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Time to celebrate 🎉

WOOHOO, WE MADE IT!! After more than four months, the PREMIUM programme is coming to an end. We really enjoyed our Global Citizenship journey and we hope that you also appreciated yours.  We did not want to leave you empty-handed to celebrate this achievement! We are thus sharing with you this awesome website (https://www.tasteatlas.com/beverages/map) with a map with local beverages from the entire world

HMMMMM DELICIOUS! We hope you will find an international drink to your taste for the PREMIUM closing event! This was the last Tumblr post of the G2W team!

See you on Thursday to close off the programme festively!

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We call it a success!

This week was very important for us: our Global Citizenship Market took place on-site at Porta Mosana. We were very excited as this event allowed us to put into practice four and a half months of research, discussion, brainstorming, interviews, and designing.

We are proud to say that our Global Citizenship Market was a success! Our client and mentor were delighted and the pupils rated our activities with more than 7/10! Our activity of drawing a world map from memory was definitely a hit.

It was very enriching to engage in discussion with the pupils and converse about different perspectives. In this event, both sides had a fruitful and inspiring learning experience. We can say that we succeeded in planting a seed of global citizenship values in the pupils’ minds. Only the future will tell whether they will grow into wonderful flowers...

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Up to a global mood!

Our last very important steps into the bilingual school of Porta Mosana are literally just around the corner! Having presented our ideas to the client, we admit we are more than ready to bring all our global celebration mood to school!

A more detailed plan of the activities for our GC market is ready in line with the final comments of both the client and the mentor. The design of a ‘GC Passport’, that will be offered to pupils as their “gate to the world”, is almost finalized. Most important, today, the team visited the school to set up the room where the activities will take place. Note that the day will be decorated with an international spirit, so, please, stay tuned to check our pictures of the event in the coming days! 

And we swear, we’re only up to a global mood! That’s why, on top of the final event, we are preparing the fanciest final product we would ever have imagined!

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One step closer

Dear PREMIUM community, our journey is coming to an end. This last half has passed so fast! In less than 3 weeks, we will be together one more time in the closing event. And in less than two weeks, our market will take place! This week, we have been finalizing all details and coordinating with our client. And he really liked our program! Below you can see the promotional flyer for the kids that we designed for the event.

In a nutshell: there will be music, a graffiti wall, but also activities to encourage critical thinking and (self) reflection. And of course, a glimpse of the international student life! All in all, an enjoyable experience for the kids. Our main goal? To plant a seed in their minds, to inspire them to continue learning and exploring outside of their comfort zone. 

As always, we'll keep you posted!

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Weekly Report

Hello guys, remember in last week‘s report we mentioned our e-visit to Porta Mosana? We were lucky to attend another Global Perspective Class this Thursday before their vacation. We interviewed the students in breakout rooms and the aim was firstly to get a better understanding of why they are taking the Global Perspective Class. Secondly, we wanted to collect information about what they expect from the Global Citizenship Market, which is going to take place on-site on May 18th. Through the interview, we got very much inspired by some ideas from the students. Time flies so fast, there are only 18 days till the Market day. Our next stage is to incorporate those wonderful ideas and TAKE ACTIONS! Stay tuned for the most exciting event of our PREMIUM journey :)

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Gazpacho 🇪🇸

Premium community, Spring listened and we’ve got nice weather for the weekend! Just in time to enjoy a very nice cup of gazpacho, a drink we will have normally in Spain before our meal or while the meal is being prepared. 

Making it is very easy, you only need about a liter of water, three red, big juicy tomatoes, two cloves of garlic, one green pepper, and half a cucumber. Blend all together until you get a smoooooth mix (you can use an immersion blender, or a vase blender, whatever you prefer) and add salt, olive oil and vinegar to your taste. If you want, adding a small piece of bread to the mix will make it a bit thicker.

Store it in the fridge until it’s time to drink - believe me, cold tastes better!

Extra tip: if you want the cucumber to taste a little less sour, put it in a colander with salt for 10 minutes

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Day D-26

26 Days! That’s the number of days until our final event with the pupils of Porta Mosana. We are very excited, of course. We can’t wait, especially now that we know that it will take place on-site!

This week, we had a productive meeting with our client, our mentor, and a UCM student who is doing an internship at the high school. We discussed and shared ideas about the next steps of our project. Next Thursday, we will conduct interviews with the pupils. It is especially important for us that the pupils get something out of our activity. Therefore, we would like them to contribute to the design of the Global Citizenship Market. After this collection of field data, we will shape our final event according to their preferences and our experiences. Stay tuned for more information about the content and the form of our Market!

PS: Don’t forget to check tomorrow our last recipe from Rocio 🇪🇸!

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A taste of spring

Hello everyone, it’s the end of another working week, and with it, another recipe! We are already in mid-April, and even though it does not feel like spring yet, we want you to be prepared to enjoy the sun and the good weather, with a refreshing new recipe! And who knows? Maybe it will make spring come sooner…

Next week, you will learn how to make one of the top recipes of Mediterranean cuisine. Want to get started? All you need are big, red tomatoes, green pepper, garlic, some fresh cucumbers and of course, salt, pepper, vinegar and olive oil. Easy, fast, and delicious, perfect for Spring and Summer! Can you guess already what it is?

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Wise Youngsters

Hi everyone!

We would like to share our exciting news with you! This week, we finished our first field e-research in Porta Mosana and, more specifically, with the incredible minds of the high school. We were so thrilled to discuss with all of them our insights, perspectives, and thoughts about different topics regarding their research paper for the Global Perspectives course. This first contact let our team observe and get to know our target group better in terms of motivation, dynamics, and engagement in the classroom. Drawing from our observations, we will keep on sharing interesting and innovative ideas with them in future meetings. 

After a thorough discussion, we helped our client design the course lessons for the next few months following the hybrid system (partly online, partly onsite lessons due to Covid-19) and decided to pay another e-visit in order to further discuss with pupils about our final event. We would like them to be involved in designing the final Global Citizenship market at school or online. We will keep you updated, as soon as we have a more concrete plan for our final event! Until then, check our introduction to a new recipe, and enjoy your weekend! :D

Photo by Anton Sukhinov on Unsplash  

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Weekly Report

After the busy exam week, we are back in active mode this week! To collect the state of the art information, we are happy to have been able to attend the classes of “Global Perspectives” online this and next week. The pupils need to finish a 5000-word research paper by September. During the 90-minute sessions, we helped year-5 students brainstorm about their research topics and during the discussion, we tried to make them think about the topics from different perspectives. We also shared our knowledge about how to structure an academic paper, how to find valid literature sources, etc. Moreover, we were also able to ask pupils about their expectations from us. This first-line field research not only helps us connect with the pupils but also provides us with the valuable information for further interventions.

PS: Do not forget to check the recipe from Eleni below :))  👇🏽

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Pastitsio (the Greek way 🇬🇷)

Hi all!!! As promised last week, we would like to present you a traditional and slightly more difficult recipe than the delicious Coconut Hotspot. You will need one pan, one pot, and an oven :D

1) In a pan, add the 2 tbs of oil together with the chopped onions, sauté for 3-4 minutes until the onions caramelize nicely. Then, add the ground meat, and after you have broken it up with a wooden spoon, let it brown for 4-5 minutes. Add the wine, cinnamon, and any spices that you like, and after almost 2 minutes add the tomato sauce. Let it boil in low heat for 10-20 minutes. 

2) Then make the béchamel sauce: in a pot, melt the butter and add the flour. Slowly add the milk while stirring. After it has become a cream, remove it from heat and add salt, pepper, grated parmesan, and the egg. Stir. 

You are almost there! 

3) After having boiled the pasta, place it on the bottom of a baking pan. Then add the ground meat and on top pour the remaining béchamel sauce. You can also sprinkle some grated parmesan or feta, depending on your preference! Bake for 40 minutes in a preheated oven to 180* C (350* F).

Et voilà! You will be surprised by how tasty this combination can be! Also, you can add the spices of your choice to modify it however you like!

Enjoy!!!