For three days Montecatini Terme will become a meeting point for Europe, attracting students and teachers of secondary schools of as many as thirty European countries. This is a second edition of a great event where to experience altogether art, culture, sports, friendship and thermal wellness.
In a festive atmosphere all participants will reap benefits in terms of personal growth as human beings as well as from an
educational and cultural point of view. Many activities are scheduled for this event. It will start with an opening ceremony, with a
parade of delegations of the participating schools, presenting themselves on the international scene with self-produced video-clips
followed by the twinning between European schools through drawing of lots.
It will follow an entire afternoon dedicated to sport events. The next day, during the Round Table entitled
"The importance of twinning in European schools for innovative didactics", foundations will be laid
for teaching methods endowed with new meanings and perspectives, based on twinning between
countries and the use of new technologies connecting people and bringing down distance and thus prejudices.
Concerning the health education, there will be the conference entitled "Thermal wellness for young people"
and the Terme di Montecatini will be open to European schools.The highlight of this event, though, is the prize-awarding Ceremony.
Under the supervision of European Authorities, different categories of prizes will be awarded to the European schools.
The event will be concluded with guided tours that will help the European students to discover the internationally-known
art treasures of this Tuscany territory starting from Montecatini Terme and its nearest art towns.
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Twinning Between Schools
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European Schools Gala 2011
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