CUE#1 - Mobility in Cuenca - E-STAFF Erasmus+ project 2018-2020

The first mobility of the project, in Cuenca, took place during the Cuenca Film Festival last November. Finally, here is our report of this experience.

FAMILY EXCHANGE

On the first day, both Polish and Italian students were incorporated into the classes of their partners and participated in their school life and daily routine.

The students spent time with their host families- they could get to know each other, visit the city and perform together different free time activities.

CULTURAL HERITAGE AND ACTING

The whole Polish-Italian-Spanish exchange team traveled by a coach to the region of Spain where the story of Don Kichot had originated from. We did a short sightseeing route following the characters of Don Kichot novel and had a guided tour at the historical windmill, which is still active once a month. We learnt about the process of grinding grain into flour and different kinds of cereal for doing bread and porridge.

Next, we travelled to Belmonte village, where we had an active tour at the magnificent 15th century Belmonte Castle. All of us were given some medieval robes to wear during the tour. The tour guides were dressed as people who had actually lived in that place and acted out the roles of different medieval characters - a knight, a king, a queen and others. The students were welcomed to participate in the play and acted out some medieval roles as well.

CINEMA : CHARACTERIZATION WORKSHOP

The students took part in a film characterization workshops, which had been prepared by Spanish students of beautician vocational classes. Polish and Italian students served as models for the the Spanish students whose task was to do a professional film make-up. During the workshops, which took place in the local cinema complex, we had an official meeting with the representatives of the City Council in Cuenca.

CULTURAL HERITAGE : MUSEUM AND CITY GAME

The whole Polish-Italian-Spanish exchange team took part in the workshops at the Museum of Abstract Art. This was followed by a city game “Gymkhana”, which also took place in the picturesque old part of the city of Cuenca. The game involved lots of tasks connected with recognizing the elements of architecture, Spanish history, naming objects in English, story telling and taking pictures from a concrete perspective, all within a time limit.

CULTURAL HERITAGE : ARCHITECTURE WORKSHOP

The whole Polish-Italian-Spanish exchange team took part in architecture and heritage workshops. Again the students were divided into 2 international teams. Their task was to put together a piece of an architecture element, such as a house facade or a part of a bridge, using expanded polystyrene blocks and a picture project.

The mobility ended on the fifth day, on November 23rd, after a goodbye ceremony at the I.E.S. Pedro Mercedes school.

Special thanks to Iwona, from Gdansk, for her help in this report and also special thanks to Patrizia, from Bernalda, for passing us the following video, that was made by the Italian students :