our trip to cyprus
We are now halfway through our Erasmus+ Project ‘Magic and Myths Unite Europe’. It has been an action packed year with storytellers, exhibitions and movie making. We have made trips to Turkey, Finland, Spain and most recently Cyprus.
We visited Alambra Primary School in May. The school is situated in a small village between the cities of Larnaca and Nicosia. It holds about 90 students between the ages of six and eleven and has 12 teachers. Alambra is a beautiful historical village with many traditional Cypriot houses and buildings. It is also home to some archaeological sites dating from the Stone Age.
The aim of the trip was to review and evaluate our project so far, and make plans for the upcoming year. A meeting was held with the hosts and the other visiting teachers. Next year promises to be another very exciting year for the project. The teachers visited a few different classes in the school. We got to see Maths, Art, P.E and Music lessons.
The trip to Cyprus was also a very cultural trip. One our first day in the school we were guests at a wonderful concert held by the whole school. We saw and heard many traditional stories from Cyprus, listened to some traditional music and even participated in a national dance. We were lucky enough to be invited to visit a traditional Cypriot home in Alambra and were treated to some lovely homemade lemonade.
We visited the cities of Nicosia, Larnaca and the port city of Limassol. The trip to Nicosia was especially poignant and interesting. Nicosia, is of course known as the last ‘Divided Capital’ of Europe. A border runs through the city dividing it into the Turkish occupied North side and the Cypriot side to the South. The border is known as the ‘Green Line’. To cross the ‘Green Line’ and travel from one side to the other, a passport is needed and a strong military presence can be seen. Despite this, Nicosia is a very beautiful and peaceful city with many museums, great architecture and lots to see and do. Please look at our video and our photographs from this special trip.
We visited Alambra Primary School in May. The school is situated in a small village between the cities of Larnaca and Nicosia. It holds about 90 students between the ages of six and eleven and has 12 teachers. Alambra is a beautiful historical village with many traditional Cypriot houses and buildings. It is also home to some archaeological sites dating from the Stone Age.
The aim of the trip was to review and evaluate our project so far, and make plans for the upcoming year. A meeting was held with the hosts and the other visiting teachers. Next year promises to be another very exciting year for the project. The teachers visited a few different classes in the school. We got to see Maths, Art, P.E and Music lessons.
The trip to Cyprus was also a very cultural trip. One our first day in the school we were guests at a wonderful concert held by the whole school. We saw and heard many traditional stories from Cyprus, listened to some traditional music and even participated in a national dance. We were lucky enough to be invited to visit a traditional Cypriot home in Alambra and were treated to some lovely homemade lemonade.
We visited the cities of Nicosia, Larnaca and the port city of Limassol. The trip to Nicosia was especially poignant and interesting. Nicosia, is of course known as the last ‘Divided Capital’ of Europe. A border runs through the city dividing it into the Turkish occupied North side and the Cypriot side to the South. The border is known as the ‘Green Line’. To cross the ‘Green Line’ and travel from one side to the other, a passport is needed and a strong military presence can be seen. Despite this, Nicosia is a very beautiful and peaceful city with many museums, great architecture and lots to see and do. Please look at our video and our photographs from this special trip.