WORLD BOOK DAY IN LÜNEBURG

World Book Day -on the 23rd of April- was originally a Catalan tradition on the day of Sant Jordi (Saint George), people buying roses and also books from stalls and bookshops in most places in Spain now. In addition, it was a 23 of April when Miguel de Cervantes, William Shakespeare and Garcilaso de la Vega, three of the most important writers in the world, died. That is why the UNESCO named this date "World Book Day"" with the enthusiastic approval of many other countries where it is also celebrated. Germany is an example.
What day could, therefore, be more suitable for the winners of the Literary Contest to be given their awards and prizes and, of course, a rose?

In the photo you see the two German winners of the Literary Competition Marie Bryzgalski (middle) and Danie Klein (right)together with the winner of the Mathematics Competition Luisa Wiechert (left). The aim of the Literary Contest was the creative handling of the question whether they see the EU countries as "brothers in arms, solidarity partners or war heroes" with regard to conflicts around the world, a key issue at the moment, given the problems in Afghanistan. The students have written texts (essays, poems, short stories, etc...) of between 150 and 300 words in English.
The 10 best entries participating in the project schools (two per country) were selected by the Comenius Project team in Spain and can be seen on the project blog www.schoolintegrationengine.blogspot.com/
(written on the Oedeme Gymnasium official website by our Comenius project Coordinator in Lüneburg Ms Antje Frels ).

"Hero of War" Literary Contest

LITERARY CONTEST  “HERO OF WAR”  
   'The S.I. Engine'  Comenius Project.
Schools taking part in it:
*Gymnasium Oedeme. LÜNEBURG (Germany)
*Gymnázium LIPNÍK NAD BEčVOU (Czech Republic)
*Bródy Imre Gimnázium AJKA (Hungary)
*Collège Sismondi, GENEVA (Switzerland)
*IES Campanar. VALÈNCIA (Spain)
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List of finalists in each country –Comenius Project –
Germany
Daniel Klein, Frederic Braun ,Lauritz Miarka, Linard Furck,Yannic Sperling, Daniela Denda, Marie Bryzgalski, Mirjam Koch, Sara Diep, Violetta Spöler
Hungary
Andrea Miszori, Tamás Baranyai, Abel Futo, Gabriella Horvath, Zsofia Zentai, Dóra Kléri, Richard Kolat, Krisztina and Anita Horvath, Viktor Tóth
Switzerland
Monica Da Costa, Jean-Claude Halter, Jonathan Teixara, Juliette Krauer, Kosala Monia, Morgane Muller, Sophie Desbiolles, Stephanie Schoepfer, Vicky Marro, Elisabeth Guadagnolo, Jasmina Peku.
Czech Republic
Petr Bača, Jan Kolajta, Jiří Chovanec,Katka Schovánková, Kieu Nguy,Miša Halamová, Zuzka Ledvoñová, Ondra Hanousek.
Spain
Lara Montalvá, Silvia Roig, Rafael Ibáñez, Hui Ting Chen, Laura Martínez, Carles Ángel, Adrià Berga, Julia Máñez, Isabel Ángel, María Palanca.
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COMENIUS PROJECT “Hero of War” LITERARY CONTEST
The high quality of all the finalists’ writings, which were submitted by the 5 schools, has made it really difficult to reach an agreement on which one is actually the best.
The topic “Hero of War” has been presented as a poem, letter, tale, short story, diary entry and essay. Interpretations have also been different, fighting soldiers, ghosts from the past, cancer, pollution, sexism or getting aware of our ancestors’ suffering, of personal experiences and of disabilities.
IES Campanar celebrates, as every year, UNESCO World Book Day on the 23rd of April with different activities and the names of the winners below will be read and a certificate will be issued with their respective awards. On the other hand, most of the writings by these or the other finalists are already being exhibited in the hall of the school for the students, teachers and parents to read and enjoy.
Thank you to everybody for your effort and collaboration.
And the awards go to………… LIST OF WINNERS
-For the artful treatment of subject matter Daniel Klein (Lüneburg)
-For the overall aesthetical effect Andrea Miszori (Ajka)
-For the overall emotional effect Hui Ting Chen(Valencia)
-For the writing organization and logic Marie Bryzgalski (Lüneburg)
-For a most creative short story Elisabeth Guadagnolo(Geneva)
-For a most original essay Miša Hala (Lipník)
-For a really beautiful short story Morgane Muller (Geneva)
-For the quality of insight Tamás Baranyai (Ajka)
-For its sense of humour Ondra Hanousek (Lipník)
-For being integrative and well-organized Isabel Ángel (Valencia)
The 10 students will receive a small gift , a reader, compliment of MacMillan Publishers in Valencia and a Certificate prepared by our school. All these entries will be posted onto the blog in a few days too together with a photo of the event.  


LOOK  AT THEIR WORKS...
                                                            Valencia 20th April 2010

GrEaster Expectations

We are glad to tell you that we already have 23 students who are willing and happy to accomodate all the Comenius students in our project during your visit here in Lipník. We are sending you a photo of our team (however, 5 of them are missing because of their illness). The names of them are (from left to right, from the bottom to the top)
 1st row: Monika Peňázová, Kristýna Mandáková
 2nd row: Monika Boháčová, Kateřina Schovánková, Adéla Rýčková, Gabriela Sobková, Petra Stískalová
 3rd row: Anežka Pořízková, Kristýna Richterová, Gabriela Dvorská, Michaela Podmolíková
 4th row: Ondřej Hanousek, Filip Gladiš, Jakub Klimeš, Jiří Chovanec, Jan Kolajta
 5th row: Eva Gondová (teacher), Petr Bača, Vladimír Burstein, Soňa Svobodová (teacher).

Thanks Eva and Soňa, their school and all these students for their hospitality. Looking forward to seeing you in Lipník!