Group mobilities of school pupils

Participants: 40 pupils (8th grade, 1st year German)
Teachers: Daiga Gotfrīda, Uģis Urtāns, Agnese Grāvīte

In the framework of the Erasmus+ Accredited Mobility Project for Pupils and Staff, 40 pupils improved their foreign language skills at a partner school in Germany (Lessing-Gymnasium Berlin) from 16 - 21 April 2023.

The aim of the project was to raise students' awareness of German culture, to get to know the sights of Berlin, to improve and use their knowledge of German in everyday life, to get to know Lessing-Gymnasium and the daily life of German students, to participate in workshops with German young people and to develop a project about sights in the Berlin area.

At the Lesing Gymnasium, pupils worked in small groups with German students on a project about a particular site: they researched, analysed and compiled information, went to see the site together and then made a poster. The final evening of the joint project included a presentation of the projects on Berlin's sights, as well as the premiere of a film about sights in Riga made by Latvian students. At the end of the evening, both Latvian and German young people joined together in joint activities and enjoyed a feast prepared by the parents of the German young people.

During the project, students walked along the famous Unter den Linden from the Brandenburg Gate to Alexanderplatz, visited the zoo and the World Gardens, enjoyed the Berlin skyline from the TV tower, explored the medieval history of Dungeon Berlin and went behind the scenes of film-making at the Babelsberg Film Park.

The students say that they have definitely gained valuable experience, made new friends and experienced a different culture: "When I applied for this project, I did not expect to come back and have so many new experiences, see and experience so many new things."

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