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TEWS
Trans European Water Sustainability
Monday, 4th of February
Guests arrived at the school.
Opening event in the school hall. Everyone is introduced to the main ideas of the TEWS project, as well as to this weeks activities. Inga Nestere, Headmistress of Riga Secondary School No 25, addresses those present. Danish teacher Hans Koefoed Jacobsen, the coordinator also talked about the topicality of the project. In order to get an idea of the country where the pupils have arrived, guests were presented with a video about Riga and Latvia. Students of Riga Secondary School No 25 talked about Riga and Latvia. Presenting Latvian cultural traditions, the school dance group “Pasaciņa” and singing pupils performed. Each country's delegation gave insight into its school and why it topical to them to participate in this project. The first express questions about Latvia, Riga and the 25th secondary school of Riga were asked. In order to get to know each other, to break the ice, the BINGO game was played.
After the opening event, pupils and teachers were divided into several groups to go on a school trip under the guidance of our pupils.
Pupils went to Old Riga in five excursion groups, which were led by students of Riga Secondary School No.25. Teachers visit the “RD IKSD” before visiting the Old Town to get acquainted with the education system in Riga and Latvia.
Tuesday, the 5th of February
Pupils were divided into groups of five. Latvian pupils taught and told others how to work to create an animated film. Videos of “Clean drinking water for all” were already been prepared by pupils in each country. As a result, pupils got a deeper understanding of the need to take care of clean drinking water, as well as a deeper understanding of “IKT” skills.
Teachers attended classroom lessons at Riga Secondary School No 25, got acquainted with the learning process at the Latvian school. After the first working day of the film, one part of the students went to Getliņi. In Getliņi, pupils were introduced to the underlying principles of "green thinking", eco-friendly economic management and the sustainable development policy of SIA Getliņi EKO
There we learned-
The main problems concerning air and water pollution, which required immediate action:
Shallow ground water aquifers polluted, and pollution plume gradually moves to the river Daugava;
More deep drinking water aquifers can become contaminated;
Landfill gas contaminates atmosphere and creates greenhouse effect.
During this the second group of pupils were preparing a flood-safe house.
In Europe and the rest of the world, the temperature is rising due to climate change, the rainfall regime is changing, glaciers are melting, sea levels rising, and extreme climatic phenomena are becoming more common. As a result, the risk of flooding and droughts increase and problems with clean drinking water arise.
Both Latvia and other EU Member States have been hit by severe floods in recent years, causing considerable damage. When living in areas where flooding is a frequent occurrence, architects and builders need to be able to adapt the building structure to the threat of flooding. Therefore, the groups of students working in international teams will try to create a flood-safe house.
Wednesday, the 6th of February
Pupils went to Sigulda with their teachers. Visiting Turaida Stone Castle. Pupils were introduced to historical events in Latvia many years ago, with the importance of the river Gauja in the development of the area. We also visit the Bobsleigh and Luge Track "Sigulda". Pupils also see some training exercises. The students of Riga Secondary School No 25 talked about bobsleigh, its development in Latvia and the success of Latvian bobsleigh athletes on a global scale.
Bobsleja un kamaniņu trase.pdf
In the second part of the day we were at Kaķīškalns. We got to know the water in its three physical states. Outside snow and ice, skiing, enjoying the snow. We went to the sauna - steam. And, of course, clean drinking water
Thursday, the 7th of February
Pupils were working on creating an animated film about clean drinking water. Teachers were meeting at that time. Then the pupils and teachers went to the center of Riga, to ZINOO, where the participants participated in the water treatment session. During the lesson, students cleaned the water with simple and easily accessible materials. Performed water quality tests before and after purification.
In the evening, everyone met at LIDO. Got to know traditional Latvian cuisine, some brave people also enjoyed ice skating. Pupils and teachers from different countries got to know each other more closely.
Friday, the 8th of February
Presentation of pupils' work - the animated film, in the school hall. Groups of pupils analyzed and evaluated their work.
An afternoon event in the school hall. Latvian pupils taught their folk dances to others. Each country group taught their own countries game. Teachers gave their opinion and assessment of the work this week.