JihlavaLerma: palabras, canciones, bailes, trajes Erasmus Project

Project Title

JihlavaLerma: palabras, canciones, bailes, trajes

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for school education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2014

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Creativity and culture; Teaching and learning of foreign languages; EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy

Project Summary

The project has been created due to four years lasting successful cooperation with the school in Lerma (Spain). Both schools ended bilateral project Comenius – Projects of School’s Partnership in 2011. The main speaking language was English and the topic: CS-wec – Czechspain: walking towards European citizenship. Within the next cooperation at project Comenius – IMP in 2012-2014 we used Spanish as the main language. Accepting Challenge 2014 within Erasmus+, KA2, was an occasion for continuing at cooperation for coordinators of both schools.

We used our gained experiences in the new project and kept on organizing long-term study mobilities of pupils. Then we used gained grant resources to work on a common topic – music. Students of Gymnázium Jihlava acquainted Spanish audience with Czech music, the personality of Gustav Mahler and songs, dances and costumes of Horácko region during short-term exchanges of pupils. Spanish students introduced to us the personality of a renaissance composer and organist Antonio de Cabezón, who comes from the region of Burgos, and then some typical regional music, costumes and dances. Transnational project meetings of involved teachers were focused on preparing all planned activities and musical appearances and also disseminate knowledge about project Erasmus+ and activities of involved schools. An important objective was also to improve language competences of all involved students and teachers.

Two schools joined this project – Gymnázium Jihlava, Jihlava, Czech Republic, and IES Valle del Arlanza, Lerma, Spain.
Gymnázium Jihlava, is situated in the city of Jihlava, capital of Vysočina Region and has been established for one hundred years. Almost 800 students study in four-, six-, eight-year and special four-year sport study programs these days. English language is compulsory for every student. Each student must also choose a second foreign language (German, Spanish, French or Russian). Students can also choose from a wide range of optional subjects. All study programs are finished with a maturita-exam, where students pass through exams in several subjects. After grammar school, students usually continue to university. The school also has its own choir called Hudební sdružení Gymnázia Jihlava, which was founded in 1997. The choir has about 40 members between 12-19 years of age nowadays. Students from this choir took part in Erasmus+ together with other students, who study Spanish language.

IES Valle del Arlanza is located in Lerma, province of Burgos, region of Castille and León. This school has got less than 300 students between 12-18 years old. The study is divided in two parts: obligatory high school education for students between 12 and 16. This part is obligatory for everyone and then it is possible to continue with two years of voluntary studies which end with a final exam. The education plan consists of obligatory subjects (Spanish, Mathematics, Science, History, English) and a few different optional subjects from which every student makes his own education plan. According to this subjects the student continues in studying at university or a vocational school. In the Erasmus+ program students 15-18 years old took part.

The project has implemented the following activities:
Long-term study mobility of pupils
– a three-month stay in a host family, learning at the partner school, improving language skills, opportunity to learn life and study in a foreign country, participation in the the project topic – presentation about music, country, culture, customs etc. for students from the host school, moderating of concerts, common performances and workshops with students of both schools, participation in extracurricular activities, a visit of places that are connected with the topic of the project, interpreting during the common activities.

Short-term exchanges of pupils and accompanying persons
– work on the project topic, presentations, performances, workshops, a visit of places that are connected with the topic of the project, improving language skills.

Transnational project meetings
-preparation of activities for the short-term exchanges of pupils and accompanying persons, spreading awareness about the project Erasmus + and about activities of involved schools.

Results and effect of project:
– Logo and website, channel on YouTube
– Posters and programs for concerts
– Presentations about G. Mahler and A. de Cabezón
– DVD from the concerts in Lerma and Jihlava
– Worksheets for workshop about G. Mahler in Muzeum of Vysočina region
– Banners of A. de Cabezón´s life and work, Spanish Empire and Spanish Baroque Culture
– Art face of Smetana´s Vltava (common workshops)
– Portraits of A. de Cabezón made during the concerts and presentations in Jihlava
– Common musical performance and workshops
– Double DVD from both concerts
– Photobook
– Document Europass-mobility for students integrated in Long-term study mobility
– Improvement of language competence and knowledge on IT

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 65110 Eur

Project Coordinator

Gymnazium Jihlava & Country: CZ

Project Partners

• IES Valle del Arlanza