The next stage

After our coordination visit in Poland we are now in the next stage of the project. My intentions in this blog were not really to comment extensively on the activities involved in this particular project but to concentrate more on the problems that have appeared related with running a Comenius project.

At this point of the project I am working on the tasks that the students have to complete and also at the same time on all of the administrative responsibilities connected with the next visit to Thessalonika in Greece. I have to finalise the number of students who are going to Greece, who they are and also which teachers are going to go with me. All of this is needed because I am also looking for the flights for the group. Taking thirteen people to Greece is a bit of a nightmare and after the experience of almost missing the second flight in Stansted to Poland I don't want to have to drag 12 other people around Stansted airport against the clock. To this end I have contacted Inma of Dertotravel in Tortosa to see what options she can offer me for a group reservation in a flight direct to Thessalonika from Barcelona. This has the disadvantage of being from Barna and not from Reus, if it were Reus the kids parents could run them there direct. But the advantage of no extra transfers. I am going to see what prices she can find and I will consider spending more money on these flights than I wanted with a mind to making my life easier. Furthermore I reckon that by the time we go to Germany there will be fewer students to worry about anyway. At the moment I have already lost one, she has left the school, and there are two or three that I haven't seen in days! In addition I calculate that if I have to spend more on the flights then I can always save on the last visit to Cyprus by going alone and saving the money on the other two teachers. After all in the end I am doing the project on my own and extra teachers in an avaluation process seem a little redundant.