Erasmus week report by Helena Reboll

We, students from Barcelona, started our new Erasmus project and this is what  we did

last week: Our project is related to preserving our environment and taking care of the natural

life  surrounding us. We were proposed to build a bug hotel and we accepted the challenge

right away. For those who don’t know, an insect or bug hotel is a structure built with wood

and used the bugs to rest and to lay its eggs.

 

The materials were given to us and we started constructing. First, we drew a sketch of our

structure and measured everything. Once we had all sized up and put together, we started

attaching all the pieces together with screws and glue. Our hotel was three floors in total so

we had a long way to go! Then, after finally constructing our structure, it was time to

decorate it and to varnish it. Some of us drew insects and plants, others painted clouds and

suns.  They turned out really nice! We had to put two layers of varnish and wait for them to

dry up. When everything was  done we started putting inside the hotel some materials to

make it more comfortable for bugs. Once the bug hotels are completed we will put them

on a urban orchad and a park from our neighbourhood.

                                         

Aside from all of this work, some students did the “Erasmus Corner”. This was basically

a poster to hang in the hallways explaining the process of this project. We also wrote some

 information  about the other schools from all over Europe that participate in this project.

This was very fun  and it ended up being really big and colorful!!!