viernes, 26 de junio de 2015

Day 3 - Dublin


By Alba and Aitziber

We woke up at 8:00 to have breakfast. After breakfast, we went to Paddy's house, an Irish writer and guide. After an interesting presentation about Irish literature and the Invention of Ireland, we took a bus to James Joyce Centre, where we learnt many things about the life of this writer. We saw the big post office located in the centre of Dublin and we walked to the Trinity College to see the big amazing library and. There we saw the Book of Kells. In the library some students bought t-shirts and gifts for their family. 
We had lunch in a pub, and with more energy, we visited the oldest cathedral in Dublin: St. Patrick's Cathedral. 

We went walking from the cathedral to the Guinness Storehouse. There our teacher Juan Carlos gave us the chance to taste the Guinness. 

Before dinner, we went to the city hall to meet with Comhairle na n-Og, Dublin's 'youth parliament'. There we talked with young Irish people to know the situation of the Irish language between young people. Their aim is to help young people around Ireland. 

Finally, we had dinner in a pub. Here we ate traditional and delicious Irish food. 


miércoles, 24 de junio de 2015

Day 2 - Dublin

Article by Iratxe Cea (to be uploaded)


Today it has been a very long intense day. First we visited Paddy’s house for the first time and he told us some interesting facts about Ireland and the Irish History, from the Middle Ages to our days. Then, we went for a great walk through an anusual park called Phoenix Park. There, we saw some kind of animals such as deers, squirrels and magpies.  Finally, we visited the giant cross where the Pope Juan Pablo II met over a million Irish people.
At one o’clock approximately we had lunch and visited the 1916 Memorial. There, we read about that historical and revolutionary time and saw the yatch where the Irish patriots carried over 100.000 rifles and weaponry.
We were supposed to finish at 5 o’clock to have a little free time, but as we ended earlier tan we thought, we had the whole afternoon free to do some shopping. At 7 p.m. we went to Fitzgeralds Bar to listen to some traditional Irish music. However, as there was a really warm atmosphere we decided to take part of it by singing some Basque songs.
To finish or fantastic day we had dinner at another classical Dublines restaurant and went back to the hostel to go to bed, as the following day was going to be even harder.


martes, 23 de junio de 2015

Trip to Ireland: First Day - First Impressions

Article by Estera Laura Mardarie

Time is over. At last we have started our culture-trip to Ireland. We've met at high school at 1.45 and then gone to Loiu Airport. Once there, we've kept a long queue to do the check-in. After that, we came into the plane and our wonderful flight started. The journey took us two hours. 
When we landed, Paddy, our guide,  was waiting for us with a banner saying "Ongi Etorri". We took a bus to the center of Dublin, where our hostel was situated. After half an hour we had dinner at a nice restaurant very near the hostel. There, we had the chance to know our mates better. And our conclusiones were good: "They are nice people!!!"
After dinner, we went downstairs, to the pub, to listen to a little concert. Both boys were very good at playing the acoustic guitar and the trikitixa, so we enjoyed their performance a lot!
Before midnight, we went to the hotelk to go to bed.
Excitement and expectations are filled out!. 😇

sábado, 20 de junio de 2015

Words and Prizes

After receiving the diplomas from the Basque Government representatives, the students and the tutor thanked for the prize with the following words:

HITZALDIA (by Iratxe Cea)
  Kultura ondareak antolatu  duen lehiaketaren esperientzia bikaina izan dela uste dut. Hasiera batean, gure tutoreak proiektu hau planteatu zigun, eta nahiko ezohikoa iruditu zitzaidan, eta kuriositateak jota, parte hartu nuen. Baina, benetan, denbora pasa ahala, gure kulturak izan ditzakeen berezitasunak itzelezkoak direla ohartu nintzen, eta horrek euskaldun izatearen nire harrotasuna gehiago piztu du.

  Lehiaketa honetan itsasontzi zaharren berreraikuntzari buruz hitz egin izan nahi dugu. Gure herrian, Getxon, arrantzan eta bestelako ekintzetan tradizio handia zegoen , baina, urteak pasa ahala, ohitura batzuk galdu egin dira, eta lehen hain ezaguna zen tradizioa dezente galdu da. Orduan, gure helburu nagusia inguruan daukagun  jendeari, behintzat, aintzinean zeuden lanak ezagutzeko  grina piztea izan da, eta antza denez, lortu dugu. Beraz, bidai hau ohore bat da guretzat, eta ahalik eta gehien disfrutatzen saiatuko gara!

¡Buenos días!
Mi nombre es Estera Mardarie y pertenezco al grupo ganador del instituto JCB dirigido por Carlos M.  Creo que hablo en nombre de todos mis compañeros/as al decir que estoy tremendamente agradecida a Kultura Ondarea por la oportunidad que nos ha brindado.
 Es verdad que trabajamos con mucha ilusión y dedicación para llevar a cabo este proyecto, con el que finalmente nos encariñamos; y aunque, como todos los aquí presentes, teníamos la esperanza de ganar, el resultado nos sorprendió muchísimo. .
Al iniciar esta "investigación" nuestra principal meta era ganar pero al adentrarnos más nuestro interés empezó a crecer. 
Por otra parte, me gustaría destacar la dedicación y pasión con la que los miembros de IEH (asociación que nos ha sido de gran ayuda para nuestro proyecto y en quien hemos basado el mismo) trabajan para mantener viva esta tradición de restauración de barcos antiguos, que personalmente la considero más bien un legado. 
Sentimos gran admiración y respeto hacia estas personas que dedican su tiempo y energía para que esta parte del patrimonio cultural vasco, pequeña pero aún así importante,  no se pierda. Por eso mismo queríamos concienciar a las personas sobre la importancia que se le debiera dar a la transmisión de valores culturales. 
Muchas gracias. 

                                              J. Carlos Martínez

Good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen

It is a pleasure and an honour to be here, especially as we have something in common to celebrate.

When we were invited to take part in Kultura Ondarea Saria, it took less than 24 hours to decide. Six wonderful students from different courses immediately offered to carry out the project making the decision easy.

Julio Caro Baroja High School has traditionally enhanced modern languages (yesterday we celebrated our Forth Multilingual Encounters) and worked on CLIL projects. However, our Kultura Ondarea Saria Project has been the most ambitious and challenging student project at school for two reasons :-

1.      Time required
2.      The overall size of the project

So, our first step was to ensure we had good and easy communication by using mobile phones, whatsapps and the internet in order to share our efforts and progress. We adopted a positive  “Can do”  attitude.

Kultura Ondarea Saria has given us three things:

Firstly, An insight into a brand new world - the world of rebuilding old traditional Basque boats. Once we found the topic, we were very lucky to meet Iñaki, Alfredo and Jesús from Itxas Egurra Haizean, an association that rebuilds old Basque boats in the traditional way. They showed us their small boatyards, shared their knowledge of boats and even took us for a small boat ride.

Secondly,   Kultura Ondarea Saria has provided us with the chance to develop team work, different from the norm, by observing and sharing new skills and experiences in the real world.

Finally, last but not least, this contest has taught us how to face new and difficult challenges impossible to carry out in the classroom.

When we saw on Facebook that everyday more and more participants were entering the competition, we realized just how difficult it would be to impress the panel of judges, let alone win a prize. Therefore, we focused on the task, to at least achieve the satisfaction of knowing we had done our best.

When it was announced that “Surfing  our Traditional Basque boat Rebuilding” had won one of the prizes, we were so happy, full of pride, and our satisfaction complete.

To finish, I’d like to give our deepest thanks to the Basque Department of Education and Culture for promoting this type of contest, motivating students and teachers to work together creating projects on Basque Heritage making us more aware of our rich and sometimes unknown traditions.

Thank you very much.

viernes, 19 de junio de 2015

And the Winner is... IES Julio Caro Baroja BHI !!!

Today, June 19th, at 12:30 p.m. our students have received the Kultura Ondarea Saria Prize. It is the First Contest that the Basque Government  makes to promote the Basque Heritage among young students.



Congratulations to the winners.

viernes, 22 de mayo de 2015

Surfing our Traditional Basque Boat Rebuilding Make-of

After showing the video "Surfing our Traditional Boat Rebuilding" in classes of 4º ESO and 1º Bachillerato, students have asked us to upload the make-of video.  They feel proud of their class-mates and consider they are a good stimulus to promote group projects and participation in contests and other interesting events as Kultura Ondarea Saria.


We are sure you will like it.
Thanks for visiting us.

jueves, 14 de mayo de 2015

Kultura Ondarea Saria, a new School Project at IES Julio Caro Baroja.

In order to promote the Basque Heritage among young students,  the Basque Government opened a contest called Kultura Ondarea Saria. Students could take part in any of our official languages, including modern languages studied at school.

A team of six lead by J. Carlos Martínez as their tutor offered to participate. They have been working hard for two months. As a consequence, the results have turned our to be highly promising.


They have made two videos. The first one describes the way they have been working (make-of). The second one is the product.

What Basque topic did they choose? Something closely connected with Algorta: old traditional boats -txalupak- and their rebuilding, as most of them are disappearing little by little.
They had some priceless help from the Association Itxas Egurra Haizean and the undeniable support of Iñaki Gómez, Alfredo Robles y Jesús Álvarez.

They have uploaded their video today in:
"Surfing our traditional Basque boat rebuilding"
Podéis leer el texto en castellano en el siguiente link:https://docs.google.com/…/104DWgMPfUabFStB1-iAAic9rFuq…/edit

"IES Julio Caro Baroja BHI- Surfing our Traditional Basque Boat Rebuilding / Gure itsasontzi tradizionalen berreraikuntzaren ikerketa"
YOUTUBE.COM
... and they have visited some 1º Bach classes and 4º ESO to present their project.
We encourage you all, who are reading this post, to click on the Facebook link, visit the video and clik ME GUSTA, if that is your opinion.
Thank you all for your support.