From England

We recently celebrated our Harvest festival where we give thanks for the crops that have been harvested during the year. Celebrations like ours are held in churches and schools all over England. We will be making posters for you about our Harvest festival. Hope you like them when you recieve them.

Our visit to Poland

Written by Mrs Goode teacher from England:

To have had the opportunity of being involved with this international link has been an extremely enlightening experience!

Travelling to Poland, to an environment of tall tenement buildings, bendy buses and crowded trams within a landscape of pine and birch forest, was metaphorically like stepping through the wardrobe in ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’.

The hospitality, generosity and warmth of the Polish teachers and staff, was instantly very welcoming, removing straight away any potential barriers. 

The atmosphere in Czeladz’ Special School was happy and friendly and all the children were smiley and communicative.  Standards and expectations are obviously high, and we saw some outstanding performances by the children -and teachers! (aim high whatever the difficulties and disabilities)

We were shown around the kindergarten, nearby, where each class of little ones also performed, in their circle, a repertoire of action songs.

The following day we travelled to Bedzin to a Secondary School – famously attended by the greatest Polish multifaceted artist – Stanislaw Wyspianski (1869 – 1907) – playwright, painter and poet. His legacy lives on, and together with the connection to the local theatre, the pupils are highly creative and motivated.  They showed us their promotional “Lipdub” video. Go to You Tube and punch in LIPDUB II LO “WYSPIANSKI” BEDZIN    It’s a must! (Also punch in Double E ,afterwards.) It just illustrates how the young in Europe, and probably the world round, are on the same wave length!

The next steps for activities in the Comenius project were discussed, and involves the children in Poland, Spain, Italy and England, presenting posters, DVDs and a recipe book on our chosen topics – Local food! Local festivals, old working tools and a video of traditional song and dance so there is a lot to keep teaching and learning- very European!

From Spain - Chestnut Festival

Last Thursday has been held the "Chestnut Festival" in our school. Parents have prepared special desserts made with fruits of autumn to participate in a contest. Children have made works related to the fall.
On Thursday we have roasted chestnuts and we have made apple juice (Cider) at school, and parents, children and teachers togheter have celebrate this festival that we want to share with all of you.

 

Meeting in Czeladź

On 10-14 th of October  2011 the visit of teachers from partner schools of Comenius was organised. They came to Czeladź  from Grado (Spain), Stoke Prior (Italy), San Bassamo and Grumello (Spain). During the visit teachers saw our school (Zespół  Szkół Specjalnych) in Czeladź and other friendly  educational institutions like: Kindergarten No.7 in Czeladź and  the Wyspiański  Secondary School  in Będzin.

                During the visit we showed the  partners of our school, they could observe lessons organised by our teachers e.g.  maths with interactive blackboard, English,  Polish, the therapy of movement  and classes for mentally disabled children. With a great interest teachers looked at  wall newspapers and decorations connected with Europe and Comenius Project. In the meanwhile guests could taste coffee and cakes made by our cooks. And during the supper they could try traditional Polish cuisine. Vocal and other artistic talents were presented 11 th of October (when students wanted to welcome the guests) and 13 th of October when the Teacher`s Day was celebrated. Students showed the play “Forest Clearing”, the dance “Waka Waka”. Andrzej Burzak- our great singer presented his talent and some students prepared some “Welcome words” in English. 

                We prepared a very interesting educational program of the visit. We wanted our guests to know the educational system, culture and traditions of our country. Students from the Wyspiański  Secondary School  in Będzin presented their magnificent vocal talents and knowledge of foreign languages. They spoke English, Spanish and Italian fluently. Children from Kindergarten No.7  in Czeladź sang songs and spoke poems specially for the guests.

During the visit guests visited two towns: Czeladź and Będzin. They could sightsee Roman Terms, saint Stanislaw Church, the

Market Square

, Castle  in Będzin and Mieroszewski Palace. We were hosted by the vice-mayor of the town Teresa Wąsowicz who said about schools in Czeladź, educational system, and problems connected with our towns. Then we meet  the starost of the Będzin county who told them about our district- what are the advantages and disadvantages and what to do to live in better conditions.

The next step was the visit in Zabrze: two museums of coalmines: “The Queen Luise” and “Guido”.  Guests could know traditions connected with coalmine and our regions.  They admired the working of steam engine and they could walk on the mine shaft. In “Guido” coalmine teachers sightsaw two levels: 170 and 320 meters. They saw there: stables, pavements, tools, lamps and geological exhibitions and machines used in the mine extraction.

During the visit we took a lot of photos. We gave our guests  a lot of books and leaflets about Poland- traditions, culture, nature and cuisine. We hope that it would be used for knowing  our country better by our European friends. We took part in the meetings and we were talking about next tasks connected in  the project.

Next meeting is planned  in February 2012 in Great Britain. And we can`t wait for it. We are going to miss them. 

Visit in Będzin and in the coalmine.

Visit in Czeladź

Meeting in Czeladź 10-14th October 2011 r.

Welcome Back and Our School trip.

Welcome back to a new year from Stoke Prior School. Recently Class two went on a Hedgrow Safari. We visited a local farm to find out about the wildlife that we could find their.
One of our pupils Owen, now writes his recount.

The first thing we did was get off the bus and met Finn and Lindy, they told us what we were going to do for the day.
Next we went in to the barn there were two new baby born calves.
Then we started our safari Finn showed us some traps that he had put out befoure he had supper, we caught some Bank Voles, then let them go.
At lunch time I ate my food up then I played hand stands and wheel barrow races.
After lunch we went 'Bug Catching' in a very big field.
At the end of the day I felt fantastically happy because I had a excellent day.
By Owen.


Class two on their Hedgerow Safari.

The children are also thinking about farming as part of the comenius project.

Hope the Poland Trip goes well.

From all at Stoke Prior.