30-01-2013

DAY 10

This morning, the Italian students wrote reports about the activities they went through.

In the afternoon they were free to visit Antwerp City.

You can read the reports below:

  • Sandra Nannucci
On Wednesday (23/01) we went to the zoo with our teachers and a Belgium class. When we arrived the teacher divided us in groups, one Italian with three Belgians. We saw a lot of animals. While we were visiting the zoo, I talked a lot with a Belgian girl about our interests.
I liked the tigers a lote. I love all animals, but the animals seemed sad and so was I to see them in a cage.  Then we ate at the restaurant of  the zoo.
 After lunch we saw the show of seals. There was a woman who played with the seals. I’ve just seen the dolphin show, but this was very funny and nice.
At 15.30 pm we came back home by bus. 

  • Mattia
Thursday 24 November: Bruges
We went to school at 7:50. At 10:20 we arrived to Bruges. We went to the chocolate museum where we were divided in two groups. The first group visited Bruges and the second visited one the museum. After lunch the first group visited the museum and the second visited the city. At 4 pm we met in the centre and we took the bus heading back for school.We arrived  at school at 18:30.

  • Giordano Magni
Friday: theatre Burla’
We were at school at 8 and we went to the centre by car. When we entered the theatre, the guide talked about the history of the theatre. We were sitting in the seats in front of the stage, we visited the stage, the backstage, and we went also under the stage to visit the structure of the theatre. At the end we were sitting in the seats in the highest point of the theatre. After that we went to the museum. It was a nice day and we came back to school at 15 o'clock.

  • Lorenzo Camilletti
Monday 28th January
We went to school in the morning and we entered the gym. In the gym there were other Belgian students waiting for us. They learned us how to dance the song by fritkot, Halve Neuro. They divided us in 3 groups and every group had a role in the song. I was in the 3rd group but I  never danced before so I was a little bit ashamed also because I can’t dance. After the dance time we went in a classroom to see a film in dutch, I didn’t understand nothing because there weren’t any subtitles and after the film we went to Antwerp where they filmed us while we were eating fries. After that we went back home with our host families.

  • Tecchi Alessia
Saturday: Cooking class

On Saturday I woke up at 8 o’clock, I had breakfast with Yannick and Lennert.
Ilse, Yannick’s mother, has accompanied us to the kitchen. Then we cooked together!!!!! 
We cooked vol au vent, French fries and pancakes.
Me and Yannick’s slogan was “We are the best, we can do it!”
We enjoyed so much!!!!
After finishing the dish, we ate it!! It was very good!!!!!
Then we cleaned the kitchen and took a picture together!!
At the end Yannick and I returned home by car, Erika and Lena were with us.
We saw car that was turned over. I was scared because I thought he died…
In the evening we had diner at home and we went bowling!
Yannick won every time!!
We enjoyed very very much! 

  • Elena
Friday the 25th we went to the museum MAS
We saw the contemporary works. There were 8 floors where works were displayed, and 2 floors  leading to roof.
In the museum there were big bars where we could take a chocolate or biscuit or sandwich with cheese… We were in different groups… We visited every floor…

  • Catalina
Yesterday, we had to do some parts from a film.
We had many morals and each one had a costume. First we tried the scenes in the classroom.
We went to Antwerp, but the weather didn’t help us because it was rainy.
One boy was San Nicolas, some girls were dressed as gifts, and some of the servants, a boy was the superstar and the other people were fans.
San Nicolas arrived with a boat with the servants and the gifts and the fans waited him.
When the superstar arrived, people forgot  San Nicolas.
But suddenly the gifts fell to the ground and everybody was worried.
Luckily, the superstar helped and all people were happy.
At the end we returned to school and after to our house.

  • Albiani Sara
On  Sunday  I had a great day.
I woke up at 10.30, I had breakfast  with my host family and then we went to the  centre of Antwerp.
We were walking around the markets  but… It started  raining! So we went into a café to get something hot to drink,  I got a cup of hot chocolate whit sour cream, it was delicious! Meanwhile  we played cards all together, and I won 3 times!
After that we visited  a museum, the  birthplace of Rubens. It was very interesting.
At  16 o’ clock we went to the home of their grandparents, and we had tea with biscuits.
Then we came back home, and I played the Wii for the rest of the afternoon with my girl’s little sister.
At 19.30 we had dinner, we ate pizza!
After dinner I went to bed at 22, I was really tired!

  • Orlandi Sara
In the morning I got up at 8.30. At 9.30 I went with my friend Sandra and Ellen to cooking lessons. We prepared French fries, vol-au-vent and pancakes. At 13.00 we had lunch. In the afternoon I went with my best friend Laura in Antwerp City to do shopping. We entered a lot of shops. At 19.00 we came back home and then I had dinner. After dinner I watched a film and at 23.00 I went to bed.

  • Laura Berneschi
Sunday I got up at twelve.  I had breakfast   with my family and I ate cornflakes and I drank orange juice. After I played with my computer, I had lunch at 2.30. I ate hot dogs.  At 4.30 we went to the bowling and I played with my family, my friends Sara and Erica and their families. At 19.00 I had dinner and I ate chicken with my family and grandmother. I got to bed at   23.00.

29-01-2013

DAY 9

Today we went filming at the MAS museum.

We took shots from the film 'Zot van A".
It will become a silent movie in black and white.

Mirco was the specialist in action. He also made other films in Italy as a professional producer. We were lucky to have him! 

Unfortunaly the weather was awfull ,wind and rain!!! But it couldn't stop us having fun.





28-01-2013

DAY 8

After a well-deserved day off, we've danced on a song from "Halven Euro" a famous Antwerp RAP band. It's a song about the famous Belgian fries.

It was a very diffucult dance, but ... the result will be magnificant. 

To make the dance complete, the Italian students and teachers went back to Antwerp in the afternoon to take some movieshots in front of a "frituur" and eat some Belgian fries! 
Looking forward to Mirco's and Nicola's moviemaking talents ...

After the dance we've seen the movie "Zot van A" (Crazy about you). It was a bit difficult, because the Italian students didn't have any subtitles in Italian or English. But the movie isn't that hard to understand. Tomorrow we will choose the actors, and go to the similar places in Antwerp to take those shots. 

Let's hope the weather is going to be good! 



DAY 6 - COOKING CLASS


Cooking lesson. 26th January

We're in a school Kitchen in Hoboken watching out students cook out lunch. Outside it's all white. It's snowing. The students are divided into small groups of three or four: Italians and Belgians host students mixed together preparing "vol au vents" and "pannekoeken". 
We, Italian teachers, arrived here late as we got lost and couldn't find the school. 
We saw them very busy cutting meat and mushrooms under the supervision of Lieve Dirks,Valerie Lesneuck and Kenny Venmans. 
They were taking it seriously asking each other for advice. There was a good smell coming out of the saucepans. The timing was perfect and everything was ready for lunchtime. Every group invited a teacher to taste their dishes. The dishes looked very good and tasted delicious. Before the families arrived, the kitchen
was clean again as if no one had been there.
It was a very positive experience for the students since many of them had never cooked before.




27-01-2013

New pictures online!!!!

26-01-2013

DAY 5


A visit to the Bourla was the highlight of the day or was it the MAS?

At the Bourla we got a visit behind the scenes. It's a  theatre with old, but solid materials. The guide explained a lot about the construction of the building and the making of the scenes.
At the "MAS" the students discovered the magnificent view over Antwerp on top of the roof. Different expositions got their attention.
Arriving at school we got one of the experts giving lessons about the use of a mask and body language . Our students got really fascinated during this adventure.

After dinner, the was a "PARTY" at school!!!!!!!!!!

24-01-2013

DAY 4

Today, 24th January Trip to Bruges

It was a very cold morning when the Italians and a group of Belgian students were on a bus to Bruges. Luckily it was quite warm on the bus and some of the students took a chance to talk with the foreign mate while others were taking a nap while we were driving through a completely white countryside. Once in Bruges we split the group in two mixing the students together. A group went to the Chocolate Museum and the other one around the city tasting good chocolate. The Chocolate Museum  was a complete experience into the world of cocoa, starting from its origins in South America to its arrival in Europe where the Belgians excelled for quality and creativity with pralines. Next to the Taste Room there were some astonishing statues in chocolate, featuring cartoon characters, classical and modern sculptures. After a lot of theory and history all the students stopped to see a live demonstration of the making of pralines, which finally they could taste.
The chocolate itinerary went on among the beautiful Medieval streets of Bruges, its stone bridges and iced canals. The cold didn't stop us to pop into some chocolate shops to taste the wide choice of flavours and buy some sweet souvenirs. 
In the meantime Mirco and Nicola filmed some scenes for our documentary.

DAY 3 - FRENCH LESSON + THE ZOO

Today the Italian students and our students got a French lesson by mrs Lesneuck.
After that they went to another class for several other lessons, for example music, science, history...

At 10 o' clock we took the bus heading for the zoo.

Almost every animal was inside because it was too cold.
We also saw a show with sea-lions.

It was a very nice, cold but sunny day.


At the end of the day we went to the central station of Antwerp to make a short movie.






For more pictures or for movies, just click the tab-pages on top.

22-01-2013

The Italian students would like to introduce themselves. Enjoy!


PICTURES and MOVIES are up-to-date!!! Enjoy!!!!!

Day 2 - Culinary Walk

After a good night sleep at the hostfamilies, they arrived @ school for a lesson Dutch taught by our headmaster, Mrs. Van Ast.

Our pupils learned a few words in Italian, taught by the Italian guests and the father of Mrs. De Ridder.

Then we took the bus to the center of Antwerp.

Mr. Venmans was the guide of our culinary walk. Chocolates, cookies (Antwerpse Handjes), meatballs with cherries (krieken met frikadellekoek), French fries with mayo were greatly appreciated by the Italian students.
We had lunch in an old cellar, named "De Pelgrom".

't Steen, Brabo, Vleeshuis, Vlaaikensgang, St.-Anna-tunnel and the Cathedral are a few things we saw in this magnificent city.





21-01-2013

Day 1

Today our Italian guests arrived at Charleroi airport (only 10 minutes delay).
At school we did a small introduction tour.
Then we had dinner with the Italian guests,members of the district Ekeren and teachers.It was a very friendly groep of students and we hope they feel at home here in Antwerp.
After dinner the hostfamilies met their Italian guests
.
After a short meeting they left. Let's hope they sleep well because tomorrow is a buzzy day.
Antwerp here we come!!!


20-01-2013

Welcome

Have a save flight!!!

We all hope you will love it here in Belgium!

Here's a picture of the weather in Antwerp at this moment... Enjoy your stay here!!!


15-01-2013

Schedule

The final schedule is online!!!

One of the activities

Halve Neuro ==> A famous Antwerp band. 
You will learn this song when you are in Ekeren.


Singing without dancing??? No way!!!
Here's a possible choreo for the song! Start practicing!!!


10-01-2013

A new tab page was added on top of this site!!!
Enjoy!!!

2013

We wish you all the best in 2013. May all your dreams come true!!!