland on the
9th of February. The aim of this school
partnership visit was to learn from
each other more about biological
well-being and discover its direct
influence on our organisms and
our daily routine activities through
practical workshops and sharing
personal experiences.
Paderewski liceum students greeted us
friendly and warmly. They organized a
tour around their school and , later on,
around the city of Lublin. During this visit,
wemetalotofstudentsfromTurkey,Czech
Republic and Sweden. We played a lot of
ice-breaking games, presented the results
of the 1st module, took part in healthy
lifestyle and infographics workshops,
created videos of social advertisements
and ect. The project tasks and activities
were not only interesting and funny, but
also informative and educational. All
the participants were encouraged and
motivated to be and feel healthier.
The last day of our visit in Poland, we
visited two cosy towns: Kazimierz and
Naleczow. During this tour, we
participated in the educational rooster
baking workshop, visited church-
monastery, went to the SPA center
and played bowling. We were
impressed by Polish students’ knowledge
about the towns we visited.
This Comenius school partnership visit in
Lublin was really great.
Text by: Aurelija Ivanauskatė
5. When I was in Lublin I met a lot of
amazing people from Poland, Czech
Republic, Turkey and Sweden. This project
and trip to Paderewski liceum gave me
priceless experience, left a lot of memories
and let me improve my English skills.
Gintarė Plukaitė
Amazing people. Unforgettable moments.
Unique experience. Everything was
perfect. I want to go back!!!
Greta Kubiliūnaitė
This visit to Poland was very memorable
to me. Students were kind and sociable.
The young people I met had their own
opinion and knew how to defend it.
Lukas Kazevičius
First of all, this project and travel to
Lublin gave me the opportunity to meet a
lot of students from other countries. Also,
I think I became more self-confident now.
I started to believe that success really
exists.
Egidijus Pelivanov
Do you know that...
Before a visit to Poland our gymnasium
students and teachers successfully
completed these Comenius project tasks:
prepared and did the survey about
healthy eating habits; this survey was
completed by 300
respondentsincluding gymnasium
students , their parents and
teachers;
made a research „Youth
situation in Lithuania“ which
focused on freetime
opportunities for youth,
relationship with adults,
learning motivation and
harmful habits;
organized a photography
exibition „Life is Beautiful“.
led interesting and
informative lessons about healthy
lifestyle, biorhythms and the
impact of drugs;
created educational
movies „Biorhythms“,
„Sports“ and „Healthy
Diet Tips“;
6. Eskisehir – the City of Love,
Solidarity and Elegancy...
07 04 2014 was the date we were waiting
for months to approach :)
Jeronimas Ralys gymnasium team – 4
students and 3 teachers started
their journey from Jonava to Riga
International Airport.
After 3 hours flight, our trip to Eskisehir
city just started because we had to go by
bus more than 300km to reach our final
destination.
We arrived at Eskisehir bus station at 1
a.m. Our Turkish hosts were waiting for
us with colorful posters in their hands
and whoops of joy. Students went to their
host family houses and teachers went to a
local hotel.
The following day Comenius project
participants fom the Czech Republic,
Poland, Sweden, Lithuania and Turkey
met in Samanyolu Gulbahar lyceum.
The headmaster of the school greeted
us warmly. Afterwards, Turkish national
songs and dances were presented by
Turkish students on the stage.
The second day a traditional Turkish
food contest was organized at school. All
participants were divided into groups
and got a task to prepare different local
dishes. We realized that Turkish people
use many different spices and mix them
with traditional yoghurt. Also, they eat
a lot of vegetables. Turkish traditional
dishes are really delicious.
7. Students enthusiastically participated
in theatre workshop. Later on, theatre
rehearsal started. All participants tried to
imitate heroes from “Shrek” emphasizing
the importance of love and friendship. All
girls presented a nice, lovely and beautiful
mini performance.
In the evening we went sightseeing.
Eskisehir city is amazing! We were
walking around and smiled for local
people. We could feel the joy of life in the
streets. Unexpectedly, we heard a strange
bell sound. It was a religious sound
for Muslims inviting them for praying.
Turkish girls agreed to take us to the
mosque and they explained all rules.
Before entering the mosque, everyone
must take off the shoes; women must wear
a head covering and pray in a separate
place from men. It was very interesting to
see their praying ritual.
The last day we went to the city of
Konya. We visited Mevlana mosque ,
several ancient museums, heard
interesting things about the art of
calligraphy and saw live traditional
music performance.
In the evening we had our send-off
evening. We were having fun all together
for the last time. It was emotionally hard
and sad moment. When we were saying
goodbye, we invited Turkish girls to visit
Lithuania. We believe that it will become
true one day.
This journey to Turkey was awesome
and unforgettable for Lithuanians.
Students still keep in touch with Turkish
girls through the Internet and are
waiting for the next partner meeting.
Sunny Turkey will stay as a very
hospitable, friendly and warm country in
our mind and hearts :)
Text by: Vytautė Žuravliovaitė
Do you know that...
organized an impressive
school event „Tolerance Week“
(thanks for all coordinators
and participants :) );
took part in the knowledge
contest „Brain Battle“;
were active participants of
psychological seminars;
introduced an art exhibition
whose author ,even being disabled,
spreads warmth and good
emotions to others;
created motivational
movies „Happy“, „A School
Hug“ and „Clothing
Manifesto“.
Before a visit to Turkey our gymna-
sium students and teachers were really
creative. They...
8. Upcoming visits...
Timra Gymnasium, Sweden (October, 2014)
Jeronimas Ralys Gymnasium, Lithuania (February, 2015)
Paderewski Liceum, Poland (April, 2015)
Spreading
the news...
You can find all Comenius project results
in an official project website:
www.comenius3.paderewski.lublin.pl
Don’t forget to press like in the project
facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/ifeelgoodproject
You can read more about the project in our
school‘s website:
www.jralio.lt
Layout : Simona Knataitė
