Nijmegen

Our programme today includes an Art class and a city walk around Nijmegen. Today we have slept a bit more because the Art programme started at 10:00.
Look who we have found outside the school. 

We have met all our exchange partners, the Polish and the Basque students. We have been put into different groups and all the students had to paint a portrait of their Dutch brothers and sisters. We have had different Art teachers who have given us the general guidelines for us to do the task. Then, we have been given the canvas, the brushes and the paint and... You'll see the result in a moment.

The instructions:

The work:

 

The portraits:

And the Polish students' portraits. Can you see the difference? Well, you must know that these students are in a renowned Polish are school, so the comparisons are not fair!

This is the group picture at the school big hall.

Then, students back to their bikes to the city of Nijmegen which is about 6 kilometres far from our school. There, the students had to do a city tour guided by their Dutch students, and they had to come back when they had finished the tour with the images of the places they had to visit nd a short explanation of the place.

Some of these places are:

Then the students have gone with their Dutch partners again and they have all gone home where they have arranged to do different activities such as going to the cinema, meeting some friends, go to the bowling, etc. The teachers have been invited to have dinner at one of the Dutch teachers, Magda and her adorable family where we have eaten the typical Dutch soup: erwtensoep. Delicious!

After, some of our students did sone other things:

Now, we want to show you an important character for Dutch children: Sinterklaas, this man in the picture comes to every Dutch house on the 5th of December and leave presents for the Dutch kids. But do you know where Sinterklaas comes from? Spain!