The short-term
exchange of groups of pupils-16-21 November 2015
The four groups of pupils from Polish, German,
Turkish and Dutch schools met in a Polish school in
Juszczyna. They all participated in different kinds of activities organised for
them within the Erazmus+ project:”Live Healthily in a Healthy Environment”. The
students took part in some additional lessons like: Biology, Physics,
Chemistry, English, PE, Geography and in the workshops connected with healthy
diet, physical exercises, environment protection and efficient learning.
38 students and 8 teachers went on a few
educational trips. They visited Hydro-electric Power Plant in Międzybrodzie and
Żar, the Waste Recycling Company” Beskid” in Żywiec, the Bread Cottage in Górki Małe, Chocolate
Manufacture in Kraków and the Forestry Management Educational Centre in
Węgierska Górka.
The
short-term exchange of groups of pupils has given them a lot of advantages.
Students
gained knowledge of different sources of energy during the Physics lessons and
knowledge of harmful effects of burning rubbish for the environment.
During
Biology lessons and workshops connected with a healthy lifestyle and the
environment they learnt about healthy diet, healthy types of physical exercises
and natural world protection. Later they
were drawing and painting their posters, which advertise and propagate the
project issues.
Geography
lesson gave them more information about partner countries and English lessons
let them revise and add more vocabulary joined with healthy lifestyle and the
environment.
The
efficient learning workshop enabled them to get known some efficient methods of
self-learning, which is so important in getting good education.
Students
were playing sports games in the international teams during PE lessons, which
allowed them to learn cooperation and tolerance to each other.
The
educational trips were the most interesting for all the partner schools
students as they had a lot of opportunities to use and practice English and
getting knowledge outside the school walls.
The
first trip was connected with the Physics lesson as it showed them an
alternative source of energy, which is produced in the hydro-electric power
plant in Międzybrodzie. The students saw a multimedia presentation about the
plant and the way, in which the energy is made.
The international group of students
and teachers outside the hydro-electric power plant
They
were excited about travelling
by the cable railway to the top of the Żar Mountain, where the artificial lake
had been designed in order to supply the plant with the water..
While
they were coming back, they stopped in Żywiec to visit the Recycling Company,
where they saw how the workers divided the waste into separate groups, how much
rubbish people throw away each day and how important is recycling for the
environment being clean and its protection from contamination and pollution.
The
students participated in the workshop in the Chocolate Manufacture in Cracow
and they made different shapes from chocolate and listened to the lecture about
its history. They learnt about chocolate ingredients and production process
and its healthy aspects. After visiting Chocolate
Manufacture they went to do some sightseeing around the oldest parts of the
city, which are connected with history of Poland.
The chocolate workshop.
On the 19th November the international
group of students and teachers went to the
Forestry Management Educational
Centre in Węgierska Górka. The forest manager gave them a
lecture about forests,
which grow in Żywiec and Silesia Regions and his employee took them on a short
walk along the educational forest and nature path to explain the tasks,
which are done by forests and how important they are for people, plants and
animals.
The international group of students
are ready to plant trees outside the school building.
On
the 20th November pupils and teachers went to Górki Małe, where they saw the
old-fashioned tools and machines, which were used in the past and participated
in the workshop. They were making
cheese, bread and butter on their own. They
learnt about bees’ lives and importance of them for growing plants and for all the world.
Their
stay in Bread Cottage
finished with having homemade healthy bread with honey and butter, which they
had made. They got some coffee
with milk too.
There
was a very important meeting on the 20th November evening as the
mayor and a representative of the Local Council came to meet with the foreign
guests and their hosts. The
headmistress of the nearest primary school took part in the meeting as well.
The
meeting started with multimedia presentations, which were prepared by foreign
students, who showed the pictures of their schools and gave some information
about them. After the Power-Point presentations the local folk band
„Grojcowianie” gave a wonderful performance with dances and songs. A lot of members
of the folk band are the Polish students and they invited their foreign guests
to dance with them after the official part of their show.
In
the end of the meeting all its participants
were having a special supper, which the cooks from the Village Women
Organisation prepared and served. The meal included some homemade and regional dishes.
The
stay of the partner schools’ teachers and students finished on the 21st
November when they left for their countries.
The
short-term exchange of groups of pupils was successful as all the planned
events and tasks were done and completed. It was possible because of all Polish
teachers, students, their parents and other school employees engagement and
help.
Partner
schools students after the art workshop.
They
painted and drew some posters in order to propagate the project issues.
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