From April 4th-8th
at Saldus Elementary and Secondary
school of Druva accomplished project „Mission: my career” activities. We continued
to explore and identify various career opportunities in Saldus region and outside it. On the first day students from Saldus Elementary school showed their
skills: dancing, singing, joke telling etc. Project participants had the
opportunity to get to know Saldus Elementary school, with the participation of
the photo orientation activities. At he end of the day students could take part
in workshops: decoupage or wood.
On the next day we went to Druvas Secondary school
where teacher Liāra Beļkeviča and
students had prepared a variety of activities. We also visited the company "Druva
food", which plans to become one of the leaders of the ice cream industry
in Latvia. We discussed about employment opportunities for students in Saldus/Latvia
and Lithuania. We shared with our future
career plans „My dream job”. Teacher Juris Zilvers had prepared unusual
sports activities in Sports hall of Druva.
The third day we went to our capital city Riga, to visit the newly built Academic Center for Natural
Sciences of the University of Latvia. There we could become acquainted with the study
opportunities in Biology, Geography, Chemistry, Pharmacy and Optometry. In the
National Library of Latvia we learnt
everything about the building, reading rooms and services. At the end of
excursion we took part in „Psaiho” - horribly-positive emotion and theatrical–game
with participation and fearing of it.
In the fourth day of the project we went to see
career options in Saldus and Skrunda. We
were at Saldus radio and we visited black pottery master Artis Podnieks, also
we acquainted the daily life of TV Skrunda journalist. At the of end of the day
we had a party in Saldus Children and Youth center where we played different
games, danced and enjoyed the last evening together.
At the last day we completed a questionnaire about
project activities and usefulness in our future life. We also watched Lelde’s
video about this week.
Many thanks to teachers and students who took part in this project!
Translated
by- Lelde Tiļļa, Kristiāna Blumberga
Photo-Marta
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