From Ourense to the World: Postcrossing at Padre Feijoo-Zorelle

18/11/2015

Postcard 13 has been sent to Beijing (China)

Postcard 13 is travelling to Beijing, the capital of China, 9286 kilometres away!

Silvia Iglesias, a 2nd grade primary student, has written this postcard featuring one of the most popular dishes in Galicia: "pulpo á feira"

In DISCOVER OUR HOMETOWN, Silvia explains how to prepare Galician-style octopus. Thanks, Silvia! Visit EXPLORING PLACES if you want to know more about Beijing.

15/11/2015

Discover Ourense XII: Galicia

The postcard that 3rd grade students sent to Marielle, from Uden (The Netherlands) features a map of our autonomous community, Galicia. Galicia is a community in northwest Spain and is a historic nationality under Spanish law. It comprises the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo,Ourense and Pontevedra, being bordered by Portugal to the south, the Spanish autonomous communities of Castile and León and Asturias to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the north. It had a population of 2,765,940 in 2013 and has a total area of 29,574 km2 (11,419 sq mi). Its capital city is Santiago de Compostela.

Location of Galicia within Spain

Galician flag

Santiago de Compostela

Visit the blog run by our friends from Santiago de Compostela to know more about Galicia's capital city!

Exploring Places XX: Uden, The Netherlands

Postcard has been sent to UDEN

Uden

WHERE IS UDEN?

Uden is a municipality and a town of around 40,000 people in the province of Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

Location of the Netherlands

Location of Uden within the Netherlands

UDEN IS FAMOUS FOR...

...the landscape around the city. Uden includes some of the most popular hiking trails in the Netherlands.

Hiking in the Netherlands

PLACES TO VISIT

Saint Peter's Church

Church of Sint Petrus

Mill of Jettens

Mill of Jettens

Volkel Air Base

Volkel Air Base

It is a military airbase used by the Royal Netherlands Air Force(RNLAF). It is home to twoF-16 Fighting Falcon squadrons, 312 and 313. A third squadron formerly present at the base, 311, was officially disbanded on 27 September 2012.

Click here if you want to know more about the province in which Uden is located, North Brabant.

Our contribution to the second travelling notebook

Yes, we received the travelling notebook from Gran Canaria two weeks ago, and we were so excited that we couldn't wait to contribute to it. They wrote about themselves, so we have decided to write about ourselves too. We hope they like it when it returns to them in May.

This is our contribution on its way to Russia!

Stop 12: Uden (the Netherlands)

Postcard 12 is on its way to Uden, a town in the South of the Netherlands, 1451 kilometres away!

Hope Marielle will like this illustration of Galicia, featuring some of its best-known emblems.

This time, the postcard was written by 3rd grade primary students, supervised by their teachers, Mary and Quico.

Kids have done some research on Uden, click EXPLORING PLACES to read their findings. If you want to learn about Galicia, visit DISCOVER OUR HOMETOWN. Thank you, guys!

13/11/2015

Our project in the press!

Good news!

Our project has attracted the attention of the press! La Región, Ourense's newspaper, has published an article about postcrossing at our school.
You can find it attached below or HERE.
Thank you, La Región, for helping us disseminate this project!

12/11/2015

Design an Ourense-themed postcard - FINALISTS

Both primary and secondary school students participated in the contest "Design an Ourense-themed postcard" so it has been quite difficult for us to choose just 8 finalists.

Here you have the 8 postcards that will be sent to postcrossers worldwide!