Final Visit of the "ICT U C Europe" Project

Finnish and German visitors with Scottish hosts

The final visit of the project was made from 27 April to 1 May 2005 when 5 teachers and 8 students from Finland and Germany visited Peebles.

There was a varied programme of activites within the school ranging from classroom visits involving Drama, Cooking and German to workshops on Learning Styles and Self-presentation for job interviews.

Other activites included visits to Traquair House, Edinburgh Castle, the Scottish Parliament Building and a scary Ghost Walk.

The Saturday of the visit left the visitors with their hosts and trips included fishing on the Tweed, Lindisfarne, Rosslyn Chapel, Arthur's Seat and North Berwick's Sea Bird Centre.

The final event of the trip for the visiting teachers was held at Kalizie Gardens.  After a walk around the gardens and a welcome from a lone piper, all the teachers from Peebles High School who has participated in the 3-year project gathered to say farewell to the visiting teachers from Finland and Germany.

The Comenius Co-ordinators from Finland and Germany were presented with a "Scottish Teddy Bear" complete with tartan kilt and scarf and a genuine "See You Jimmy" tartan tammy.

An application has been made for a new Comenius 1 Project which will include the former partner schools from Finland and Germany and a new partner school in Menorca.  It will be late June or early July befor we know if the application has been successful.

It is hoped that the excellent links established will be continued and a Work-related Project is being considered at present.

Finding out about PHS in a quiz	CV workshop	Presenting yourself at job interview	Adding the team scores	Outside the Scottish Parliament building
Inside the Scottish Parliament building	Visiting teachers inside the Scottihs Parliament building	We visited Traquair House, the oldest inhabited house in Scotland	German, Scottish and Finnish representatives at the top of Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh	The meeting of the 2 "Bobbies"
Scary Ghost Walk guide!	Horror tales of old Edinburgh	Teachers receiving their just desserts!	A Scottish welcome to the visiting teachers from Germany and Finland	Host parents and teachers gather at Kailzie Gardens for a farewell meal.
A stroll around Kailzie Gardens	The final gathering of the Comenius Co-ordinators at Kailzie Gardens	Presentation of a Scottish Teddy to Hilkka Rajakorpi, the Finnish Comenius Co-ordinator	Presentation of a Scottish Teddy to Ingrid Stritzelberger, the German Comenius Co-ordinator	A Scottish host and Finnish teacher propose the final toast "Here's to International Co-operation"!