On Friday, 15 February, a geography lesson took place outside the classroom, in the village of Pudarci, some 40 kilometres away from Belgrade, proving that lessons at Savremena are truly different. On this occasion, Savremena’s students got the chance to get to know the local residents and hear interesting stories about the history of the village, its customs and tradition, while learning about the characteristics of villages and the way people live in rural settlements.
The village of Pudarci is well-known for growing apples, pears, apricots, peaches and other delicious fruit, which is why its residents mainly make a living by growing fruits and grapes. Its well-developed industrial and agricultural production made a special impression on Savremena’s students, as this is also the place where one of the largest Serbian baking factories is located.
“The sweetest” part of the day – a visit to the “Don Don” pastry factory
Savremena’s students sneaked a peak at a regional pastry factory “Don Don” located in Pudarci, and learned about how delicious bread, pretzels, bagels, doughnuts, rolls and bannocks are made.
The workers opened the factory’s door for our students and showed them their hospitality. During the tour, the students learned about the modern way of making bread and pastry, while the sweetest moment was watching how the famous ”Your 5 minutes” doughnuts were made. And not only that! They got the chance to try delicious freshly-made doughnuts straight from the conveyor belt.
“Today the students from Savremena International School in Belgrade paid a visit to our factory in Pudarci. If tomorrow our products seem even sweeter to you, you will be right – it’s because of them”, the factory bragged on Facebook, making our students and teachers particularly proud.
Revising on an unusual location
The road took Savremena’s students further to a nearby facility used by the “PDM Agro fruit” company to sort out, store and distribute their fruit. There, the students were reassured about the procedure the fruit goes through before making it to our dinner tables. Here, too, our students took a short break to taste the apples and showed how well they could recognise the most prominent types of fruit grown in this region.
Savremena International School cherishes the practice of having truly different lessons, and will continue to think of creative and interesting ways of acquiring long-lasting and useful knowledge, just as it did on 15 February.
