Transcript COMENIUS CAMP 2013 - Liceo Manzoni Lecco

COMENIUS CAMP 2013
Czech Republic - Slavkov u Brna
SCHOOL FOR HUMAN
RIGHTS,
SCHOOL WITH COURAGE
In October 2013 we were
involved in the Comenius
Camp which took place in
Slavkov u Brna, (better
known as Austerlitz) a small
town near Brno, Czech
Republic.
There were students from
seven different European
countries: Poland, Italy,
France, Switzerland,
United Kingdom, Germany
and Czech Republic.
Our journey from Lecco to Slavkov lasted the
whole day. We left at 5.40 A.M. and arrived in
Prague at 12.00.
We visited Prague
and then caught
the train to Brno
at 16.00. We
finally arrived in
Slavkov at 19.00
and met our host
families.
During the first morning we met the other participants and we
tried to know each other through a lab and a game.
Then we were divided into five groups: each one had a different
topic about Romany people, for example history, traditions,
artefacts…
After discussing the issues in our groups, we presented our
work to the others
We had lunch with typical Czech dishes, then we
went to the Town Hall in order to meet the
Lord Mayor, who welcomed us and explained us
some facts about Slavkov’s history.
In the afternoon we played
golf and visited the city
castle, where there was an
exhibition about Napoleon
and the battle of Austerlitz.
We also had free time to see
the city centre and have a
hot chocolate.
Afterwards we went back to
our host families and had
great time with them.
The second day we did another
workshop. It was a simulation
game, in which we pretended to
be part of the city council. The
discussion topic was a refugee
camp: we had to decide whether
open it or not.
There were different roles: the council
was composed of three Parties
(National, International and Lazy),
some activists, opponents and
journalists. The assembly was chaired
by a student, who acted as the Lord
Mayor.
In the afternoon we went
to Brno. We visited the
Romany museum, where
an old woman told us
about her experience
of Romany persecution
during World War II.
After that,
we went to
‘Villa
Tugendhat
’, a huge
house which
had been
owned by
Jewish
people.
After a short visit of the city centre we went back to
Slavkov and had a farewell party all together.
Goulash
the toast
The last day we said goodbye to everyone and
we started our journey back home. We stopped
again in Prague and also had a tour on a
carriage.
The thing we enjoyed most was having the chance to know other
people of our same age from different countries and feel part of a
unique and big community that is European Union.
GOODBYE CZECH
REPUBLIC! :’(