Our Comenius Friends - Poland

‘Our Comenius Friends’ - Poland

„Listen! Children are talking!” project is extremely popular amongst students of the Secondary School No. 9 in Bialystok. Last year we engaged our students and teachers in great number of activities connected with the project. All the actions taken had a great impact on personality and interests’ development of everybody participating in the project. The students were expressing their needs, desires and dreams via various techniques. They also improved their technical and linguistic abilities. We had a chance to find out more about culture, tradition and customs of the counties participating in the project.

We brought the following actions off:

1.    We conducted the competition for the project’s logo and we chose the best one.

2.    We conducted the competition for  the model of „Dream City” . We created several maquettes we used then to make Power Point presentations.

3. We conducted the art competition „Peace in the world”. The winning project of our school student was copied on wall in each of schools participating in the project

4. We conducted the survey connected with students’ dreams and we analysed  its results  

5. Our students keep in touch with students from schools participating in the Project via the internet 

6. While our partners were visiting Poland we presented:

· ‘Red Riding Hood’ – a play in English

· Eco-fashion show

· Dance show: polonaise, waltz, tango, rumba, cha-cha

· accordion performance

7.We taught our guests how to dance polonaise and to sing popular Polish song ‘Stokrotka’ (Daisy).

8. We Publisher Polish edition of school magazine ‘Our Comenius’

9. We created Power Point presentation about our school and region

10. We made a booklet containing information about our school.

11. We presented the main goals of Comenius Project and ‘Listen! Children are talking!’ project to the parents of our school students

12. We put the information about meetings in Lerici and in Białystok in local newspaper ‘Wyborcza’ and trand paper ‘Wieści Oświatowe’

13. We put into effect educational project entitled ‘Cultural Diversity in Europe – Differences and Similarities – Italy, Sweden, The United Kingdom and Poland’; it was made in form of Power Point presentation a shown to parents and students of our school

14. We interviewed  project’s participants during their visit in Poland

15. We set up Comenius Corner where we put some news about schools participating in the Project and information about all activities connected with it

 The interview with Comenius Partners during the meeting in Poland

The students from our class take part in journalist and computer project. The main purpose of this project is to find out as much as possible about the practical part of journalist’s profession and to develop our humanistic and computer skills. We are very happy we can participate in Comenius project and talk to you.

What do you think of Comenius project, its assumptions and leitmotiv?

In our opinion Comenius project is great. It enables us to exchange our experience with teachers from other European countries, to improve our skills by doing something new. Our students broaden their knowledge about countries participating in the project, their customs, cultures and they can make new friends, as we do.

In what way the project is accomplished in your country?

After meeting we sit together and share the duties. We include our students into this work.

What do you like most in Poland?

The people in Poland are very nice, the food is tasty, especially the potatoes. We’ve noticed a lot of buildings proving the fact that Poland develops intensely. We were surprised with that. Everybody here smiles and looks happy.

What do you think about Bialystok?

Everybody is friendly and it’s green everywhere. It’s a very nice place.

What do you think about our educational system?

We think students like it. They get on well with teachers. Your students are better than ours and they care more about their education than our students do.

How do you feel among gymnasium students of our school?

We like the way students respect their teachers. When we enter the classroom everybody stands up. You’re aware of everything and you’re not into stupid jokes. What is more, you give a lot from yourselves, so we are also trying not to let you down and we were doing our best when you were teaching us Polish song.

How would you sum your visit in Poland up?

We love Poland. We were given here so many attractions. Just fantastic!

Thank you for your answers. It was really nice to meet you.

Thank you.