SIS students get to know the world with erasmus+ funding

Traveling abroad with other students, making new friends and discovering the country and its culture is a tradition at our schools. Every year, all schools take their pupils on trips to different countries.

Spain is at the top of the travel list. As part of the student exchange, students from both countries learn together and visit interesting places in each country. The focus is on using the foreign language and this is usually much easier for the students than they thought.

Staying with a host family is a very special experience. The host parents warmly welcome the students into their families and show them typical life in the country they are visiting. In March and April of this year, pupils from Year 8 from Geithain traveled to Salou, from Elsterberg to Madrid and from Meerane to Zaragoza with Erasmus+.

"It was an unforgettable experience for all the students. Among other things, we visited the old town of Zaragoza and hiked through the beautiful Las Pasarelas de Alquézar valley in the Pyrenees. The Spaniards joined us first and a little later we set off on our journey. We had a lot of great experiences together and would like to repeat this as soon as possible." reported Katja Schnupp from the IOM after her stay in Zaragoza.

Thanks to generous funding from the EU's Erasmus+ program, international exchanges for students and teachers are also supported financially.